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All 42 of Netflix's notable original movies, ranked from worst to best
1. “Mudbound” — 97%
2. “Tramps” — 95%
Critic score: 95%
Audience score: 73%
Netflix description: "Pulled into a shady briefcase swap for different reasons, young strangers Danny and Ellie spend an eventful night together when the deal goes wrong."
3. “Deidra & Laney Rob a Train” — 94%
Critic score: 94%
Audience score: 60%
Netflix description: "With their mother in jail and bills piling up, ambitious small-town teens Deidra and Laney plot a series of train robberies to keep themselves afloat."
4. “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” — 93%
Critic score: 93%
Audience score: 74%
Netflix description: "Grudges and rivalries abound as three adult siblings converge in New York to contend with their prickly artist father — and his fading legacy."
5. “Beasts of No Nation” — 91%
Critic score: 91%
Audience score: 92%
Netflix description: "When civil war tears his family apart, a young West African boy is forced to join a unit of mercenary fighters and transform into a child soldier."
6. “Imperial Dreams” — 91%
Critic score: 91%
Audience score: 83%
Netflix description: "A young father returns home from jail eager to care for his son and become a writer, but crime, poverty and a flawed system threaten his plans."
7. “Gerald’s Game” — 90%
Critic score: 90%
Audience score: 76%
Netflix description: "When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie — handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house — faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice."
8. “I Don’t Feel at Home In This World Anymore” — 89%
Critic score: 89%
Audience score: 77%
Netflix description: "A timid nursing assistant gets a new lease on life when she and a neighborhood loner track down the degenerates who broke into her house."
9. “Win It All” — 89%
Critic score: 89%
Audience score: 58%
Netflix description: "After losing $50,000 that wasn't his, gambling addict Eddie starts to rebuild his life. But an unwelcome surprise pushes him toward his old ways."
10. “First They Killed My Father” — 88%
Critic score: 88%
Audience score: 83%
Netflix description: "A 5-year-old girl embarks on a harrowing quest for survival amid the sudden rise and terrifying reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia."
11. “Wheelman” — 88%
Critic score: 88%
Audience score: 67%
Netflix description: "The getaway driver in a botched robbery puts his skills and smarts to the test when he receives shocking orders from an unknown caller."
12. “1922” — 88%
Critic score: 88%
Audience score: 61%
Netflix description: "A farmer pens a confession admitting to his wife's murder, but her death is just the beginning of a macabre tale. Based on Stephen King's novella."
13. “Okja” — 86%
Critic score: 86%
Audience score: 82%
Netflix description: "A gentle giant and the girl who raised her are caught in the crossfire between animal activism, corporate greed and scientific ethics."
14. “Burning Sands” — 86%
Critic score: 86%
Audience score: 64%
Netflix description: "Promising student Zurich opens his eyes to some hard truths when his fraternity's violent hazing escalates into a disastrous hell night."
15. “The Incredible Jessica James” — 85%
Critic score: 85%
Audience score: 66%
Netflix description: "Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date."
16. “Tallulah” — 84%
Critic score: 84%
Audience score: 69%
Netflix description: "While searching for her ex-boyfriend, a young drifter impulsively kidnaps a baby from a neglectful mother and pretends the child is her own."
17. “Little Evil” — 83%
Critic score: 83%
Audience score: 42%
Netflix description: "In this horror-comedy, a recently married man who wants to bond with his stepson begins to fear that the boy is a demon."
18. “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday” — 80%
Critic score: 80%
Audience score: 62%
Netflix description: "A chance encounter with a mysterious stranger points Pee-wee toward his destiny — and his first-ever holiday!"
19. “Barry” — 80%
Critic score: 80%
Audience score: 54%
Netflix description: "A young Barack Obama forges his identity while dealing with race, divergent cultures and ordinary life as a New York City college student."
20. “Spectral” — 80%
Critic score: 80%
Audience score: 50%
Netflix description: "When an otherworldly force wreaks havoc on a war-torn European city, an engineer teams up with an elite Special Ops unit to stop it."
21. “The Fundamentals of Caring” — 77%
Critic score: 77%
Audience score: 83%
Netflix description: "In this inspirational buddy comedy, a young shut-in and his caregiver take a road trip in search of landmarks, but end up finding hope and friendship."
22. “A Very Murray Christmas” — 75%
Critic score: 75%
Audience score: 36%
Netflix description: "Bill Murray rounds up an all-star cast for an evening of music, mischief and barroom camaraderie in this irreverent twist on holiday variety shows."
23. “XOXO” — 71%
Critic score: 71%
Audience score: 53%
Netflix description: "The lives of a budding DJ, his loyal pal, a hopeless romantic, a jaded has-been and a troubled couple intersect at an electronic dance music festival."
24. “To The Bone” — 67%
Critic score: 67%
Audience score: 64%
Netflix description: "Ellen, a 20-year-old with anorexia nervosa, goes on a harrowing, sometimes funny journey of self-discovery at a group home run by an unusual doctor."
25. “The Siege of Jadotville” — 60%
Critic score: 60%
Audience score: 71%
Netflix description: "Besieged by overwhelming enemy forces, Irish soldiers on a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Africa valiantly defend their outpost in this true story."
26. “The Babysitter” — 60%
Critic score: 60%
Audience score: 61%
Netflix description: "When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet."
27. “ARQ” — 60%
Critic score: 60%
Audience score: 46%
Netflix description: "Trapped in a lab and stuck in a time loop, a disoriented couple fends off masked raiders while harboring a new energy source that could save humanity."
28. “iBoy” — 60%
Critic score: 60%
Audience score: 40%
Netflix description: "When shards of a cell phone get lodged in a teenager's brain, he discovers he can control electronic devices and uses his newfound power for revenge."
29. “Small Crimes” — 58%
Critic score: 58%
Audience score: 30%
Netflix description: "After serving a six-year prison sentence, an ex-cop tries to rebuild his life in his hometown, but gets caught up in the fallout from his past."
30. “War Machine” — 53%
Critic score: 53%
Audience score: 34%
Netflix description: "When a proud general is tasked with winning an unpopular war, he takes the challenge head-on, not knowing that hubris may be his own worst enemy."
31. “Shimmer Lake” — 50%
Critic score: 50%
Audience score: 60%
Netflix description: "Unfolding in reverse time, this darkly comic crime thriller follows a local sheriff hunting three bank robbery suspects, one of whom is his brother."
32. “Mascots” — 50%
Critic score: 50%
Audience score: 35%
Netflix description: "Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot in this offbeat, comic romp from Christopher Guest."
33. “Sand Castle” — 47%
Critic score: 47%
Audience score: 40%
Netflix description: "After the invasion of Iraq in 2003, a reluctant soldier's platoon is dispatched on a dangerous mission to repair a hostile village's water system."
34. “The Discovery” — 44%
Critic score: 44%
Audience score: 45%
Netflix description: "A scientist whose proof of an afterlife caused a rash of suicides forges ahead with his research, while his disapproving son falls for a troubled woman."
35. “The Most Hated Woman in America” — 43%
Critic score: 43%
Audience score: 41%
Netflix description: "This drama follows the controversial life of outspoken atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, from her landmark court battles to her infamous abduction."
36. “Death Note” — 40%
Critic score: 40%
Audience score: 24%
Netflix description: "Light Turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class."
37. “Sandy Wexler” — 32%
Critic score: 32%
Audience score: 40%
Netflix description: "When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off."
38. “Brain on Fire” — 22%
Critic score: 22%
Audience score: 59%
Netflix description: "Struck by a mysterious, mentally devastating illness, a young reporter searches for answers while battling psychosis, catatonia and memory loss."
39. “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny” — 19%
Critic score: 19%
Audience score: 38%
Netflix description: "Renowned warrior Yu Shu-Lien comes out of retirement to keep the legendary Green Destiny sword away from villainous warlord Hades Dai."
40. “The Do-Over” — 5%
Critic score: 5%
Audience score: 42%
Netflix description: "The life of a bank manager is turned upside down when a friend from his past manipulates him into faking his own death and taking off on an adventure."
41. “The True Memoirs of an International Assassin” — 0%
Critic score: 0%
Audience score: 42%
Netflix description: "After his publisher markets his crime novel as a memoir, a novice author finds himself forcibly recruited into a deadly political plot in Venezuela."
42. “The Ridiculous 6” — 0%
Critic score: 0%
Audience score: 31%
Netflix description: "When his outlaw dad is kidnapped, Tommy 'White Knife' Stockburn sets off across the West on a rescue mission with five brothers he never knew he had."
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