Netflix Drops 2025’s Most A-List Movie Today

Netflix just dropped a new Knives Out, and it is loaded. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is out now, bringing Benoit Blanc back more than three years after Glass Onion first hit theaters. Rian Johnson is steering the ship again, and this time he is leaning darker. Also, the cast list is ridiculous in a good way.

• Streaming now on Netflix
• World premiere: September at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
• Rotten Tomatoes: Certified Fresh at 92% from 238 reviews
• Writer-director: Rian Johnson, producing with Ram Bergman
• Returning lead: Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc
• Ensemble: Josh O'Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, Thomas Haden Church, Jeffrey Wright

"Benoit Blanc returns for his most dangerous case yet."

So what are we walking into? Johnson calls this the third and darkest chapter, and the setup backs that up. A young priest named Jud Duplenticy is sent to help a charismatic firebrand, Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, and it becomes obvious the parish is not exactly serene. Wicks oversees a small but committed flock that includes church stalwart Martha Delacroix, a watchful groundskeeper named Samson Holt, a tightly wound attorney Vera Draven, ambitious office-seeker Cy Draven, town physician Nat Sharp, bestselling author Lee Ross, and concert cellist Simone Vivane.

Then someone turns up dead in a way that does not make sense, and there is no clear suspect. That is when Police Chief Geraldine Scott brings in Blanc, and the mystery goes from puzzling to full-on brain-twister. If you like when these movies lean into impossible setups and carefully laid reveals, that is the promise here.

A quick note on the rollout: Wake Up Dead Man had its world premiere at TIFF this fall, which is a savvy launchpad for a movie this stuffed with A-listers. The early critical response is strong, and Netflix is clearly positioning this as its most star-packed swing of 2025. Bottom line: if you have been waiting for Blanc to get a case that really pushes him, this looks like the one.