The best movies to watch right now on Netflix
The streaming giant has Golden Globe-nominated originals like May December, Maestro, and Rustin, along with enduring classics and modern hits
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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.
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I just changed the URL from Slide 2 to Slide 73 to say, what the fuck, 73 fucking slides? I get it, page clicks, but how many people are going to click through 73 slides?
AV Club has really gone downhill since Univision but this clickbait website artifical pageview/click boosting bullshit is REALLY bottom-of-the-barrel. Shame on whoever approved this absolute travesty.
I think you mean since after univision sold them. The ads all over the place and lists like this didnt start til Spanfeller bought them.
Thank you, yes.
Rhymes with ‘Herb’.
Meh. I clicked through all 76. But I have aggressive ad blockers on, so Univ. just served up 76 pages for 0 revenue instead of only 1 page with a list on it.
It looks fine to me. Is this a desktop vs. mobile thing?
Yes, in mobile view Kinja renders slideshows as lists. You can force the webpage to view as a mobile device on desktop using developer tools in Chrome or Firefox.
I just did. I still have to go to work during this dang pandemic and I’m bored out of my mind. Keep the slides a comin’!
Someone told me this and I pass it along as someone else who hates the dickens out of this format too: IF you’re on a PC – make your browser window narrow and just like magic it’ll be a list you can scroll down
I did. There’s some toward the end i had never heard of.
I did the same thing. I normally don’t comment on things that are not my cup of fur, but fuck, this slideshow bullshit is really infuriating.
You can also shrink your window down closer to mobile and the slide show disappears. Follow me on Lifehacker to find out how I block the 8 million tracking cookies that G/O Media drops on your computer.
Please stop with these fucking slide shows!!! They suck
I also miss Disqus
As much as I agree, G/O has LONG since passed usability, informativeness, and, for that matter, basic stylistic accuracy. The reason they do slideshows is because it makes for more ads. That’s it. They’re never going to stop.
I echo the comments about how slideshows suck. Also, why the fuck is a John Cater pic in the cover image????
I don’t know if it’s on Netflix, but it’s a good movie.Much better than a slideshow list, at least.
Jim Spanfeller likes slideshows.Let’s not be like him.
John Carter is on the list.
Having never read the books, I really enjoyed John Carter. It’s a solid action fantasy film.Agree about the slideshow though, fuck it.
They didn’t do Dejah Thoris justice, though. ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)
I was glad to see it included on the list; it’s a really enjoyable flick.
Like others, changed the url to skip to the end just so I could say fuck you and fuck the slide shows.
The Squid and the Whale is a sh!tty pretentious movie. Ill spoil the highlight for you- angsty preteen upset about bad parents jerks off in his hand and rubs splooge all over library books. Dont waste your time.
Please stop with the slide shows. You could have gotten 10+ page views from me at 7 movies a page. Instead I gave up after 4 slides.
I read this on my phone and it was not a slideshow. It had too much Noah Baumbach, but was not a slideshow. I’m grateful for the tips; I’ll be watching several of these in the weeks to come.
Congratulations for finally reaching/skipping to the comments! As a reward, here is the actual list you were probably looking for when you clicked on this article:
American FactoryAmerican HoneyAmyAquariusBarryThe Blackcoat’s DaughterBlue ValentineThe Ballad Of Buster ScruggsBlue RuinThe Body Remembers When The World Broke OpenBurningCamChloeDivinesDolemite Is My NameDriveThe End Of The TourThe EndlessEx MachinaThe Eyes Of My MotherFrances HaA Ghost StoryGood TimeGoonGreen RoomHappy As LazzaroThe Hateful EightHell Or High WaterHer High Flying BirdHomecomingHugoI Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The HouseI Lost My BodyInceptionInsidiousThe IrishmanJohn CarterScreenshot: Limitless (YouTube)LimitlessThe LobsterMarriage StoryThe MasterMenasheThe Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected)Mississippi GrindMoonlightMudboundMy Happy FamilyThe Night Comes For UsThe Other Side Of The WindPaddletonPrivate LifeRememberRomaRoomScott Pilgrim Vs. The WorldShadowShirkersSleeping With Other PeopleThe Spectacular NowSpider-Man: Into The Spider-VerseSpring BreakersTinker Tailor Soldier SpyUnder The ShadowUnder The SkinWar HorseThe Week OfWhile We’re YoungThe WitchWinter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For FreedomWormwood
God, I love The Spectacular Now
Having just seen The Platform, I’m a bit disturbed by its omission.I star your post but I vote this list *down*.
Really? 100 pages and they actually missed one?
I like the concept of the Platform but by the second half, it just doesn’t really know where to go. It’s essentially a simplified remix of Cube, which isn’t a bad thing but just found the end disappointing.
Isn’t that like, all of them?
From a PC desktop you can narrow the page to half-width screen and it becomes a normal scrolling site. Buy came here to ask if these are ‘The Best’ movies, or ‘All the movies’.
This list was most recently updated July 24, 2020.
pls update.
Honestly, I sometimes think the slideshow complaining is a touch overblown . . . but I am never in this or any parallel world in the multiverse clicking through a NINETY-ONE SLIDE slideshow, so thank you for this multi-star deserving post.
I can’t fathom who thinks anyone would be willing to do that.
At least they let you skip to the comments now. When the A.V. Club first started this Slideshow business, you couldn’t read the comments until you got to the last slide.
Thank you! A 98-page slideshow lol. Not a chance.
Gee, would it have killed you to have hot-linked that list?
Note: The list has been updated by the AVC, whereas the list in my comment has not. So any discrepancies you see may or may not be the product of your own fevered imaginings, I really can’t say.
Thank you.Also FUCK SLIDESHOWS.
Thank you for transcribing these!
I liked Barry. I saw season 1 on HBO, but then I cancelled it and would love to see S2 and S3.
These articles are almost the reason the acronym TLDR exists
All of these ‘best of (streaming service)‘ lists are way too long. A Best of is maybe top 10. Something this long is the entire catalog.
Updated 17 Sept 2022The best available movies to watch on NetflixAmerican FactoryAquariusArgoAtlanticsAustin Powers: International Man Of MysteryBarryThe Ballad Of Buster ScruggsBlade RunnerThe Body Remembers When The World Broke OpenBoogie NightsCamCatch Me If You CanA Clockwork OrangeConcrete CowboyCrazy Stupid LoveCroupierThe Devil All The TimeDivinesDolemite Is My NameEddie Murphy: RawEyes Wide ShutFerris Bueller’s Day OffHappy As LazzaroThe Hateful EightHell Or High Water High Flying BirdHomecomingHunt For The WilderpeopleI Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The HouseI Care A LotI Lost My BodyI’m Thinking Of Ending ThingsInsidiousInto The WildThe IrishmanIt FollowsMa Rainey’s Black BottomMarriage StoryThe Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected)Middle Of NowhereA Monster CallsMudboundMy Happy FamilyThe Night Comes For UsNocturnal AnimalsThe Old GuardOnce Upon A Time In AmericaThe Other Side Of The WindPaddletonPrivate LifeRawRocksRomaShirkersSomething’s Gotta GiveUnder The ShadowUnfriendedThe Week OfWhen Harry Met SallyWinter On Fire: Ukraine’s Fight For FreedomWormwoodYes, God, Yes
isnt this pretty much all of them?
I’d guess there are 200 movies on Netflix that deserve to be on the list instead of JOHN CARTER. Like Moon, to name one.
John Carter was awesome.Not necessarily good, but awesome.
Nope
What? You don’t want to click the next button A HUNDRED AND TWENTY FREAKING TIMES?!
No Talented Mr Ripley? Smh
0/10 No Police Academy movies on list. Would not click through again. /s Seriously though added a few to my waiting list.
I’m pretty sure your pic for HELL OR HIGH WATER is actually SLOW WEST.Also, slideshows are garbage.
I noticed that, too. WTF.
You are correct, Slow West is the pic shown.
Came here to say this. Thank you! Also, both are Good movies.
Hello! I’m contacting you from two and a half years in the future to let you know COVID is still a thing, the former president still hasn’t conceded the election, and the picture from Slow West is still attached to the description of Hell or High Water.
76 page slideshow are you shitting me AV Club?
Thanks for this – lots of good material for my Netflix list – but next time, could you link to the Netflix title page rather than the “watch now” page? In a list this long, it’s pretty ludicrous to assume that I’ll only want to watch one of the titles, and linking to the title page allows me to add them for later.
I’m pretty sure they have to link straight to the movie or they don’t get paid
I’d say The Castle of Cagliostro is also a must-see, if you’ve never seen it before, and even if you hate anime.
I normally hate slideshows but at least this one loaded fast.
Movies I agree with: Blue Ruin, Drive, A Ghost Story, Ex Machina, Inception, Limitless, The Lobster, Scott Pilgrim
Movies I disagree with: The Hateful Eight (one of the most boring movies I’ve ever seen), John Carter (really guys? This is the most run of the mill scifi’s out there. Absolutely nothing special about it’s story, acting, or anything else), War Horse (as someone who owns horses, this movie is absolute unrealistic, typical Spielberg “feels”, garbage
Really looking forward to the list of ‘The Best Lists on Kinja’ list list.If I had any recommendations, it would be to make it really long, and require a separate click for each part. You should also have a brief summary of each list that is pretty redundant to mostly everyone. Lastly, I don’t think you’ve monetized your lists sufficiently, at least one advertisement per item, and one autoplaying video with the sound turned up per 5 will really bring it all together.
I’m done with this place
Yes. The slideshows really take away from the experience of The AV Club – a site that popular, high-traffic online news sources still love to quote. Please. This strategy is not going to work 🙁
The image for the page about Hell Or High Water (30/76) is a movie called Slow West.
The takeaway from Green Room is if you’re in a punk band and you’re playing a venue in the middle of fucking nowhere, in a club full of skinheads, you don’t open up with ‘Nazi Punks, FUCK OFF’.
Hey Jim Spanfeller:fuck your fucking slideshows and fuck you
fuck whoever made the decision to do lists this way. fuck them to hell and back
You know, the slide shows are one thing, one horrible thing sure, but whatever.But, 77 pages? Really? This is fucking ridiculous.
you should also check best kid’s movies on Netflix here 17 Best Kid’s Movies to Watch on netflix
Den of Thieves is not a good movie. It’s toxic masculinity turned up to 11 and almost a parody. That being said, it is entertaining.
It’s toxic masculinity turned up to 11 and almost a parody.
Wasn’t that like almost every action movie throughout the 80’s-mid 90’s? Sure they were cheesy but no less entertaining.
Why is there a picture of Slow West for Hell or High Water?
Frances Ha is absolutely wretched. This list cannot be trusted.
How come Eurovision isn’t on the updated list? It’s not a genre that everyone likes but it deserves a spot in this very long list.
The image for Hell or High Water is actually a still from Slow West, another great movie available on Netflix!
You expect us to click through 92 slides. Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck that.
The numbering is all off if # 32 is, deservedly, The Guest (2014).
People, please minimize your window so the slide show can be scrolled down through. Please stop wasting discussion space complaining about slide shows.
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Someone gave a hack in the comments on a previous slideshow on how to view the entire thing on one page. Can anyone help with that? Something about changing the aspect ratio? Maybe?
Yep, narrow your browser window until it appears in list form. But this is a miserably fucking long list. Good luck.
On the first slide, you can click on “List of Slides” at the top of the screen and you’ll get the clickable full list of all the names of the slides.
You can shrink your browser window and it lets you scroll, but the pictures often don’t load. At least it let’s you scroll down to get to the comments.
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Can you at least put the region before making me click through the list? I managed to get to The Eyes of My Mother, which I hadn’t heard of and sounded interesting, but it’s not available on Netflix in the United States. Sheesh!
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I just watched “Burning” because of AV Club’s recommendation. I *really* didn’t like it. I don’t know why it needed to be two and a half hours long; it meandered a lot. I like Korean films, and I don’t need all movies to be action and excitement, but holy crap is this one slow.
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Slideshows are awful, they need to stop on this site.
why is this a slideshow? stop doing this. i am never going to read an article in this format.
The Lobster should never be viewed by any person for any reason.
Randomly watched Den of Thieves last night. Tried half/reading half/watching, but it demanded my full attention (other than the completely unnecessary backstory of Gerard Butler’s home life). And it was pretty good! Fun heist, good action, and a nice twist that was foreshadowed just the right amount. But I would be remiss if I did not point out that all those fucking cops should be in prison for life for pulling their weapons and intentionally approaching heavily armed and dangerous criminals while completely surrounded by countless innocent bystanders in their cars. I get that’s part of it: the cops are the bad guys, too. But jesus, no mention of that decision, any reprimand, any casualties…not even a POV shot of someone from inside their car in absolute terror…just nothing? Everyone’s just kinda fine with it? Come on. All I could think about was holy fuck what if I was in the car with all my kids, what would I do?
Uncut Gems (in the pic but not on the list, so I’ll comment anyway) sucked. Remove the f bombs and the movie is 20 min long.
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So we’re all still trying to pretend that Scott Pilgrim isn’t an awful toxic gaslighter of a character and the film has one of the laziest interpretations of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, that each new ex character brings a dose of slutshaming with it, there is no character arc so your title character ends up the same entitled dillwad he started the movie as…and it’s just not anywhere near as funny, charming, or clever as it thinks it is?
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didn’t realize this list was so old. “american honey” isn’t on netflix anymore.
The picture for “Hell or High Water” (slide #48) is from some other movie.Can your proof reading get any worse?
Yes.
Even though it’s not on the list, that museum scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off always makes me cry a little. Specifically that part where it just cuts back and forth between the one painting and Cameron’s eyes.(as a side question, why IS Ferris Bueller in the header if it’s not on the list?)
This is the second list in a row where I go onto the streaming service and a majority of the movies on the list are…NOT streaming. Or behind a paywall.
What the hell’s going on here??
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The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open Somehow I have never heard of this either. And as a ehhh let’s say lower-middle class, white passing native who lives on and off in Vancouver, why yes I am interested in watching.Except looking for it right now aaaaand Netflix doesn’t have it. Maybe because I’m in Canada. HELPFUL.
Man, winning Best Picture doesn’t get you as far as it used to apparently, when its not even worth a mention. (Referring to Argo, for those that don’t know).
Oh, and wow, you’re literally just wholesale copying the write-ups from other listicles now? I mean, I guess good on your morals for displaying it as such, though. At least you’re being honest about how lazy you are.
Cam was surprisingly subversive and disturbing. Highly recommend.I’ll never get the appreciation for Insidious. It was worse than The Conjuring, which is also a by-the-numbers jump scare/discordent violin haunted house/possession movie. I’ll give Insidious credit for not aggrandizing con artists and charlatans like Ed and Lorraine Warren.
I assume this is better than the movies not available on Netflix?Fuck this place has gone down hill.
Since this post (and list) was updated yesterday, I’ll comment today: watch Mudbound.
Now I remember why i dropped Netflix.All this trash on. Netflix has really gonedown the can.
Does Netflix pay the AV club to post this slide show?
edit: just now saw how old this article is.Dropping in to say My Name is Dolemite is wholly enjoyable even if you don’t care about 1970s blaxploitation films or know who Rudy Ray Moore was. It’s a biopic completely by the numbers, but the performances more than make up for the stale pacing.
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