The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now

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The sheer volume of films on Netflix — and the site’s less than ideal interface — can make finding a genuinely great movie there a difficult task. To help, we’ve plucked out the 50 best films currently streaming on the service in the United States, updated regularly as titles come and go. And as a bonus, we link to more great movies on Netflix within many of our write-ups below. (Note: Streaming services sometimes remove titles or change starting dates without giving notice.)

Here are our lists of the best TV shows on Netflix, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video and the best of everything on Hulu and Disney Plus.

‘Rebel Ridge’ (2024)

The accomplished genre stylist Jeremy Saulnier (“Green Room”) writes, directs and edits this muscular small-town action picture, which plays like a 21st-century riff on “First Blood” with a generous helping of “Reacher” thrown in. Aaron Pierre rarely speaks above a whisper — and doesn’t have to — as a former Marine and martial arts expert who is harassed and (via civil asset forfeiture) basically robbed by the deputies of a corrupt sheriff (a wonderfully scuzzy Don Johnson). Saulnier’s tense set pieces are like rubber bands that are ready to snap, and he gives the action and social commentary equal weight and precision.

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