100 best movies to watch on Netflix right now according to Rotten Tomatoes

Netflix has a wide range of movies from classics to rom-coms, horror films and action flicks.

From blockbusters staring the biggest actors in the world to critically beloved indie favourites.

But if you are sitting down to watch a movie, it can be quite hard to whittle down the choices and pick just one.

Thankfully, Rotten Tomatoes have pulled together a list of the highest rated films you can watch right now in August on Netflix.

Here is all you need to know:

What is Rotten Tomatoes?

It is a website that aggregates reviews for films and TV shows.

Rotten Tomatoes was launched in 1998 by students at the University of California, Berkeley.

Staff collect online reviews from writers who are certified members of various writing guilds or film critic-associations and aggregate them on the website.

What do the ratings mean?

Rotten Tomatoes has three tiers of ratings:

• Certified Fresh: Wide-release films with a score of 75% or higher that are reviewed by at least 80 critics
• Fresh: Films or TV shows with a score of 60% or higher
• Rotten: Films or TV shows with a score of 59% or lower receive this seal.

What are the best films on Netflix?

Rotten Tomatoes has released a list of the highest rated movies on the streaming service as of August 2022.

It includes 100 films with a rate of 91% or higher.

The full list is as follows:

100. Beasts of No Nation (2015) - 91%

Genre: War/ Drama

Synopsis: As civil war rages in Africa, a fierce warlord (Idris Elba) trains a young orphan (Abraham Attah) to join his group of guerrilla soldiers.

Language: English

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga

Length: 2h 16m

99. The White Tiger (2021) - 91%

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: Balram Halwai (Adarsh Gourav) narrates his epic and darkly humorous rise from poor villager to successful entrepreneur in modern India.

Language: English/ Hindi

Director: Ramin Bahrani

Length: 2h 6m

98. Philomena (2013) - 91%

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: The film stars Judi Dench and Steve Coogan. It is based on the true story of Philomena Lee‘s 50-year search for her adopted son and Sixsmith’s efforts to help her find him.

Language: English

Director: Stephen Frears

Length: 1h 37m

97. Blue Jasmine (2013) - 91%

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: The film tells the story of a rich Manhattan socialite (Cate Blanchett) who falls on hard times and has to move into her working-class sister’s (Sally Hawkins) apartment in San Francisco.

Language: English

Director: Woody Allen

Length: 1h 38m

96. There Will Be Blood (2007) - 91%

Genre: Drama

Synopsis: It stars Daniel Day-Lewis as Daniel Plainview, a silver miner turned oilman on a ruthless quest for wealth during Southern California’s oil boom of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Language: English

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Length: 2h 38m

95. The Fighter (2015) - 91%

Genre: Drama/ Biography

Synopsis: The film centers on the lives of professional boxer Micky Ward (Wahlberg) and his older half-brother Dicky Eklund (Bale).

Language: English

Director: David O. Russell

Length: 1h 56m

94. Zero Dark Thirty (2012) - 91%

Genre: Drama/ Mystery & thriller

Synopsis: The film dramatizes the nearly decade-long international manhunt for Osama bin Laden, leader of terrorist network Al-Qaeda, after the September 11 attacks.

Language: English

Director: Kathryn Bigelow

Length: 2h 37m

93. The Disaster Artist (2017) - 91%

Genre: Comedy/ Drama

Synopsis: The incredible true story of aspiring filmmaker and Hollywood outsider Tommy Wiseau as he and his best friend defiantly pursue their dreams and embark on the hilarious odyssey of making the now-infamous, cult classic “The Room.”

Language: English

Director: James Franco

Length: 1h 43m

92. Phantom Thread (2017) - 91%

Genre: Drama/ Romance

Synopsis: Renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock and his sister Cyril are at the center of British fashion in 1950s London -- dressing royalty, movie stars, heiresses, socialites and debutantes. Women come and go in Woodcock’s life, providing the confirmed bachelor with inspiration and companionship. His carefully tailored existence soon gets disrupted by Alma, a young and strong-willed woman who becomes his muse and lover.

Language: English

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

Length: 1h 43m

91. Into the Inferno (2016) - 92%

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis: Werner Herzog and volcanologist Clive Oppenheimer travel the globe and visit volcanoes in Indonesia, Ethiopia and even North Korea in an attempt to understand man’s relationship with one of nature’s most violent wonders.

Language: English

Director: Wener Herzog

Length: 1h 44m

90. Mindhorn (2016) - 92%

Genre: Comedy

Synopsis: Richard Thorncroft, a faded television actor, is drawn into negotiations with a criminal who believes his character Detective Mindhorn is real.

Language: English

Director: Sean Foley

Length: 1h 29m

89. Icarus (2017) - 92%

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis: It chronicles Fogel’s exploration of the option of doping to win an amateur cycling race and happening upon a major international doping scandal when he asks for the help of Grigory Rodchenkov, the head of the Russian anti-doping laboratory.

Language: English

Director: Bryan Fogel

Length: 1h 50m

88. Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (2017) - 92%

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis: The film follows actor Jim Carrey as he remains in character as Andy Kaufman during the production of the 1999 film Man on the Moon

Language: English

Director: Chris Smith

Length: 1h 34m

87. Set It Up (2017) - 92%

Genre: Romance/ Comedy

Synopsis: The plot follows two overworked assistants who try to set up their demanding bosses on dates in New York City.

Language: English

Director: Claire Scanlon

Length: 1h 45m

86. Full Metal Jacket (1987) - 90%

Genre: War/ History

Synopsis: Stanley Kubrick’s take on the Vietnam War follows smart-aleck Private Davis (Matthew Modine), quickly christened “Joker” by his foul-mouthed drill sergeant (R. Lee Ermey), and pudgy Private Lawrence (Vincent D’Onofrio), nicknamed “Gomer Pyle,” as they endure the rigors of basic training.

Language: English

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Length: 1h 56m

85. We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks (2013) - 92%

Genre: Documentary

Synopsis: Filmmaker Alex Gibney examines the case of Julian Assange and WikiLeaks, and how their actions have changed the way democratic societies deal with privacy, secrecy and the right to information.

Language: English

Director: Alex Gibney

Length: 2h 10m

84. Men In Black (1997) - 92%

Genre: Action/ Comedy

Synopsis: The film stars Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith as two agents of a secret organization called the Men in Black, who supervise extraterrestrial lifeforms who live on Earth and hide their existence from ordinary humans.

Language: English

Director: Barry Sonnenfeld

Length: 1h 38m

83. We The Animals (2018) - 92%

Genre: Drama/Lgbtq+

Synopsis: Jonah grows up with rambunctious brothers in a working class mixed-race family in upstate New York and must contend with both his volatile father and his emerging homosexuality.

Language: English

Director: Jeremiah Zagar

Length: 1h 34m

82. El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019) - 92%

Genre: Crime/Drama

Synopsis: Following the events of Breaking Bad: Jesse Pinkman flees from the police and tries to escape his inner turmoil.

Language: English

Director: Vince Gilligan

Length: 2h 2m

81. Hairspray (2007) - 92%

Genre: Musical/ Comedy

Synopsis: In 1960s Baltimore, dance-loving teen Tracy Turnblad (Nikki Blonsky) auditions for a spot on “The Corny Collins Show” and wins. She becomes an overnight celebrity, a trendsetter in dance, fun and fashion. Perhaps her new status as a teen sensation is enough to topple Corny’s reigning dance queen and bring racial integration to the show.

Language: English

Director: Adam Shankman

Length: 1h 55m

80. The Town (2010) - 92%

Genre: Crime/ Drama

Synopsis: Ben Affleck directs and stars in this movie which follows a group of Boston bank robbers who set out to get one final score by robbing Fenway Park.

Language: English