Netflix remains a top destination for on-demand movies, offering a wide range of genres from blockbusters like Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street to family favourites such as Fantastic Mr Fox and all eight Harry Potter films. Mind-bending thrillers like Christopher Nolan's Memento and Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners are also available, alongside feel-good love stories like Bridget Jones's Diary.
With the weather less than ideal despite it being August, many are enjoying evenings indoors watching films. This guide lists 35 standout feature films currently available on Netflix, in no particular order.
Arrival is a beautiful film exploring the limitations of language and the theory that language dictates thought. It follows linguistics professor Louise Banks (Amy Adams), who is recruited by the US military after 12 alien spacecraft land on Earth. She must communicate with the aliens while racing against time as global tensions rise. The film earned eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, winning for Best Sound Editing.
Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty is a meditation on life through the eyes of successful writer Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo), who reflects on faith and morality against the backdrop of Rome's elite social circles. The film won Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Oscars.
Other notable films include Primal Fear, a legal thriller starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton; David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; the visually stunning period romance Portrait of a Lady on Fire; the chilling spy thriller Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy; and the surreal mystery They Cloned Tyrone.
