Neha ShelarWasting a lot of time simply scrolling Netflix? Well, most of us are so excited to Netflix and chill but are simply overwhelmed and confused as to what to watch. We have a list of 25 best movies on Netflix India right now to save you some time and enjoy more movies.
1. A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Main Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates
IMDb Rating: 8.3
RT Score: 87%
Genre: Crime
Synopsis: A dystopian crime film, directed by Stanley Kubrick will give you the most intense experiences ever. A cult classic and a 10/10; cannot be missed.
2. 12 Years a Slave (2013)
Director: Steve McQueen
Main Cast: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender
IMDb Rating: 8.1
RT Score: 95%
Genre: Biography
Synopsis: The movie gives a brutal look at America’s slavery problems. It is a story about a person who is enslaved after he is lured into job prospects falsely. The story narrates evils of slaver very well on the screen.
3. Animal House (1992)
Director: John Landis
Main Cast: John Belushi, Karen Allen, Tom Hulce
IMDb Rating: 7.5
RT Score: 90%
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis: An American comedy film about how the misfit group of fraternity members challenge the authority of the dean of Faber College. This flick will surely leave you in splits!
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4. Argo (2012)
Director: Ben Affleck
Main Cast: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman
IMDb Rating: 7.7
RT Score: 96%
Genre: Biography
Synopsis: This is a story about an exfiltration specialist who goes undercover as a Hollywood producer to rescue six Americans held captive in Tehran during the US hostage crisis in Iran.
5. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Main Cast: Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Jesse Corti
IMDb Rating: 7.1
RT Score: 71%
Genre: Animation
Synopsis: Beauty and the beast is the story of Belle, a village girl who is on a journey to save her father from a creature that has locked him in his dungeon. As the story progresses, she learns that the creature is none other than an enchanted prince who has been cursed.
6. The Breadwinner (2017)
Director: Nora Twomey
Main Cast: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus
IMDb Rating: 7.7
RT Score: 95%
Genre: Animation
Synopsis: The Breadwinner is an animated drama film by Cartoon Saloon. Parvana is an 11-year-old girl who is dealing with her father’s wrongful arrest in the film. She lives under Taliban rule in Afghanistan in 2001.
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Parvana cuts off her hair, dresses up like a boy to support her family. She discovers a new world of freedom and danger while working along with a friend. Working alongside a friend, she soon discovers a new world of freedom and danger.
7. Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga
Main Cast: Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Affadzi, Ricky Adelayitor
IMDb Rating: 7.7
RT Score: 91%
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: Beasts of No Nation is a movie of the Civil war rages in Africa. During the war, a fierce warlord(Idris Elba) trains a young orphan to join his group of guerrilla soldiers.
8. Casino (1995)
Director: Martin Scorsese
Main Cast: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone, Joe Pesci
IMDb Rating: 8.2
RT Score: 80%
Genre: Crime
Synopsis: Ace is a resourceful mafia associate. He is asked to run a casino is Las Vegas and ultimately rises to power. His altercations with his friend Nicky and his love interest, Ginger creates complications in his life.
9. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
Director: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
Main Cast: Chris Evans, Samuel L. Jackson, Scarlett Johansson
IMDb Rating: 7.7
RT Score: 90%
Genre: Action
Synopsis: Captain America, Black Widow, and Falcon join forces to uncover a conspiracy within S.H.I.E.L.D. while facing a mysterious assassin known as the Winter Soldier.
10. Court (2014)
Director: Chaitanya Tamhan
Main Cast: Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni
IMDb Rating: 7.7
RT Score: 98%
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: The court is a classic tale of a social activist who spreads his messages through folk music. He is arrested on the charges of inciting a sewage worker’s suicide. Lawyers from both sides present their rote ideologies and are scrutinized as the trial plays out.
11. Dangal (2016)
Director: Nitesh Tiwari
Main Cast: Aamir Khan, Sakshi Tanwar, Fatima Sana Shaikh
IMDb Rating: 8.4
RT Score: 88%
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: Mahavir Singh Phogat (Aamir Khan) stands against the social stigmas dwelling around the societal norms of India. He trains his daughters to fulfil his incomplete dream of winning a wrestling gold medal for his country. The girls, true to their father’s training, beat all odds to fulfil their father’s dreams.
12. District 9 (2009)
Director: Neill Blomkamp
Main Cast: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope
IMDb Rating: 7.9
RT Score: 90%
Genre: Action
Synopsis: District 9 is a story about aliens on Earth. A few aliens, when landed on Earth, are forced to live in pathetic conditions. They, however, find support in a government agent who is responsible for their relocation.
13. Django Unchained (2012)
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Main Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio
IMDb Rating: 8.4
RT Score: 87%
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: Django is a slave and his wife has been captured by a hard-hearted plantation owner. He joins forces with a bounty owner to rescue his wife.
14. Doctor Strange (2016)
Director: Scott Derrickson
Main Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams
IMDb Rating: 7.5
RT Score: 89%
Genre: Action
Synopsis: Doctor Strange is a story about a famous neurosurgeon who loses the ability to use his hands and goes to visit the mysterious Ancient One, a new marvel character to heal himself and become a great sorcerer under her tutelage.
15. Donnie Brasco (1997)
Director: Mike Newell
Main Cast: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen
IMDb Rating: 7.7
RT Score: 88%
Genre: Biography
Synopsis: Donnie Brasco is an undercover FBI agent. He infiltrates one of the five crime families in New York and rises through the ranks quickly to bring it down for good.
16. Drive (2011)
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Main Cast: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston
IMDb Rating: 7.8
RT Score: 92%
Genre: Crime
Synopsis: A thrilling story of a stuntman, a gateway driver who falls in love with a married woman, Irene. Irene is married to a criminal. To protect her husband and a few gangsters, he crosses the boundaries of the law.
17. End of Watch (2012)
Director: David Ayeron
Main Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Peña, Anna Kendrick
IMDb Rating: 7.6
RT Score: 85%
Genre: Action
Synopsis: Brian and Mike are LAPD partners. They are known for their dedication and respect towards their jobs in a notorious neighbourhood in LA. The story expresses their fate when they get entangled mistakenly in the run-afoul of a Mexican cartel.
18. Finding Nemo (2003)
Director: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich (co-director)
Main Cast: Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, Alexander Gould
IMDb Rating: 8.1
RT Score: 86%
Genre: Animation
Synopsis: Nemo is the little son, the baby of a meek clownfish. Nemo gets abducted in the Great Barrier Reef and is dispatched to Sydney. The clownfish then embarks on a journey to bring him home and will go any distance to find him.
19. Frozen (2013)
Director: Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Main Cast: Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff
IMDb Rating: 7.4
RT Score: 90%
Genre: Animation
Synopsis: Anna sets out on a journey to find her sister, Elsa. She is out with an iceman, Kristoff, and his reindeer, Sven. The story builds up when Elsa, with the help of her powers mistakenly converts everything into ice.
20. Fruitvale Station (2013)
Director: Ryan Coogler
Main Cast: Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz, Octavia Spencer
IMDb Rating: 7.5
RT Score: 94%
Genre: Biography
Synopsis: This is a true story based on a 22-year-old man named Oscar Grant who is passing away tragically after getting entangled in an altercation with the police while returning from a fireworks show in San Francisco.
21. Gravity (2013)
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Main Cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris
IMDb Rating: 7.7
RT Score: 96%
Genre: Drama
Synopsis: Gravity is an engaging story about space survival. Dr. Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut are on their final expedition and have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.
22. Andhadhun (2018)
Director: Sriram Raghavan
Main Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Tabu, Radhika Apte
IMDb Rating: 8.3
RT Score: 100%
Genre: Crime
Synopsis: A black comedy-thriller movie, first of its kind, Andhadhun is about a blind pianist(Aayushman Khurana). He always ends up at the wrong places and is stuck in a mess when he witnesses a former-actor being murdered by his wife.
23. Bird Box (2018)
Director: Susanne Bier
Main Cast: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, John Malkovich
IMDb Rating: 6.6
RT Score: 63%
Genre: Horror
Synopsis: Birdbox is a very engaging movie. A mysterious force decimates the population. The only thing that is certain — if you see it, you die. The survivors must now avoid coming face to face with an entity that takes the form of their worst fears.
24. Haider (2014)
Director: Vishal Bhardwaj
Main Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor
IMDb Rating: 8.1
RT Score: 86%
Genre: Action
Synopsis: Haider is a story of the violent happenings of the post insurgency in Jammy and Kashmir. The story revolves around Haider (Shahid Kapoor) who comes back to find his father, who was taken away by the army like many others from the valley.
25. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Director: James Gunn
Main Cast: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper
IMDb Rating: 8
RT Score: 91%
Genre: Action
Synopsis: A group of unwilling heroes from distinct and different backgrounds comes together as the Guardians of the Galaxy. They go on together to stop Ronan the Accuser from getting his hands on a valuable orb.
That’s it! These movies will keep you hooked. You are all set with popcorn and pyjamas for at least 25 good flicks! Keep adding on to the list in the comments section below.
Baishaly Roy
