As we enter 2025, the future of the box office looks as uncertain as ever, but if there's one thing we know for sure, it's that we're all destined (or doomed, take your pick) to navigate the Netflix interface for years to come. . In recent weeks, amid the usual holiday fare, the streamer has offered up its usual cavalcade of the kind of good "content" that's been exiting our collective cortex as quickly as it's been entering. Netflixers send Megan Fox's sci-fi thriller 'Subservience' to the top of the streamer's charts during the holiday period, while spy thriller series Black Doves led by Keira Knightley similarly triumphed in the Netflix rankings.

But Netflix's 2024 wasn't entirely defined by easily produced but somehow instantly forgettable movies and TV shows. In the middle The 10 best movies on Netflix in 2024we had some real standouts, including what turned out to be an outstanding turn for Aaron Pierre in the excellent Rebel Ridge and the affecting family drama His Three Daughters.

However, in 2025 the onslaught of media will no doubt continue. But as we prepare for the cavalcade of streaming trash to begin anew, the year at least got off to a decent enough start. The streaming crowd even gave us some hope by sending a modern sci-fi classic to the top of the Netflix charts in the form of Christopher Nolan's best film: Interstellar.

In 2024, Christopher Nolan followed up what was already a banner year for him in 2023 with even more success. Having directed first blockbuster movie to win Best Picture Oscar in 20 years with Oppenheimer the previous year, in 2024 Nolan re-released his 2014 effort "Interstellar" in theaters, which became a box office hit 10 years after it first debuted. Now, the film has made its way to Netflix, where it has once again been a huge success.

Interstellar hit Netflix on January 1, 2024, despite already being a well-known sci-fi epic that has been part of the cultural conversation for a decade, it immediately started climbing the most-watched charts. According to FlixPatrolsite that tracks streaming viewership data across platforms, the film debuted on the most-watched movie charts in the US at number three as of January 2. It has remained in third place since January 3, but could very well reach the top spot during the coming week. To do so, however, it will have to compete with precisely those midstream movies that seem designed as anti-Nolan fun.

If we take an optimistic approach, the success of Netflix's "Interstellar" at least suggests that there is hope for the streaming sphere in 2025. While the popularity of streaming something like Michael Fassbender Dropped 'Snowman' in 2023, Seemed to Suggest Netflixers Will Watch AnythingChristopher Nolan continues his mission to prove that audiences are still hungry for high-quality film offerings in the streaming era. With that in mind, it will be interesting to see how "Interstellar" fares against the "Die Hard 2"-esque Christmas action thriller "Carry-On," which currently holds the top spot on the U.S. most-watched charts.

The actor starring Taron Egerton is exactly what Netflix has become known for. It's a fun watch that overall doesn't do much to prevent it from being completely buried under a hail of "content" to come, ultimately dooming it to the crowded annals of streaming history. So it will be interesting to see if "Interstellar" can topple "Carry-On" or if the streaming movie remains king of the charts. Nolan's sci-fi epic will also need to top Ron Howard's 2015 adventure drama "In the Heart of the Sea," which is currently in second place nationally.

Meanwhile, Nolan, who will soon bring the Greek epic to the big screen with his upcoming project The Odyssey in 2026. He's probably not too upset about Interstellar on the Netflix charts anyway. The director is a known fan of physical media and has spoken at length about the dangers of streaming-only media. Still, it's impressive to see a film getting multiple wins 10 years after its initial release.