The 5 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2025

The majority of this month and the coming few may be spent talking about the best theatrical films released in 2025, but that does not mean there were not any noteworthy, straight-to-streaming movies released this year.

On the contrary, one of 2025’s biggest films premiered first on Netflix with no theatrical run beforehand, and the same goes for one of this year’s best holiday comedies. Even “Predator: Badlands,” the acclaimed seventh installment in the “Predator” franchise, had a...