Looking for Something to Watch on Netflix? This Guy Made an Official Top 50 List For You

We've all been there: You're settling in for a relaxing night of Netflix watching, but you just end up pulling your hair out trying to decide on what to watch. After all, Netflix features movies of all kinds; who's to know if you're about to watch something terrible?

Well, Redditor clayton_frisbee has a solution for you.

This clever Internet denizen did all the work for you, cross-referencing the IMDB Top 250 list with the list of available movies on Netflix. It was a tough job, but somebody had to do it.

The result: 49 certified awesome movies for you to watch, streaming, anytime.

You see, the IMDB Top 250 list features the top 250 movies as determined by the average rating of IMDB users. That provides a bit more of a pop-culture-friendly list of movies than, say, the AFI Top 100, since it's determined by your average joe movie fan. However, it still makes some pretty good recommendations: "The Godfather" is right up there near the top, but "Shawshank Redemption" takes the top spot.

However, "Shawshank" and "Godfather" aren't on IMDB, which is where the Reddit list comes in. When you cross it with all the movies available on Netflix, you find that the #1 movie available on Netflix is actually "Pulp Fiction," followed by "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" and "12 Angry Men."

The list is a bit testosterone-heavy, though there are some less violent and/or despressing offerings in "All About Eve," "Amelie" and "Annie Hall," to name a few.

Here's the full list. Happy viewing!

  1. pulp fiction
  2. the good, the bad and the ugly
  3. 12 angry men
  4. forrest gump
  5. city of god
  6. the usual suspects
  7. the silence of the lambs
  8. once upon a time in the west
  9. life is beautiful
  10. the intouchables
  11. memento
  12. terminator 2: Judgement Day
  13. the pianist
  14. apocalypse now
  15. gladiator
  16. cinema paradiso
  17. amelie
  18. oldboy (2003)
  19. double indemnity
  20. reservoir dogs
  21. braveheart
  22. witness for the prosecution
  23. all about eve
  24. the apartment
  25. for a few dollars more
  26. downfall
  27. mr. smith goes to washington
  28. the hunt
  29. the general (1926)
  30. lock, stock and two smoking barrels
  31. fargo
  32. trainspotting
  33. hotel rwanda
  34. butch cassidy and the sundance kid
  35. kill bill: vol. 1
  36. mary and max
  37. annie hall
  38. amores perros
  39. the avengers
  40. the grapes of wrath
  41. hachi: a dog’s tale
  42. donnie darko
  43. gandhi
  44. the king’s speech
  45. ip man
  46. pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl
  47. the graduate
  48. elite squad: the enemy within
  49. swades
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