Best Movies of All Time on Netflix
Last updated March 10, 2025
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Brooklyn Castle
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsBrooklyn's I.S. 318 is home to America's best junior high school chess team, but budget cuts are threatening to undermine the team's success. This inspiring documentary goes inside the fight to keep chess alive and well at the struggling school.
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Chak De! India
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsYears after facing humiliating defeat on the field, a former field hockey star returns to the game as coach of the Indian women's national hockey team, striving to shape a ragtag bunch of female athletes into a playing force to be reckoned with.
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Charade
1963 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsCary Grant stars as Peter, who may or may not be a flimflam man who aids the recently widowed Regina in her mission to recover a fortune hidden by her late husband. But three sinister crooks -- who'll stop at nothing -- also covet the loot.
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Charge
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsCHARGE is proof that maniacs on motorcycles can be a force for global good. The movie follows several teams to the world's first zero-emissions grand prix on the Isle of Man in 2009 and on their return in 2010. For the visionaries, this is history.
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Chobits: The Complete Series
2002 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn this anime series, underprivileged prep school student Hideki salvages a discarded old persecom -- a human-computer hybrid that all the rich kids have -- only to discover that his acquisition might be a chobit, a persecom with extraordinary power.
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Cinderella Man
2005 | PG | 4.0 out of 5 StarsRussell Crowe stars in this riveting biopic about legendary boxer Jim Braddock, who arrived on the scene during the Great Depression at a time when Americans were woefully in need of a hero.
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City of God
2002 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsGrowing up in a Rio de Janeiro favela, Rocket is able to avoid being drawn into a life of drugs and crime by having a passion for photography. Through his eyes, the dramatic stories of several of the slum's colorful residents unfold.
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Compassion in Emptiness
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsOver the course of a three-day series of teachings and a public lecture, the Dalai Lama discusses numerous Buddhist tenets, such as maintaining compassion despite the pressures of modern society, achieving inner peace and living a responsible life.
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Craigslist Joe
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsSetting out to explore whether America still has a sense of community where people help each other through hard times, 29-year-old Joseph Garner spends a month depending on the goodness of Craigslist posters for his survival.
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Daniel Tosh: Completely Serious
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsNo topic is sacred as funnyman Daniel Tosh, among the most popular acts on college campuses around the U.S., takes the stage in this stand-up special, delivering his provoking and sidesplitting observations on the absurdites of modern society. This comedic rising star is the host of Comedy Central's "Tosh.0" and has appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," "The Late Show with David Letterman," and VH1's "Best Week Ever."
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Dil Chahta Hai
2001 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsInseparable childhood friends Akash, Sameer and Siddharth are just out of college. Nothing comes between them -- until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.
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Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge
1995 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsWealthy, charming Raj meets working-class beauty Simran on a train, he's instantly smitten. She feels the same, but she's betrothed to another man. Raj isn't about to give up, so he follows Simran from London to India to win her over.
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Dolphin Tale
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsA badly maimed juvenile dolphin is given a new tail, and a new life, through the efforts of the humans who save it in this true-life adventure saga. After losing its tail to a crab trap, the dolphin is doomed until a young boy spots its plight.
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DreamWorks How to Train Your Dragon Legends
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsPrepare for high-flying adventure in this pair of tales. First, Hiccup, Astrid and Gobber rewrite the insider training secrets for 14 different dragon species. Then, Hiccup and the Viking gang join Gobber in hunting down the legendary Boneknapper.
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Eden of the East the Movie I: The King of Eden
2009 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn this anime thriller based on the popular series, young Saki journeys to New York to find her missing friend Akira Takizawa -- a mysterious man who thwarted a missile attack against Japan -- and save him from the dangerous Seleção.
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Elite Squad
2007 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn Rio de Janeiro, some cops are just as crooked as the drug lords who run the slums. On the brink of retirement -- and burnout -- Capitão Nascimento must find a trustworthy successor to lead a dangerous mission in this gritty action-thriller.
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Fiddler on the Roof
1971 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsDirector Norman Jewison chronicles the trials of Jewish peasant Tevye, the humble father of three strong-willed daughters and husband to oft-objecting wife Golde in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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For Colored Girls
2010 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsTyler Perry directs his own adaptation of the Obie-winning stage play by Ntozake Shange, constructed as a series of poetic vignettes that collectively explore the lives of modern African American women.
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GasLand
2010 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn this Oscar-nominated documentary, director Josh Fox journeys across America to examine the negative effects of natural-gas drilling, from poisoned water sources to kitchen sinks that burst into flames to unhealthy animals and people.
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George Carlin Again!
1978 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn this 1978 concert, absurdist funnyman George Carlin performs in Phoenix with a mix of classic and new material, including takes on pop philosophy, law, time and death, and his legendary routine on the seven words one can never say on television. Carlin's random nature finds him jumping from discussions on who empties the coins out of a wishing well to a nostalgic reprise of his "Hippie Dippie Weatherman" character.
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George Carlin: Back in Town
1996 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsGet ready for belly laughs with this live 1996 performance by George Carlin from New York City's Beacon Theatre, featuring the comedian's acerbic observations as he derives humorous truths from weighty topics such as capital punishment and abortion. In his trademark provocative comedic style, Carlin has some choice words about absurd but all-too-familiar expressions, television news, hyphenated names and more.
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George Carlin: Complaints and Grievances
2001 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsLegendary comic George Carlin skewers everything from being stuck in gridlock and long-winded email newsletters to charging cheap items on credit in this riotous stand-up appearance at New York City's Beacon Theatre in November 2001.
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George Carlin: Doin' It Again
1992 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsNothing gets past the razor-sharp wit of George Carlin, who serves up his droll take on everything from embarrassing underwear incidents to those who need to share their bathroom adventures and, of course, more ludicrous uses of the English language. Filmed live in 1990 at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, N.J., this hilarious stand-up routine -- Carlin's seventh HBO special -- won a Cable ACE Award.
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George Carlin: It's Bad for Ya
2008 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsIn his final filmed performance, counterculture comic George Carlin urges Americans to just say no to BS, serving up sharp-witted takes on society's ridiculous obsessions, the self-esteem movement fallout and spoiled kids.
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George Carlin: Jammin' in New York
1992 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsReflecting on the widening gap between the poor and rich in 1992 America, George Carlin had a novel proposal: Why not let the homeless live on golf courses? These and other insights populate the comic's classic set at Madison Square Garden. The performance finds Carlin at his misanthropic prime, riffing on the environment, flying on airplanes, penises and -- most presciently -- the first Gulf War.
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