Top 50 Netflix Original Movies
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By Jeffrey M. Anderson
When I made my first ranked list of Netflix original movies a few years back, it was a struggle to put together ten of them.
Now my #1 pick from back then has fallen to the bottom of the top twenty, suggesting that the powerhouse streaming service
has really stepped up their game, not only with excellent content, but a wide array of content. People are often asking me about
good movies to stream, and I hope that this is a good place to start. (Updated February 12, 2023)
- The Top 50 -
- 50. My Octopus Teacher (Pippa Ehrlich & James Reed, 2020)
- 49. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (Yuen Woo-ping, 2016)
- 48. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (Macon Blair, 2017)
- 47. The Christmas Chronicles (Clay Kaytis, 2018) / The Christmas Chronicles 2 (Chris Columbus, 2020)
- 46. They'll Love Me When I'm Dead (Morgan Neville, 2018)
- 45. Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey (David E. Talbert, 2020)
- 44. What Happened, Miss Simone? (Liz Garbus, 2015)
- 43. Atlantics (Mati Diop, 2019)
- 42. A Very Murray Christmas (Sofia Coppola, 2015)
- 41. Fear Street Trilogy (Leigh Janiak, 2021)
- 40. Shirkers (Sandi Tan, 2018)
- 39. Cam (Daniel Goldhaber, 2018)
- 38. Mank (David Fincher, 2020)
- 37. The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Mike Rianda, 2021)
- 36. Hustle (Jeremiah Zagar, 2022)
- 35. Extraction (Sam Hargrave, 2020)
- 34. Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach, 2019)
- 33. Okja (Bong Joon-ho, 2017)
- 32. Beasts of No Nation (Cary Joji Fukunaga, 2015)
- 31. The Perfection (Richard Shepard, 2019)
- 30. Do Revenge (Jennifer Kaytin Robinson, 2022)
- 29. The Wonder (Sebastián Lelio, 2022)
- 28. Into the Inferno (Werner Herzog, 2016)
- 27. 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016)
- 26. I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House (Osgood Perkins, 2016)
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The Babysitter (Photo Courtesy of Netflix)
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25. The Babysitter (McG, 2017)
24. Always Be My Maybe (Nahnatchka Khan, 2019)
23. His House (Remi Weekes, 2020)
22. Bo Burnham: Inside (Bo Burnham, 2021)
21. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Aaron Sorkin, 2020)
20. Mudbound (Dee Rees, 2017)
19. Dolemite Is My Name (Craig Brewer, 2019)
18. Tick, Tick... Boom! (Lin-Manuel Miranda, 2021)
17. The Harder They Fall (Jeymes Samuel, 2021)
16. Gerald's Game (Mike Flanagan, 2017)
15. The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion, 2021)
14. Private Life (Tamara Jenkins, 2018)
13. Blonde (Andrew Dominik, 2022)
12. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (Vince Gilligan, 2019)
11. All Quiet on the Western Front (Edward Berger, 2022)
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (Photo Courtesy of Netflix)
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10. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (George C. Wolfe, 2020)
9. Da 5 Bloods (Spike Lee, 2020)
8. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (Rian Johnson, 2022)
7. Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (Richard Linklater, 2022)
6. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, 2018)
5. I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Charlie Kaufman, 2020)
4. Passing (Rebecca Hall, 2021)
3. The Other Side of the Wind (Orson Welles, 2018)
2. The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019)
1. Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018)
