The 10 Must-See Movies on Netflix That Hollywood Doesn’t Want You To Know About!
Introduction
Netflix is great, but sometimes you want something new to watch. Here are ten movies on Netflix that are either brand-new or have been recently added.
The Social Network
The Social Network is a 2010 film talking about the founding of Facebook. The movie had qualified for eight Academy Awards and was victorius in three, including Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won a Golden Globe Award for the Best Motion Picture – Drama, making it the first film from any genre to receive that honor since 1966’s A Man for All Seasons.
Director David Fincher has received critical acclaim for his work on this film. He also directed Fight Club and Seven, both of which are available on Netflix Instant Watch.
The cast includes Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale), Andrew Garfield (The Amazing Spider-Man movies), Justin Timberlake (In Time), Rooney Mara (Her), and Armie Hammer (Jobs).
Magic Mike XXL
Magic Mike XXL, released in 2015, is directed by Gregory Jacobs and stars Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, and Joe Manganiello. The movie takes place after the first one, where Mike (Tatum) has retired from being a male stripper but decides to work at an upscale club called Xquisite after his friend Ken (Bomer) offers him a job there. He begins training some new guys like Tito (Manganiello), a nail technician who wants to become a stripper like Mike did when he was younger.
It’s rated R for strong sexual content, including graphic nudity and language throughout, drug use, and brief violence.
Amy
In the documentary “Amy,” we get an intimate glimpse into the life of British singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse. The film follows her rise to fame and all its pitfalls, including her battles with drug abuse.
The film is narrated by Winehouse herself in voiceover as if she’s looking back on her life from beyond the grave. She struggles with addiction throughout most of it—and even after she gets clean, it seems like she’s just setting herself up for failure by continuing her career as an addict in recovery (a la Michael Jackson).
Footloose
“Footloose” is a 1984 film that stars Kevin Bacon and Lori Singer. The movie follows Ren McCormack (Bacon) as he moves from the state of Chicago to the small town of Bomont, Kentucky, to live with his aunt and uncle, who runs the local shoe factory.
Ren quickly becomes involved with a girl named Ariel (Singer), but not before meeting Willard Hewitt, who’s leading a ban against dancing in public places to stop immoral behavior within town limits. It seems like Ren won’t be able to dance his way out of this one…
In high school, most people participated in some activity or learned to dance for themselves. If you’ve never seen “Footloose,” now is your chance! The music is great, and it’ll take you back through all those childhood memories again!
A Cinderella Story
In 2004, the Disney Channel movie “A Cinderella Story” starring Hilary Duff was released. The movie is based on the fairy tale Cinderella, with Duff playing Sam Montgomery, who has a crush on her best friend, Chad Dylan Cooper.
The movie follows Sam as she tries to win over Chad and instead falls for her stepbrother Aaron Samuels. This film is great for those looking for an uplifting story about love conquering all!
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games is based on the best-selling young adult novel by Suzanne Collins. In this film, a young girl must fight to survive in a battle to the death while representatives of 12 districts of Panem (formerly North America) compete in a national reality show called The Hunger Games. The movie has a rating of 4 and has been watched in upwards of 1 million times…
The School of Rock
The School of Rock is considered one of the best films on Netflix right now, and it’s definitely worth your Time. The movie stars Jack Black as a substitute teacher named Dewey Finn, who gets fired from his job teaching music at a prestigious prep school.
He then starts up an underground rock band of kids enrolled in his former class, who help him take down the principal by entering their band into a national competition for which he must use his musical skills to make them famous.
Selma
Selma is a 2014 American drama film directed by Ava DuVernay, written by Paul Webb, and co-starring David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King Jr. The film dramatizes the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches led by King, who was joined by Ralph Abernathy (played by Colman Domingo) and Hosea Williams (Nelsan Ellis). The movie won an Oscar for best picture in 2015.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a comedy starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, and it’s about a NASCAR driver named Ricky Bobby. He and his best friend, Cal Naughton Jr. (played by Sacha Baron Cohen), are both trying to get into the top spot on the circuit, but their friendship is tested when Ricky starts dating Cal’s wife, Ashley (played by Leslie Bibb).
This movie has lots of funny moments, including scenes where Cal gets caught cheating on Ashley in an elevator, where Ricky falls off his motorcycle while racing at Talladega Speedway, and when two famous drivers try to crash each other off of a track during practice laps before their race begins. The soundtrack also adds some fun energy with songs from Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top, among others!
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol is a 2011 American action spy film directed by Brad Bird, produced by Tom Cruise and J. J. Abrams, and written by Josh Appelbaum and André Nemec. It is the fourth installment in the Mission: Impossible series and the first film not to be directed by Brian De Palma.
The story follows Ethan Hunt (Cruise) as he leads his team against a group of Russian extremists who plan to use three plutonium cores for a nuclear attack on Paris during the wedding of the French Foreign Minister.
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol was released in North America on December 16, 2011, grossing over $694 million worldwide against its budget of $145 million.The fourth film in Mission: Impossible series was well received by critics who praised its intense action sequences; however, it received criticism due to its heavy reliance on CGI effects, which resulted in being nominated for various awards, including Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects.
Conclusion
I hope you enjoyed reading this list of the top ten movies on Netflix. I wanted to give you an overview of all the different genres so that you can find what suits your needs and watch more movies!
