From the devastating Adolescence to the gorgeous Forever, there is no denying that Netflix has been at the heart of some epic television this year. Even the divisive final chapter of Squid Game was a worthy watch, if only to see how the thrilling K-drama wrapped up.
Now, as we look towards the end of the year and what's still expected to land on the streaming giant in 2025, the quality shows no sign of slowing down. We've got a new Agatha Christie adaptation that's set to be "witty, epic, and fast-paced", as well as the return of a pulse-pounding and adrenaline-filled Japanese drama. Of course, let's also not forget about Netflix's next big British thriller, Hostage, fronted by Vigil's Suranne Jones.
Viewers can also look forward to fantasies and rom-coms, with all of Netflix's best new telly culminating in the bittersweet goodbye to one of its biggest and most beloved franchises, Stranger Things.
Can't wait? Neither can we. Here's the best of what's in store on Netflix for the rest of this year.
Wednesday, season 2
It's almost time to snap those fingers once more, as Wednesday will be returning to Netflix very soon.
According to the synopsis, another bone-chilling supernatural mystery is on its way. Which means fans can look forward to Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) donning her metaphorical monocle and muscling through it with nothing but her deadpan wit and Thing as her right hand… hand.
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Enid (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder's Emma Myers) may tag along, but don't expect Wednesday to be happy about it. At least not on the outside.
Wednesday season 2 part one will be available to stream on Netflix from 6 August. Part 2 will debut on 3 September. Wednesday season 1 is available to watch now.
Hostage
In this fictional drama, British prime minister Abigail Dalton's (Suranne Jones) husband is kidnapped and the visiting French president is blackmailed, leaving the two political leaders both facing unimaginable choices.
Forced into a fierce rivalry where their political futures, and lives, hang in the balance, can they work together to uncover the plot that threatens them both?
The streamer promises viewers "unexpected twists and turns", in this tense five-part series.
Hostage will be available to stream on Netflix from 21 August.
Black Rabbit
In this new drama, things heat up in the kitchen for restaurant owner Jake Friedken (Jude Law) when he lets his troubled former musician brother Vince (Ozark's Jason Bateman) return to the booming family business in New York.
More than just old traumas resurface, as Vince's baggage also comes with new dangers that could destroy everything they've built. The limited series has been created by Zach Baylin, and was first announced in 2022.
Black Rabbit will be available to on Netflix from 18 September.
Nobody Wants This, season 2
After a charming debut, Kristen Bell and Adam Brody are back as the unlikely couple Joanne and Noah in Nobody Wants This season two.
In season one the rabbi and the agnostic podcast host defied all odds to make their unconventional relationship work. But can they now take things to the next level? After that cliffhanger, fans will be eager to find out what's next.
Nobody Wants This season 2 will be available to stream on Netflix from 23 October.
The Witcher, season 4
The Witcher season four ushers in a new chapter in the franchise, and we're not just referring to the Cavill–shaped Kikimora in the room. After suffering a brutal defeat at the hands of Vilgefortz (Mahesh Jadu) and losing Ciri (Freya Allen), fans will be met with a new Geralt this season.
Our formidable trio – Geralt, Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) and Ciri – must now travel separate paths, as they attempt to navigate the war ravaging the continent. Will they be able to find their way back to each other in the end?
The Witcher season 4 will be available to stream on Netflix later this year.
Squid Game: The Challenge, season 2
Squid Game may be over, but the games have only just begun.
Season two of Squid Game: The Challenge is set to kick off later this year, as the reality competition show will see a whole host of new players zip up those green and white tracksuits and battle it out for the chance of winning.
Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 will be available to stream on Netflix 4 November.
Alice in Borderland, season 3
If you haven't had enough of fictional death-defying games now that Squid Game is officially over for good, then you're in luck. Alice in Borderland is returning for its third season.
Despite thinking he was done with the hellscape that is Borderland, Arisu (Kento Yamazaki) is pulled back into the games when his now-wife Usagi (Tao Tsuchiya) is abducted. To save her he must team up with new players, as they face the uncharted territory that is the Joker stage, in the hopes of also finding their way back to their original world.
Alice in Borderland will be available to stream on Netflix from 25 September .
Stranger Things, season 5
After a long wait, Netflix hit Stranger Things will come to a staggered end with its three-part swan song.
The Hawkins misfits must come together in full force one last time, to defeat Vecna and stop the spread of the Upside Down. The party, however, is battered. And though Vecna has temporarily disappeared, they know it is not the last they've seen of him yet. The final battle is looming, and darker, more deadlier, forces are on the horizon.
Do they have what it takes to beat their enemies, and all come out unscathed?
Stranger Things season 5 volume 1 will be available to stream on Netflix from 26 November. Volume 2 will then debut on 25 December, with the finale airing on 31 December. Stranger Things season 1-4 are available to watch now.
The Seven Dials Mystery
Prepare to be thoroughly entertained by this cosy armchair mystery, which takes place in England in 1925. A "new interpretation of the iconic Agatha Christie's storytelling", according to Netflix, the series sees a lavish country house party descend into chaos when a practical joke goes oh, so murderously wrong.
The inquisitive Lady Eileen 'Bundle' Brent (Mia McKenna-Bruce) takes the lead in the investigation, and begins to pull at the strings that will unravel the killer. Little does she know, she will be unravelling life as she knows it for herself too. The star-studded series also stars Nolly's Helena Bonham Carter and The Responder's Martin Freeman.
The Seven Dials Mystery will be available to stream on Netflix later this year.
House of Guinness
Steven Knight's anticipated new drama House of Guinness will be set across 19th-century Dublin and New York, and will "reimagine the period immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the fate of his four adult children..."
The eight-part series has been created by the SAS Rogue Heroes boss and stars Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, Emily Fairn and Fionn O'Shea in the roles of the Guinness siblings, as well as Happy Valley's James Norton and Game of Thrones' Jack Gleeson.
House of Guinness will be available to stream on Netflix later this year.
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