50 Best Movies to Watch That You Can Find on Netflix

When it comes to movies, there are many preferences and opinions, but some of them are really must watch movies. In spite of everything, there are movies everyone should see, and they will always have the power to bring people together, even in the worst moments, whether they be sad, happy, or boring. Plus, they’re all on Netflix, so you can easily plan your next movie marathon. We’ve gathered a list of rotten tomatoes’ best movies of all time.

Fractured
One of the best movies to watch is Fractured, a psychological thriller produced in the United States in 2019. It was directed by Brad Anderson and written by Alan B. McElroy. The film debuted at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2019, and was released on Netflix on October 11, 2019.

The Ritual
The Ritual is one of the movies everyone should see, and it is a British horror film released in 2017. It tells the story of four friends who embark on a hiking trip in a Swedish forest and come across an ancient malevolent force. David Bruckner directed the movie, and Joe Barton adapted Adam Nevill’s 2011 novel “The Ritual” into the screenplay.

Calibre

Bright

22 July
22 July is a crime drama film produced in the United States in 2018. The film depicts the 2011 Norway attacks and their consequences, based on Åsne Seierstad’s book One of Us: The Story of a Massacre in Norway — and Its Aftermath. The film’s director, writer, and producer is Paul Greengrass, and the cast and crew are of Norwegian origin.

A Fall From Grace
If you’re asking yourself, ’what movie should I watch,’ A Fall from Grace would be a great option. It is an American thriller movie created, written, and directed by Tyler Perry. The movie was released by Netflix in 2020. It featured a storyline about a woman who becomes involved with a perilous new romantic partner and a young lawyer who defends her in a highly publicized court trial. This movie marked the last on-screen appearance of actor Cicely Tyson, who passed away in January 2021.

Close Enemies
Close Enemies (Frères ennemis in French) is a crime drama movie produced in Belgium and France in 2018. Directed by David Oelhoffen, the film was chosen to be presented in the primary competition category at the 75th Venice International Film Festival.

Collateral Beauty

Big Fish
Big Fish is a fantasy comedy-drama movie produced in the United States in 2003. The film was directed by Tim Burton and based on the novel of the same name written by Daniel Wallace in 1998. The story portrays a son’s attempts to separate reality from imagination in his father’s life, who is on his deathbed.

Stole Away

The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones is a supernatural thriller drama movie released in 2009, directed by Peter Jackson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. The story revolves around a young girl who gets murdered and, in the afterlife, observes her family from “the in-between.” She is conflicted between seeking revenge against her killer and permitting her family to move on and recover.

Safe Haven
Safe Haven is an American romantic drama fantasy thriller movie premiered in 2013. The film features the last performance of actor Red West. It was released in theaters in North America on February 14, 2013. Lasse Hallström directed the film based on the novel of the same title authored by Nicholas Sparks in 2010.

The Notebook truly is one of the movies everyone should see.

Valentine’s Day

I am Legend
This movie is about an effort to cure cancer, where scientists genetically modify the measles virus. However, this experiment backfires, causing the virus to spread uncontrollably and infect 99% of the world’s population. The virus transforms its victims into albino, vampiric, and cannibalistic mutants known as Darkseekers. These mutants are sensitive to sunlight and prey on the remaining uninfected individuals.

The Choice
The Choice is a romantic drama film made in America in 2016. Ross Katz directed the movie, and Bryan Sipe wrote the screenplay based on Nicholas Sparks’ novel of the same title, published in 2007. The plot depicts the story of two neighbors who fall in love after their first meeting.

Dear Ex

Hot Pursuit
Hot Pursuit is an action-comedy film released in 2015, directed by Anne Fletcher. The story revolves around a police officer tasked with protecting the widow of a drug lord from corrupt law enforcement officers and criminals who aim to kill her. As they try to avoid getting caught, they race through Texas. The film stars Reese Witherspoon and Sofía Vergara, and if you’re a fan of these beautiful actresses, this would be one of the best movies to watch.

Moonlight

Match Point
Match Point is a psychological thriller released in 2005, written and directed by Woody Allen. The story revolves around the character played by Rhys Meyers, who marries a wealthy family. However, his social status is jeopardized when he gets involved in an affair with his brother-in-law’s girlfriend, portrayed by Scarlett Johansson.

Spenser: Confidential
This is one of the must watch movies if you’re into the whole “action” thing. The movie, based on the 2013 novel Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland by Ace Atkins, was announced in 2018. The novel continues the Spenser detective series by Robert B. Parker, which was previously adapted for TV in Spenser: For Hire. The film was released by Netflix on March 6, 2020, and received mixed reviews.

Alive

Miracles from Heaven
Miracles from Heaven is a drama film released in 2016, directed by Patricia Riggen and written by Randy Brown. The film is based on the book Miracles from Heaven by Christy Beam, which narrates the true story of her daughter’s near-death experience and miraculous healing from an incurable illness.

Miracle in Cell No. 7

Into the Storm
Into the Storm is a 2014 American disaster film, directed by Steven Quale and written by John Swetnam in the found footage style. It tells the story of a series of tornadoes hitting the fictional town of Silverton, Oklahoma. The film was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 8, 2014, and received mixed reviews, with some critics comparing it to the 1996 film Twister.

I am Sam
I Am Sam is a 2001 American drama film directed and co-written by Jessie Nelson. The movie features Sean Penn as a father with an intellectual disability, Dakota Fanning as his curious daughter, and Michelle Pfeiffer as his lawyer.

Forgotten

Klaus

Ballerina
The movie Ballerina, also known as Leap! in the US, is an animated musical adventure comedy produced in 2016. The film is a joint venture between French and Canadian companies set in the 1880s France. It narrates the story of a destitute orphan girl who aspires to be a ballerina and gets the opportunity to audition for the prestigious Paris Opera Ballet School.

Gladiator

Set It Up
The 2018 American romantic comedy film, Set It Up, was directed by Claire Scanlon and written by Katie Silberman. The story revolves around two exhausted assistants who make an attempt to arrange dates for their demanding bosses in New York City. The movie was distributed by Netflix on June 15, 2018, and received positive reviews.

Spirited Away

Passengers
Passengers is an American science-fiction romance film released in 2016. Morten Tyldum directed the movie, written by Jon Spaihts, and featured Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt in the lead roles. The story centers around two passengers who are awakened from an induced hibernation on an enormous interstellar spaceship, which is carrying thousands of individuals to a colony 60 light years away from Earth.

Unbroken

iBoy

Sully
Sully, also known as Sully: Miracle on the Hudson, is an American biographical drama movie that was released in 2016. Clint Eastwood directed the film, which portrays the emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in January 2009 by Sullenberger. The movie depicts the survival of all 155 passengers and crew, most of whom only sustained minor injuries, as well as the ensuing publicity and inquiry.

La La Land

Shoplifters
This movie is set in Tokyo, where a family resides in destitution. The family members include an elderly woman named Hatsue, who owns their house and provides for them through her deceased husband’s pension. Nobuyo, who works at an industrial laundry service, her husband Osamu, a day laborer who was compelled to quit his job after injuring his ankle, Aki, who works at a fetish club, and a young boy named Shota.

My Neighbor Totoro

Good Will Hunting

Inception
The 2010 science fiction action movie Inception was written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan and his wife, Emma Thomas. The film features Leonardo DiCaprio in the lead role as a skilled thief who retrieves information by penetrating the subconscious of his targets. He is given an opportunity to have his criminal record expunged in return for implanting someone else’s idea into the subconscious of a target.

Lost Girls

The Last Thing He Wanted
The protagonist, a seasoned journalist in Washington, D.C., gets sidetracked from her own story when she embarks on a mission to appease her father’s sense of guilt. This unforeseen turn of events causes her to transition from a byline to an unintentional subject in the very narrative she is striving to expose. The movie is inspired by Joan Didion’s book of the same name.

Otherhood

Eat, Pray, Love

Like Father
Like Father is an American dramedy movie from 2018, which marks Lauren Miller’s first feature-length directorial project, the film features Kristen Bell, Kelsey Grammer, and Seth Rogen and portrays a tale of a woman who finds herself on a cruise with her distant father after being abandoned at the altar. The movie was released on August 3, 2018, by Netflix.

Some Kind of Beautiful

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
This movie is about Joel Barish, who learns that the firm Lacuna deleted his girlfriend Clementine Kruczynski’s memories of their relationship after a heated argument. Devastated by this revelation, he resolves to have the same procedure done to himself. As part of the process, he creates a recording for Lacuna, where he recollects his experiences of their tumultuous relationship.

The Best of Me

The Invisible Guest

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