Best Experimental Films on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Experimental Films on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 12 titles in category code 11079. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Oththa Seruppu Size 7 (2019)
Rated 9.4/10 on IMDb, from 2019, 1h 43m. Taken into custody, a murder suspect's theatrical explanations of his peculiar modus operandi unearth truths far beyond the crime he’s accused of.
2. ANIMA (2019)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2019, 0h 15m. In a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead stars in a mind-bending visual piece.
3. Elena (2012)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 1h 21m. In this documentary, the director remembers a sister who left behind her life under Brazil’s dictatorship and moved to New York with dreams of acting.
4. WHAT DID JACK DO? (2020)
Rated 6.5/10 on IMDb, from 2020, 0h 17m. A detective interrogates a monkey who is suspected of murder.
5. Cities of Last Things (2018)
Rated 6.2/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 46m. In a dystopian tale unfolding in reverse chronology, a man with a complicated past takes revenge on the individuals who wronged him decades ago.
6. Elephants Dream 8 Hour (2006)
Rated 5.7/10 on IMDb, from 2006, 3h 16m. Friends Proog and Emo live in a capricious, seemingly infinite machine with a sinister purpose in this experimental computer-animated short.
7. Knight of Cups (2014)
Rated 5.7/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 1h 57m. A screenwriter who's outwardly successful but internally despondent seeks meaning in life through fleeting relationships with a half-dozen women.
8. Song to Song (2017)
Rated 5.7/10 on IMDb, from 2017, 2h 08m. As a successful producer falls for a young singer, an up-and-coming musician finds himself drawn to the same woman.
9. Elon Nao Acredita Na Morte (2016)
Rated 5.2/10 on IMDb, from 2016, 1h 14m. A frantic husband spends a sleepless night combing through the darkest corners of the city, searching for his missing wife.
10. Rakkhosh (2019)
Rated 4.7/10 on IMDb, from 2019, 1h 55m. An asylum patient’s troubled past threatens his grasp on reality as fellow hospital residents begin disappearing at the hands of an unknown entity.