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Netflix's Best Original Movies
Netflix's top original films for 2026.
In brief
Netflix's top original films for 2026. Netflix's best original movies include Oscar winners and international hits like All Quiet On The Western Front and Frankenstein. Originally reported by AV Club.
All Quiet On The Western Front
The third cinematic adaptation based on Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 literary novel of the same name, director Edward Berger’s German-language version is a bleak, brutal exploration of a young recruit’s traumatic experiences during 18 months serving in northern France.
“Winner of the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film in 2023”
Frankenstein
A long-gestating passion project from director Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein is only somewhat faithful to Mary Shelley’s classic novel but gets the spirit of the story exactly right through split narratives exploring both Frankenstein’s and the Creature’s perspectives.
“Full of lush, vibrant, thoroughly Gothic imagery, the film is glorious to look at from start to finish”
The Irishman
Martin Scorsese’s epic gangster drama based on Frank Sheeran’s 2004 memoir, I Heard You Paint Houses, clocks in at three and a half hours and features Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci.
“The film dramatizes the story of a half-century of organized crime through the rise and fall of a hit man in the Philadelphia mob”
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Netflix’s most popular film release features Arden Cho, May Hong, and a musical group called Huntr/x who use secret identities as demon hunters to protect the human world from supernatural danger.
“The story follows a musical group called Huntr/x, a trio of young-adult pop stars who use their secret identities as demon hunters to protect the human world from supernatural danger”
Marriage Story
Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama stars Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver as a couple navigating thorny moral issues and the collapse of their relationship without anyone being a villain.
“A rare relationship drama in which no one is a villain, it instead acknowledges that this is the kind of story in which there is no true happy ending”
The Power Of The Dog
Jane Campion’s atmospheric Western set in 1920s Montana follows a cruel rancher who doesn’t take kindly to his younger brother’s new wife and stepson.
“Cumberbatch’s performance alone makes this worth watching, and the film is a rare story whose ending recontextualizes almost everything that’s come before it”
Society Of The Snow
A. Bayona’s Spanish-language film dramatizes the 1972 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crash in the Andes mountains with a cast of primarily Uruguayan and Argentine actors.
“This isn’t a film for the faint of heart, yet it’s one that also feels impossible to look away from”
Tick, Tick…Boom!
Lin-Manuel Miranda directs this movie musical based on Jonathan Larson’s stage show, featuring Andrew Garfield as Larson who died at 35.
“The film loosely recounts Larson’s life as a twentysomething theater kid in 1990s New York City”
Train Dreams
Clint Bentley’s period film about a logger in the early 20th-century Pacific Northwest got nominated for Best Picture and explores themes of grief, isolation, and resilience.
“The film explores themes of grief, isolation, resilience, and the simple grace of everyday life”
Wake Up Dead Man
Rian Johnson’s third Knives Out installment stars Daniel Craig as detective Benoit Blanc investigating a murder involving a controversial Catholic priest.
“The film’s thoughtful treatment of belief (in forms both religious and not) is compelling without ever becoming preachy or sentimental”
The short version
Netflix's best original movies include Oscar winners and international hits like All Quiet On The Western Front and Frankenstein.
