Best Movies on Netflix
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Frequently Asked Questions
Netflix offers personalised recommendations based on your viewing habits, but you can also use the search bar to navigate the available content. Check back to this page to see a regularly updated, curated list of the best movies on Netflix worth streaming.
Definitely. Netflix has plenty of under-the-radar films that don’t get as much hype but offer excellent storytelling and performances. These hidden gems are often favourites among dedicated movie fans.
Yes, Netflix lets you create profiles with specific viewing restrictions to ensure kids only access age-appropriate movies. This makes it easy to stream family-friendly films safely.
Netflix uses your viewing history and ratings to tailor suggestions. The more you watch and rate, the better the system becomes at recommending movies that match your tastes.
Yes, Netflix features a broad selection of international films in multiple languages, often with subtitles or dubbing. This is ideal if you want to explore cinema from around the world.
Netflix regularly updates its library, so some titles come and go. If a favourite movie disappears, you can look out for it on other streaming services or check if Netflix plans to bring it back soon.
Primitive War
Horror•Action•Adventure•War•Sci-fi
Overview
During the Vietnam War, a recon unit ventures to an isolated jungle valley to uncover the fate of a missing platoon. They soon find themselves in a fight for their lives against an unexpected enemy — prehistoric dinosaurs.
Director
Luke Sparke
Duration
135 minutes
Jurassic World: Rebirth
Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller•Action•Adventure
Overview
Five years after the events of Jurassic World Dominion, covert operations expert Zora Bennett is contracted to lead a skilled team on a top-secret mission to secure genetic material from the world's three most massive dinosaurs. When Zora's operation intersects with a civilian family whose boating expedition was capsized, they all find themselves stranded on an island where they come face-to-face with a sinister, shocking discovery that's been hidden from the world for decades.
Director
Gareth Edwards
Duration
134 minutes
The Nest
Thriller•Drama•Romance•Mystery
Overview
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
Director
Sean Durkin
Cast
Jude Law, Carrie Coon, Charlie Shotwell, Oona Roche, Adeel Akhtar
Duration
103 minutes
Train Dreams
Drama
Overview
A logger leads a life of quiet grace as he experiences love and loss during an era of monumental change in early 20th-century America.
Director
Clint Bentley
Duration
102 minutes
Prometheus
Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
Director
Ridley Scott
Cast
Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Logan Marshall-Green, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba
Duration
124 minutes
Frankenstein
Sci-fi•Drama•Horror•Fantasy
Overview
Dr. Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist, brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
Director
Guillermo del Toro
Duration
150 minutes
How to Train Your Dragon
Fantasy•Family•Kids•Action•Adventure•Comedy•Drama
Overview
On the rugged isle of Berk, where Vikings and dragons have been bitter enemies for generations, Hiccup stands apart, defying centuries of tradition when he befriends Toothless, a feared Night Fury dragon. Their unlikely bond reveals the true nature of dragons, challenging the very foundations of Viking society.
Director
Dean DeBlois
Duration
116 minutes
Eyes Wide Shut
Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Cast
Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Sydney Pollack, Madison Eginton, Vinessa Shaw
Duration
146 minutes
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Drama•Mystery•Thriller•Comedy•Crime
Overview
When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.
Director
Rian Johnson
Duration
145 minutes
The Big Short
Comedy•Drama•History
Overview
The men who made millions from a global economic meltdown.
Director
Adam McKay
Cast
Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Melissa Leo
Duration
125 minutes
Heat
Crime•Drama•Action•Adventure
Overview
Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.
Director
Michael Mann
Cast
Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore
Duration
170 minutes
The Wolf of Wall Street
Crime•Drama•Comedy
Overview
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey
Duration
180 minutes
Promising Young Woman
Thriller•Crime•Drama•Mystery
Overview
A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.
Director
Emerald Fennell
Cast
Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham, Alison Brie, Clancy Brown, Jennifer Coolidge
Duration
113 minutes
Mamma Mia!
Comedy•Romance
Overview
A spirited young bride-to-be living with her single mother on a small Greek island secretly invites three of her mother's ex-boyfriends in hope of finding her biological father to walk her down the aisle.
Director
Phyllida Lloyd
Cast
Amanda Seyfried, Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård, Colin Firth
Duration
104 minutes
Mortal Kombat
Action•Adventure•Fantasy•Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.
Director
Simon McQuoid
Cast
Lewis Tan, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Joe Taslim, Mehcad Brooks
Duration
106 minutes
Prisoners
Thriller•Crime•Drama•Mystery
Overview
Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.
Director
Denis Villeneuve
Cast
Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard, Paul Dano
Duration
147 minutes
Scary Movie
Comedy
Overview
A familiar-looking group of teenagers find themselves being stalked by a more-than-vaguely recognizable masked killer! As the victims begin to pile up and the laughs pile on, none of your favorite scary movies escape the razor-sharp satire of this outrageously funny parody!
Director
Keenen Ivory Wayans
Cast
Anna Faris, Jon Abrahams, Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Regina Hall
Duration
85 minutes
The Phoenician Scheme
Drama•Comedy•Crime•Mystery•Thriller•Action•Adventure
Overview
Wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrorists, and determined assassins.
Director
Wes Anderson
Duration
102 minutes
Parasite
Thriller•Drama•Mystery•Comedy
Overview
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Director
Bong Joon-ho
Cast
Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam
Duration
127 minutes
The Godfather
Crime•Drama
Overview
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
Director
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast
Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Richard S. Castellano
Duration
170 minutes
A Quiet Place: Day One
Horror•Sci-fi•Thriller•Drama•Mystery
Overview
As New York City is invaded by alien creatures who hunt by sound, a woman named Sam fights to survive with her cat.
Director
Michael Sarnoski
Cast
Lupita Nyong'o, Joseph Quinn, Alex Wolff, Djimon Hounsou, Cain Aiden
Duration
99 minutes
The Friend
Drama•Comedy
Overview
Starring Oscar nominees Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, alongside Bing the Great Dane, THE FRIEND is an unexpected and heartwarming journey through love, friendship, grief, and healing.
Director
David Siegel
Duration
124 minutes
Inception
Action•Sci-fi•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Director
Christopher Nolan
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page
Duration
148 minutes
Searching
Thriller•Mystery•Drama
Overview
After David Kim's 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter's laptop.
Director
Aneesh Chaganty
Cast
John Cho, Michelle La, Debra Messing, Joseph Lee, Sara Sohn
Duration
98 minutes
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Comedy•Drama•Crime
Overview
The Grand Budapest Hotel tells of a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars and his friendship with a young employee who becomes his trusted protégé. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting, the battle for an enormous family fortune and the slow and then sudden upheavals that transformed Europe during the first half of the 20th century.
Director
Wes Anderson
Cast
Ralph Fiennes, Tony Revolori, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Saoirse Ronan
Duration
100 minutes
Fury
War•Drama•Action•Adventure
Overview
In the last months of World War II, as the Allies make their final push in the European theatre, a battle-hardened U.S. Army sergeant named 'Wardaddy' commands a Sherman tank called 'Fury' and its five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Outnumbered and outgunned, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
Director
David Ayer
Cast
Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Shia LaBeouf, Jon Bernthal
Duration
135 minutes
Wicked
Fantasy•Romance•Drama
Overview
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with the popular aristocrat Glinda at Shiz University, and the two's unlikely friendship is tested as they begin to fulfill their respective destinies as Glinda the Good and the Wicked Witch of the West.
Director
Jon M. Chu
Cast
Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Jonathan Bailey, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum
Duration
161 minutes
The Great Gatsby
Drama•Romance
Overview
An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
Director
Baz Luhrmann
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Debicki
Duration
136 minutes
Greenland
Action•Thriller•Adventure•Mystery•Sci-fi
Overview
John Garrity, his estranged wife and their young son embark on a perilous journey to find sanctuary as a planet-killing comet hurtles toward Earth. Amid terrifying accounts of cities getting levelled, the Garritys experience the best and worst in humanity. As the countdown to the global apocalypse approaches zero, their incredible trek culminates in a desperate and last-minute flight to a possible safe haven.
Director
Ric Roman Waugh
Cast
Gerard Butler, Morena Baccarin, David Denman, Hope Davis, Roger Dale Floyd
Duration
119 minutes
Black Bag
Thriller•Drama•Mystery•Romance
Overview
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Cast
Michael Fassbender, Cate Blanchett, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris
Duration
94 minutes
Shrek
Animation•Kids•Comedy•Fantasy•Family•Romance
Overview
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
Director
Andrew Adamson
Cast
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel
Duration
90 minutes
The Thursday Murder Club
Mystery•Thriller•Comedy•Crime
Overview
A group of senior sleuths passionate about solving cold cases get plunged into a real-life murder mystery in this comic crime caper.
Director
Chris Columbus
Duration
118 minutes
Joy Ride
Comedy
Overview
When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye, Lolo's eccentric cousin. Their no-holds-barred, epic experience becomes a journey of bonding, friendship, belonging, and wild debauchery that reveals the universal truth of what it means to know and love who you are.
Director
Adele Lim
Cast
Ashley Park, Sherry Cola, Stephanie Hsu, Sabrina Wu, David Denman
Duration
95 minutes
Back to the Future
Comedy•Sci-fi•Action•Adventure
Overview
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Cast
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
Duration
116 minutes
The Brutalist
Drama
Overview
Escaping post-war Europe, visionary architect László Toth arrives in America to rebuild his life. On his own in a strange new country, a wealthy industrialist recognizes his talent. But power and legacy come at a heavy cost...
Director
Brady Corbet
Cast
Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy
Duration
215 minutes
The Gentlemen
Crime•Action•Adventure•Comedy
Overview
American expat Mickey Pearson has built a highly profitable marijuana empire in London. When word gets out that he’s looking to cash out of the business forever it triggers plots, schemes, bribery and blackmail in an attempt to steal his domain out from under him.
Director
Guy Ritchie
Cast
Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Henry Golding, Michelle Dockery, Jeremy Strong
Duration
109 minutes
Gone Girl
Mystery•Thriller•Drama
Overview
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Director
David Fincher
Cast
Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon
Duration
144 minutes
Knives Out
Mystery•Comedy•Drama•Crime•Thriller
Overview
When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his devoted staff, Blanc sifts through a web of red herrings and self-serving lies to uncover the truth behind Harlan's untimely death.
Director
Rian Johnson
Cast
Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon
Duration
125 minutes
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sci-fi•Adventure•Comedy•Action•Fantasy•Drama
Overview
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's important to her by connecting with the lives she could have led in other universes.
Director
Daniel Scheinert
Cast
Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis
Duration
134 minutes
Pulp Fiction
Crime•Drama•Mystery•Thriller•Comedy
Overview
A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Cast
John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames
Duration
148 minutes
Inglourious Basterds
War•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Cast
Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Eli Roth, Michael Fassbender
Duration
153 minutes
Copshop
Action•Thriller•Adventure•Mystery•Crime
Overview
On the run from a lethal assassin, a wily con artist devises a scheme to hide out inside a small-town police station. However, when the hit man turns up at the precinct, an unsuspecting rookie cop finds herself caught in the crosshairs.
Director
Joe Carnahan
Cast
Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, Alexis Louder, Toby Huss, Chad L. Coleman
Duration
108 minutes
Godzilla Minus One
Action•Drama•Sci-fi•Horror•Adventure
Overview
In postwar Japan, a new terror rises. Will the devastated people be able to survive... let alone fight back?
Director
Takashi Yamazaki
Cast
Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Duration
125 minutes
The Island
Action•Sci-fi•Thriller•Adventure•Mystery
Overview
When resident Lincoln Six Echo discovers the chilling truth about his utopian city, he tries to break out with his friend, Jordan Two Delta.
Director
Michael Bay
Cast
Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi
Duration
136 minutes
John Wick
Action•Thriller•Crime•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
Director
Chad Stahelski
Cast
Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan
Duration
101 minutes
Get Out
Horror•Thriller•Mystery
Overview
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.
Director
Jordan Peele
Cast
Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones
Duration
100 minutes
Catch Me if You Can
Drama•Crime
Overview
A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken, Martin Sheen, Nathalie Baye
Duration
135 minutes
Lost in Translation
Comedy•Drama•Romance
Overview
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Director
Sofia Coppola
Cast
Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Akiko Takeshita
Duration
102 minutes
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Action•Crime•Thriller•Adventure•Mystery
Overview
An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance.
Director
Quentin Tarantino
Cast
Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine
Duration
106 minutes
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Animation•Action•Adventure•Sci-fi•Fantasy•Family•Kids
Overview
After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s full-time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, where he encounters the Spider Society, a team of Spider-People charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles finds himself pitted against the other Spiders and must set out on his own to save those he loves most.
Director
Justin K. Thompson
Cast
Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Jason Schwartzman, Oscar Isaac, Brian Tyree Henry
Duration
140 minutes