Summary

• Dolby Atmos enhances Netflix movies for immersive viewing experiences with multi-directional audio effects.
• Netflix subscribers can access Dolby Atmos content for a higher fee, offering a superior sound quality in many original and licensed films.
• Popular Netflix movies like Gunpowder Milkshake, The Adam Project, and Rebel Moon showcase the benefits of Dolby Atmos sound in creating an engaging viewing experience.

A great film needs more than just a great story, performances, and visuals — it needs great audio, and that is why the best Dolby Atmos movies on Netflix offer so much more to viewers. Dolby Atmos takes digital surround sound to the next level, producing audio effects from multiple directions. This multi-directional audio output makes for a truly immersive viewing experience, virtually transporting audiences right into the action of a film. Netflix started a new tier as 2022 came to a close, as subscribers could pay a little more for this experience.

Dolby Atmos-enabled Netflix content is available as part of a Netflix subscription. Viewers who want 4K or Dolby Atmos movies on Netflix will have to pay a little more than the standard package, and the best movies on the platform to watch with Dolby Atmos sound demonstrates why so many subscribers are opting to do so. Many Netflix originals and licensed movies from other studios are available in Dolby Atmos, giving subscribers the best quality sound possible and enhancing the viewing experience like never before (especially when paired with 4K).

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55 Gunpowder Milkshake (2021)

A Fun Gangster Shoot-Em-Up In Dolby Atmos

Released in 2021 as a Netflix exclusive movie, Gunpowder Milkshake stars Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy, Jumanji: The Next Level) as a hitwoman named Sam, who works for one of the largest firms in the big city. Her mother disappeared when she was a child, and she was also an assassin for the same firm before her disappearance. However, when Sam tries to save a little girl whose father she killed and then loses a great deal of money for the firm, she finds herself hunted.

Gunpowder Milkshake is an explosive action movie that is a lot of fun, with a great soundtrack and some big-time gunfights and fight scenes. It is also a great female empowerment film, as Sam teams up with a group of powerful women (Carla Gugino, Lena Headey, Michelle Yeoh, and Angela Bassett) to take down a legion of mafia soldiers along the way. Reviews were relatively lukewarm but there's no denying how great the movie looks and sounds when watched with Dolby Atmos.

54 The Adam Project (2022)

Ryan Reynolds Netflix Exclusive Time Travel Movie

Ryan Reynolds continues to be a big-time movie star, as his 2024 release, Deadpool & Wolverine shows, but he has also worked out a nice deal where he makes films for Netflix as well. Some of those have been monster hits for the streaming service, but one of the smaller projects arrived in 2022 with the time travel story The Adam Project. In it, he stars as Adam Reed, a man from 2050 who travels back in time to find his younger self (Percy Jackson's Walter Scobell).

The Adam Project also stars Mark Ruffalo as his dad, Jennifer Garner as his mom, and Zoe Saldana as Laura Shane, Adam's wife who is stranded in the past. The movie was only moderately successful with critics, who awarded it a 68% Rotten Tomatoes rating. However, it was a big success for streamers, as over three million households watched it during its first weekend on Netflix. It has huge action scenes, perfect for Dolby Atmos, yet is one of Reynolds' more relatable films on the service.

53 Rebel Moon (2023)

Zack Snyder's Star Wars-Inspired Space Opera In Dolby

Zack Snyder was supposed to direct a Star Wars movie, but LucasFilm changed things around in its future slate and ended up ing on Snyder's project. As a result, Snyder repurposed his script for that movie and created his own original science fiction franchise, which he then sold to Netflix. This is Rebel Moon, and the first installment was Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire, released in 2023. The movie sees an Imperialistic military threatening the people of a small farming planet, so they rise up against them.

The sequel, Rebel Moon—Part Two: The Scargiver, was released in 2024, and an R-rated director's cut will be released in August 2024. After a small theatrical release, the first films ended up receiving scathing reviews from critics and a low 21% Rotten Tomatoes score. However, Snyder fans seemed to like it, and a big reason why are the action and excitement. With the space battles and fight scenes, the movie is perfectly made for Dolby Atmos, and Snyder used all his tools to ensure it looks and sounds great.

52 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (2024)

The Long-Awaited Sequel With Incredible Sound & Video

Until The Hangover broke its record, the original Beverly Hills Cop movie was the most successful R-rated comedy at the box office. While the sequels left something to be desired, the original remains a true action comedy classic. In 2024, Netflix released a third sequel, arriving 30 years after the third entry in the series, and it eclipsed all but the first in quality and entertainment. Eddie Murphy is back as Axel Foley, a Detroit police detective who heads to Beverly Hills again for a case.

The movie gets all the gang back together again, as it brings back the original movie's two Beverly Hills cops, John Taggart (John Ashton) and Billy Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and surrounds them with some big-time talent, including Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, and a returning Bronson Pinchot as Serge. The action set pieces make great use of Dolby Atmos but it's the sound and music that really sell it.

51 Godzilla Minus One (2023)

The Return Of Japan's Godzilla Franchise In Dolby Atmos

While Godzilla remains a successful franchise for Hollywood and even had a fun and entertaining movie with Godzilla X Kong, Toho, the studio that made the original Japanese Godzilla movies, is back with their own take on the lizard and this film really takes the monster back to its roots. Godzilla Minus One has Godzilla attack Japan near the end of World War II, bringing even more devastation to the country in the aftermath of the destructive war.

What really helps this movie achieve success is that the story follows the people affected by Godzilla's rampage in a way that the American films only slightly care about. Godzilla here is a force of nature, and in Dolby Atmos, the roars and explosions are even greater than ever. The movie has an almost perfect 98% Rotten Tomatoes score and won an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. The Rotten Tomatoes score is the highest for any Godzilla movie in history.

50 6 Underground (2019)

Michael Bay's Explosions Deserve The Best Sound

In 2019, Michael Bay brought his sensibilities to Netflix for the movie 6 Underground. With Bay's penchant for loud explosions, bright colorful scenes, and loud music soundtracks, it made sense to go high definition on the streaming service. What resulted was one of the most expensive movies the streaming giant ever made. While that doesn't necessarily mean quality, with Bay's name attached, it is guaranteed the Dolby Atmos sound will be put to good use.

Ryan Reynolds starred as the head of a group of vigilantes who faked their own deaths and set out to hunt down and take out a ruthless dictator. While the movie was streamed for over 205 million hours, it received poor critical reviews and Netflix canceled its planned sequel. Still, those looking for chaotic action sequences and big bombastic fun will find it all in this wild ride.

49 The Gray Man (2022)

Dolby Atmos Adds To The Russo Brothers' Spy Adventure

Netflix has worked out a deal with several major filmmakers, and this includes the Russo Brothers. Coming off their success in the MCU with the Avengers movies, the brothers directed the espionage thriller The Gray Man as a Netflix exclusive. Ryan Gosling starred as a former assassin in the CIA who ends up with a target on his head by a fellow CIA assassin, played by Chris Evans.

Based on the novels by Mark Greaney, the movie picked up awards for its visual effects with big action sequences that make great use of the better sound quality provided by Dolby Atmos. Gosling fits well into the likable wise-cracking action hero role while it is fun to see Evans playing the villain. The movie is also backed by a talented ing cast which includes both Gosling and Evans' frequent costar Ana de Armas.

48 Pale Blue Eye (2023)

Dolby Atmos Intensifies Christian Bale's Period Murder Mystery

Christian Bale and director Scott Cooper collaborated for the third time on the eerie mystery thriller Pale Blue Eye. Set in the early 1900s, Bale plays a detective who is brought in to investigate the murder of a cadet at the West Point military academy. While there, he meets a young man named Edgar Allan Poe who becomes involved in the investigation.

Bale elevates the story with his nuanced and grounded performance and Henry Melling continues to prove himself a talented rising star with his role as Poe. The moments these two characters share the screen are the best of the movie. The sound mixing for the movie helps to build the sense of dread that leads to the movie's impressive twist ending, and viewing this movie on Netflix in Dolby Atmos makes the creepiest scenes of the thriller resonate like never before.

47 Fatherhood (2021)

Kevin Hart Brings Laughs And Cries In Dolby Sound Quality

Kevin Hart is traditionally thought of as a comedic actor, but in 2021 he took on a more dramatic role for Netflix's original movie Fatherhood. The movie centers on Matthew (Hart), a young father who finds himself having to raise his newborn daughter alone after his wife dies a day after giving birth. The movie examines the difficulties of him being a single parent, and while there are moments of comedy showing his struggles, it also gives Hart a chance to show different aspects of his talents.

While it might not seem like a family drama would need a stellar sound mix, Dolby Atmos certainly amps up the drama. Plus, the movie was originally slated to be released in theaters, which is likely why it ended up as one of the best Dolby Atmos movies on Netflix in the end.

46 The Christmas Chronicles (2018)

Hear Kurt Russell's Ho-Ho-Ho In Surround Sound

Netflix has started to carve out a space in the Christmas movie genre in recent years thanks to the success of its original holiday movies. While these festive outings are traditionally more on the rom-com side and feel similar to Hallmark titles, The Christmas Chronicles brought Netflix into the family holiday movie space. The movie centers on two siblings who plan to capture Santa Claus on Christmas Eve but are forced to team up with him when their plan goes wrong.

It's an action-packed movie full of Christmas music, sleigh bells, and crash landings, all of which become truly magical in Dolby Atmos. It also has Kurt Russell putting his own spin on the classic Santa Claus voice, making for one of the best versions of the Yuletide hero. Russell's fully committed performance in the role is a big reason The Christmas Chronicles works as well as it does.