Not going to lie, putting this post together brought me SO MUCH JOY. Yes, I did go through every. single. movie genre on Netflix, page by page, to create this list. Who knew there were so many amazing movies available! I do feel like they just recently added a ton of older great movies to their list, which makes this post even better.
Going through and seeing different movie titles pop up made me excited. Then I searched for the trailers for each I was like, "DAMN I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!" This happened so often that Andrew said, "Is there a movie you don't like??" And of course there are, but there are so many more that I love.
As I'm getting older and more aware, I've realized that I have a real obsession with movies. I get engrossed with them and try to see them all. I don't do scary movies but other than that, I'm here for anything! I think this comes from my mom and sister, who are also avid movie lovers. Whenever we're together we're watching movies. It's our thing.
I even talked to my sister yesterday and told her I was excited for her to see this list. Hopefully, it doesn't disappoint!!
So yes, I literally rounded up every movie on Netflix I have seen and would watch again. Sure there are a lot, but what is a quarantine without some choices?? I have it all for you: drama, romcom, history, documentaries, cartoons, classics, and award winners. Get ready!
MUST SEE: I would arguably say these are all some must-see movies but I wanted to add a special note about these below. It was hard narrowing down this list (should I have added Klaus?? Was it that good or did I personally just love it? Would others feel the same?) as I didn't want a bad apple to ruin the whole list. I take my movie recommendations VERY seriously and I get sad when someone doesn't like a movie I made them watch lol.
So this list below has some of my all-time favorites. These are movies that impacted my life after watching them. This list is in no particular order!
Shawshank Redemption
The Dark Knight
Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse
Space Jam
Goodfellas
About Time
(This is on my special list for my sister and BIL!)
The King's Speech
Freedom Writers
Hook
And with that, I present the rest of my top picks (in sort of alphabetical order)
21 (Drama)
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (Romcom)
As Good As it Gets (Romcom)
American Factory (Documentary)
Batman Begins (Action)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Drama)
Center Stage (90's Romcom)
The Christmas Chronicles (Family)
A Cinderella Story (Family)
2000's Krista would be v upset if I left it off. Is it amazing? No, but CMM was my dream guy and Lizzie McGuire was my idol
Dallas Buyers Club (Drama)
The Danish Girl (Drama)
El Camino (Action)
*only if you have seen all of Breaking Bad
Elizabeth* (Drama)
I have not seen it, but it is on my list
Ex-Machina (Drama)
Failure to Launch (Romcom)
Fyre (Documentary)
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (Romcom)
Groundhog Day (Comedy)
Hancock (Action)
The Hateful Eight (Drama/Western/Crime Thriller/Tarantino)
Hell or High Water (Drama)
Close to making a must see
He's Just Not That Into You (Romcom)
Hitch (Romcom)
Hostiles (Western/Drama/Christian Bale!!!!)
Icarus (Documentary)
Inception (Drama)
Inglorious Basterds (Action)
The Irishman (Drama)
Jerry Maguire (Romcom)
John Mulaney standups (Comedy)
Best to start with New In Town
Julie and Julia (Romcom)
Kill Bill (Action)
The King (Drama)
Klaus (Family)
IT'S SO CUTE
Legend (Drama)
Limitless (Drama/Thriller??)
Netflix is calling this a thriller??
Life As We Know It (Romcom)
Miracle (Drama)
Monster In Law (Romcom)
Moonlight (Drama)
Mudbound (Drama)
New York Minute (Classic)
MK&A were my LIFE.
The Other Guys (Comedy)
P.S. I Love You (Romcom)
The Pursuit of Happyness (Drama)
Richie Rich (Classic)
YEA I SAID IT
Room (Drama)
The Rugrats Movie (Classic)
Saving Mr. Banks (Drama/Comedy)
She's Out of My League (Romcom)
Silver Linings Playbook (Romcom)
Step Brothers (Comedy)
Steve Jobs (Drama)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Drama)
The Theory of Everything (Drama)
There Will Be Blood (Drama/Daniel Day-Lewis)
The Two Popes (Drama)
The Ugly Truth (Romcom)
V for Vendetta (Drama)
Another close contender for TOP movies to see but it's been so long
