Insider compiled the 2024 list of Netflix original movies based on critics’ ratings from Rotten Tomatoes.
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The list includes titles with a score of 80% or higher and at least 20 reviews. Top films included “Daughters,” “Will & Harper” and “Hit Man.”
This year’s best Netflix original movies span genres and forms, ranging from action movies to documentaries and animated films for all ages, according to businessinsider.com.
You may remember “Hit Man,” which helped solidify Glen Powell’s star status after “Anyone But You” and before the summer blockbuster “Twisters.” You may have caught the Oscar-nominated Society of the Snow after it premiered on Netflix in January. Or maybe you tuned in for Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut Woman of the Hour.
There are 21 Netflix movies this year that boasted an aggregate Rotten Tomatoes critic score of over 80% — provided they have at least 20 reviews. Here’s the full list, from lowest to highest score.
21. “Ultraman: Rising”
Netflix synopsis: “For decades, his father was Ultraman, maintaining the balance between humans and kaiju-kind. Now it’s Kenji’s turn – and it’s the hardest job he’s ever had.”
20. “The beautiful game
Netflix synopsis: “This heartwarming tale of football, friendship and triumph against the odds stars Bill Nighy as the caring manager of England’s homeless World Cup team.”
19. “The Piano Lesson”
Netflix synopsis: “A battle over an inherited piano awakens ghosts of the past in this Denzel Washington-produced adaptation of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play.”
18. “Martha”
Netflix synopsis: “From housewife to criminal, discover the story of America’s original influencer and her comeback from the scandal that nearly cost her everything.”
17. “Snow Society”
Netflix synopsis: “Nominated for a Golden Globe, this moving film about the 1972 plane crash in the Andes “hypnotizes with its spectacularity,” praises El Mundo.”
16. “Shadow Wanders”
Netflix synopsis: “Skilled in the art of killing, a young assassin defies her mentor to save a boy from a ruthless crime syndicate – and will destroy anyone who stands in her way.”
15. “Joy”
Netflix synopsis: “Born in 1978, Louise Joy Brown was the world’s first child born through in vitro fertilization. But who were the scientists who made her birth possible? This drama tells their story.”
14. “The Kitchen”
Netflix synopsis: “London, 2044. The gap between rich and poor is stretched to the limit. The Kitchen is one of the only social housing estates left.”
13. “The Imaginary”
Netflix synopsis: “Amanda and her imaginary friend, Rudger, live thrilling adventures in their imaginations. but when Rudger finds himself alone, he faces a mysterious threat.”
12. “Woman of the Hour”
Netflix Synopsis: “An aspiring Hollywood star meets a sadistic serial killer on a dating show in Anna Kendrick’s “extraordinary directorial debut” (Screen Daily).”
11. “Orion and the Darkness”
Netflix synopsis: “Sean Charmatz’s directorial debut about a boy who befriends the Dark is a “beautifully told story” that “has fun with fear” (San Francisco Chronicle).”
10. “Rez Ball”
Netflix synopsis: “They play fast, they throw fast and they never stop. A high school basketball team defies the odds in this drama produced by LeBron James and inspired by true events.”
9. “Hit Man”
Netflix synopsis: “A mild-mannered teacher poses as a fake assassin in this comedy that is “an explosion of pure pleasure and one of the best movies of the year” (The Washington Post).”
8. “Black Barbie”
Netflix synopsis: “From Shondaland comes this “must see” (RogerEbert.com), “magnificent” and “simply spectacular” (Black Girl Nerds) documentary about the first black Barbie.”
7. “Rebel Ridge”
Netflix synopsis: “An ex-Marine with a mysterious past uses his unique skills to exact justice when small-town cops confiscate the money he needs for his cousin’s bail.”
6. “The Remarkable Life of Ibelin”
Netflix synopsis: “When the parents of a beloved World of Warcraft player announced her death, members of her guild reached out to her – and revealed her hidden life.”
5. “Pop’s Greatest Night”
Netflix synopsis: “Music stars met their idols, egos were tested, the clock ticked – and history was made. A documentary about the night ‘We Are the World’ was recorded.”
4. “His Three Daughters”
Netflix synopsis: “A trio of estranged sisters reunite in their dying father’s New York apartment in this ‘funny and disarmingly honest’ drama (The Atlantic).”
3. “Will & Harper”
Netflix synopsis: “When Will Ferrell’s good friend Harper comes out as a transgender woman, the two go on a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self.”
2. “Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhaka Sherpa”
Netflix synopsis: “Freezing winds. Dwindling oxygen. Avalanches. Lhakpa Sherpa makes a perilous and record-breaking summit of Mount Everest in this gripping documentary.”
1. “The Daughters”
Netflix synopsis: “This Sundance-winning documentary about a group of girls reuniting with their fathers is “an admirable, refreshing picture,” says Vulture.”
