Best US Movies on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best US Movies on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 100 titles in category code 1159493. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story (2018)
Rated 9.5/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 09m. This documentary follows a group of hunters as they grapple with the complexities, controversies, and contradictions of pursuing animals in the wild.
2. The Godfather (1972)
Rated 9.2/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1972, 2h 57m. When an organized-crime family patriarch barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son steps in to take care of the would-be killers.
3. David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020)
Rated 9.2/10 on IMDb, from 2020, 1h 23m. A broadcaster recounts his life, and the evolutionary history of life on Earth, to grieve the loss of wild places and offer a vision for the future.
4. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Rated 9/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1974, 3h 22m. This second film in the trilogy explores the Corleone family roots, tracing Don Vito's journey from Sicily to a life of organized crime in New York.
5. The Dark Knight (2008)
Rated 9/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2008, 2h 32m. As Batman, Lt.
6. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Rated 8.9/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2003, 3h 20m. Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor.
7. Schindler's List (1993)
Rated 8.9/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1993, 3h 15m. Oskar Schindler becomes an unlikely humanitarian, spending his entire fortune to help save 1,100 Jews from Auschwitz during World War II.
8. A Lion in the House (2006)
Rated 8.9/10 on IMDb, from 2006. Five kids and their resilient families navigate the treatments and traumas of pediatric cancer in this documentary filmed over the course of six years.
9. Inception (2010)
Rated 8.8/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2010, 2h 28m. In this mindbending sci-fi thriller, a man runs an espionage business built around entering the subconscious of his targets to steal their thoughts.
10. The Matrix (1999)
Rated 8.7/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1999, 2h 16m. A computer hacker learns that what most people perceive as reality is actually a simulation created by machines and joins a rebellion to break free.