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 YorkerDescription: A three-person crew on a mission to Mars faces an impossible choice when an unplanned passenger jeopardizes the lives of everyone on board.Rotten Tomatoes critic score: 77%What critics said: It's a clever take on a familiar genre with a terrific cast, but the slow burn may be too slow. — RogerEbert.com 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 ReporterDescription: 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 CommentDescription: 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 PostDescription: 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 NewsDescription: 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. — GuardianDescription: 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

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

9. "State of Play" (2009)

8. "Stowaway" (2021, Netflix original)

7. "Scarface" (1983)

6. "Your Highness" (2011)

5. "Love Happens" (2009)

4. "Green Zone" (2010)

3. "Things Heard and Seen" (2021, Netflix original)

2. "Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted" (2012)

1. "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" (2021, Netflix original)