Best Movies of All Time on Netflix
Last updated November 07, 2025
Highest Rated Movies with a 3.6 / 5 Star Rating
The Corporation
2003 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsFilmmakers Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott explore the genesis of the American corporation, its global economic supremacy and its psychopathic leanings, with social critics like Noam Chomsky and Milton Friedman lending insight in this documentary.
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The Decoy Bride
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen Hollywood actress Lara Tyler travels to a tiny Scottish island to get married, the paparazzi follow her, prompting her to flee in frustration. To dupe the press, her handlers stage fake nuptials and hire a local girl to play the bride.
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis classic World War II drama chronicles the life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (nicknamed the Desert Fox), focusing on his military career in North Africa, his connection to a plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and his lonely demise.
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The Desert Rats
1953 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsRichard Burton stars as a World War II British commando who takes charge of the Desert Rats, a defiant, outnumbered Australian garrison that takes a heroic stand against Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's German troops in North Africa.
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The Dresser
1983 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAlbert Finney is by turns poignant and darkly comic as an aging lead actor (oddly named Sir) of a touring troupe of thespians who perform "King Lear" throughout war-ravaged England. Sir's devoted dresser, Norman (Tom Courtenay), is the only man who can keep the harried and increasingly delusional actor from breaking down in between -- and sometimes during -- performances in this heartfelt film from director Peter Yates.
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The Eagle
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsHaunted by the disappearance of his father, who vanished with the Roman Ninth Legion on an expedition into the north of Britain, centurion Marcus Aquila sets out to unravel the mystery and recover the legion's eagle standard.
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The Firm
1993 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen a Harvard Law School grad joins a prestigious firm, he ignores the warning of his wife, who fears the lucrative deal sounds too good to be true. Soon, he finds himself entangled in a web of Mafia connections and FBI operatives.
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The First Wives Club
1996 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThree old college chums reunite for the funeral of a friend who committed suicide after her husband dumped her for a younger model -- only to realize they're all in the same predicament. So they form a troika and plot payback against their exes.
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The Fisher King
1991 | R | 3.6 out of 5 StarsRacked with guilt after he inadvertently inspires a listener's murderous rampage, pompous shock jock Jack Lucas (Jeff Bridges) has hit rock bottom when he meets Parry (Robin Williams), a dotty vagrant whose wife died in the carnage, in director Terry Gilliam's offbeat dramedy. Attempting to redeem himself, Jack enters Parry's volatile world to help him rediscover love. Mercedes Ruehl won an Oscar for her role as Jack's determined girlfriend.
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The Frighteners
1996 | R | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBlending humor and horror, director Peter Jackson's outlandish tale centers on shady psychic detective Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox), who uses his ability to communicate with the dead to boost his business. But when a sinister spirit is unleashed and members of the community are mysteriously killed, the P.I. -- with the help of a comely widow (Trini Alvarado) -- must use his powers to get to the bottom of the supernatural slayings.
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The Gift
2000 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen the authorities find a drowned woman's body, a small-town psychic starts having visions of who committed the murder, which means she's the only one who can testify to what truly happened and that she could be the killer's next target.
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The Gods Must Be Crazy 2
1989 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsN!xau is back in this sequel to the 1980 cult hit, and this time, an even stranger turn of events -- stranger than a Coke bottle -- leads him to an unexpected run-in with the world beyond his African village. While hunting in the desert, N!xau discovers that his children have been abducted by elephant poachers and vows to find them. But he's forced to save the day (again) when he meets transplanted New Yorkers and soldiers who've lost their way.
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The Good Son
1993 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsTragedy has hit the Evans family, and Henry might not be as innocent as he seems -- but no one will believe Mark and what he thinks of his cousin. Before long, a confrontation with Henry has Mark fighting for his life.
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The Hit List
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis gripping thriller follows a man who chats up a stranger during a night of drinking -- and accidentally sentences the people he gripes about to die. But as those on his theoretical "hit list" start turning up dead, a detective gets suspicious.
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The Imposter
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA 13-year-old boy who vanished in Texas and shows up three years later in Spain now has the same tattoos, but looks different and speaks with an accent. An investigator sets out to unravel the mystery in this riveting documentary.
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The Inspector General
1949 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsEnergetic funnyman Danny Kaye stars as Georgi, a traveling medicine show schlemiel who ambles into a fraud-ridden Russian hamlet that's expecting the czar's Inspector General. Taking the snake-oil shill for the examiner, the town's corrupt officials curry favor with Georgi and shower him with bribes. What will happen when the bona fide inspector arrives? A great supporting cast, including Walter Slezak and Elsa Lanchester, adds to the merriment.
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The Jackal
1997 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA triumvirate of stars forms the core of this update of the 1973 spy thriller The Day of the Jackal that has Bruce Willis portraying the shadowy assassin of the title. Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss (Sidney Poitier) and a former IRA terrorist (Richard Gere).
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The Jane Austen Book Club
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSix book club members find their lives resemble a modern-day version of Jane Austen's novels in this drama. For starters, Sylvia's (Amy Brenneman) husband of 20-plus years has walked out, Bernadette (Kathy Baker) seeks Mr. Right, and married Prudie (Emily Blunt) dreams of other men. Then there's lonely dog-breeder Jocelyn (Maria Bello); Allegra (Maggie Grace), who has issues with her girlfriend; and Grigg (Hugh Dancy), the sole male in the club.
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The Kennel Murder Case
1933 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWilliam Powell brings his urbane insouciance to this Philo Vance mystery, which finds the unflappable gumshoe nosing around a Long Island dog show where an apparent suicide has just occurred. But Philo isn't convinced ... it smells like a murder!
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The Land Before Time VII: Stone of Cold Fire
2000 | G | 3.6 out of 5 StarsYoung Littlefoot the dinosaur and his friends witness a bright light streaking through the sky, hurtling towards Earth. News of the event quickly reaches the village, and many wonder if it could be the legend of the magical "Stone of Cold Fire" come true. A long-lost relative, uncle Pterano, sets out to find the "Stone" for himself, with Littlefoot and friends on his trail. This is part of a series of animated films for children.
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The Land Before Time XI: The Invasion of the Tinysauruses
2004 | G | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAs Littlefoot plays with his pals in the Great Valley, a gang of angry tiny dinosaurs known as mussauruses causes an avalanche that leaves the valley vulnerable to attack by velociraptors.
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The Last Picture Show
1971 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThere's not much to do in the windswept Texas hamlet of Anarene, where the town's only cinema is about to close forever. So high schoolers Sonny (Timothy Bottoms) and Duane (Jeff Bridges) lust after incorrigible flirt Jacy Farrow (Cybill Shepherd) while trying to chart their uncertain futures. When Duane heads for Korea after joining the service and Jacy gets shipped off to college, Sonny is left behind in a veritable ghost town.
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The Missing
2003 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen Maggie Gilkeson's oldest daughter is abducted by a witch doctor turned bandit, Maggie enlists her estranged father's help to find her. But they soon discover that other girls have gone missing -- and that time's running out.
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The Moo Man
2013 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsChronicling a year in the life of a family-run dairy, this charming documentary centers on an optimistic English farmer who insists on thinking small when it comes to the size of his herd.
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The Names of Love
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis politically infused comedy follows the crusade of Baya, a left-wing femme fatale who seeks to rescue right-wing men from their conservative values by taking them on as lovers -- until she meets a man whose beliefs are as firmly set as her own.
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