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52 of the best movies right now on Netflix

Got your popcorn and snacks? We're going to turn your home into a multiplex.
A WALK TO REMEMBER, 2002
"A Walk to Remember."Alamy
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Netflix is chock full of content, so much so that you'll never reach the end of it. (And it keeps changing on us!) So a little curation is clearly warranted.

So that’s what we've done at TODAY. We're giving you a curated list of 52 of the best movies currently on Netflix as of January 2024, which include family-friendly movies perfect for kids, romances, comedies, action movies and more.

Settle back, grab some snacks and get ready to create your own home multiplex! (And be sure to come back here regularly for updates and additions!)

‘The Wonder’ (2022)

Florence Pugh is an English nurse who arrives at a tiny village set in the Irish Midlands in the mid-1800s to keep an eye on the local wonder, an 11-year-old girl named Anna O’Donnell, believed to be surviving without food.

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The Greatest Night in Pop (2024)

This documentary highlights the night in 1985 when the most popular singers and actors of the time came together to record the hit "We Are the World." The charity single was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie and brought together a supergroup comprised of singers like Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Dionne Warwick, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon and Billy Joel called USA for Africa. The song became the fastest-selling U.S. pop single in history, and proceeds went to African famine relief.

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‘Take Care of Maya’ (2023)

In this heartbreaking documentary, Jack and Beata Kowalsk face a legal nightmare when their 10-year-old daughter begins to exhibit painful symptoms and the bring her to an emergency room seeking help.

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'Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness' (2022)

Yes, this is the silliest title for a film you've heard of in a long time, but stick with us, because things get both sillier and more meaningful from there. When a critter who's half-hare and half-chicken decides to follow his adventureous spirit (despite incredible clumsiness), he finds not just fellow outcast friends but a sense of being loved because of his differences, not just in spite of them.

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'Hustle' (2022)

No, it's not a history of awesome disco moves. Instead, this new film features Adam Sandler (in a giant beard!) as a basketball scout who finds an incredible street ball player while traveling in Spain, and decides this discovery will be his way to get back into the NBA. It's got a great cast including Robert Duvall and Queen Latifah, with LeBron James producing, so we're gonna say this film definitely has it on the ball.

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'A Walk to Remember' (2002)

Based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, the film follows the unlikely love story of two teenagers, one a rebellious with the threat of high school expulsion hanging over his head and the other, sweet, cardigan-wearing, preacher's daughter: Jamie Sullivan. When the head of their high school gives Landon the option of being expelled or taking part in the school play, Landon turns to Jamie for help. She accepts under one condition. Landon has to promise not to fall in love with her.

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'Monty Python and the Holy Grail' (1975)

A skewering of the King Arthur legend, courtesy of the anarchic Monty Python comedy troupe.

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'The Irishman' (2019)

Hit man Frank Sheeran looks back at the secrets he kept as a loyal member of the Bufalino crime family in this Martin Scorsese film.

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'Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga' (2019)

Will Ferrell stars in this exuberant and loving satire about the annual song contest, playing one half of an Icelandic duo that's big on enthusiasm and low on know-how.

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''Bird Box' (2018)

A sensation when it dropped on Netflix, "Bird Box" is an imaginative rendering of the end of the world and the lengths a person will go to protect people when there are no longer safeguards, only flying evil creatures.

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'I Am Mother' (2019)

A teenager raised by a maternal droid finds her world shaken up when she encounters another human (Hilary Swank). If you like human-robot movies like "Blade Runner" and "Ex Machina," this is a good choice.

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'The Lost Daughter' (2021)

A seaside vacation turns unsettling when a woman's fixation on a young mother in a nearby villa awakens memories from her past. With Olivia Colman, Dakota Johnson and Ed Harris.

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'The Power of the Dog' (2021)

A domineering rancher (Benedict Cumberbatch) wages a war of intimidation on his brother's (Jesse Plemons) new wife (Kirsten Dunst) until some secrets of his own surface. From director Jane Campion ("The Piano").

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'Passing' (2021)

In New York City in the 1920s, a Black woman's (Tessa Thompson) life is intertwined with a former childhood pal (Ruth Negga) who's now passing as white.

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'I'm Thinking of Ending Things' (2020)

A woman (Jessie Buckley) with misgivings about her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) nonetheless comes with him on a road trip to meet his parents (David Thewlis, Toni Collette) on their remote farm. Directed/written by Charlie Kaufman, so you've been warned.

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''The Mitchells vs. the Machines' (2021)

Robots take over the world, which interferes with a family's road trip, which means the Mitchells are the only ones who can save the human race.

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'Dick Johnson Is Dead' (2020)

In this documentary filmmaker Kirsten Johnson stages her father's imminent death in inventive and comical ways to help them both face the inevitable.

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'Always Be My Maybe' (2019)

After 15 years apart, chef Sasha (Ali Wong) and hometown musician Marcus (Randall Park) are attracted all over again, but find their worlds clashing.

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'tick, tick ... BOOM' (2021)

On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer (Andrew Garfield) navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City.

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'The Adam Project' (2022)

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed (Ryan Reynolds) teams up with his 12-year-old self for a mission to save the future.

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'The Trial of the Chicago 7' (2020)

A peaceful protest turns into a violent clash with police and leads to a trial of several dissidents (played by Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II among others).

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'The Two Popes' (2019)

Controversial Pope Benedict XVI (Anthony Hopkins) forges a surprising friendship with future Pope Francis (Jonathan Pryce), in a film inspired by true events.

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''Paddington' (2014)

The little bear from Darkest Peru who loves marmalade has arrived in London, specifically at the station he's named for. Now all he needs to do is find his forever family.

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'All Quiet on the Western Front' (2022)

A young German soldier faces terrifying experiences and distress on the western front during World War I. Based on the classic novel.

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'The Good Nurse' (2022)

An infamous caregiver (Eddie Redmayne) is implicated in the deaths of hundreds of hospital patients. Also starring Jessica Chastain.

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'Call Me By Your Name' (2017)

In 1980s Italy, romance blossoms between a seventeen-year-old student (Timothée Chalamet) and the older man hired as his father’s research assistant (Armie Hammer).

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‘Sly’ (2023)

This documentary tracks the 50-year acting career of Sylvester Stallone and the impact of his iconic characters like Rocky and Rambo.

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‘Dune’ (2021)

Let this epic sci-fi film, directed by Denis Villeneuve and based on the 1965 novel by Frank Herbert, transport you to a future far, far away. There, mankind has long accomplished the venture of interstellar travel and colonized thousands of worlds beyond our own. Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya star.

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‘The Florida Project’ (2017)

This early A24 film zooms in on the harsher conditions that exist just outside the world of the Disney Parks in Orlando, Florida. Moonee is a 6-year-old girl living in a motel complex with her young mom and around the corner from the building's various preoccupied tenants and managers. Moonee’s high-spiritedness and sense of imagination allow her to conjure up activity outside the active world. Still, it’s not enough to protect her from the very real and harsh realities of her financial circumstances and surroundings.

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‘Maestro’ (2023)

Celebrated American conductor Leonard Bernstein strikes up a stormy romance with actress Felicia Montealegre in this Bradley Cooper-directed biopic, generating Oscar buzz.

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‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ (2018)

Set in post-World War II London, Juliet Ashton is a novelist who develops a letter correspondence with a small circle of residents on the island of Guernsey. After reluctantly accepting a marriage proposal, Juliet heads off to the island under the guise of learning how the small island and her new friends faired to the German occupation. Ultimately, she finds inspiration, tragedy, and an unimaginable story of love on a farm.

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‘Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore’

This early film from director Martin Scorsese follows a childish widow named Alice who jumps on the opportunity of her broody husband's untimely death to pack her bags, heels and preteen son to chase a singing career in Monterey, California. You will laugh, you will cry, you will want to head to your nearest retro American diner.

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