Academy Award-Winning Films on Netflix

As Batman, Lt. Gordon and the district attorney continue to dismantle Gotham's criminal underground, a new villain threatens to undo their good work.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 9
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Runtime: 02:32:23
Netflix ID: 70079583 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Oskar Schindler becomes an unlikely humanitarian, spending his entire fortune to help save 1,100 Jews from Auschwitz during World War II.

Year: 1993
IMDb: 8.9
Netflix rating: 4.4/5
Runtime: 03:15:04
Netflix ID: 60036359 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

From the idyllic shire of the Hobbits to the smoking chasms of Mordor, Frodo Baggins embarks on his epic quest to destroy the ring of Sauron.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Runtime: 02:58:21
Netflix ID: 60004480 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this mindbending sci-fi thriller, a man runs an espionage business built around entering the subconscious of his targets to steal their thoughts.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8.8
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 02:28:04
Netflix ID: 70131314 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This gripping gangster opus follows real-world mobster Henry Hill, who dreamed of making it big but landed in the Witness Protection Program instead.

Year: 1990
IMDb: 8.7
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Runtime: 02:25:23
Netflix ID: 70002022 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

FBI trainee Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned cannibal.

Year: 1991
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 01:58:29
Netflix ID: 14546747 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Eight U.S. Army Rangers penetrate German-held territory during World War II to find and bring home a soldier whose three brothers have been killed.

Year: 1998
IMDb: 8.6
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Runtime: 02:49:44
Netflix ID: 21878564 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Tapped for the throne after the death of the emperor, a Roman general instead finds himself condemned to die by the late ruler's power-hungry son.

Year: 2000
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Runtime: 02:34:58
Netflix ID: 60000929 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

To take down Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own men to infiltrate it, not realizing the syndicate has done the same thing.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 02:31:15
Netflix ID: 70044689 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When five unacquainted crooks are hauled into a police station to appear in a criminal lineup, they decide to pull off a heist together.

Year: 1995
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Runtime: 01:46:08
Netflix ID: 1084379 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Famed Polish pianist Wladyslaw Szpilman struggles to survive the onslaught of Nazi tyranny during World War II in this drama based on his memoirs.

Year: 2002
IMDb: 8.5
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 02:28:58
Netflix ID: 60025061 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In 1981 Gotham City, a struggling, mentally ill comic battles to be seen. His life takes a dark, gut-wrenching turn after he lashes back at attackers.

Year: 2019
IMDb: 8.5
Runtime: 02:01:45
Netflix ID: 81092221 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A Jewish cinema owner in occupied Paris is forced to host a Nazi premiere, where a group of American soldiers called the Basterds plans a face-off.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 02:32:50
Netflix ID: 70108777 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After learning that his ex-girlfriend had an experimental medical procedure to purge all memories of him, a man decides to do the same with her.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 8.3
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 01:43:22
Netflix ID: 60034545 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This Oscar-winning drama charts the life and work of famed economist John Forbes Nash Jr., a brilliant man plagued by the anguish of mental illness.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 02:15:40
Netflix ID: 60021793 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Retired gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes one last job -- and even more reluctantly accepts a boastful young man as a partner.

Year: 1992
IMDb: 8.2
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 02:10:36
Netflix ID: 1080395 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

While hunting, Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon a drug deal gone bad and takes off with $2 million in cash, but a psychotic hit man is hot on his trail.

Year: 2007
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 02:02:15
Netflix ID: 70071613 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 02:12:27
Netflix ID: 70018292 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, Max helps a rebellious woman and a band of female prisoners flee from tyranny, fend off threats and seek their homeland.

Year: 2015
IMDb: 8.1
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 02:00:19
Netflix ID: 80025919 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After coming within one question of winning a fortune on a game show, an uneducated young 'slumdog' is accused of cheating and arrested.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 01:55:13
Netflix ID: 70095140 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When a movie actress begins to suspect that an evil spirit is possessing her young daughter, she calls in two priests to try to exorcise the demon.

Year: 1973
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 02:01:51
Netflix ID: 14546619 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Ben Kingsley stars as the diminutive attorney who stood up against British rule in India and became a global symbol of nonviolence and understanding.

Year: 1982
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 03:08:23
Netflix ID: 60010384 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this biographical drama, Britain's King George VI struggles with an embarrassing stutter until he seeks help from speech therapist Lionel Logue.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Runtime: 01:53:23
Netflix ID: 70135893 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Love comes to a lonely writer in the sleekest of packages when he finds himself falling for the advanced operating system he bought to run his life.

Year: 2013
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 02:05:46
Netflix ID: 70278933 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A young physician and his beautiful mistress get swept up in the danger and drama of the Bolshevik Revolution in this Oscar-winning epic.

Year: 1965
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 03:19:56
Netflix ID: 449931 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Ambitious New York City ballet dancer Nina lands the lead in 'Swan Lake' but soon thinks her dreams of stardom are threatened by a rival ballerina.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 8
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 01:48:06
Netflix ID: 60034390 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

The contents of a hidden grave draw the interest of an industrial titan and send Officer K, an LAPD blade runner, on a quest to find a missing legend.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 8
Runtime: 02:43:31
Netflix ID: 80185760 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Tragedy reunites childhood friends Sean, Dave and Jimmy when they're linked together in a murder investigation about Jimmy's teenage daughter.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 02:17:52
Netflix ID: 60031232 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In Brian De Palma's period crime drama, Eliot Ness will stop at nothing to take down legendary Al Capone -- even if it means bending some rules.

Year: 1987
IMDb: 7.9
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 01:59:31
Netflix ID: 60004086 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In the summer of 1983, 17-year-old Elio forms a life-changing bond with his father's charismatic research assistant Oliver in the Italian countryside.

Year: 2017
IMDb: 7.9
Runtime: 02:11:58
Netflix ID: 80169498 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

On a mission to retrieve a princess from a fire-breathing dragon, gruff ogre Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 01:30:04
Netflix ID: 60020686 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This stirring drama follows the first African-Americans to serve in combat during the Civil War -- and shows how they helped turn the tide of the war.

Year: 1989
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 4/5
Runtime: 02:02:12
Netflix ID: 547335 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Steven Spielberg's 1982 smash hit tells the heartwarming story of the special bond 10-year-old Elliot forges with an alien he names E.T.

Year: 1982
IMDb: 7.8
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 01:59:55
Netflix ID: 60022398 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A guilt-ridden loner grapples with being named legal guardian of his 16-year-old nephew and returning to his hometown, which holds haunting memories.

Year: 2016
IMDb: 7.8
Runtime: 02:16:59
Netflix ID: 80097527 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After a stint in a mental hospital, Pat moves in with his parents and tries to win back his wife, until he meets a woman who's as unstable as he is.

Year: 2012
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 4.1/5
Runtime: 02:02:05
Netflix ID: 70244164 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two sheepherders in 1963 Wyoming become involved in an increasingly passionate affair, but hiding the relationship from their wives proves agonizing.

Year: 2005
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.2/5
Runtime: 02:14:39
Netflix ID: 70023965 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Every night, a writer travels back in time to Paris in the 1920's, where he finds romance and inspiration by mingling with his artistic idols.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 01:34:12
Netflix ID: 70181730 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star -- find solace in each other's company.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 01:41:39
Netflix ID: 60031214 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Director David Fincher's biographical drama chronicles the meteoric rise of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg from Harvard sophomore to Internet superstar.

Year: 2010
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 02:00:41
Netflix ID: 70132721 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After his wife and son are murdered, a Depression-era hit man goes on the run with his surviving son to exact revenge on the man who wronged him.

Year: 2002
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 01:56:57
Netflix ID: 60023600 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this biopic, Jamie Foxx portrays rhythm and blues legend Ray Charles, who rose from obscurity and overcame his struggles to become world famous.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 02:32:17
Netflix ID: 70001994 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

As his esteem grows in the world of physics, Stephen Hawking's body is ravaged by ALS, forcing his increasing dependence on his devoted wife, Jane.

Year: 2014
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 02:03:25
Netflix ID: 80000644 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When Henry VIII seeks approval from the aristocracy to divorce, Sir Thomas More finds himself caught between the king and the Roman Catholic Church.

Year: 1966
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 02:00:27
Netflix ID: 732905 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A Hollywood screenwriter battles insecurity as he struggles to adapt The Orchid Thief -- a book about a mercurial orchid poacher named John Laroche.

Year: 2002
IMDb: 7.7
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 01:50:25
Netflix ID: 60025026 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Facing poverty after their father's death, three sisters are obliged to rely on the generosity of others in this adaptation of the Jane Austen novel.

Year: 1995
IMDb: 7.6
Netflix rating: 3.9/5
Runtime: 02:16:22
Netflix ID: 948002 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this sports drama based on a true story, an affluent couple takes in a homeless teenager and nurtures his growth into a football powerhouse.

Year: 2009
IMDb: 7.6
Netflix rating: 4.3/5
Runtime: 02:08:28
Netflix ID: 70119811 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A middle-aged lawyer reflects on the brief affair he had as a teen with an older woman -- who ended up on trial for Nazi war crimes eight years later.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.6
Netflix rating: 3.8/5
Runtime: 02:03:55
Netflix ID: 70109683 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Holly Hunter stars as a mute but strong-willed 19th-century Scottish expatriate who arrives in New Zealand with her daughter and her beloved piano.

Year: 1993
IMDb: 7.6
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 02:00:30
Netflix ID: 856048 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two privileged and bored French aristocrats make a bet focusing on the corruption of virginal Cécile de Volanges and the virtuous Madame de Tourvel.

Year: 1988
IMDb: 7.6
Runtime: 01:59:49
Netflix ID: 418224 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Leonardo DiCaprio portrays eccentric tycoon Howard Hughes, who turned a small fortune into a massive one by building Hollywood and aviation empires.

Year: 2004
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 02:50:08
Netflix ID: 70011213 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A Jewish couple and their daughter emigrate from Germany to Kenya to escape the Nazis and are forced to adapt to life on an unfamiliar continent.

Year: 2001
IMDb: 7.5
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 02:15:34
Netflix ID: 60026143 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Justin Quayle, a member of the British High Commission based in Africa, begins his own international investigation when his wife is murdered.

Year: 2005
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 02:08:27
Netflix ID: 70034486 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

During the Napoleonic Wars, the captain of a British warship and his close-knit crew go up against a French privateer equipped with better weapons.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 7.4
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 02:18:21
Netflix ID: 60031260 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

After Princess Diana's death, Queen Elizabeth II and Tony Blair face public demands that she be memorialized in a manner beyond standard protocol.

Year: 2006
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 01:43:15
Netflix ID: 70052705 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

When emotionally scarred highway hooker Aileen Wuornos shoots a sadistic client, she begins a journey to become America's first female serial killer.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 7.3
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 01:44:20
Netflix ID: 60032559 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

This drama follows a wounded Civil War soldier making the long journey home, while his faraway love fights for survival on her deceased father's farm.

Year: 2003
IMDb: 7.2
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 02:34:25
Netflix ID: 60031289 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Two girlfriends on holiday in Spain become smitten with the same artist, unaware that his insanely jealous ex-wife is about to re-enter the picture.

Year: 2008
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 01:36:35
Netflix ID: 70097585 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A wealthy plantation owner and her adopted daughter are living in French Indochina when civil war erupts, and both fall for the same French officer.

Year: 1992
IMDb: 7.1
Netflix rating: 3.7/5
Runtime: 02:32:26
Netflix ID: 626910 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Dreams of being a Navy pilot prompt Zack to enroll in officer training school, where he runs afoul of a drill instructor who aims to change his ways.

Year: 1982
IMDb: 7
Runtime: 02:04:15
Netflix ID: 60004564 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

A story of greed and corruption in the global quest for oil unfolds through the fates of a CIA operative, an energy analyst and other power players.

Year: 2005
IMDb: 6.9
Netflix rating: 3.3/5
Runtime: 02:07:40
Netflix ID: 70018715 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

In this Oscar-winning classic, the world's tallest building erupts in flames during its grand opening, and rescuers race to save those trapped inside.

Year: 1974
IMDb: 6.9
Netflix rating: 3.4/5
Runtime: 02:44:50
Netflix ID: 1059232 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Gangster Bugsy Siegel builds a gambling mecca in the middle of the Nevada desert, but his affair with a screen siren would ultimately bring him down.

Year: 1991
IMDb: 6.8
Runtime: 02:16:08
Netflix ID: 70058803 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Unlike his pals, young penguin Mumble can't sing well enough to attract a mate, but he's blessed with an unusual gift: He can tap-dance like a champ!

Year: 2006
IMDb: 6.4
Netflix rating: 3.6/5
Runtime: 01:48:28
Netflix ID: 70043941 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb

Margaret Thatcher, the first female prime minister of Britain, navigates a career destined to change the rules of leadership and politics.

Year: 2011
IMDb: 6.4
Netflix rating: 3.5/5
Runtime: 01:44:59
Netflix ID: 70189282 · Watch on Netflix · IMDb