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Matthew McConaughey movies to look for on Netflix
These are five titles with Netflix pages, not a confirmed complete list of the actor’s films on the service. Netflix’s pages may show that a title is unavailable in a viewer’s country; the pages alone do not establish availability in every region or a licensing end date.
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| Film | Year | Genre and premise | Cast listed by Netflix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failure to Launch | 2006 | Romantic comedy: parents hire a woman to encourage their adult son to move out. | Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker and Zooey Deschanel |
| Surfer, Dude | 2008 | Comedy: a professional surfer returns home to find his contract has been sold to an entrepreneur. | Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson and Willie Nelson |
| The Lincoln Lawyer | 2011 | Crime and courtroom thriller: a defense lawyer who works from his Lincoln takes on a dangerous high-profile case. Netflix labels it as based on a bestseller. | Matthew McConaughey, Josh Lucas and Ryan Phillippe |
| The Paperboy | 2012 | Drama and thriller: a woman persuades two brothers to investigate the case of a death-row inmate. | Zac Efron, Matthew McConaughey and Nicole Kidman |
| Mud | 2012 | Independent drama: two Mississippi teenagers meet a drifter named Mud and become involved in his stories of lost love and crime. | Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon and Tye Sheridan |
Which film fits what you want to watch?
- For a romantic comedy: Failure to Launch centers on an adult son whose parents want him to leave home.
- For a laid-back comedy premise: Surfer, Dude follows a surfer whose professional arrangements are upended.
- For a legal thriller: The Lincoln Lawyer puts a defense lawyer and a high-profile case at the center.
- For a crime-tinged drama: The Paperboy follows an investigation involving a death-row inmate.
- For an independent coming-of-age drama: Mud follows two teenagers drawn into a drifter’s troubles.
How to check availability in your country
Open the film’s Netflix page or search its title in the Netflix app while signed in. If the title page says it is not currently available in your country, it is not playable from that catalog at that time. Netflix’s country-specific pages, including its India page for Failure to Launch, illustrate why a title listing should not be treated as proof of worldwide availability. The five pages here do not establish which countries currently carry each film.
Is this a complete Netflix list?
No. These five films were surfaced by a broad search of Netflix title pages, but that does not prove they are the only Matthew McConaughey movies Netflix offers. Catalogs vary by country and can change, so use Netflix itself to confirm what is available where you watch.
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