Best films on Netflix: Movies from IMDb's Top 250 on Netflix US & UK
From classics like Bicycle Thieves to modern blockbusters like Shutter Island
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Chomped your way through our list of the 32 best movies on Netflix? Fear not, we've cross-referenced IMDb's Top 250 to unearth any more hidden gems you may have missed among all the new releases.
The film database's canon is far from perfect, with its user ratings tending to favour modern movies (will we still consider Gravity one of the best films ever in 10 years?), but it remains a good source of bankable films, about a fifth of which are on Netflix.
The US service has a higher number of IMDb-approved films with 29 to the UK's 31, but is missing a few 2000s hits you'll find in the UK like Into The Wild, Shutter Island and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
IMDb top 250 on Netflix UK (accurate as of 4 July 2014)
1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. The Godfather
5. Pulp Fiction
14. Forrest Gump
21. City of God
23. The Usual Suspects
36. Saving Private Ryan
58. Cinema Paradiso
63. Amelie
67. Toy Story 3
71. Oldboy (2003)
76. Reservoir Dogs
83. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
88. Bicycle Thieves
91. Snatch
97. Some Like It Hot
116. Downfall
125. The Hunt
137. Good Will Hunting
139. The Secret In Their Eyes
149. Fargo
155. Into the Wild
161. The Sixth Sense
172. Annie Hall
174. Sin City
176. Network
180. Stand by Me
185. The Avengers
186. There Will Be Blood
193. Donnie Darko
217. Shutter Island
IMDb top 250 on Netflix US (accurate as of 4 July 2014)
5. Pulp Fiction
6. The Good, The Bad and the Ggly
8. 12 Angry Men
14. Forrest Gump
21. City of God
23. The Usual Suspects
24. The Silence of the Lambs
25. Once Upon a Time in the West
29. Life is Beautiful
37. The Intouchables
38. Memento
39. Terminator 2: Judgement Day
42. The Pianist
43. Apocalypse Now
47. Gladiator
57. Cinema Paradiso
62. Amelie
70. Oldboy (2003)
73. Double Indemnity
75. Reservoir Dogs
79. Braveheart
83. Witness for the Prosecution
91. All About Eve
95. The Apartment
97. For a Few Dollars More
115. Downfall
117. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
124. The Hunt
132. The General (1926)
134. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
148. Fargo
152. Trainspotting
158. Hotel Rwanda
162. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
167. Kill Bill: Vol. 1
170. Mary and Max
171. Annie Hall
181. Amores Perros
184. The Avengers
186. The Grapes of Wrath
189. Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
192. Donnie Darko
197. Gandhi
201. The King’s Speech
210. Ip Man
222. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
228. The Graduate
246. Elite Squad: The Enemy Within
249. Swades
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