The A.V. Club 
Streaming libraries expand and contract. Algorithms are imperfect. Those damn thumbnail images are always changing. But you know what you can always rely on? The expert opinions and knowledgeable commentary of The A.V. Club. That’s why we’re scouring both the menus of the most popular services and our own archives to bring you these guides to the best viewing options, broken down by streamer, medium, and genre. Want to know why we’re so keen on a particular movie? Click the title at the top of each slide for some in-depth coverage from The A.V. Club’s past. And be sure to check back often, because we’ll be adding more recommendations as films come and go.
There are plenty of great classic films available on Netflix, but this list is manly compiled of movies featured on The A.V. Club’s Best of the Year lists and ballots going back to 2010. Some newer (and much older) movies have been added over time as Netflix announces new additions to their library.
- Ali
- American Factory
- American Honey
- Amy
- An Education
- Aquarius
- Back To The Future
- Back To The Future Part II
- Barbershop
- Barry
- Being John Malkovich
- The Blackcoat’s Daughter
- The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
- Blue Ruin
- The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open
- Burning
- Cam
- The Death Of Stalin
- Divines
- Dolemite Is My Name
- Donnie Brasco
- Drive
- Den Of Thieves
- The Duchess
- The End Of The Tour
- The Endless
- The Eyes Of My Mother
- Frances Ha
- Frost/Nixon
- A Ghost Story
- Good Time
- Green Room
- Happy As Lazzaro
- The Hateful Eight
- Hell Or High Water
- High Flying Bird
- Homecoming
- Hugo
- I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House
- I Lost My Body
- I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
- Inside Man
- Insidious
- The Irishman
- Jurassic Park
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park
- The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
- Lady Bird
- The Lobster
- Magic Mike
- Marriage Story
- The Master
- Menashe
- The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected)
- Midnight Special
- Million Dollar Baby
- Moonlight
- Mud
- Mudbound
- My Happy Family
- Nightcrawler
- The Night Comes For Us
- Ocean’s 13
- The Old Guard
- The Other Side Of The Wind
- Paddleton
- Paranormal Activity
- Pineapple Express
- Private Life
- Poltergeist
- The Queen
- Remember
- Roma
- Schindler’s List
- Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
- Shadow
- Shirkers
- The Silence Of The Lambs
- Sleeping With Other People
- The Social Network
- Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
- Splice
- Spotlight
- Spring Breakers
- Starship Troopers
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Uncut Gems
- Under The Shadow
- Waiting For Superman
- War Horse
- The Week Of
- While We’re Young
- The Witch
