Best Movies of All Time on Netflix
Last updated March 19, 2025
Highest Rated Movies with a 3.6 / 5 Star Rating
Horrible Bosses
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDisgruntled buddies Nick, Kurt and Dale can't leave their miserable jobs, so they cook up a creative strategy for eliminating their micromanaging and maniacal employers instead. Peculiar advice from a con artist sets the scheme in motion.
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Hostage
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsFormer Los Angeles hostage negotiator Jeff Tally finds his newly quiet existence shattered when a family linked to the mob is taken hostage by wayward thieves, one of whom is a serial killer.
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Hot Rod
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn a silly send-up of stuntman Evel Knievel's famously unsuccessful jump over Snake River Canyon, Andy Samberg plays an accident-prone daredevil who's determined to carry out a ridiculous feat at all costs to prove himself to his abusive stepfather.
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How High
2001 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsTwo potheads smoke some brain-enhancing weed and, to their surprise, score high enough on entrance exams to get into Harvard. Once there, however, they exhaust their supply of wise-weed and look for creative substitutes in order to make the grade.
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How to Grow a Band
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis fascinating documentary follows innovative musician Chris Thile, who created the band Punch Brothers after writing a 4-movement bluegrass elegy to his recently failed marriage and recruiting a talented group of musicians to play it.
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Hustle & Flow
2005 | 18A | 3.6 out of 5 StarsTerrence Howard turns in an Oscar-nominated performance in director Craig Brewer's indie drama as DJay, a pimp with aspirations of grandeur who wants to make it as a rapper but discovers that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be. Offering strong characters and notes of sweet romance amid the urban beats of its central plot, this 2005 Sundance Audience Award winner also won an Oscar for Best Original Song ("It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp").
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Ichi
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsOn a quest to find the blind masseur who raised her as a child, sightless but exceptionally skilled swordswoman Ichi (Haruka Ayase) saves the life of a hapless samurai (Takao Osawa), which lands her in the middle of a violent feud between local villagers and a gang of bandits. Directed by Fumihiko Sori, this blood-soaked Japanese action movie features beautifully choreographed fight scenes and fine acting.
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Identity
2003 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsComplete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other while trying to figure out who the killer is.
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In Time
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn a near future where aging stops at 25, time is the new currency and the wealthy can live forever. When Will Salas inherits decades of life from a wealthy murdered man, he's pegged as the suspect by the corrupt Time Keepers, who enforce the law.
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Intimate Enemies
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn the mountains of Algeria, French army Lt. Terrien (Benoît Magimel) takes command of a platoon and is soon leading the men into a dangerous place called the Forbidden Zone, where Terrien's will is tested by the atrocities of war. Struggling to maintain his morality amid the torture and massacre of innocents, Terrien faces off against Sgt. Dougnac (Albert Dupontel), who asserts a more pragmatic approach to war.
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Into the Abyss
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDirector Werner Herzog's compelling documentary examines the emotional aftermath of a triple murder in Texas, interviewing the two convicted killers, their relatives, the victims' families and law-enforcement officials involved in the case.
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It's Not Me, I Swear!
2008 | 14A | 3.6 out of 5 StarsTen-year-old hell-raiser Léon (Antoine L'Écuyer) drives his suburban Montreal family nuts with antics that include theft, arson, general destructive behavior and multiple suicide attempts. But when his eccentric mom leaves the family, the trouble really begins. Set in a meticulously reconstructed 1968 Quebec and featuring an inventive score by Patrick Watson, this dark comedy is based on two novels by Bruno Hébert.
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Jagged Edge
1985 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDespite the fact that San Francisco attorney Teddy Barnes (Glenn Close) hasn't handled a criminal case in many years, she defends newspaper publisher Jack Forrester (Jeff Bridges), who's accused of murdering his heiress wife. Teddy soon finds herself falling for Jack, and her search for the real killer leads to a powerful finale. Robert Loggia (as Teddy's friend on the police force) and Peter Coyote also star in this taut courtroom mystery.
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
2001 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen Jay and Silent Bob learn that their comic-book alter egos, Bluntman and Chronic, have been sold to Hollywood as part of a big-screen movie that leaves them out of any royalties, the pair travels to Tinseltown to sabotage the production.
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Jeff, Who Lives at Home
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSiblings Jay and Mark Duplass direct this comedy focusing on two brothers -- one a moderate success, the other still living with Mom. A trip to the store for glue, however, turns into an encounter with destiny for the stay-at-home slacker.
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Jerry Maguire
1996 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAfter years of successfully navigating the shark-infested waters of sports management, Jerry Maguire experiences a crisis of conscience and leaves his high-powered job behind, with only one loyal football client and a starry-eyed co-worker in tow.
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Jesus Christ Superstar
1973 | PG | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThe Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice Broadway collaboration gets the Hollywood treatment from director Norman Jewison with a format inspired by Shakespeare's "Henry V." In this version, a traveling troupe performs the rock opera in the Israeli desert. Texas rocker Ted Neeley stars as Jesus with Carl Anderson as Judas. Webber, Andre Prevín and Herb Spencer shared an Oscar nomination for Best Score Adaptation.
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Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
2001 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen gooey green aliens kidnap all the adults in Retroville, it's up to Jimmy Neutron to come up with a plan to rescue them. The 11-year-old genius and his pals blast off in homemade rocket ships on an intergalactic mission.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBased on the Jules Verne novel, this family-friendly fantasy film follows an expedition team en route to the center of the earth -- an adventure that is fraught with peril from careening boulders, falling stalactites and weird dinosaurs.
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Julia
1977 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA case of writer's block and a chance to reconnect with lifelong friend Julia prompt American dramatist Lillian Hellman to journey to 1930s Europe. Julia, once a young woman of privilege, recruits Lillian for a risky undertaking.
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Julia's Eyes
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis heart-pounding thriller follows astronomer Julia Levin, who's losing her eyesight to a degenerative disease. When her twin sister supposedly commits suicide, Julia suspects that a murderer is on the loose -- and that she's next.
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Jumanji
1995 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen two siblings discover an enchanted board game that opens the door to a magical world, they unwittingly invite into their living room a man who's been trapped inside the game for 26 years -- and whose only hope for freedom is to finish the game.
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Jumping the Broom
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIt's a comedic clash of African-American cultures when the hoity-toity clan of bride Sabrina Watson and the proudly blue-collar family of groom Jason Taylor gather on Martha's Vineyard to celebrate the couple's nuptials.
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Just Friends
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAfter being snubbed by his high school crush, an overweight nice guy moves to Los Angeles, where he slims down and blossoms into a womanizer. But when he's stranded in his hometown, he bumps into the girl who once broke his heart.
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Just Like Heaven
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsShortly after David moves into a new place, winsome Elizabeth shows up to assert that the apartment is hers, then vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
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