Best Movies of All Time on Netflix
Last updated March 18, 2025
Highest Rated Movies with a 3.6 / 5 Star Rating
Back to 1942
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAt the height of World War II, millions of rural Chinese refugees embark on a desperate journey to escape a widespread provincial famine. Fraught with danger, their trek soon begins to erode the invisible lines separating cultures and classes.
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Bad Ass
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsLoosely based on a true incident, this tale follows a lonely Vietnam vet who bravely takes on two menacing hoods on a bus. When his heroics are caught on video, Frank sees his life transformed -- but not for very long.
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Bank Error in Your Favour
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen Julien is fired from his job at an upscale bank, he sees a chance to fulfill his dream of opening a restaurant. Lacking the necessary start-up funds, he decides to use confidential information he gained on the job to score in the stock market.
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Basic
2003 | 14A | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this twisty thriller, Hardy and Osborne investigate the disappearance of a legendary Army Ranger drill sergeant and the deaths of four of his soldiers on a military training mission during a raging hurricane.
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Bedevilled
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSelfish clerk Hae-won agrees to visit an old friend, Bok-nam, on a remote island, where she discovers that Bok-nam serves as a slave to the other residents. But after tragedy strikes, Bok-nam seeks vengeance against all of her oppressors.
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Beethoven's 5th
2003 | G | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhile exploring his new surroundings, that baleful St. Bernard, Beethoven, "digs up" a dirt-smudged $10 bill. When it turns out that the money is part of a 1920s fortune, a frenzy strikes Quicksilver, and the race is on to find the long-lost loot. Suddenly, everyone wants to be Beethoven's best friend, hoping he'll lead them to the cash, but is anyone really prepared for what may be hiding in the woods?
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Bernie
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this black comedy inspired by a true story, affable Texas mortician Bernie befriends the small town's wealthiest widow and then kills her. But despite the suspicious nature of her death, no one wants to think anything but the best of Bernie.
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Bionicle: Mask of Light: The Movie
2003 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this animated feature based on Lego's line of Bionicle toys, a young hero on the mystical island of Mata Nui struggles to save his dying world with the help of a couple of friends and the guidance of the mysterious Mask of Light.
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Biutiful
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDiagnosed with terminal prostate cancer, Uxbal -- a divorced father raising two children -- is determined to atone for his life as a black marketeer in this engrossing character study that unfolds in the slums of Barcelona, Spain.
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Black Friday
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this intense docudrama based on the book by the same name by S. Hussain Zaidi, director Anurag Kashyap tracks the aftermath of a 1993 mass bombing in Bombay through the eyes of a journalist covering the story.
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Blade of the Phantom Master: Shin Angyo Onshi
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this anime, a nameless hero in command of a secret human weapon arises from the ashes of the fallen Jushin empire to defend the people from zombies, cannibals and beasts at the command of the evil dictator who destroyed their master. The lone remnant from a forgotten warrior class, he is the last of the legendary Amen Osa, the Phantom Masters of Jushin. To avenge his lost world, he intends to wield his human blade of justice.
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Blade: Trinity
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsRecognizing that they're powerless to stop vampire hunter Blade (Wesley Snipes), the vampires who rule the human race set up Blade to look like a serial killer, immediately prompting the FBI to go after him and put him behind bars. But more trouble brews: Just as Blade realizes he's being pursued, Dracula (Dominic Purcell), the biggest bloodsucker of all time, is released, forcing Blade to enlist the help of a dream team of vampire killers.
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Bobby Jones, Stroke of Genius
2004 | PG | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this biopic, Jim Caviezel portrays Bobby Jones, the legendary golfer who received the title of Grand Slam Champion by winning the British Amateur, the British Open, the U.S. Open and the U.S. Amateur in just one year -- 1930. After defeating an illness in his youth, Jones went on to become a record-breaking champion at just 28 years old. Also an accomplished scholar, Jones obtained two college degrees and graduated from law school.
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Bol Bachchan
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDirector Rohit Shetty brings a light and sly touch to this remake of the 1979 classic Gol Maal, in which a young Delhi man, Abbas Ali, is drowning in debt and seeks work in a rural village, where a little white lie leads him down a complicated path.
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Born Yesterday
1950 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBoorish business tycoon Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) fears that ditsy fiancée Billie Dawn (Judy Holliday) will prove an embarrassment in the presence of politicos he wants to influence, so he hires a reporter (William Holden) to tutor the ostensibly brainless blonde in the political and social graces. Brock gets more than he bargained for, however, when the journalist transforms Billie into the backroom dealmaker's most formidable foe.
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Breach
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSoon after landing a plum job working for the FBI, young agency employee Eric O'Neill learns he's been brought in to spy on his boss, who's suspected of selling secrets to the Soviets. But can the rookie handle such an important assignment?
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Brian Posehn: The Fartist
2013 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsQuirky comedian and actor Brian Posehn (The Sarah Silverman Program, Mr. Show) shares his stories of trying to be a better person in this stand-up set filmed live at Seattle's Neptune Theater.
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Brokedown Palace
1999 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBest friends Alice (Claire Danes) and Darlene (Kate Beckinsale) journey to Thailand to celebrate their high school graduation. But after falling in with a charming con artist (Daniel Lapaine), they're busted at the Hong Kong airport for smuggling narcotics they didn't know they were carrying. Their only hope: the dazzling skills of lawyer "Yankee" Hank Greene (Bill Pullman), whose connections might help them beat impossible odds.
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Broken Embraces
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAging filmmaker Mateo Blanco -- aka screenwriter Harry Caine -- tells his assistant about life before the accident that left him blind, when he became embroiled in a torrid and complicated affair with aspiring actress Lena.
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Bronson
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsNicolas Winding Refn's vivid and unflinching biopic delves into the life of Britain's most notorious prisoner, Charlie Bronson -- who's been jailed for nearly 35 years -- and attempts to dissect the real man behind the deranged persona.
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Brother's Keeper
1992 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis documentary explores the odd world of the four elderly Ward brothers, illiterate farmers who have lived their entire lives in a dilapidated shack. When William dies in the bed he shared with his brother Delbert, the police arrest him for murder.
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Brotherhood
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA college student's final night of pledging a fraternity takes an ominous turn when he's ordered to hold up a convenience store as part of his initiation. He complies, but everything goes wrong.
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Buddy
2003 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsKristoffer, a 24-year-old billboard hanger, never expected his video diary to end up on Norwegian national television. But when his innermost thoughts air on a popular talk show, it turns Kristoffer's already rocky love life on its head.
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Bunty Aur Babli
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsLonging to escape humdrum village life, Rakesh and Vimmi each set off to see the world with bold aspirations to make their mark on the universe. But along the way, their destinies collide, and the two instantly become "Bunty" and "Babli."
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Burst Angel
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAnime reaches new heights with this action-packed adventure featuring Jo, an otherworldly being who descends on lawless Tokyo, where residents are cowering in fear and rising up in anger ever since guns were allowed to fall into anyone's hands. And the Recent Armed Police of Tokyo (or RATP, for short) is useless at keeping the peace. Can Jo and her friends, Sei, Amy and Meg, save the city from complete and utter ruin?
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