List of the best movies available on Netflix

Which are the best Netflix movies? If you are a user of this service, you have probably faced this question on more than one occasion.

The platform is increasing its catalog every month so, at times, it can be difficult to find a good movie.

So, to avoid the eternal dilemma about which movie to watch, here we propose a recommendation list of the best movies available on Netflix.

52. His Last Wish (2020)

The Last Thing He Wanted is the audiovisual proposal of the American director Dee Rees of the homonymous novel by Joan Didion.

In this thriller, Anne Hathaway plays a war journalist who gets caught up in arms trafficking by accepting the dying wish of her dying father.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

51. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018)

Interactive movie based on the platform's homonymous series. A film whose originality lies in the possibility of interaction for the viewer, who can make decisions in the development of events and advance the plots of one or the other shape. Thus, this fiction has five different possible endings.

The story is contextualized in 1984, when a computer programmer has the mission of adapting a fantasy novel to a video game.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

50. The girl who loved horses (2020)

Alison Brie stars in one of Netflix's most surreal productions. This movie is recommended for those who enjoy watching complex plot tapes with time jumps.

Horse girl, original title, focuses on the life of Sarah, a young woman who loves horses, police series and crafts. One day she begins to have strange experiences that contribute to her perception of the real and dream world.

However, this is just a premise that actually involves a deep inquiry into the human mind, mental illness, and loneliness.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

49. Invincible (2014)

Angelina Jolie assumes this production from the other "field", as director and producer. This film is also available on the platform and is highly recommended for those who have a special interest in biographical films.

Invincible (Unbroken), inspired by the homonymous novel by Laura Hillenbrand, tells the story of the American athlete Louis Zamperini who, at the end of the Berlin Olympics in 1936, participated in the Second War World. After an accident, the man is adrift in the Pacific Ocean and is captured and tortured by Japanese troops.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

48. During the storm (2018)

This film has a script that plays perfectly with space-time, an argument full of mystery, and actors of the stature of Adriana Ugarte and Álvaro Morte, The Professor in The Money Heist, who manage to meet the public's expectations for their characters. These are some details that make this Oriol Paulo film one of the most watched Spanish films of recent times.

Vera, the protagonist of this story, is a woman who moves with her husband and her young daughter to a new house. Thanks to a mysterious videotape of the former tenants, she saves the life of a boy who had lived there 25 years ago. Soon, the woman wakes up in a new reality and she will have to do everything possible to see her daughter again.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

47. What Did Jack Do? (2017)

Recommended short film for those who want to delve into the disturbing filmography of David Lynch.

This fiction is the only one available on the director's platform. The elephant Man. In it, David Lynch himself is the protagonist of an interrogation, in which he questions a monkey suspected of murder.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

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46. Handia (2017)

The platform also contains in its catalog this Basque film, with audio in Basque, directed by Aitor Arregui and Jon Garraño.

Handia He focuses his argument on a historical event that occurred in Euskadi at the end of the 19th century. Martin Eleizegi returns to his land, Guipúzcoa, after participating in the first Carlist War. Then, he discovers that his brother has grown more than normal and is 2.42 meters tall. Martín takes advantage of the gigantism of his brother to travel different parts of Europe with him, thinking that he would cause a sensation and they would be paid for it.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

45. Who kills iron (2019)

This Netflix original thriller from Spanish director Paco Plaza is highly recommended for those who love suspense.

It is a story of revenge that revolves around a nurse named Mario, admirably played by Luis Tosar, a common man who works in a nursing home. Everything changes the moment that Antonio, one of the most acclaimed drug traffickers in the area, enters the place and for which Mario will have to take responsibility.

This is, without a doubt, a film that highlights themes such as revenge, professional ethics and the risk of taking justice into our own hands.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

44. Road to Rome (2020)

What is behind one of the most successful films by Alfonso Cuarón? Under the orders of Andrés Clariond and Gabriel Nuncio, the director of Rome reflect on the details that led to the making of the film.

This documentary of just over an hour takes us into one of the most praised films of recent years. As a diary, Cuarón discovers the production process and some of his most important decisions when making the film and, at the same time, recalls his childhood.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

43. Who Will Sing To You (2018)

Spanish director Carlos Vermut reflects on identity in this psychological drama starring Najwa Nimri, Eva Llorach and Natalia de Molina.

The story revolves around Lila Cassen (Nimri), a successful singer from the 90s who disappeared from public life at any moment. Years later, when she prepares for her return to the stage, she loses her memory.

On her side, Violeta (Llorach) is a woman who lives with her daughter (de Molina), a young woman who continually harasses her mother.

Despite her domestic situation, Violeta has a secret nighttime hobby: imitating the famous Lila Cassen in her workplace. Soon, her hobby becomes her role when she is tasked with teaching Lila Cassen to be herself again.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

42. Mudbound (2017)

It is one of the most critically acclaimed Netflix original movies. Director Dee Rees is at the forefront of a story about racism and intolerance, whose plot, set in the 1940s, revolves around two men who, after returning to their homes after participating in World War II, have to deal with the racism in force in the small population where they live. The film is based on the novel by Hillary Jordan.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

41. The boy who tamed the wind (2019)

This film, one of the most motivational in the Netflix catalog, is a challenge for Chiwetel Ejiofor, who adapts the novel The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by Malawian writer William Kamkawamba, whose plot is based on his own experience.

The film revolves around William, a 13-year-old boy who lives in a community in East Africa, where poverty is rife. One day, he finds a way to save his family and his people from famine by making a wind turbine.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

40. My happy Family (2017)

My Happy Family is a Georgian film directed by Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Grob. This drama, which could be perfectly classified within auteur cinema, is a feminist story that reflects on patriarchal society.

A portrait of women's liberation through the eyes of Manana, a 52-year-old woman who shares a house with three generations of her family. One day, the woman decides to move and live alone, leaving everyone stunned.

A film that, without a doubt, leaves a hopeful message: it is never too late to emancipate yourself from established social patterns.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

39. Good Will Hunting (1997)

Also titled as The unstoppable Will Hunting, this film starring Matt Damon and Robin Williams discovers the importance of knowing yourself and leaving your inner demons behind.

Will is an untamed young man who has a special intelligence for mathematics. When he discovers it, he has to face his own fears that will make him debate between continuing with his normal life or starting a new path.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

38. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

David Fincher brings to the big screen the homonymous story of F. Scott Fiztgerald to reflect on the passage of time, love, life and death. In this film, Brad Pitt plays Benjamin Button, a man born at the end of the First World War in the body of a baby but with the appearance of an old man.

Available on Netflix: Spain.

37. A Sun (2019)

To sun is a Netflix original drama from Taiwanese director Chung Mong-hong. It tells the story of a married couple who have two children with opposite personalities. The oldest is diligent, an exemplary young man for his family. However, the youngest son is conflictive, an attitude that leads him to a reformatory. This fact leads the family to face a great tragedy.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

36. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)

Recommended movie for those fans of the series Breaking bad, from which this spin-off centered on the character of Jesse.

This film starts after the events that occurred in the final chapter of the series. Although the film is self-concluding, it is important to know the characters and the plots that happened in the fiction in order to fully understand what is happening.

Although some fans of the series consider that Breaking Bad did not need a sequel, this movie is good for those who were left wanting more.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

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35. A Wonderful Mind (2001)

Biopic of the Nobel Prize in Economics John Forbes Nash Jr directed by Ron Howard which is based on the novel by Sylvia Nasar. The film offers a hopeful vision when dealing with the issue of schizophrenia and how this disease did not prevent the mathematician from continuing to carry out his work.

Available on Netflix: Spain.

34. The Theory of Everything (2014)

Biopic of Stephen Hawking based on the memoir of Jane Hawking, the astrophysicist's first wife.

The film tells the story of a relationship that is touched by Stephen's incipient illness, which was diagnosed when he was 21 years old. Despite the difficulties, the couple managed to get on for many years.

This film leaves the great interpretation of Eddie Redmayne in his role as Stephen Hawking, which led him to get an Oscar for best actor in 2014.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

33. Beasts of No Nation (2015)

This film is based on the homonymous novel published by Uzodina Iweala in 2005 and is a stark reflection on the life of child soldiers. A condition that takes from thousands of young people something as valuable as innocence. It is a brave and crude project, under the direction of Cary Joji Fukunaga, which was born to stir consciences. It is one of the most uncomfortable productions of Netflix, in terms of plot. This does not mean that it is no longer recommended.

During the civil war in his country, Agu, a young man separated from his family, is forced to participate in the conflict as a child soldier under the instructions of the fearsome Commander.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

32. Matrix (1999)

What if the real world was nothing more than an illusion and was dominated by machines?

This film by Andy and Larry Wachowski is one of the references of the science fiction genre of the 90s. In it, Keanu Reeves plays a young computer scientist who is entrusted to lead the fight between humanity and the machines.

Available on Netflix: Spain.

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31. The Origin (2010)

The origin (Inception) explores the complexity of the subconscious. It is a recommended film for fans of Christopher Nolan, also for those who want to delve into the enigmatic filmography of the director.

In the film, DiCaprio plays a spy named Cobb, whose job is to get inside subconscious of people to implant in them an idea in order to change the course of events. His last mission is to intervene in the mind of the son of an important tycoon in exchange for reuniting with his sons.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

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30. Okja (2017)

Film that serves to investigate the peculiar filmography of Bong Joon-ho, director of Parasites.

The film, which moves between the fantasy and adventure genres, explores the life of Mija, a a girl who has cared for a giant animal Okja for a decade in a remote part of Korea South. Everything changes when a multinational has other more dangerous plans for the animal.

Ok It is a criticism of the food industry, specifically the meat industry. It also highlights the relationship between animals and humans.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

29. I am Dolemite (2019)

Director Craig Brewer is helming this Golden Globe-nominated Netflix production. In it, Eddie Murphy plays Rudy Ray, an American comedian, musician, singer and film actor, especially known for playing the character of Dolemite in the 1970s.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

28. The infinite trench (2019)

This Spanish film is a dark portrait of the Civil War. In this context, the marriage formed by Higinio and Rosa have to carry out a plan to avoid his death when he is threatened at the beginning of the fight. The idea is to use a clandestine hole, drilled in his own house, as a temporary refuge for the man. Although, finally, his plan is prolonged in time for 30 years.

The film, based on real events, becomes a sumptuous metaphor about the repression, fear and loneliness of the people during the war. An allegory that becomes suffocating as the film progresses.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

27. The Revenant (2015)

Alejandro González Iñárritu, director of Birdman, he travels with this film to America in the early nineteenth century.

Leonardo DiCaprio plays Hugh Glass, an explorer who goes on an expedition related to the fur trade. During the adventure he is attacked by a bear and abandoned by his missionary companion John Fitzgerald. So his challenge will be to survive in dangerous and adverse territory.

This film will always be remembered for being the one that led Leonardo DiCaprio to win his first Oscar after five nominations.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

26. Akira (1988)

It is one of the most expensive animated films in Japanese cinema and the masterpiece of Katsuhiro Ôtomo.

The plot, set in the year 2019, centers on an apocalyptic future in the city of Neo-Tokyo. A place that represents the reconstruction of the original Tokyo, destroyed during the Third World War. There Kaneda, a young biker leader of a gang, and his friend Tetsuo become targets of the government, after they discover the latter's superpowers.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

25. Brian's Life (1979)

The Netflix platform has in its catalog an essential film within the comedy genre. The Monty Pythons star in one of the greatest religious satires of the 1970s.

The film revolves around the character of Brian, a man who is often mistaken for the messiah. A very fun tape, recommended if you want to have a good time.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

24. Zodiac (2007)

David Fincher is at the forefront of this film based on real events, which is a disturbing thriller that revolves around the "killer of the zodiac", a mysterious criminal who carried out his crimes during the 60s and 70s in San Francisco and that his lays one of the greatest mysteries without sort out.

Available on Netflix: Spain.

23. Across the Wind (2018)

It is the posthumous film by Orson Welles, concluded by a group of professionals in 2018 following the notes left by the director.

Across the wind it is cinema within cinema. It tells the story of a director who returns from exile and insists on completing his latest project. Many viewers see in this film a certain parallelism with Welles's own life and take it as an autobiographical reflection.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

22. City of God, 10 years later (2013)

If you could already enjoy the film City of God by Fernando Meirelles, this documentary lasting just over an hour tells what life is like for the protagonists ten years after production. It also serves as a social portrait and analyzes the reality of the neighborhood in which the film was inspired.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

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21. Annihilation (2018)

Director of Ex machina (Alex Garland) is based on the homonymous novel by Jeff VanderMeer to bring to the big screen a haunting story that mixes horror and science fiction.

Natalie Portman takes the lead and gives life to Lena, a biologist decides to enter, along with another group scientists, in a dangerous area of ​​the United States (Area X) after the disappearance of their husband. The place presents particular physical laws that do not follow those of nature itself.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

20. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

Joel Coen and Ethan Coen present an anthology of six short films combined in a single film. They are all focused on the Wild West.

This Netflix production demonstrates a perfect symbiosis between different genres, by fusing western, black comedy and musical. It also features great performances such as Tim Blake Nelson and an attractive photography.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

19. The Society of Dead Poets (1989)

This Peter Weir-directed drama emerged in the late 1980s with one sole purpose: to teach the true meaning of "Carpe Diem." Objective that not only achieved with the public, internationally, but also managed to conquer the critics of the moment. Today, this film can boast of continuing to be a sociological benchmark.

Robin Williams plays John Keating, a teacher who defies traditions and strict school rules to inspire students and incite them to find their own way.

Available on Netflix: Latin America.

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18. I lost my body (2019)

What if a limb could become the star of a film? This was probably one of the questions Jérémy Clapin, its creator, asked himself before writing the script for this film.

It is one of Netflix's most original and surreal animations, the plot of which revolves around a mutilated hand that travels through the city of Paris in search of being reunited with his body.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

17. Spirited Away (2001)

Spirited Away It is one of Hayao Hiyazaki's most poetic and acclaimed films that is included in the Netflix catalog.

Winner of the Oscar for best animated film, this film is supported by an emotional script that revolves around Chihiro, a young woman who has to face adversity alone, which embarks her on a journey that goes from childhood to maturity. To do this, the girl will have to overcome her fears.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

16. Kill bill Vol. 1 (2003)

It is one of the best known Quentin Tarantino tapes. Starring Uma Thruman, the film tells the story of a murderer who, after waking up from the coma, she wakes up with the intention of avenging those who attacked her on her wedding day four years behind.

The protagonist, dressed in a yellow outfit, still persists in the collective memory of her.

Available on Netflix: Spain.

15. Blade runner (1982)

This Ridley Scott film revolutionized the science fiction genre upon its release. Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, this fantastic film poses a dystopia in the city of Los Angeles in the year 2019. There, a detective has the mission to track down different dangerous androids, not knowing that he will end up in love with one of them.

It is undoubtedly a masterpiece of its kind that stands out for its brilliant artistic direction, a category for which it was nominated for an Oscar.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

14. American beauty (1999)

This Sam Mendes film presents the starkest point of view of the so-called American dream. In it, Kevin Spacey plays Laster Burnham, a middle-class man going through a crisis. personal, he is tired of his work and his life, which he considers to have been a waste of weather.

American beauty He shows that although, apparently, we have all the necessary conditions or comforts to have a full life, these do not always translate into happiness.

The film will remain for posterity for being able to keep viewers perplexed while a plastic bag is blown away by the wind.

Available on Netflix: Spain.

13. Birdman or the unexpected virtue of ignorance (2014)

Alejandro González Iñárritu reveals in this film, shot with the formula of a false sequence shot, the story of an actor in the decline of his profession. In the past he had played an iconic superhero and now he is trying to revive his career while working on a Broadway play. To do this, he has to confront his ego, his family, and some fellow cast members.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

12. All about my mother (1999)

This film was the international recognition of Pedro Almodóvar and, today, it continues to be one of his greatest works. The film is a tribute to women.

The plot revolves around Manuela, a single mother who just lost her 17-year-old son while trying to get an autograph from an actress. The woman, devastated, decides to travel to Barcelona to look for the father of her son.

Everything about my mother It is not the only movie available on the platform. Netflix has other directorial titles such as Pain and glory, Return Y Women at the edge of a nervous attack, among other.

Available on Netflix: Spain.

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11. Eternal Radiance of a Memoryless Mind (2004)

Is it possible that fate will put us back on the path of a person who has completely disappeared from our memories?

Clementine and Joel are an ex-partner who falls in love again by mistake after having undergone a mysterious process that has erased all the moments of their relationship from their memory.

Michael Gondry reveals in this psychological thriller, considered a cult film, the complexity of the human mind. It is a highly recommended film for lovers of mystery and non-linear narratives, since the viewer must constantly strive to build a temporal thread.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

10. The Trouman Show (1998)

Apparently, this Peter Weir film depicts the life of an ordinary man who lives in a place where nothing ever happens. However, this film supports a deep criticism of the world of entertainment on television. Well, actually, Trouman is a puppet immersed in a television contest in which she is being watched by millions of viewers from her homes.

Without a doubt, a reference that contains great social criticism, even extrapolated to the world of social networks and the internet today.

Available on Netflix: Spain.

9. The Knights of the Square Table (1975)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is the original title of this film that must be viewed to meet this legendary group of humor. It contains a parody of the legend of King Arthur and his knights, as they undertake an adventure in search of the Holy Grail.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

8. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

A benchmark of war cinema of the late 90s, this film by Spielberg perfectly portrays the horror of war.

The film is contextualized on June 6, 1944 during the Normandy landings, known as D-Day, and narrates the event to Through the eyes of Captain John Miller who, along with his soldiers, is on a mission to find a missing soldier named Ryan.

Available on Netflix: Spain.

7. Story of a marriage (2019)

What is behind a divorce process? This is the chronicle of a failed marriage, masterfully embodied by Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver, an actress and theater director respectively. What starts out as a seemingly friendly breakup, for the sake of their son together, turns into a nasty legal battle when the two decide to turn to their lawyers.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

6. The Irishman (2019)

To see this film, one of Martin Scorsese's most acclaimed, you will need to have something as valuable as time, specifically 3 and a half hours. Nothing meaningful if you're a mob tapes stalwart.

In addition, it is necessary to take into account the participation of a stellar cast of the stature of Al Pacino, De Niro and Joe Pesci.

In this epic about the mob, World War II veteran Frank Sheera recounts his work as a hit man for some of the most well-known faces of the 20th century.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

5. Pulp fiction (1994)

It is one of Tarantino's best films and a benchmark for independent cinema.

The reason for its timeless success could come down to the inclusion of a masterful cast, the unrivaled dance starring John Travolta and Uma Thurman or their wacky dialogues with a touch of humor "Tarantinian". However, something that makes this film great is its non-linear narrative structure, which makes each viewing a new experience for the viewer.

Pulp fiction revolves around four stories of violence and redemption: two hitmen who get into trouble while on the trail a mysterious briefcase, a liar boxer, a gangster's wife and a couple trying to rob a restaurant.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

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4. Manchester by the sea (2016)

This film directed by Kenneth Lonergan reflects on the need to confront the ghosts of the past and the consequences that this entails.

Lee Chandler is a man who has to return to his hometown to take care of his nephew, a 16-year-old teenager, after the death of his brother. With this story as a base, the film explores themes such as death, pain and the sense of guilt, alternating two narrative times between past and present.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

3. Rome (2018)

In this Netflix original film, Alfonso Cuarón takes an emotional photograph, in black and white, of Mexican society in the 70s. Cleo, its protagonist, is a domestic worker who works for an upper-middle-class family in Mexico City.

In the film, the director is inspired by her own childhood to deal with, among others, daily and political conflicts, social inequality and the role of women in those difficult years.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

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2. Moonlight (2016)

Also known as Moonlight, is one of the most moving movies in the Netflix catalog. Barry Jenkins directs this exciting story starring Mahershala Ali, who plays a young man struggling to find himself in a difficult environment.

The film is divided into three parts, each of which corresponds to a different stage in the protagonist's life, from his childhood to his maturity.

Available on Netflix: Latin America and Spain.

1. The Godfather (1972)

In 1972 Coppola brought the homonymous novel by Mario Puzo to the big screen, possibly without knowing that the film was going to become a benchmark in detective film. His characters, dialogues and scenes immediately penetrated among the most cinephiles. Without a doubt, it is one of the great relics of American cinema.

The plot revolves around the Corleone family. Vito (Marlon Brando), the clan's patriarch, transfers control of organized crime to his son, Michael Corleone (Al Pacino), who tries to stay out of the shady family businesses before the sudden death of his his father. Afterwards, Michael will choose the path of revenge and violence to survive in the world of the mafia.

Netflix has the complete tetralogy. Besides of The Godfather, you can also enjoy The Godfather: Part II (1974) and The Godfather: Part III (1990).

Available on Netflix: Spain.

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