The Best Movies On Netflix Canada Right Now

By ETCanada.com Staff. 8 Sep 2023 3:35 PM

It seems like a million years ago that Netflix used to mail DVDs to subscribers. Now, the streaming service is home to thousands of TV series and movies, many of which Netflix produces itself. There’s a lot to watch, but anyone looking for an entertainment movie to stream can start with these.

Updated: Sept. 8, 2023

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'Spy Kids: Armageddon'
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When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents (Gina Rodriguez and Zachary Levi) unwittingly help a powerful video game developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, the kids must become spies themselves to save their parents and the world.

Premiere: Friday, Sept. 22
'You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah'
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Lifelong best friends Stacy (Sunny Sandler) and Lydia (Samantha Lorraine) have long dreamt of epic bat mitzvahs but when popular boy Andy Goldfarb (Dylan Hoffman) and Hebrew school drama come between them, their perfect plans go comically awry. Also starring Idina Menzel, Sadie Sandler, Sarah Sherman, Luis Guzmán, and Jackie and Adam Sandler.

Premiere: Aug. 25
'Heart Of Stone'
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Gal Gadot stars in this action-packed espionage thriller as secret agent Rachel Stone, a member of an elusive and mysterious group of elite spies known as the Charter. With no political leanings and no national allegiances, these uber-spies work together to keep peace in a turbulent world, relying on a one-of-a-kind asset called the Heart. When Keya Dhawan (Alia Bhatt) sets out to capture and control the Heart, it's up to Stone to stop her before it’s too late.

Premiere: Aug. 11
'Zom 100: Bucket List Of The Dead'
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In this Japanese horror-comedy, Akira Tendo (Eiji Akaso) works at an abusive company where he suffers endless late hours, power harassment from his boss, and illogical tasks. He spends his days feeling more dead than alive. One morning, the town is overtaken by zombies and the familiar landscape is already devastated. While everyone else is horrified, Akira is overwhelmed with happiness that he no longer has to show up for his soul-killing job, and comes up with a list of 100 things he wants to do before becoming a zombie himself, including cleaning his home and camping on his balcony, and sets out to complete his bucket list.

Premiere: Aug. 3
'Run Rabbit Run'
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As a fertility doctor, Sarah ("Succession" star Sarah Snook) has a firm understanding of the cycle of life. However, when she is forced to make sense of the increasingly strange behaviour of her young daughter, Sarah must challenge her own beliefs and confront a ghost from her past.
EXTRACTION 2
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In this sequel to the Netflix action hit, Tyler Rake (Christopher Hemsworth), having barely survived the events of the first movie, is tasked with another deadly mission: rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held.
'Bird Box Barcelona'
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From the producers of the 2018 hit "Bird Box", this "expansion" is set in Barcelona, Spain. After a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, Sebastian (Mario Casas) must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows.
'The Wonder'
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Haunted by her past, nurse Lib Wright (Florence Pugh) travels from England to a remote Irish village in 1862 to investigate the supposed miracle of a devout 11-year-old girl who hasn't eaten in four months, and has survived on "manna from heaven."
Mr Harrigans Phone
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Based on a Stephen King novel, this coming-of-age tale offers a supernatural twist when a teenage boy (Jaeden Martell) forms a bond with an aging billionaire (Donald Sutherland) over books — and their first iPhones. But when the elderly man dies, their mysterious connection eerily does not.
'All Quiet On The Western Front'
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Based on the classic novel, Felix Kammerer as Paul Bäumer, a 17-year-old German soldier is sent to the Western Front during World War I, as his initial excitement becomes shattered by the grim reality of life in the trenches.
'The Mother'
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Jennifer Lopez stars as the titular Mother, deadly female assassin who emerges after years of hiding in order to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from those who want her dead.
'Luther: The Fallen Sun'
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Idris Elba closes the book on the story of London police detective John Luther, reprising the role he played in five seasons of the gritty BBC crime drama. As he investigates devious serial killer David Robey (Andy Serkis), Robey strikes back by digging up dirt from Luther's unorthodox police work, leading him to be fired, placed on trial and sent to prison. Luther busts out of prison, leading him to Robey's remote torture chamber in Norway for a final — and fatal — showdown.
'Murder Mystery 2'
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In this sequel to 2019's "Murder Mystery", Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston (who previously co-starred in 2011's "Just Go With It"), return as ex-cop Nick Spitz and his wife Audrey, who have now launched their own PI firm and are struggling to keep it going when they're hired to find their friend Maharaja after he was kidnapped at his own lavish wedding.
'The Pale Blue Eye'
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Christian Bale stars as Augustus Landor, a detective hired to investigate the murder of a cadet at the prestigious West Point military academy in 1830. Frustrated in his efforts by the cadets' code of silence, he enlists the assistance of eccentric cadet and aspiring writer Edgar Allen Poe (Henry Melling). The film is bolstered by a first-rate supporting cast including Gillian Anderson, Lucy Boynton, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Toby Jones, Harry Lawtey, Simon McBurney, Hadley Robinson, Timothy Spall and Robert Duvall.
'The Good Nurse'
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In this taut thriller based on actual events, Jessica Chastain stars as Amy Loughren, an ICU nurse with a life-threatening heart condition, who gradually comes to suspect that colleague Charlie Cullen (Eddie Redmayne) is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths.
'Spiderhead'
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In this psychological thriller, "Avengers" star Chris Hemsworth plays the warden of a futuristic prison where inmates are the subjects of experiments with mind-altering drugs, who takes a special interest in a new inmate played by Miles Teller.
'Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery'
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Daniel Craig is back as Southern-fried sleuth Benoit Blanc in a twist-filled whodunit that keeps viewers guessing until the end, boasting a star-studded cast including Madelyn Cline, Janelle Monae, Kate Hudson, Edward Norton, Dave Bautista and Kathryn Hahn.
'Lady Chatterly's Lover'
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In the latest screen adaptation of the controvesial novel, Emma Corrin ("The Crown") stars as Lady Constance, who's trapped in a loveless and sexless marriage when she embarks on a torrid and forbidden affair with new groundskeeper Oliver Mellors (Jack O'Connell).
'Luckiest Girl Alive'
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Based on the 2015 novel of the same name, Mila Kunis stars as a New York writer who's created a seemingly perfect life for herself. A true-crime documentary forces her to confront her a harrowing event from her past that threatens to turn that perfect life upside down.
'The Adam Project'
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Ryan Reynolds plays a time-traveling pilot journeys into his own past, teaming up with his younger self (Walker Scobell) and his late father (Mark Ruffalo) to come to terms with his past while saving the future. Also starring Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Garner and Catherine Keener.
'Operation Mincemeat'
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Based on a true story, this film is set in 1943, at the height of the Second World War. With the Allies planning an all-out assault on Sicily, the challenge of avoiding a potential massacre falls on two exceptional intelligence officers, Ewen Montagu (Colin Firth) and Charles Cholmondeley (Matthew Macfadyen), who cook up the most inspired and improbable disinformation strategy of the war. They're assisted by young naval intelligence officer Ian Fleming (Johnny Flynn), who would go on to create James Bond.
'Hustle'
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Adam Sandler demonstrated his dramatic acting in "Uncut Gems", and he delivers an even stronger performance in this rousing drama in which he plays a downtrodden basketball scout who bets it all on a phenomenal athlete he discovers in Spain (‎Juancho Hernangómez), gambling that he could be his ticket back into the NBA.
'Day Shift'
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Jamie Foxx stars in this action-packed horror comedy as Bud Jablonski, whose gig as a pool cleaner is a front for his true vocation as a vampire slayer. When money troubles force him to bend the rules, he enlists fellow vampire killer Big John Elliott (Snoop Dogg) to help get him back into the vampire killer's union — where he must now do his job under the supervision of a union rep (Dave Franco), and only on the low-paying day shift.
'A Jazzman's Blues'
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A labour of love from writer/director Tyler Perry, this generation-spanning drama delves into the circumstances of an unsolved murder of a jazz musician (Joshua Boon) 40 years earlier.
'Jackass 4.5'
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Ostensibly a collection of outtakes that didn't make it into "Jackass Forever", this Netflix-only addendum features some truly outrageous stunts from the original "Jackass" crew and new recruits such as Rachel Wolfson and Sean "Poopies" McInerney.

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