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The 24 best movies on Netflix (September 2024)

Updated Sep 24th, 2024 9:49PM EDT
Society of the Snow on Netflix.
Image: Netflix

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If you’re looking for the best movies on Netflix to stream right now, you’ve come to the right place. There are several thousand new titles on Netflix every single year, which can make deciding what to watch on any given night quite a challenge.

We are here to help with a massive list of all the best movies on Netflix. We will continue to update this post throughout the year as new movies start streaming on Netflix. We’ll also take movies off of the list as Netflix removes them.

His Three Daughters (2024)

Elizabeth Olsen as Christina, Carrie Coon as Katie and Natasha Lyonne as Rachel in His Three Daughters.
Elizabeth Olsen as Christina, Carrie Coon as Katie and Natasha Lyonne as Rachel in His Three Daughters. Image source: Sam Levy/Netflix
  • Director: Azazel Jacobs
  • Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Carrie Coon
  • Running time: 1h 44m
  • Rating: R

“Emotions run high when three estranged sisters reunite in a cramped New York City apartment to watch over their ailing father during his final days.”


Edge of Tomorrow (2024)

Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow.
Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow. Image source: Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Director: Doug Liman
  • Cast: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson
  • Running time: 1h 53m
  • Rating: PG-13

“Bill Cage is stuck in a time loop, reliving the day he died in battle — unless he can find a way to both survive and defeat the alien invaders.”


Rebel Ridge (2024)

Rebel Ridge on Netflix
Aaron Pierre as Terry Richmond in Rebel Ridge. Image source: Netflix
  • Director: Jeremy Saulnier
  • Cast: Aaron Pierre, Don Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb
  • Running time: 2h 11m
  • Rating: TV-MA

“A former Marine confronts corruption in a small town when local law enforcement unjustly seizes the bag of cash he needs to post his cousin’s bail.”


Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Godzilla Minus One is streaming on Netflix.
Godzilla Minus One is streaming on Netflix. Image source: Toho
  • Director: Takashi Yamazaki
  • Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada
  • Running time: 2h 5m
  • Rating: PG-13

“In postwar Japan, a traumatized former fighter pilot joins the civilian effort to fight off a massive nuclear-enhanced monster attacking their shores.”


First Man (2018)

Ryan Gosling in First Man.
Ryan Gosling in First Man. Image source: Universal Pictures
  • Director: Damien Chazelle
  • Cast: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke
  • Running time: 2h 20m
  • Rating: PG-13

“Astronaut Neil Armstrong spends a decade training for the flight of a lifetime, as he prepares to be the first man to walk on the moon.”


Hit Man (2024)

Glen Powell as Gary Johnson in Hit Man.
Glen Powell as Gary Johnson in Hit Man. Image source: Brian Roedel/Netflix
  • Director: Richard Linklater
  • Cast: Glen Powell, Adria Arjona, Austin Amelio
  • Running time: 1h 55m
  • Rating: R

“A mild-mannered professor moonlighting as a fake hit man in police stings ignites a chain reaction of trouble when he falls for a potential client.”


La La Land (2016)

Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in La La Land.
Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling in La La Land. Image source: Lionsgate
  • Director: Damien Chazelle
  • Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend
  • Running time: 2h 8m
  • Rating: PG-13

“Career aspirations run up against bittersweet romance in modern-day Los Angeles, as two artists face a heartbreaking dilemma.”


Suzume (2022)

Suzume is streaming on Netflix.
Suzume is streaming on Netflix. Image source: Toho
  • Director: Makoto Shinkai
  • Cast: Nanoka Hara, Hokuto Matsumura, Eri Fukatsu
  • Running time: 2h 2m
  • Rating: PG

“After she unknowingly opens a door of chaos, 17-year-old Suzume joins forces with a young man to help prevent more calamity from befalling Japan.”


One Piece Film: Red (2022)

The cast of One Piece Film: Red.
The cast of One Piece Film: Red. Image source: Toei Animation
  • Director: Gorō Taniguchi
  • Cast: Mayumi Tanaka, Kazuya Nakai, Akemi Okamura
  • Running time: 1h 55m
  • Rating: PG-13

“A new adventure begins for Luffy and his crew when mysterious pop superstar Uta unveils her identity — and launches a misguided plan for world peace.”


Society of the Snow (2024)

Agustin Della Corte as Tintin in Society of the Snow.
Agustin Della Corte as Tintin in Society of the Snow. Image source: Quim Vives/Netflix
  • Director: J. A. Bayona
  • Cast: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt
  • Running time: 2h 25m
  • Rating: R

“Following a plane crash in the remote heart of the Andes, survivors join forces and become each other’s best hope as they navigate their way back home.”


May December (2023)

Natalie Portman as Elizabeth Berry and Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo in May December.
Natalie Portman as Elizabeth Berry and Julianne Moore as Gracie Atherton-Yoo in May December. Image source: Francois Duhamel/Netflix
  • Director: Todd Haynes
  • Cast: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton
  • Running time: 1h 57m
  • Rating: R

“Decades after their scandalous relationship made headlines, a couple starts to unravel when a famous actor arrives to research them for her new film.”


The Killer (2023)

Michael Fassbender in The Killer.
Michael Fassbender in The Killer. Image source: Netflix
  • Director: David Fincher
  • Cast: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Arliss Howard
  • Running time: 1h 59m
  • Rating: R

“After a fateful near miss, an assassin battles his employers — and himself — on an international hunt for retribution he insists isn’t personal.”


Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
Miles Morales in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Image source: Sony Pictures
  • Directors: Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson
  • Cast: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry
  • Running time: 2h 20m
  • Rating: PG

“Teen Miles Morales teams up with Gwen Stacy on a new adventure, facing sinister foe The Spot and a vast legion of parallel heroes in the Multiverse.”


Nimona (2023)

Chloë Grace Moretz as Nimona.
Chloë Grace Moretz as Nimona. Image source: Netflix
  • Director: Nick Bruno & Troy Quane
  • Cast: Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang
  • Running time: 1h 42m
  • Rating: PG

“A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence. But what if she’s the monster he’s sworn to destroy?”


All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)

All Quiet on the Western Front on Netflix
Felix Kammerer, center, in Netflix’s WWI movie “All Quiet on the Western Front.” Image source: Reiner Bajo/Netflix
  • Director: Edward Berger
  • Cast: Felix Kammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Aaron Hilmer
  • Running time: 2h 28m
  • Rating: R

“When 17-year-old Paul joins the Western Front in World War I, his initial excitement is soon shattered by the grim reality of life in the trenches.”


Klaus (2019)

Klaus on Netflix.
Klaus on Netflix. Image source: Netflix
  • Director: Sergio Pablos
  • Cast: Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Rashida Jones
  • Running time: 1h 37m
  • Rating: PG

“After proving himself to be the worst student at the academy, a postman is sent to a frozen town in the North where he discovers a reclusive toymaker named Klaus.”


Hustle (2022)

hustle movie netflix
(L-R) Tobias Harris as himself and Juancho Hernangomez as Bo Cruz in the Netflix movie “Hustle.” Image source: Scott Yamano/Netflix
  • Director: Jeremiah Zagar
  • Cast: Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Ben Foster
  • Running time: 1h 58m
  • Rating: R

“After a down-on-his-luck basketball scout discovers an extraordinary player abroad, he brings the phenom back without his team’s approval.”


The End of Evangelion (1997)

The End of Evangelion is streaming on Netflix.
The End of Evangelion is streaming on Netflix. Image source: Toei Company
  • Director: Kazuya Tsurumaki & Hideaki Anno
  • Cast: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Yūko Miyamura
  • Running time: 87 minutes
  • Rating: TV-MA

“NERV face off against the Eighteenth Angel, humanity itself, but in the end the fate of the world depends upon Shinji’s choices.”


Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016)

Sam Neill and Julian Dennison in Hunt for the Wilderpeople.
Sam Neill and Julian Dennison in Hunt for the Wilderpeople. Image source: Madman Films/Piki Films
  • Director: Taika Waititi
  • Cast: Sam Neill, Julian Dennison, Rhys Darby
  • Running time: 1h 41m
  • Rating: PG-13

“A boy (Julian Dennison) and his foster father (Sam Neill) become the subjects of a manhunt after they get stranded in the New Zealand wilderness.”


Marriage Story (2019)

Marriage Story is streaming on Netflix.
Marriage Story is streaming on Netflix. Image source: Netflix
  • Director: Noah Baumbach
  • Cast: Scarlett Johannson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern
  • Running time: 2h 17m
  • Rating: R

“A stage director and his actor wife struggle through a gruelling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal and creative extremes.”


The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

THE MITCHELLS VS. THE MACHINES
The Mitchells vs. the Machines is streaming on Netflix. Image source: Netflix
  • Director: Mike Rianda
  • Cast: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph
  • Running time: 1h 54m
  • Rating: PG

“Young Katie Mitchell embarks on a road trip with her proud parents, younger brother and beloved dog to start her first year at film school. But their plans to bond as a family soon get interrupted when the world’s electronic devices come to life to stage an uprising. With help from two friendly robots, the Mitchells must now come together to save one another — and the planet — from the new technological revolution.”


The Power of the Dog (2021)

The Power of the Dog is coming to Netflix this week.
BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH as PHIL BURBANK in THE POWER OF THE DOG. Image source: Netflix
  • Director: Jane Campion
  • Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons
  • Running time: 2h 6m
  • Rating: R

“A domineering rancher responds with mocking cruelty when his brother brings home a new wife and her son, until the unexpected comes to pass.”


RRR (2022)

Ram Charan in RRR.
Ram Charan in RRR. Image source: DVV Entertainment
  • Director: S. S. Rajamouli
  • Cast: N. T. Rama Rao Jr., Ram Charan, Ajay Devgn
  • Running time: 3h 2m
  • Rating: TV-MA

“A tale of two legendary revolutionaries and their journey far away from home. After their journey they return home to start fighting back against British colonialists in the 1920s.”


The Sea Beast (2022)

THE SEA BEAST - (L-R) Zaris-Angel Hator as Maisie Brumble, Jared Harris as Captain Crow, Karl Urban as Jacob Holland and Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Sarah Sharpe.
Zaris-Angel Hator as Maisie Brumble, Jared Harris as Captain Crow, Karl Urban as Jacob Holland, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Sarah Sharpe in The Sea Beast. Image source: Netflix
  • Director: Chris Williams
  • Cast: Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris
  • Running time: 1h 59m
  • Rating: PG

After spending the first two decades of his career at Disney working on the likes of Mulan, Bolt, Big Hero 6, and Moana, director Chris Williams charted a new course with Netflix. His first movie after leaving Disney was The Sea Beast, which is a thrilling animated adventure about the young orphan girl Maisie Brumble (Zaris-Angel Hator), who joins the sea monster hunter Jacob Holland (Karl Urban) on his quest to slay the elusive Red Bluster for the King and Queen. Along the way, they learn that the legend of the monsters might not line up with reality.


We’ll be back each month with updates to this list as movies join and leave the Netflix library. You can also check out all of the new releases on Netflix here.

Jacob Siegal
Jacob Siegal Associate Editor

Jacob Siegal is Associate Editor at BGR, having joined the news team in 2013. He has over a decade of professional writing and editing experience, and helps to lead our technology and entertainment product launch and movie release coverage.