{"id":179958,"date":"2025-07-11T07:50:42","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:50:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/5-best-netflix-movies-to-watch-in-july-2025-ranked-by-rotten-tomatoes-score\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T07:50:42","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:50:42","slug":"5-best-netflix-movies-to-watch-in-july-2025-ranked-by-rotten-tomatoes-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/11\/5-best-netflix-movies-to-watch-in-july-2025-ranked-by-rotten-tomatoes-score\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Best Netflix Movies to Watch in July 2025, Ranked by Rotten Tomatoes Score"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/media-network\/netflix\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a> has so many good movies that it\u2019s often hard to decide what to watch.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s especially true in July, when the streamer is showing Oscar-winning movies like <em>The Deer Hunter<\/em> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/meryl-streep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Meryl Streep<\/strong><\/a> and modern classics like the <em>Mission: Impossible<\/em> movies with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/tom-cruise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tom Cruise<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/the-notebook-cast-where-are-they-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Notebook<\/em><\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/ryan-gosling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ryan Gosling<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To help determine what\u2019s worth your time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/watch-with-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch With Us<\/a> checked with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rotten Tomatoes\u2019 Tomatometer<\/a> and then curated a list of the best Netflix movies to watch in July.<\/p>\n<p>From dramas like <em>Past Lives<\/em> to horror flicks like <em>Barbarian<\/em>, there\u2019s something for everyone to stream this month.<\/p>\n<h3>1. \u2018Grave of the Fireflies\u2019 (1988)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grave of the Fireflies | Official Trailer | Netflix\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lhlh7JVcTt8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/grave_of_the_fireflies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rotten Tomatoes score: 100 percent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/movieweb.com\/grave-of-the-fireflies-saddest-film\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Grave of the Fireflies<\/em> has been called one of the saddest movies ever made<\/a>, and we\u2019d have to agree. It\u2019s also one of the best animated movies ever, one that is worth watching even if it will make you cry.<\/p>\n<p>Orphans Seita (Tsutomu Tatsumi) and his little sister Setsuko (Ayano Shiraishi) are sent to live with their aunt (Akemi Yamaguchi) when their mother dies during World War II. With their food rations dwindling and their aunt cold and distant, the two siblings run away in the hopes of finding a better life. But life in Japan during wartime is rough, and Seita and Setsuko realize all they have is each other \u2014 and the warm glow of the fireflies when night falls.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/whats-new-on-netflix-in-july-2025\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/whats-new-on-netflix-in-july-2025\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">What&#8217;s New on Netflix in July 2025<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tNow that summer is here, Netflix is releasing some of its most anticipated movies and shows of 2025 in July. One of the streamer\u2019s best original shows, The Sandman, returns for a second and final season on July 3. On the movie front, The Old Guard 2, the long-awaited follow-up to Charlize Theron\u2018s 2020 action [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yeah, you\u2019re going to need tissues after watching this one. The movie is unsparing and brutal, but it\u2019s also beautiful and full of poetic imagery you won\u2019t soon forget. It\u2019s one of the few films to own a 100 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes, and it\u2019s justified. It\u2019s that good.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/watch\/557010\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Grave of the Fireflies<\/em> is streaming on Netflix.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>2. \u2018Past Lives\u2019 (2023)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Past Lives | In-Yun | Official Clip HD | A24\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/moUP4npVea8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/past_lives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rotten Tomatoes score: 95 percent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nora Moon (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/greta-lee-says-a-producer-confused-her-with-greta-gerwig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Greta Lee<\/strong><\/a>) is a successful writer living in New York City with her husband, Arthur (<strong>John Magaro<\/strong>), when she\u2019s visited by a man from her past, Hae Sung (<strong>Teo Yoo<\/strong>). They were childhood sweethearts, and they share a unique bond that Nora discovers is still strong even in the present. As she weighs her past feelings and uncertain future, will Nora make a choice that could jeopardize her marriage?<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/best-new-movies-to-watch-on-netflix-hbo-max-amazon-prime-hulu-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/heads-of-state-john-cena-idris-elba-3.jpg?w=400&amp;h=225&amp;crop=1&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"John Cena and Idris Elba in Heads of State\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/heads-of-state-john-cena-idris-elba-3.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/best-new-movies-to-watch-on-netflix-hbo-max-amazon-prime-hulu-more\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">11 New Movies to Watch This Weekend on Netflix, Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime, More<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThis 4th of July weekend is packed with a few high-profile movies that are appealing enough to lure you away from those fireworks. At the top of the list is Sinners, Ryan Coogler\u2019s excellent horror movie about two brothers fighting vampires in Depression-era America. Netflix already premiered its long-awaited sequel, The Old Guard 2, which [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Past Lives<\/em> is a romantic drama about the choices you make in life and wondering how you would be different if you went down a different path. Nominated for two Oscars, including Best Picture, it\u2019s one of the best movies of the 2020s and has an ending that\u2019s both perfect and devastating.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81700118\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Past Lives<\/em> is streaming on Netflix.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>3. \u2018Barbarian\u2019 (2022)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BARBARIAN | Exploring The Basement (2022) Movie CLIP HD\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFWqnGa0j9M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/barbarian_2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rotten Tomatoes score: 92 percent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is there anything scarier than renting an Airbnb nowadays? That\u2019s the scenario Tess (<strong>Georgina Campbell<\/strong>) finds herself in when she rents a house in an abandoned Detroit neighborhood one night and discovers Keith (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/pictures\/see-bill-skarsgards-drastic-transformations-for-spooky-roles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bill Skarsg\u00e5rd<\/strong><\/a>) has already booked it. Tess doesn\u2019t quite trust Keith, but she quickly discovers he\u2019s not the one she should fear. Someone \u2014 or something \u2014 is lurking in the basement, and Tess soon realizes she and Keith may not make it out of the house alive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/3-new-netflix-movies-with-at-least-90-percent-on-rotten-tomatoes-june-2025\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-town-affleck-lively.jpg?crop=0px%2C17px%2C1751px%2C990px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"A man holds a woman in The Town.\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/the-town-affleck-lively.jpg?quality=78&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/3-new-netflix-movies-with-at-least-90-percent-on-rotten-tomatoes-june-2025\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"00\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">3 New Netflix Movies With at Least 90 Percent on Rotten Tomatoes (June 2025)<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tEvery month, Netflix adds tons of new movies to its ever-expanding library. While some are recognizable classics, some aren\u2019t, and it\u2019s a challenge to avoid the stinkers and watch the best films available. A good method of sorting through the good and the bad is by checking Rotten Tomatoes, the popular website that aggregates critical [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Barbarian<\/em> is a slow-burn horror movie that delivers the goods \u2014 eventually. The buildup is wonderfully agonizing, with director <strong>Zach Cregger<\/strong> endlessly teasing what\u2019s lurking in the shadows. Once it\u2019s revealed, the movie embraces its creature feature roots with full abandon. It\u2019s a wild and scary ride worth taking, even if it\u2019s still summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/watch\/81622499\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Barbarian<\/em> is streaming on Netflix.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>4. \u2018Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga\u2019 (2024)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Choose One Warboy - (Witness Me) 172 Times - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) 4K IMAX Scene\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6wiuWZITHoE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/furiosa_a_mad_max_saga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rotten Tomatoes score: 90 percent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>How do you follow up a critical and commercial hit like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/tom-hardy-charlize-theron-look-back-on-their-mad-max-feud\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Mad Max: Fury Road<\/em><\/a>? For director <strong>George Miller<\/strong>, you take two steps back and make an origin movie that\u2019s just as good as the original. The 2024 prequel follows young Furiosa (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/anya-taylor-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Anya Taylor-Joy<\/strong><\/a>) as she witnesses her mother\u2019s brutal death at the hands of Dementus (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/chris-hemsworth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chris Hemsworth<\/strong><\/a>). As she grows older, she vows revenge, but she\u2019ll need the help of Praetorian Jack (<strong>Tom Burke<\/strong>) to take down him and Immortan Joe (<strong>Lachy Hulme<\/strong>) and escape to the mythical Green Place.<\/p>\n<p>A box office bomb last summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/furiosa-what-to-know-about-the-mad-max-fury-road-prequel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Furiosa<\/em><\/a> is already gaining a reputation as a misunderstood cult classic. The critics loved it, singling out Hemsworth\u2019s performance as the charming yet vicious Dementus. The action film features some jaw-dropping action set pieces that rival anything seen in Fury Road \u2014 or anywhere else, for that matter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81610642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Don\u2019t wait too long to watch <em>Furiosa<\/em>, though \u2014 it leaves Netflix on July 15.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>5. \u2018Family Plot\u2019 (1976)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Family Plot (1976) - Blonde With a Gun Scene | Movieclips\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1jH1YpbL3o8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/family_plot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Rotten Tomatoes score: 90 percent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A bunch of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/tippi-hedren-claims-alfred-hitchcock-sexually-assaulted-her-w447471\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Alfred Hitchcock<\/strong><\/a> movies are scheduled to leave Netflix at the end of July, and while we could recommend the obvious classics like <em>Rear Window<\/em> or <em>Vertigo<\/em>, we\u2019re shining the spotlight on the great director\u2019s last movie, <em>Family Plot<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Blanche Tyler (<strong>Barbara Harris<\/strong>) is a phony psychic who is conning an old woman looking for a long-lost relative, Eddie Shoebridge (<strong>William Devane<\/strong>). The woman wants him to inherit all her money when she dies and will give Blanche $10,000 if she finds him. What both women don\u2019t know is that Eddie is actually a petty criminal who has just kidnapped a cardinal for a large ransom. Eddie doesn\u2019t want anyone to find out who he is, so when Blanche comes snooping around, he may have to deal with her the only way he knows how \u2014 with violence.<\/p>\n<p><em>Family Plot<\/em> is a low-stakes thriller that\u2019s more funny than thrilling, but it\u2019s so comforting to watch, you don\u2019t mind that at all. Hitchcock was past his prime at this point, but he still knew how to stage a great chase sequence, and there are a couple in this movie that show just how talented he was as the Master of Suspense.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/watch\/60020560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Family Plot<\/em> is streaming on Netflix.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/5-best-netflix-movies-to-watch-in-july-2025-ranked-by-rotten-tomatoes-score\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netflix has so many good movies that it\u2019s often hard to decide what to watch. That\u2019s especially true in July, when the streamer is showing Oscar-winning movies like The Deer Hunter with Meryl Streep and modern classics like the Mission: Impossible movies with Tom Cruise and The Notebook with Ryan Gosling. To help determine what\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":179964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-179958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}