Best Movies on Netflix
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Frequently Asked Questions
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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.
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
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
Love Actually
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships can be.
Director
Richard Curtis
Cast
Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Bill Nighy
Duration
135 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 the Grinch Stole Christmas
Kids•Fantasy•Comedy•Family
Overview
The Grinch decides to rob Whoville of Christmas - but a dash of kindness from little Cindy Lou Who and her family may be enough to melt his heart...
Director
Ron Howard
Cast
Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Bill Irwin
Duration
105 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
Jay Kelly
Drama•Comedy
Overview
Famous movie actor Jay Kelly embarks on a journey of self-discovery, confronting both his past and present, accompanied by his devoted manager, Ron.
Director
Noah Baumbach
Duration
132 minutes
The Holiday
Romance•Comedy
Overview
Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmas time after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
Director
Nancy Meyers
Cast
Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach
Duration
136 minutes
Jingle Bell Heist
Comedy•Romance•Crime
Overview
Two down-on-their-luck hourly workers team up to rob a posh London department store on Christmas Eve. Will they steal each other's hearts along the way?
Director
Michael Fimognari
Duration
104 minutes
My Secret Santa
Romance•Comedy
Overview
A single mom needs a job. A ski resort needs a Santa. Disguised as a St. Nick lookalike, can Taylor fool a charming hotel heir into ho-ho-hiring her?
Director
Mike Rohl
Duration
89 minutes
Troll 2
Action•Adventure•Drama•Fantasy•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
When a dangerous new troll unleashes devastation across their homeland, Nora, Andreas and Major Kris embark on their most perilous mission yet.
Director
Roar Uthaug
Cast
Ine Marie Wilmann, Kim S. Falck-Jørgensen, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Sara Khorami, Karoline Viktoria Sletteng Garvang
Duration
102 minutes
This Is Where I Leave You
Comedy•Drama
Overview
When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along with their free-speaking mother and a collection of spouses, exes and might-have-beens. As the brothers and sisters re-examine their shared history and the status of each tattered relationship among those who know and love them best, they reconnect in hysterically funny and emotionally significant ways.
Director
Shawn Levy
Cast
Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Adam Driver, Rose Byrne
Duration
103 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
Champagne Problems
Comedy•Romance
Overview
A driven American exec heads to Paris determined to acquire a champagne brand by Christmas — and accidentally falls for the heir to the bubbly empire.
Director
Mark Steven Johnson
Duration
99 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
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
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
- 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
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
All the Empty Rooms
Documentary
Overview
A journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.
Director
Joshua Seftel
Duration
34 minutes
Taxi Driver
Drama•Crime
Overview
A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feed his urge for violent action.
Director
Martin Scorsese
Cast
Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Cybill Shepherd
Duration
114 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
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
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
Black Hawk Down
War•Drama•History•Action•Adventure
Overview
When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Director
Ridley Scott
Cast
Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Jason Isaacs, William Fichtner
Duration
138 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
The Woman in Cabin 10
Mystery•Thriller•Drama•Crime
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
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
Legion
Horror•Action•Fantasy•Adventure
Overview
When God loses faith in humankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope for survival lies in a group of strangers trapped in an out-of-the-way, desert diner with the Archangel Michael.
Director
Scott Stewart
Cast
Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Lucas Black, Kate Walsh, Tyrese Gibson
Duration
100 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
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Action•Thriller•Drama•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
A young boy finds himself pursued by two assassins in the Montana wilderness, with a survival expert determined to protect him, and a forest fire threatening to consume them all.
Director
Taylor Sheridan
Cast
Angelina Jolie, Finn Little, Jon Bernthal, Nicholas Hoult, Aidan Gillen
Duration
96 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
Hook
Kids•Fantasy•Comedy•Family•Action•Adventure
Overview
The boy who wasn't supposed to grow up—Peter Pan—does just that, becoming a soulless corporate lawyer whose workaholism could cost him his wife and kids. During his trip to see Granny Wendy in London, the vengeful Capt. Hook kidnaps Peter's kids and forces Peter to return to Neverland.
Director
Steven Spielberg
Cast
Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith
Duration
142 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
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Thriller•Crime•Action•Mystery•Adventure
Overview
Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Director
Tony Scott
Cast
Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzmán, James Gandolfini
Duration
106 minutes
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Mystery•Thriller•Comedy•Crime•Drama
Overview
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
Director
Rian Johnson
Cast
Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson
Duration
139 minutes
He's Just Not That Into You
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
Have you ever sat by the phone wondering why he said he would call, but didn't, or you can't figure out why she doesn't want to sleep with you anymore, or why your relationship just isn't going to the next level... they're just not that into you. Gigi just wants a man who says he'll call—and does—while Alex advises her to stop waiting by the phone. Beth wants a proposal after years of a committed relationship with her boyfriend, Neil, who sees nothing wrong with the status quo. Janine's not sure if she can trust her husband, Ben, who can't quite trust himself around Anna. Anna can't decide between the sexy married guy, or her straightforward, no-sparks standby, Conor, who can't get over the fact that he can't have her. And Mary, who's found an entire network of loving, supportive men, just needs to find one who's straight.
Director
Ken Kwapis
Cast
Ginnifer Goodwin, Justin Long, Bradley Cooper, Scarlett Johansson, Jennifer Connelly
Duration
129 minutes
Klaus
Animation•Kids•Comedy•Family•Fantasy•Action•Adventure
Overview
When Jesper distinguishes himself as the Postal Academy's worst student, he is sent to Smeerensburg, a small village located on an icy island above the Arctic Circle, where grumpy inhabitants barely exchange words, let alone letters. Jesper is about to give up and abandon his duty as a postman when he meets local teacher Alva and Klaus, a mysterious carpenter who lives alone in a cabin full of handmade toys.
Director
Sergio Pablos
Cast
Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones, Joan Cusack, Norm Macdonald
Duration
98 minutes
Left-Handed Girl
Drama
Overview
A mother and her two daughters move to Taipei to open a noodle stand at a vibrant night market, but family secrets and tradition test their fresh start.
Director
Shih-Ching Tsou
Duration
108 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
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
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 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
50 First Dates
Romance•Comedy•Drama
Overview
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
Director
Peter Segal
Cast
Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Rob Schneider, Sean Astin, Lusia Strus
Duration
99 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
The Revenant
Adventure•Western•Action•Drama
Overview
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
Director
Alejandro González Iñárritu
Cast
Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck
Duration
157 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 Northman
Adventure•Action•Drama•Fantasy•History•Mystery•Thriller
Overview
Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, who kidnaps the boy's mother. Two decades later, Amleth is now a Viking who's on a mission to save his mother, kill his uncle and avenge his father.
Director
Robert Eggers
Cast
Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman, Claes Bang, Ethan Hawke, Anya Taylor-Joy
Duration
131 minutes
The Christmas Chronicles
Kids•Comedy•Fantasy•Family•Action•Adventure
Overview
Siblings Kate and Teddy try to prove Santa Claus is real, but when they accidentally cause his sleigh to crash, they have to save Christmas.
Director
Clay Kaytis
Cast
Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis, Martin Roach, Lamorne Morris
Duration
105 minutes
Top Gun
Action•Adventure•Drama
Overview
For Lieutenant Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell and his friend and co-pilot Nick 'Goose' Bradshaw, being accepted into an elite training school for fighter pilots is a dream come true. But a tragedy, as well as personal demons, will threaten Pete's dreams of becoming an ace pilot.
Director
Tony Scott
Cast
Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt
Duration
110 minutes