The Best Movies You Can Only Watch With a VPN

Netflix’s catalog changes from country to country, and that means thousands of amazing movies never show up in your local library. With a VPN, you can unlock a much bigger world of cinema, from award-winning foreign films to hidden gems that rarely get international attention. On this page, you’ll find a carefully curated list of the best movies available on Netflix in other countries. We highlight where each movie is available, why it’s worth watching, and what makes it special, so you can spend less time browsing and more time enjoying great films. Whether you’re into thrillers, dramas, comedies, or international classics, this guide helps you get the most out of Netflix’s global catalog.

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1. The Godfather: Part II (1974)

Continuation of the history of the Corleone through two parallel stories: Michael's choice as head of family businesses and the origins of the patriarch, Don Vito Corleone, first in his native Sicily and later in the United States, where, starting from below , he became a powerful head of the New York mafia.

Genres: Cult, Drama

Countries: Colombia, Switzerland, Chile, Saudi Arabia, Great Britain and 7 country/es more.

Filmaffinity Rating 8.9 /10 IMDB Rating 9.0 /10

2. Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump suffers a mental retard from young age. But thanks to his tenacity and good heart, he will be the protagonist of crucial events in his country.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Countries: United States.

Filmaffinity Rating 8.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.8 /10

3. Inception (2010)

Espionage expert Dom Cobb has condemned him to be a fugitive. His only chance to change his life will be to do the exact opposite of what he has always done. But his plan is complicated by the intervention of someone who predicts each of his movements.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Mystery, Science fiction, Thriller

Countries: Turkey, Switzerland, Japan, Australia.

Filmaffinity Rating 8.0 /10 IMDB Rating 8.8 /10

4. The Matrix (1999)

Thomas A. Anderson, hacker Neo, learns his reality is the Matrix — a machine-made simulation enslaving humans. Recruited by Morpheus and Trinity, Neo must fight agents and choose whether to become "The One" and free humanity.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Science fiction

Countries: Colombia, Switzerland, Chile, Dominican Republic, Japan.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.9 /10 IMDB Rating 8.7 /10

5. Interstellar (2014)

A group of explorers undertakes a mission that may be the most important in human history. They travel beyond our galaxy to discover some planet on another galaxy that can guarantee the future of humanity.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Mystery

Countries: Argentina, Turkey, Mexico, Colombia, Switzerland and 4 country/es more.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.9 /10 IMDB Rating 8.7 /10

6. City of God (2002)

Set in Rio's favelas (1960s–80s), City of God follows Buscapé, an aspiring photographer, while friends turn to crime and Li'l Zé's ruthless gang warfare forces the community into violence and despair.

Genres: Drama, Crime

Countries: Brazil.

Filmaffinity Rating 8.4 /10 IMDB Rating 8.6 /10

7. The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee, aids a hunt for 'Buffalo Bill,' who skins women. She consults imprisoned cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter, trading personal truths for clues to stop the killer.

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Horror

Countries: Great Britain, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Switzerland, Chile.

Filmaffinity Rating 8.2 /10 IMDB Rating 8.6 /10

8. The Green Mile (1999)

A gigantic black man is accused of brutally murdering two nine-year-old sisters. After a naive and childish personality, Coffee hides a prodigious supernatural gift. He is awaiting his imminent execution.

Genres: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

Countries: Australia.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.9 /10 IMDB Rating 8.6 /10

9. 20 Days in Mariupol (2023)

20 Days in Mariupol documents Ukrainian journalists trapped during the 2022 siege, recording bombardment, wounded civilians, mass graves and the maternity hospital bombing—an urgent, intimate witness account.

Genres: Documentary, History

Countries: Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Dominican Republic and 2 country/es more.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.6 /10 IMDB Rating 8.6 /10

10. Gladiator (2000)

In the year 180, the Roman Empire dominates the known world. After a great victory over the barbarians of the north, the old emperor Marco Aurelio decides to transfer power to Maximus. His son, who aspired to the throne, does not accept it and tries to murder Maximus.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama

Countries: Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, Canada, Indonesia and 4 country/es more.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.9 /10 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10

11. Whiplash (2014)

The goal of Andrew Neiman, an ambitious young jazz drummer, is to make it big at the elite East Coast Conservatory of Music. When a teacher chooses Andrew to be part of the group, the young man's life will change.

Genre: Drama

Countries: United States, Canada, South Korea.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.8 /10 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10

12. Django Unchained (2012)

King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) promises a black slave to release him if he helps him catch assasins. He accepts, then wants to go find his wife, a slave in a plantation of landowner Calvin Candie.

Genre: Drama

Countries: South Africa, Switzerland, Canada, Saudi Arabia, India and 1 country/es more.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.9 /10 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10

13. Léon: The Professional (1994)

Mathilda is a 12-year-old girl with a drug dealer as a father, who does business with Stan, a corrupt D.E.A. agent. One day, while Mathilda is in a supermarket, Stan kills his family. She then takes refuge in the house of Léon, a lonely and mysterious neighbor who turns out to be a hit man.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Thriller, Drama

Countries: Japan, Australia.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.6 /10 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10

14. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)

Miles Morales is swept into the Multiverse, reunites with Gwen and a team of Spider‑people. When the Spot threatens reality the group fractures; Miles must grow, clash with strict leaders, and fight to save loved ones and countless worlds.

Genres: Family, Children, Science fiction, Action/Adventure

Countries: Malaysia, Thailand, Canada, Indonesia, Philippines and 5 country/es more.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.7 /10 IMDB Rating 8.5 /10

15. Parasite (2019)

Parasite follows the impoverished Kim family as they infiltrate the wealthy Parks' household by fraud and manipulation. Their scheme to escape poverty becomes a darkly comic, violent critique of class and entitlement.

Genres: Comedy, Thriller

Countries: Argentina, Colombia, Switzerland, Chile, Japan and 7 country/es more.

IMDB Rating 8.5 /10

16. Memento (2000)

After an assault leaves Leonard unable to form new memories, he tattoos facts, uses photos and notes to hunt his wife's killer. Nonlinear scenes reveal manipulation, self-deception and shifting truths.

Genres: Drama, Mystery

Countries: Japan, South Korea.

IMDB Rating 8.4 /10

17. 3 Idiots (2009)

Genres: Comedy, Drama

Countries: Japan.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.4 /10 IMDB Rating 8.4 /10

18. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)

In a parallel universe where Peter Parker has died, a young high school man named Miles Morales is the new Spider-Man. When mafia leader Wilson Fisk builds the "Super Collider" brings in an alternative version of Peter Parker.

Genres: Action/Adventure, Animation, Science fiction, Comedy, Family

Countries: Colombia, Chile, Canada, United States, Dominican Republic and 1 country/es more.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.6 /10 IMDB Rating 8.4 /10

19. Capernaum (2018)

Capernaum follows 12-year-old Zain from Beirut’s slums who sues his parents for giving him life. Facing poverty, neglect and his sister’s death, he survives on the streets, bonds with migrant Rahil, is imprisoned, and seeks justice for a stolen childhood.

Genres: Drama, Crime

Countries: South Korea.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.8 /10 IMDB Rating 8.4 /10

20. Dune: Part Two (2024)

After the fall of House Atreides, Paul takes refuge with Chani and the Fremen on Arrakis, learns about the desert, and gathers followers. They believe he is the Lisan al-Gaib; between love and visions of violence, he must choose to lead the rebellion against the Harkonnen and the Emperor for the spice and the fate of the universe.

Genres: Science fiction, Action/Adventure

Countries: Argentina, Turkey, Mexico, Colombia, Switzerland and 6 country/es more.

Filmaffinity Rating 7.6 /10 IMDB Rating 8.4 /10

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