39 Netflix Original Movies Actually Worth Watching (2024)

This critically acclaimed film follows a Mexican housekeeper's life (while also serving as an autobiographical look at director Alfonso Cuarón's life). Lauded as one of the best films of the past decade, Roma is a must-watch for anyone who wants the best of Netflix's filmography.

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Sandra Bullock stars in this book adaptation (not to be confused with A Quiet Place) about a woman who has to protect two children in a world where there are monsters who cause someone to kill themselves if they see them.

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For people who love coming-of-age romances, To All the Boys I've Loved Before is one of the more successful young adult book adaptations in recent years. Lana Condor stars as Lara Jean Covey, a shy high schooler who writes private letters to boys she has crushes on. When her little sister has mailed out all the letters, Lara has to deal with the fallout.

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The Coen brothers wrote, produced, and directed this Western anthology film starring Tim Blake Nelson and others. At the 91st Academy Awards, the film was nominated for three awards, including Best Original Song, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Costume Design.

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Bong Joon-Ho (who would later receive several Academy Awards for Parasite) co-wrote and directed this film about a young girl who grows up with a genetically modified pig. But once she moves to the United States, she has to save it from mistreatment. Tilda Swinton, Steven Yeun, Paul Dano, and others star in this sci-fi tale.

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Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver star as a divorced couple in this drama written and directed by Noah Baumbach. When Nicole moves to Los Angeles to live with her mother and tells her husband she's divorcing him, she takes her son with her. She then undergoes emotional divorce proceedings with her ex, who lives in New York.

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Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Al Pacino star in this Martin Scorsese film based on a 2004 nonfiction book. The film follows a truck driver who becomes a hitman for a mobster and also ends up working with famed teamster Jimmy Hoffa.

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Spike Lee helms this film which follows aging Vietnam war veterans who return to the country to find the remains of their fallen squad leader and retrieve treasure they buried there years ago.

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For a mind-bending tale, check out Charlie Kaufman's I'm Thinking of Ending Things. The film follows a young woman and her boyfriend as she meets his parents. The film is worth watching to experience what is essentially a very long WTF moment.

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David Fincher directs this film based on a screenplay by his late father. The film follows the screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz and the development of the screenplay for Citizen Kane.

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Zack Snyder directs this zombie heist film starring Dave Bautista. When the zombie apocalypse becomes contained in Las Vegas, a rich businessman tasks a team of mercenaries with breaking open a safe and retrieving the money inside.

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Starring Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Regina King, Zazie Beetz, and LaKeith Stanfield, this loosely based-on-a-true-story film follows a group of Black cowboys and their involvement with a heist.

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Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson star in Passing, based on a Nella Larsen book of the same name. The story chronicles the friendship between two Black women, one of whom passes as white and hides her ancestry.

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Based on the biographical musical film by Jonathan Larsen, chronicling his journey to write a musical and enter the theater industry, the film version stars Andrew Garfield as Larsen. For fans who love musicals and want to enjoy one at home, you'll appreciate this Oscar-nominated film.

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, and Kodi Smit-McPhee star in this Western drama about two brothers and their ongoing tension. The film received a number of Oscar nominations, and Jane Campion won for Best Director.

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Del Toro reimagines the classic fantasy character in his impressive film. Starring Ewan McGregor, Tim Blake Nelson, Tilda Swinton and others, Pinocchio finds the wooden boy in fascist Italy in the time between World War I and II. After its release, the film received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 95th Academy Awards.

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If there's any kind of film that's lacking in modern media, it's the teen comedy. Do Revenge is one of the best teen comedies in years, and worth a watch for all ages. Starring Camila Mendes, Maya Hawke, and Austin Abrams, the film follows Drea, a popular student whose boyfriend leaks her nudes. When she makes friends with a new girl at school, Drea decides to get revenge on her boyfriend no matter the cost.

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Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans star in this cat-and-mouse thriller about a CIA operative and a mercenary who puts a bounty on the operative to kill him and retrieve an important drive.

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Based on a graphic novel, Extraction stars Chris Hemsworth as an Australian mercenary tasked with recovering an Indian crime lord's son. The mission is jeopardized, however, when he's double-crossed. On its release, Extraction became Netflix's most-watched original film of all time, according to the platform's metrics.

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Noomi Rapace, Glenn Close, and Willem Dafoe star in this dystopian thriller about a group of septuplets, forced into hiding as overpopulation has made by the government instill a one-child policy. As children, the girls are named after days of the week and only leave the house on their assigned days. When Monday goes missing, the other women must come together and save her.

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