Joel Schumacher directed this genre hybrid about two boys who move to the small town of Santa Carla after their parents get divorced and discover their new home has a secret. Wonderfully dated in that ‘80s style, this clever cult classic features strong work from Jason Patric, Corey Haim, and Kiefer Sutherland too. Young film lovers may not know why Sir Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson are so beloved in the film community.
Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams play a pair of Icelandic musicians with dreams of stardom in this 2020 comedy. A musical underdog story featuring a host of real-world Eurovision winners in cameo roles, The Story of Fire Saga is silly fun that warms the heart and is almost certain to bring a smile to your face. Ryan Reynolds plays Adam reed, a fighter pilot from the future who crashes in 2022 and must enlist the aid of his 12-year-old self to stop an upcoming disaster in this film from Free Guy director Shawn Levy.
After fleeing an abusive relationship, a young mother finds a job cleaning houses as she fights to provide for her child and build them a better future. A family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families. Three beloved actors star inWindfall, which looks as provocative as ever. Jason Segel leads the film as a nomad searching for funds when he stumbles upon a rich mogul’s empty mansion. He crashes until the rich fellow reappears with his wife — and then he attacks. The struggling man begs the mogul to help, pressing him to share the wealth in more ways than one, and things get kind of weird.
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Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they’re falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable. This award-winning French film begins with asevered handescaping a refrigerator in a laboratory and embarking on a Paris-wide search for the rest of its body. With a few flashbacks and elegant animation, this strange, satisfying story delves into loss, both physical and emotional, in the most poetic of ways.
Additionally, Riz Ahmed also does a fantastic job at playing Rick, a man Louis hires to be his assistant.Nightcrawler continues to hold up among others in the thriller genre, allowing it to continuously impress and scare audiences. Molly’s Gamecenters on the real-life figure of Molly Bloom, played by Jessica Chastain, who runs underground poker games with high-profile players, and, as time goes on, her business becomes increasingly dangerous. A collection of animated short stories that span various genres including science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy.
Dripping with ’90s nostalgia and plenty of blood, the movie is the first installment of a trilogy that explores Shadyside’s deadly reputation as the murder capital of the country, with each chapter unfolding in a different era. Kiana Madeira, Olivia Scott Welch, Benjamin Flores Jr., Julia Rehwald, and Fred Hechinger star in the terrifying tale. French director Julia Ducournau has recently made waves with her Palme d’Or win for her film Titane, but Netflix is the home to her incredible debut feature, the coming-of-age cannibal film, Raw.
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From Netflix’s impressive stash of international films comes Spanish sci-fi horror The Platform. Its high-concept story centers on a tower that delivers food to people on each of its many levels via a platform. Those at the top score the best and most abundant spread, which is devoured as the platform lowers down the levels. Social commentary rings throughout this dystopian thriller, which takes shocking, occasionally gruesome turns all the way to the bottom.
When George comes home with a bride , Phil sets about to make her life a living Hell and Campion unpacks toxic masculinity in the Old West in a way that’s riveting and unforgettable. Some of Stephen Frears’s 2013 drama can be a bit trite, but then there’s the Oscar-nominated performance at the center from the great Judi Dench to ground it. She plays Philomena Lee in this true story of a decades-long search for a son she gave up for adoption.
When Japanese forces invade China during World War II, a wealthy and respected Wing Chun kung fu grandmaster Ip Man is forced to leave his home and survive on the Japanese-occupied streets of Foshan. This biographical tale of Ip Man, who was Bruce Lee’s mentor, focuses on the events that may have taken place during that time. Because of its historical ode and its epic fighting scenes, Ip Man has topped our list of the best kung fu movies ever.
If you’re looking for a film to make you feel even more paranoid and fearful of strangers around you than a pandemic has already made you, It Follows is the film for you. Based on the simple yet soul-stirring concept that no matter what, something is constantly coming toward you, It Follows is filled with creeping dread, effective jump scares, and a score guaranteed to raise your blood pressure. No one does a zombie movie quite like South Korea, and #Alive is one of the absolute best. The two create a zipline to share food, and share walkie-talkies to communicate with one another, while zombies terrorize the world outside of their walls.
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Beane enlists the help of Yale Economics graduate Peter Brand and uses analytics to recruit new players. Beyond being a momentous and sincere telling of a true event in baseball history, writers Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian make the dialogue crisp and genuine. Differing from just about any role he’s ever played, Brad Pitt’s performance is the icing on the cake.
The object of his affection, Aster Flores , turns out to be more than just a typical unrequited love. I’m going to go out on a limb and say that Homecoming is perhaps the best, most impactful concert film of at least the past few years. This is Beyoncé at the absolute top of her game, showing not only her historic performance at Coachella 2018, but the emotionally and physically taxing preparation that led up to it. It’s called Homecoming because of the way it evokes traditions made popular by homecoming concerts at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and it’s maybe the most entertaining history lesson you’ll ever get. I watched this entire movie in one sitting and I had a great time, but in no reality would I say this is a good movie.
Lovecraft Countryand Loki actor Jonathan Majors plays Nat Love, a man looking to avenge the murder of his parents by the ruthless outlaw Rufus Buck, played by Idris Elba. Zazie Beetz, Regina King, Delroy Lindo, Lakeith Stanfield, and Edi Gathegi join Majors and Elba in the film’s impressive ensemble. Read our The Harder They Fall overviewfor more spoiler-free reasons to watch. Written and directed by Jane Campion , this critically acclaimed western drama casts Benedict Cumberbatch as a charismatic, domineering rancher who torments his brother’s new wife and her son when they move into the family home. Jesse Plemons portrays the aforementioned brother, with Kirsten Dunst playing the new wife and Kodi Smit-McPhee as her son.
Adapted from director Thom Fitzgerald’s play of the same name, Cloudburst won numerous awards at film festivals across North America. In fact, a few actors from the stage version reprise their roles for the movie. Based on a Dutch web series, Anne+ The Film follows a writer named Anne who lives in Holland with her girlfriend Sara . When Sara gets a job in Canada, Anne stays behind to finish her novel, and the couple decides to open up their relationship. In one of Jake Gyllenhaal’s best movies, he stars as Louis Bloom, a freelance videographer who captures footage to sell to news outlets. The actions he takes to acquire that footage, however, range from unethical to downright heinous.
For those suffering from choice paralysis in March, we’ve narrowed down your options to 25 of our favorite current movies on the platform. These run the gamut from taut thrillers and horror classics to eccentric comedies and the best Netflix originals. We’ll be updating this list monthly as Netflix cycles movies in and out of its library, so be sure to check back next time you’re stuck in front of the Netflix home screen. This taut thriller set in the remote Scottish Highlands is far from an idyllic getaway. Prepare for a full-on nerve-wringing nightmare that its protagonists are desperate to wake up from. Vaughn and Marcus set out on a lads’ weekend hunting trip, but after a night of drinking, they find themselves facing events they never could have planned for.
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