Only a decade after releasing its first original film (the drama Beasts of No Nation), Netflix has become a movie juggernaut, with its own productions now dominating industry awards shows like the Oscars and the Golden Globes.
The streaming giant received 18 Oscar nominations in 2025, taking home three — two for Emilia Perez and one for Best Documentary Short with The Only Girl in the Orchestra. Popular action films and comedies like Back in Action, Always Be My Maybe and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery have also helped make Netflix a destination for reliably fun hits.
Whether you love drama, comedy, blockbusters or quiet, independent films, check out what we consider to be the best movies you can watch on Netflix right now. If you’d rather go with a series, peruse our picks for the best TV shows to watch on Netflix.
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Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Angelina Jolie spent seven months preparing and learning to sing in order to play opera legend Maria Callas in Pablo Larraín’s Maria. The film, which first premiered at the Cannes Film Festival last year and received a nomination for Best Cinematography at the 97th Academy Awards, is available now on Netflix.
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The Only Girl In The Orchestra (2024)
Genre: Documentary
Rating: G
The Only Girl in the Orchestra won an Oscar this year for Best Documentary Short, and you can catch the 35-minute film exclusively on Netflix. The film is the story of Orin O’Brien, the first woman hired to perform in the New York Philharmonic (by Leonard Bernstein, no less). Often ogled for her looks and singled out for attention because of her sex, she rose above it all, staying true to her creative principles to become one of the orchestra’s most renowned musicians for decades.
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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (2020)
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is dedicated to the memory of Chadwick Boseman, who made his final screen appearance in the film before his death in 2020. The film stars Boseman as Levee Green, a member of blues singer Ma Rainey’s band (Viola Davis), and takes place amid one of the band’s conflict-ridden and turbulent recording sessions in 1920s Chicago. Taylour Paige, Colman Domingo and Glynn Turman all co-star in the film that was adapted from August Wilson’s 1982 play.
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His Three Daughters (2024)
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
In His Three Daughters, Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne and Elizabeth Olsen star as three estranged sisters who come together in their dying father’s small New York apartment to care for him in his last days. Writer-director Azazel Jacobs coaxes some incredible performances out of each actress for this intimate, emotional, and often funny study of family dynamics.
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Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Rating: PG-13
Always Be My Maybe stars Ali Wong and Randall Park as Sasha and Marcus, childhood best friends who grew up next door to one another in San Francisco. The two fall out after attempting the whole “friends with benefits” thing as teens, but 15 years later, they reunite — uncomfortably — when Sasha returns to her hometown for work.
As Marcus struggles with his feelings for Sasha, she goes off and dates Keanu Reeves (playing a hilariously over-the-top version of himself), as she tries to figure out how she feels about her old friend. Charming and sweet, the film is a rom-com that’s reliably funny thanks to its leads and excellent supporting performances from Michelle Buteau, Vivian Bang and Reeves.
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Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Genre: Action
Rating: PG-13
Godzilla Minus One is an Academy Award-winning Japanese-language movie written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Set in 1945, the story centers Kōichi Shikishima, a young pilot dealing with PTSD in a post-World War II era. After surviving an encounter with Godzilla, he and others realize the kaiju is gearing up to attack Tokyo. The Sony film is available to stream on Netflix now.
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Society of the Snow (2023)
Genre: Drama
Rating: R
The award-winning film, Society of the Snow, is based on true events and adapted from the book of the same name. In 1972, a rugby team from Uruguay boarded a plane to Chile for a game. The plane crashed in the Andes mountains, leaving survivors to contend with injuries, illness, cold temperatures and death. Not everyone makes it, and those facing death make agonizing choices to live.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Genre: Mystery/Comedy
Rating: PG-13
A standalone sequel to 2019’s hit film Knives Out, Glass Onion follows detective Benoit Blanc’s (Daniel Craig) mission to uncover a mysterious death, after tech billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) invites friends to his private Greek island. The film features fun plot twists, and is broken up by lighthearted humor and aloof characters played by an all-star cast.
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Genre: Drama/Musicals
Rating: R
Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and Karla Sofía Gascón star in Emilia Pérez, a film that earned a whopping 10 Golden Globe nominations this year and picked up four awards, including Best Picture Musical or Comedy and the Best Supporting Actress trophy for Saldaña. In the film, Gascón stars as Mexican cartel leader Emilia who hires a lawyer (Saldaña) to help fake her death so that Emilia can finally live authentically as her true self. The crime-comedy-musical that defies all labels was also named one of the 10 best films of 2024 by the American Film Institute.
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Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13
This biographical film tells the story of two sisters, Yusra (Nathalie Issa) and Sarah Mardini (Manal Issa), who escape war-torn Syria. Amid all the strife and upheaval, Yusra works toward her dream of swimming in the Olympics. It’s a touching narrative of hope and survival.
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Genre: Drama
Rating: PG-13
Annette Bening and Jodie Foster both scored Oscar nominations (for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress) for their roles in Nyad, the Netflix original film about marathon swimmer Diana Nyad and her devoted coach Bonnie Stoll.
The remarkable true story is not a full biopic but a chapter of Nyad’s accomplished life when, at the age of 60, Nyad became obsessed with completing the arduous, near-impossible 110 mile swim from Cuba to Florida. Determined to become the first person to finish the swim without a shark cage, the film is a story of Nyad’s determination, ushered along by the support of those closest to her.
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Genre: Action
Rating: PG
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse was not just one of the best animated movies of 2023, it was one of the best films of the year, period. The animated superhero movie brings together various versions of Peter Parker/Spider-Man from across time and space, using a portal to connect their worlds as they battle the supervillain known as The Spot.
Jam-packed with dozens of famous voices, from Shameik Moore to Jason Schwartzman and Hailee Steinfeld, the film is the first half of an epic saga that’ll conclude with Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, which may not arrive until 2027.
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Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo, Marina de Tavira as Señora Sofía, Marco Graf as Pepe, Daniela Demesa as Sofi, Carlos Peralta Jacobson as Paco, and Diego Cortina Autrey as Toño in Roma, written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Photo by Carlos Somonte.
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Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo, Marina de Tavira as Señora Sofía, Marco Graf as Pepe, Daniela Demesa as Sofi, Carlos Peralta Jacobson as Paco, and Diego Cortina Autrey as Toño in Roma, written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Photo by Carlos Somonte.
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Yalitza Aparicio as Cleo, Marina de Tavira as Señora Sofía, Marco Graf as Pepe, Daniela Demesa as Sofi, Carlos Peralta Jacobson as Paco, and Diego Cortina Autrey as Toño in Roma, written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. Photo by Carlos Somonte.
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Genre: Drama
Rating: R
Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma nabbed him the best director Oscar in 2018 (the film earned two other Oscars that year, too), a first for a foreign-language film. It’s inclusion in the award show marked the first time a film distributed by a streaming platform was eligible for major awards. The film, set in the early 1970s, stars Yalitza Aparicio as the live-in housekeeper for a wealthy Mexico City family as she deals with her own pregnancy, the troubles within the family she works for and the escalating political turmoil in the city around her.
