It’s the last weekend of 2025, and there’s no better place to spend it than with Netflix.
The streamer is still debuting new movies during the holidays, and Watch With Us has selected the three best ones for you to watch this weekend.
Kate Winslet’s moving domestic drama Goodbye June, the 2019 suspense film The Wolf Hour starring Naomi Watts and the period thriller Lies We Tell are all great movies to watch as you celebrate the passing of another year.
‘Goodbye June’ (2025)
Christmas is a time for families to come together, even if the reason to do so is pretty grim. That’s the case with June’s (Helen Mirren) family, who all visit her when she’s in the hospital. The news isn’t good — June is dying, and loose ends need to be tied up before she goes. That’s easier said than done, as siblings Helen (Toni Collette), Connor (Johnny Flynn), Molly (Andrea Riseborough) and Julia (Winslet) have to overcome their own differences to honor their mother’s last wishes.
Goodbye June sounds depressing, but it’s a lot like Christmas classics It’s a Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol in that it isn’t afraid to confront the darker side of life. Yes, people get sick and die, but there’s joy to be had in the time June has left, and the movie winds up being a celebratory movie about the power of family when faced with a future without one of their own. If you ever wanted to watch a more serious version of The Family Stone, stream Goodbye June.
Goodbye June is streaming on Netflix.
‘The Wolf Hour’ (2019)
June Leigh (Naomi Watts) is a classic NYC eccentric; once a rich and successful author, she now lives as a recluse in a dilapidated brownstone in 1970s Manhattan. She’s a bit paranoid and skittish, but with a serial killer on the loose, can you blame her? But when someone keeps buzzing her intercom to enter her home, June soon realizes she’s not as safe as she thought. Who is her mysterious stalker? Are they real or a fantasy engineered by her persistent loneliness and undiagnosed mental illness?
The Wolf Hour is an absorbing thriller that’s like a cross between Rear Window and The Woman in the Window with Amy Adams. What makes it different is that it’s a largely realistic portrait of a woman slowly undergoing a mental breakdown, and her efforts to reclaim her dignity and sanity. Watts is onscreen almost every minute, and she’s never less than mesmerizing. It’s worth watching The Wolf Hour for her alone, and it’s a reminder that Watts is one of the most underrated actors working today.
The Wolf Hour is streaming on Netflix.
‘Lies We Tell’ (2023)
Maud Ruthyn’s (Agnes O’Casey) wealthy father has died, and he’s left her everything in his will. That’s a big deal for a teenage girl in 19th-century Ireland because it will allow her to live an independent life. But first, she has to turn 18 and welcome her mysterious uncle, Silas (House of Guinness‘ David Wilmot), into her home to look after her until she comes of age. He brings his own family with him, and at first, they all seem to get along. But soon their sinister intentions become clear to Maud — they want her inheritance, and they’ll do anything to get it.
Based on the Gothic novel Uncle Silas by Sheridan Le Fanu, Lies We Tell is a juicy, don’t-mess-with-me thriller that’s as deceptive as its lead heroine. What begins as a standard costume drama soon takes several turns into darker territory, with Maud undergoing all sorts of psychological torment. She’s tougher than she looks, though, and one of the movie’s greatest pleasures is seeing her get her revenge on her nasty relatives. Lies We Tell is perhaps the politest revenge movie ever made, and it’s a valuable text to refer to if you ever find yourself in Maud’s position.
Lies We Tell is streaming on Netflix.
