Netflix’s Most Popular Movies — 3 You Need to Watch Now (September 22-26)

Netflix just hit its late-month refresh, and you can tell by the influx of newly arrived movies.

Call it a winning strategy for the No. 1 streamer, because the best way to stay on top is to keep the films coming at a steady clip.

To kick off the home stretch of September, the Watch With Us team has selected three of Netflix’s most popular movies that you need to watch now.

Our picks include one of the most anticipated sequels of the year, a creepy horror flick and a modern disaster film.

’28 Years Later’ (2025)

Technically, 28 Years Later arrived in theaters a mere 23 years after the seminal zombie flick, 28 Days Later. The director and screenwriter of the original film, Danny Boyle and Alex Garland, reunited for this sequel, which explores what became of Great Britain in the years since the rage virus decimated the population.

Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Alfie Williams star as a father and son, Jamie and Spike, who embark on a risky trip inside infected territory. Things are still really bad, and in the intervening years, a cult run by Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell) has emerged as the real power that may threaten the survival of Jamie and Spike

28 Years Later is streaming on Netflix.

‘Cobweb’ (2023)

Creepy things are happening to a young boy named Peter (Woody Norman) in the horror flick Cobweb. Pete is hearing an enigmatic voice coming from the wall in his room, but neither of his parents, Carol (Lizzy Caplan) and Mark (Antony Starr), is nearly as freaked out about that as they should be.

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One of Peter’s teachers, Miss Devine (Cleopatra Coleman), is very worried about his home life and well-being. The voice knows secrets about Mark and Carol that frighten Peter to his core. There may be real monsters in his life, but Peter has to decide if he can trust the voice to spare him from a horrific fate.

Cobweb is streaming on Netflix.

‘San Andreas’ (2015)

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson goes up against he threat he can’t punch or body slam in San Andreas. The infamous San Andreas Fault is going to knock over so many California landmarks that you’d swear this was a Roland Emmerich flick. That’s actually the best part of the film, and the disaster effects do not disappoint.

Ray Gaines (Johnson) may not be able to do anything to stop the destruction, but he can evacuate his family — if he can find them amidst the carnage. The irony is that Ray’s wife, Emma Gaines (Carla Gugino), was about to end their marriage in favor of another lover. Now, Ray is Emma’s only hope of reaching their daughter, Blake (Alexandra Daddario), before her life is lost in the aftermath.

San Andreas is streaming on Netflix.