Here are the top Netflix streaming titles, ranging from originals with stars to timeless classics that you will want to rewatch again and again.
Check out which iconic comedies, award winners and family-friendly flicks will be available on the streaming platform starting July 2022.
Here’s a classic: “Titanic” stars Kate Winslet as Leonardo DiCaprio, in a historical disaster romance that won an Oscar.
This 2007 horror-thriller features Will Smith, who stars in Richard Matheson’s classic book.
Robert Neville, a U.S. Army virusologist, is Smith’s last man in New York – or is he?
This 2004 comedy for teens stars Lindsay Lohan. But it also helped to launch the careers Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried.
Tina Fey co-stars and wrote.
Kathryn Bigelow, the director of this drama, won a best-directing Oscar. Stars in the film include Guy Pearce, Guy Renner, and Anthony Mackie.
The film is set during the Iraq War and follows a military bomb squad facing insurgents, psychological stresses, and other combat hazards.
Tom Cruise portrays the role of Ethan Hunt in “Mission: Impossible”, “Mission: Impossible II”, and “Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol.”
All three of them arrive on the streamer in June 1.
Comedy actor Will Ferrell stars as the comedian in this humorous mockumentary of 1970s media with Fred Willard, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and Christina Applegate.
The comedy flick is widely regarded as one of 2000’s best.
In this Oscar-winning Martin Scorsese drama, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson star as undercover cops, they infiltrate an Irish gang in Boston.
Some characters are based upon real gangsters.
Colin Firth and Matthew Macfadyen star in Operation Mincemeat, a World War II drama that is based on a true story that seems too crazy to be true. The Allies plan to invade the United States in 1943. However, they don’t know how to keep it secret.
Two intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu and Charles Cholmondeley are responsible for devising a disinformation strategy that is both innovative and unlikely.
Phil Burbank is a rancher who cruelly mocks his brother, and the woman he marries. It’s not clear if Phil is a new man or if he has a sinister plan.
This film, which won the Best Picture-Drama award from the 2022 Golden Globes, stars Jesse Plemons and Kirsten Dunst.
This musical is directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. It tells the story of Jonathan Larson, a young theater composer who endured while waiting tables and writing “Rent.” Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, and Vanessa Hudgens make up the ensemble cast.
Caroline Siede wrote a review for The A.V. Club. Caroline Siede wrote in her review for The A.V. Club: “In joyfully accepting just about every tool of the movie-musical toolsbox, Miranda crafts an appropriate tribute to the act artistic creation.” He might even win some musical converts.
2054 is the year. This thriller starring Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg features a police department that uses psychic beings in order to stop crime from happening.
Critics ranked “Minority Report”, as one of 2002’s most-reviewed films. Roger Ebert, in his Chicago Sun-Times review, wrote that “Minority Report” was a “virtuoso high-wire film, daring so many, and achieving it with such grace, skill.” “Minority Report” reminds us why the movies are so important.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s period drama stars Mark Wahlberg, a nightclub worker who succeeds in the 1970s porn business.
Emanuel Levy, a variety critic, calls it “darkly funny”, “vastly entertaining” and “utterly original”.
This Netflix family comedy puts a family on a road trip in the middle of a robot apocalypse.
Josh Spiegel, /Film’s Josh Spiegel says: “It is an unbeatable combination humor and heart.”
Nat Love forms a gang to eliminate the murderer of his parents. A cast that includes Jonathan Majors, IdrisElba, Zazie Betetz, Regina King and Damon Wayans Jr. makes up the ensemble.
It has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 88% and an impressive 93% audience score.
The film, which earned Sandler an Independent Spirit Award for best male lead, features Adam Sandler as a New York City jeweler who talks fast.
Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal’s editor, said that “Mr. Sandler has the same sensational qualities as Howard Ratner.”
“Sorry To Bother You” is a comedy about a Black worker who takes on a White accent in order to succeed at his telemarketing job. He is drawn deeper into an unsettling and bizarre corporate world by his successful tactic.
Stars include Tessa Thompson and LaKeith Stanfield. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 93% rating.
This neo-Western crime thriller sees two brothers resort to bank robbery to save their family ranch. Stars include Ben Foster, Gil Birmingham, Jeff Bridges, and Chris Pine.
It received critical praise and was nominated for four Academy Award Awards. Owen Gleiberman, a Variety reviewer, wrote that “Hell or High Water” is a riveting movie about crime, fear and brotherly love. It was set in West Texas, a sun-roasted, sleepy area that feels exotic yet so true to its authenticity.
Critics have praised Eddie Murphy’s portrayal as Rudy Ray Moore, a comic from the 1970s and blaxploitation pioneer.
Jordan Hoffman, TV Guide’s TV Guide, wrote that “This isn’t just a jokey comedy vehicle Eddie Murphy,” “This film is one of the best of the year.”
Robert De Niro stars in this Martin Scorsese film of 1976 as a taxi driver whose mental condition is rapidly deteriorating in New York City’s morally bankrupt city. Jodie Foster, a young actress, plays the child prostitute that he tries to protect.
It has been voted one of the 100 best films by TIME, BBC, and AFI.
Both Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver were nominated for Oscars for their roles as stage directors and actresses involved in bitter divorce.
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, described it as “beautiful and witty, sad, hopeful.”
“American Factory,” the 2020 Academy Award winner for best documentary, tells the story of how a billionaire Chinese opens a factory at an Ohio General Motors plant.
Vulture’s David Edelstein stated that the first film produced in collaboration with Barack and Michelle Obama was “a great, broad, deeply humanist work.”
Robert Pattinson attempts to rescue his brother after a bank robbery goes wrong in this thriller by Josh and Benny Safdie.
Brad Wheeler, Globe and Mail’s critic, gave a positive review of the film: “Tense and immersive, and extremely assaulting, ‘Good Time’ is hella time.”
In this iconic 1980s film, a martial arts master mentors bullied teens. It is the beginning of a franchise.
Rogert Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times, wrote that “The Karate Kid” was one of 1984’s nice surprises — an exciting, sweet-tempered story with heart-warming friendships and one of the best stories in a long while,”
This Netflix documentary gives you a glimpse into Michelle Obama’s life as she embarks upon a 34-city book tour.
Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times film critic, wrote that “Becoming” has twelve uplifting moments for every sobering note.
This animated comedy from Netflix features a girl who meets a mythical goddess of the moon.
Screen Rant’s Molly Freeman called it “An explosion in wonder, color, and magic.”
“Over the Moon” is a touching story about love and family, with some great songs.
Quentin Tarantino’s Western about evil characters hiding from a blizzard is a bloody Western featuring a star-studded cast that includes Samuel L. Jackson and Kurt Russell.
Reelviews film critic James Berardinelli gave high praise to the film, writing: “This is an exciting thriller with many masterfully executed twists and captivating dialogue. It’s a highly entertaining story that moves at such a fast pace it makes three hours seem like an hour. The best film of the year. Yes.”
The sequel to the Golden Globe winner for Best Animated Feature Film, is a family-friendly film that’s worth streaming on Netflix.
Screen Rant’s Ben Kendrick says that “How to Train Your Dragon 2″ is the rare sequel which improves on its predecessor in almost every way possible.”
This Oscar-nominated documentary, narrated Samuel L. Jackson, brings to life the unfinished manuscript of James Baldwin (writer and activist), “Remember This House”.
Mike Scott, a New Orleans Times-Picayune critic, wrote that “The film is at once sobering, thoughtful, and sometimes uncomfortable.” It’s necessary discomfort.
This Netflix original special features The Boss bringing his Broadway solo acoustic performance to your TV screen.
According to Sonia Saraiya, Vanity Fair’s Sonia Saraiya, “The power of Springsteen’s show radiates off the screen and seizes the viewer with its sincerity.”
Ava DuVernay’s Netflix documentary is a powerful look at how institutionalized racism is tied to the U.S. prison system.
Interviews with Angela Davis, Van Jones and Senator Cory Booker are featured in the Academy Award nominated film.
“13th” is a powerful statement from a prominent American voice. Joe McGovern, Entertainment Weekly’s editor, wrote that viewing should be mandatory.
Gary Thompson, Philadelphia Daily News, described this hilarious comedy as “certainly one of the most funniest movies ever made.”
This is not the only Monty Python title that Netflix has available.
The streaming platform offers a variety of content including “Life of Brian”, their classic series “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” and many other British comedy shows.
Forest Whitaker is a White House butler for eight U.S. presidents. This historical drama features an all-star cast including Oprah Winfrey and Jane Fonda.
Joe Neumaier, a film critic for the New York Daily News, called it “a singularly heartfelt and moving film”.
The 2012 buddy cop movie stars Jonah Hill as Channing Tatum and Channing Tatum playing officers who pretend to be high school students in order to find a new drug.
The comedy was well-received by critics including Michael Rechtshaffen who wrote that: “Not since Will Ferrell & Mark Wahlberg teamed together in ‘The Other Guys,’ has an onscreen pairing proven as comically rewarding than the inspiring partnership of Jonah Hill & Channing Tatum.”
This film is based on the New York Times Bestseller. It follows an Indian driver as he climbs out of poverty.
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal, credits the film with having “rapier intelligence, casually dazzling dialog, stunning cinematography (by Paolo Carnera), and, at its center, a sensational star turning by Adarsh Gorav, actor, singer, and songwriter.”
This Sundance Film Festival-award-winning documentary about politics follows the 2018 primary campaigns for four progressive Democrats, including Alexandria OcasioCortez.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times Film Critic, called the film “exuberant.”
This award-winning drama shows how a family deals with the consequences of their son’s imprisonment.
Variety’s Peter Debruge said that this “Taiwanese stupendous” was “wrenchingly and resonant as a cinematic experience in any country this calendar year.”
Spike Lee’s award-winning film is about a woman (Tracy Camilla Johns), and her three love interests.
Michael Wilmington (Los Angeles Times), wrote in his film review: “Spike Lee’s ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ was a joyously idiosyncratic little film full of sensuous melody and witty chops, as well as hot licks.”
This Martin Scorsese fantasy film about an orphan who lives in the walls of Paris’ train station in 1930s Paris can be enjoyed by all members of your family.
Kim Newman, Empire’s director of film, said that the film was “a great director’s greatest love tale.”
This Aaron Sorkin drama about a group anti-Vietnam War protesters in trial is brought to life by a star-studded cast.
Zaki Hasan, IGN’s director of communications, rated the Oscar nominee “timely” and “superb.”
The search for the missing squad leader by four Black soldiers in Vietnam is reopened by four Black veterans. Chadwick Boseman played the role.
According to Caryn James, Caryn James, of the BBC, “Da 5 Bloods” is Spike Lee at its mature best. It features his distinctive, passionate voice, kinetic artistry, and his unique, passionate voice.”
Alfonso Cuaron’s Academy Award-winner portrays the life and times of a Mexican family’s maid during the 1970s.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post’s editor, called it “a masterful tragedy.”
This Academy Award-nominated Netflix documentary features never-before heard recordings and rare archival footage about Nina Simone, a pioneering Black recording artist and icon.
Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles Times), described the film as “impressive” and “deeply felt documentary.”
This memorable musical transforms Audrey Hepburn from a London flower child to a high-society lady.
Emma Cochrane, editor of Empire Magazine, said about the film: “A marvelously stylish and witty movie masterpiece.”
This western was directed and starred by Kevin Costner. He won two Academy Awards, best picture and best direction. The film is based on the Michael Blake novel and centers around a Civil War soldier’s friendship with a Sioux tribe.
The Washington Post’s Hal Hinson calls the film “a huge achievement, an endowment with riches.”
This biographical drama is directed by Gary Oldman and centers on “Citizen Kane”, screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. In 2020, the film was nominated for 10 Academy Awards and won two.
ABC News’ critic Peter Travers called it a “gorgeous piece cinema” and ranked it among the best films of the year.
In this epic period drama by Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Day-Lewis plays a greedy oilman who concocts California landowners.
According to Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, “This is a dark and uncompromising film that’s thrillingly original, distinctive, and filled with visionary passion.”
Martin Scorsese’s Netflix crime drama about an elderly hitman reunites three of the best-known actors in the genre, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, and Robert De Niro.
According to Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic, “The Irishman” is a great movie. It’s easily one of best movies of the year and one of his best films,” he said.
This historical drama features Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund and Mary J. Blige as two WWII veterans who fight racism and PTSD in rural Mississippi.
Alissa Wilkinson, Vox film critic, wrote that “it is a sober and clear-eyed work of art, and haunting.”
This 1990 horror comedy focuses on the perilous situation faced by Perfection, Nevada’s small-town residents when wormlike creatures invade their town. Film stars Fred Ward, Kevin Bacon and Finn Carter. Reba McEntire is also in the film.
“Tremors,” a film so beloved that there were five sequels and one prequel. Harper Barnes, of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, wrote a review of the original: “With its excellent offbeat cast and its sprightly pace, its funny tone and its laugh-out-loud humor, Tremors is the movie that will make you smile every time you leave the theater.”
Angelina Jolie directs this riveting drama about a 5-year-old girl from Cambodia who struggles to survive under the rule of the Khmer Rouge.
Entertainment Weekly’s Leah Greenblatt wrote, “It’s an artistic, quietly affecting piece filmmaking, more than worthy the lessons learned.”
This Western by Clint Eastwood features a farmer on the run, vengeance for his family’s murder.
Empire’s Ian Nathan describes the film as “a truly great Western from Clint, that is bleakly atmospheric but charming in turns.”
This Netflix documentary about a heartwarming love story features a couple and their stories. It has received a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 100%.
Roger Moore, Movie Nation’s Roger Moore, described it as an “intimate and chaste love story.”
This Netflix documentary explores the mysterious death and subsequent interviews with Marsha Johnson’s friends, as well as other activists.
Claudia Puig, TheWrap’s Claudia Puig, wrote that “The Death and Life Marsha P. Johnson” is a powerful rallying cry for love, tolerance and understanding.
Steven Seagal’s film is the highest-rated according to Rotten Tomatoes. The action star is a former Navy SEAL who now works as a cook and must fight off nuclear terrorists aboard his battleship. Gary Busey and Tommy Lee Jones also star.
Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter: “Die Hard” on a Ship, Steven Seagal starrer, is a hard-charged and perfectly detonated actioner, which should delight especially macho mainstreamers.”
Millie Bobby Brown, the “Stranger Things” breakout star, plays the role of Sherlock Holmes’ teenage sister in this Netflix original. It was one of the most watched items on the streaming service at its release.
Bobby LePire, a Film Threat reviewer, said that “Enola Holmes” is an engaging and exciting mystery that everyone will enjoy.”
Viola Davis, Academy Award winner, stars alongside Chadwick Boseman’s final film role in this powerful adaptation by August Wilson.
Peter Debruge, Variety’s editor, wrote that Boseman should have this film as part of his legacy. It is a tribute to Black art that is hard enough to pay the costs.
Joel and Ethan Coen’s Oscar nominated Western anthology film has six vignettes set on the American frontier.
Lorry Kikta’s Film Threat review stated that “It’s yet one piece of Coen Brothers’ gold that just makes my curious about what kinda magic they’re going make next.”
Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson won the best actor and best actress Oscars respectively for their roles in this classic romantic comedy.
Nicholson portrays a romantic fiction writer who is misanthropic, obsessive-compulsive and hates everyone that he meets. When he meets Hunt, a single waitress who tries her best to care and support her chronically ill son, he begins to soften a little.
After a sexual encounter, a 19-year-old student at college is pursued by a supernatural being.
After its release, the independent film was a commercial and critical success. Tom Huddleston, Time Out London, stated that “It Follows”‘ haunting intensity is impossible to adequately describe.”
This mind-bending science fiction film by Christopher Nolan features Leonardo DiCaprio as a thief.
“With physics-defying thunderous action and heart-wrenching emotion, Nolan delivers another original: welcome to undiscovered country,” said Nev Pierce (Empire).
The CIA offers to produce a fake sci fi flight in order to rescue Americans stuck in Iran.
The film was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
Steven Spielberg won the best director Oscar for this drama-filled war epic.
This all-star cast includes Tom Hanks and Matt Damon, Vin Diesel (Bryan Cranston), Ted Danson (and more)
