Best movies — short on Netflix : our Top 20

2023 · Wes Anderson

A wealthy playboy becomes obsessed with tales of a reclusive guru who perceives the world without using his eyes. Convinced that the skill can be turned into profit, he tracks down the master and subjects himself to grueling training, hoping to harness the power to rig the high-stakes gambling world in his favor.

With Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel, Ben Kingsley, Richard Ayoade, Jarvis Cocker and Rebecca Cornford

2012 · Clark Baker

amid the frozen, shell‑pocked expanse between opposing trenches, French and Scottish soldiers stand off against German troops. On Christmas Eve an astonishing incident occurs in that desolate no man's land — a fleeting, humane truce that interrupts the slaughter and forces enemies to recognize one another as men rather than targets. What begins as tentative curiosity blossoms into fragile acts of fellowship that will change those who take part.

With Brandon Bales, Brandy Maasch, Julie Mintz, Walter Phelan, Taylor Pigeon, Alan Pietruszewski and Whit Spurgeon

2012 · Inés Sedan

A recently laid-off executive, forced to sell his apartment, discovers he still possesses a spare key. Haunted by the family that now lives there, he becomes increasingly obsessed with reclaiming the life he lost and will go to any lengths to get it back.

2010 · Rupert Friend

A young couple's private life is quietly unsettled when their downstairs neighbor, Steve, begins dropping in every day—pointing out small household faults, offering unsolicited fixes and insisting they sit for tea. What begins as neighborly concern soon feels intrusive and oddly rehearsed, and as the visits intensify the couple must decide whether Steve's attention masks a hidden purpose or whether their growing unease is driven by their own fears.

With Colin Firth, Keira Knightley and Tom Mison

2023 · Pauline Gay

Three solitary employees at a neighborhood department store form an unexpected bond, finding comfort in each other's company as they tentatively navigate intimacy, longing, and what it means to love.

With Corinne Masiero, Salomé Dewaels, Carole Trevoux, Johann Cuny and Frédérique Moser

2008 · William Branden Blinn

A mixed martial artist, desperate to keep custody of his young daughter, abandons a career-defining bout and races through Berlin against the clock, battling obstacles and personal demons to make it to her birthday celebration.

With Nick Soper and Carlos Salas

2022 · Mike Doxford

Seasoned hostage negotiator Alan Bender is summoned to free the president after a high-stakes abduction, only to find himself juggling a parallel crisis: negotiating to save his marriage and protect his wife.

2022 · Maya Newell

Tracing her path from childhood to teenage activism, Georgie Stone reflects on her life and her landmark struggle for transgender rights in this documentary.

With Georgie Stone, Rebekah Robertson, Greg Stone and Harry Stone

2011 · Greg Williams

In a near future where robotic advances have vaulted Paralympic competitors into the spotlight, Maria is determined to face her sister in competition. To make that dream a reality she is pulled into a dangerous underground of illicit tech, betrayal and escalating violence.

With Zahia Dehar and Grant Tuohy