This list is updated monthly to reflect recent availability and to showcase films currently streaming on Netflix, whether talking classics or modern gems. Netflix offers roughly a gazillion different movies available through its streaming platform — well, approximately a gazillion. However, while the landmark service might become surprisingly accurate with its suggestions once you’ve been using it for a while, it’s still often tough to find something worth watching amid the trove of terrible choices.That being the case, we’ve taken the time to wade through the ridiculous amount of content in order to bring you a list of some of the best films currently available on Netflix Instant. Planning your weekend has never been easier. Related: Here’s what’s new on Netflix in November, and what’s going away Choose a genre: Recent Additions Documentaries Comedies Dramas Thrillers & Action Adventure Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy Kids Horror Romance Recent Additions The Addams Family Please enable Javascript to watch this video In our day and age, no series or sitcom is safe from becoming a potential revival. The Addams Family is no exception, even if it is a feature-length film instead of a modern rehashing of the popular TV show from the mid-1960s. The film’s dreary atmosphere and punchy one-liners take a cue from Charles Addams’ cartoon of the same name, acting as a droll canvas on which director Barry Sonnenfeld, aka the Coen brothers’ former cinematographer, fleshes out the story of Morticia (Anjelica Huston), Gomez (Raúl Juliá), and the entire Addams crew. The dry humor and Sonnenfeld’s ace visual work capture the deadpan spirit of Addams’ original work with splendor and wit, while the nightmarish gags and Huston’s scene-stealing delivery further solidify it as a cult classic. Kung Fury Please enable Javascript to watch this video The 31-minute spectacle that is Kung Fury is a testament to what can be done with a touch of nostalgia, a few special effects, and more than $650,000 in backing. The short film began as the Kickstarter project of one David Sandberg, a Swedish music video director and special effects whiz, before coming to fruition and YouTube in mid-2015. The premise itself — which revolves around a Miami detective who travels back in time in order to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime — is as ridiculous as the over-the-top martial arts sequences, all of which benefit from the use of dinosaurs, vikings, ninjas, and leather-wielding David Hasselhoff. It’s an action-packed homage to the prolific cop genre from the ’80s, and though void of taste, it’s better off because of it. Beasts of No Nation Please enable Javascript to watch this video The inevitable release of Beasts of No Nation was a long time coming. The Netflix-distributed film, the streaming service’s first, simultaneously premiered on the service and in limited releases throughout the globe to widespread critical acclaim in October. Lauded director Cary Joji Fukunaga penned and shot the entire feature, which traces the harrowing life of a child soldier (Abraham Attah) who falls in line with a group of mercenaries and their larger-than-life commandant (Idris Elba). The latter actor is a powerhouse, both terrifying and charismatic, while the rest of the film tackles the brutal atrocities of war with just the right amount of impact and implication. It’s certainly not an easy watch given the film’s more bold and bloody moments, yet, why should it be given the nature of its content? August : Osage County Please enable Javascript to watch this video August: Osage County is a brilliant play, and in turn, August: Osage County makes for a brilliant film. The film and play both center on a dysfunctional family, three sisters in particular, who return to their childhood home in Oklahoma following the disappearance of their father. The A-list cast features everyone from Julia Roberts and Benedict Cumberbatch to Ewan McGregor and Meryl Streep, all of whom spend the majority of the film quarreling with one another over matters of incest, mistaken paternity, adultery, and a laundry list of grudges rooted within their childhood upbringing and their current state of affairs. The black comedy is ripe with dark humor and theatrical setpieces, not to mention scathing dialogue that will make your annual family outings seem tame. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Please enable Javascript to watch this video Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor
This list is updated monthly to reflect recent availability and to showcase films currently streaming on Netflix, whether talking classics or modern gems. Netflix offers roughly a gazillion different movies available through its streaming platform — well, approximately a gazillion. However, while the landmark service might become surprisingly accurate with its suggestions once you’ve been using it for a while, it’s still often tough to find something worth watching amid the trove of terrible choices.That being the case, we’ve taken the time to wade through the ridiculous amount of content in order to bring you a list of some of the best films currently available on Netflix Instant. Planning your weekend has never been easier. Related: Here’s what’s new on Netflix in November, and what’s going away Choose a genre: Recent Additions Documentaries Comedies Dramas Thrillers & Action Adventure Foreign Sci-Fi & Fantasy Kids Horror Romance Recent Additions The Addams Family Please enable Javascript to watch this video In our day and age, no series or sitcom is safe from becoming a potential revival. The Addams Family is no exception, even if it is a feature-length film instead of a modern rehashing of the popular TV show from the mid-1960s. The film’s dreary atmosphere and punchy one-liners take a cue from Charles Addams’ cartoon of the same name, acting as a droll canvas on which director Barry Sonnenfeld, aka the Coen brothers’ former cinematographer, fleshes out the story of Morticia (Anjelica Huston), Gomez (Raúl Juliá), and the entire Addams crew. The dry humor and Sonnenfeld’s ace visual work capture the deadpan spirit of Addams’ original work with splendor and wit, while the nightmarish gags and Huston’s scene-stealing delivery further solidify it as a cult classic. Kung Fury Please enable Javascript to watch this video The 31-minute spectacle that is Kung Fury is a testament to what can be done with a touch of nostalgia, a few special effects, and more than $650,000 in backing. The short film began as the Kickstarter project of one David Sandberg, a Swedish music video director and special effects whiz, before coming to fruition and YouTube in mid-2015. The premise itself — which revolves around a Miami detective who travels back in time in order to assassinate Hitler and overthrow the Nazi regime — is as ridiculous as the over-the-top martial arts sequences, all of which benefit from the use of dinosaurs, vikings, ninjas, and leather-wielding David Hasselhoff. It’s an action-packed homage to the prolific cop genre from the ’80s, and though void of taste, it’s better off because of it. Beasts of No Nation Please enable Javascript to watch this video The inevitable release of Beasts of No Nation was a long time coming. The Netflix-distributed film, the streaming service’s first, simultaneously premiered on the service and in limited releases throughout the globe to widespread critical acclaim in October. Lauded director Cary Joji Fukunaga penned and shot the entire feature, which traces the harrowing life of a child soldier (Abraham Attah) who falls in line with a group of mercenaries and their larger-than-life commandant (Idris Elba). The latter actor is a powerhouse, both terrifying and charismatic, while the rest of the film tackles the brutal atrocities of war with just the right amount of impact and implication. It’s certainly not an easy watch given the film’s more bold and bloody moments, yet, why should it be given the nature of its content? August : Osage County Please enable Javascript to watch this video August: Osage County is a brilliant play, and in turn, August: Osage County makes for a brilliant film. The film and play both center on a dysfunctional family, three sisters in particular, who return to their childhood home in Oklahoma following the disappearance of their father. The A-list cast features everyone from Julia Roberts and Benedict Cumberbatch to Ewan McGregor and Meryl Streep, all of whom spend the majority of the film quarreling with one another over matters of incest, mistaken paternity, adultery, and a laundry list of grudges rooted within their childhood upbringing and their current state of affairs. The black comedy is ripe with dark humor and theatrical setpieces, not to mention scathing dialogue that will make your annual family outings seem tame. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Please enable Javascript to watch this video Jean-Dominique Bauby, editor