This is a constantly updated list of the best movies on Netflix, featuring dramas, comedies, horror movies, animated films, and more.
If you’re looking for the best movies on Netflix to stream right now, you’ve come to the right place. There are several thousand new titles on Netflix every single year, which can make deciding what to watch on any given night quite a challenge.
We are here to help with a massive list of all the best movies on Netflix. We will continue to update this post throughout the year as new movies start streaming on Netflix. We’ll also take movies off of the list as Netflix removes them. You can check the bottom of the post to see all of the movies we’ve removed over time.
Bridesmaids (2011)
Director: Paul Feig
Cast: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph
Running time: 124 minutes
Rating: R
Synopsis: “Determined to outdo an overbearing bridesmaid, an inept but well-meaning maid of honor nearly ruins her best friend’s wedding in this edgy comedy.” Rush Hour (1998)
Director: Brett Ratner
Cast: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Tom Wilkinson
Running time: 97 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: “A wisecracking LAPD cop grudgingly agrees to keep an eye on a detective flown in from Hong Kong to find a Chinese ambassador’s kidnapped daughter.” Star Trek (2009)
Director: J. J. Abrams
Cast: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Karl Urban
Running time: 127 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: “On their first voyage aboard the starship Enterprise, brash James T. Kirk and logic-driven Vulcan Spock face off against a vengeful Romulan commander.” Nimona (2023)
Director: Nick Bruno & Troy Quane
Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang
Running time: 102 minutes
Rating: PG
Synopsis: “A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence. But what if she’s the monster he’s sworn to destroy?” The Imitation Game (2014)
Director: Morten Tyldum
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode
Running time: 113 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: “During World War II, a mathematician leads a team of cryptanalysts as they work feverishly to break the Germans’ notorious Enigma code.” Extraction 2 (2023)
Director: Sam Hargrave
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Tornike Gogrichiani
Running time: 123 minutes
Rating: R
Synopsis: “Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster.” Dunkirk (2017)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Harry Styles
Running time: 106 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: “In May 1940, soldiers and civilians struggle by land, sea and air to evacuate the British army and their allies, Europe’s last hope, from Dunkirk.” The Breakfast Club (1985)
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson
Running time: 97 minutes
Rating: R
Synopsis: “The athlete, the brain, the bully, the princess and the loner break through the social barriers of high school during a Saturday in detention.” Bruce Almighty (2003)
Director: Tom Shadyac
Cast: Jim Carrey, Jennifer Aniston, Morgan Freeman
Running time: 101 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: “A TV news reporter (Jim Carrey) rants at God (Morgan Freeman) and is given divine powers for a week to see if he can do a better job at running things.” Groundhog Day (1993)
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott
Running time: 101 minutes
Rating: PG
Synopsis: “Grumpy meteorologist Phil Connors lives the same day over and over after he arrives in the town of Punxsutawney for the annual Groundhog Day festivities.” Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong
Running time: 137 minutes
Rating: R
Synopsis: “Two Terminators travel from the future to track down Sarah Connor’s young son, John: One machine is programmed to kill him, the other to protect him.” A Man Called Otto (2022)
Director: Marc Forster
Cast: Tom Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller
Running time: 126 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: “Enraged by the world and hardened by grief, a cranky retiree plots his own demise but is foiled when a lively young family bursts into his life.” Captain Phillips (2013)
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman
Running time: 134 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: “Four Somali pirates hijack a cargo ship and hold the captain hostage, setting the stage for an explosive confrontation with the U.S. Navy.” AKA (2023)
Director: Morgan S. Dalibert
Cast: Alban Lenoir, Éric Cantona, Thibault de Montalembert
Running time: 118 minutes
Rating: TV-MA
Synopsis: “A steely special ops agent finds his morality put to the test when he infiltrates a crime syndicate and unexpectedly bonds with the boss’ young son.” The Hateful Eight (2015)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Running time: 167 minutes
Rating: R
Synopsis: “Years after the Civil War, a bounty hunter and his captive are waylaid by a Wyoming blizzard and hole up in a way station with six dicey strangers.” Seven Kings Must Die (2023)
Director: Edward Bazalgette
Cast: Alexander Dreymon, Harry Gilby, Mark Rowley
Running time: 111 minutes
Rating: TV-MA
Synopsis: “In the wake of King Edward’s death, Uhtred of Bebbanburg and his comrades adventure across a fractured kingdom in the hopes of uniting England at last.” American Hustle (2013)
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams
Running time: 138 minutes
Rating: R
Synopsis: “In this fictionalization of a true story, a con man and his lover assist an eccentric FBI agent in exposing corruption in Congress in the early 1980s.” Kill Boksoon (2023)
Director: Byun Sung-hyun
Cast: Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Kim Si-a
Running time: 139 minutes
Rating: TV-MA
Synopsis: “At work, she’s a renowned assassin. At home, she’s a single mom to a teenage daughter. Killing? That’s easy. It’s parenting that’s the hard part.” Easy A (2010)
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes
Running time: 92 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: “When a lie about Olive’s reputation transforms her from anonymous to infamous at her high school, she decides to embrace a provocative new persona.” The Woman King (2022)
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Cast: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch
Running time: 134 minutes
Rating: PG-13
Synopsis: “In the 1820s, a battle-tested general trains a new generation of female warriors to protect their kingdom from a powerful foe.
