Entertainment
Palmer Haasch
- Insider compiled 2024's top Netflix original movies based on critics' rankings from Rotten Tomatoes.
- The list includes titles with an 80% or higher score and at least 20 reviews.
- The top films included "Daughters," "Will & Harper," and "Hit Man."
This year's top Netflix original movies span genre and form, ranging from action flicks to documentaries to all-ages animated films.
You might remember "Hit Man," which helped cement Glen Powell's star status on the heels of "Anyone But You" and before the summer blockbuster "Twisters." Perhaps you caught the Academy Award-nominated "Society of the Snow" after it premiered on Netflix in January. Or maybe you were tuned for Anna Kendrick's directorial debut, "Woman of the Hour."
There are 21 Netflix films this year that boasted aggregated critic score on Rotten Tomatoes of over 80% — provided they had at least 20 reviews. Here's the full list, from lowest to highest score.
Note: All scores were current on the date of publication. In the event of a tied score, the movie with more reviews was ranked higher.
21. 'Ultraman: Rising'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 86%
Netflix synopsis: "For decades, his dad was Ultraman, maintaining 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'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 88%
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'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%
Netflix synopsis: "A fight over an heirloom piano stirs up ghosts of the past in this Denzel Washington-produced adaptation of August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning play."
18. 'Martha'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 89%
Netflix synopsis: "From homemaker to lawbreaker, discover the story of America's original influencer and her comeback from the scandal that almost cost her everything."
17. 'Society of the Snow'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 90%
Netflix synopsis: "Nominated for a Golden Globe, this touching film about the 1972 airplane crash in the Andes 'hypnotizes with its spectacularity,' praises El Mundo."
16. 'The Shadow Strays'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
Netflix synopsis: "Skilled in the art of killing, a young assassin defies her mentor to save a boy from a ruthless crime syndicate — and she'll destroy anyone in her path."
15. 'Joy'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
Netflix synopsis: "Born in 1978, Louise Joy Brown was the world's first IVF baby. But who were the scientists that made her birth possible? This drama tells their story."
14. 'The Kitchen'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
Netflix synopsis: "London, 2044. The gap between the rich and the poor is stretched to its limits. The Kitchen is one of the only social housing estates left."
13. 'The Imaginary'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
Netflix synopsis: "Amanda and her imaginary friend Rudger go on thrilling make-believe adventures. but when Rudger finds himself alone, he faces a mysterious threat."
12. 'Woman of the Hour'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 91%
Netflix synopsis: "An aspiring Hollywood star matches with a sadistic serial killer on a dating game show in Anna Kendrick's 'tremendous directorial debut' (Screen Daily)."
11. 'Orion and the Dark'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 92%
Netflix synopsis: "Sean Charmatz's directorial debut about a boy who befriends the Dark is a 'marvelously told tale' that 'has fun with fear' (San Francisco Chronicle)."
10. 'Rez Ball'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 94%
Netflix synopsis: "They play fast, shoot fast and never stop. A high school basketball team defies the odds in this LeBron James-produced drama inspired by true events."
9. 'Hit Man'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 95%
Netflix synopsis: "A mild-mannered professor poses as a fake hit man in this comedy that's 'a blast of pure pleasure and one of the year's best films' (The Washington Post)."
8. 'Black Barbie'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%
Netflix synopsis: "From Shondaland comes this 'must see' (RogerEbert.com), 'magnificent' and 'simply spectacular' (Black Girl Nerds) documentary on the first Black Barbie."
7. 'Rebel Ridge'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 96%
Netflix synopsis: "A former Marine with a mysterious background uses his unique skills to pursue justice when small-town cops seize the cash he needs for his cousin's bail."
6. 'The Remarkable Life of Ibelin'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 97%
Netflix synopsis: "When the parents of a beloved World of Warcraft player announced his death, his guild members reached out ot them — and revealed his hidden life."
5. 'The Greatest Night in Pop'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%
Netflix synopsis: "Music stars met their idols, egos were tested, the clock was ticking — and history was made. A documentary on the night 'We Are the World' was recorded."
4. 'His Three Daughters'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 98%
Netflix synopsis: "A trio of estranged sisters reunite at their dying father's New York City apartment in this 'bitingly funny and disarmingly honest' drama (The Atlantic)."
3. 'Will & Harper'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 99%
Netflix synopsis: "When Will Ferrell's good friend Harper comes out as a trans woman, they take a road trip to bond and reintroduce Harper to the country as her true self."
2. 'Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhaka Sherpa'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%
Netflix synopsis: "Bone-chilling winds. Dwindling oxygen. Avalanches. Lhakpa Sherpa makes a perilous, record-breaking summit of Mount Everest in this gripping documentary."
1. 'Daughters'
Rotten Tomatoes score: 100%
Netflix synopsis: 'This Sundance prize-winning documentary about a group of girls reuniting with their dads is 'an admirable, ennobling picture,' says Vulture."
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