Best Movies of All Time on Netflix
Last updated November 08, 2025
Highest Rated Movies with a 3.5 / 5 Star Rating
Mr. Mom
1983 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter Jack is informed that his job has been furloughed, his wife goes to work at an advertising agency. Their three young kids are left with Jack, who must get accustomed to vacuuming, soap operas, school drop-offs, grocery stores and flirty moms.
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Muppets from Space
1999 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action.
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My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsJesse Young, a girl who already has everything, finds herself falling for two seemingly perfect guys: sexy but struggling writer Ethan and button-down advertising executive Troy. Can she find true love with two men at the same time?
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My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade
2005 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSpring in the air, and Wysteria the gardening pony is planning the Spring Promenade, the year's most elaborate parade.When Wysteria suddenly finds herself the Princess of Ponyville, however, she is no longer allowed to help organize the festivities!
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My Name is Kahentiiosta
1995 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsKahentiiosta, a young Kahnawake Mohawk woman who was arrested during the Oka crisis and detained for defending her choice to provide her Aboriginal name.
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Ned Kelly
2004 | 14A | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFed up with being mistreated because of his heritage, Ned Kelly (Heath Ledger) and his brother (Laurence Kinlan) -- the sons of an Irish pig thief -- form a group of bandits called the Kelly Gang with two other men (Orlando Bloom and Philip Barantini) who share their ideals. Kelly's mob robs banks, evades the police and earns popular support from the people, much to the annoyance of the head lawman (Geoffrey Rush) trying to rein them in.
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New York
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIndian students Samir, Maya and Omar enjoy life in New York City, joining in the college revelry. But when Sept. 11 devastates the country, the friends are targeted for their ethnicity and begin to feel the isolating sting of suspicion.
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Next
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsLas Vegas magician Cris Johnson (Nicolas Cage) can see a few minutes into the future, a talent he uses to enhance his shows -- and to win at blackjack. But when an FBI agent (Julianne Moore) wants his help thwarting a nuclear attack, Cris finds his psychic skills put to the test. Jessica Biel, Peter Falk and Thomas Kretschmann also star in this sci-fi thriller based on Philip K. Dick's short story "The Golden Man."
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Night Train to Munich
1940 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsGermans invading Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II capture top scientist Axel Bomasch and his beautiful daughter, Anna. But there's hope in the form of dashing British agent Gus Bennett, who poses as a German officer to effect a rescue.
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Nine to Five
1980 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsJudy (Jane Fonda), Violet (Lily Tomlin) and Doralee (Dolly Parton) -- fed up with their "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" of a boss (Dabney Coleman) -- entertain fantasies about revenge. But fantasy turns into reality when the women think they've inadvertently poisoned Mr. Hart's coffee. To cover their tracks, they concoct an intricate ploy that turns the tables on the chief and shreds the patriarchal old boys' network.
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No Impact Man
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this engaging documentary, a Fifth Avenue family goes green when writer Colin Beavan leads his wife, Michelle Conlin, and their baby daughter on a yearlong crusade to generate no trash and otherwise make no net impact on the environment.
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Occupation: Fighter
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSpanning eight months in the life of a fighter, this film provides the opportunity to discover MMA in a fresh new light. In order to reach the top of the sport, a fighter must suffer and sacrifice a great deal, both physically and financially.
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Outrage
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWriter, director and actor Takeshi "Beat" Kitano returns to his roots in this gripping gangster drama that details the intense rivalry between two powerful yakuza syndicates and the efforts of a small crew to prevent a full-brown war from erupting.
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Passing Strange
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA young black musician named Stew (played by singer-songwriter Stew himself) flees his comfortable middle-class roots in Los Angeles for a soul-searching journey to Europe and gets wrapped up in the music scene of 1980s Amsterdam and West Berlin. The one-of-a-kind Broadway musical, which netted Stew a Tony for Best Book, comes to cinematic life courtesy of film icon Spike Lee. The film premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
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Pet Sematary
1989 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsLouis Creed moves his family to the country and discovers a cursed burial ground on his property that brings the dead back to life -- yet with an added streak of evil. An accident soon forces the heartbroken father to contemplate the unthinkable.
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Phantom Punch
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis biopic explores the life of boxer Sonny Liston, particularly his relationships with his manager, his wife and his lover. After his talent emerges in jail, Liston punches through poverty, Mafia entanglements and legendary bouts with Cassius Clay.
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Pi
1998 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsDarren Aronofsky's jarring black-and-white brain-bender is a haunting examination of one man's numerical obsession. The story follows a fragile number theorist who's on the trail of a 216-digit number that could unlock the secrets of the universe.
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Play Misty for Me
1971 | R | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSilver-tongued radio disc jockey Dave (Clint Eastwood) can't help but notice the persistent calls from a female to "play 'Misty' for me." But a chance meeting with infatuated fan Evelyn leads to a brief and steamy love affair. Dave quickly learns he's in for more than a little night music, and that Evelyn will stop at nothing -- even the return of one of Dave's old flames -- to have him all to herself. The film marks Eastwood's directorial debut.
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Police Patrol
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen a fallen electrical cable grants Radar the Police Car special powers, he teams up with his friend Dottie the Otter to stop the greedy Badger Brothers from stealing the town's water supply.
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Precious Life
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsMohammad Abu Mustafa, a 4-month-old Palestinian boy living in the barricaded Gaza Strip, was born without an immune system and faces certain death if he does not receive a bone marrow transplant at an Israeli hospital -- an unlikely prospect.
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Predators
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRugged mercenary Royce (Adrien Brody) inherits command of an elite team of human fighters -- including dorky-but-dangerous Edwin (Topher Grace) and tough-but-beautiful Isabelle (Alice Braga) -- as they are hunted by a race of ruthless alien trackers known as Predators. Director Nimród Antal's sci-fi action explosion, which also stars Laurence Fishburne and an uzi-toting Danny Trejo, is a direct sequel to the 1987 blockbuster Predator.
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Pregnant in America
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen his wife became pregnant with their first child, Steve Buonaugurio was prompted to make this, his first film, which documents the couple's experience with the American maternity system. It reveals the cabal of hospital, insurance and health organizations that puts profits before a pregnant woman's safety and health. Buonaugurio also records the couple's plans for a home birth, their ultimate defiance of the system.
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Pride and Glory
2007 | 18A | 3.5 out of 5 StarsA corruption scandal fractures a family of New York City cops when detective Ray Tierney is tasked with investigating a police precinct run by his older brother. As if that weren't enough, Ray's fellow officer and friend might be dirty, too.
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Priest
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this horror flick based on the popular comic book series, Paul Bettany plays Priest, a man of the cloth hell-bent on rescuing his niece while taking down a horde of rampaging vampires in the process.
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Project X
1987 | PG | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAir Force pilot Jimmy takes a shine to a chimpanzee that's being used as a guinea pig for top secret military experiments. Jimmy hooks up with empathetic primate expert Teri, and together the threesome makes a stand against the abusive lab coats.
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