It’s an effective, taut piece of filmmaking. Ben Affleck directed and stars as Mendez in a tense, old-fashioned thriller that became a bit of a punchline when people didn’t think it deserved its Oscar (which often happens) but seems overdue for a reappraisal. One of the most unexpected Best Picture winners, Argo is the story of Tony Mendez, a CIA operative who staged a fake film production to rescue hostages from Tehran. The Oscar winner stars alongside an amazing ensemble that features Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, James Woods, Charlton Heston, and so many more, including real NFL legends Jim Brown and Lawrence Taylor. Oliver Stone directed a truly insane look behind the scenes of the NFL that may be a bit dated two decades later but still has the brute force of what one would expect when the director of Natural Born Killers directs a personality like Al Pacino. This time, Linklater has made a film for the whole family, as Jack Black narrates a coming-of-age story that takes place just before the Apollo 11 landing. Richard Linklater wrote and directed a lovely little slice of nostalgia, conveyed in the rotoscoped animated style that made the filmmaker’s Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly so unique.
Blending Conrad’s Heart of Darkness with the recent wounds of the Vietnam War, Coppola barely survived production to deliver a movie that deserves to be mentioned with the best Vietnam flicks of all time. The journey to find Colonel Kurtz plays out like a fever dream, a trip into the violent soul of man. And it’s a reminder now of how long Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have been just the best.įrancis Ford Coppola went into the jungles, nearly lost his mind, and came back with a war movie masterpiece, one of the most quoted and cited combat films ever made. Remember when Titanic was the biggest movie in the world? James Cameron’s epic became something of a punchline for people who want to make fun of melodrama, but it’s a truly great piece of masterful filmmaking, leaning into the idea that a blockbuster should transport you in ways that no other medium can.
(And if you’re more of a TV person, check out the 50 best TV shows on Netflix.) We’ve done the hard work, so now the only thing you have to do is sit back and, uh, watch all 100 movies. That’s why we’re here, breaking down the 100 best movies on the service at this minute, with regular updates for titles that have been removed and when new ones are added. With thousands of movies to choose from, and a navigation system and algorithm that don’t always make the right choice easy to find, it can be difficult to know what to watch on Netflix. *New additions are indicated by an asterisk. Samantha Bergeson, Kate Erbland, Proma Khosla, and Christian Zilko contributed to this story.This post is updated regularly to reflect the latest movies to leave and enter Netflix.
Here are 30 of the best LGBTQ movies and TV shows on Netflix available for Pride Month 2022. There’s a range here of popular titles - really just the tip of the iceberg - and lesser-known gems, which can be overwhelming to navigate amid Netflix’s mysterious algorithm.
We’ve put together a list including Netflix original series and films as well as movies the streamer is hosting for the time being.
But with Pride month 2022 in full swing, and the pandemic seemingly in some kind of rearview, it feels like queer storytelling and community are back and more galvanized than ever. The last time we updated this list, we wrote how LGBTQ community-gathering spaces were largely put on pause by the pandemic - which meant that those once-in-person spaces became our streaming platforms and technical devices at home.