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. 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.
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2. Pulp Fiction (1994)
Jules and Vincent, two dim-witted hit men, work for gangster Marsellus Wallace. Vincent tells Jules that Marsellus has asked him to take care of Mia, his attractive wife. When it's time to work, you both need to "get down to business". His mission: retrieve a mysterious briefcase.
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Countries: Dominican Republic, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Sweden and 17 country/es more.
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3. 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: Dominican Republic, Switzerland, Japan, Colombia, Chile.
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4. GoodFellas (1990)
Henry Hill is fascinated by the life of gangsters in his neighborhood. At the age of 13, he decides to join the mafia organization as a errand boy. He gains the confidence of his bosses, thanks to which he will go up in rank .
Genres: Biography, Crime, Drama
Countries: Switzerland, Dominican Republic, Belgium, Finland, Norway and 16 country/es more.
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5. 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.
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6. 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: Dominican Republic, Switzerland, Chile, Colombia, Great Britain.
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7. 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.
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8. 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: Dominican Republic, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile and 2 country/es more.
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9. 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: Singapore, Canada, Philippines, Indonesia, South Korea and 4 country/es more.
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10. 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: South Korea, United States, Canada.
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11. American History X (1998)
A "skin head" of neo-nazi ideology is imprisoned for murdering a black man. He returns to his neighborhood willing to move away from the world of violence.
Genres: Drama, Crime
Countries: Switzerland, Belgium, Finland, Norway, Sweden and 9 country/es more.
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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: Switzerland, Japan, South Africa, Canada, India and 1 country/es more.
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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.
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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: Japan, Singapore, Australia, Canada, Philippines and 5 country/es more.
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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: Switzerland, Dominican Republic, Colombia, Australia, Thailand and 7 country/es more.
16. 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.
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17. 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: Dominican Republic, Japan, Colombia, Canada, Chile and 1 country/es more.
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18. 3 Idiots (2009)
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19. 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.
20. Oldboy (2003)
Oh Dae-su, a businessman, is abducted and held in a tiny windowless room for 15 years. Released, he hunts the mastermind who ruined his life and uncovers an elaborate revenge forcing him to confront painful past secrets.
Genres: Drama, Action/Adventure
Countries: South Korea.
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