Best Movies of All Time on Netflix
Last updated November 08, 2025
Highest Rated Movies with a 3.5 / 5 Star Rating
Everything's Cool
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this documentary, filmmakers Daniel B. Gold and Judith Helfand (Blue Vinyl) follow a troupe of self-proclaimed global warming "warriors" on a mission to get the world to care about rising temperatures and melting polar ice caps. Taking a topic that's inherently serious and applying their signature blend of humor and emotional heft, Gold and Helfand advance the environmental dialogue in a surprisingly entertaining way.
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Exam
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this psychological thriller, eight job applicants in a guarded, windowless room are given instruction, exams and 80 minutes to answer one discerning question that may win them a prime position. But they soon discover this is no ordinary test.
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Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsBelieving that his father left him a message before dying in the September 11 attacks, young Oskar Schell embarks on an emotional odyssey through New York City to find the lock that matches a key he found among his father's belongings.
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Fair Game
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter her husband, Ambassador Joseph Wilson, writes op-ed columns accusing the Bush administration of misleading the public to justify invading Iraq, Valerie Plame Wilson's status as a covert CIA agent is leaked by administration officials.
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Fat Head
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhile most people saw the documentary Super Size Me as an exposé of the fast food industry, comedian and former health writer Tom Naughton saw it as a dare: He'd show that you could lose weight on a diet of burgers and fries. In addition to chronicling Naughton's weight drop, the film provides interviews with doctors, nutritionists and others to drive home his thesis that most of what we know about "healthy eating" is wrong.
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Flamenco at 5:15
1983 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA flamenco dance class given to senior students of the National Ballet School of Canada by two great teachers from Spain, Susana and Antonio Robledo.
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Flesh & Blood
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsTake a penetrating look at the fascinating career of controversial body modification artist Steve Haworth as he literally gets under the skin of his customers, surgically implanting metal ornaments onto their bodies without the use of anesthesia. Clearly not intended for the squeamish or faint of heart, this graphic documentary delves into the reasons why people from all over the world want to change their appearance so radically.
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Freestyle
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsScruffy hoopster Leon and posh, Oxford-bound Ondene face off on a South London basketball court, but star-crossed rivals attract -- and catch the eye of a passing talent scout -- when the brainy flygirl proves she can play.
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Galaxy Quest
1999 | PG | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDecades after the success of the sci-fi series "Galaxy Quest," the show's washed-up stars -- Jason Nesmith (Tim Allen), Gwen DeMarco (Sigourney Weaver) and Alexander Dane (Alan Rickman) -- are recruited by actual aliens to pull off an intergalactic rescue mission. At first, the actors assume the so-called Thermians are just another group of die-hard fans. But as the plot thickens, they realize they're working with real-life extraterrestrials.
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Gamer
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn 2034, humans can control and kill each other in a large-scale online gaming world. But Kable, a wrongfully convicted soldier forced to join the violent competition, tries to free himself by taking out its evil architect.
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Ghostbusters 2
1989 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDirector Ivan Reitman's engaging sequel finds the fearless ghostbusting trio reuniting to bail out the Big Apple by saving the city from a massive slime attack and a flood of malevolent spirits on a fateful New Year's Eve.
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Girls Bravo
2004 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFollow the comic and carnal adventures of Yukinari, a lad who's so afraid of girls that he breaks out in hives whenever one touches him. But things change when he finds himself in a strange world inhabited almost exclusively by women.
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Glee: The Concert
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThe "Glee" kids take the stage for a sold-out concert tour across America, performing a set list of their most infectious and best-loved hit tunes. The film also includes behind-the-scenes footage that even the live concertgoers missed!
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Good Hair
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsChris Rock hops around the world going from beauty salons to science labs to comb through the mystery of African American hair. Rock contemplates the purpose and application of a weave as well as women's self-esteem and their locks.
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Grass
2000 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsNarrated by actor and pot activist Woody Harrelson, this slick and snappy documentary chronicles the history of marijuana use and prohibition from the early 1900s through modern day. Biased toward legalization in tone, the clever if subjective film reveals the absurdity of government anti-grass tactics. Comic Tommy Chong also lends his voice to this informative and amusing illustration of how one substance among many has created such a clamor.
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Green Lantern
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsHal Jordan, a talented test pilot, is chosen by an alien force of warriors to become their representative on Earth and use his new powers as the Green Lantern to promote order and justice before conflict destroys his world.
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Grindhouse: Death Proof
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this high-octane thriller, a tough-talking serial murderer transforms his Dodge Charger into an indestructible weapon and then climbs behind the wheel of his well-oiled killing machine to terrorize a group of women on the road.
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Growing Op
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter years of being home-schooled by his earnest, post-hippie, pot-growing parents, Quinn (Steven Yaffee) decides to jump from the nest and give himself a normal high school experience. He quickly learns, however, that there's nothing normal about high school. When the teen falls for a beautiful blonde neighbor (Rachel Blanchard), he realizes he'll have to make some compromises to get what he wants -- once he's sure what that is.
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Hairspray
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSet in 1962, this colorful adaptation of the Tony-winning musical follows ambitious plus-size teen Tracy Turnblad, who tries to integrate a racially divided Baltimore one Watusi at a time.
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Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers
1995 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter crazed killer Michael Myers's niece gives birth, she turns the baby over to Tommy Doyle to save the child from Michael. Living with the Strode family, Tommy suspects the evil force that drove Michael to murder now curses young Danny Strode.
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFifteen years after outsmarting a sinister witch by pushing her into an oven, a now-grown Hansel and Gretel are pooling their wiles to take down witches as professional bounty hunters in this action-packed reimagining of the classic fairy tale.
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Hard Candy
2005 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter chatting online with a thirtysomething man, 14-year-old Hayley agrees to meet him in a coffee shop. Suspecting that he's a pedophile, she suggests they go back to his place, where she plans to teach him a lesson.
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Harry and Tonto
1974 | R | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRipping a page from John Steinbeck's novel &NFi;Travels with Charley&NFi_;, this bittersweet comedy follows an old codger named Harry as he takes a cross-country trip with his cat, Tonto, as a companion. The film earned Carney a Best Actor Academy Award.
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Hart's War
2002 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen an African-American pilot (Terrence Howard) in a German POW camp is accused of murdering one of his fellow inmates, Lt. Tommy Hart (Colin Farrell) must defend him. But Hart's superiors (including Bruce Willis) caution that digging too deep could expose secrets that would mean death to all prisoners. In a place where lies keep men alive, one young officer must uncover the truth -- whatever the cost.
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Heavy Metal
1981 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis animated extravaganza -- a cult classic featuring a thumping heavy metal soundtrack -- revolves around a menacing meteorite thought to be the root of all evil. Celebrity voices include John Candy, Eugene Levy and Harold Ramis.
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