If you watch one thing on Netflix this week, make it Unabomber: the true-crime drama has topped the US Top 10 for two straight weeks with 24.9 million views. If you want the best-reviewed film on the service, it is Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Every pick below was verified as streaming on Netflix US on October 10, 2026, and scored on quality, rewatch value, family-friendliness, and current buzz. One warning before you start: Netflix rotates licensed films monthly, so licensed titles can vanish with little notice. Netflix originals are the safest bets because the company owns them.
The scorecard: 7 best movies on Netflix right now
| Film | Quality | Rewatch | Family | Buzz | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 |
| Unabomber (2026) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| KPop Demon Hunters | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| The Rip (2026) | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 |
| 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 |
| Jurassic World Rebirth (2025) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Train Dreams | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man: the best film on Netflix right now
Score: 16/20 (Quality 5 | Rewatch 4 | Family 3 | Buzz 4). The feature-length continuation of the Peaky Blinders saga is the highest-rated film on the service at 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it earns it: cinematic scope, a committed lead performance, and a story that works even if your series memory is rusty. The caveat is tone. This is a bleak, violent crime epic, so it is a solo or couples watch, not a family night. As a Netflix film, it is not going anywhere.
Unabomber: the one everyone is watching
Score: 15/20 (Quality 4 | Rewatch 4 | Family 2 | Buzz 5). The dramatization of the Ted Kaczynski manhunt, starring Jacob Tremblay with Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis, and Shailene Woodley, has been the number-one movie in 70 countries for two consecutive weeks. It jumps between Kaczynski’s Harvard years and the 17-year investigation, and it moves faster than most true-crime dramas. The weakness: if you know the case well, there are few surprises. Watch it now while it dominates the conversation.
KPop Demon Hunters: the best family pick
Score: 18/20 (Quality 4 | Rewatch 5 | Family 5 | Buzz 4). Netflix’s animated musical about K-pop stars who secretly hunt demons is the highest total scorer here, and the rare film both kids and adults genuinely enjoy. The songs are legitimately catchy, the animation is vibrant, and as a Netflix original it will not disappear next month. The only caveat is taste: if animated musicals are not your thing, no score will convert you. For family viewing, our best anime on Netflix list has more in this vein.
The Rip: the star-powered thriller
Score: 14/20 (Quality 4 | Rewatch 4 | Family 2 | Buzz 4). Matt Damon and Ben Affleck play Miami cops who find a fortune in cash and have to decide what kind of cops they are, directed by Joe Carnahan of The Grey. Teyana Taylor, Steven Yeun, Sasha Calle, and Kyle Chandler round out a strong cast, and the single-night structure keeps the tension high. It is a familiar setup executed well, which means thriller fans will love it and nobody will call it groundbreaking.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple: the Halloween pick
Score: 12/20 (Quality 4 | Rewatch 3 | Family 1 | Buzz 4). With Halloween weeks away, this is the seasonal choice: the latest chapter in the 28 Years Later saga is intense, dread-soaked horror that critics rate well above the genre average. It scores low on family-friendliness for obvious reasons, and newcomers should know it continues a story, so the earlier films help. Pure horror fans: this is your October.
Jurassic World Rebirth: the blockbuster night pick
Score: 14/20 (Quality 3 | Rewatch 4 | Family 3 | Buzz 4). The Jurassic reboot ditches the Chris Pratt trilogy’s mythology for a back-to-basics island mission, with Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Bailey, and Mahershala Ali extracting dinosaur DNA. Gareth Edwards directs from a David Koepp script, and it is exactly as fun as that sounds. It is not prestige cinema, but for a Friday-night blockbuster it delivers. Compare notes with our best movies on Amazon Prime if you subscribe to both.
Train Dreams: the awards-season drama
Score: 13/20 (Quality 4 | Rewatch 3 | Family 3 | Buzz 3). The quietest pick on the list and arguably the most beautifully made: a meditative period drama built for awards-season conversations. It will not trend on social media, but viewers who like slow, character-driven films rate it among the year’s best streaming dramas. Watch it when you want cinema, not content.
Which to watch first: the verdict
Match the film to the evening. Want to join the conversation everyone is having? Unabomber. Want the best-made film on the service? Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man. Watching with kids? KPop Demon Hunters, no contest. Friday blockbuster night? Jurassic World Rebirth. Halloween countdown? 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple. And two scheduling notes: I’m Still Here leaves Netflix US on November 17, so prioritize it if it is on your list, while Michael Mann’s Heat arrives October 16. For the bigger picture on where streaming is headed, see our guide to video streaming trends.
A final word on timing. Licensed films are the ones that vanish: Gone Girl, Fargo, Apollo 13, Nomadland, and Spider-Man: Homecoming all left Netflix US on October 1, and more will rotate out on November 1. If a licensed title on this list is the one you most want to see, watch it this week rather than adding it to a list you will open in December. The Netflix originals and Netflix films (Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, KPop Demon Hunters, The Rip, Unabomber) carry no such risk, because Netflix owns them outright.
One more caveat: licensing varies by country. Most of these titles are also on Netflix in the UK, Canada, and Australia, but a film streaming in the US is not guaranteed in your region. If a pick is missing from your library, a quick search inside the Netflix app confirms it in seconds, which beats trusting any list, including this one.
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