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3. BoJack Horseman. A showbiz comedy about a self-destructive '90s sitcom star who happens to be a horse isn't exactly an easy sell. BoJack is, after all, a show about humanoid animals that's also ...
The 2016 film hit a high note of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, while The Atlantic called it a “winsome, infectious pop fantasy” in which Carney “rediscovered that magic” of his 2007 hit Once. Sing Street. 1h 45m PG-13 2016. Remind Me.
- Blue Eye Samurai (S1) Set in Edo-period Japan, when the borders were closed, foreigners were expelled and any hint of racial difference was regarded with fear, hatred and revulsion, this blood-drenched animated tale follows a young orphan seeking to track down and kill all four of the white men left in the entire country.
- The Killer. Arthouse portrait of an emotionally repressed man or noir-tinged international action thriller? “Why not both?” asks director David Fincher in this stylish made-for-Netflix original, in which Michael Fassbender comes out of semi-retirement to play an elite assassin on a bloody revenge mission.
- The Deepest Breath. This feature-length documentary explores the sport of freediving, in which swimmers descend to astonishing ocean depths without any specialised gear – merely the air in their lungs.
- Beef (S1) Netflix’s best new show of 2023 (so far) stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun as a pair of strangers who, in the first few minutes of the first episode, become mortal foes.
- Abouna (2002) This second feature by Chadian filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun took the top spot in the Guardian’s recent rundown of the best African films.
- The Addiction (1995) Abel Ferrara’s allegorical vampire film brings together Lili Taylor and Christopher Walken for a moody tale of philosophy, sin and addiction in modern New York.
- Akira (1988) One of the most celebrated of all Japanese anime movies, Akira is set in a dystopian ‘Neo-Tokyo’ in 2019 – the same year as Blade Runner. The Japanese capital has been rebuilt after a third world war, but corruption, terrorism and violence have led to martial law being declared.
- All Hands on Deck (2020) French director Guillaume Brac is the new king of the summertime hangout movie. All Hands on Deck begins with a romantic dalliance in Paris, before Félix decides to spring a surprise visit on Alma while she’s holidaying in the south of France.
- Mike Flanagan - Gerald's Game
- Alfonso Cuarón - Roma
- Dan Gilroy - Velvet Buzzsaw
- Paul Greengrass - 22 July
- Orson Welles - The Other Side of The Wind
- Steven Soderbergh - The Laundromat
- The Coen Brothers - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
- Bong Joon-Ho - Okja
- Michael Bay - 6 Underground
- Martin Scorsese - The Irishman
For a long time, Stephen King's Gerald's Game was thought to be one of those novels that were impossible to adapt for a movie, due to its complicated setting and plot. But Mike Flannagan, director of many critically acclaimed horror movies like Oculus and Ouija: Origin of Evil accomplished it quite masterfully. The end result was a movie that was l...
With a budget of over $15 million, 2018's Roma was one of Netflix's biggest endeavors for getting into the Oscar race, and it paid off. Director Alfonso Cuarón, who also directed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, won the academy award for best director in 2013 for his film Gravity, and once again in 2018 for Roma. The film was a massive cri...
From the director of Nightcrawler and The Bourne Legacy comes this satirical horror-thriller Velvet Buzzsaw. Starring MCU actor Jake Gyllenhaal in the role of an art critic Morf Vandewalt, the plot follows the lives of some people related to an art gallery in Los Angeles as a supernatural force starts hunting them down to punish them for their gree...
Released by Netflix in 2018, 22 July is an intense docudrama about the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of Norway, in which 77 people were murdered at a youth camp in 2011. Featuring a full Norwegian cast and crew, the film was directed, written, and produced by Captain Philips and Jason Bourne director Paul Greengrass. He is most well kno...
Perhaps the strangest movie to reside in this list is Netflix's The Other Side of the Wind. Originally being directed and written by one of the greatest filmmakers in American history Orson Welles, who has directed and co-written legendary movies like Citizen Kane, the film was met with numerous complications during production which prevented its c...
From the director of Contagion and cult-classic Ocean's movies Steven Soderbergh comes this comedy-drama The Laundromat. With acast filled with veteran actors and actresses like Meryl Streep and Gary Oldman, the plot of the film is based on the Panama Papers scandal of 2016 when 11.5 million confidential documents which contained personal financial...
Joel and Ethan Coen, collectively known as the Coen brothers who have directed immensely popular and classic movies such as Fargo, The Big Lebowski and No Country for Old Men collaborated with Netflix in 2018 to create The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Starring many talented actors like James Franco and Liam Neeson, it is a series of six anthology West...
South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho has directed many critically acclaimed films throughout his career but is only getting his well-deserved attention now after his latest film Parasite managed to win the Academy Award for best picture and several other accolades. His partnership with Netflix in 2017 produced the underrated gem Okja, starring Chron...
From the writer and producer of Deadpool and Zombieland comes action-thriller 6 Underground starring Ryan Reynolds. WithTransformers director Michael Bay at the helm, 6 Underground is the typical explosion-filled action blockbuster thatMichael Bay is most well known for, with a touch of Deadpool-esque humor. With a reported budget of approximately ...
Featuring some of the biggest and oldest names in Hollywood history such as Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, Netflix's The Irishman is a crime drama film of epic proportions. Martin Scorsese is one of the most well-established and best directors of all time, having directed films like The Wolf of Wall Street and Shutter Island. His latest ...
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May 20, 2020 · In just the past two weeks, Damien Chazelle (“Whiplash” and “La La Land”) has brought his musical obsession to bear on the cosmopolitan Netflix jazz drama, “The Eddy,” and Crystal ...
