Classic Movies on Netflix
Last updated April 19, 2025
Mandingo
1975 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsThis controversial potboiler set in antebellum Louisiana chronicles the decline of the slave-breeding Maxwell family. Son Hammond marries his Southern belle cousin Blanche, but the two bed their slaves instead of each other.
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The Bat
1959 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsWhen mystery writer Cornelia van Gorder (Agnes Moorehead) summons him to her home -- a remote country manor recently ravaged by a serial killer known as The Bat -- Dr. Malcolm Wells (Vincent Price) discovers that a stolen fortune is hidden on the estate. Before long, sundry locals begin their own search for the loot, just as The Bat revives his vicious killing spree. Gavin Gordon co-stars in this vintage thriller from director Crane Wilbur.
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The Parallax View
1974 | NR | 3.3 out of 5 StarsAfter the assassination of a U.S. senator, a journalist notices that the reporters who witnessed the murder are inexplicably dying. He investigates and finds that the assassination was part of a conspiracy involving a shadowy therapy institute.
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Tommy
1975 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThe Who made history with this campy cult classic -- the first-ever filmed "rock opera" -- which tells the tale of Tommy (Roger Daltrey), a boy who loses the ability to hear, speak and see after the tragic death of his father. Despite his losses, Tommy becomes a pinball champion and religious messiah, only to have his followers betray him. Tina Turner, Elton John and Eric Clapton all turn in performances in this outlandish production.
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Godspell
1973 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsThe popular Broadway musical, adapted to film by directors David Greene and John-Michael Tebelak, retells the gospel of St. Matthew as it might happen in late-1960s Manhattan, as John the Baptist (David Haskell) gathers nine hippies and baptizes them in Central Park. When Jesus Christ (Victor Garber) joins in, a real love-fest begins, and the group joyously performs Biblical parables as they wander the city.
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Alfie
1966 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsEnglish playboy Alfie (Michael Caine) is a charming Don Juan in the free-spirited 1960s with an insatiable appetite for women. He lives for sex and steers clear of emotional attachments, taking up with one "bird" after another. But his carefree days are over when he impregnates multiple women … and discovers one of them is married. This Golden Globe-winning comedy boasts a cool jazz score that's as smooth as the title character.
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Paris When It Sizzles
1964 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsA screenwriter living in Paris has squandered months he should have been spending completing his latest project. Now, he has just two days to finish. His secretary brainstorms a potpourri of preposterous plots, which are played out on the screen.
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Bad Company
1972 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsDuring the Civil War, Ohio native Drew Dixon -- with his parents' blessing -- flees to Virginia City to avoid conscription into the Union Army and soon joins a gang of thieves led by a scalawag named Jake Rumsey.
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The Last Time I Saw Paris
1954 | NR | 3.2 out of 5 StarsAfter journalist Charles (Van Johnson) marries Helen (Elizabeth Taylor) in Paris, he supports her with a low-level reporting job while writing a novel at night. But frequent rejections discourage him, and he gives up his creative passion. An oil-well investment allows Charles to live a luxurious lifestyle, but his newfound attitude creates tension in the marriage in this loose adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Babylon Revisited."
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The Big Lift
1950 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsTesting their post-World War II power, the Soviets choke off West Berlin, prohibiting the Allies from getting provisions to the city's starving people -- resulting in a gutsy but dicey Allied airlift. Montgomery Clift stars as a flier who pursues an ill-fated affair with a pretty German war widow (Cornell Borchers), while Paul Douglas plays a bitter sergeant -- and former Nazi prisoner of war -- who can't get over his animus toward the Germans.
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Don't Look Now
1973 | NR | 3.1 out of 5 StarsAfter losing their daughter in a drowning accident, John and Laura Baxter relocate to Italy, where they meet a psychic who claims that she sees the child's spirit. Though Laura believes, John is dubious -- until he begins having psychic flashes.
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Hannie Caulder
1971 | NR | 3.0 out of 5 StarsWhen a trio of thugs shows up at her door, kills her husband and burns down her house, Hannie Caulder is raped and left for dead. But the resilient Wild West widow rallies to plot a fitting revenge against her attackers.
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Let's Scare Jessica to Death
1971 | NR | 2.9 out of 5 Stars&NFb;&NFb_;Jessica (Zohra Lampert) is released from an institution after a mental breakdown, only to find terror around every corner in this 1970s horror flick. Even with her husband and best friend at her side, Jessica can't escape her insanity and the voices in her head, and the trio is soon tangled in a web of supernatural murders, vanished bodies and vampires. Convinced she's haunted by exterior forces, Jessica struggles not to give in to her delusions.
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Madchen in Uniform
1958 | NR | 2.8 out of 5 StarsSent to an austere, all-girls boarding school after the death of her parents, spunky orphan Manuela von Meinhardis (Romy Schneider) soon develops a sensual attraction to one of her teachers, the beautiful Elisabeth von Bernburg (Lilli Palmer). As Manuela's forbidden attraction becomes stronger, the suggestion of lesbian scandal sends the school's headmistress into a rage. Géza von Radványi's directs this 1958 remake of the 1931 classic.
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