Netflix’s Top 7 Movies Today (Friday, May 15, 2026)
While Mother’s Day has come and passed, Netflix users are still embracing “mom movies.”
There are several touching flicks and fun romances in the Netflix film chart at the moment — including a movie specifically tied to the aforementioned holiday.
Continue on to see the Netflix top movie list as it currently stands on Friday (May 15, 2026). Trailers and official descriptions of each movie are included if you want to learn more about them.
7. Apex
Official Synopsis: “A grieving woman testing her limits in the Australian wilderness is suddenly ensnared in a deadly game with a ruthless predator.”
6. Safe Haven
Official Synopsis: “Sparks fly between two people, one with a tragic past, one with a dark secret, in an idyllic small harbor town as they’re both looking for a new start.”
5. Home
Official Synopsis: “When Oh, a lovable misfit from another planet, lands on Earth and meets a teenage girl named Tip, the two unlikely friends embark on the greatest journey of all time…the journey HOME.”
4. And So It Goes
Official Synopsis: “When a grumpy widower must raise the granddaughter he never knew, he finds an unlikely ally — and a second chance at love — in his neighbor.”
3. Mother’s Day
Official Synopsis: “From Garry Marshall, the director of Pretty Woman and Valentine’s Day, comes Mother’s Day, an all-star comedy that celebrates parenthood and family. Jennifer Aniston, Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson and Jason Sudeikis lead an incredible cast in a film that intersects the lives of a group of people maneuvering their way through a crazy week of difficult relationships and family dysfunction in the week leading up to Mother’s Day.”
2. Swapped
Official Synopsis: “A buddy comedy about a small woodland creature (voiced by Academy Award-winning Michael B. Jordan) and a majestic bird (voiced by Juno Temple)—natural sworn enemies of The Valley—who suddenly swap bodies and must team up (while walking in each other’s feathers and fur) to survive the wildest adventure of their lives.”
Official Synopsis: “Based on the bestselling phenomenon by Shelby Van Pelt comes the story of Tova, a widow who forms an unlikely friendship with the curmudgeonly Marcellus — a giant pacific octopus that lives at the aquarium where she works. Unbeknownst to Tova, Marcellus is on a mission to solve a mystery that will heal the widow’s heart and lead her to a life-changing discovery.”
