The best movies to watch right now on Netflix

This weekend’s Golden Globes ceremony marks the beginning of the final stretch of the 2024 awards season, leading up to the main event, the Oscars on March 10. If you haven’t had a chance to catch all of the nominated films yet, you’ll find contenders like Maestro, May December, and Nyad on Netflix right now, as well as nominees and winners from years past like Elvis and RRR.

On the other hand, you may prefer to enjoy a cozy night in and relax with something more fun or less challenging. Netflix has those kinds of films too. With more than 4,000 films in its catalog there’s bound to be something that fits your mood. Where to start? Consider this list—which includes insightful writing from expert A.V. Club film buffs—your go-to Netflix movie guide. Make your selection here before you settle in to hear that “tu-dum” sound—if only to avoid the indecision fatigue that comes from endless scrolling.

This list was updated on January 5, 2023.

All Quiet On The Western Front

Edward Berger’s , the third major cinematic adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s legendary novel, is playing with many of the same raw materials as Mendes’ more recent, Britain-focused hit. You’ll find more long takes of futile charges over trenches, more moments of quiet before the inevitable storm of war, and more young actors thrown into the crucible that makes boys into warriors. But in a world that has since been ravaged by a pandemic and a new European war, Berger’s film sidesteps the inevitable comparisons to Mendes (much less Lewis Milestone’s 1930 Best Picture winner) to instead give us something bleaker, more brutal, and perhaps more honest. This is a film about the boys who don’t come home, and its story proves both deeply affecting—and surprisingly timeless. [Matthew Jackson]