Best Movies of All Time on Netflix
Last updated March 19, 2025
Highest Rated Movies with a 3.6 / 5 Star Rating
Race 2
2013 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this sequel set in the world of horse racing, half-brothers Ranvir and Rajiv Singh return for another complex tale of love, greed and violence. Also returning for the second feature is Inspector Robert D'Costa, still on the brothers' case.
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Ralph Nader: An Unreasonable Man
2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThought-provoking and revealing, this biographical documentary profiles the personal and professional life of Ralph Nader, one of America's most controversial consumer advocates and political activists. Interviews and archival footage help illuminate the career of an influential public figure whose willingness to take on big industry earned him a reputation as both a working-class hero and a public pariah.
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Red Tails
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThe 332nd Fighter Group -- an all-black World War II unit made up of the best U.S. escort pilots and known as the Red Tails -- fights racism at home while fighting the Nazis abroad in this drama based on the true story of the Tuskegee Airmen.
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Reign Over Me
2007 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsConsumed with grief after losing his family in the World Trade Center attacks, a widower (Adam Sandler) runs into his former college roommate (Don Cheadle) -- a married man with two daughters and a dental practice -- and eventually starts down the road to recovery. Mike Binder directs this thought-provoking look at friendship and post-Sept. 11 society, co-starring Liv Tyler, Donald Sutherland, Saffron Burrows and Jada Pinkett Smith.
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Resident Evil: Afterlife
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThe Undead Apocalypse continues in the fourth film in the Resident Evil saga as super-soldier Alice finds her way to a supposed sanctuary in Los Angeles, which may just be a deadly trap set for her by the ruthless Umbrella Corporation.
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Resistance: Untold Stories of Jewish Partisans
2002 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSeth Kramer directs this documentary that recounts the heroic and inspiring feats of the Jewish partisans, the resilient guerilla fighters who made up the ranks of the Jewish resistance movement against the Nazis during World War II. Drawing on archival footage, photographs and insight from several living members of the resistance, Kramer's film chronicles a chapter of the Holocaust often overlooked in the annals of history.
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Return to Paradise
1998 | 14A | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAmericans Lewis (Joaquin Phoenix), Sheriff (Vince Vaughn) and Tony (David Conrad) spend a carefree summer together on the beaches of Malaysia. Two years later, a lawyer (Anne Heche) tells Sheriff and Tony that Lewis has been sentenced to death for drug trafficking. If both go back to claim their share of the drugs, each will go to prison for three years; if only one goes, he'll be jailed for six years. If both refuse, Lewis will die.
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Rin: Daughters of Mnemosyne: The Complete Series
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsFollow the extraordinary exploits of Rin Asogi, an immortal private detective with incredible fighting skills, a brilliant mind and a shadowy past, as she repeatedly perishes and comes back to life while taking odd jobs and fighting fearsome foes. This intriguing anime series also charts the mysterious movements of Apos, an almighty being who desperately desires to take Rin's immortality away from her.
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Rocky III
1982 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsNow the world champion, Rocky Balboa is only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring. But after a pounding by powerful young Clubber Lang, the humbled champ turns to former rival Apollo Creed for help in regaining his form.
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Rocky IV
1985 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsRocky must come out of retirement to battle a gargantuan Soviet fighter named Drago, who brutally punished Rocky's friend and ex-rival, Apollo Creed. Seeking revenge in the name of his fallen comrade and his country, Rocky fights Drago in Moscow.
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Rooster Cogburn
1975 | PG | 3.6 out of 5 StarsJohn Wayne returns, eye patch and all, as the irascible Rooster Cogburn in this entertaining sequel to the Oscar-winning True Grit. This time, Wayne gets saddled with prim and proper Eula Goodnight (Katharine Hepburn), a minister's daughter who's more than a match for the cranky U.S. Marshal. The witty and acerbic Hepburn and classic Wayne are a joy to behold.
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Rudo y Cursi
2008 | 18A | 3.6 out of 5 StarsStuck working on a banana ranch, two super competitive soccer-playing brothers dream of getting off the farm and finding stardom: Beto as a pro goalie and Toto as a singer -- but it might break their bond of brotherhood.
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Sabah: A Love Story
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDutiful 40-something daughter Sabah (Arsinée Khanjian) shocks her conservative Arab family by falling for Stephen (Shawn Doyle), a non-Muslim, in this romantic comedy set in Toronto. The relationship sparks a culture clash, ensnaring Sabah between Stephen and her tight-knit family. Like My Big Fat Greek Wedding, director Ruba Nabba's film reveals what happens when Old World tradition collides with modern love. Setta Keshishian co-stars.
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Salaam Namaste
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsYoung and in love, chef Nick and radio DJ Ambar decide to move in together and, in the process, begin to doubt if they're meant for each other. Living in the hip city of Melbourne, the warring couple is left to decide if they can salvage their union.
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Saved!
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen Mary, a devout senior at a Christian high school, accidentally gets pregnant, she starts to see her peers and her faith in a whole new way in this darkly comic coming-of-age story that was produced by R.E.M. front man Michael Stipe.
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Secrets of Mary Magdalene
2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThanks in large part to the best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code -- which purports that Mary Magdalene was Jesus Christ's wife -- she's never been a more compelling figure. In this riveting documentary, religious scholars contribute their insights.
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Serendipity
2001 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThough strangers Sara Thomas and Jonathan Trager are already in relationships, they realize they have genuine chemistry after a chance encounter -- but they soon part company. Years later, they yearn to reunite despite being destined for the altar.
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Sex Drive
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsEighteen-year-old Ian Lafferty sets out on a cross country road trip of a lifetime with his best friends Lance and Felicia in order to lose his virginity to a red-hot babe he met on the Internet.
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Shinobi: Heart Under Blade
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIt's X-Men meets Romeo and Juliet in Ten Shimoyama's ninja action thriller. Gennosuke (Joe Odagiri), from the Koga ninja clan, falls in love with Oboro (Yukie Nakama), from the rival Iga clan. Already exiled to the mountains, the evil Shogun aims to eliminate the tribes. He pits the clans against each other in a duel to the death, where the ninjas wield their supernatural powers. But will inbred hate snuff out forbidden love?
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Sidewalls
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSeparated by the wall their apartments share, Mariana and Martín are the perfect couple. They have the same quirks, same tastes, same ideals and even the same neuroses -- they're a match made in heaven. There's just one problem: They've never met.
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Silsila
1981 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsBrothers Amit, a writer, and Shekhar, a military pilot, share a strong fraternal bond. So when Shekhar is killed in the line of duty, Amit feels obligated to marry his brother's pregnant fiancée, leaving his own girlfriend heartbroken.
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Sir! No Sir!
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsFilmmaker and activist David Zeiger's documentary chronicles the largely forgotten antiwar activities of American GIs and other members of the military during the Vietnam era -- actions that put them in greater peril than civilian protesters. Powerful and surprising, the film weaves together the stories of veterans who participated in the opposition movement, an effort that, by the early 1970s, found widespread support from civilians and troops alike.
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Sleepy Hollow
1999 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsNew York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.
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Sniper: Reloaded
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsFollowing in the footsteps of his father, renowned sniper Tom Beckett, U.S. Marine Sgt. Brandon Beckett takes on the toughest assignments -- including a deadly mission to rescue a Belgian plantation owner from hostilities in the Congo.
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Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsNoted director Wayne Wang helms this adaptation of Lisa See's best-selling novel about two young girls in 19th-century China who are pledged as lifelong companions through an ancient ritual, although their friendship is sorely tested as they mature.
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