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.
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
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
Drop
Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Violet, a widowed mother on her first date in years, arrives at an upscale restaurant where she is relieved that her date, Henry, is more charming and handsome than she expected. But their chemistry begins to curdle as Violet begins being irritated and then terrorized by a series of anonymous drops to her phone.
Director
Christopher Landon
Duration
100 minutes
Untitled Kathryn Bigelow Political Thriller
Mystery•Thriller•Drama
Overview
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Director
Kathryn Bigelow
Duration
115 minutes
The Running Man
Sci-fi•Action•Thriller•Adventure•Mystery
Overview
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.
Director
Paul Michael Glaser
Cast
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, María Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Jim Brown
Duration
101 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
The Perfect Neighbor
Documentary•Crime•Drama•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Police bodycam footage reveals how a long-running neighborhood dispute turned fatal in this documentary about fear, prejudice and Stand Your Ground laws.
Director
Geeta Gandbhir
Duration
97 minutes
A Merry Little Ex-Mas
Comedy•Romance
Overview
All Kate and Everett want for Christmas is an amicable divorce and one last holiday as a family, but new flames and old feelings complicate their plans.
Director
Steve Carr
Duration
91 minutes
Back to the Future
Comedy•Sci-fi
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
Last Breath
Mystery•Thriller•Drama
Overview
Seasoned deep-sea divers battle the raging elements to rescue their crewmate trapped hundreds of feet below the ocean's surface.
Director
Alex Parkinson
Duration
93 minutes
The Equalizer 3
Action•Thriller•Crime•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
Robert McCall finds himself at home in Southern Italy but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.
Duration
109 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
In Your Dreams
Fantasy•Family•Kids•Comedy•Animation•Action•Adventure
Overview
Stevie and her little brother Elliot journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the Sandman to grant them the perfect family.
Director
Alex Woo
Duration
99 minutes
The Woman in Cabin 10
Mystery•Thriller•Drama
Overview
On a lavish yacht for an assignment, a journalist sees a passenger go overboard. But when no one believes her, she risks her life to uncover the truth.
Director
Simon Stone
Duration
93 minutes
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
Horror•Action•Sci-fi•Adventure
Overview
Picking up immediately after the events in Resident Evil: Retribution, Alice is the only survivor of what was meant to be humanity's final stand against the undead. Now, she must return to where the nightmare began - The Hive in Raccoon City, where the Umbrella Corporation is gathering its forces for a final strike against the only remaining survivors of the apocalypse.
Director
Paul W. S. Anderson
Cast
Milla Jovovich, Iain Glen, Ali Larter, Shawn Roberts, Eoin Macken
Duration
107 minutes
EDDIE
Documentary
Overview
From teen comedian to Hollywood legend, Eddie Murphy revisits his extraordinary showbiz ride with raw honesty and humor.
Director
Angus Wall
Duration
103 minutes
Self Reliance
Comedy•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
When a man is offered a million dollars to play a game in which hunters try to kill him, he thinks he has found the perfect loophole: they can only attack when he’s alone. His only problem is that none of his friends or family believe the game is real.
Director
Jake Johnson
Duration
91 minutes
The Family Stone
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
An uptight, conservative businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.
Director
Thomas Bezucha
Cast
Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Diane Keaton, Luke Wilson, Claire Danes
Duration
103 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
Force of Nature: The Dry 2
Mystery•Thriller•Crime
Overview
When five women take part in a corporate hiking retreat and only four come out on the other side, Federal Agents Aaron Falk and Carmen Cooper head deep into the Victorian mountain ranges to investigate in the hopes of finding their whistle-blowing informant, Alice Russell, alive.
Director
Robert Connolly
Cast
Eric Bana, Anna Torv, Deborra-Lee Furness, Robin McLeavy, Sisi Stringer
Duration
112 minutes
Remember Me
Romance•Drama
Overview
Still reeling from a heartbreaking family event and his parents' subsequent divorce, Tyler Hawkins discovers a fresh lease on life when he meets Ally Craig, a gregarious beauty who witnessed her mother's death. But as the couple draws closer, the fallout from their separate tragedies jeopardizes their love.
Director
Allen Coulter
Cast
Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan, Lena Olin, Chris Cooper
Duration
112 minutes
Tin Cup
Comedy•Drama•Romance•Sport
Overview
A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
Director
Ron Shelton
Cast
Kevin Costner, Rene Russo, Don Johnson, Cheech Marin, George Perez
Duration
129 minutes
It
Horror•Thriller•Mystery•Comedy
Overview
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
Director
Andy Muschietti
Cast
Jaeden Martell, Jeremy Ray Taylor, Sophia Lillis, Finn Wolfhard, Chosen Jacobs
Duration
129 minutes
Non-Stop
Action•Thriller•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.
Director
Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast
Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy, Michelle Dockery, Nate Parker
Duration
106 minutes
The Ballad of a Small Player
Drama•Mystery•Thriller•Crime
Overview
Amid the glittering casinos of Macau, a gambler running from his past — and his debts — becomes fascinated by an enigmatic woman at the baccarat table.
Director
Edward Berger
Duration
101 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
The Last Airbender
Fantasy•Adventure•Action•Family•Kids
Overview
The story follows the adventures of Aang, a young successor to a long line of Avatars, who must put his childhood ways aside and stop the Fire Nation from enslaving the Water, Earth and Air nations.
Director
M. Night Shyamalan
Cast
Noah Ringer, Dev Patel, Nicola Peltz, Jackson Rathbone, Shaun Toub
Duration
104 minutes
The Greatest Showman
Drama
Overview
The story of American showman P.T. Barnum, founder of the circus that became the famous traveling Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus.
Director
Michael Gracey
Cast
Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya
Duration
101 minutes
Inception
Action•Sci-fi•Adventure•Mystery•Thriller•Drama
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
Twilight
Romance•Fantasy•Drama
Overview
When Bella Swan moves to a small town in the Pacific Northwest, she falls in love with Edward Cullen, a mysterious classmate who reveals himself to be a 108-year-old vampire. Despite Edward's repeated cautions, Bella can't stay away from him, a fatal move that endangers her own life.
Director
Catherine Hardwicke
Cast
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene
Duration
117 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
The Accountant
Thriller•Action•Drama•Mystery•Adventure•Crime
Overview
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities and the body count starts to rise.
Director
Gavin O'Connor
Cast
Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal, Jeffrey Tambor
Duration
123 minutes
Elf
Kids•Comedy•Fantasy•Family•Romance
Overview
When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.
Director
Jon Favreau
Cast
Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Ed Asner, Mary Steenburgen
Duration
93 minutes
The White House Effect
Documentary•History
Overview
Three decades ago, the world was poised to stop global warming. Using exclusively archival material, THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT tells the dramatic origin story of the climate crisis and how a political battle in the George H.W. Bush administration changed the course of history.
Director
Jon Shenk
Duration
96 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
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 Brutalist
Drama•History
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
Saving Private Ryan
War•Drama•History
Overview
As U.S. troops storm the beaches of Normandy, three brothers lie dead on the battlefield, with a fourth trapped behind enemy lines. Ranger captain John Miller and seven men are tasked with penetrating German-held territory and bringing the boy home.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Cast
Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Barry Pepper
Duration
163 minutes
The Equalizer
Action•Thriller•Crime•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
McCall believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets Teri, a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
Director
Antoine Fuqua
Cast
Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, Johnny Skourtis, David Harbour
Duration
132 minutes
Selena y Los Dinos
Documentary•Family•Kids•Music•Musical
Overview
Never-before-seen footage and intimate interviews celebrate the life and legacy of iconic Mexican American singer Selena Quintanilla and her family band.
Director
Isabel Castro
Duration
110 minutes
Last Christmas
Romance•Comedy•Drama•Fantasy
Overview
Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occurs after she accepts work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, after she meets Tom there, her life takes a new turn.
Director
Paul Feig
Cast
Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Emma Thompson, Lydia Leonard
Duration
99 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
Hereditary
Horror•Thriller•Drama•Mystery
Overview
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not only impacted, but they also become entangled in a chilling fate from which they cannot escape, driving them to the brink of madness.
Director
Ari Aster
Cast
Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro, Ann Dowd, Gabriel Byrne
Duration
123 minutes
Animals
Comedy•Drama
Overview
Laura and Tyler are best friends and drinking buddies whose hedonistic existence falls under the creeping horror of adulthood when Laura gets engaged to Jim – an ambitious pianist who surprisingly decides to go teetotal.
Director
Sophie Hyde
Cast
Holliday Grainger, Alia Shawkat, Fra Fee, Dermot Murphy, Amy Molloy
Duration
105 minutes
Nosferatu
Horror•Fantasy
Overview
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Director
Robert Eggers
Cast
Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Duration
133 minutes
Disclosure
Thriller•Drama•Mystery•Crime
Overview
A computer specialist is sued for sexual harassment by a former lover turned boss who initiated the act forcefully, which threatens both his career and his personal life.
Director
Barry Levinson
Cast
Michael Douglas, Demi Moore, Donald Sutherland, Dylan Baker, Jacqueline Kim
Duration
128 minutes
In Waves and War
Documentary
Overview
Three Navy SEALs leave their tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan with treatment-resistant, unrelenting psychological pain. They find themselves at the cutting edge of a different frontline: a lifesaving psychedelic therapy that brings healing to a community in urgent need.
Director
Bonni Cohen
Duration
107 minutes
- Sequel Released
28 Weeks Later
Horror•Sci-fi•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
The inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
Director
Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Cast
Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau, Catherine McCormack
Duration
100 minutes
- Sequel Released
Something's Gotta Give
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
When perpetually single, aging music industry exec Harry Sanborn, and his latest trophy girlfriend, Marin, arrive at her mother's beach house in the Hamptons, they find that her mother, playwright Erica Barry, also plans to stay for the weekend. Erica is scandalized by the relationship and Harry's sexist ways. But when Harry has a heart attack while there, and the doctor prescribes bedrest, his only option is to stay at the Barry home. Left in the care of Erica and his doctor, a love triangle starts to take shape.
Director
Nancy Meyers
Cast
Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves, Frances McDormand, Amanda Peet
Duration
128 minutes
The Shawshank Redemption
Drama•Crime
Overview
Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.
Director
Frank Darabont
Cast
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown
Duration
137 minutes