This week, in addition to a number of new series, Netflix is also adding a series of new films to its offering. In the list below we show you the best films that will be released on Netflix this week.
Besides classic Rocky (1976) and the acclaimed anime Akira (1988) is now also the Oscar-winning animation Flow (2024). Want to check out one of the many Dutch films that were added this week? The best rated of these is Paaz (2026). Which one will you watch?
8.1 Watch on Netflix • Rocky Balboa is an amateur boxer from the back streets of Philadelphia who makes money working for a shady loan shark.
8.0 Watch on Netflix • Kaneda is the leader of a motorcycle gang in Neo-Tokyo. Tetsuo is one of the gang members and has always been the junior, under Kaneda’s protection.
7.8
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Watch on Netflix • The easy existence of the Hobbit Bilbo Baggins comes to an abrupt end when one day the wizard Gandalf knocks on his door and brings with him a group of dwarves.
7.8
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Watch on Netflix • In The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug we continue the adventures of main character Bilbo Baggins, who, together with the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, is on his way to the Lonely Mountain in the lost dwarven kingdom of Erebor.
7.8 Watch on Netflix • The miraculous, breathtaking odyssey of a young cat who, together with her fellow sufferers, searches for dry land on a flooded earth.
7.6 Watch on Netflix • Adonis Johnson (Michael B. Jordan) never knew his famous father, world heavyweight champion Apollo Creed, died before he was born.
7.4
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
Watch on Netflix • After reclaiming their homeland from the dragon Smaug, the party has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force on the world.
7.3 Watch on Netflix • Rocky Balboa suffers a serious eye injury during the fight with heavyweight Apollo Creed and requires surgery.
7.2 Watch on Netflix • Emma is sure she is happy. She has a successful career, a sweet boyfriend, wonderful parents and is talented, funny and smart.
7.1 Watch on Netflix • Nick Curran (Michael Douglas) is a fanatical detective with a weakness for alcohol. When he investigates a brutal lust murder of a celebrated rock star, he doesn’t realize he will find himself in a web of lies, intrigue and lust.
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Image: Still ‘Paaz’ via Dutch Filmworks