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Finding a good movie on Netflix isn’t a problem. Sifting through the seemingly endless bounty of good movies on Netflix, however, is a different kind of challenge. Luckily, the team at Harper’s Bazaar has decided to do most of the heavy lifting for you. The following list is comprised of some of the best titles that are currently available to stream on the platform, including award-winning dramas like A Star Is Born, laugh-out-loud comedies like Eurovision Song Contest, and decades-old classics like The Karate Kid. No matter what genre you’re looking for, there’s one thing that’s abundantly clear: there’s something on this list for every kind of moviegoer.
Keep scrolling to see our top 45 movies available to watch on Netflix now.
May December
More than 20 years after Gracie (Julianne Moore) was imprisoned for engaging in a sexual relationship with 13-year-old Joe, the two have married and are now raising their young family in Savannah, Georgia. While they seem to have buried the past, unspoken fears, pains, and betrayals bubble up to the surface with the arrival of Elizabeth Berry (Natalie Portman), an actress who will portray Gracie in an upcoming film.
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Past Lives
Childhood friends Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) are separated at a young age when Nora’s family decides to move from South Korea to Canada. Over a period of 24 years, the two reconnect. Their newfound relationship forces the both of them to reckon with choices—undertaken by themselves or otherwise—that have shaped who and where they are today.
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Kneecap
This BAFTA-nominated dramedy illustrates the formation and rise of the Irish hip-hop group Kneecap, comprised of Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, and J. J. Ó Dochartaigh, each of whom play themselves in the film. Part offbeat comedy and part coming-of-age drama, the movie spotlights the Irish struggle to preserve their native language in the face of British imperialism.
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Shiva Baby
A college senior named Danielle (Rachel Sennott) attends a shiva, where her parents and fellow members of their Jewish community chide her for her aimless future. Things get more complicated when her ex-girlfriend and the married man she’s having an affair with show up.
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17 Again
Ever wished you could be in high school again? 37 year old Mike O’Donnell (Matthew Perry) finds himself pining for his glory days as his relationship with his children and ex-wife, Scarlet (Leslie Mann), seem broken beyond repair. After a chance encounter with a mysterious janitor, Mike wakes up in the body of his 17-year-old self (Zac Efron). He sees the magical transformation as a chance to restart his life, but, soon enough, he’ll realize that the things he wants most have little to nothing to do with his newfound youth.
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A Star Is Born
A Star Is Born brought Lady Gaga’s onscreen talents as a bonafide actor to mainstream audiences for the first time. The Oscar-winning film, which is the fourth movie based off of the original 1937 drama, shows the whirlwind romance between country singer Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) and aspiring singer-songwriter Ally (Gaga). As Ally’s star rises, Jackson struggles with his addiction.
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Will & Harper
This documentary takes viewers on a weekslong cross-country road trip with Will Ferrell and his close friend, Harper Steele, who recently came out as a transgender woman. As they venture across American landmarks, their trip together offers an intimate and honest portrayal of friendship and transition.
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Mamma Mia!
This jukebox musical about a young bride scheming to find her real father features an all-star cast, including Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfriend, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan, and Stellan Skarsgård. Set on a Greek island, the film is a heartwarming portrait of lifelong friendships, second-chance romance, and the bond between a mother and daughter.
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White Chicks
As punishment for messing up a major drug bust, FBI agents Marcus (Marlon Wayans) and Kevin (Shawn Wayans) are assigned as escorts to a pair of rich, young, and white socialites who have been targeted by kidnappers. But when an accident leads the girls to go into hiding, Marcus and Kevin decide to take their place and impersonate them for a week in the Hamptons.
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The Prince of Egypt
This ambitious animated retelling of the Book of Exodus depicts the story of the prophet Moses, once a prince of the Egyptian empire who is anointed by God to deliver the Jewish slaves from the hands of the pharaoh. Armed with awe-inspiring animations, an A-list voice cast, and music created by Stephen Schwartz and Hans Zimmer, the Oscar-winning film is a must-watch regardless of one’s personal religious beliefs.
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13th
Directed by Ava DuVernay, the award-winning documentary explores the racial inequality of the modern world, especially focusing on the large number of Black people unjustly imprisoned in the United States.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
The Netflix war film that won multiple Oscars this year follows Paul Bäumer and his classmates as they enlist in the army to defend their home country of Germany. With an outstanding score and cinematography, the feature highlights the true terror of war.
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Always Be My Maybe
The 2019 rom-com starring Ali Wong and Randall Park follows childhood sweethearts who connect again once they’re adults, delivering a sweet and smart story that will have you smiling as you watch it unfold.
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Beasts of No Nation
An immersive storyteller, director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective, Maniac) leans into his gritty, visually striking style with this haunting portrayal of war. Released on Netflix back in 2015, the brutal drama stars Idris Elba as a war lord who recruits children to do his killing, and Abraham Attah as one of his young soldiers. Interesting fact: Beasts was Netflix’s first original film.
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Da 5 Bloods
Spike Lee’s 2020 war drama is a journey through brotherhood, unhealed wounds, and the scars of history. Among the starry cast, Delroy Lindo stars as the complex Paul, a man broken by three tours in Vietnam. He’s joined by Norm Lewis, Isaiah Whitlock Jr., and Clarke Peters on an odyssey back to the jungle to retrieve the remains of their fallen squad leader.
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Do Revenge
In one of the greatest supporting roles for Sophie Turner ("I do not do co-CAINE!"), revenge is a dish best served with pretty pastels and killer '90s bangers. Turner has a rather small role in Jennifer Kaytin Robinson's comedy, but she leaves a lasting impact. As do Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke, who star as Drea and Eleanor, friends who turn their high school enemies into roadkill.
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Dolemite Is My Name
In 2019, Eddie Murphy gifted Netflix’s digital library with a biopic charting the rise of comedian Rudy Ray Moore. Risking everything, Moore created Dolemite, a kung fu fighting, flamboyant pimp who went on to become a cult phenomenon in Black cinema. Murphy stars, of course, and he’s joined by funnymen including Keegan-Michael Key, Mike Epps, and Craig Robinson.
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Eurovision Song Contest
Produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, Eurovision is an explosion of love, music, and inclusion. Not only does it feature original music and performances by real-life contest winners, but it also has fun with the classics and recruits the ethereal sounds of Icelandic band Sigur Rós for its score. It's a nice touch, considering the film's underdogs vying for the trophy, Sigrit and Lars, hail from the Land of Fire and Ice.
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Fear Street Trilogy
'Tis the season for slicing and dicing through movie marathons. Here’s the perfect place to start: Fear Street. Over the course of three films, Deena and her friend group jump from 1994, to 1978, to 1666, working their way through a magnificent body count in an effort to solve the mystery of why people have been dropping dead in Shadyside for more than 300 years.
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His House
Home is where the horror is in Remi Weekes's psychological scare that weaves the refugee experience into a tale about a South Sudanese couple consumed by trauma, guilt, and malevolent forces in a decrepit old house. Starring an exceptional duo, Sope Dirisu and Wunmi Mosaku, the film elevates the genre with themes of war, displacement, and assimilation.
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I Lost My Body
Even though this French beauty is animated, it's not really for kids. A heart-aching take on the power of human connection, the award-winning fantasy takes viewers through two parallel narratives: 1) Pizza boy Naoufel courts igloo-loving Gabrielle, and 2) A severed hand looks for his body. The two stories collide in the most beautiful way, but don't let us spoil it for you.
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
The only thing hotter than the soul-stirring tunes is the heat radiating from this film’s two leads: Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman. Set in 1927 Chicago, George C. Wolfe’s two-time Oscar winner was adapted from the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning play by August Wilson and revolves around an afternoon recording session where the Mother of Blues clashes with her ambitious trumpeter.
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Matilda
Take your pick: Danny DeVito’s 1996 classic starring Mara Wilson, or Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical starring Alisha Weir. Both are fantastic, and both are streaming on the platform now. For our purposes here, we’ll rep the remake, a joyous musical about a formidable little rebel, which will never be nixed by the Netflix gods. Unlike the original, which could leave the platform at any time.
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Nimona
Mischief and mayhem take center stage in this animated delight based on the New York Times’ best-selling graphic novel. On its surface, Nimona is a story about a shapeshifting sidekick helping a knight prove his innocence for a crime he didn’t commit. But underneath the veneer, you’ll delight in a tale that offers a new take on friendship and encourages embracing one’s true self.
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RRR
Rise. Roar. Revolt. Those are the words represented by the R's titling this full-throttle Telugu bromance. An action epic about a shared mission to rescue a little girl, RRR is the third-highest-grossing Indian movie. And after seeing its musical interludes, tiger rampages, and battle choreography, we understand why. In fact, it all leads us to three other powerful letters: WOW.
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Set It Up
During the rom-com revolution—that time when the often-maligned genre reworked its formula—Set It Up was released. It stars Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell as two assistants juggling social lives and horrible bosses. Working together, they set up their corporate captains on a blind date with hopes the love bug will lighten their moods. Refreshing and funny, this one colors outside the lines.
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The Harder They Fall
Jeymes Samuel and Jay-Z's Black Western unfolds to the beat of Kid Cudi, Lauryn Hill, and Seal. And every scene, meticulously shot in cadence with the music, makes this film the most stylish oater on the frontier. The story, a tale of outlaws and revenge, is just as engaging. That said, we acknowledge that Jonathan Majors has his issues, but the performances by Zazie and Regina are too brilliant to deny.
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The Irishman
Martin Scorsese's decades-spanning crime epic unravels the mystery of what happened to Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino). Based on the book, I Heard You Paint Houses, by Charles Brandt, a former homicide investigator who interviewed Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (Robert di Nero) for his book, the film offers an inside look at the Bufalino crime family and the events that led up to offing Hoffa.
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The Karate Kid
If you didn't have Daniel LaRusso’s BOP magazine ripped-out pic on your wall, did you even do puberty right? You don’t have to be a child of the ’80s/’90s to fall in love with Daniel-san, the black-belt protag at the center of this nostalgic hit about a kid who shows bullies who’s boss. Just a film fan who digs martial arts masters, a little romance, and a lot of underdog redemption.
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The Sea Beast
A sleeper hit of summer 2022, The Sea Beast gets kraken on a tale about misunderstood sea creatures. History denotes these “beasts” as enemies, and those who hunt and kill them, heroes. That is until Maisie, an 11-year-old stowaway on a hunting ship, sets the record straight. Vibrant animation, thrilling action, and upended tropes catapult this epic into best-ever territory.
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The White Tiger
Directed by Ramin Bahrani and based on the same-name novel by Aravind Adiga, The White Tiger is a powerful exploration of India’s predetermined caste system juxtaposed with the pursuit of success. Adarsh Gourav stars as Balram, a driver whose wits help him rise from poverty’s grip, with Priyanka Chopra and Rajkummar Rao co-starring. It’s provocative, compelling, and totally thrilling.
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They Cloned Tyrone
A hustler (John Boyega), a pimp (Jamie Foxx), and a sex worker (Teyonah Parris) stumble upon a government conspiracy: The residents of The Glen are being cloned in underground experiments designed to control the minds of Black people. But really, this caper is best described by its helmer, Juel Taylor: It’s “like a bootleg Scooby-Doo where the detectives are inadequate but somehow uniquely equipped.”
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Under the Shadow
Beyond a shadow of a doubt: There are some freaky things happening in his Persian-language horror film set in 1980s Tehran. Shideh, a mother confined to her apartment with her daughter, Dorsa, is being terrorized by evil spirits while her husband is at war. But this isn't just any old ghost story; it's a culturally rich experience that will make you think before you shudder.
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You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
Adam Sandler and his entire real-life family, plus Idina Menzel, light up the screen in this newbie original release on the platform. And even though the movie is all about the drama of a girl entering womanhood at 13 and celebrating with a bat mitzvah even more epic than the blowout shindig thrown down the street, there is so much here to laugh at, relate to, and cheer for.
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Don’t Look Up
The Netflix original starring Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande, Kid Cudi, and more, follows two astronauts who discover the world is ending.
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Emily the Criminal
Aubrey Plaza is brilliant in this indie-crime film about a debt-ridden adult who starts working in credit card scams to make some money.
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Rian Johnson’s follow-up to Knives Out trades a family home for a tech-giant private island and yet another murder that, no other than, Detective Benoit Blanc, is put on the case to solve.
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Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
The stop-motion animated movie tells the classic story of Pinocchio, but with an Italian twist.
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Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé
The concert film chronicles Beyoncé during her 2018 headlining performance at Coachella, highlighting the journey from the creation of the concept to the aftermath of her performance.
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Marriage Story
Even if you haven’t seen the movie, you’ve definitely seen the memes. The movie is a sorrowful look at the break up of married couple Charlie (Adam Driver) and Nicole (Scarlett Johansson) and the journey to mend their family.
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Roma
Roma centers around the life of Cleo, a live-in housekeeper of an upper-middle-class Mexican family in Mexico city, and is a semi-autobiographical take on director Alfonso Cuarón’s life.
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The Power of the Dog
Directed by Jane Campion, who won an Oscar for her work on the Western drama, The Power of the Dog follows rancher Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) who, when his brother brings home a new wife and her son, torments them until the unexpected occurs. Also starring Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, and Kodi Smit-McPhee, it’s an ensemble standout performance.
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The Lost Daughter
Paul Mescal hive, rise up (though his part is pretty minor). The Lost Daughter is based on the novel of the same name by Elena Ferrante and stars Olivia Coleman, Dakota Johnson, and Jessie Buckley for a beautiful and haunting tale about motherhood.
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Tick, Tick… Boom!
The Netflix original is based on the autobiographical musical by playwright Jonathan Larson, who is portrayed by the talented Andrew Garfield, in this stunning 2021 film about the aspiring composer in New York City.
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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before
Maybe the best Young Adult Original Netflix has ever made and based on the books by Jenny Han, the movie follows high schooler Lara Jean, who writes letters to her crushes and what happens when those letters end up being sent.
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