A Glean movie guide
Netflix’s Modern Masterpieces
The definitive streaming shortlist.
From Oscar-winning epics to sharp thrillers, these are the platform's essential films.
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The movie list
- 01
Roma
A visually stunning and deeply personal masterpiece that captures the quiet beauty of 1970s Mexico City.
In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.
- 02
The Irishman
Scorsese’s sweeping mob epic is a meditative look at loyalty and regret featuring a legendary ensemble cast.
Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.
- 03
Marriage Story
A raw and devastatingly human look at the complexities of love and the grueling reality of divorce.
A stage director and an actress struggle through a grueling, coast-to-coast divorce that pushes them to their personal extremes.
- 04
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
A sharp, colorful, and endlessly entertaining whodunit that keeps you guessing until the very end.
World-famous detective Benoit Blanc heads to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery surrounding a tech billionaire and his eclectic crew of friends.
- 05
The Power of the Dog
A tense and atmospheric psychological drama that deconstructs masculinity with surgical precision.
A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.
- 06
Society of the Snow
A harrowing and inspiring true survival story told with incredible realism and emotional weight.
On October 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to take a rugby team to Chile, crashes into a glacier in the heart of the Andes.
- 07
Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
A dark and breathtakingly beautiful stop-motion fable that breathes new life into a classic tale.
During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.
- 08
The Killer
David Fincher delivers a cold, calculated, and stylishly executed look into the mind of a professional assassin.
After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.
- 09
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
A vibrant and hilarious family adventure that celebrates individuality in a world gone haywire.
A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.
- 10
RRR
An explosive, high-energy epic that redefines the action genre with pure cinematic imagination.
A fictional history of two legendary revolutionaries' journey away from home before they began fighting for their country in the 1920s.
- 11
All Quiet on the Western Front
A visceral and technically flawless anti-war film that captures the physical and mental toll of the front lines.
Paul Baumer and his friends Albert and Muller, egged on by romantic dreams of heroism, voluntarily enlist in the German army. Full of excitement and patriotic fervour, the boys enthusiastically march into a war they believe in. But once on the Western Front, they discover the soul-destroying horror of World War I.
- 12
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin’s fast-paced legal drama turns a historical protest trial into a gripping, relevant spectacle.
What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.