Where does Netflix get its shows and movies? From time to time fans of the service wonder about that. But is it so important to know where it comes from? For me, it’s more important to know that Netflix never gets tired of indulging us with amazing projects.
In just 10 years, the streaming service has become No. 1 for original series – from “House of Cards” to “Mindhunter”, and a bunch of shows about teenagers and puberty, which are going through a lot of trouble. The network takes on ambitious projects, which is what it’s mostly known for. Remember “Stranger Things” – the sci-fi genre was thought to be dying, but Netflix took and revived it, and originally approached the revival. And the king of horror himself, Stephen King, praised the creators of the series.
This year came out not a few fascinating Netflix movies that deserve your attention. Here are the top 10 of them.
10. Black Crab
Interesting, fascinating, relevant – that’s how you can describe in general terms the novelty from Netflix “Black Crab”. The movie stars “Millennium” star Noomi Rapace of the Swedish version, and she played amazingly. You can take the Scandinavian filmmakers from the “Nordic countries” as you like, but you can’t deny that Scandinavian films have an author’s handwriting.
What does this movie tell about? The post-apocalyptic world. The story centers on six soldiers on a secret mission. They must translate the ice on skates (in order not to be seen by the enemies), a special cargo. The story begins with a woman’s daughter being taken from her, and then she joins the team, she has the goal of surviving to see her daughter again…
9. The Gray Man
Fans of Ana de Armas, Ryan Gosling, and Chris Evans look forward to this action movie, as they played the main roles. The Gray Man is an action film with elements of a spy thriller. Netflix has repeatedly taken on this genre but has had no obvious success. Perhaps the new picture will be different.
The main character in the movie is a retired CIA agent. Having quarreled with his superiors, he quits and becomes a private mercenary. During his time in the Agency, he has acquired many useful skills. He is fast, dexterous, and always brings positive results – there is no shortage of clients. But no one knows what kind of problems the mercenary nicknamed Gray Man has.
8. The Adam Project
Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, and Zoe Saldana star in the sci-fi action film directed by Sean Levy (Stranger Things, Free Guy). The main character travels through time to meet his younger self. So he can come to terms with the past and try to save the future.
This movie can be categorized as a family drama. The Adam Project is a light, vulgar, and sometimes funny movie. It reminds one of “Terminator 2” and the other of “Back to the Future”. At the center of the narrative is pilot Adam Reed, he makes an emergency landing and somehow collides with himself as a 12-year-old.
The dynamics in the picture are crazy: Adam breaks into the house of his little self, and then quickly begins saving the world. Little Adam is played by an adorable kid named Walker Scobell – not bad for a first film.
7. Munich: The Edge of War
The picture with the high-profile name isn’t that large-scale, but it is interesting to watch. The film is quite long, but some people like that. “Munich: The Edge of War” is a biography. World War II was tried to prevent it. The story centers on key figures who went to Oxford together.
Autumn, 1938. Europe is about to be bombed. Hitler is about to invade Czechoslovakia, and the British government, along with Neville Chamberlain, are trying to find a way to resolve all disputes peacefully. British civil servant Hugh Legate and German diplomat Paul von Hartmann travel to Munich to hold an emergency conference. Thereafter, the old friends realize that the situation is very dangerous.
6. Day Shift
The novelty is an action movie starring Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, and Snoop Dogg. On the official website, you can see video from the filming – in addition to behind-the-scenes moments, you can see footage from the picture itself.
The film tells the story of a caring dad who works hard for his daughter. He wants her to have everything. But to do that, he has to plow through hard work – he cleans swimming pools in San Fernando. However, this job is only as a cover – in fact, the man is a vampire hunter.
5. Hustle
Adam Sandler once again tries his hand at the drama genre. He plays a basketball scout who has found a unique player outside of the United States – a talented guy with a troubled past. Despite the difficulties, the revamped team tries to make its way to the NBA.
4. The Mother
Jennifer Lopez and Gael Garcia Bernal starred in the action film, which was directed by Nicky Caro (Mulan). The script was written by Misha Green (Lovecraft Country). An assassin for hire comes out of hiding to reunite with the daughter she left behind years ago. The heroine tries to protect the child by hiding from dangerous people.
3. Carter
An action-adventure film from South Korea. The screenwriter and director of the project were Jong Pen-Gil, and the main role was played by Joo Won. One day Agent Carter wakes up in a motel and cannot remember who he was. He’s caught up in a dangerous situation with inexplicable secrets.
2. Spiderhead
Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller will appear in a film about prisoners being experimented on. The prisoners are given drugs that alter emotions, feelings, and mental images. This is an adaptation of a story by writer George Saunders published in The New Yorker. The science fiction film was directed by Joseph Kosinski (Tron: Legacy).
1. The Tinder Swindler
Online dating is a kind of lottery. You never know what kind of person a person will turn out to be in reality. Very often people distort the facts about themselves – no one wants to show their flaws. “The Tinder Swindler” is about a man who tells women incorrect information about himself and takes money from them.
A man of Israeli descent tells women when he meets them online that he’s a diamond billionaire, though, of course, he’s not. Through a calibrated plan, he defrauds the beauties who want to start a family by robbing them. One day, the victims of the fraud unite to expose the scoundrel.
