Best Movies of All Time on Netflix
Last updated November 08, 2026
Highest Rated Movies with a 2.8 / 5 Star Rating
Nanny Insanity
2006 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsHiring a nanny sounds like the perfect fix for Marsha (Cynthia Preston) and David McMillan (Larry Dorf), who are already saddled with stress and now have a brand-new baby on the way. But when their hired help (Alla Korot) arrives from the Ukraine, she imports a whole new set of problems. Howard Hesseman and Mindy Sterling co-star in this independent comedy based on screenwriter Andrea Malamut's own experiences as a first-time mother.
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Nick Nolte: No Exit
2008 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsActor Nick Nolte appears as both interviewer and interviewee in director Tom Thurman's unusual documentary, which finds the star playing a snappy television journalist interviewing a gruff, hungover version of himself about his own life and career. Ranging across topics from his work in The Deep to his struggles with alcohol and his infamous LAPD mug shot, this film offers a unique portrait of one of Hollywood's most eccentric leading men.
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Noorie
1979 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsYoung and beautiful Noorie is in love with Yusuf, and together they hope to build a life and a family. But their blissful reverie is shattered by a couple of village goons who take advantage of the young woman. Can their love survive this trial?
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One Kine Day
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsTeen Hawaiian skateboarder Ralsto seems destined to fall into the rut that plagues his other friends and family members when he's fired from his job and learns his girlfriend is pregnant, and his attempts to raise money for an abortion go awry.
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Open House
2010 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAttempting to sell her home after her marriage ends, Alice holds an open house -- but the event spirals into a nightmare when a serial-killing couple doesn't leave and Alice becomes a prisoner in her own basement crawl space.
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Paper Covers Rock
2008 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsJeannine Kaspar delivers a stunning performance as a troubled single mother who risks losing custody of her daughter after a failed suicide attempt. Can a woman lost between hope and despair find the strength to put the pieces back together?
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Penumbra
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAfter overcoming her initial hesitation and renting an apartment to an enigmatic man in Buenos Aires, hard-driving businesswoman Marga discovers her new tenant has bizarre links to the solar eclipse that is currently taking place.
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Photographic Memory
2011 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsFilmmaker Ross McElwee watches as his teenage son becomes withdrawn and argumentative, living most of his life online. To better understand the boy, McElwee travels to the village where he lived as a young adult to reflect on his own adolescence.
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Poetry in Motion
1982 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsWith Charles Bukowski articulating the everyman view that poetry is irrelevant, self-indulgent, dull and nonsensical, two dozen North American poets -- including Allen Ginsberg -- provide the counterpoint with stirring interpretations of their words. William S. Burroughs, Anne Waldman and Jim Carroll are among the other hipster bards on hand in this impressive anthology of recitations. Also included is a brief interview with director Ron Mann.
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Pulse 3: Invasion
2008 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsEver since evil spirits invaded the world through electronic devices years earlier, humans have settled into refugee camps where technology is forbidden. But everything changes when 17-year-old Justine (Brittany Renee Finamore) discovers a laptop computer. She starts communicating with a mysterious man who lives in the city that most humans abandoned. Will her curiosity lead her to a new and better life -- or to more unspeakable horrors?
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Puzzle
2009 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThis absorbing drama charts the growing independent streak of a meek Argentinian housewife with a knack for assembling jigsaw puzzles. As her hobby turns to obsession, she and a wealthy bachelor secretly train for a high-stakes puzzle competition.
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Retrograde
2004 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsDolph Lundgren stars as John Foster, a time traveler stationed in the Antarctic who leads a team on a desperate mission into the past to prevent present-day contamination from a deadly space-borne virus. But when one of Foster's men revolts, the team's actions in the past threaten to change the present in disastrous ways. Silvia De Santis, Joe Montana and Gary Daniels co-star in Christopher Kulikowski's sci-fi adventure.
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Rio Sex Comedy
2010 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsJonathan Nossiter directs this gleefully chaotic comedy that follows three sets of outsiders as they explore -- and to varying degrees get transformed by -- Rio de Janeiro's steamy and wildly eclectic society.
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Rogue Saints
2012 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsWhen childhood friends Nick and Dylan run out of money, they remember the story of a huge diamond buried under a church and plot to dig it up without getting thrown in jail. To disguise their efforts, they volunteer for work at the church, but something about the church and its people begin to affect them. The roller coaster of drama, comedy, adventure, and romance that ensues leads to the discovery of a whole different kind of treasure.
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Saaz
1997 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAfter moving to Mumbai, two loving sisters with a passion for song let ambition come between them as they try to make it in the music industry. Can they repair their relationship or will rivalry win out?
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Samaantar
2009 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsA prosperous but lonely businessman has suicidal thoughts as his 60th birthday approaches. Then, he runs into his college sweetheart. Her life hasn't turned out the way she'd hoped, either. Can the couple find hope and rekindle their love?
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Say Salaam India
2006 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsWhen dedicated cricket coach Hari Sadu is fired from the prestigious Royal Heritage School and replaced by a slick-talking cad, he vows to turn a ragtag group of wrestlers from the local corporation school into interschool cricket champions.
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Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsThe aspects of love play out against the splendor of Hampstead Heath in this provocative meditation on sex and relationships from BAFTA-nominated director Ed Blum. On a perfectly sunny afternoon, seven couples go through the motions of everyday living and loving, including two gay men grappling with fatherhood and an aging husband and wife reflecting on their past loves. Ewan McGregor and Eileen Atkins head a star-studded ensemble cast.
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Shotgun Wedding
2013 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAfter a mishap involving a shotgun derails Robert's impending wedding, his scheming mother will do anything to get the nuptials back on track, even if it means conspiring with her ex-husband or abducting the maid of honor.
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Simon Killer
2012 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsYoung and heartbroken, a New Yorker travels to Paris to escape his romantic woes but soon falls into another all-consuming attraction. Hopelessly smitten with a young prostitute, he finds himself drawn into her dark and alien world.
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Six Days in Roswell
1999 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsIn 1947, rancher William "Mac" Brazel discovered what looked like a crashed alien spacecraft in Roswell, New Mexico. After he reported his find to the local air base, the wreckage was reportedly whisked away. Whether it exists or not, the U.S. government isn't talking -- but lots of other people are. The filmmakers who brought you Trekkies now take on Roswell; who knows what they'll find?
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Sleeping Dogs Lie
2006 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsAll hell breaks loose when a woman reveals a secret to her fiancé in comedian-director Bob Goldthwait's edgy romantic comedy. Encouraged by her mother and co-worker, Amy (Melinda Page Hamilton) tells her husband-to-be about a rather shocking past sexual encounter. But her confession threatens to destroy the relationship, and what unfolds is a story of integrity, family ties, bravery and forgiveness. Bryce Johnson and Colby French co-star.
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Something in the Air
2012 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsGrowing up in the wake of France's civil crisis of May 1968, Gilles and his teen friends are determined to sustain the partisan passions of that era. But now it's 1971, and Gilles is also beginning to think more about his other aspirations in life.
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Spiderhole
2010 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsIn search of a place to live as squatters, four London art students come upon the perfect place -- an empty house that appears to be theirs for the taking. But once inside, they realize they're sharing the space with a deeply evil presence.
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Spoils of War
2010 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsDispatched behind enemy lines to destroy a stash of millions in counterfeit currency -- part of a Nazi plot to undermine the Allied economy -- a team of commandos must elude the Germans and fight the allure of taking the money and running.
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