The top 9 movies on Netflix this week, from 'The Mitchells vs. the Machines' to 'Scarface'

Description: "A veteran journalist teams up with a young reporter to untangle a web of lies surrounding the suspicious death of a woman tied to a powerful politician."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 84%

What critics said: "The three screenwriters may have been trying to work too many plot strands into two hours; in any case, State of Play is both overstuffed and inconclusive." — New Yorker

Description: "In a ruthless rise to Miami drug lord, a Cuban-born gangster descends into addiction, obsession and brutality, with grisly consequences."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 82%

What critics said: "Other than an unflinching, intense and extraordinary performance from Al Pacino as the Cuban-born gangster Tony Montana, this gruesome offering has little to recommend." — Hollywood Reporter

Description: "When an evil wizard kidnaps his bride-to-be, a valiant prince teams up with his deadbeat, stoner brother and a fiery warrior on a quest to rescue her."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 27%

What critics said: "Your Highness never sacrifices its cheerful, one-thing-after-another absurdity, or its inability to take itself even remotely seriously." — Film Comment

Description: "A self-help guru's failure to come to grips with his wife's death may cost him a chance at happiness with a quirky florist."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 16%

What critics said: "Call it a romantic comedy or romantic drama; you're still not going to giggle, your heart won't be warmed and ultimately, you'll leave unsatisfied." — Cinemablend

Description: "A US Army officer uncovers a conspiracy about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, launching a crusade that creates enemies within his own military."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 53%

What critics said: "A jangly, noisy, compulsively restless thriller on a par with the Bourne movies, shot through with political critique." — Washington Post

Description: "A young woman discovers that both her husband and their new home harbor sinister secrets after they leave Manhattan for small-town life."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 38%

What critics said: "You know a ghost story is a hot mess when it strands a stellar Amanda Seyfried and a top cast in a remote, country house haunted by toxic masculinity, dangling plot threads and nothing worth hearing or seeing." — ABC News

Description: "Next stop: New York! But to get back home, Alex and friends must hitch a ride with a traveling European circus and evade an evil animal-control officer."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 78%

What critics said: "Here is a family movie from which absolutely nothing is expected, and yet it's one of the week's best releases: a muscular, potent and very funny film." — Guardian

Description: "A robot apocalypse put the brakes on their cross-country road trip. Now it's up to the Mitchells — the world's weirdest family — to save the human race."

Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 98%

What critics said: "Take away the serrated satirical edges, and you're still left with a surprisingly delightful story about a dysfunctional family learning how to connect again." — Rolling Stone