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The 50 best movies on Netflix Canada right now

Here are all the titles that make up the all-time best movies on Netflix Canada right now from every genre and category.

Action-packed plots, romance, laughs, something to keep the kids entertained—whatever it is you're looking for, the best movies on Netflix Canada right now will provide. If you're staying indoors today, need something more than halfway decent to watch during your daily commute, trying to find date night ideas or you want something classy to put on as you Netflix 'n' Chill? No problem. We've spent enough time in Montreal movie theatres to know the good from the bad and ugly, so consider your one-stop shop for ideas (second only to the best movies of all time ).

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These are the best movies on Netflix Canada right now

50.  Senna

You don't have to care a thing about F1 racing to get caught up in the meditative thrills of Senna , one of the best sports documentaries of all time. Using only archival footage, including visceral, first-person racing footage, the filmmakers bring to life one of racing's greatest legends, Brazilian Ayrton Senna. Shedding light on his unique talents, the way he changed the sport and his tragic death, Senna honours one of the great sportsmen of the twentieth century.

49.  Shirkers

It's 1992 in Singapore. Sixteen-year-old Sandi Tan wrote a script about a young serial killer on a road trip. The film, Shirkers , was shot but was stolen by the film's director, a much older man of mysterious origin before it could be finished. Decades later, in this documentary, Tan finally reunites with the film and tries to piece together the strange history of her cult project and the man who almost destroyed it. Part mystery and part love-song to the cinema, Shirkers defies all expectations as it takes the viewers on an unexpected journey in search of answers.

48.  Selma

In bringing to the screen the story of Martin Luther King's march on Selma, director Ava DuVernay never lost sight of King's humanity. While it hits on the civil rights points of the quest to secure equal voting rights in the South, the film also delves into King and his wife, Coretta's relationship. It's in these more intimate and strained moments that the film comes together, suggesting the unique human pressures in leading a civil rights movement and the various ways the American government sought to tear him down.

47.  Rocky

It's been nearly fifty years since Rocky swept the Oscars and made Stallone a star. It spawned the most successful sports franchises of all time (sorry Mighty Ducks ) and has some of the most iconic images in all film history. Even if you think you know all the story beats, the film's popularity endures far beyond its montage sequences; at its heart, it's a fantastic tale of endurance and love, maybe one of the best Hollywood has ever seen.

46.  Atlantics

In Dakar, Senegal, a ghostly presence settles on the city after a migrant ship capsizes off the coast. This unusual supernatural film centers on a love story between Ada and Souleiman and how not even death can't keep them apart. An impressive feature debut from French-Senegalese actress Mati Diop, Atlantics is one of the most eerily beautiful films from the past decade - as the film utilizes the crystalline light of the sea to cast strange shadows, evoking a world beyond life and death.

45.  Dick Johnson is Dead

One of the most critically acclaimed films of 2020, Dick Johnson is Dead is an imaginative documentary where noted cinematographer, Kirsten Johnson, tries to come to terms with her dad's failing health. Johnson imagines various unexpected deadly scenarios that might befall her father, Dick Johnson, in this loving and playful investigation into mortality. These inventive sequences are counterbalanced with the warmth and melancholy of her father's failing mental capacities and the changing conditions of his life as he enters his final years—a love story about embracing our mortality like no other.

44.  Bad Genius

Bad Genius , a heist-thriller from Thailand, may very well be the most exciting film about cheating on an exam ever put to screen. With compelling characters, breakneck pacing and the suave gusto of an Ocean 's movie, Bad Genius defies all expectations you might have about the potential thrills of academic fraud. Filled with twists, turns, and unexpected mishaps, Bad Genius is one of the past decade's most thrilling films.

43.  God's Own Country

Set on a muddy, grey farm in Yorkshire, God's Own Country is about the steamy lust between a local farm boy and a Romanian worker. A love story with little pretense of romance, God's Own Country is an unsentimental exploration of an unlikely partnership and the unintended consequences of their relationship. If you thought Call Me By Your Name was too sunny and sweet, this film might be for you.

42.  Burning

Directed by one of Korea's greatest filmmakers, Lee Chang-dong, Burning tells the mysterious and ultimately unreliable story of a peculiar love triangle. Class, violence and cultures clash in this moody thriller about a woman who goes missing without a trace, especially as it becomes apparent no one wants to look for her. A stunning and bleak portrait of contemporary Korean life, Burning is a surreal and unsettling journey that isn't afraid to leave the audience hanging. Don't expect any concrete answers though, or you'll walk away disappointed.

41.  The Invitation

At a 1970s inspired dinner party in the Hollywood hills, as friends who haven't seen each other since a terrible accident tore apart their group reunite for the first time in years. A cultish horror thriller, The Invitation explores how grief can manifest in destructive ways, especially in the void of contemporary spiritual scarcity. The less said about the story, the better. The Invitation is a rarefied psychological thriller that sticks with you long after you've seen it.

40.  Certain Women

For over a decade, director Kelly Reichardt has been telling stories about the trials and tribulations of rural America. With Certain Women , she ties together the story of three-women in Montana and the small but significant incidents of their lives. Don’t let the all-star cast of Laura Dern, Michelle Williamd and Kirsten Stewart fool you, this is an understated slice-of-life film that showcases the beauty and heartbreak of the everyday.

39.  Inception

For blockbuster cinema, there's life before and after Inception . In a cinematic landscape crowded with comic book movies and pre-existing intellectual property, puzzle-master Christoper Nolan dared to introduce an entirely new mind-bending universe with no intentions to expand into a franchise. In this sense, Inception is a unique cinematic experience, a thrilling universe-bending spy thriller that delves deep into the world of dreams. Over ten years after its initial release, it still finds a way to thrill and surprise, even if you know all the beats.

38.  Moneyball

A sports movie that is surprisingly short on sports, Moneyball explores the strategic and game-changing effect of Oakland manager Billy Beane's statistic-forward coaching technique and its impacts on baseball. Sound boring? Well, it's not. Bennett Miller, who also directed Capote and Foxcatcher , has a keen understanding that obsession translates well to the big screen. Moneyball is not just a film about baseball. It's about losing yourself in an idea so profoundly at odds with the world around you that it might break you.

37.  Blade Runner: The Final Cut

When Ridley Scott imagined the future (which, set in 2019, is now the past), it was crowded, smoggy and violent. A film noir-inspired cyberpunk thriller, Blade Runner 's enduring popularity is well-earned. Its action set-pieces stand-up remarkably well and its deeply psychological investigation into what it means to be human resonates even more deeply in a world controlled by algorithms and artificial intelligence. Blade Runner might feel homework, but it's anything but.

36.  It's Complicated

Few directors have the consistency of Nancy Meyers or the same passion for beautifully garish catalogue ready kitchens. With It's Complicated , Meyers unites Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin, a long-divorced couple who rediscover the sexual spark that seemed otherwise long-lost. Of course, though, things are complicated; both characters have moved onto new relationships, and the conflicts that lead to their divorce in the first place are unresolved. It's Complicated works because of it's excellent cast and the fact that most rom-coms ignore the love and sex lives of anyone over 35, helping this film stand out all the more.

35.  Easy A

What if The Scarlet Letter was set in an American high school circa 2010? That's the basic premise of Easy A , the wicked teen comedy starring Emma Stone about a teen girl who uses rumours to raise her social standing. As far as teen comedies adapting classic lit go, Easy A is easily one of the best, mostly thanks to its witty script and charming cast.

34.  Mean Girls

No teen film released in the 21st century has had a cultural impact as Mean Girls . Adapted from a self-help book called "Queen Bees and Wannabes," Mean Girls explores the politics and tensions of high school cliques - in particular - the so-called Mean Girls. Looking back on the film, it's incredible how many of its stars have gone on to become among the most desirable and esteemed actors of our generation, Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried in particular. Funny, dark and timeless, Mean Girls captures the angst and anxiety of high school like few other films ever have.

33.  Dope

Dope is set in a tough Los Angeles neighbourhood, Malcolm (Shameik Moore, who is also the voice of Miles in Into the Spiderverse ) and his group of nerdy friends have big ambitions to get into a good school and leave this life behind. A series of complicated misunderstandings leave them in possession of expensive drugs, and if they don't sell, they might not make it out of high school alive. With lots of fourth wall breaks, fun needle drops and full-on 1990s nostalgia, Dope is a brisk comedy thriller that's high on charm.

32.  V For Vendetta

Step aside, Marvel, V for Vendetta is far more deserving of any comic-book adaptation accolades. Surprisingly, it's been over fifteen years since the film was released, and it somehow feels more relevant now than it did before. Adapting a graphic novel by Alan Moore, V for Vendetta is set in a dystopian future where the UK has become a fascist state. The mysterious V, dubbed a terrorist by the government, works to inspire a revolution to overthrow a totalitarian leadership.

31.  The Social Network

David Fincher is probably best known for his serial killer thrillers like Se7en , Zodiac and Gone Girl . Especially in retrospect, this affinity for sociopathy made him an especially apt filmmaker to tackle the life story of Mark Zuckerberg and the birth of Facebook. If you remember anything about The Social Network release, the very idea of a "Facebook movie" seemed ridiculous. A decade later, though, the film is a harsh indictment of social media culture and a potently vicious portrait of it's most charmless overlord.

30.  The Godfather

Do you really need someone to explain why The Godfather is one of the greatest films ever made? Suppose you've been living under a rock on a planet far, far away, somewhere in another galaxy. In that case, The Godfather trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola is the story of an Italian crime family that equally chronicles the changing morals and values of American society. The trilogy stars many of the greatest actors of all time, including Al Pacino, Marlon Brando and Robert Deniro, arguably, their greatest roles.

29.  Stand By Me

Adapted from a lesser-known Stephen King novella called, “The Body,” Stand by Me is about a group of preteen friends who search for a body in the woods. The film captures the tensions and anxieties that emerge as children turn to adolescence. Without delving too deeply into nostalgia, this is a coming of age film that captures both the anticipation and fear of growing up and facing the harsh cruelties of the adult world.

28.  A Star is Born

It's a testament to Bradley Cooper's talents as a director that the fifth adaptation of A Star is Born (if you count What Price Hollywood? (1933), which served as the direct inspiration for the original 1937 film) still manages to connect with an audience. Cooper and Lady Gaga have incredible chemistry as the two lovelorn musicians are doomed to swap social positions as one ascends to fame in the shadow of the other's descent. While undeniably modern in its style and rhythms, the film captures old Hollywood melodramas' intensity, making this film an instant classic for fans of romantic tearjerkers.

27.  Groundhog Day

Let's get out of the way; yes, 2020 felt like a Groundhog Day -inspired fever dream. The fact that this joke has persisted so consistently through the pandemic speaks to how enduring the 1994 film about a weatherman who wakes up on groundhog day over and over again really is. One of the smartest and funniest movies of all time, Groundhog Day may also be Bill Murray's most enduring role - best utilizing his caustic and dry humour, as well as his innate likeability.

26.  Catch Me If You Can

Leonardo Dicaprio has had many memorable roles, but one of his most underappreciated was as con-artist Frank Abagnale Jr. in Spielberg's Catch Me If you Can . While often considered a minor Spielberg, Catch Me If you Can is viciously entertaining and captures 1960s caper films' infectious quality. With an unreliable narrator and a whole cast of bizarre but compelling scenarios, this film never fails to delight.

25.  Legally Blonde

Pink is the new pink in Legally Blonde , the best movie about a sorority princess turned lawyer on this list. Led by an impossibly adorable Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde endures as one of the most beloved comedies of the new century thanks to its unconventional character arcs and it's impossible-to-hate lead character.

24.  Gone Baby Gone

A throwback to old-school crime thrillers like The French Connection , Gone Baby Gone is the story of a missing child and the detective trying to track them down. Far more than just a puzzle to be solved, Gone Baby Gone is a grim portrait of class differences and hard moral questions regarding poverty, child-rearing and justice. It's Ben Affleck's first directorial effort and still his best film (yes, it's better than Best Picture winner Argo ).

23.  Uncut Gems

Uncut Gems features anything you could ever want from a movie; Adam Sandler, bedazzled furbies, high-stakes bets and Julia Fox. An adrenaline-pumping thriller, the film centers on a series of bets made by New York Jeweler Howie (Adam Sandler), whose luck seems to be running out. A film about chance and opportunity, Uncut Gems manages to be hyper-specific while also touching on universal ideas and questions. Warning, it's so tense it might give you a heart attack.

22.  BlacKkKlansman

No one makes a movie like Spike Lee, and his boundary-pushing adaptation of BlacKkKlansman , the story of a black man infiltrating and taking down a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan, could not be made by anyone else. Bolstered by incredible performances, the real magic in Lee's filmmaking is in his refusal to treat the crimes of America's past as gone and done. Though the majority of the film is set in the 1970s, his filmmaking alludes to the distant past, as well as the present moment to create a much fuller story of race and violence in America.

21.  The Big Short

Adam McKay was best known for his silly nonsense comedy films like Anchorman and Step Brothers (still his masterpiece) when he set out to expose the 2008 financial crisis's beneficiaries on the big screen. What seemed like an anachronistic pairing of artist and material, though, quickly became a match made in heaven. McKay's ironic sense of humour helped make sense of complicated financial jargon in fourth breaking sequences that might have been dead on arrival with a more serious-minded filmmaker.

20.  Baby Driver

From the mind of Edgar Wright, one of the most consistently funny and adventurous filmmakers working today, Baby Driver often feels like an elaborate clip montage, and that's why it's great. If ever a movie utilized its expensive soundtrack, well, it's here. Each song hits the right groove and is perfectly edited to the film's immaculate action sequences. You might have to pretend that Christopher Plummer has replaced Kevin Spacey, but even his presence does little to discount how fun this movie is.

19.  La La Land

Damien Chazelle's La La Land is a colourful homage to classic Hollywood musicals and the city of Los Angeles. While the film can sometimes feel a bit too much like it was shot through an Instagram filter, Chazelle's earnestness remains a rarity in our irony-laden culture. Gosling and Stone have incredible chemistry, and while it's hard to get worked up about jazz, their sincerity goes a long way in making the film's romantic and melancholic vibes hit just right.

18.  Coming to America

Eddie Murphy is, without question, one of the most talented people in American pop culture and Coming to America is a contender for his funniest film. In the movie, he plays Prince Akeem, a monarch from the invented African nation of Zamunda. Going against his parents' wishes, he escapes to America to find his queen. This absurd fish out of the water, somehow, never gets old - in part because Murphy evokes a deep sense of dignity in his characterization of the Prince, his role serving to expose American inequality and hypocrisy more than anything else.

17.  Phantom Thread

P.T. Anderson may very well be the best American filmmaker of the last three decades, and he's just getting started. Phantom Thread is his bitter-pill of a romance between a demanding dress designer and a waitress he meets at a restaurant. 1950s London is recreated with impeccable period detail; the film transgresses on perceived conventions of romance, suggesting an equally matched battle of the sexes that will forever change your perception of food poisoning.

16.  Funny Girl

Decades after Funny Girl first premiered on the big screen, it's genuinely shocking to see Barbara Streisand walk on camera, say her now-iconic line "Hello Gorgeous," and understand that this is her first screen role. Of course, Streisand had a career on the stage, but the magnetism of her presence and her raw talent is so impressive you feel in your bones that she was born to do this. A movie musical on the long side is held together by Streisand's power and a genuinely good collection of songs.

15.  The Age of Innocence

Scorsese unfairly gets criticized as a bro-director when he's made films like The Age of Innocence , demonstrating his sensitivity and skill to understand the nuances of feminine worlds. The Age of Innocence , an adaptation of an Edith Wharton novel, not only exists to prove his critics wrong but may very well be one of his best films. A film about people with great pretensions and few morals is a romantic drama that doubles as a class critique of our most privileged brethren.

14.  True Romance

The late Tony Scott directs a script by Quentin Tarantino about a Bonnie and Clyde-esque couple dealing crime in Hollywood. A vibrant and violent film brimming with colourful tangents, True Romance is a rapid-fire romance like no other. The film's real magic lies in the insane chemistry between Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, who give career-best performances.

13.  Stranger Than Fiction

Harold Crick (Will Ferrell) is an IRS agent caught in the same old routine, and he might be the most boring man alive, until one day, he wakes up, and an omnipotent narrator begins describing his life. An incredibly charming meta-fiction that plays on fundamental questions surrounding free will and authorship, Stranger than Fiction is a remarkably creative story within a story film. Harold Crick is a rare "serious" role from Will Ferrell, and he nails it.

12.  Dirty Dancing

It's not without reason that Dirty Dancing has endured for decades after it's release. It's a classic story of star-crossed lovers forbidden to meet under the repressive controls of a society that doesn't understand them. It has a banging soundtrack, supremely hot lead actors and an unusually progressive perspective (even by today's standards) when it comes to abortion.

11.  The Silence of the Lambs

Talk about range, Jonathan Demme directed the best concert movie of all time ( Stop Making Sense , which unfortunately is not on Netflix). He then directed the best Hannibal Lecter film just under ten years later. The Silence of the Lambs endures as such an incredibly thrilling cinematic experience because it pulls us so deeply into the world of Clarice, expertly performed by Jodie Foster. The strange and almost surreal world of violence is filtered through the perspective of a young, at times fragile, FBI agent with something to prove. A perfect movie.

10.  My Neighbor Totoro

You basically can't go wrong with any Hayao Miyazaki, but our personal favourite is likely My Neighbor Totoro . Two young sisters move to the country with their father to be closer to their hospitalized mother, and in the magical rural environment, an entire world of playful spirits opens up to them. Adorable and heart-wrenching without being cloying, this film has become a classic among animation fans with good reason. It strikes the perfect balance and appeals to children and adults in equal measure.

9.  Jaws

Jaws has become so ubiquitous in pop culture; many people know it's signature lines and moments without seeing the film. That being said, thanks to some brilliant filmmaking, Jaws holds up as a truly gripping thriller that pits man versus nature. In a period that also sees politicians ignore public health recommendations to support industry at the cost of people's lives… let's say Jaws resonates as more than just a shark movie.

8.  Pulp Fiction

Whatever you may think of Quentin Tarantino or his films, Pulp Fiction changed independent American cinema forever, spawning an unholy deluge of copycat films and aspiring cinephile edgelords. It's a testament to Tarantino's talents that Pulp Fiction still feels fresh and spontaneous under those circumstances. It's a movie brimming with carefully calculated cool. Every frame fits perfectly into the grand scheme of things, and each character is more compelling than the last.

7.  Knocked Up

No single filmmaker has changed the face of American comedy as much as Judd Apatow in the past two decades. Anchoring his films to millennials and Gen-Xers trapped in perpetual adolescence and forcing them to cope with the adult world became a strangely enduring (and most definitely profitable) recipe for success. Knocked U p was one of his first and still one of his best films in this genre, about a stoner (Seth Rogen) who accidentally knocks up a blonde bombshell (Katherine Heigl). Antics, of course, ensue.

6.  The Holiday

While the Love Actually wars rage on year after year, The Holiday has rightfully ascended to become a reliable classic in its own right. Featuring Kate Winslet, Jack Black, Jude Law and Cameron Diaz, it's a fantastic all-star cast alternative for audiences seeking a sweet holiday film with a romantic touch. Like all Nancy Meyers films, it's absolutely an excellent film for film fans who are passionate about interior decor.

5.  The Fifth Element

Few filmmakers are working within the sci-fi genre who are as consistently inventive as Luc Besson. The Fifth Element rejects the sleek greys and blues that proliferate in American dystopias favouring bright colours and bright lights. Fundamentally a high-stakes chase film, Bruce Willis plays a futuristic taxi driver tasked with saving a gorgeous young woman played by Milla Jovovich. It's a high-paced future adventure like no other.

4.  Marriage Story

Marriage Story pits Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson against each other in a divorce that was supposed to be "easy." As their marriage dissolves, lawyers swiftly become involved, and their whole world falls apart. A tense recreation of a relationship in shambles, director Noah Baumbach (who recently went through a divorce) gets at the awful details and minutiae that makes the separation process so painful. While not easy viewing, the film does see the light at the end of the tunnel… so, it's not all grim.

3.  Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol

Mission Impossible may very well be one of the few major film franchises that continue to improve with age. Tom Cruise continues to jump off buildings, and a solid cast of supporting characters continue to enable his literally insane antics. Ghost Protocol could very well have been a perfect finisher to the franchise since it has some of the series most iconic stunts and twists, yet (remarkably) it's been followed up with two equally great films with two more on the way.

2.  Saving Private Ryan

You have to admire the efficiency of a film title that also doubles as a synopsis. Opening with the thirty most iconic minutes in any Hollywood war film ever made, Saving Private Ryan went about rewriting many of American cinema's romantic notions about WW2. Visceral and disturbing without ever being overly sentimental, Saving Private Ryan is a strong contender for Spielberg's best film - which is saying a lot considering his incredible career.

1.  Children of Men

Sometime in the not-so-distant future, no one can have children and the world is gripped with violence, resources are scarce, and by some miracle, one woman can get pregnant; she must be protected at all costs. A surprisingly intimate and familiar dystopian film, Children of Men creates a vision of the future that is remarkably restrained and in doing so, creates something far more terrifying than any whirlwind space adventure. Cuaron, who would go on to make Gravity , has such an innate sense for action and suspense that the film will have you quite literally at the edge of your seat.

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The 50 best movies on Netflix Canada right now

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The greatest selling point of streaming services – a near-infinite choice of entertainment, instantly available to anyone anywhere – is also its greatest drawback: if you don’t have a clear plan, you can spend an hour or more just scrolling through the various categories before giving up and going to bed. No judgment here, we’ve all done it… and, if we’re being honest, some of us can’t stop doing it. So as a public service (and to get around the algorithm), NOW’s writers have gone deep into the tiles to recommend some recent favourites, overlooked classics and essential titles available to watch right now. And we’ll update this post regularly as titles leave and join Netflix Canada. We’re not monsters.

Update (February 1, 2022): This post was updated with The Sparks Brothers.

The 40-Year-Old Version

Radha Blank wrote, directed and starred in this cringe-comedy about an artist reaching a point in life where the need to make money brushes up against a desire for creative fulfillment. Blank plays a once-buzzy playwright who starts rapping to rekindle her creative spark while selling out on Broadway. Shot in romantic and intimate black-and-white, The 40-Year-Old Version is packed with one-liners and great musical sequences. Though the lead character is highly cynical, the movie takes a refreshingly uncynical view of the generation gap.

Director Mati Diop’s Cannes-winning feature debut is a dystopian gothic romance full of elegant, unforgettable imagery. Mama Sané plays a young, lower-class Senegalese woman whose lover drowns at sea while attempting to migrate to Spain, and her ensuing emotional disarray manifests in a series of strange happenings. A movie about those left behind in the global humanitarian crisis, Atlantics cleverly subverts a realist aesthetic to draw viewers into a supernatural story about class, grief and belief.

Amazing Grace

The fact that it’s possible to watch Sydney Pollack’s absolutely electrifying documentary of Aretha Franklin recording her gospel album of the same name at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles is a miracle twice over: first, because the footage wasn’t properly synchronized when Pollack and his crew shot it in 1972, and it was assumed that could never be corrected. Digital editing tools finally made it possible, and Amazing Grace was completed years after Pollack’s death by his friend and collaborator Alan Elliott… and it is a wonder to behold: the energy of Franklin and the musicians and singers supporting her builds in waves, their performance reflected back to them by the audience’s response. When Franklin finally gets to her staggering, wrenching, joyous interpretation of the eponymous hymn, it’s impossible not to be moved.

The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography

Oscar-winning documentarian Errol Morris (The Fog Of War) spends some time in Boston with his old friend Elsa, who specializes in intimate, vivid large-format Polaroid portraits – and who now sees her specialization threatened by the death of traditional photography. The result is a movie about mortality and impermanence, and the impulse to leave one’s mark on the world while one still can… or, if you’re Elsa Dorfman, the refusal to take all of this so seriously, and take pictures until the film runs out.

Hidden camera comedies are well-worn territory, but director Kitao Sakurai and star/writer Eric Andre give the genre a jolt of energy by transposing the clichéd narratives of Hollywood rom-coms, road trip and buddy comedies into the streets of mostly working-class southern communities. There are plenty of ridiculously raunchy digressions, but Bad Trip manages to give viewers an optimistic and heartening look at America without glossing over issues of race and class. If anything, the movie exposes how inane and out-of-touch idealized stories about “levelling up” in life can be. Also: Tiffany Haddish delivers her funniest performance since Girls Trip.

The Big Short

Adam McKay’s Oscar-winning adaptation of Michael Lewis’s 2010 book about the financial meltdown of 2008 somehow pulls laughs from outrage, laying out the corporate malfeasance and regulatory failures that led the world into disaster through the eyes of a coterie of hedge fund managers and financial analysts (Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt and others) who saw the crisis coming and bet on disaster – figuring that if they couldn’t warn the world of the impending collapse, they could at least guarantee their clients wouldn’t be part of it. McKay orchestrates it all so deftly that you might not even notice how angry he is… at least, not right away.

Alexander Nanau’s methodical, devastating documentary begins with a team of Romanian journalists who uncover a horrific, government-toppling health-care scandal, and then expands to follow the efforts of Vlad Voiculescu, the young patient advocate tasked by the provisional administration to repair that system. Given the sheer amount of information the film has to convey, and the number of subjects whose stories Nanau must juggle, it’s remarkable that Collective feels as clean and precise as it does; the filmmaker and his team organize the complex, frequently unbelievable story into a vivid two-hour narrative, never quite disguising their own outrage at what they – and we – are seeing.

Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution 

Many stories of 60s radicalism have been told on film, but the Oscar-nominated doc finds an unsung tale in the seeds of the modern-day disability rights movement. Crip Camp traces pivotal civil rights battles in the United States back to Camp Jened, a summer camp for disabled teens in the 70s that is fondly remembered as a utopia among attendees who were able to feel a sense of normalcy there. Directors Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht – a Jened alum – use a trove of incredible footage to show how the camp’s free-wheeling attitudes helped foster a protest movement that would lead to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990.

French director Maïmouna Doucouré’s unsentimental and empathetic debut feature plugs into the fury of an 11-year-old who rebels against her polygamist father’s impending nuptials by secretly joining a hypersexual dance troupe. It’s about a young girl struggling to define her values in the face of social media platforms heavily pushing one-dimensional notions of femininity. The trust the director puts in her audience is like a rebellion in and of itself. A movie about childhood that isn’t afraid to confront the messiness of childhood.

The Dead Don’t Die

Two years ago we said this movie would have a cult following in five years – we’re almost halfway there. A dozy riff on George A. Romero’s Night Of The Living Dead with a dash of Ed Wood’s Plan 9 From Outer Space or whatever other no-budget ghoulapalooza writer/director Jim Jarmusch caught on TV late one night as a kid, The Dead Don’t Die is… really weird. Small-town Pennsylvania cops played by Adam Driver and Bill Murray are confronted with a growing army of walking dead after “polar fracking” knocks the Earth off its axis. What ensues is both a deadpan, laconic deconstruction of the zombie genre and an allegory for the numbing effects of consumerism.

Dick Johnson Is Dead

Cinematographer and occasional filmmaker Kirsten Johnson makes a companion piece to 2016’s Cameraperson, focusing on her relationship with her father Dick, who’s recently been diagnosed with dementia – and who enthusiastically helps Kirsten imagine his own death (and afterlife) with little movie shoots as a form of therapy. It’s both a heartening look at a father and daughter facing the end of their lifelong bond, and a cheerful experimental documentary about impending loss. And Dick’s terrible acting is its own wonderful reward. 

The Disciple

Chaitanya Tamhane’s second feature exalts a sublime art form without putting artists on a pedestal. Sharad (Aditya Modak) is a devoted student of Hindustani classical music who is skeptical of performing and recording for profit. Through a series of beautifully composed, quietly scathing scenes, Tamhane schools viewers on the particulars of Northern Indian classical music while opening philosophical questions about art and commerce. It’s a classic theme, but the understated approach allows the performance scenes to advance the story on an emotional level. The Disciple grows ever more absorbing as it progresses.

An Easy Girl

Rebecca Zlotowski’s charming coming-of-age drama follows a working-class teen (Mina Farid) on summer break in Cannes whose hedonistic cousin (social media influencer Zahia Dehar) sashays into town and challenges her notions around value and work. Paced with the lightness of a summer vacation, it’s also acerbic and philosophical, giving you eye candy while slyly questioning everything. An Easy Girl is as light or as deep as you need it to be.

Edge Of Tomorrow

Edge Of Tomorrow casts Tom Cruise as a hapless military spokesman thrust into a war against rampaging ETs in France, where he’s immediately killed and then forced to repeat that day over and over again, always dying and always snapping back for a fresh start. When it premiered seven years ago, it was an almost impossible sell, mostly because of the meaningless studio-imposed title and a trailer that didn’t even start to convey how much fun it is to watch Cruise and co-star Emily Blunt spar with one another as she trains him to use his situation to his advantage and maybe also save the human race. Now that every other sci-fi movie has a time-loop plot, Edge Of Tomorrow is a snap to understand and a blast to watch, a mixture of existential comedy and inventive sci-fi action that never takes a wrong step.

First Man 

Damien Chazelle and Ryan Gosling followed La La Land with this intimate and expansive drama tracking eight years in the life of Neil Armstrong – the first man to set foot on the moon. The historical re-creations are exhaustively accurate, but even more impressive is how Gosling and Claire Foy match each other’s very specific energy as Neil and Janet Armstrong, two very different people who make perfect sense together. The final sequence loses some impact outside of IMAX theatres, but just focus on Gosling’s face. He’ll get you through it.

The Half Of It

Alice Wu’s charming teenage riff on Cyrano de Bergerac understands the real anguish of Edmond Rostand’s romantic tragedy: it’s not the ache of sending your dream girl into the arms of another, it’s the pain of being unseen by the one you love. That’s the problem facing Ellie Chu (Leah Lewis), who turns her crush on the alluring Aster Flores (Alexxis Lemire) into a gig ghost-writing love letters to Aster from her lovesick neighbour Paul Munsky (Daniel Diemer). Wu’s queer tweak to Rostand works beautifully, bringing out the closeted aspects of Cyrano that were always there: the outsider protagonist, yearning for a love that isn’t considered possible or proper, shepherding the woman he loves towards a more conventional life even as he knows she deserves better. And making Cyrano a withdrawn Chinese-American teenager who’s sure of her sexuality but unable to act on her feelings snaps the whole thing together beautifully.

Hail Satan?

Penny Lane’s latest wild trip through America’s culture wars profiles the Satanic Temple, a secularism-worshipping religious organization that uses the First Amendment to fight off attempts by Christian groups to erect theocratic monuments on public property. It’s a hilarious, entertaining and eye-opening film that goes deep into the politicized history of Satanism and the desire to belong to a movement – activist or religious. The theatrical ritual scenes are mind-blowing.

French auteur Claire Denis’s English-language sci-fi horror movie starring Robert Pattinson and Juliette Binoche inspired walkouts during its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018. It’s not hard to understand why – High Life is more future camp classic than futuristic. Set in space on a prison ship, Binoche plays an evil, sperm-stealing doctor intent on seducing Pattinson’s celibate convicted murderer as their craft hurtles toward a black hole. There’s birth, death and impeccably designed space fashions.

His House  

Writer/director Remi Weekes’s first feature – about two South Sudanese refugees (Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù, Wunmi Mosaku) trapped with one another in a crumbling townhouse in England – is a rare horror film where the supernatural threat is an almost incidental complication to the misery the protagonists are already going through. Which isn’t to say it isn’t scary; in fact, it’s a nail-shredder. It’s also infernally clever about how it uses dark rooms filled with spirits to amplify its protagonists’ very real PTSD, and in holding back a third-act twist that’s truly shocking. 

High Flying Bird 

A sports picture without any sports, Steven Soderbergh’s run-and-gun drama follows an agent (André Holland) rushing around New York City during an NBA lockout, trying to rep both a rookie (Melvin Gregg) and a white-hot pro (Justin Hurtt-Dunkley) while also possibly bringing basketball back to the people. Written by Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight) and directed, shot and edited by Soderbergh with his usual crackerjack proficiency, it’s a drama about what people will do for money and respect, and – like Holland’s character – it’s really smart about what it does and how it does it.

Hotel Artemis 

So there’s this movie where Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Dave Bautista, Sofia Boutella, Charlie Day, Zachary Quinto, Jenny Slate and Jeff Goldblum run around a secret hospital for rich criminals in a near-future Los Angeles. How have you never heard of it? Well, thanks to a less-than-optimal distribution deal in Canada, screenwriter Drew Pearce’s gritty, inventive directorial debut was hard to find for a while. Now it’s on Netflix, which means you can enjoy watching “Reservoir Dogs meets John Wick during The Purge” with the tap of a tile.

If Beale Street Could Talk

Barry Jenkins’s If Beale Street Could Talk doesn’t have the intimate grandeur that made Moonlight land like a supernova two years earlier; its style is more realistic, its dramatic sensibility more reserved. But with a couple years’ distance, Jenkins’s 2018 adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel feels more and more like a classic on its own terms: a complex portrait of Harlem lovers torn apart by racism and indifference, and the shock waves that reverberate through their families. Stephan James and KiKi Layne are the lovers, with Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Brian Tyree Henry, Michael Beach and an Oscar-winning Regina King as their people, every last character worthy of his or her own movie.

The Irishman

No, the digital de-aging doesn’t work, but that’s only an issue in the first hour or so of Martin Scorsese’s epic American crime story, which stretches over 60 years in the life of Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), the mob hit man who claimed to have killed Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). It’s another of Scorsese’s insider epics, per GoodFellas and Casino, but with one crucial difference: there’s no pleasure to be had in any of it. Sheeran does his thing and ends up decrepit and alone, and neither Scorsese nor De Niro let us off the hook about that. He wasn’t a good guy. He has it coming.

Kubo And The Two Strings

Looking for something delicate and fantastical? Consider this 2016 adventure from the stop-motion specialists at Laika, the animation house behind such challenging, beautifully crafted works as Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls. This film, directed by studio founder Travis Knight, is just as exquisitely designed, with its tale of a young hero (voiced by Art Parkinson) who must evade the hostile Moon King (Ralph Fiennes) with the help of a talking monkey (Charlize Theron) and a samurai beetle (Matthew McConaughey). The mythology is a mash-up of a few different legends, and the animators conjure a vivid reality with an exquisite crumpled-paper aesthetic and a sense of endless possibility. Just let it flow over you.

Before he was making massive entertainments like The Last Jedi and the Knives Out movies, writer/director Rian Johnson was playing with genre in a more intimate way. His 2012 take on time-travel thrillers casts Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis as younger and older versions of the same assassin, who find themselves chasing each other around 2044 when Old Joe jumps back to Young Joe’s present on a mission to rewrite the future – and sending Young Joe on the run from his own people, hiding out on a farm with a woman (Emily Blunt) and her very special son. This is first-rate, head-fizzing entertainment, with exceptional performances by Gordon-Levitt, Blunt and Willis, and equally engaging work from Paul Dano, Jeff Daniels, Noah Segan and Garret Dillahunt in supporting roles.

Marriage Story

Noah Baumbach’s devastating study of a dissolving couple may not be as powerful when you’re able to pause it and go for a walk to shake off the emotional weight; if you’re trapped in a theatre with it, it’s utterly shattering. But Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson’s fully committed performances will pull you along just the same; and the streaming format allows us to immediately revisit key scenes and marvel at the incredible work Julie Hagerty, Merritt Wever, Ray Liotta, Alan Alda and a never-better, Oscar-winning Laura Dern are doing in the margins.

The Mitchells Vs. The Machines

Can a bickering nuclear family (and their weird pug) put their conflicts aside and save the world from a machine apocalypse? What if their conflicts are the thing that gives them a fighting chance? That’s the ingenious engine that powers The Mitchells Vs. The Machines, about a family on a cross-country road trip during a machine uprising. Director Michael Rianda and co-director/co-writer Jeff Rowe have delivered a delirious entertainment where the comedy and the dramatic stakes escalate in perfect harmony, each joke setting up an emotional payoff, and vice-versa.

Darren Aronofsky’s dizzying, deviously clever allegorical movie is the director’s most ambitious since The Fountain. Jennifer Lawrence plays a woman trying to keep her house in order as her poet husband (Javier Bardem) keeps welcoming more and more chaos into their home during a bout of writer’s block. Some have argued this film was just a hand-wringer about how difficult it is to be the partner of a self-absorbed creator… and sure, that’s a valid take. But it’s about everything else, too.

No Country For Old Men 

Cormac McCarthy’s novel about three men in 80s Texas whose destinies are tied to a large bag of money feels almost tailor-made for the Coen Brothers, whose filmography – regardless of genre – constitutes a decades-long meditation on the futility of looking for meaning in a chaotic universe. But the Coens’ love of character detail and cinematic texture led to an adaptation even better than its source, with a frantic Josh Brolin, a weary Tommy Lee Jones and a blank Javier Bardem moving through this dusty, sad world on a collision course with one another. It won four Oscars – including picture and director – which doesn’t feel like enough.

After making The Wrestler and Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky was in a position to make anything he wanted. So he swung for the fences with a biblical epic that tells the story of Noah and the ark from the perspective of its hero, a family man tormented by the demands god has placed upon him. Russell Crowe is Noah, with his Beautiful Mind co-star Jennifer Connelly as his wife; Emma Watson turns up as a young woman taken in by their family. And though it’s crammed with elaborate visual effects – including a rock monster voiced by Liam Neeson – the movie’s real power is contained in Crowe’s compelling performance as a man living with the knowledge that his world is coming to an end.

Some people had never heard of Bong Joon-ho before Parasite broke out in 2019. But that film was just the latest in a long line of remarkable genre hybrids, one of which was briefly the jewel in Netflix’s crown: Okja, the 2016 sci-fi satire about a Korean farm girl (Ahn Seo Hyun) and her eponymous best friend, a super-pig created by a shady global corporation. That summary doesn’t even come close to capturing either the complexity of the movie’s narrative – written by Bong and Jon Ronson – or the dexterity with which that narrative is realized, from its remarkably expressive CG super-pig to the range of emotions contained within Okja’s human co-stars, among them Jake Gyllenhaal and Tilda Swinton. As with all of Bong’s features, the tone switches from idyllic to madcap at the drop of a hat – or the twitch of a giant super-pig’s ear. If you’ve been meaning to catch up to it but find the premise too weird… well, it is weird. Really weird. But it’s also remarkable.

Everybody needs a little joy in their lives, and that’s where the Paddington movies come in. In two movies – only one of which is currently available on Netflix – director Paul King spun Michael Bond’s beloved children’s books into thoughtful, charming fantasies that play just as well for grown-ups as they do for kids. The first movie works as a surprisingly powerful metaphor for the immigrant experience, and also gives Nicole Kidman the chance to be very, very silly as the villain… though she’s not having nearly as much fun as Hugh Grant will in Paddington 2.

The Platform  

Overshadowed by Parasite on the festival circuit at the time – even though it won the Midnight Madness People’s Choice award at TIFF – Galder Gaztelu-Urritia’s amazing high-concept horror movie, which moves the premise of Cube into a merciless vertical structure, still packs one hell of a punch especially now that we’re all spending so much time in isolation. Watch it knowing as little as possible. And brace yourself.

Princess Mononoke

Japanese writer/director Hayao Miyazaki’s animated fantasy about environmental stewardship was a global hit in the late 90s and remains a classic to this day thanks to its iconic forest creatures and morally ambiguous characters whose motivations don’t fall into a rote hero-villain dichotomy. It’s the perfect movie for younger viewers ready for more complex subject matter, but this film transcends age and genre to rightfully claim its masterpiece mantle.

Pulp Fiction

With Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino showed the world a new approach to crime dramas; Pulp Fiction demonstrated that he was more than a one-trick pony, reshuffling the B-movies on which he grew up into a complex, overlapping narrative about chatty gangsters, vengeful crime bosses, punch-drunk prizefighters and a couple of genuine miracles. You can enjoy the way it all fits together, or you can just bliss out on the exquisite back-and-forths in the dialogue: John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson talking about hamburgers, Travolta and Uma Thurman flirting at a theme restaurant, Bruce Willis and Maria de Medeiros’s pillow talk, Tim Roth and Amanda Plummer’s lovely-dovey booth chat. Pretty much anything Ving Rhames says is gold, too.

The black-and-white shocker about murders at a run-down hotel might not be Alfred Hitchcock’s best picture – that’s either Rear Window or Vertigo, depending on the day of the week – but it’s the one that made the biggest cultural impact, shocking audiences in 1960 with a shower scene so brutal and horrifying that it changed movies forever. (Seriously, there’s a whole documentary dedicated to its importance.) But Psycho is more than just that one scene; it’s a taut, ingeniously constructed thriller featuring complex performances from Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins and lively supporting turns from Vera Miles and Martin Balsam. It’s also a master class in storytelling that forces the viewer’s sympathies to shift from scene to scene, as motivations get cloudy and new information is revealed. You probably haven’t revisited Psycho in a while. It still has a bite.

Restored a few years ago just as mainstream media started embracing and recognizing drag and ball culture in a big way, Frank Simon’s 1968 documentary takes viewers behind the scenes at the Miss All-America Camp Beauty Contest in New York City. It’s a fascinating time capsule, capturing queer subculture that was the genesis for so much that feels ubiquitous today. It’s also a cult favourite thanks to the screen presence of Crystal LaBeija – founder of the House of LaBeija – who delivers a mic-drop moment at the end.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark

One of the most purely entertaining adventure movies ever made, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’s 1981 salute to the serials they grew up watching as children is a masterwork of cinematic craft: although the pacing, energy and visual effects hold up beautifully 40 years later, the performances, production design and John Williams’s rousing score feel so satisfyingly old-school. (The one thing that’s dated badly – very badly – is the implication that Karen Allen’s Marion Ravenwood was underage when she first fell for Harrison Ford’s Indiana Jones, which, ick.)

Merawi Gerima’s haunting and lyrical debut is about a filmmaker (Obinna Nwachukwu) returning to his old home in a gentrifying Washington DC neighbourhood. He searches desperately for old friends in a Black community whose scars, history and kinship are spackled over by the new resident yuppies. Emotional memories from the community come at you like a flood – as do the influences of Spike Lee, Charles Burnett and the young filmmaker’s own father, Sankofa director Haile Gerima.

Sarah Gavron’s coming-of-age drama about an abandoned teen caring for her little brother escapes the trauma-porn trap by focusing on the hopes, strength and sisterhood among her diverse characters. Bukky Bakray and Kosar Ali are unbelievably charming and infectious in the lead roles. In a just world, these rockstars would become household names.

Alfonso Cuarón’s autobiographically tinged study of a young woman (Yalitza Aparicio) working as a maid for an affluent Mexico City family in the early 70s might be his best movie, which is really saying something about the director of Children Of Men (also on Netflix Canada). Photographed in large-format 65mm and mixed in multichannel Dolby Atmos for an immersive experience that deploys emotional intensity in waves, Roma is like a sea tide slowly overtaking sand on a beach. Sure, you can watch it on your phone. But please don’t.

Rose Glass’s first feature reformulates a certain kind of horror movie into an intense character study about devotion and belief, carried by a tremendous performance from Morfydd Clark as Maud, a young English palliative-care nurse convinced that her latest patient, dying American choreographer Amanda Köhl (Jennifer Ehle), is a lost soul in need of salvation. Which isn’t to say Ehle’s work is lacking; it’s just that the movie starts out as a two-hander but soon becomes a riveting one-woman show, with writer/director Glass pushing us further and further into Maud’s head as pressures build from without and within. Impressionistic and brutal in its depiction of whatever its protagonist is going through, Saint Maud creates a sort of ecstatic tension and holds it to the bitter end.

Saving Private Ryan

The first 20 minutes of Steven Spielberg’s 1998 war movie is some of the finest filmmaking of the director’s career, re-creating the storming of Omaha Beach on D-Day with a sustained, visceral intensity he’s rarely attempted. The rest of the film, while not as intense, is just as well-made, taking characters straight from central casting – Tom Hanks’s world-weary captain, Jeremy Davies’s nervous intellectual, Barry Pepper’s sniper with nerves of steel, Vin Diesel’s New York loudmouth, Adam Goldberg’s angry Jewish enlistee – and taking the time to flesh them out. Yes, the denouement is a little much. You can work through it.

Sandy Tan takes the influences from her formative years as a movie- and- pop-culture-obsessed teen growing up in late 80s/early 90s Singapore and distills them into a wildly entertaining mystery-memoir. Ostensibly the story of unearthing a lost classic of Singaporean cinema (a stunning document of a long-gone cityscape), Shirkers gradually evolves into a nuanced examination of teen friendship and how artistic endeavours often hinge on very specific chemistry between collaborators.

Sorry To Bother You

Boots Riley’s late-capitalist comedy about a telemarketer from Oakland (Lakeith Stanfield) who exploits white privilege to succeed at life is a sharp satire of the interconnectedness of class, race and labour. The comedy grows increasingly bizarre (and low-brow), but the politics wouldn’t fly if the jokes didn’t land. Standouts in the memorable supporting cast include Tessa Thompson, Danny Glover, Steven Yeun and Kate Berlant.

The Sparks Brothers

Embodied by the unquantifiable voice of Russell Mael crooning his keyboardist brother Ron’s looping, complex lyrics about relationships, nature, commerce and existence itself, Sparks has released 25 studio albums over half a century without ever sustaining mainstream success, though they’ve influenced generations of musicians. Of course Edgar Wright loves them, and with this documentary the filmmaker crafts a rhapsody for them, taking us through the Maels’ careers album by album and letting famous fans like Flea, Patton Oswalt and Weird Al Yankovic tell us how much Sparks means to them. At two hours and 20 minutes it risks being as exhausting as it is exhaustive, but you can’t really argue against Wright packing in everything he can; he’s telling us how much Sparks means to him, too. 

Strong Island

Yance Ford’s feature debut mixes together a variety of documentary storytelling techniques to explore a familiar subject – institutionalized racism in the U.S. justice system – in a new way. Ford recounts the story of how his middle-class Long Island family was devastated by the 1992 murder of his brother, and then how a grand jury failed to indict the killer. Using only minimal archival footage, Strong Island weaves together a complex narrative, often from still imagery, to show the deep and long-lasting emotional impact of the events. It’s personal and stylistically risk-taking filmmaking.

Adam Sandler plays a desperate man running around New York City making one terrible decision after another in Uncut Gems. Josh and Benny Safdie made a version of this movie two years ago, as Good Time – also on Netflix Canada – but with Uncut Gems they level up the queasy anxiety and their casting: it’s genuinely shocking to see Sandler scurrying around Manhattan’s diamond district in a state of sweaty, adrenalized panic. It’s as if the Safdies found a new gear for him, and jammed the throttle.

Werewolves Within

Josh Ruben followed his dazzling no-budget Scare Me with this equally eccentric horror-comedy – very loosely based on the Ubisoft videogame – about a handful of weirdos, isolated in a B&B during a snowstorm, trying to figure out if there’s werewolf in their midst – and if so, who it is. Veep’s Sam Richardson and Other Space’s Milana Vayntrub are a delight as the ostensible authority figures, a timid but kind-hearted park ranger and a more free-spirited letter carrier who serves as his guide to the community. Michaela Watkins, Sarah Burns, Cheyenne Jackson, Harvey Guíllen and Catherine Curtin are among the colourful locals. Mishna Wolff’s script mashes up the 70s shut-in classic The Beast Must Die with the goofy spirit of Clue and Knives Out, mining the absurd conflicts that result when outsized personalities start pointing fingers (and firearms) at each other, and Ruben orchestrates the various discoveries and betrayals with a genuine admiration for the clichés of this particular sub-genre.

Yes, God, Yes

Karen Maine’s first feature is a deadpan comedy about a Catholic teenager named Alice (Natalia Dyer) whose developing curiosity about the pleasures of the flesh leads her panicked parents to ship her off to a woodland retreat where she’ll be taught to repress her sexuality like a good girl. At least that’s the theory. In practice, it’s a little more complicated, as Alice discovers her urges are pretty vanilla compared to the things everyone else is into. If you’ve only seen Dyer running away from monsters on Stranger Things, you have no idea how good an actor she really is; Yes, God, Yes reveals her as an amazing comic talent, getting big laughs with tiny squints, frowns and hesitations, and Maine makes sure we have every opportunity to appreciate her.

Zodiac may not be David Fincher’s best movie – Fight Club, The Social Network and Gone Girl would all like a word – but it’s the one that best sums up his intentions as a filmmaker. An expansive study of obsession and mortality centered on the hunt for the mysterious serial killer who terrorized San Francisco and its environs in the 70s, Zodiac collapses years of research into a riveting two-and-a-half-hour narrative, with Robert Downey Jr. and Jake Gyllenhaal as newspapermen whose lives are overtaken by the hunt for the Zodiac and Mark Ruffalo as the cop who’s just as determined to crack the case – and just as frustrated by his inability to grasp the truth. James Vanderbilt’s script teases out every thread to build a pretty convincing theory of the killer’s identity, but Fincher’s directorial choices keep suggesting alternatives, ultimately leaving us in the same uncertain place as the movie’s heroes, seeing the shape of a truth but not quite able to grasp it. It’s a hell of a thing.

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50 Best Movies on Netflix Canada

By: Author Jessica Lam

Posted on March 13, 2024

Categories Lifestyle

Looking for the best movies to binge-watch on Netflix Canada this March 2024 ?

From rom coms to action flicks, Netflix always have a great selection of films to binge-watch.

Although they do have a lot of bad movies (*ahem*  The Princess Switch and Secret Obsession ), there are a lot more good ones.

I spend a lot of time watching TV shows and movies, usually in the background of whatever I’m doing – it’s just nice to have background noise, whether I’m cooking or doing work!

Here are the best movies on Netflix Canada to binge-watch by genre, in my personal opinion.

I’ve seen all of these movies multiple times (some maybe dozens), which is why they’re my favourites!

Be sure to also follow me on Instagram and TikTok – I share a lot more content on those platforms that don’t make it to the blog!

More things to watch

If you’re looking for more things to watch on streaming services in Canada , check out my other posts on shows and movies:

• Looking for more Netflix? Watch the best Netflix comedies , classics , horrors , or holiday movies , or if you’re into shows instead, watch the best Netflix shows (including Korean dramas and animes ).
• Got Crave ? Peep out the best movies (including comedies and horrors ) or shows on Crave .
• Have Amazon Prime? Watch the best movies (including comedy , horror , and holiday movies ) or shows on Prime Video .
• Searching for things to watch on Disney+? Watch the  best movies (including comedies  and  horrors ) or shows on Disney+ .
• Into specific genres? Check out my horror movie binge list or my list of the best Korean dramas .

How does Netflix Canada work?

You might already know that Netflix offers different content depending on your country, but I’ve listed movies that are available on Netflix Canada.

Plans for Netflix Canada start at $9.99 a month, and you can stream content across most devices with wifi capabilities, such as your TV, phone, and tablet.

Prices for Netflix Canada:

• Basic plan – $9.99 a month for 1 device
• Standard plan – $16.49 a month for 2 devices
• Premium plan – $20.99 a month for 4 devices

If you have the basic plan, you can only stream Netflix Canada on one device at a time, and if you have the standard or premium plans, you can stream on multiple devices at once.

The standard or premium plan is ideal for families or friends who share the same account!

Best movies on Netflix Canada to binge-watch

Best comedy movies on netflix canada, catch me if you can (2002).

Catch Me If You Can is one of my favourite films of all-time – it’s incredible seeing how intelligent people can be.

Con artist Frank Abagnale progressively gets bolder and bolder with his scams, faking everything from his degrees to cheques.

All the while, he gets chased by an FBI agent named Carl Hanratty.

The movie is actually based on a true story, which is amazing!

Young Leo is of course nice to watch, and Tom Hanks is his co-star.

1 film available on Netflix, watch the trailer

The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

A college grad aspiring to be a journalist becomes an assistant to Miranda Priestly, one of New York City’s biggest magazine editors.

The Devil Wears Prada is a classic rom-com that never gets old, and I think I love it more watching it as an adult!

Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, and Stanley Tucci all star in The Devil Wears Prada .

Miss Congeniality franchise (2000 & 2005)

A female FBI agent goes undercover as a contestant at the Miss United States pageant, but she prides herself in being “one of the boys” and is horrified at the idea of becoming a girly girl.

Sandra Bullock is absolutely adorable and hilarious in Miss Congeniality .

You can watch both the first and second movie on Netflix Canada!

2 films available on Netflix, watch the trailers for the first and second movies

Click (2006)

If you’re in for laughs and tears, then you should definitely watch Click .

Adam Sandler plays a workaholic architect who comes across a mysterious remote that lets him rewind and fast-forward parts of his life.

The remote begins to malfunction, and he starts to lose control of his life.

I watched this movie a bazillion times with my family, and I think I even still have the DVD.

17 Again (2009)

Mike O’Donnell gave up his dream of becoming a basketball star to marry his high school sweetheart and raise their child, but he regrets his life choices as a middle-aged man.

One day his wish to become 17 again gets granted, and he has a chance to relive his youth again and redo the choices he made.

If you haven’t already seen this movie, Zac Efron plays the young Mike O’Donnell!

21 Jump Street (2012)

After two cops join the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go undercover as high school students.

They realize high school is nothing like when they went years ago, and they have to once again confront the teenage terror and anxiety they thought they’d left behind.

Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Dave Franco, Brie Larson, and Ice Cube all star in 21 Jump Street !

There’s also a sequel called 22 Jump Street , but it’s not on Netflix.

Rush Hour franchise (1998-2007)

This hilarious franchise stars Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker as two cops who go on a series of misadventures involving corrupt crime figures in Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

You can watch all three movies of the franchise on Netflix, and there’s actually a fourth movie coming out in 2024!

3 films available on Netflix, watch the trailer

Superbad (2007)

Three friends are invited to a house party, and they spend a whole day trying to score enough alcohol to impress the girls they like and kickstart their sex lives before college.

Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, Emma Stone, and Christopher Mintz-Plasse all star in this hilarious coming-of-age teen comedy!

Hustlers (2019)

Destiny works as a stripper to make ends meet, taking care of her daughter and grandmother.

She meets Ramona, a veteran exotic dancer, who shows her how to swindle money from rich clients.

Hustlers is based on a true story that’s actually very fascinating!

Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, Lili Reinhart, and Cardi B are all part of the cast.

Best romance movies on Netflix Canada

The notebook (2004).

Every single day, Duke reads the story of Noah and Allie to Ms. Hamilton, a woman with dementia.

The Notebook is another movie that makes me cry every single time I watch it, no matter how many times I’ve seen it.

It’s a really beautiful movie, and definitely a classic !

Pretty Woman (1990)

A wealthy businessman hires a prostitute to spend a weekend with him, and they end up falling in love.

Pretty Woman is one of my most favourite movies of all-time, and it stars Julia Roberts and Richard Gere!

I actually watched it for the first time while in university, and I think I watched it five times that year because I loved it so much.

Friends with Benefits (2011)

Jamie, a headhunter, recruits Dylan to work as an art director at GQ in New York City.

Fed up with relationships, they decide to become friends with benefits, and things get complicated.

Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake star in this one, and they’re a great duo!

Dirty Dancing (1987)

Nobody puts baby in a corner.

Dirty Dancing  is a classic romance film, and you’ll love it even if you’re not really into dance movies.

While vacationing with her family at a resort, Frances falls in love with a dance instructor, and her father diapproves.

There’s an episode about  Dirty Dancing  on the Netflix docu-series The Movies That Made Us , and it really makes you appreciate the film so much more.

Someone Great (2019)

Although  Someone Great  is a rom-com, I’d say it’s more about love in friendships than romantic love.

After Jenny and her long-term boyfriend break up, she and her two best friends go on one last adventure around New York City together before she leaves for her dream job in San Francisco.

The soundtrack is great, the cast is great, the storyline is great – everything about this movie is great.

It’s now one of my favourite rom coms of all-time – I think I watched it 3 times in the same week the first time I saw it!

He’s Just Not That into You (2009)

He’s Just Not That into You  is a cute rom-com that follows several different people and their love (or heartbreak) stories, and they all connect together somehow.

It’s a star-studded cast with the likes of Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, and so many other awesome actors and actresses.

New Year’s Eve  is another similar movie where it follows a bunch of different people who are connected!

Best drama movies on Netflix Canada

The shawshank redemption (1994).

A successful banker gets arrested for the murders of his wife and her lover, and is sentenced to life in prison at the Shawshank prison.

The Shawshank Redemption is a classic movie, and it’s actually based on a Stephen King novel !

Morgan Freeman stars in Shawshank .

The Blind Side (2009)

The Blind Side is based on the true and heartwarming story of Michael Oher and his adoptive family, the Tuohy family.

Michael comes from an impoverished upbringing, and his life turns around for the better when he gets adopted by the Tuohys.

He ends up being drafted into the NHL!

The Impossible (2012)

While enjoying their winter vacation in Thailand, a family of 5 are separated when a horrifying tsunami strikes.

The Impossible is actually based on a true story of a real family, which is so crazy.

Naomi Watts, Ewan McGregor, and Tom Holland all star in the movie!

Molly’s Game (2017)

Molly’s Game is another biographical drama, and it’s based on Molly Bloom’s memoir of the same name.

In her twenties, Molly Bloom ran the most exclusive underground poker game in the world for celebrities and the mafia, and she eventually gets caught by the FBI.

It’s so incredible watching how smart this woman is, especially seeing as she was on her way to becoming an Olympic skier (until an injury forced her to quit) before all this went down.

Room (2015)

Held captive for years in an enclosed space, a young woman and her son, who was born in captivity, finally gain their freedom.

Room is a heartbreaking story based on a novel inspired by the horrible Fritzl case.

Brie Larson and Jacob Tremblay both star in the film, and they’re both incredible actors.

Blue Bayou (2021)

A Korean adoptee raised in a small Louisiana town struggles to make a better life for his pregnant wife and stepdaughter.

After facing deportation from the only country he’s ever called home, he has to face the ghosts of his past.

Blue Bayou is an incredible and extremely emotional film, so be sure to have a box of tissues on-hand.

I was crying throughout the movie and literally ugly sobbing by the end.

Fun fact: the actor who plays Eric from Twilight , Justin Chon, is the writer, director, and star of Blue Bayou !

Alicia Vikander, who plays Lara Croft in the latest Tomb Raider movies, is his co-star.

Boogie (2021)

Alfred “Boogie” Chin is a high school basketball star living in Queens, New York, with dreams of one day playing in the NBA.

He navigates his parents pressuring him to earn a scholarship to an elite college, a new girlfriend, high school, and on-court rivals.

Eddie Huang wrote, directed, and starred in Boogie , and it’s actually inspired by some of his own life experiences!

1 film available on Crave, watch the trailer

Pieces of a Woman (2020)

Pieces of a Woman is a heartbreaking drama about a young couple who go through a traumatic home birth.

Both Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf give incredible performances – the film is incredibly heartbreaking.

The White Tiger (2021)

Balram Halwai becomes a driver for a prestigious Indian family and uses his wit to escape from poverty.

Priyanka Chopra stars in The White Tiger , and it’s based on a novel of the same name !

The Unforgivable (2021)

Ex-convict Ruth Slater tries to reconnect with her much younger sister, who she was separated from after spending two decades in prison.

Sandra Bullock, Viola Davis, and Jon Bernthal all star in The Unforgivable .

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is an alternate history film featuring some real life characters.

Formerly a 1950s western star, Rick tries to make it again in Hollywood in the year 1969.

He spends most of his time alongside his friend and stunt double, Cliff.

Meanwhile, living next door to Rick are Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski.

If you like this film, you’ll also like the Netflix series Hollywood , which also shows an alternate history with real life characters like Rock Hudson and Anna May Wong!

Best biographical dramas on Netflix Canada

First they killed my father (2017).

First They Killed My Father  is based on the memoir of Loung Ung’s life .

It shows Loung Ung’s memories of when the Khmer Rouge took over Cambodia in 1975 during the Vietnam War, and how she and her family had to survive.

This really hits close to home because both sides of my family escaped Vietnam during the war, and it’s a heartbreaking film to watch.

You will be crying a lot while watching this.

The film was directed by Angelina Jolie and written by both her and Ung (who now lives in the U.S.)

The Guilty (2021)

A demoted police detective works as a 911 operator, and he scrambles to save a distressed caller.

Jake Gyllenhaal is incredible in the movie, and Ethan Hawke voices the sergeant, though I don’t think you see him at all in the movie.

The Guilty is based on a Danish movie, which was actually based on a true story!

Best action & adventure movies on Netflix Canada

Spider-man franchises (2002-2017).

We all know and love Spider-Man, the friendly neighbourhood superhero who gets bitten by a spider and gains superhuman abilities.

You can watch all 3 of the original movies with Tobey Maguire (my fave Spider-Man), as well as the newer movies starring Andrew Garfield and Tom Holland as Spider-Man!

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Kill Boksoon (2023)

Boksoon lives a double life as one of the world’s deadliest assassins and as a single mom to a teenage daughter.

This action-packed South Korean movie is really fun, and it kinda gives John Wick vibes!

Jurassic World (2015)

We all know about the iconic Jurassic Park world, where scientists create a park filled with recreations of formerly extinct dinosaurs.

Of course, this doesn’t go very well, and the dinosaurs go off terrorizing people.

You can watch the first instalment of the Jurassic World trilogy on Netflix, which is about the Jurassic World luxury resort.

When one of the dinosaurs escapes, the park plunges into chaos.

The film stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard!

There’s also a Netflix animated series for kids, called Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous .

Jumanji franchise (2017 & 2019)

Four high school students get trapped in a magical video game during detention, and they get thrown into the mysterious Jumanji world.

The concept is the same as the original 1995 film, but with a video game rather than a board game!

Both the 1995 and 2010s versions are great in their own ways!

You can watch both movies of the modern remake on Netflix Canada.

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The Gray Man (2022)

When a CIA agent uncovers agency secrets, he triggers a global hunt by international assassins.

Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans both star in the film, and it’s super interesting to see Chris Evans play the role of the bad guy.

My dad and I both really enjoyed The Gray Man – it’s so action-packed!

Because it was so popular and well-received, Netflix is actually working on a sequel and spin-off!

Pompeii (2014)

Milo is a slave turned gladiator, and he falls in love with Cassia, the daughter of a wealthy merchant.

When she becomes betrothed to a corrupt Roman Senator, Milo rushes against time to save her.

Pompeii is based on what actually happened in Pompeii, but the story itself is fiction.

If you don’t know what happened in Pompeii, it was an ancient city that was covered in ash after a volcano erupted.

I remember watching Pompeii in theatres, and it would be amazing to see the site in person someday!

I also totally never realized Kit Harington (AKA Jon Snow from Game of Thrones , which you can watch on Crave ) was the main character!

Best crime movies on Netflix Canada

Pulp fiction (1994).

Pulp Fiction is an iconic Quentin Tarantino film about the lives of a bunch of criminals and how their lives get intertwined.

It’s a black-comedy crime film, and it’s known as one of the best movies of all-time!

John Travolta, Uma Thurman, and Samuel L. Jackson all star in it.

You might’ve seen people dressing up as Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega for Halloween – you’ll know when you watch the movie!

Best sci-fi movies on Netflix Canada

The butterfly effect (2004).

Evan Treborn suffers from painful headaches that frequently cause him to black out, and while unconscious, he’s able to travel back in time to difficult moments in his childhood.

He does things in the past to alter the present, and he finds himself in nightmarish alternate realities.

There are some pretty dark themes in this film, so it’s definitely not for everyone.

Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smart both star in The Butterfly Effect , and a super young Logan Lerman plays the young version of Ashton Kutcher’s character!

The Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

Soldier Bill Cage is sent on a suicide mission when invincible aliens attack earth, and he finds himself thrown into a time loop, reliving the same fight over and over again.

If you’re into time loop movies, you’ll definitely enjoy this movie!

Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt also both star in The Edge of Tomorrow .

Limitless (2011)

Eddie is sure he has no future ahead of him, until he tries a drug that enhances his mental capabilities.

He makes great gains in the stock market, gaining the attention of a tycoon, while also experiencing the mysterious side effects of the untested drug.

Bradley Cooper stars in Limitless !

A woman gets kidnapped and trapped inside a house, and tries to hack the AI computer system to save herself.

Tau is an interesting sci-fi movie to watch on Netflix if you’re into the whole artificial intelligence shebang!

Best thriller movies on Netflix Canada

Parasite (2019).

Parasite is a black comedy and thriller about a wealthy family and a working-class family, and how their lives get intertwined.

It’s wild and anxiety-filled, and definitely worth sitting through subtitles for.

The film won four Oscars, and it’s currently the highest grossing film in South Korea!

The film features an all-star cast, including the late Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Park Seo-joon, Kang ho Song, and Lee Jung-eun.

South Korea produces tons of incredible films and TV shows , and Netflix has released a lot of Netflix Original Korean dramas over the years!

Get Out (2017)

Chris’ girlfriend invites him to a weekend getaway to meet her parents, and he starts to discover some disturbing things.

Get Out was absolutely mind-blowing when it first came out, and it’s definitely one of the best psychological thrillers out there.

It was written and directed by the genius Jordan Peele, who also came out with Us and Nope !

It’s crazy that Get Out was also his debut into horror – he started out as a comedian on Mad TV!

Split (2016)

Kevin has revealed 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, but there’s still one that remains submerged.

He kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility, and is thrust into a war for survival within himself.

This M. Night Shyamalan movie stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Bruce Willis.

Split is the second movie in the Unbreakable trilogy, with Unbreakable and Glass also being in the same universe.

Society of the Snow (2023)

Society of the Snow is based on the true story of what happened with Uruguayan Flight 571, and if you didn’t know it was real, you totally wouldn’t believe it.

If you haven’t heard of the case before, in 1972, a Uruguayan flight crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains.

The few passengers who survived found themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments.

The film is absolutely incredible and the cast is amazing – most of the cast are also new actors!

I actually went down a rabbit hole looking up this case when I started watching Yellowjackets on Crave , and it’s such a wild story.

Don’t Worry Darling (2022)

A young couple live in the utopian 1950s community of Victory, an experimental company town where all the men are working on a top-secret project.

The wives of all the men enjoy the luxuries of their seemingly perfect paradise, but meanwhile something sinister lurks below the surface.

I do wish they’d explained some things more, but overall the film is a good watch!

Harry Styles, Florence Pugh, Olivia Wilde, Chris Pine, and Gemma Chan all star in Don’t Worry Darling .

There was actually a whole lot of controversy surrounding the film before it was released, with supposedly a lot of drama within the cast. You can Google it ’cause it’s a lot!

Best horror movies on Netflix Canada

Scream (1996)

Can you call yourself a horror fan without having seen Scream ?

The Scream franchise revolves around Sidney Prescott, who constantly gets chased by psychopaths in ghostface masks.

It’s definitely one of my favourite horror franchises of all-time , and you can stream the first movie on Netflix.

It’s the ultimate slasher franchise that never gets old or boring, and I never get tired of re-watching it.

While Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger may be the OG slasher villains, I find myself laughing too much since both franchises started in the 70s and 80s and the special effects and costumes are kinda corny.

The Conjuring franchise (2013 & 2016)

The Conjuring is one of the creepiest horror franchises out there, probably because each movie is based on a real case solved by Ed and Lorraine Warren, who were paranormal investigators.

In the first movie, the Warrens come to the assistance of a troubled family, who experience increasingly disturbing events in their newly-occupied farmhouse in Rhode Island in 1971.

In the second movie, they travel to north London to help out a single mother and her four children.

Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson star in all of the movies, and they’re fantastic together.

Only the first two movies are available to stream on Netflix, and they’re terrifying!

There are also spinoff movies all in the same universe, including the creepy Annabelle , which is also available to stream on Netflix.

Talk to Me (2022)

A group of friends discover how to conjure spirits with an embalmed hand, and they become hooked on the exhilaration and high-stakes party game.

However, their fascination takes a dark turn when one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

Talk to Me is one of the more unique horror movies I’ve watched in recent years, alongside Hereditary , Midsommar , and Barbarian .

American Psycho (2000)

Patrick Bateman is a wealthy investment banker with a secret psychopathic side, and his bloodlust gets increasingly violent as he indulges in his dark desires.

American Psycho is a pretty gory one, so shield your eyes from this one if too much blood freaks you out.

It was good the first time watching it, but I think I liked it even better the second time around.

Some big names are in this horror classic, including Christian Bale, Reese Witherspoon, and Jared Leto!

There’s actually a sequel with Mila Kunis, but it’s more of a comedy horror and isn’t as good.

Train to Busan (2016)

Train to Busan is without a doubt the best zombie horror film I have ever seen.

While Seok-woo and his daughter are aboard a train to the city of Busan, they get trapped in the middle of a zombie outbreak.

It’s absolutely terrifying, especially since the zombies actually run fast.

The film is in Korean, so you’ll have to read subtitles, but it’s absolutely worth it.

There’s also a sequel called Peninsula , but it’s a completely different story and I didn’t love it as much as the first movie.

If you like Train to Busan , you should also watch Kingdom , a Netflix series about zombies invading ancient Korea (who also run fast), and # Alive , another South Korean Netflix horror about zombies!

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The best movies to watch on Netflix Canada (March 2024):

• Catch Me If You Can
• The Devil Wears Prada
• Miss Congeniality
• 21 Jump Street
• The Notebook
• Pretty Woman
• Friends with Benefits
• Dirty Dancing
• Someone Great
• He’s Just Not That into You
• The Shawshank Redemption
• The Blind Side
• The Impossible
• Molly’s Game
• Pieces of a Woman
• The White Tiger
• The Unforgivable
• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
• First They Killed My Father
• The Hunger Games
• Kill Boksoon
• Jurassic World
• The Gray Man
• Pulp Fiction
• The Butterfly Effect
• The Edge of Tomorrow
• Society of the Snow
• Don’t Worry Darling
• The Conjuring
• American Psycho
• Train to Busan

These were some of the best movies on Netflix Canada to watch this March 2024!

There’s an abundance of great films and movies to binge-watch on Netflix Canada, but these are just some of my personal favourites.

Every time I watch a movie, I rate it on Letterboxd – it’s a great way to keep track of what you’ve watched and what your friends are watching!

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Best Movies on Netflix (2024)

Best Netflix movies: the 42 best films worth watching in June 2024

What are the best Netflix movies to stream today? TechRadar reveals all

Tom Power, senior entertainment reporter

This month's update sees a hatful of films leave the service, including Blonde , Call Me By Your Name , Dune , Don't Worry Darling , and La La Land . In their place, we've added Everything Everywhere All at Once , Elvis , Puss in Boots: The Last Wish , Jurassic Park , and Enola Holmes . We've also updated every other entry in this guide with the most important information about them, as well as adding in their official trailers.

Welcome to TechRadar's best Netflix movies guide. Below, we've compiled a list of the 42 best films to stream on Netflix , with all entries categorized by the primary genre they fall under. That way, you can simply use the navigation bar on the left side of this page to jump to the type of flick you enjoy the most. You're welcome.

There are tons of movies to watch on the world's best streaming service , though, so how have our entertainment experts picked out the 40-plus films to include in this article? It's simple: we selected them based on two big criteria: their Rotten Tomatoes (RT) score and/or how popular they've been with Netflix's worldwide audience. Armed with that data, we're confident that you'll agree with our choices below.

Want even more recommendations? Our new Netflix movies is home to all of the new movies that have joined the streaming giant in recent weeks. Bookmark that page for later, however, and continue reading on to see what the best Netflix movies are today.

Best action movies on Netflix

Army of the dead.

Age rating: R Runtime: 148 minutes Main cast: Dave Bautista, Ella Purnell, Omari Hardwick, Ana de la Reguera, and Matthias Schweighofer Director: Zack Snyder RT score: 67%

Army of the Dead was Zack Snyder’s first feature following his increasingly acrimonious split with Warner Bros, and it’s everything that his DC Extended Universe ( DCEU ) superhero movies weren’t: bright, colorful, action-packed, funny, and topical, even if its 45-minute introduction is a little self-indulgent.

Dave Bautista leads a strong cast as Scott Ward, a former zombie-stomping war hero who’s approached with an intriguing proposal by casino owner Bly Tanaka (Hiroyuki Sanada). The assignment? Enter a zombie infested Las Vegas, break into Tanaka’s casino vault, escape with his $200 million assets, and Ward and his group will receive $50 million to split between them as a reward.

Yes, the movie is as chaotic as that plot makes it sound. And, with a sequel film and TV spin-off on the way, Army of the Dead is a must-watch for fans of gratuitous blood and gore.

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Extraction 1 and 2

Age rating: R Runtime: 118 minutes (Extraction 1); 123 minutes (Extraction 2) Main cast: Chris Hemsworth and Golshifteh Farahani Director: Sam Hargrave RT score: 67% (Extraction 1); 79% (Extraction 2)

Looking for an unrelenting thrill ride that's stuffed with some of the best action sequences we've seen in a long time? Netflix Original film series  Extraction is the one for you.

Marvel  star Chris Hemsworth stars as Tyler Rake, a black ops merc-for-hire with a complex backstory. In each movie, Rake is hired to rescue someone (or numerous individuals) from a seemingly impossible situation. Once he's acquired the package, he tries to lead them to safety as numerous thugs, gang members, and other characters attempt to kill Rake and those he's liberated.

Extraction 1  was a pretty good watch and its sequel is, in our opinion, even better thanks to its  21-minute-long, heart-pounding, intricately assembled, and dangerous one-shot sequence . Make sure you check out our  Extraction 2  review  for more on why it's one of the best Netflix movies around, and then read our exclusive chats with director Sam Hargrave about  why the film's one shot sequence took four grueling months to shoot  and  how he had Marvel to thank for that unexpected cameo .

John Wick 1, 2, and 3

Age rating: R Runtimes: 101 minutes ( John Wick 1 ); 122 minutes ( John Wick 2 ); 130 minutes ( John Wick 3 ) Main cast: Keanu Reeves, Lance Reddick, Ian McShane, and Laurence Fishburne Director: Chad Stahelski RT score: 86% ( John Wick 1 ); 89% ( John Wick 2 ); 89% ( John Wick 3 )

Few action film franchises have been as successful as this Keanu Reeves-starring movie series.

A story that begins with Reeves’ titular assassin tracking down those responsible for killing his dog (a gift from his deceased wife) and his beloved Mustang, John Wick soon evolves into an engrossing, expansive universe full of intriguing hitman-based mythos, betrayals, tragedy, underappreciated humor, and some of the most spectacular fight scenes we’ve seen in a long time.

The first three films – find out how to watch the John Wick movies in order – are now on Netflix. A prequel TV spin-off titled The Continental is also available on Peacock , while the Ana de Armas-fronted Ballerina , the franchise’s first movie spin-off, is one of 18 epic movies we can’t wait for in 2024 . 

Best animated movies on Netflix

Apollo 10 1/2: a space age childhood.

Age rating: PG-13 Runtime: 98 minutes Main cast: Jack Black, Bill Wise, Lee Eddy, Milo Coy, Zachary Levi, and Glen Powell Director: Richard Linklater RT score: 91%

If you’re keen to mix up your movie-watching diet, films don't come much more unconventional than Netflix’s Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood . Boyhood director Richard Linklater returns to filmmaking duties with this animated feature, which tells the story of the 1969 moon landing from multiple perspectives. 

The movie shares the visual style of Linklater’s previous animation, 2006's A Scanner Darkly , and features the voice talents of The Super Mario Bros. Movie 's Jack Black, Shazam! Fury of the Gods ' Zachary Levi, and Top Gun: Maverick star Glen Powell. Despite its needlessly lengthy title, Apollo 10 1/2 is a genuinely unique take on one of history’s most iconic moments, and serves as yet more proof of Netflix's willingness to invest in boundary-pushing storytelling. 

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Age rating: PG Runtime: 121 minutes Main cast: Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Tilda Swinton, Cate Blanchett, and Finn Holfhard Directors: Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson RT score: 96%

Who says Netflix has lost its taste for originality? With  Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio , the streamer breathes new life into Carlo Collodi's beloved 1883 fairytale about a wooden puppet who longs to become a real boy. 

Shot entirely using stop-motion (in a manner akin to Netflix series  The House ), del Toro’s darker adaptation is set in 1930s Italy during Mussolini’s fascist regime and features a star-studded voice cast that includes Ewan McGregor, David Bradley, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz and Cate Blanchett. Indisputably one of the best Netflix movies in years.

The Mitchells vs The Machines

Age rating: PG Runtime: 114 minutes Main cast: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda, and Olivia Colman Director: Michael Rianda RT score: 97%

Originally intended for a theatrical release, Netflix bought this animated movie from Sony and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller – best known as the minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street , and also part of the team behind the Spider-Verse movies. It's exactly as charming and funny as those movies, too. 

Katie Mitchell (Abbi Jacobson) is an aspiring filmmaker who's about to head to college – until her dad, conscious that they've been drifting apart, cancels her plane ticket and insists on a family road trip. Halfway through this fraught journey, an AI takes revenge on its billionaire creator and the world is suddenly under duress from smart robots. 

A lot of Spider-Verse 's visual touches cross over into this film, with 2D annotations and drawings on the already-pretty 3D visuals. Most of all, it's nice to see Netflix backing a family movie that's not just full of talking dogs and other hackneyed nonsense so often seen in CG kids' fare. 

Age rating: PG Runtime: 102 minutes Main cast: Chloe Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang, and Frances Conroy Directors: Nick Bruno and Troy Quane RT score: 92%

Based on ND Stevenson's 2015 graphic novel of the same name, Nimona is a delightfully fun, action-packed, funny, and heartfelt flick that's also unapologetically queer.

Star Wars alumnus Riz Ahmed voices Ballister Blackheart, a futuristic knight who's framed for a crime he didn't commit. The only witness who can save him from a lengthy jail term is Nimona ( The Peipheral 's Chloe Grace Moretz), a shapeshifter who Blackheart is sworn to seek out and destroy. Cue a wild buddy cop-style adventure that teaches kids to have an open mind about people who are different to them in more ways than one.

Nimona has been lauded for its LGBTQ+ representation, subversive storytelling, and gorgeous visuals among many other positives. A truly worth entry in our best Netflix movies guide.

Age rating: PG Runtime: 95 minutes Main cast: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Madeleine Harris, and Samuel Joslin Director: Paul King RT score: 97%

We're just going to say it: Paddington is one of the best family movies of all time.

Don't argue with us. At first glance, everyone's favorite, marmalade sandwich-eating Peruvian bear didn't seem like he'd be the star of a truly terrific family-friendly film. As it turns out, though, Paddington (voiced with a deftness, warmth, and stacks of humor by Ben Whishaw) is a bonafide movie star – and his first CGI-cum-live-action movie proves it.

You'll laugh yourself silly at its slapstick moments, you'll cry at its heart-wrenching (and heart-warming!) scenes, and shout "I didn't know they were in it!" at every big-name actor who appears. In short: go and watch it immediately.

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

Age rating: PG Runtime: 102 minutes Main cast: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Harvey Guillen, Florence Pugh, Olivia Colman, Samson Kayo, Wagner Moura, and John Mulaney Director: Joel Crawford RT score: 95%

The second of Puss In Boots ' spin-off movies is, frankly, an absolute delight. Indeed, The Last Wish is a gorgeous-looking film, whose painterly visuals belie an existential tale with meaningful subject matter and making the most of the life (or lives, in Puss' case) that you have.

Banderas, who voiced the titular sword-wielding tabby cat in the Shrek films, returns to play Puss again once more. This time around, however, due to the life-threatening escapades he's gotten himself into, Puss is on his final life. To reinstate all nine lives, he'll need to find and then wish on a fallen star, all the while being pursued by a terrifying wolf (Moura) who's the personification of Death itself. A funny, moving, beautiful, and occasionally ominous movie.

The Sea Beast

Age rating: PG Runtime: 119 minutes Main cast: Karl Urban, Zaris Angel-Hator, Jared Harris, and Dan Stevens Director: Chris Williams RT score: 94%

The Sea Beast proved Disney doesn’t have a monopoly on layered, child-friendly storytelling upon its arrival in July 2022.

Directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Chris Williams ( Moana , Big Hero Six ), the movie follows Jacob Holland (voiced by  The Boys ’ Karl Urban), a celebrated sea monster hunter whose life is upended when a young girl, Maisie Brumble (newcomer Zaris-Angel Hator), stows away on his ship. 

Charming, action-packed, and beautifully-rendered, The Sea Beast was praised by audiences and critics alike upon release, and serves as further proof that Netflix should think twice about scaling back its animation department . If it still is, that is. 

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Age rating: PG Runtime: 92 minutes Main cast: Chris Pratt, Anya-Taylor Joy, Jack Black, Charlie Day, Seth Rogen, and Keegan-Michael Key Directors: Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic RT score: 59%

2023’s second-highest grossing movie, The Super Mario Bros. Movie ’s success was fueled by nostalgia for Nintendo’s legendary video game series and its money-spinning ticket sales, rather than its overall quality.

But there’s more to the animated movie’s unprecedented box office performance than that. In our view, it’s funnier than some suggest, it's wonderful to look at, is packed with Easter eggs and other Mario references, and it gave us one of last year’s best earworms with Bowser’s humor-laced ‘Peaches’ love ballad.

Sure, its narrative is oft-times generic, its runtime is a little on the light side, and Chris Pratt’s Italian accent needed more refining. As a kid-friendly film that hits all the right notes where Nintendo’s passionate fanbase is concerned, though, this is one Mario movie we’ll enjoy for years to come. Read our review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie to learn more. 

Best comedy movies on Netflix

Age rating: 15 Runtime: 118 minutes Main cast: Adam Sandler, Juancho Hernangomez, Queen Latifah, and Robert Duvall Director: Jeremiah Zagar RT score: 93%

If you were a fan of 2019's Uncut Gems , listen up: Hustle , a surprisingly entertaining basketball drama, delivers more Adam Sandler-sized surprises. 

After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, Stanley Sugerman (Sandler), a down-on-his-luck Philadelphia 76ers scout, takes it upon himself to bring the young phenom to the States without his team's approval. Against the odds, the pair must work to prove that they both deserve to make it big in the NBA. 

That synopsis might sound like standard sports drama fare, but Hustle earned unexpectedly glowing reviews ahead of its muted release. Trust us: this is no Jack and Jill .

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Age rating: PG Runtime: 92 minutes Main cast: John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, and Michael Palin Directors: Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam RT score: 96%

Monty Python and the Holy Grail did more for the satire and parody subgenres than many other comedies have done in the last 50 years.

A witty and biting take on the legend of King Arthur, Monty Python and the Holy Grail stars the titular and legendary British comedy outfit as King Arthur and the Knights of the Roundtable, who embark on a hilarity-infested quest to seek the Holy Grail.

If you're a fan of Monty Python , you'll likely have seen this one countless times over. First-time viewers, though, will cackle and guffaw their way through the film's rivetingly silly scenarios. The Black Knight scene, Knights of the Roundtable dance number, deadly Rabbit of Caerbannog sequence, and Knights Who Say "Ni!" moment are just four instantaneously classic moments waiting to be viewed. Just don't blame us if you end up endlessly quoting this flick long after the credits have rolled.

( NB: Monty Python's Life of Brian and Monty Python's Flying Circus are also available to stream).

The Nice Guys

Age rating: R Runtime: 115 minutes Main cast: Ryan Gosling, Russell Crowe, Angourie Rice, and Margaret Qualley Director: Shane Black RT score: 91%

Buddy comedies don't come much better than The Nice Guys . Director Shane Black's underappreciated action comedy stars Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as a private eye and a tough enforcer, who team up to determine the whereabouts of a girl-in-hiding (Margaret Qualley) in 1970s Los Angeles. 

Reminiscent of Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights in both its setting and black humor, the movie is fast-paced, suitably adult, and a perfect example of how to elicit chemistry between two big-time leads. Gosling, in particular, is hilarious. 

Best crime movies on Netflix

Bullet train.

Age rating: R Runtime: 126 minutes Main cast: Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Joey King, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Bryan Tyree Henry Director: David Leitch RT score: 54%

An action-comedy crime caper that certainly drew inspiration from John Wick (more on this film series shortly), Bullet Train is a fast-paced, thrills-a-minute joyride that makes full use of its claustrophobic setting.

Brad Pitt plays Ladybug, an anxious assassin who’s tasked with retrieving a suitcase filled with cash for a shady organization from the titular high-speed passenger vehicle. In order to do so, however, he’ll have to fend off the advances of similarly skilled agents, with the likes of Aaron-Taylor Jonhson, Brian Tyree Henry, Joey King, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Michael Shannon playing some of those extremely well-trained foes.

Bullet Train wasn’t a big hit with critics upon initial release, but it’s found a new lease of life on Netflix. If you prefer your movies to be action-packed, occasionally gory, and humorous affairs, look no further. 

The Irishman

Age rating: R Runtime: 209 minutes Main cast: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Al Pacino, and Anna Paquin Director: Martin Scorsese RT score: 95%

This threateningly long Martin Scorsese pic attracted attention for the extensive effects work used to de-age its old stars, and it's a creative decision that's sometimes distracting. But there's no denying the appeal of seeing Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino in the same movie together for likely the last time, and this life-spanning, mostly rewarding crime epic is a suitable tribute to their collective talents. 

The Irishman follows Frank Sheeran (De Niro) as he recounts his long association with the Bufalino crime family and infamous union leader Jimmy Hoffa (Pacino). It's a languid film – and not a patch on Goodfellas – but absolutely among the best Netflix movies the streaming service has financed to date. Find out where we ranked it in our best Martin Scorsese movies piece.

Best drama movies on Netflix

The hand of god.

Age rating: R Runtime: 130 minutes Main cast: Filippo Scotti, Tony Servillo, Teresa Sapoangelo, and Marlon Joubert Director: Paolo Sorrentino RT score: 83%

The Hand of God marks the movie-making return of beloved Italian director Paolo Sorrentino, and tells the semi-autobiographical tale of a young man (Filippo Scotti, standing in for a teenage Sorrentino) grappling with the pressures of growing up in 1980s Naples. 

As well as referring to the infamous goal scored by Argentine footballer (and Napoli legend) Diego Maradona at the 1986 World Cup, the film's title alludes to a tragic and life-affirming event that forces its protagonist to grow up quicker than he'd otherwise like. To say more risks spoiling The Hand of God 's most tender moments, though the movie's beautiful locations, hypnotic camerawork, and larger-than-life characters ensure it ranks among Sorrentino's best work. If you're a fan of Call Me by Your Name , add this one to your watchlist. 

Phantom Thread

Age rating: R Runtime: 130 minutes Main cast: Daniel Day Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville, and Camilla Rutherford Director: Paul Thomas Anderson RT score: 91%

Shortly after Licorice Pizza – director Paul Thomas Anderson's most recent flick – hit 2023's awards circuit, Netflix added his previous film Phantom Thread to its library. This one tells the story of a dressmaker (Daniel Day-Lewis) in 1950s London who falls for a young waitress (Vicky Krieps). 

That might sound like a potentially boring narrative, but Phantom Thread is actually masterfully-shot. It's also a poignant exploration of what it means to be an artist, combining Oscar-winning costume design with a stunning soundtrack (from Radiohead and frequent Anderson collaborator Johnny Greenwood) to rank among its director's finest work. One of the best Netflix movies, this certainly is.

Age rating: R Runtime: 134 minutes Main cast: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Marco Graf, Fernando Grediaga, and Daniela Demesa Director: Alfonso Cuaron RT score: 96%

An astonishing ode to motherhood in all forms, Roma is the most personal film to date from visionary director Alfonso Cuarón ( Children of Men , Gravity ).

On paper, it's is not the easiest sell – a subtitled black and white film about a live-in housekeeper spoken almost entirely in Spanish and the indigenous Mixtec language. But Cuarón's 2018 critical hit is nonetheless riveting from a cinematic standpoint. More a series of vignettes than a traditional three-act story, it examines the life of a Mexico City family in the early 1970s during a time of great social upheaval.

Age rating: R Runtime: 122 minutes Main cast: Chris Hemsworth, Daniel Bruhl, and Olivia Wilde Director: Ron Howard RT score: 88%

Rush is a biographical sports movie about the heated rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda. The pair are played here brilliantly by Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl respectively in one of Ron Howard's best movies in recent memory. 

The film portrays their rivalry as lucky playboy vs hotheaded strategist, and while it might exaggerate real-life events somewhat, it's a riveting movie. Along with documentary Senna and dad-friendly flick Ford Vs Ferrari , Rush is one of the best Netflix movies about racing. 

Society of the Snow

Age rating: R Runtime: 145 minutes Main cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Augustin Padella, Esteban Bigliardi, and Simon Hempe Director: J.A. Bayona RT score: 90%

J.A. Bayona’s latest flick – based on real-life events – is a harrowing portrayal of human endurance and how our primal survival instincts assume dominance over our humanity.

Society of the Snow tells the tragic story of the 1972 Andes Air Disaster, which saw a Uruguayan rugby team crash-land in the freezing South American mountain range en route to a Chile-based tournament. Trapped in one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, the 16 survivors are forced to take extreme measures in order to stay alive.

Netflix’s first movie hit of 2024 is a heart-breaking and grim tale of human morality, but one that equally shines an earnest, powerful light on surviving against all odds. One of the best Netflix movies, from a foreign language perspective, you’ll see all year. 

Age rating: R Runtime: 109 minutes Main cast: Florence Pugh, Tom Burke, Niamh Algar, and Elaine Cassidy Director: Sebastien Lelio RT score: 89%

Florence Pugh ( Black Widow , A Good Person ) proved her generational talent yet again in Netflix's unsettling drama-cum-horror The Wonder .  

Set in the Irish Midlands in 1862, the movie stars Pugh as an English nurse called to observe a young girl (Kíla Lord Cassidy) who remains miraculously alive and well despite not having eaten for four months. Ciarán Hinds, Niamh Algar, and Toby Jones also star in Sebastián Lelio’s period mystery.

As period dramas go, The Wonder is an absorbing and fantastic flick that confirms Pugh's ability to embody every role she plays.

Best fantasy movies on Netflix

Everything everywhere all at once.

Age rating: R Runtime: 132 minutes Main cast: Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Stephanie Hsu Directors: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert RT score: 94%

Thanks largely to Marvel 's cinematic juggernaut, multiverse films have exploded in popularity (among studios, not necessarily audiences) in recent years. This absurdist multi-genre flick, which garnered universal acclaim and a seemingly infinite number of trophies on the 2023 awards circuit, though, is one of the best we've ever seen.

Everything Everywhere All at Once ( EEAAO ) stars Yeoh ( The Witcher: Blood Origin , The Brothers Sun ) as Evelyn Wang, a Chinese-American immigrant who learns that she must connect with alternate reality versions of herself in order to stop a supremely powerful being from destroying the multiverse. Quan ( Loki season 2 , The Goonies ) plays Evelyn's husband Waymond and Hsu ( Joy Ride ) is Evelyn's daughter Joy.

An epic assault on the senses with tons of heart, spectacular visuals, and an mind-boggling appreciation for philosophical themes like existentialism, nihilism, generational trauma, and racial identity, EEAAO is a masterpiece that deserves every gong in its stuffed awards cabinet.

Age rating: TV-MA Runtime: 121 minutes Main cast: Ahn Seo -hyun, Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Giancarlo Espostio Director: Bong Joon-ho RT score: 86%

If you've enjoyed Bong Joon Ho's Oscar Best Picture winner Parasite , you might want to check out his previous movie, Okja , which is still one of the best Netflix movies on the platform.

It tells the bizarre tale of a young girl Mija and her best pal, an enormous creature called Okja, whose friendship comes under threat when a nasty CEO (Tilda Swinton) has evil plans for the titular animal. It's a refreshing movie with a nice angle of animal activism – a very different proposition to Parasite , for sure, but one that also demonstrates the director's ability to blend genres. 

Best history movies on Netflix

Age rating: R Runtime: 140 minutes Main cast: Timothee Chalamet, Robert Pattinson, Joel Edgerton, and Sean Harris Director: David Michod RT score: 71%

Another Netflix Original, The King stars Timothée Chalamet as Henry V, a young man forced to navigate the worlds of politics, war and treachery after unexpectedly becoming king of England in the 15th century. 

This one contains all the fanfare you'd expect from a modern medieval movie, and boasts an excellent cast including Robert Pattinson, Joel Edgerton and Sean Harris. For a reported budget of just $20 million (although you wouldn't know it), director David Michôd managed to produce one of the most engaging and visually stunning historical dramas around. Stick it on your watch list.

The Woman King

Age rating: PG-13 Runtime: 135 minutes Main cast: Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu, Sheila Atim, and John Boyega Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood RT score: 94%

Set in the 1820s, this Viola Davis-fronted historical epic tells the tale of General Nanisca (Davis) and the wider Adojie tribe, the all-female warrior unit that protected the West African kingdom of Dahomey across a 200-year period.

Starring a number of other terrific Black actors including Lashana Lynch, John Boyega, Thuso Mbedu, and Sheila Stim, The Woman King is a weighty, crowd-pleasing spectacle that many have likened to Braveheart in its action, tonality, and themes surrounding defiance in the face of invading forces. A splashy popcorn flick, sure, but one filled with substance, as well as deeper societal and historical subject matter.

Best horror movies on Netflix

The fear street movie trilogy.

Age rating: R Runtimes: 107 minutes ( Fear Street 1 ); 110 minutes ( Fear Street 2 ); 114 minutes ( Fear Street 3 ) Main cast: Kiana Madeira, Olivia Welch, Gillian Jacobs, Sadie Sink, Benjamin Flores Jr, Emily Rudd, and Ryan Simpkins Director: Leigh Janiak RT score: 84% ( Fear Street 1 ); 87% ( Fear Street 2 ); 88% ( Fear Street 3 )

Launched in July 2021 as part of a new Netflix horror movie binge watch experiment , the Fear Street movie trilogy looked to recapture the bold and innovative multi-film storytelling formula that other popular horror franchises had seemingly perfected.

And, in short, it did. Set across three flicks, the Fear Street series – itself based on R.L. Stine's books of the same name – told the story of a group of 90s-era teens as they attempt to break a curse that's loomed over their town for over 300 years. With lashings of the supernatural and witchcraft, R-rated slasher violence, an intriguing narrative, and more than a few notable faces – Stranger Things ' Sadie Sink and Maya Hawke are among its cast – the Fear Street movies are well worth watching.

Age rating: TV-14 Runtime: 93 minutes Main cast: Wunmi Mosaku and Sope Dirisu Director: Remi Weekes RT score: 100%

This Weekes-directed movie stars Mosaku ( Loki ) and Dirisu ( Gangs of London ) as Rial and Bol, a refugee couple from South Sudan who struggle to adjust to their new life in the UK. The overriding issue? The duo believe there's an evil supernatural force haunting their council home and the surrounding area.

His House might not sound all that thrilling, but you'll want to give it a chance, trust us. Mosaku and Dirisu deliver powerhouse performances in this occasionally terrifying movie that, like Get Out , has plenty of important things to say about cultural and sociopolitical divides. There's a reason why it holds a perfect 100% critical score on Rotten Tomatoes – and, overall, it's because it's a darn good film.

Age rating: R Runtime: 100 minutes Main cast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Daniel Zovatto, Jake Weary, and Olivia Luccardi Director: David Robert Mitchell RT score: 95%

This Mitchell-directed film shouldn't be slept on – which, in some ways, is ironic, given the lengths its lead character Jay goes to in order to stay awake.

Why? Because, in It Follows , the titular character is pursued by a supernatural entity after it's passed onto her through a sexual encounter with her at-the-time boyfriend Hugh. The entity in question will constantly (albeit) slowly track the currently infected individual until it catches them, upon which time it'll kill them – and then work its way back up the chain to murder every other person who was infected.

It's a bit on the nose with its thematic exploration of sexually transmitted diseases, but It Follows is an otherwise terrifically terrifying and seriously underrated film that deserves more acclaim. A long overdue sequel is in the works, too, so best catch this one while you can.

Best musical movies on Netflix

Age rating: PG-13 Runtime: 159 minutes Main cast: Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, and Helen Thomson Director: Bahz Luhrmann RT score: 77%

Austin Butler's breakout role came in this 2022 biopic about the world-famous rock 'n' roll star whose life was as eventful as they come.

Seen through the eyes of Hanks' slimy agent Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis charts the rise and fall of the Mississippi-born singer-actor who went on to become one of the most recognizable musicians of all-time. Packed with dazzling energy and animated style, and led by a stunning performance from its leading man in Butler, Elvis shook up the biographical film genre with its heady mix of melodrama and swashbuckling score.

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Age rating: R Runtime: 94 minutes Main cast: Viola Davis, Chadwick Boseman, Glynn Turman, and Colman Domingo Director: George C. Wolfe RT score: 97%

Based on the play by August Wilson – and despite the gorgeous period set dressing and costume design, it definitely feels very stage-y – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a fantastic watch.

Viola Davis stars as legendary 'Mother of Blues' Ma Rainey, with the film focusing on one fraught recording session with Ma and her band, and the tension between the musician and her white producers and management. 

The late Chadwick Boseman ( Black Panther ) stars as Levee, an innovative trumpet player who struggles to find his place in the music scene, amid bandmates who don't always take him seriously. It's a sad but insightful movie that explores how culture is worth protecting and valuing, in a world where it's easily taken and monetized, and the film truly comes to life in its amazing musical sequences.

Best mystery movies on Netflix

Enola holmes.

Age rating: PG-13 Runtime: 124 minutes Main cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Sam Claflin, and Helen Bonham Carter Director: Harry Bradbeer RT score: 91%

Stranger Things ' Millie Bobby Brown started to expand her acting career with this period-set comedy-mystery flick that's both an adaptation of Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes Mysteries book series and a spin-off of the Sherlock Holmes legend.

Brown plays the titular character (and younger sister of Cavill's Sherlock), who travels to London to locate her missing mother. Unsurprisingly, she gets side-tracked, and finds herself teaming up with a runaway lord to get to the bottom of a particularly thrilling case that threatens the UK.

A breezy but fun-filled adventure flick, Enola Holmes bubbles away nicely with its more than entertaining narrative, which is ably led by Brown's effervescent Holmes. Its sequel is also available to stream on Netflix.

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Age rating: PG-13 Runtime: 141 minutes Main cast: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monae, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, and Leslie Odom Jr Director: Rian Johnson RT score: 92%

Knives Out wowed fans and critics alike in 2019, so sequels were inevitable. 

The first of those – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – is another elaborate and highly entertaining whodunnit from director Rian Johnson. Buoyed by its excellent ensemble cast and a confidence carried over from its predecessor’s success, Glass Onion is even showier and bolder than Knives Out – though the film proved exceptionally divisive among fans of Benoit Blanc's debut outing upon release.

Best sci-fi movies on Netflix

Jurassic park.

Age rating: PG-13 Runtime: 126 minutes Main cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Samuel L Jackson, Ariana Richards, and Joe Mazzello Director: Steven Spielberg RT score: 92%

Spielberg's iconic take on Michael Crichton's novel about an idyllic dinosaur park that goes awry is the kind of classic sci-fi movie that Hollywood simply doesn't make anymore.

Set on the fictional Isla Nublar, Neill, Dern, and Goldblum play scientists Alan Grant, Ellie Satler, and Ian Malcolm, who are invited to tour industrialist John Hammond's new dinosaur research and genetics HQ, which is well on its way to bringing back the ancient beasts from the dead. When slimy computer programmer Dennis Nedry throws a spanner in the works, though, the quartet – along with Hammond's grandchildren and the park's employees – are forced to fight for their lives amid attacks from a T-Rex and velociraptors to name just two.

One of the best Netflix movies (licensed ones, anyway) and a legendary, highly entertaining film overall, Jurassic Park is cinema at its absolute best. See if you can work out where it ranks in our best Jurassic movies list before seeing if you guessed correctly.

( NB: Jurassic Park: The Lost World and Jurassic Park III are also available to stream on Netflix).

They Cloned Tyrone

Age rating: R Runtime: 119 minutes Main cast: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, and Teyonah Parris Director: Juel Taylor RT score: 95%

This genre-bending sci-fi flick launched on the same day as the cultural phenomenon known as Barbenheimer, so its viewing figures weren't all that impressive in the first couple of weeks post-release.

However, given time, people have realized  They Cloned Tyrone  is an absolutely brilliant movie. To discuss its plot at length is to spoil its biggest surprises, but here's a brief synopsis to give you a flavor of what to expect: "A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio (Jamie Foxx, John Boyega, and Teyonah Parris) onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper." 

We thoroughly enjoyed what it has to offer on multiple levels and our  exclusive chat with John Boyega is well worth reading  for a peak behind the curtain on its production. Once you're watched it, be sure to read our  ending explainer on  They Cloned Tyrone  for Boyega's thoughts on its surprising ending .

Best superhero movies on Netflix

Age rating: PG-13 Runtime: 176 minutes Main cast: Robert Pattinson, Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Kravitz, Paul Dano, and Colin Farrell Director: Matt Reeves RT score: 85%

The Christopher Nolan-directed Batman trilogy isn't available on Netflix anymore, but there is another top-tier Dark Knight film that's made its way onto the service in the form of The Batman .

Robert Pattinson stuns in his first turn as the Caped Crusader, with the Matt Reeves-helmed Bat-Flick proving to be even more dingy and gritty than many of its forebears. That it leans more heavily into the superhero's detective-based skills than what's come before – walking that fine line of being gruesome but not gratuitously violent – too, makes it an even more fascinating, crime-based Batman film than we've been used to.

With a stupendous supporting vast including Paul Dano, Zoe Kravitz, Jeffrey Wright, Colin Farrell, Andy Serkis, and John Tuturro, The Batman needs to be seen to be fully appreciated. See where it placed in our best Batman movies guide.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Age rating: PG Runtime: 140 minutes Main cast: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Oscar Isaac, Jake Johnson, Luna Lauren Velez, Bryan Tyree Henry, Issa Rae, Daniel Kaluuya, Mahershala Ali, and Jason Schwartzman Directors: Kemp Powers, Joaquin Dos Santos, and Justin K. Thompson RT score: 95%

We were delighted to see Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Vers e make its unexpected Netflix debut in October 2023. As a spectacularly assembled animated superhero film, there are few better than it in the genre space right now – both from animation and storytelling perspectives.

Set 14 months after Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , viewers are reunited with Miles Morales, Gwen Stacey, and Peter B Parker as they embark on a new multiverse-spanning journey that, unlike its forebear, won't be such an easy one to navigate.

In our Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse review , we said it "fulfils its ambitious promise to deliver an amazing follow-up to its 2018 predecessor". Once you've watched it, read our Across the Spider-Verse ending explained article to see how it sets up its Beyond the Spider-Verse sequel. Then, see where it ranks in our best Spider-Man movies guide, or find out how to watch the Spider-Man movies in order .

Best thriller movies on Netflix

The good nurse.

Age rating: R Runtime: 123 minutes Main cast: Jessica Chastain and Eddie Redmayne Director: Tobias Lindholm RT score: 74%

Netflix puts its penchant for true-crime storytelling to good use with The Good Nurse , which follows the murderous exploits of real-life serial killer Charlie Cullen (Eddie Redmayne). Jessica Chastain plays Cullen's co-worker, Amy Loughren, who would ultimately go on to expose the sadistic behaviour that led to the deaths of dozens of patients over a period of sixteen years. 

On the broad spectrum of Netflix movies, The Good Nurse is a lower-key affair than, say, Don't Look Up . However, its shocking story of gross criminal negligence is far more impactful than the big-budget drama of the streamer's recent blockbusters. Sure, it's far from an easy watch – but it'll stay with you long after its credits roll.

Best war movies on Netflix

All quiet on the western front.

Age rating: R Runtime: 148 minutes Main cast: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer, and Moritz Klaus Director: Edward Berger RT score: 90%

It’s been a good few years since Dunkirk and 1917 reminded audiences of the horrors of war, but Netflix assumed that responsibility with shocking but beautifully-made WWI epic, All Quiet on the Western Front . 

Based on Erich Maria Remarque’s landmark novel of the same name (which was first adapted into a feature film in 1930), this award-winning German-language movie tells the story of a young German soldier (Felix Kammerer) whose naive expectations of fighting for his country are shattered by war’s harrowing reality. As you'd expect, All Quiet on the Western Front is brutal, vivid and poignant – just don’t expect to reach its credits feeling particularly joyous.

Beasts of No Nation

Age rating: TV-MA Runtime: 137 minutes Main cast: Idris Elba, Abraham Atta, and Kurt Egyiawan Director: Cary Fukunaga RT score : 91%

We won't beat about the bush – Beasts of No Nation is a tough watch. No Time to Die 's Cary Fukunaga directs this harrowing feature, which follows the journey of a young orphan (Abraham Attah) forced into becoming a child soldier by a fierce warlord (Idris Elba) during an unnamed African civil war. 

An adaptation of Uzodinma Iweala's novel of the same name, Beasts of No Nation is a masterfully-shot story documenting the human cost of conflict, and places the uncomfortable realities of war front and centre. This isn't one to watch with the kids, but sitting through its two-hour narrative is an enlightening, dare-we-say necessary movie experience.  

Best western movies on Netflix

The harder they fall.

Age rating: R Runtime: 139 minutes Main cast: Idris Elba, Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Delroy Lindo, and LaKeith Stanfield Director: Jeymes Samuel RT score: 88% 

Jeymes Samuel's feature film directorial debut wasn't expected to be this good. But The Harder They Fall , which stars the likes of Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, and Regina King, is a superb Western that deserves your attention.

Jonathan Majors, who was recently found guilty of domestic abuse and whose career is effectively over as a result, plays Nat Love, an outlaw who discover his mortal enemy Rufus Black (Elba) is being released from prison. Unsurprisingly, Love takes the law into his own hands and assembles his crack team of gunslingers to stop that from happening. 

A stylized, gun-toting action flick that's somewhat predictable in its makeup, The Harder They Fall will have you whooping and hollering at the screen regularly.

The Power of the Dog

Age rating: R Runtime: 128 minutes Main cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kristen Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee Director: Jane Campion RT score: 94%

It’s safe to say that Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog was the critical hit – and one of the best Netflix movies – of 2021. Widely praised for its slow-burning psychological drama, it follows the story of a menacing rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) who doesn’t take kindly to the arrival of his brother’s new wife (Kirsten Dunst) and her son (Kodi Smit-McPhee).

Cumberbatch arguably gives a career-best performance as the volatile Phil Burbank here, which undoubtedly made interesting prep for Doctor Strange 2 . It's a slow-burner, but The Power of the Dog is a masterful piece of filmmaking.

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As of December 31, 2021

What’s trending on Netflix? How about for all of 2021?

The most popular shows and movies on Netflix based on subscriber viewing habits are found on the service’s navigation menu, but that’s only part of the story. Fans also spend time reading up on their favorite Netflix series and movies and their critical standing here at Rotten Tomatoes. We’ve made a list of the top 20 movies and shows on Netflix U.S. that our visitors read about here during 2021. The list

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Korean drama Squid Game led the list of the most popular Netflix titles on Rotten Tomatoes in 2021, beating out the streaming giant’s top film titles, like star-driven Red Notice , which saw Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, and Ryan Reynolds teaming up for heist story.

Recent 2021 releases like season 2 of fantasy series The Witcher , political satire Don’t Look Up with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, and Benedict Cumberbatch–starring drama The Power of the Dog had a lot of ground to cover to catch up with the year’s earlier releases and make it into the top 10. Their ascent has been impressive to watch, and we’ve updated the list ranking as of December 31 to account for their continued growth at the end of 2021. Don’t Look Up finished in the No. 2 spot (previously No. 4), The Witcher at No. 4 (previously 5), and Power of the Dog at No. 7 (previously 9).

While traffic to most TV titles’ main pages propelled the titles onto the list, some titles like The Sinner — the four-season USA Network series has three seasons streaming on Netflix — and two-season French drama Lupin made it onto the list with traffic to their first season pages, again proving that Netflix is a place to discover titles that have been around for a while.

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The Dig (2021) 88%

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The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021) 97%

Lupin: Part 1 (2021) 98%

The Sinner: Season 1 (2017) 91%

Cowboy Bebop (2021) 45%

Money Heist (2017) 94%

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The Woman in the Window (2021) 25%

You (2018) 92%

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I Care a Lot (2020) 79%

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Red Notice (2021) 37%

Army Of The Dead (2021) 67%

The Witcher (2019) 80%

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Netflix Canada has a diverse selection of movies and TV shows spanning every genre. The availability of content, however, isn’t the same in Canada as it is in the U.S. While Netflix original titles tend to be available in both countries, licensing means that some titles that are available on Netflix in the U.S. aren’t available north of the border and vice versa.

With that said, some of the best movies streaming on Netflix Canada include a few classics that subscribers might not even have realized were available. There are also movies from the last decade and even documentaries about two of the biggest female pop stars around.

10 The Big Short (2015)

This biographical crime comedy-drama based on the Michael Lewis book The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine chronicles the housing bubble that led to the eventual 2007-2008 housing crisis. The Big Short follows three storylines that lead up to the events, including when an eccentric hedge fund manager discovers that the market is unstable and the actions of both a big bank executive and two young investors at a small firm.

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The Big Short is fascinating in that it’s based on the true story and a dire financial crisis many viewers experienced was old enough to remember when it happened. It also has an incredible cast that includes Brad Pitt, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, and Ryan Gosling. The addition of actors making cameos to explain some of the more complex elements by breaking the fourth wall, including Margot Robbie, Selena Gomez, and the late Anthony Bourdain, adds to the comedic elements. Despite the heavy use of financial jargon and terminology, the film is easily understood by even those who don’t have a financial background.

9 Scream (1996)

Spawning a massive, growing franchise of movies and TV shows , Scream started it all and introduced horror movie fans to the Ghostface killer. Neve Campbell is Sidney Prescott, a high schooler dealing with the trauma of her mother’s murder who becomes tormented by a vicious masked killer.

From the iconic opening scene with a cameo from Drew Barrymore to the many twists and turns, Scream was interestingly not as predictable as fans might have thought. An icon in the slasher film genre, those interested in watching the newest movie Scream VI will enjoy seeing how it all started, even if they already know what happens at the end.

8 Miss Americana (2020)

Prepping for one the biggest upcoming concert tours of 2024, if not the biggest, Taylor Swift is still at the top of her game. But she’s often misunderstood, judged, and scrutinized for everything she does. This documentary pulls back the curtain to let viewers see her life behind the scenes.

Heavily emotional, candid, and even therapeutic for those who relate to Swift’s personal struggles, Miss Americana is the type of documentary that will make even non-fans appreciate how much work Swift puts into her music, her concerts, and being a good role model for her fans. The documentary looks at Swift during a transitional phase in her career but also in her personal life as she deals with things so many can relate to, from body dysmorphia to illness in the family and toxic Internet culture.

7 Get Out (2017)

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A solid directorial debut for Jordan Peele, Get Out is a psychological horror, but it has a much deeper meaning behind it relating to class and race relations. It tells the story of a young Black man who visits his girlfriend’s parents only to discover a shocking secret about her and her family.

Get Out is not a typical horror movie: it’s culturally significant, topically relevant, and powerful in its messaging. It’s entertaining, well-acted, and will keep viewers scared, angered, and on the edge of their seats to find out what happens next.

6 Spy Kids (2001)

The Spy Kids series is a series of family action adventure films created by Robert Rodriguez. The main plot follows the adventures of two Cortez children who become involved in their parents' espionage. The rest of their family are spies as well, including their estranged uncle Machete and maternal grandparents. The films tend to have a strong Hispanic heritage theme, as Rodriguez is of Mexican descent, although the dialogue is predominately in English. McDonald's released Spy Kids toys in Happy Meals by the time all four films were released.

Perfect to watch with the kids, Spy Kids is a spy action comedy movie from Robert Rodriguez about two super spies who hide their identity, but get called back in to work when two agents go missing. After the parents are captured, it’s up to the kids to save the day. This is the first in the franchise, but there have been several more Sky Kids movies since as well as a TV show.

Spy Kids puts kids front and center as the heroes of the story. It features a talented cast that includes Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, Tony Shalhoub, and Danny Trejo, among others. The story is fun, lighthearted, and exciting at the same time. It’s the kind of action movie that’s great for kids but that adults will enjoy, too.

5 Catch Me if You Can (2002)

Catch me if you can.

A biographical crime comedy-drama from Steven Spielberg, the story is a fascinating one based on the real life of Frank Abagnale Jr., who claims to have conned people out of millions by posing as a Pan American World Airways pilot, all before the tender age of 19. The story in Catch Me if You Can follows Frank as he impersonates everyone from a pilot to a Secret Service agent and even a doctor, all while an FBI agent is hot on his tail.

The combination of A-listers Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks is a recipe for success. What makes the movie even more compelling is the knowledge that it’s based on true events, even if embellished for more dramatic effect. Catch Me if You Can was not only a success with both critics and at the box office, it also earned two Academy Award nominations.

4 Titanic (1997)

The James Cameron disaster film is the best movie based on the story of the sinking of the RMS Titanic , dramatized with the addition of a love story at its core. Decades after the harrowing event, the story of Tit anic follows a female survivor, now more than 100 years old, who identifies herself as the nude woman in a drawing recovered from the wreck. Seeking out the necklace she is wearing in the photo, she boards a research vessel along with the crew and recounts the sad and touching story behind the drawing.

Known for its emotionally charged story, the main actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, and even the soundtrack tune by Celine Dion, Titanic is a guaranteed tearjerker that tugs on the heartstrings of even the most strong-willed. Winning 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director while it was nominated for 14, Titanic is a must-watch film that has become of historical significance in the film industry.

3 Saw (2004)

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Fans might have watched Saw X , but it’s the original Saw that started it all. It’s not just a standard horror movie with a vicious killer. Jigsaw is a masked killer with a purpose, targeting people he believes have committed various sins. He traps them in deadly games, forcing them to inflict pain upon themselves if they want to survive, though they rarely ever do.

The opening scene in this movie sets up the entire theme and franchise, and it’s wonderfully acted as viewers feel the intensity and wonder what they might do if placed in the same seemingly impossible situation. The franchise has become massive with everything from movies to theme park rides, and it’s this movie that started it all.

2 Britney vs Spears (2021)

With so much talk about the pop singer and occasional actor given the release of her new book The Woman in Me , the documentary film Britney vs Spears is an interesting one to check out. It follows the life of the singer and performer from the height of her career to her downfall and her time under conservatorship.

Britney vs Spears is the product of years of director Erin Lee Carter researching and looking into the dispute over Spears’ conservatorship. Spears herself and any of her representatives are not involved. But the documentary analyzes both sides, particularly focusing on how the legal system failed the singer and her harrowing personal life and difficult familial situation in a way that makes viewers sympathize with her. Britney vs Spears presents Spears as a person rather than the object she had been treated like for so long.

1 Back to the Future (1985)

Back to the future.

A classic movie, Back to the Future stars Michael J. Fox in his heyday . He’s a young high schooler who must travel back in time to make sure that his parents fall in love, and thus he exists in the future. He works alongside an eccentric scientist named Doc Brown to infiltrate the high school and remain undetected.

From the unique story to the futuristic (at the time) concepts, the exciting pacing, and the wonderful acting, Back to the Future is arguably one of the best movies ever made. It made Fox a bona fide star and remains one of the most influential films in pop culture history.

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May 31, 2024

2024 may have just begun, but it’s already shaping up to be a productive year for Netflix. In the US, plenty of new films from all over the world are already streaming on the platform, including blockbusters like Lift and charming animation films like Orion and the Dark, but whether they’re any good and available over at the Great White North is what this article will try to answer.

Below are the best movies released this 2024 that are streaming on Netflix Canada thus far.

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1. The Greatest Night in Pop (2024)

We Are the World is a charity single created for African famine relief. It was a smash success– it inspired plenty of other charity singles and already has a TV documentary about it. But The Greatest Night in Pop reveals new behind-the-scenes footage with a home video flair, intercut with interviews from those who were in the booth on that fateful day. The anecdotes about that night might have already been said elsewhere, but director Bao Nguyen manages to capture the energy in the room, peeking into the emotions of the various personalities that helped shape the song. It’s an intriguing, if straightforward documentary, and it’s certainly a treat watching the decade’s best voices collaborate to make this one track.

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2. Brian Simpson: Live from the Mothership (2024)

Demonstrating that a great stand-up routine should always stem from strong writing first and foremost, Brian Simpson makes common subjects for ridicule feel fresh again—just through how clever his writing is. Simpson seems to position himself from the same place where more controversial comedians punch down at women and at queerness. But he manages to push against expectations by keeping his focus on those who normally don’t get the brunt of the criticism, or by drawing us toward broader cultural problems that make people act the way that they do. None of this is all that novel, of course, and Simpson does end up dwelling on certain subjects for too long. But every line he speaks feels considered and is deployed with the perfect matter-of-factness, keeping the laughs consistent without ever complaining or intentionally trying to provoke.

3. Jacqueline Novak: Get on Your Knees (2024)

We’re familiar with dick jokes from stand-up comedians, especially male stand-up, but Jacqueline Novak’s 90-minute show about the blow job feels completely new. Get on Your Knees feels like casual storytelling from someone experienced yet distant enough to be a cool authority on it (say, your best friend’s older sister’s best friend), but funnier. It’s like a gossip session about a first experience, except the breathless, dizzying stream of thought is peppered with philosophical thought and points out the absurdity around the language and common attitudes about sex. And as she does so, and as she talks about self-conscious fumbling and unanswered questions, she strides back and forth, in an easy, self-assured way, the way we’d like to feel going into the act.

4. Marmalade (2024)

At first, Marmalade just seemed like a good ol’ fashioned Bonnie and Clyde story being told by one inmate to another. As Baron tells Otis about his titular Bonnie in Joe Keery’s Southern drawl, there’s a charming bittersweet romance about a man pushed into crime because of healthcare costs and a compelling Camila Marrone as a manic pixie dream girl-flavored femme fatale. By its own, it’s already an intriguing twist to the film noir plot. But the second half turns this romance into something completely unexpected, pulling an insane set of interconnected plot twists that’s just fun to experience. There are certain moments that could have been tighter, but the performances were great, the images were stunning, and the plot was surprising. It’s such a daring move for first time writer-director Keir O’Donnell.

5. Scoop (2024)

To the untrained eye, a TV interview is just that: an interview, a simple (and at times rehearsed) back-to-back between a reporter and a subject. But Scoop is a thrilling reminder of how complex the process actually is, from the legwork to the questioning and even after airing. In the UK, that quest for truth is complicated by stringent palace rules and the fact that the BBC, which McAlister and her colleagues work for, is a publicly funded institution. How free is the free press when a Royal can call off a story, and how far are reporters willing to go to protect it? Scoop is bolstered by a smart script and a wealth of strong performance—Sewell is almost unrecognizable as Prince Andrew and Gillian Anderson is commanding as anchor Emily Maitlis. But the movie won’t be as strong as it is without Piper leading it; she’s relatable and entrancing as she works her way from underestimated underdog to compelling champion.

6. Amar Singh Chamkila (2024)

At times of great societal turmoil, sometimes stars are born, not just to entertain the masses but to challenge the way things are done. Amar Singh Chamkila is one such star, and his music captivated all of Punjab in part due to his brash lyrics. His assassination remains unsolved, but director and co-writer Imtiaz Ali takes the event, and uses it to frame his life– the ways Punjab remembered him after death, the ways Chamkila showed his light as well as the ways he was limited by studio oversight and state censorship. The film isn’t a perfect contemplation of artistic freedom, nor is it the most comprehensive take on the singer’s life, but Ali’s direction challenges the way we view the artist and acutely recognizes the way stardom reveals the society’s conflicting desires.

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7. Orion and the Dark (2024)

Going to sleep is something we do every day, though, when we were kids, it certainly wasn’t easy. With family-friendly source material and a new (and adorable!) sleepytime ensemble, Orion and the Dark plays with this fact of childhood, but screenwriter Charlie Kaufman transforms it into something more as the title characters journey into literal midnight dreams, tell stories-within-stories, and return back home with a poetic repetition. It still has some of his existential despair– after all, the overly imaginative Orion literally contemplates the possibility of death through his many, many anxieties– but it doesn’t just play with the classic childhood fear. Kaufman transforms the bedtime story, and the act of storytelling itself, as co-creation and connection between generations of filmmakers and viewers, with this film’s surprisingly layered writing.

8. You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack (2024)

After the La Manada rape case in 2016, it was necessary to document this event, especially since the widespread national outrage and demonstrations managed to move the country to change the way Spain defines consent. You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack documents this arduous journey. While it’s done through the familiar Netflix true crime approach, there’s some respect given to the victim that hasn’t been given previously by the media. The film sticks to the actual verbatim words used by the victim, albeit edited for clarity, but they ensured that their words were not accompanied with photos or similar looking actors, keeping the truth of their words without risking their safety. While the documentary’s direction isn’t new, the outrage is still felt, as well as the genuine hope of a country that came together to ensure justice.

9. The Parades (2024)

When it comes to ghosts, plenty of films are centered around personal, unresolved business in the living world, but rarely do films examine how the spirit world would be, unless it’s for fantastical fights or horrific terror. The Parades instead focuses on a world of lost, but ordinary, and thankfully kind, souls. And as the film builds its calm world, Minako (and the viewers) get to meet the people who would form her eventual found family, whose various lives uncover the intimate and personal hopes of ordinary people, shaped by the events of their respective times. While the film doesn’t fully resolve all their stories, The Parades celebrates life, in all forms, and the powerful ways storytelling and community helps us go through it.

10. The Final: Attack on Wembley (2024)

The Euro 2020 finals was a cultural event, a celebration, a riot. This documentary perfectly captures the weight of the attack on Wembley, which it takes the time to characterize as like a holy ground being desecrated. But for the most part, the story spotlights the thousands of destructive drunks that needed to make it inside Wembley because of the magic in the air that day that you felt from every car on the road, every passenger on the train, every exploding glass bottle, and every bleeding individual. It’s got accounts from diehard English and Italian fans, Wembley security, and media personnel, which when put together, creates a fascinating stampede control documentary that also takes a sad turn post-game.

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Netflix’s best original movie in ages drops this week — and it’s 97% on Rotten Tomatoes

“Hit Man” is a wonderfully twisted comedy that proves Glen Powell is a force

If there were doubts that Glen Powell is on a fast track to Hollywood superstardom, his new Netflix movie, "Hit Man" will erase them. This guy is the real deal. 

The actor has been building an impressive resume that includes the blockbuster smash “Top Gun: Maverick” and the glossy rom-com “Anyone But You”, but this new Netflix effort from director Richard Linklater is his real star-making performance. 

“Hit Man” arrives on Netflix this Friday (June 7), and I can tell you right now, that it’s the best original movie the streaming service has offered for a long time. It’s got future Netflix No. 1 written all over it, and it’s a shoo-in for our ranking of the best Netflix movies . 

I caught an early screening of this romantic comedy last month, and even though I went in with high expectations off the back of its film festival buzz, I was still pleasantly surprised by its high quality. It’s already rocketed into my top 10 favorite movies of 2024 (so far), and I’m confident it’ll have retained a spot by year’s end. 

If you’re after something new to watch on Netflix this week, your search is over. The correct answer is “Hit Man”. But if my initial sales pitch isn’t enough to convince you allow me to explain why this is a Netflix movie we’ll be talking about all month long….

What is “Hit Man” about? 

“Hit Man” sees Glen Powell play Gary Johnson, an unassuming high school teacher who moonlights as an undercover hitman for the New Orleans Police Department. Taking on a range of fake personas to help sell the ruse, Gary’s job is to help the cops arrest people who are looking to hire assassins for real. 

Gary finds he has a knack for this strange profession, and develops new self-confidence by pretending to be somebody else. However, things get seriously complicated when he meets a beautiful woman named Madison (Adria Arjona) who is looking for help eliminating her abusive husband. 

Breaking strict protocol, and desperate to hide his true identity from this new love interest, Gary finds himself slipping into a dangerous world of deception with potentially deadly consequences. As Gary loses himself in the role of a ruthless assassin it becomes clear the only route out might be to become the contract killer he’s spent so long pretending to be. 

“Hit Man” is an absolute hoot

What’s most remarkable about “Hit Man” is that it works on pretty much every level. 

The comedic gags all land, the romance is swoon-worthy (Powell and Arjona have incredible chemistry), and the mystery element in the back half unfolds at a pleasing pace. I wouldn’t go as far as to label it a full-on thriller, but its dark edge should help it appeal even to Netflix viewers who swear that romcoms aren’t for them.

The real strength of “Hit Man” comes thanks to Powell’s committed performance. The role requires Powell to inhabitant many different characters, from a gun-toting hick to an eastern-European mobster as part of his job as a fake assassin, and the actor pulls off each new personality with aplomb. It’s clear that Powell had a blast making this movie, and that translates to his on-screen performance. 

I’ve also got to give credit to director Richard Linklater, who keeps the movie zipping along, and despite the fast pace, the story never feels rushed. While I saw “Hit Man” in a phone-free environment, it’s hard to imagine that many viewers will be tempted to reach for their device while watching, “Hit Man” is simply too enjoyable to miss. 

“Hit Man” is pure cinematic entertainment, and that’s very much a positive. While some critics have attempted to discuss the movie’s deeper themes and its comment on the idea of “true self”, I think most viewers will gloss over this subtext and instead just enjoy the ride. Of course, this is no bad thing, “Hit Man” is a movie made to be enjoyed first and foremost, and in this area, it succeeds in impressive fashion.  

“Hit Man” reviews — critics also love this Netflix movie

“Hit Man” is only just arriving on Netflix, but critics have been praising this movie since its premiere in September 2023. It currently holds a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes , which is enough to earn it a Certified Fresh seal of approval ahead of its Netflix debut on Friday. 

Richard Roeper of the Chicago Sun-Times was full of praise for the movie’s leading man, “In the offbeat comedy, Powell confirms his leading-man credentials and shows sizzling chemistry with co-star Adria Arjona,” he said in a generally positive review. 

The Guardian ’s Peter Bradshaw said “A hit is what it deserves to be” and noted the movie's ability to retain its realism despite its screwball comedy. Nick Schager of The Daily Beast was also a fan, saying “‘Hit Man’ is hot and hilarious, a winning combination amplified by a story that gets knottier at every turn.” While TheWrap ’s Ben Croll called it “deliriously entertaining.”

“Hit Man”’s early audience score is also very high at 95%, although this comes from just a small sample size of user reviews as its release in theaters last month was pretty limited. 

You need to stream “Hit Man” on Netflix

If you’ve read this far, it should be pretty obvious that I thoroughly recommend “Hit Man”. I’ve been fairly critical of Netflix’s recent original movie output with clunkers like “Atlas” (19% on Rotten Tomatoes ) and “Unfrosted” (43% on Rotten Tomatoes ) failing to meet the grade but the pairing of director Richard Linklater and Glen Powell proves to be a winning one for the world's most popular streaming service. 

One of the biggest compliments I can give “Hit Man” is that I’ve been eagerly anticipating the movie’s Netflix release, not just because I wanted to rewatch it (though I certainly do want to see it a second time ASAP), but largely because I’m excited for my friends and family to see it so I can talk about it even more. 

I’m extremely confident that “Hit Man” is the best newcomer to Netflix this week, but we have a full list of all the new movies and TV shows on the streaming service if you want to see what else is being added this week. 

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by : Patricia Karounos - May 31st, 2024

Get ready to enter the world of wealthy teens in Hierarchy . The K-drama is set at Jooshin High School, which operates in an elite social world controlled by the top 0.01 percent of students. But when a revenge-obsessed scholarship student (Lee Chae-min) transfers to the school, he brings an unsettling presence and a web of secrets that threatens to dismantle the status quo. June 7

Perfect Match: Season 2

Reality series Perfect Match is back for season two and, rest assured, things are about to get messy. For those who may not remember, the show unites singles from across Netflix’s other highly popular reality franchise, challenges them to pair up (to, ideally, find true love) and puts them through an array of competitions to test their compatibility. This season’s contestants include Brittan and Dominique from Too Hot to Handle , Bryton from Squid Game: The Challenge , Izzy from Love Is Blind and many more. June 7

Gossip Girl (Seasons 1-6)

Hey, Upper Eastsiders: The OG Gossip Girl series—which starred the likes of Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Chace Crawford and Penn Badgley as a group of privileged high schoolers whose every move was watched by an anonymous, havoc-wreaking blogger—is back on streaming. Revisit all the mid-aughts/early 2010s glory as you wait for the return of Bridgerton (more on that below). Xoxo, you know you love her. June 10

Bridgerton (Season 3, Part 2)

Dearest, gentle readers: After a lengthy wait (ok, it wasn’t actually that long, but who has the patience?), Bridgerton is back with the closing chapters of its third season. Penelope (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin (Luke Newton) have finally admitted their feelings for each other and are engaged, but don’t expect smoothing sailing for the happy couple from here on out. Penelope is still fighting with her (former?) BFF/future sister-in-law Eloise (Claudia Jessie) while also hiding the fact that she’s the ’Ton’s ubiquitous tabloid writer, Lady Whistledown, from her betrothed. Can she still find her happily ever after despite all of that? June 13

Black Barbie

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie transported us to the ultra-pink world of Barbie last summer, and now, the team at Shondaland (including executive producer Shonda Rhimes) is taking us into a key part of Barbie’s history in Black Barbie. Directed by Lagueria Davis, this documentary dives into the women—Beulah Mae Mitchell, Kitty Black Perkins and Stacey McBride Irby—who helped Black Barbie come to life in 1980, while exploring the importance of representation, the symbolism of dolls and how those aspects shape who we are. June 19

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Picture this: you’re a young woman, carving out your own path as you start to build your career. You land a job as an assistant for a hot movie star. Then, that movie star and your mother fall in love. Good for mom, probably a bit more complicated for you—at least that’s the case in A Family Affair . Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Joey King, Kathy Bates and Liza Koshy star. June 28

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June 13 Bridgerton: Season 3 Part 2 (Netflix Series) Doctor Climax (Netflix Series) Holly Hobbie: Seasons 1-3

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June 18 Agents of Mystery (Netflix Series) Outstanding: A Comedy Revolution (Netflix Documentary)

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June 20 The Accidental Twins (Netflix Documentary) AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders (Netflix Series) Oculus

June 21 Gangs of Galicia (Netflix Series) The Grand Seduction Trigger Warning (Netflix Film) The Victims’ Game: Season 2 (Netflix Series)

June 22 Kiss the Girls Rising Impact (Netflix Anime)

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June 26 Love Is Blind: Brazil: Season 4 (Netflix Series) (new episodes) Worst Roommate Ever: Season 2 (Netflix Documentary)

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Stephen King shares his verdict on Netflix's new number one movie

The horror author was a big fan of Godzilla Minus One

Stephen King has shared his verdict on Godzilla Minus One – and it's safe to say, his review is short and sweet.

Lots of people have been talking about the Japanese monster movie, which has been described as a prequel to the first-ever Godzilla film, recently, due to it landing on Netflix in both the UK and US . Since it was uploaded to the platform on June 1, it's shot to the top of both territory's Top 10 charts, and you've only got to search the hashtag on Twitter to see how many subscribers are loving it.

On June 3, King quote-tweeted a fan who said that rewatching Godzilla Minus One at home felt "like being 10 again", alongside the simple but effective caption, "So good".

Directed by Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla Minus One follows Koichi Shikishima (Ryunosuke Kamiki), a military pilot who deserted his mission during the Second World War, as he navigates his debilitating guilt in the years that follow. When the ginormous, city-flattening monster he faced way back when remerges, Shikishima vows to take down the creature as a means to redeem himself.

King's not the only big name singing its praises lately, either. 

"Godzilla Minus One is now on Netflix. So if you haven't seen it, watch it. It's the single best Godzilla movie since Shin Godzilla. It's incredible," Star Trek's Simon Pegg reportedly said of the film (via Kaiju No. 14 ). "It's a proper Godzilla movie made by the people who sired Godzilla from their subconscious as they wrestled with the massive ramifications of what happened during the Second World War. It's not some rock 'em, sock 'em fucking cultural appropriation.”

As you've probably deduced from this article, Godzilla Minus One is streaming now on Netflix. Already tuned in and looking for some more viewing inspiration? Check out our list of the best Netflix movies .

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Despite a strong field, the Karasuno High volleyball team advances past the preliminary round of the Harutaka tournament in Miyagi prefecture to reach the third round. Despite a strong field, the Karasuno High volleyball team advances past the preliminary round of the Harutaka tournament in Miyagi prefecture to reach the third round. Despite a strong field, the Karasuno High volleyball team advances past the preliminary round of the Harutaka tournament in Miyagi prefecture to reach the third round.

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• 17 User reviews
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• 65 Metascore

• Shôyô Hinata
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