Mia McKenna-Bruce stars as Tara in the 2023 independent coming-of-age film ‘How to Have Sex.’
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As I observe Netflix’s lineup for March 2025, I’m struck by how few new release options there are for movies (most of the streamer’s output this month is television shows), yet how excited I am for the lineup. Dozens of fantastic movies have already been added to Netflix, most of which are older releases that deserve our attention, including an indie darling that hasn’t been available to larger streaming outlets for years, a director’s cut of one of the most famous and lauded sci-fi films of the 20th century and a classic comedy featuring two comedy legends that, for whatever reason, isn’t as popular today as it should be. In total, your average Netflix subscriber has quite an impressive array of options available.
So where do you start? I’m here to help. Below, I’ve highlighted ten movies I believe stand above the rest—ten movies that cover a wide array of tastes and sensibilities. For each movie, I’ll detail the plot, along with a trailer and why you should watch it. Then at the bottom of the article, you can find a full list of every single movie available on Netflix throughout the course of March. Happy movie watching!
The 10 Best New Movies On Netflix In March 2025
How to Have Sex (2023)
If you haven’t seen Molly Manning Walker’s subversive take on teenage sexuality—and there’s a decent chance you haven’t, as this indie darling has long existed on the lesser-known streamer Mubi—then you’ve got to catch How to Have Sex while it’s on Netflix. The movie follows Tara (Mia McKenna-Bruce) and her friends, who set off on a sun-soaked vacation, eager to embrace the party-fueled freedom of their teenage years. Amid packed nightclubs, endless drinks and flirtations that blur the boundaries of comfort, Tara finds herself caught between the excitement of new experiences and the unsettling reality of expectations surrounding sex and consent. As the trip unfolds, moments of exhilaration give way to confusion and doubt, forcing her to confront the pressures placed upon her and what she truly wants. McKenna-Bruce delivers a stunning and vulnerable performance as Tara, capturing the burgeoning excitement, the muddled confusion, the absolute fear that often accompanies teenage experiences with sex and social pressure.
Sicario (2015)
Denis Villeneuve has become so synonymous with the recent Dune films that it’s easy to forget he even made the tense, visually stunning thriller known as Sicario just ten years ago. The film centers on FBI agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt), who is recruited into a secretive government task force aimed at dismantling a powerful Mexican drug cartel. Led by the enigmatic Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) and accompanied by the shadowy operative Alejandro (Benicio del Toro), Kate is thrust into a brutal and morally murky world where the lines between justice and lawlessness blur. Blunt delivers the most standout performance of her career as Macer, portraying her as both capable and vulnerable—a woman determined to do good but gradually overwhelmed by the brutal realities of the war she’s been dragged into. Through Blunt’s eyes, the audience experiences the confusion and disillusionment that comes with being a pawn in a much larger, morally murky game.
Beginners (2010)
The act of processing loss is never easy, and can often drive us to our dreariest depths. The ways in which we heal and find comfort can take many forms, and director Mike Mills found it through art with his award-winning film Beginners. After the death of his mother, Oliver Fields (Ewan McGregor) is surprised when his elderly father, Hal (Christopher Plummer, who won Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards for this performance), comes out as gay and embraces a new chapter of life with unapologetic honesty. As Hal explores his identity and starts dating, Oliver reflects on their relationship and his own struggles with love and vulnerability. Jumping between past and present, the film follows Oliver’s attempts to navigate a budding romance with a free-spirited actress named Anna (Mélanie Laurent), while processing his father’s newfound openness and his mother’s legacy. Ultimately, the film becomes a meditation on how we redefine ourselves at the most unlikeliest stages life.
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
Late in his career, Ridley Scott has gotten used to absolute indulgence (as he should—he’s a legend, after all), as evidenced by the considerate running times of Napoleon (205 minutes, in the director’s cut) and Gladiator II (148 minutes). So it’s nice to see what many consider to be his most classic film, Blade Runner, received similarly indulgent treatment with “The Final Cut” version of his original vision. In a dystopian future where synthetic humans known as replicants are used for off-world labor, ex-cop Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) is pulled back into service to track down and “retire” a group of rogue replicants who have returned to Earth. As Deckard hunts the fugitives through the neon-lit streets of Los Angeles, he confronts the blurred boundary between human and machine, especially when he becomes entangled with Rachael (Sean Young), a replicant who believes she’s human. This version, The Final Cut, represents director Ridley Scott’s definitive take on the film, removing studio-imposed voiceovers and clarifying key scenes, leaving us to interpret its central questions about what it means to be alive.
Do the Right Thing (1989)
It feels strange to recommend a movie like Do the Right Thing—an unequivocal masterpiece that pulsates with confidence and intelligence throughout. But in this moment, I can’t help but wonder if there are many people, especially younger movie lovers, who have never seen it—so I can’t resist. On the hottest day of the summer in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, tensions simmer and gradually boil over on a single city block in this legendary film from Spike Lee. The story centers around Mookie (Spike Lee), a delivery man for Sal’s Famous Pizzeria, owned by Sal (Danny Aiello) and run alongside his two sons, Vito (Richard Edson) and Pino (John Turturro). As the heat intensifies, so do the underlying racial and cultural frustrations between the Black residents of the neighborhood and the Italian-American owners of the pizzeria. Throughout the day, Mookie interacts with a wide array of neighbors, each representing different generational and ideological perspectives. In my opinion, movies don’t get much better than this timelessly urgent piece of art that is far from a simple morality tale, that never offers easy answers to cyclically present problems that plague society.
Plankton: The Movie (2025)
Plankton: The Movie arrives on Netflix on March 5, bringing one of SpongeBob SquarePants’ most iconic side characters into the spotlight. The poster pretty much says it all about the show’s most villainous character: “The movie is mine! All mine!” Yeah, I’ll definitely be watching this. The movie features a twist on one of Plankton’s (voiced by Mr. Lawrence) most classic storylines: his lifelong desire to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula and take over the world. This time, however, his plans are derailed by his wife, Karen (Jill Talley), who decides she’s tired of playing sidekick and takes control herself. Which forces Plankton and his old nemesis SpongeBob (Tom Kenny) to team up to save Bikini Bottom—and possibly even repair Plankton and Karen’s troubled relationship along the way. Expect big laughs from Spongebob Squarepants’ biggest scene stealer, who will finally get the standalone movie treatment he’s long deserved.
Ma (2019)
If I were to read the script for Ma, I would probably wonder if it could work. Everything needs to be in its right place, from the camp to the psychological suspense to the dark humor. But then when I see Octavia Spencer as the chilling, sympathetic and darkly funny role of Sue Ann, aka “Ma”? Then I know I’m in good hands. The movie follows a group of teenagers—Maggie (Diana Silvers), Haley (McKaley Miller), Andy (Corey Fogelmanis), and Chaz (Gianni Paolo)—that asks Sue Ann to buy them alcohol. She not only agrees but offers up her basement as a safe place for them to party. The teens quickly embrace “Ma” as a fun and generous host, but her friendliness soon takes a disturbing turn. As Ma inserts herself deeper into their lives, her behavior becomes increasingly erratic and sinister, exposing a long-buried grudge that fuels her obsession. Directed by Tate Taylor, best known for The Help and Get on Up, this criminally under-appreciated film allows Spencer’s friendly caretaker and terrifying predator to become one of the most memorable horror antagonists in recent years.
Friday (1995)
Director F. Gary Gray has practically become a household name at this point, directing everything from sleek thrillers like The Italian Job to dramatic biopics like Straight Outta Compton to big-budget spectacles like The Fate of the Furious. But it all began with a much smaller movie that’s arguably been his most impactful: Friday. The movie’s protagonist is Craig Jones (Ice Cube), who has just been fired on his day off, leaving him broke and stuck on his front porch in South Central Los Angeles with his best friend, Smokey (Chris Tucker). What starts as a lazy Friday takes a more serious turn when Smokey reveals he owes money to a dangerous drug dealer named Big Worm (Faizon Love). With only a few hours to come up with the cash, Craig and Smokey’s day becomes quite a chaotic one. While Friday is first and foremost a comedy, it’s also a love letter to neighborhood culture—barbershop gossip, local characters, and the everyday struggles of life in South Central. The movie strikes a beautiful balance of hilarity and slice-of-life reality that hasn’t aged a day since its release.
See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Buddy comedies come in all shapes and sizes, and in a saturated market of them it can be hard to find the standout entries. And one that seems to have really fallen between the cracks is one of the absolute best: the Arthur Hiller-directed Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor vehicle See No Evil, Hear No Evil. When a murder takes place at a New York City newsstand, two unlikely witnesses find themselves at the center of the crime in this hilarious film: Dave Lyons (Wilder), who is deaf, and Karew (Richard Pryor), who is blind. Though they each only experienced part of the event—Dave saw nothing but heard everything, while Wally saw everything but heard nothing—they are both quickly mistaken for the killers. On the run from both the police and the real criminals, Dave and Wally must work together, combining their strengths to clear their names and stay alive. Of course, Wilder and Pryor’s partnership was already legendary by the time See No Evil, Hear No Evil arrived—with Stir Crazy and Silver Streak already under their belts—but still, this classics showcases their flawless comedic timing and deep trust in each other’s improvisational talents perhaps better than any other.
Power Rangers (2017)
As a childhood fan of the Power Rangers series, I was incredibly—and I mean incredibly—skeptical that the 2017 feature-length adaptation could possibly capture what originally made the series so exciting. But at this point, the Power Rangers movie has become a bit of a guilty pleasure for me as it expands on the mythology and gives deeper context to Zordon and Rita Repulsa’s history. We start in the small town of Angel Grove, where five teenagers—Jason (Dacre Montgomery), Kimberly (Naomi Scott), Billy (RJ Cyler), Trini (Becky G), and Zack (Ludi Lin)—stumble upon mysterious alien artifacts that give them extraordinary powers. Guided by the consciousness of the long-lost Power Ranger leader Zordon (Bryan Cranston), they must overcome their personal struggles and learn to work together to stop the villainous Rita Repulsa (Elizabeth Banks), who seeks to unleash a force capable of destroying the world. Sure, the movie is a bit silly in its self-seriousness, but ultimately Dean Israelite’s Power Rangers is well made and quite an entertaining time.
Every New Movie on Netflix in March 2025
- March 1: 50 First Dates (2004), Annie (2014), Beginners (2010), Black Hawk Down (2001), Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982), Blood and Bone (2009), Cell 211 (2009), Do the Right Thing (1989), Friday (1995), High-Rise (2015), Ma (2019), Midnight in the Switchgrass (2021), National Security (2003), Next Friday (2000), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Runaway Jury (2003), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989), Sicario (2016), Ted (2012), The Holiday (2006), Vampires (1998), Wedding Crashers (2005)
- March 2: How To Have Sex (2023)
- March 6: Barbie & Teresa: Recipe for Friendship (2025), Power Rangers (2017)
- March 7: Chaos: The Manson Murders (2025), Delicious (2025), Nadaaniyan (2025), Plankton: The Movie (2025)
- March 14: Audrey (2020), The Electric State (2025)
- March 18: The Outrun (2024)
- March 20: Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025)
- March 21: Little Siberia (2025), Revelations (2025)
- March 26: Dongeng Sang Kancil (2024)
- March 28: Talk to Me (2023), The Life List (2025)
- March 31: Promised Hearts (2025)
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