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It's hard to believe that Netflix only launched 16 years ago, but apparently, that’s all the time it takes to change the face of content consumption. When it introduced its revolutionary mail-in rental service, Netflix was competing with businesses like movie theaters, Blockbuster, and even Tower Video. Some of those stalwarts have faltered, but Netflix has only continued to expand its library and influence.
Beyond a treasure trove of original series and features, the service has curated a laundry list of excellent films both new and old. Here are the 30 best movies on Netflix right now.
“The Big Lebowski” (1998)
Joel and Ethan Coen’s masterful black comedy — following a disaffected bowling aficionado dubbed The Dude (Jeff Bridges) as he gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity and attempts to find the goons who desecrated his rug — was one of those movies that didn’t hit at the time of its release, but quickly found a cult audience. The film is so weird that you might ponder how it ever got greenlit, but in many ways, it's a perfect summation of the Coens’ career at this point.
Where to watch The Big Lebowski: Netflix
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Julianne Moore, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Sam Elliot
Related reading: How The Big Lebowski changed co-star Sam Elliot’s career
“Groundhog Day” (1993)
This Harold Ramis-directed Bill Murray-fronted comedy famously had a fraught filming process, but despite what by all accounts was an unpleasant shoot, the film is one of the star’s breeziest and most rewatchable vehicles. Andie MacDowell, playing the paramour as she so often did in this era, improves matters quite a bit. Not to mention, it practically invented an entire sub-genre of time loop movies.
Where to watch Groundhog Day: Netflix
Director: Harold Ramis
Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Les Podewell
Related reading: EW profiles Bill Murray in the wake of Groundhog Day’s release
“It Follows” (2014)
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David Robert Mitchell’s chilling, low-fi horror opus has inspired a variety of successors, including last year’s Smile and this year's exceptional Talk to Me. None of those films have replicated dread and unease in quite the same way as Mitchell’s original, though. Maika Monroe stars as Jay, a teen who, after engaging in a one-night stand, is given an STD (“sexually transmitted demon”) that she can only pass on by sleeping with someone else. If that’s not bad enough, the curse also takes the form of shuffling, stalking entities that may or may not be real.
Where to watch It Follows: Netflix
EW grade: A- (read the review)
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Cast: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Jake Weary, Lili Sepe, Olivia Luccardi
Related reading: It Follows is getting a sequel titled They Follow, with director and star returning
“Midnight Run” (1988)
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Before Martin Brest tanked his career with the atomic bomb Gigli, he helmed this quintessential buddy-comedy starring Charles Grodin and Robert De Niro as a mob accountant and a bounty hunter, respectively, who travel to L.A. for the former’s court trial. Along the way, they must avoid thugs and cops alike, and darn it if they don’t develop a grudging admiration for each other.
Where to watch Midnight Run: Netflix
Director: Martin Brest
Cast: Robert De Niro, Charles Grodin, Dennis Farina, Joe Pantoliano, John Ashton
Related reading: 30 movies with epic journeys
“Sixteen Candles” (1984)
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John Hughes’ classic teen comedy has its fair share of questionable inclusions (as many films from this era do), but it remains one of the most unexpectedly funny and touching additions to the genre. Molly Ringwald stars as a perpetually neglected teen whose entire family somehow manages to forget her sweet 16. Anthony Michael Hall made a name for himself as “The Geek,” a goofy, kind-natured (and only slightly predatory) sidekick/love interest.
Where to watch Sixteen Candles: Netflix
Director: John Hughes
Cast: Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall, Jami Gertz, Michael Schoeffling, Haviland Morris
“The Social Network” (2010)
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David Fincher’s magnificent retelling of Facebook’s birth has aged brilliantly in the 13 years since its release. Jesse Eisenberg stars as soon-to-be tech giant Mark Zuckerberg, who, after a particularly bad breakup, decides to invent the world's biggest social media platform as a means of revenge. Aaron Sorkin leaves his signature touch on the terse and tight screenplay, while Eisenberg capably rattles off rapid-fire lines of dialogue without ever neglecting the emotional undercurrent of any given scene.
Where to watch The Social Network: Netflix
EW grade: A (read the review)
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Armie Hammer, Justin Timberlake, Max Minghella
Related reading: The Social Network's Aaron Sorkin 'knows enough to know' there should be a sequel
“Triple Frontier” (2019)
J.C. Chandor’s masculine action riff, about a group of special ops planning a heist in South America, is a stark contrast to his earlier, more patient efforts in Margin Call, All Is Lost, or A Most Violent Year (his masterpiece). While not as thematically strong as those films, Triple Frontier offers a dose of adrenaline that, much like The Strangers, harkens back to a forgotten era of mid-’70s B pictures.
Where to watch Triple Frontier: Netflix
Director: J.C. Chandor
Cast: Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Pedro Pascal, Garrett Hedlund
Related reading: The 15 best Pedro Pascal movies and TV shows, ranked
“The Wailing” (2016)
This brilliant South Korean thriller turns manic after a new villager arrives in a tight-knit community, bringing a wave of serial murders along with him. To elaborate any further would give away some of the film's best-kept twists, of which there are many. Suffice it to say, The Wailing is one of the most over-the-top, gratuitous, and devilishly fun horror pictures of the last decade.
Where to watch The Wailing: Netflix
EW grade: B+ (read the review)
Director: Na Hong-jin
Cast: Hwang Jung-Min, Kwak Do-won, Kim Hwan-hee, Kim Do-yoon
Related reading: The 20 best exorcism-themed movies
“The Wrong Missy” (2020)
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On paper, The Wrong Missy is nothing new: David Spade goes on a bad date with Lauren Lapkus, whose name is Missy, and then means to invite a cute girl (Molly Sims), hilariously also named Missy, with him on a company retreat to Hawaii. (No points for guessing which Missy ends up on the trip.) The film coasts by on a general likability, but if not for Lapkus‘s performance, the story would be lost at sea. She glues the entire enterprise together with a mixture of well-played raunch and genuine pathos, selling the moment and keeping the plot bouncing along to the next joke.
Where to watch The Wrong Missy: Netflix
Director: Tyler Spindel
Cast: Lauren Lapkus, David Spade, Molly Sims, Jackie Sandler, Rob Schneider
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