Top #50 Movies To Watch on Netflix
It's summertime, so that means movie nights- right? I know that even now that I am out of school there is something about summer that makes me just want to watch a movie. There are a lot of movies on Netflix, far more than the 50 I've listed here. I've narrowed it down to 50 that I have watched myself and have enjoyed. Now I am sharing some of the movies I've enjoyed with all of you! I know that movies come and go from Netflix, and this is a list that is currently on there right now.
I've arranged them into a few different categories: based on a true story, documentaries, with the family, young adult, and adult. Within the categories the movies are listed in alphabetical order. I considered trying to ordering them from favorite to least favorite, but I decided that would be absolutely too hard.
Based on a true story
Brain on Fire
Rated: PG-13 Length: 1hr 29min
Netflix original. Based on the true story of Susannah Cahalan, portrayed by Chloe Grace Mortez. Within a matter of weeks she went from being a normal young woman, to someone suffering from seizures, voices in her head, bouts of violence. Everyone thought that she was bipolar and schizophrenic, but her parents knew that wasn't it and advocated for her to find out what was really going on with her. This movie is a great example of being an advocate for your loved one.
Extremely Wicked Shockingly Evil and Vile
Rated: R Length: 1 hr 50 min
This Netflix original is based on the true story of the serial killer Ted Bundy (Zac Efron). The movie is told for the most part through the point of view of Bundy's girlfriend, Liz (Lily Collins), when he was first arrested. She was a single mother that had fallen for him, and refused to believe that he killed all of those people for years. It starts from the beginning of his relationship with her and takes us through to his execution date in 1989.
Full Out
Rated: TV-PG Length: 1hr 28min
Based on the true story of American gymnast Ariana Berlin. Ariana is so close to making it to the 2008 Beijing Olympics when a car accident ruins that for her. When she recovers, gymnastics just doesn't seem realistic at that point. She joins a hip-hop dance group and finds happiness in her life again. There is still a love for gymnastics though, and she wants to give college a try.
Greater
Rated: PG Length: 2hr 10min
Based on the true story of Brandon Burlsworth. As a child Brandon dreamed of becoming an Arkansas Razorback. Most said he wouldn't be able to do it. He was kind of a couch potato who liked his snacks. When it was time to sign up for middle school football he excitedly did, but didn't do great his first game. The high school coach saw him that day and told him to be the first one there and the last one to leave, and he just might be able to be a starter when he got to high school. He took that advice to heart and worked harder than anyone else for his dreams and trusted in God and trusted in his family to help him along the way. Honestly a must see for everyone, but particularly if you have kids in sports.
Kiss and Cry
Rated: TV-MA Length: 1hr 33min
This movie is based on a true story of the figure skater Carley Allison, who is played by her real life best friend Sarah Fisher. The movie is about her battle with cancer, her relationship with her boyfriend, John (Luke Bilyk), and her comeback to skating.
Soul Surfer
Rated: PG Length: 1hr 46min
Based on a true story of the Hawaiian teen surfer Bethany Hamilton. While out surfing with her best friend one morning, Bethany (AnnaSophia Robb), was attacked by a shark. She lost her arm due to the attack. She had to relearn how to do everything. She even gave up surfing for a while. She got mad at God for letting that happen to her. Then she went on a mission trip and she started to rethink what she had really lost and gave surfing another shot. It doesn't have to be easy, it just has to be possible.
The Bling Ring
Rated: R Length: 1hr 30min
Based on real events. A group of teenagers use the internet to track down where celebrities are. When they know that they are away from their homes, the kids break in and have a field day stealing things. Things always have a way of catching up with you though.
The Conjuring
Rated: R Length: 1he 51min
Based on a real case of Ed and Lorraine Warren, demonologists and paranormal investigators, in 1970. They attempt to help the Perron family: Roger and Carolyn with their five daughters. The family had recently purchased a farmhouse in Rhode Island and had been struggling with paranormal events. Having heard about the work the Warren's had done with the haunted doll, Annabelle, Carolyn requested their assistance. What the Warrens find about the house, they were not prepared for.
The Conjuring 2
Rated: R Length: 2hr 13min
After their work at the Amityville Horror House, Lorraine wanted to take a step back from taking cases for Ed's safety. When they are called by the church to consult on a house in Enfield, London. All the church wanted to know is if the case was legit or not before they stepped in. That's where the Warren's come in, to observe and collect evidence. You know that with the two of them it's never just that, they have to see the case to the finish.
The HighWayMen
Rated: R Length: 2hr 12min
The HighWayMen is a Netflix original based on the real events of two former Texas Rangers tasked with taking out Bonnie and Clyde. Frank Hamer and Maney Gault, played by Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson, follow Bonnie and Clyde's trail all over the state. They learned everything they could about them, tried to get into their head and figure out their next move. All of this led to the trap that let them kill the criminals in 1934, three months after they took the job.
The Late Bloomer
Rated: R Length: 1hr 34min
Peter is 30 year old sex therapist who has yet to go through puberty due to a benign pituitary tumor. His work practice is that sex is not a necessity. When he has a surgery to have the tumor removed, he finally goes through puberty. He goes through a wild experience of changes over the next few weeks. He learns that maybe he's got the whole basis of his practice wrong, and he's got a thing for his next door neighbor, Michelle (Brittany Snow). This movie is based on journalist Ken Baker's story where he did not experience puberty until the age of 27.
Walk. Ride. Rodeo.
Rated: PG Length: 1hr 39 min
This Netflix original film is based on a true story. A nationally ranked champion barrel racer, Amber Snyder, gets into a car accident that nearly kills her. The injuries sustained from the accident left her paralyzed from the waist down. Now she has to work a fight to ride a horse again, then to be able to compete again.
Documentaries
Abducted in Plain Sight
Rated: TV-14 Length: 1hr 30min
This true crime documentary shows the events of the Broberg family in Idaho during the 1970's. The oldest of three children, Jan, was kidnapped, not once, but twice by their neighbor Robert Berchtold. During this time he brainwashed her into thinking she was half-alien and it was her mission that she had to procreate with Berchtold before she turned 16 for the species survival. This is just a snippet of what all the insanity Jan and her family went through at that time.
Amanda Knox
Rated: TV-MA Length: 1hr 32min
Netflix original. Amanda Knox and the people around her speak about the case of the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007. Amanda was an exchange student who was roommates with Meredith at the time of the murder. The police convicted her of the murder and she spent four year in prison before she get a retrial and is acquitted.
American Murder: The Family Next Door
Rated: TV-MA Length: 1hr 23 min
This Netflix original documentary is about the Watts family murders from Fredrick, Colorado. The disappearance of pregnant Shanann Watts, and her two daughters. The documentary follows the father and husband, Chris Watts, from when his family went missing, to when they were found murdered. It shows his supposed thinking behind doing the things he did, to how they got his confession.
Athlete A
Rated: PG-13 Length: 1hr 44min
This Netflix original documentary shows the dark side of USA gymnastics. Namely Dr. Larry Nasser and how he got away with sexually abusing young gymnasts for many years. They also go over the Karolyi's knowledge of the abuse, and how they were also abusing the girls in their own way. They show past footage of interrogations, interviews, and in the courtroom. They talked to girls that experienced the abuse first hand and explained how it happened, how they felt, why they didn't say anything... Or if they did, how it got swept under the rug.
Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable
Rated: PG Length: 1hr 40min
This documentary shows what Bethany has done with her life as she has gone into adulthood. Where life has pushed her between surfing, public speaking, then motherhood. Everything in her life being different than the average person because she survived a shark attack at the age of 13 where she lost her arm.
Casting JonBenet
Rated: TV-14 Length: 1hr 20min
This is a Netflix original documentary on the little girl JonBenet Ramsey. JonBenet was murdered at six years old in Boulder, Colorado on December 25, 1996. Local actors from Boulder offer their speculations of what exactly happened in this famous case, while they try to get roles of a dramatization of the case of her murder.
Miss Americana
Rated: TV-MA Length: 1hr 25min
This Netflix original documentary is about Taylor Swift where she shows snippets of her life, personally and musically.
Natascha Kampusch: The Whole Story
Rated: TV-14 Length: 51min
This documentary is about the kidnapping of Natascha, an Austrian girl when she was 10. A man named Wolfgang Priklopil took her and kept her in a prison cell of sorts for eight years. Natascha talks about her experience going through the traumatic experience, and how she escaped.
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
Rated: TV-PG Length: 1hr 54min
This documentary follows archeologists as they discover and explore a tomb from the 25th century B.C. in the Saqqara necropolis. This is considered one of the biggest archeological finds in almost 50 years. They focused on the burial chamber of the Wahtye family, the family of a priest. In the tomb they find some truly incredible things.
With the Family
Feel the Beat
Rated: TV-G Length: 1hr 49 min
Netflix original. April (Sophia Carson) blows her shot on a Broadway audition. She reluctantly goes home to hide from the world back in her hometown. Everyone there still thought that she was a pretty big shot, even if she missed her place on Broadway. They asked her to coach the local dance class, to which she at first declined. Then she heard there was a chance they could perform for a Broadway director, seeing a way to redeem herself she quickly accepted. Through this experience she learned to be not so self-centered, be more caring, and see that Broadway isn't everything.
Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie
Rated: TV-PG Length: 1hr 21min
A movie released in 2017 meant to be a very late ending to the show. Arnold wins his class a trip to central America, where his parents were last seen. Along the way they are kidnapped, and they end up on a crazy journey that was the same as his parents had been on when they went missing.
Hotel for Dogs
Rated: PG Length: 1hr 41min
When siblings Andi (Emma Roberts) and Bruce (Jake T. Austin) are put into a foster home that doesn't allow pets, they have to find a place for their dog, Friday. They find an abandoned hotel as his home. When strays start adding to the fun and Bruce's mechanical skills, they turn the place into a full service dog hotel. They just have to hide this from the adults.
Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Rated: G Length: 1hr 23min
When aliens come to 11 year old boy genius, Jimmy's home town of Retroville, they take all of the adults in the town. With all of the having been abducted, it's up to Jimmy and the help of his friends to go to outer space and get their parents back.
Rip Tide
Rated: TV-PG Length: 1hr 27min
New York model, Cora (Debby Ryan), has an embarrassing video of her go viral. To escape all of the pressure she was under, she went to Australia to spend time with her aunt. There she is able to reconnect with her family and reassess what she really wants out of life.
The Little Rascals
Rated: PG Length: 1hr 22 min
A group of boys form an anti-girl organization. They decide to enter a soapbox car rally and their leader, Alfalfa, starts flirting with a girl, the group does everything they can to break the couple up. While they are distracted with all of this, another team in the rally steals their car and they have to work to get it back. If for no other reason than to watch this, Donald Trump makes a guest appearance!
The Lorax
Rated: PG Length: 1hr 26min
12 year old Ted (Zac Efron) wants to do something to get the girl of his dreams, Audrey (Taylor Swift), to notice him. He finds out that she really wants a Truffula tree. In order to get it, Ted went to the Lorax (Danny DeVito) and heard the story about how the Once-ler (Ed Helms) let greed destroy nature. Based on the book by Dr. Seuss.
The Princess and the Frog
Rated: G Length: 1hr 38min
Set in New Orleans, Tiana dreams of opening her own restaurant, so she puts in the hard work that she needs to in order to get it. There is a bump along the way when Prince Naveen kisses her to turn back into a human after Dr. Facilier turned him into a frog. The kiss had the adverse effect and turned Tiana into a frog as well, so the couple went through the bayous in search of the voodoo priestess to help them to reverse the curse put on them.
What a Girl Wants
Rated: PG Length: 1hr 44min
So that she can meet her father, Henry (Colin Firth), Daphne (Amanda Bynes) boards a plane and heads to Europe. When she gets there she finds out that he is a member of the British upper class and is running for political office. Even though, before she showed up, he had no clue of her existence, he was happy to get to know her. His fiancée did not feel the same way though and did everything she could to get Daphne to go back to where she came from.
Yes Day
Rated: PG Length: 1hr 29min
When it has been pointed out to a mom and dad that their children feel that they, particularly mom, are more dictators than parents they decide to do a Yes Day. This is a day where, within reason, for a whole day the parents can say yes to anything the kids want. The kids have prepared quite the list of things to have their parents do for their Yes Day.
Young Adult
Accepted
Rated: PG-13 Length: 1hr 33min
When Bartleby was rejected by every college he applied to, he needed to come up with a plan to make sure his parents thought he was still going to college. The answer was simple. He opened his own college. He and his friends got an abandoned building, created a website, and got someone to pose as the dean. The only problem? People were actually trying to attend their fake school.
Class Rank
Rated: TV-MA Length: 1hr 42min
In preparation for college, Veronica (Olivia Holt), sees that her rank is threatening her college plans. Veronica comes up with a plan to run for the school board and get rid of the ranking system. She needs help to do so, so she recruits a "nerdy peer," Bernard, to help her get the job done.
Dumplin
Rated: PG-13 Length: 1hr 50 min
This Netflix original, a Texas teenager named Willowdean wants to prove a point about being able to fit in. So she signs up for a beauty pageant run by her mother Rosie (Jennifer Aniston), who is a former beauty queen herself. It starts as a protest to beauty pageants as whole as they do not include all shapes and sizes, but turns into really finding herself and seeing her own beauty. It also has a lot of Dolly Parton love in it, so that's a plus too!
Enola Holmes
Rated: PG-13 Length: 2hr 4min
Netflix original. Enola (Millie Bobby Brown) is the little sister of the already famous Sherlock Holmes (Henry Cavill) and her other brother and legal guardian Mycroft (Sam Claflin). When her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) goes missing, Enola must escape to go and find her. She ends up on an insane adventure in solving a mystery that threatens the whole country. It has been released that there will be a sequel to this movie.
Sierra Burgess is a Loser
Rated: PG-13 Length: 1hr 46min
Netflix original. When Jamey (Noah Centineo), a popular football player from another school is given the phone number to who he believes is a cheerleader. Really he got Sierra's (Shannon Purser) number. Sierra, who is in the band, isn't popular, and gets bullied daily. Jamey starts texting her, and she figures out that he thinks he is talking to someone else, but she still flirts with him. When the cheerleader, Veronica, gets dumped, Sierra offers to tutor her if she will help her with Jamey. The ruse can only go on for so long though.
Swiped
Rated: TV-14 Length: 1hr 33min
A popular college freshman, Lance (Noah Centineo), convinces his nerdy computer genius roommate, James, to create a hookup app. The app quickly takes off around campus, causing unexpected complications.
The Kissing Booth
Rated: TV-14 Length: 1hr 46 min
Netflix original. Elle's (Joey King) first kiss is accidently with her best friend's (Lee) brother (Flynn). Who, as a part of their friendship rules, is off limits. Elle puts her relationship with Lee at risk by breaking another rule and keeps her newly found relationship with Flynn a secret. Things all fall apart when he does find out.
The Kissing Booth 2
Rated: TV-14 Length: 2hr 12 min
Noah is away at college, making Elle who is still in high school, feel insecure and have some trust issues. Her relationship with Lee is changing too as he now has a girlfriend, so he isn't available 24/7. Then there's this boy in school who's been flirting with her. Elle has all of the feelings in this movie.
The Kissing Booth 3 is supposed to be released on Netflix August 11, 2021.
The Perfect Date
Rated: TV-14 Length: 1hr 30min
Netflix original. Brooks (Noah Centineo) is saving money for college. He creates an app so people can pay for him to be their fake date. Then comes Celia (Laura Marano). Feelings start coming into the equation and things start getting complicated.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before
Rated: TV-14 Length: 1hr 46 min
Netflix original. Every time Lara Jean had a crush, she would write a letter to them confessing all of her feelings for them. She never gave them the letters though, she put them away and never let any of them know that she felt anything for any of them. One day she found that all of her secret love letters had been mailed.
To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
Rated: TV-14 Length: 1hr 42 min
Lara Jean is in a relationship with one boy on account of her letters being sent without her knowledge. Now another one of her past crushes has re-entered her life on account of having her letter sent to him. This makes Lara Jean feel conflicting feelings for the two boys.
To All The Boys: Always and Forever
Rated: TV-14 Length: 1hr 55min
Peter and Lara Jean have a plan to both go to Stamford together. He starts his freshman year there while she finishes her senior year of high school. They were both excited to go to school together and make plans. Everything changes when Lara Jean doesn't get accepted into Stamford. They make new plans, but they get thrown out the window too when Lara Jean goes on the senior trip with her class.
Wild Child
Rated: PG-13 Length: 1hr 38min
After Poppy's (Emma Roberts) spoiled life in L.A. gets out of hand her father sends her to boarding school in England to put her back on the straight and narrow. The strict school did not put up with her selfishness and attitude. Once she learns that the place wasn't so bad she start's to make new kinds of friends.
Adult
Legally Blonde
Rated: PG-13 Length: 1hr 35min
When Warner dumps Elle because she is too blonde. So as a plan to get him back she gets into Harvard Law. What? Like it's hard? She struggles to fit in, but stays true to herself. In staying true to herself, she was able to really help a client in the end.
Mr. Right
Rated: R Length: 1hr 35min
Bad relationship after bad relationship, Martha (Anna Kendrick) feels like she can't seem to get things right. Then she meets this guy, who seems to be perfect. There's got to be a catch right? Well he's an assassin, but he only murders the people who hire him! He's developed a weird sort of moral code.
Murder Mystery
Rated: PG-13 Length: 1hr 37mins
Netflix original. A New York couple, Nick and Audrey (Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston), go on a vacation to bring back the spark in their marriage. Through a strange set of circumstances, they end up on a billionaire's yacht where he turns up dead and they are being framed for his murder.
Stowaway
Rated: TV-MA Length: 1hr 56min
Netflix original. Things are going as planned for a three man crew research mission to Mars. That is until they realize they have a fourth unintended passenger. The ship can only sustain three of them. The team had to either find a way to accommodate, or terminate him.
The Happytime Murders
Rated: R Length: 1hr 30min
In a world where puppets and humans coexist is a puppet detective Phil Philips. When puppets from an old TV show start showing up dead, he teams up with the Los Angeles police department and his former human partner, Connie Edwards (Melissa McCarthy). Together they try to solve the murders and protect the rest of the cast before the killer does more damage.
The Help
Rated: PG-13 Length: 2hr 26min
A period piece set in the 1960s, Mississippi. A young society girl, Skeeter, has just come home from college. She came home to find that the maid that she loved had been fired, and she knew that wasn't right. She dreamed of being a writer so she started interviewing the black housemaids so she could put together a book. She got most of her material from Aibileen (Viola Davis) and Minny (Octavia Spencer), but she found out quickly that they all had a lot to say.
When We First Met
Rated: TV-14 Length: 1hr 37min
Netflix original. To prevent himself from getting friend-zoned, Noah (Adam DeVine), uses a magical photo booth to go back in time. He relives the same night over and over so that he can create the perfect circumstances to make Avery, the girl of his dreams, fall in love with him.
Zombieland
Rated: R Length: 1hr 27min
This movie takes place two months into the zombie apocalypse where an unlikely group joins together: a college student from Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg), a couple of con artists from Wichita and Little Rock (Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin), and a guy who really loves Twinkies from Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson). Their goal was to get from Texas to L.A. alive, and without getting infected.
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