Best Movies of All Time on Netflix
Last updated November 09, 2025
Highest Rated Movies with a 3.5 / 5 Star Rating
The Hangover: Part II
2011 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen the wolf pack reunites in Thailand for Stu's wedding, they wake up one morning in a seedy hotel with no idea how they got there. They find Teddy's severed finger -- but the rest of him is missing.
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The House on Telegraph Hill
1951 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRobert Wise's tense drama tells the story of a Nazi concentration camp survivor who assumes the identity of her dead best friend when the war ends. She moves to San Francisco, where she finds herself godmother to a young boy and heir to a fortune.
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The Hunting Party
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRichard Gere stars as a struggling journalist who sets out with a fellow reporter and a cameraman to hunt down Bosnia's most notorious war criminal, known as "the Fox." But they become the quarry when their target mistakes them for CIA assassins.
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The Ice Storm
1997 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsPrep-schooler Paul Hood (Tobey Maguire) returns home for Thanksgiving weekend and finds his family about to implode. While his father (Kevin Kline) tries to douse his sorrows with booze and infidelity, Paul's mother (Joan Allen) looks for answers in self-help books. The experimentation and liberalism that defined the 1970s lead to ruin as the family's environs literally freeze over during a freak storm in this insightful drama helmed by Ang Lee.
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The Importance of Being Earnest
2002 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this adaptation of Oscar Wilde's witty play about mistaken identities, Rupert Everett and Colin Firth star as two proper gentlemen in 1890s London who use the same pseudonym with disastrous results.
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The Jungle Book
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThere's trouble in the jungle, and as usual, Mowgli and Mani are at the center of it all! While they enjoy their time drumming away at logs in the jungle, Shere Khan plots to put an end to the noise.
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The Last Mimzy
2007 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this family-friendly science-fiction adventure, Emma and Noah Wilder discover a mysterious box of toys that's been sent from the future, and the siblings start to develop some inexplicable, unearthly abilities.
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The Last Station
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsSet during the last year of Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy's life, this biopic explores the fractious relationship between Tolstoy (Oscar nominee Christopher Plummer) and his wife (Oscar nominee Helen Mirren), as he embraces a life of asceticism. Paul Giamatti co-stars as impassioned Tolstoy devotee Vladimir Chertkov, with James McAvoy playing the aging writer's assistant, Valentin, who is caught in the middle of various struggles.
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The Legend of Zorro
2005 | PG | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter being persuaded by his resentful wife to hang up his alter ego's sword, Don Alejandro de la Vega returns to action as the masked avenger Zorro when he gets wind of a scheme to sabotage California's bid for statehood.
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The Longest Yard
2005 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhile doing time, a professional quarterback persuades a fellow convict and former gridiron coach to prepare a group of jailbirds for a game against the guards. But the team is in for a little surprise when game time rolls around.
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The Manchurian Candidate
2004 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this remake of the 1962 political thriller, two U.S. soldiers are taken captive during the first Gulf War and brainwashed so they're programmed to rebel once they return home. Several years later, one of them lands on the vice presidential ticket.
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The Manhattan Project
1986 | PG-13 | 3.5 out of 5 StarsTeenager Paul learns that Dr. Mathewson is building nuclear bombs. To expose the secret, Paul and his girlfriend steal plutonium, build a bomb and enter it in a science fair. But the military finds out Paul's plan and pursues him with lethal force.
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The Messenger
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAn injured soldier is paired with a by-the-book captain to notify families of their loss -- a job that bonds them as they debate differing views on serving America. At odds at first, the two find common ground while facing life's variety of battles.
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The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this daring, slapstick farce that's become a classic, Betty Hutton plays a small-town girl who attends an all-night party and suddenly finds herself "in the family way." Trouble is, she can't remember who the father might be.
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The Missing Lynx
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn this animated comedy from Spain, clumsy lynx Felix and his animal pals try to thwart the plans of Noah, a rich man who wants to collect pairs of endangered animals and keep them in a vast ship where they will be safe from extinction. But when Felix, Gus the chameleon, Astarté the hawk and their friends elude capture, Noah hires a professional hunter to track and snare them. Raul Garcia and Manuel Sicilia direct this kid-friendly film.
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The Mummy Returns
2001 | PG-13 | 3.5 out of 5 StarsBrendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz return as the intrepid Egyptologists in this rousing sequel. This time they unearth a prehistoric relic capable of releasing cataclysmic forces and satanic warriors led by the sinister Scorpion King (pro wrestler Dwayne Johnson, aka "The Rock"). Meanwhile, evil mummy Imhotep (Arnold Vosloo), revived by his reincarnated paramour, schemes to snatch control of the Scorpion King's power from its unsuspecting sentinels.
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The Naked Prey
1966 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter a group of hunters offends a local tribe in South Africa's bush country, the tribesmen torture and kill all but one of the men. They offer the lone survivor a chance to live -- but he'll have to outwit them as they hunt him like an animal.
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The Newton Boys
1998 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsFour Texas brothers ignite a crime spree in the 1920s, robbing more than 200 banks across the country -- without ever killing anyone. In a career highlight, the unexpectedly compassionate team pulls off the largest train robbery in U.S. history.
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The Other Guys
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhile an elite pair of New York City cops nabs headlines for their amazing heroics, fellow boys in blue Allen and Terry toil in obscurity as lowly desk jockeys, until a big break finally gives them a chance to tackle real police work.
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The Other Woman
2009 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsRomance becomes reality for Emilia Greenleaf (Natalie Portman), who wins the heart of the handsome object of her affection (Scott Cohen), only to find that the relationship comes with some very real baggage -- including her new beau's troubled son (Charlie Tahan). Don Roos directs the film adaptation of Ayelet Waldman's compelling novel, co-starring Lisa Kudrow, Lauren Ambrose and Elizabeth Marvel.
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The Peacemaker
1997 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsAfter terrorists trigger a nuclear explosion in Russia, a U.S. Special Forces agent and a White House nuclear weapons expert come to the rescue. Trouble is, the conspiracy stretches from Europe to New York, and the terrorists have no demands.
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The People vs. Larry Flynt
1996 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsNotorious pornographer Larry Flynt carries his free-speech campaign from lowly strip clubs to the U.S. Supreme Court in this Oscar-nominated biopic, which blends details of the publisher's legal battles with scenes from his personal life.
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The Ramen Girl
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen her boyfriend leaves her high and dry in Tokyo, spoiled American tourist Abby finds solace in a neighborhood ramen noodle house run by a cantankerous old chef, who agrees to take her on as an apprentice.
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The Raw and the Cooked
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis sumptuous doc explores Taiwan's diverse culinary culture, drawn from both ethnic Chinese and myriad outside influences. The menu includes upscale urban restaurants, dumplings, edible flowers, organic farms and a burgeoning local foods movement.
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist
2012 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsPakistani professor Changez Khan regales a journalist with his U.S. experiences in the opening scene of this compelling post-9/11 drama. As their chat continues, however, it emerges that Khan has much more on his mind than the past.
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