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The sheer volume of films on Netflix — and the site’s less than ideal interface — can make finding a genuinely great movie there a difficult task. To help, we’ve plucked out the 50 best films currently streaming on the service in the United States, updated regularly as titles come and go. And as a bonus, we link to more great movies on Netflix within many of our write-ups below. (Note: Streaming services sometimes remove titles or change starting dates without giving notice.)

Here are our lists of the best TV shows on Netflix, the best movies on Amazon Prime Video and the best of everything on Hulu and Disney Plus.

‘Woman of the Hour’ (2024)

Anna Kendrick makes an impressive directorial debut in this fictionalized account of the serial killer Rodney Alcala, who — in the midst of a yearslong spree of sexual assaults and murders — appeared as one of the bachelors on “The Dating Game” in 1978. Kendrick also stars as Sheryl, the bachelorette who appeared opposite him (and chose him from three finalists) on that game show. To the credit of the screenwriter Ian McDonald, “Woman” is less interested in this monster than his victims, who are seen in flashbacks and flash-forwards, and in Sheryl, who becomes an avatar for the fears and frustrations of the “liberated woman” of the era. Our critic praised Kendrick’s ability to balance “the buoyant goofiness of a TV game show with a menacing undertone.”