10 Best Netflix Original Movies of All Time
Moviefone counts down the best original movies that the streaming service has ever produced!
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Netflix began producing original films for their streaming service in 2015 with 'Beasts of No Nation' starring Idris Elba.
Since then, the company has produced hundreds of original movies including the Oscar nominated 'Roma' and 'Marriage Story,' as well as popular films like 'Bird Box' and 'Red Notice.'
Moviefone has compiled a list below of the 10 best Netflix Original Movies of all time.
Let's begin!
10. Triple Frontier (2019)
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Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers (Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, Garrett Hedlund, and Pedro Pascal) reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.
9. Mank (2020)
Directed by David Fincher, 1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (Gary Oldman) as he races to finish the screenplay of Citizen Kane.
8. The Adam Project (2022)
Directed by Shawn Levy, a time-traveling pilot (Ryan Reynolds) teams up with his younger self (Walker Scobell) and his late father (Mark Ruffalo) to come to terms with his past while saving the future.
7. The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
Directed by Aaron Sorkin, what was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest including Abbie Hoffman (Sacha Baron Cohen), Jerry Rubin (Jeremy Strong), Tom Hayden (Eddie Redmayne) and Bobby Seale (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.
The Trial of the Chicago 7
6. Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Directed by Spike Lee, four African-American Vietnam veterans (Delroy Lindo, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr.) return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader (Chadwick Boseman) and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
5. The Irishman (2019)
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Directed by Martin Scorsese, in 1956 Pennsylvania, Frank Sheeran (Robert De Niro), a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino (Joe Peci). Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
4. The Harder They Fall (2021)
Gunning for revenge, outlaw Nat Love (Jonathan Majors) saddles up with his gang to take down enemy Rufus Buck (Idris Elba), a ruthless crime boss who just got sprung from prison.
3. Rolling Thunder Revue (2019)
Directed by Martin Scorsese, part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Bob Dylan performed during the fall of that year.
2. Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Eddie Murphy in Netflix's 'Dolemite Is My Name.'
The story of Rudy Ray Moore (Eddie Murphy), who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s.
1. The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014)
A documentary about Hollywood veteran Bing Russell (Kurt's father), who creates the only independent baseball team in the country—alarming the baseball establishment and sparking the meteoric rise of the 1970s Portland Mavericks.
