50+ of the Best Netflix Movies Available in New Zealand

Plot Summary: This moving documentary brings World War I to life for new generations through eyewitness accounts and vividly restored and colorized footage.
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Director: Peter Jackson
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 99%

Plot Summary: Out of their elements, a refined pianist hires a street-smart driver to navigate a concert tour of the segregated Deep South.

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 77%

Plot Summary: April and Frank's marriage unravels when a plan to change their "perfect" lives becomes their last hope to escape lives engulfed in emptiness.

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Kathy Bates
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 67%

Plot Summary: Rare home videos and interviews with Amy Winehouse's inner circle offer an intimate look at her journey from charismatic teen to troubled star.

Starring: Amy Winehouse
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 95%

Plot Summary: Fresh out of juvenile detention in Marseille, 17-year-old Zach falls for a young prostitute and soon faces a dire dilemma while working as a pimp.

Director: Jean-Bernard Marlin
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 100%

Plot Summary: When an underemployed baker becomes her best friend's maid-of-honor, she almost ruins the big day due to her competition with the other bridesmaids.

Starring: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 90%

Plot Summary: Slacker Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski gets involved in a gargantuan mess of events when he's mistaken for another man named Lebowski.

Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 83%

Plot Summary: In 1992, teenager Sandi Tan and her friends Sophie and Jasmine shot Singapore's first indie -- a road movie called "Shirkers" -- with their enigmatic American mentor, Georges Cardona. After shooting wrapped, Georges vanished with all the footage.
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 100%

Plot Summary: Desperate for a breakthrough as she nears the big 4-0, struggling New York City playwright Radha finds inspiration by reinventing herself as a rapper.

Starring: Radha Blank, Peter Kim, Oswin Benjamin
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 98%

Plot Summary: Hit man Frank Sheeran looks back at the secrets he kept as a loyal member of the Bufalino crime family in this acclaimed film from Martin Scorsese.

Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci

Other Martin Scorsese films available : The Departed, Goodfellas, The Age Of Innocence, Casino
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 96%

Plot Summary: After he accidentally drives a DeLorean time machine from 1985 to 1955, Marty McFly races the clock to ensure his future parents fall in love.

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson

Also available: Back to the future II
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 96%

Plot Summary: Bruce Springsteen shares personal stories from his life and acoustic versions of some of his best-known songs in an intimate one-man show.

Starring: Bruce Springsteen
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 96%

Plot Summary: When Tim learns that the men in his family can travel in time and change their own lives, he decides to go back and win the woman of his dreams.

Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 68%

Plot Summary: Amid the backdrop of the Cold War, a 9-year-old boy befriends a colossal yet gentle robot that a paranoid government agent is intent on destroying.

Starring: Eli Marienthal, Vin Diesel, Jennifer Aniston
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 96%

Plot Summary: Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show," a 24-hour-a-day TV phenomenon that broadcasts every aspect of his life without his knowledge.

Starring: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 95%

Plot Summary: A linguist charged with finding a way to communicate with aliens that have landed on Earth uncovers a connection with meaning for mankind and herself.

Starring: Mark O'Brien, Frank Schorpion, Amy Adams
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 94%

Plot Summary: When tragedy strikes, former boxing star Billy "The Great" Hope is forced to start over. But does he still have what it takes to be a champion?
 
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Rachel McAdams
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 59%

Plot Summary: The Earth's remaining inhabitants are confined to a single train circling the globe as revolution brews among the class-divided cars.

Starring: Chris Evans, Song Kang-ho, Ed Harris
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 94%

Plot Summary: In his Oscar-winning film, an American cyclist plunges into a vast doping scandal involving a Russian scientist -- Putin's most-wanted whistleblower.

Starring: Bryan Fogel, Grigory Rodchenkov
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 94%

Plot Summary: An incisive and compassionate portrait of a marriage breaking up and a family staying together. From Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Noah Baumbach.

Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Adam Driver, Laura Dern, Alan Alda and Ray Liotta.
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 94%

Plot Summary: Frustrated that his baseball team can't afford big-money players, Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane bets on a bold new strategy to change the game.

Starring: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 94%

Plot Summary: As a zombie outbreak sweeps the country, a dad and his daughter take a harrowing train journey in an attempt to reach the only city that's still safe.

Starring: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 94%

Plot Summary: 1998- 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.

Starring: Tom Hanks, Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns

Other films directed by Steven Spielberg available: Indiana Jones, War of the Worlds, The Color Purple, Hook 
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 93%

Plot Summary: A prince infected with a lethal curse sets off to find a cure and lands in the middle of a battle between a mining town and the animals of the forest.

Starring: Yoji Matsuda, Yuriko Ishida, Yuko Tanaka

Other Studio Ghilbi films avaialble: Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away 
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 93%

Plot Summary: After heeding a co-worker's advice, a telemarketer easily climbs up the corporate ladder -- until success lands him in corporate and moral chaos.

Starring: LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowlery 
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 93%

Plot Summary: Smooth-faced getaway driver Baby is a music junkie in deep with a bad dude. He's got just one job left, but it's all about to go sideways.

Starring: Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James 
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 92%

Plot Summary: An ex-coal miner who's down on his luck hatches a plan to steal millions from a speedway during one of the biggest races of the year.

Starring: Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Seth MacFarlane

Creators: Reid Carolin 
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 92%

Plot Summary: 2017- Peter Parker returns to routine life as a high schooler until the Vulture's arrival gives him the chance to prove himself as a web-slinging superhero.

Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr.

Other Marvel films available: Hulk, Ghost Rider, The Amazing Spider-Man 1, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 92%

Plot Summary: When a porn star turns up dead in 1970s Los Angeles, a pair of odd-couple investigators uncovers a darkly comic case steeped in conspiracy.

Starring: Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice 
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 92%

Plot Summary: The Fyre Festival was billed as a luxury music experience on a posh private island, but it failed spectacularly in the hands of a cocky entrepreneur. 
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 92%

Plot Summary: With his debts mounting and angry collectors closing in, a fast-talking New York City jeweler risks everything in hopes of staying afloat and alive.

Starring: Adam Sandler, LaKeith Stanfield, Kevin Garnett
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 92%

Plot Summary: Forrest Gump, a friendly, simpleminded man, finds himself in the middle of nearly every major event of the 1960s and '70s.

Starring: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 71%

Plot Summary: 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.

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 92%

Plot Summary: Career aspirations run up against bittersweet romance in modern-day Los Angeles, as two artists face a heartbreaking dilemma.

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 91%

Plot Summary: When she joins her boyfriend on a trip to his native Singapore, Rachel Chu discovers his family's luxurious wealth and faces his disapproving mother.

Starring: Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 91%

Plot Summary: What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 91%

Plot Summary: When an aspiring singer develops a passionate relationship with a seasoned musician, her career begins to soar as his vices trigger a downward spiral.

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga, Sam Elliott
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 90%

Plot Summary: An aging Irishwoman teams with a floundering journalist to find the son she was forced to give up for adoption 50 years ago.

Starring: Judi Dench, Steve Coogan, Sophie Kennedy Clark
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 90%

Plot Summary: 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.

Starring: Brad Pitt, Mélanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz

Other films by Quentin Tarantino availalable on Netflix: The H8ful Eight, Django Unchained
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 89%

Plot Summary: Reunited after 15 years, famous chef Sasha and hometown musician Marcus feel the old sparks of attraction but struggle to adapt to each other's worlds.

Starring: Ali Wong, Randall Park, James Saito
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 89%

Plot Summary: 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.

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas

Also available: Blade Runner: The Final Cut 
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 88%

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

Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon

Other Clint Eastwood films available: Flags of our fathers, Gran Torino, Unforgiven, Sully, The Mule, The 15:17 to Paris
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 88%

Plot Summary: Billionaire Bruce Wayne must once again don the cape of his alter ego, Batman, when Gotham is threatened by new foes such as Catwoman and Bane.

Starring: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman

Other DC films available: Batman vs Superman, Batman Begins, Superman Returns, Watchmen
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 88%

Plot Summary: Astronaut Neil Armstrong spends a decade training for the flight of a lifetime, as he prepares to be the first man to walk on the moon.

Starring: Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy, Jason Clarke
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 87%

Plot Summary: Jack Torrance descends into madness — terrorizing his wife and young son — after living at a deserted and eerie hotel during its off season.

Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 84%

Plot Summary: Buddy the Elf doesn't fit in with the other North Pole elves, so he travels to New York to find his real father and spread some Christmas cheer.

Starring: Will Ferrell, James Caan, Bob Newhart
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 84%

Plot Summary: A seasoned homicide detective and his new partner are on a desperate hunt for a killer whose gruesome crimes are based on the Seven Deadly Sins.

Starring: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 82%

Plot Summary: When his 6-year-old daughter is abducted and the investigation stalls, carpenter Keller Dover tracks down the culprit himself.

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 81%

Plot Summary: 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.

Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 80%

Plot Summary: Two house flippers are certain they can handle their latest project: adopting three longtime foster kids. But this group is anything but a family.

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Rose Byrne, Octavia Spencer
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 80%

Plot Summary: When Cal learns that his wife wants a divorce, he reluctantly faces the prospect of single life with the counsel of a smooth young bachelor.

Starring: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 79%

Plot Summary: In the 1820s, a fur trapper struggles for survival to exact retribution against a ruthless mercenary who left him to die along the Missouri River.

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 78%

Plot Summary: In a near-future dystopian society, a masked anarchist fomenting a revolution recruits a TV network employee, while a detective seeks his true identity.

Starring: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea
 
Rotten Tomatoes rating and review: 73%