It’s another day, another #1 finish for Back in Action on Netflix’s Top 10 charts for movies. But this romantic action flick has a much bigger feat set in its sights.

Netflix is kicking 2025 off in decidedly low-key fashion. By its standards, the streamer's lineup of film originals in January is surprisingly slight. There are still a few Netflix-exclusive movies worth recommending this month,

Back in Action has been trashed – but there's a key factor that explains which films are unexpected streaming hits.

Netflix has confirmed it will remove a handful of movies on the final day of the month (January 31). This month's removals include some of the very best comedies of the 2010s and an Oscar-winning war epic that will grip you throughout its lengthy runtime. These movies will certainly be missed once they’ve expired and waved goodbye to Netflix.

This month’s selection of movies includes an underseen rock opera, one of the best movies of the 2000s, a paranoid thriller about American misdeeds abroad, and a nice pre-Oscars catch-up on one of Timothée Chalamet’s best performances.