With 25.3 million viewers last week is Straw (2025) Worldwide the most popular film of the moment on Netflix. A great achievement from Tyler Perry’s newest drama.
Millions of viewers worldwide
Other films do not come close to those 25 million viewers of Straw. Only the Spanish The black widow (2025) Know to attract 16.6 million viewers. And despite the fact that the moving film scores a moderate enough on IMDB, viewers are particularly enthusiastic.

From bad to worse
The world of single mother Janiyah Wiltkinson collapses in chaos as her day from bad to worse to catastrophic while she is struggling to take care of her sick daughter … Driven by a world that seems indifferent to her existence, she is forced to make impossible choices in a society that does not offer her.
Beeld: Still ‘Straw’ via Chip Bergmann/Perry Well Films 2/Courtesy Netflix