7 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now In 2024

Lindsay Lohan’s ability to pull crowds at the box office remains to be seen, but her return has brought her a successful Netflix film. Irish Wish, Lohan’s latest romantic comedy, has dethroned Damsel as the most-watched movie on Netflix.

As the movie nears its fourth month on Netflix, Damsel holds steady second place, while The Super Mario Bros. Movie maintains its third spot. It doesn’t matter how much Netflix is paying to stream that movie.

Bodies Bodies Bodies, an A24 horror comedy that debuted in theatres in 2022, is the other noteworthy addition this week. Other than that, there aren’t many films on Netflix that will launch on the platform before the end of March. However, if you return each Friday for our weekly roundup of the top Netflix films, you’ll always find something entertaining to watch.

Are you trying to find something else? Additionally, we’ve compiled lists of the top Netflix series, Hulu films, Amazon Prime films, and Disney+ films. Check out the top ten films available on Netflix right now if you’re a fan.

Irish Wish (2024)

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
Stars: Lindsay Lohan, Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos
Directed by: Janeen Damian

A lonely and heartbroken Maddie Kelly (Lindsay Lohan) makes a wish, but she never expects it to come true. Irish Wish opens at the same time that Maddie is hoping to get romantically involved with Paul Kennedy (Alexander Vlahos), her crush. To Maddie’s dismay, Paul, however, is only interested in Emma Taylor (Elizabeth Tan), her closest friend.

Maddie finds herself stepping into Emma’s shoes as the upcoming bride as Paul and Emma are ready to tie the knot in Ireland thanks to Maddie’s wish. And when Maddie discovers how little she knows about Paul, she’s in for a harsh shock. Additionally, Maddie learns that she might be more like James Thomas (Ed Speleers), the wedding photographer than she is with her new partner.

Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Stars: Maria Bakalova, Amandla Stenberg, Myha’la Herrold
Directed by: Halina Reijn

Amandla Stenberg from The Acolyte co-stars in Bodies Bodies Bodies as Bee’s (Maria Bakalova) girlfriend Sophie. During a severe storm, the couple goes to a “hurricane party” at a mansion where the guests use drugs and booze and play games in the dark. The goal of the game’s title is to solve a murder mystery by identifying a phony killer.

Unfortunately for Bee, David (Pete Davidson) has been slain, and since she isn’t a member of this group of wealthy friends, suspicion is quickly placed at her door. As even Bee and Sophie begin to question one another’s intentions, one dead body quickly leads to many more. There might not be anyone left to return home by the time this storm passes.

Your Lucky Day (2023)

Genre: Crime, Thriller
Stars: Angus Cloud, Elliot Knight, Jessica Garza
Directed by: Dan Brown

Anybody’s greatest day in life ought to be the one they win the lotto. However, Sterling (Angus Cloud) was not the true winner of Your Lucky Day. He left witnesses in the form of Amir (Mousa Hussein Kraish), Abraham (Elliot Knight), and his girlfriend Ana-Marlene (Jessica Garza) after killing someone to obtain the winning ticket.

Since Sterling is unable to kill that many people in cold blood, he attempts to negotiate with them. If they assist him in hiding his offense, he will give them a portion of the ticket money. Despite the many issues with this strategy, Sterling is unable to change his mind, nor are his potential allies or captives. If this is all he does, as it might be, he will receive this lottery money.

Damsel (2024)

Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Stars: Millie Bobby Brown, Nick Robinson, Robin Wright
Directed by: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

Princess Elodie (Millie Bobby Brown), a young lady who lives with her father, Lord Bayford (Ray Winstone), and stepmother, Lady Bayford (Angela Bassett), in Damsel, believes that life is a storybook. Despite her lack of knowledge about the outside world, Elodie falls in love with Prince Henry (Nick Robinson) and consents to marry him right away.

Elodie is unaware that Queen Isabelle (Robin Wright), the mother of Henry, only approved of the union because her family could offer Elodie’s life to a dragon to pay off a debt. Elodie can no longer rely on a dashing prince to come to her rescue. It will be up to her to save herself.

Spaceman (2024)

Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Stars: Adam Sandler, Paul Dano, Carey Mulligan
Directed by: Johan Renck

Adam Sandler plays Czech astronaut Jakub Procházka in the sci-fi movie Spaceman, in which he takes a rare dramatic turn. Jakub is incredibly lonely and is on a protracted assignment in the solar system. Lenka Procházka (Carey Mulligan), Jakub’s wife back on Earth, tries to separate from him via broadcast, but the mission controllers won’t allow it since they think it would have an impact on his mental health.

Jakub is talking to an alien spider he calls Hanuš (Paul Dano), so maybe it’s too late to save his sanity. It appears that Hanuš understands Jakub’s issue better than he does, and Hanuš isn’t above emotionally tormenting Jakub with some distressing recollections to achieve his goals. And neither Jakub nor Hanuš may have a good ending to this endeavor.

Ready Player One (2018)

Genre: Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
Stars: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn
Directed by: Steven Spielberg

Though nostalgia is common these days, Ready Player One elevates it to a new level. The middle of the twenty-first century is portrayed by Steven Spielberg in his film version of Ernest Cline’s best-selling book as such a hellhole that almost everyone has fled to the virtual world known as OASIS, where they can indulge in every piece of popular culture from the previous century or more.

Wade Watts, played by Tye Sheridan, and Art3mis, played by Olivia Cooke, are two of the greatest OASIS players in the world. However, they are not the only ones fighting for the ultimate reward that James Halliday (Mark Rylance), the inventor of OASIS, left behind. The OASIS itself is won by the person who answers Halliday’s puzzle, and Ben Mendelsohn’s character, IOI boss Nolan Sorrento, will stop at nothing to make sure his corporation wins big.

American Assassin (2017)

Genre: Action, Thriller
Stars: Dylan O’Brien, Michael Keaton, Taylor Kitsch
Directed by: Michael Cuesta

Dylan O’Brien, a former star of Teen Wolf, plays Mitch Rapp in the film American Assassin. Mitch is a young guy who loses his fiancée, Katrina Harper (Charlotte Vega), to a terrorist strike. Rapp commits his life to exacting revenge on the men who killed Katrina because of this, only to have his retribution taken during a CIA operation.

Rapp is soon seen as a possible asset by CIA Agent Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton), who persuades him to join Orion, the agency’s covert operations unit. And Rapp is back to having a purpose for the first time since Katrina’spassing. However, Orion has many adversaries of its own, and Ghost (Taylor Kitsch), one of the team’s former members, intends to unleash a nuclear nightmare on the United States.