Best movies on Netflix (Canada) : our Top 20

2019 · Todd Phillips

In 1980s Gotham City, a struggling stand-up comedian crushed by rejection and isolation spirals into madness, shedding his former life to become a calculating, unhinged criminal whose theatrical violence and anarchic schemes plunge the city into fear.

With Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham and Bill Camp

2000 · Mary Harron

A successful, well-heeled investment banker in New York projects a flawless public image while secretly harboring a psychopathic alternate personality; as his detached, increasingly irrational impulses grow bolder and more gratuitous, he conceals the mounting danger from colleagues and friends.

With Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas, Samantha Mathis, Matt Ross and Bill Sage

2004 · Martin Scorsese

From 1927 to 1947, this biographical drama traces Howard Hughes’s ascent from ambitious filmmaker to a towering figure in both Hollywood and the aviation industry, charting his inventive productions and daring aeronautical endeavors. As his influence and wealth grow, his private life frays—he struggles with intensifying obsessive-compulsive disorder that gradually undermines his relationships and stability.

With Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alan Alda, Danny Huston and Ian Holm

2013 · Matt Johnson

A vivid chronicle of Mötley Crüe’s climb from the gritty Sunset Strip club circuit of the early 1980s to international rock superstardom.

With Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Krista Madison, Shailene Garnett, Jay McCarrol, Brandon Wickens and Josh Boles

2004 · Mark Waters

Cady Heron is welcomed into The Plastics, the school's most exclusive girl clique, but her newfound popularity begins to unravel when she falls for Aaron Samuels, the former boyfriend of their dominant leader, Regina George.

With Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried, Lizzy Caplan, Daniel Franzese and Tina Fey

2016 · Duncan Jones

Azeroth’s tranquil societies teeter on the verge of war when a fearsome horde of orc warriors—desperate refugees from a dying homeland—arrive bent on claiming new lands. A suddenly opened rift links the two worlds and sets them on a collision course: one army faces obliteration while an entire people risks extinction. From opposite sides, two champions are drawn into a decisive confrontation that will determine the survival of their loved ones, their cultures, and the world they call home.

With Travis Fimmel, Paula Patton, Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Ben Schnetzer, Toby Kebbell and Robert Kazinsky

1998 · François Girard

A bereaved girl is taken in by her renowned violinist uncle, a man whose fame is matched only by his emotional distance. Bound together by loss and the shared language of music, they slowly bridge the silence between them and discover an unexpected path to healing.

With Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli, Samuele Amighetti, Jean-Luc Bideau and Aldo Brugnini

2011 · Robert Adetuyi

A family's upscale vacation at a remote rental descends into fear when a sudden cyber blackout silences every device and severs their connection to the outside world. With phones, security systems and internet unusable, two strangers arrive unannounced at the door, turning their peaceful retreat into a tense struggle for safety and truth.

With Tyrone Marshall Brown, Mishael Morgan, Nikki Grant, Chase Armitage, Ray Johnson, Kristy Flores and Shane Pollard

2024 · Christopher Jenkins

A spoiled housecat, used to being doted on by Rose, a warmhearted and passionate student, takes his cushioned existence for granted. When his ninth life slips away, destiny intervenes and thrusts him into an unforeseen journey of loss, growth, and profound transformation.

With Mo Gilligan, Simone Ashley, Sophie Okonedo, Zayn Malik, Dylan Llewellyn, Jeremy Swift and Bill Nighy

2016 · Terry Ingram

After her husband suddenly ends their marriage, Kate—now an empty nester—travels alone to Africa for a second honeymoon, where she rediscovers purpose and opens herself to the chance of new love.

With Erin Krakow, Niall Matter, Wendie Malick, P. Lynn Johnson, Michael Kopsa, Jim Thorburn and Aliyah O'Brien

2019 · Jeff Chan

In Lincoln City, a marginalized underclass of people with supernatural talents survives in squalor while a militarized law enforcement keeps them under constant surveillance. Connor, a blue‑collar construction worker who can tap into those abilities, is pushed to desperate measures and joins a criminal crew to pay for his mother’s medical care. (Inspired by the 2016 short film Code 8.)

With Robbie Amell, Stephen Amell, Kari Matchett, Penny Eizenga, Lawrence Bayne, Jai Jai Jones and Alex Mallari Jr.

2019 · Jim Mickle

In 1988, Philadelphia patrolman Thomas "Locke" Lockhart—driven and eager to climb the ranks—takes on a case involving a murderer whose crimes confound investigators and resist any rational explanation. When the killer vanishes and then reemerges nine years later, Locke's relentless quest for the truth begins to erode his career, strain his family relationships, and threaten his own grip on reality.

With Boyd Holbrook, Cleopatra Coleman, Michael C. Hall, Bokeem Woodbine, Sarah Dugdale, Rudi Dharmalingam and Rachel Keller

1994 · Steve DiMarco

After leaving the CIA fifteen years earlier to raise a family, former top agents Matt and Emily are forced back into the clandestine world when their true identities are uncovered.

With Billy Blanks, Roddy Piper, Bobbie Phillips, Kai Soremekun, Matt Birman, Nigel Bennett and Damon D'Oliveira

1999 · Stephan Elliott

An acclaimed journalist exposes a motel proprietor who secretly watched his guests for decades, but the explosive exposé rapidly spirals into a controversy that engulfs everyone involved.

With Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd, Patrick Bergin, k.d. lang, Geneviève Bujold, Jason Priestley and Kaitlin Brown

2022 · Patrick Hughes

Wrongly identified as someone else, a hapless small-business owner is plunged into a deadly mix-up and must reluctantly team up with a feared assassin known as the Man from Toronto, navigating chaotic confrontations and sharp wit in a desperate bid to stay alive.

With Kevin Hart, Woody Harrelson, Kaley Cuoco, Jasmine Mathews, Lela Loren, Pierson Fodé and Jencarlos Canela

2025 · Osgood Perkins

Twin brothers discover an antique wind-up monkey that sets off a wave of bizarre, deadly incidents, tearing their family to pieces. Twenty-five years on, the mechanical menace springs back to life and embarks on another killing rampage, forcing the once-distant siblings to reunite and confront the malevolent toy.

With Theo James, Tatiana Maslany, Christian Convery, Colin O'Brien, Adam Scott, Elijah Wood and Rohan Campbell

2013 · Andy Muschietti

A lethal ex-assassin emerges from seclusion to shield the daughter she surrendered years earlier, plunged into a desperate flight as ruthless enemies close in.

With Jessica Chastain, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Megan Charpentier, Isabelle Nélisse, Daniel Kash, Melina Matthews and Morgan McGarry

2010 · Atom Egoyan

After Chloe uncovers that the garden gnomes around her new house are anything but harmless, she must choose between chasing the perfect high-school life she’s always wanted and standing up to defend her neighborhood by taking on the menacing Troggs.

With Amanda Seyfried, Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Max Thieriot, R. H. Thomson, Nina Dobrev and Mishu Vellani

1998 · Jamie Blanks

A university is terrorized by a remorseless killer who recreates notorious urban legends with each victim; as panic mounts, a small group of students must decipher the deadly pattern before the next myth is enacted.

With Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Michael Rosenbaum, Loretta Devine, Tara Reid and John Neville

2023 · Scott Beck

Sixty-five million years ago, two survivors of a Somaris starship wrecked on prehistoric Earth battle ravenous dinosaurs and the planet’s savage elements as they race against time to reach their rescue craft before a cataclysmic asteroid impact wipes out the world.

With Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt, Chloe Coleman, Nika King and Brian Dare