The 50 best movies on Netflix right now (October 2026)
The best movies streaming on Netflix tonight, ranked from Rex’s catalog and checked against Netflix every day.
Updated October 16, 2026. Availability via JustWatch.
- Jaws Movie · 1975 · Steven Spielberg
- Lawrence of Arabia Movie · 1962 · David Lean
- Alien Movie · 1979 · Ridley Scott
- Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Movie · 1995
- Aliens Movie · 1986 · James Cameron
- Psycho Movie · 1960 · Alfred Hitchcock
- Moonlight (2016) Movie · 2016 · Barry Jenkins
- Roma Movie · 2018 · Alfonso Cuarón
- Marriage Story Movie · 2019 · Noah Baumbach
- The Sixth Sense Movie · 1999 · M. Night Shyamalan
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Movie · 2018 · Bob Persichetti / Peter Ramsey / Rodney Rothman
- Scarface Movie · 1983 · Brian De Palma
- Grave of the Fireflies Movie · 1988 · Isao Takahata
- Tár Movie · 2022 · Todd Field
- The Deer Hunter Movie · 1978 · Michael Cimino
- The Power of the Dog (2021) Movie · 2021 · Jane Campion
- 9 to 5 Movie · 1980 · Colin Higgins
- Another Round Movie · 2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
- Field of Dreams Movie · 1989 · Phil Alden Robinson
- Boyhood (2014) Movie · 2014 · Richard Linklater
- Memento Movie · 2001 · Christopher Nolan
- Triangle of Sadness (2022) Movie · 2022 · Ruben Östlund
- My Octopus Teacher Movie · 2020 · Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed
- 1917 (2019) Movie · 2019 · Sam Mendes
- Dallas Buyers Club Movie · 2013 · Jean-Marc Vallée
- Shoplifters Movie · 2018 · Hirokazu Kore-eda
- Apollo 11 Movie · 2019
- Godzilla Minus One Movie · 2023 · Takashi Yamazaki
- 13th Movie · 2016 · Ava DuVernay
- All Quiet on the Western Front Movie · 2022 · Edward Berger
- American Factory Movie · 2019 · Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert
- Atlantics Movie · 2019 · Mati Diop
- Call Me by Your Name (2017) Movie · 2017 · Luca Guadagnino
- Eighth Grade Movie · 2018 · Bo Burnham
- Emilia Pérez (2024) Movie · 2024 · Jacques Audiard
- Happy as Lazzaro Movie · 2018
- I'm Still Here Movie · 2025 · Walter Salles
- Phantom Thread (2017) Movie · 2017 · Paul Thomas Anderson
- The Prestige Movie · 2006 · Christopher Nolan
- Point Break Movie · 1991 · Kathryn Bigelow
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Movie · 2022 · Guillermo del Toro
- Top Gun: Maverick Movie · 2022 · Joseph Kosinski
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 Movie · 2020
- Dick Johnson Is Dead Movie · 2020 · Kirsten Johnson
- Icarus Movie · 2017 · Bryan Fogel
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Movie · 2020 · George C. Wolfe
- Mank Movie · 2020 · David Fincher
- May December Movie · 2023 · Todd Haynes
- Mudbound Movie · 2017 · Dee Rees
- Silenced Movie · 2011
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