Best films on Netflix
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2005
Documentary
Drama
PG
George Clooney directs and co-stars with David Strathairn in this thought-provoking period drama based on the true story of the CBS news team's fight to broadcast criticism of senator Joe McCarthy during his communist witch-hunts of the early 1950s.
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2016
Sci-fi
Action
12
Sci-fi adventure starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and Idris Elba. Three years into its five-year mission, the USS Enterprise stops off at a remote outpost for maintenance and provisions. There the crew answer a distress call from a stranded ship, but they are attacked by an army of unknown aliens that overwhelms the Enterprise.
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2025
Documentary
Music
12A
Documentary tracing the origins of the influential rock band and the recording of their first two albums in the late 1960s. Surviving members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones recall forming the band with drummer John Bonham, their electrifying early gigs and the sessions that would produce some of the most iconic songs in rock 'n' roll history.
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2012
Comedy
Romance
15
Romantic comedy drama starring Bradley Cooper and an Oscar-winning Jennifer Lawrence. Thirty-something Pat is discharged after a mandatory stay in a mental-health institution imposed on him after he assaulted his wife's lover. After moving back in with his parents, Pat continues to struggle with his bipolar disorder - a situation made worse by his refusal to take medication. When he meets young widow Tiffany, they form an uneasy friendship, despite Tiffany having problems of her own.
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2023
Adventure
Fantasy
12A
Monster horror starring Ryunosuke Kamiki. Towards the end of the Second World War, kamikaze pilot Koichi witnesses a devastating attack on a small island by a gigantic, lizard-like sea creature dubbed "gojira". Years later, the same creature re-emerges and begins to wreak terrible destruction on Japan. Koichi is haunted by his failure to act the first time around - can he now step up and help to defeat the monster?
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2024
Fantasy
Music
PG
Fantasy musical starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande-Butera. Elphaba Thropp is an outcast among the citizens of Oz due to her green skin and magical powers. When she arrives at the prestigious Shiz University, she is given a chance to develop her abilities and finds an unlikely friend in the popular Galinda. But something's rotten in the state of Oz, and the two young women arrive at a crossroads from which there'll be no turning back.
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2015
Drama
Romance
12A
Romantic drama starring Saoirse Ronan and Domhnall Gleeson. County Wexford, 1950: young Eilis Lacey is sponsored for a job in America by a visiting priest and so she leaves her mother and sister for New York. The metropolis offers the chance of a career and romance, but the big city can be a lonely place for a small-town girl.
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2026
Thriller
Crime/detective
15
Ben Affleck returns to the director's chair for the first time since 2023's sporting drama Air to helm, co-write and star in this tense political thriller. Los Angeles mayoral candidate Mark Kimball (Ben Affleck) has invested the majority of his family's personal fortune into his high-profile campaign, supported by his wife Abigail (Kerry Washington) and son Denny (Christopher Woodley). When Denny is kidnapped and held for ransom, the Kimballs have a few precious hours to conjure up money they don't have. Mysterious fixer Dayle (Gillian Anderson) is drafted in to oversee the negotiation, which may involve Mark and Abigail revealing the dark secrets they never intended to bring to light
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2014
Animation
Comedy
U
Animated comedy adventure featuring the voices of Will Ferrell and Chris Pratt. When the evil Lord Business attempts to take over the Lego world using a mystical super-weapon called the Kragle, it falls to an unlikely hero, construction worker Emmet, to save the day.
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2017
Adventure
Fantasy
12
Fantasy action adventure starring Gal Gadot and Chris Pine. Young Diana has been raised a warrior on the secret island of Themyscira, shielded from the perils of the real world. When she rescues an American pilot whose plane crashes off the coast, Diana learns about the horrors of the First World War, and leaves the island with him to fight for peace and justice.
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