The Best Movies On Netflix — Part I

Ben Van Alboom
Strictly Personal (NL)
5 min readDec 27, 2020

Omdat het kerstvakantie is en ik daarmee nog meer dan anders de vraag krijg wat de beste films op Netflix zijn, dacht ik er gelijk een top tweehonderd van te maken. Want het zijn er — echt waar — wel wat. Hieronder vind je 1–50.

De andere lijstjes staan hier: 51–100, 101–150 & 151–200.

  1. À bout de souffle (Jean-Luc Godard, 1960) ★★★★★

2. The Godfather Part II (Francis Ford Coppola, 1974) ★★★★★

3. The Matrix (Lana & Lilly Wachowski, 1999) ★★★★★

4. The Shining (Stanley Kubrick, 1980) ★★★★★

5. Schindler’s List (Steven Spielberg, 1993) ★★★★★

6. The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972) ★★★★★

7. Roma (Alfonso Cuarón, 2018) ★★★★★

8. Le mèpris (Jean-Luc Godard, 1964) ★★★★★

9. Uncut Gems (Benny & Josh Safdie, 2019) ★★★★★

10. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki, 2001) ★★★★★

11. Pierrot le fou (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) ★★★★★

12. Jaws (Steven Spielberg, 1975) ★★★★★

13. Irréversible (Gaspard Noé, 2002) ★★★★★

14. The Big Lebowski (Joel & Ethan Coen, 1998) ★★★★★

15. Casino (Martin Scorsese, 1995) ★★★★★

16. Scarface (Brian De Palma, 1983) ★★★★★

17. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones, 1973) ★★★★★

18. Princess Mononoke (Hayao Miyazaki, 1997) ★★★★★

19. Alphaville (Jean-Luc Godard, 1965) ★★★★★

20. The Remains of the Day (James Ivory, 1993) ★★★★★

21. Se7en (David Fincher, 1995) ★★★★★

22. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) ★★★★★

23. The Social Network (David Fincher, 2010) ★★★★★

24. Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992) ★★★★★

25. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012) ★★★★★

26. Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach, 2019) ★★★★★

27. Birdman (Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, 2014) ★★★★★

28. Mank (David Fincher, 2020) ★★★★★

29. If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins, 2018) ★★★★☆

30. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (Hayao Miyazaki, 1984) ★★★★☆

31. The Wolf of Wall Street (Martin Scorsese, 2013) ★★★★☆

32. Zodiac (David Fincher, 2007) ★★★★☆

33. Collateral (Michael Mann, 2004) ★★★★☆

34. The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019) ★★★★☆

35. Dunkirk (Christopher Nolan, 2017) ★★★★☆

36. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994) ★★★★☆

37. Castle in the Sky (Hayao Miyazaki, 1986) ★★★★☆

38. Public Enemies (Michael Mann, 2009) ★★★★☆

39. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000) ★★★★☆

40. A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018) ★★★★☆

41. Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971) ★★★★☆

42. Manchester by the Sea (Kenneth Lonergan, 2016) ★★★★☆

43. The Revenant (Alejandro Gonzalez Iñárritu, 2015) ★★★★☆

44. Gravity (Alfonso Cuarón, 2013) ★★★★☆

45. Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985) ★★★★☆

46. Revolutionary Road (Sam Mendes, 2008) ★★★★☆

47. Interstellar (Christopher Nolan, 2014) ★★★★☆

48. Nocturnal Animals (Tom Ford, 2016) ★★★★☆

49. The Post (Steven Spielberg, 2017) ★★★★☆

50. Leave No Trace (Debra Granik, 2018) ★★★★☆

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Ben Van Alboom
Strictly Personal (NL)

Belgian journalist. Inspirational quote: “My favorite sport is cheerleading.” (Miley Cyrus) Twitter & Instagram: fakerholic Email: benvanalboom@me.com