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Best Movies on Netflix – September 2026
The best movies on Netflix right now, ranked by critic and audience scores. Updated for September 2026.
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1. Schindler's List (1993)
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.
9.0
98%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, Ralph Fiennes
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable powers just like the one and only Spider-Man. While wrestling with the implications of his new abilities, Miles discovers a super collider created by the madman Wilson "Kingpin" Fisk, causing others from across the Spider-Verse to be inadvertently transported to his dimension.
8.497%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Shameik Moore, Jake Johnson, Hailee Steinfeld
Directed by: Bob Persichetti
3. Jaws (1975)
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled shark hunter embark on a desperate quest to kill the beast before it strikes again.
8.197%
Streaming on: Netflix, YouTube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
4. Selma (2014)
"Selma," as in Alabama, the place where segregation in the South was at its worst, leading to a march that ended in violence, forcing a famous statement by President Lyndon B. Johnson that ultimately led to the signing of the Voting Rights Act.
7.599%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Starz Apple TV channel
Starring: David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tom Wilkinson
Directed by: Ava DuVernay
5. Eighth Grade (2018)
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
7.399%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson
Directed by: Bo Burnham
6. Memento (2000)
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
8.494%
Streaming on: Netflix, Hulu, Peacock Premium, AMC+, Sundance Now, Netflix Standard with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
7. Fargo (1996)
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!
8.195%
Streaming on: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, MGM Plus, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Frances McDormand, William H. Macy, Steve Buscemi
Directed by: Joel Coen
8. Alien (1979)
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
8.593%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright
Directed by: Ridley Scott
9. Jujutsu Kaisen 0 (2021)
Yuta Okkotsu is a nervous high school student who is suffering from a serious problem—his childhood friend Rika has turned into a curse and won't leave him alone. Since Rika is no ordinary curse, his plight is noticed by Satoru Gojo, a teacher at Jujutsu High, a school where fledgling exorcists learn how to combat curses. Gojo convinces Yuta to enroll, but can he learn enough in time to confront the curse that haunts him?
7.896%
Streaming on: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Crunchyroll, Crunchyroll Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Megumi Ogata, Kana Hanazawa, Yuichi Nakamura
Directed by: Sunghoo Park
10. Aliens (1986)
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
8.493%
Streaming on: Netflix, fuboTV, Philo, YouTube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn
Directed by: James Cameron
11. Marriage Story (2019)
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
7.995%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern
Directed by: Noah Baumbach
12. Mudbound (2017)
In the post–World War II South, two families are pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape as they simultaneously fight the battle at home and the battle abroad.
7.497%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell
Directed by: Dee Rees
13. Roma (2018)
In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.
7.696%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Diego Cortina Autrey
Directed by: Alfonso Cuarón
14. The Irishman (2019)
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
7.895%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
15. Nightcrawler (2014)
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
7.895%
Streaming on: Netflix, Sundance Now, Netflix Standard with Ads, Shout! Factory Amazon Channel
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed
Directed by: Dan Gilroy
16. Resident Evil: Damnation (2012)
U.S. federal agent Leon S. Kennedy sneaks into the "East Slavic Republic" to verify rumors that Bio-Organic Weapons (BOWs) are being used in the country's civil war, which the U.S. and Russia are making preparations to jointly intervene in. Right after his infiltration, the U.S. government orders him to leave immediately. Determined to uncover the truth, Leon ignores the order and enters the battlefield to end the chain of tragedies caused by the BOWs.
6.4100%
Streaming on: Netflix, Hulu, Netflix Standard with Ads, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
Starring: Matthew Mercer, Courtenay Taylor, Robin Sachs
Directed by: Makoto Kamiya
17. Speed (1994)
Tensions run high when a crazed bomber rigs a Los Angeles bus with a device that will kill everyone on board if the vehicle's speed dips below fifty miles per hour.
7.395%
Streaming on: Netflix, fuboTV, HBO Max Amazon Channel, YouTube TV, FXNow, USA Network, Netflix Standard with Ads, HBO Max
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock
Directed by: Jan de Bont
18. Apollo 13 (1995)
The true story of technical troubles that scuttle the Apollo 13 lunar mission in 1970, risking the lives of astronaut Jim Lovell and his crew, with the failed journey turning into a thrilling saga of heroism. Drifting more than 200,000 miles from Earth, the astronauts work furiously with the ground crew to avert tragedy.
7.792%
Streaming on: Netflix, MGM Plus, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon
Directed by: Ron Howard
19. Poor Things (2023)
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
7.792%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe
Directed by: Yorgos Lanthimos
20. Nomadland (2021)
A woman in her sixties embarks on a journey through the western United States after losing everything in the Great Recession, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad.
7.393%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May
Directed by: Chloé Zhao
21. Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of a West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
7.791%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Abraham Attah, Idris Elba, Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye
Directed by: Cary Joji Fukunaga
22. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
Following the events of Captain America: Civil War, Peter Parker, with the help of his mentor Tony Stark, tries to balance his life as an ordinary high school student in Queens, New York City, with fighting crime as his superhero alter ego Spider-Man as a new threat, the Vulture, emerges.
7.492%
Streaming on: Netflix, Disney Plus, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr.
Directed by: Jon Watts
23. The Power of the Dog (2021)
A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.
6.894%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst
Directed by: Jane Campion
24. Gone Girl (2014)
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
8.188%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris
Directed by: David Fincher
25. High Fidelity (2000)
After his long-time girlfriend dumps him, a thirty-year-old record store owner seeks to understand why he is unlucky in love while recounting his "top five breakups of all time".
7.491%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso
Directed by: Stephen Frears
26. Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2011.
7.491%
Streaming on: Netflix, Apple TV, Netflix Standard with Ads, Apple TV Amazon Channel, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton
Directed by: Kathryn Bigelow
27. Phantom Thread (2017)
In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.
7.491%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Vicky Krieps, Lesley Manville
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
28. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
7.889%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel
Starring: O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell
Directed by: F. Gary Gray
29. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
After surviving the Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta struggle with the consequences of their victory as unrest spreads across Panem. Forced back into the spotlight, they become symbols of hope and resistance while the Capitol prepares a new and deadly challenge that will change the future of the nation forever.
7.590%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
30. One of Them Days (2025)
Best friends and roommates Dreux and Alyssa are about to have One of Them Days. When they discover Alyssa’s boyfriend has blown their rent money, the duo finds themselves going to extremes in a comical race against the clock to avoid eviction and keep their friendship intact.
6.594%
Streaming on: Netflix
Starring: Keke Palmer, SZA, Joshua David Neal
Directed by: Lawrence Lamont
31. The Two Popes (2019)
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
7.689%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín
Directed by: Fernando Meirelles
32. Zombieland (2009)
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
7.589%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, HBO Max
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
33. Donnie Brasco (1997)
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
7.788%
Streaming on: Netflix, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, AMC+, YouTube TV, AMC, Sundance Now, BBC America, Netflix Standard with Ads, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
Starring: Johnny Depp, Al Pacino, Michael Madsen
Directed by: Mike Newell
34. The Witch (2016)
In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.
7.091%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie
Directed by: Robert Eggers
35. Field of Dreams (1989)
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer who hears a mysterious voice telling him to turn his cornfield into a baseball diamond. He does, but the voice's directions don't stop -- even after the spirits of deceased ballplayers turn up to play.
7.588%
Streaming on: Netflix, Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+ Roku Premium Channel, YouTube TV, TNT, BBC America, TBS, tru TV, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Kevin Costner, Amy Madigan, Gaby Hoffmann
Directed by: Phil Alden Robinson
36. Wind River (2017)
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
7.787%
Streaming on: Netflix
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Gil Birmingham
Directed by: Taylor Sheridan
37. M3GAN (2022)
A brilliant toy company roboticist uses artificial intelligence to develop M3GAN, a life-like doll programmed to emotionally bond with her newly orphaned niece. But when the doll's programming works too well, she becomes overprotective of her new friend with terrifying results.
6.393%
Streaming on: Netflix, YouTube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Amie Donald
Directed by: Gerard Johnstone
38. Antz (1998)
A neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up under the command of a bloodthirsty general. But he's actually been enlisted to fight against a termite army.
6.592%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Dan Aykroyd
Directed by: Eric Darnell
39. Knocked Up (2007)
A slacker and a career-driven woman accidentally conceive a child after a one-night stand. As they try to make the relationship work, they must navigate the challenges of parenthood and their differences in lifestyle and maturity.
6.990%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Starz, Starz Apple TV channel, Starz Roku Premium Channel
Starring: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd
Directed by: Judd Apatow
40. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
Disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.
7.886%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer
Directed by: David Fincher
41. Ready or Not (2019)
A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek.
6.989%
Streaming on: Netflix, Hulu, fuboTV, YouTube TV, FXNow, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Samara Weaving, Adam Brody, Mark O'Brien
Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin
42. Don't Breathe (2016)
A group of teens break into a blind man's home thinking they'll get away with the perfect crime. They're wrong.
7.188%
Streaming on: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette
Directed by: Fede Álvarez
43. Okja (2017)
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
7.387%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: An Seo-hyun, Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano
Directed by: Bong Joon Ho
44. Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
7.284%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Tom Cruise, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava
Directed by: Oliver Stone
45. The Hunger Games (2012)
In a dystopian society where the Capitol forces each district to send two young tributes to fight to the death in a televised spectacle, a girl volunteers to take her sister’s place, setting the stage for a struggle of survival and defiance.
7.284%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth
Directed by: Gary Ross
46. Smile 2 (2024)
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.
6.786%
Streaming on: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Paramount Plus Premium, Paramount Plus Essential, Paramount+ Amazon Channel, Paramount+ Roku Premium Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage
Directed by: Parker Finn
47. A League of Their Own (1992)
As America's stock of athletic young men is depleted during World War II, a professional all-female baseball league springs up in the Midwest, funded by publicity-hungry candy maker Walter Harvey. Competitive sisters Dottie Hinson and Kit Keller spar with each other, scout Ernie Capadino and grumpy has-been coach Jimmy Dugan on their way to fame.
7.482%
Streaming on: Netflix, Apple TV, YouTube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads, Starz Apple TV channel
Starring: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, Lori Petty
Directed by: Penny Marshall
48. Scarface (1983)
After getting a green card in exchange for assassinating a Cuban government official, Tony Montana stakes a claim on the drug trade in Miami. Viciously murdering anyone who stands in his way, Tony eventually becomes the biggest drug lord in the state, controlling nearly all the cocaine that comes through Miami. But increased pressure from the police, wars with Colombian drug cartels and his own drug-fueled paranoia serve to fuel the flames of his eventual downfall.
8.377%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Al Pacino, Steven Bauer, Michelle Pfeiffer
Directed by: Brian De Palma
49. Liar Liar (1997)
Forced by his son's birthday wish, fast-talking attorney and habitual liar Fletcher Reede must tell the truth for the next 24 hours.
6.983%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper
Directed by: Tom Shadyac
50. Ingrid Goes West (2017)
Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.
6.684%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Elizabeth Olsen, O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Directed by: Matt Spicer