Working mostly with unknown actors, Diop’s filmmaking is personal and daring in ways you won’t really find elsewhere on Netflix. It’s about Ada, a woman who lives on the Atlantic Ocean with her partner Souleiman, who becomes one of many men who try to leave for more work opportunities. It’s a riveting, haunting blend of genres, both finding something grounded in the way it captures the rarely seen reality of life on the Senegalese coast and something supernatural that emerges from the veracity of the storytelling. Mati Diop directed this 2019 critical darling, the first film by a Black woman to compete at the Cannes Film Festival. The documentary is a fascinating look at how many other factors beyond evidence can influence an investigation, including public pressure and perception of the suspects. The British student was brutally killed in her own apartment in Perugia, Italy, at the age of 21, and the authorities went after Kercher’s flatmate, Amanda Knox, and her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, almost immediately, despite some conflicting evidence. Trust us that any fan of crime documentaries should take the time to dig into this 2016 film about the investigation into the murder of Meredith Kercher in 2007.
Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn’s documentary about one of the most famous murder cases of the past decade has been relatively lost in the deep catalogue of true-crime stories on Netflix, with series like Making a Murderer and The Keepers getting the bulk of the promotion and attention. Netflix is very bad at promoting its original films, and this one was barely marketed after its 2018 SXSW premiere, dropping on the service before the festival was even over and then quickly being forgotten. While films about addiction aren’t rare, few recent ones are this effective at telling the story of not just the addict but the way addiction impacts loved ones. Seth is a heroin addict, and he’s in a place Katie has seen him before, right on the edge of a relapse. Jacobson plays Katie, sister to Seth, played by Dave Franco in his best career performance yet. (And for our main list of the 100 best movies on Netflix, click here.)īroad City star Abbi Jacobson proves she can handle drama as well as comedy in this harrowing story of addiction from writer-director Marja-Lewis Ryan.
There’s not a bad movie in here, and we’re willing to bet there are at least a few you haven’t seen.
Feel free to rewatch them!īut what if you’re looking for something new? What if you want to watch a great movie you’ve never even heard of before today? Then this is the list for you: a collection of movies on Netflix that didn’t play theatrically in almost any city other than New York or Los Angeles and could easily be lost among the “bigger” movies that get pushed to the front of your Netflix page. Yes, School of Rock and Star Trek, two hugely popular titles, are available on Netflix. *New additions are indicated with an asterisk.Īs you have probably noticed by now, the major streaming services (and/or their algorithms) are often eager to promote the big films almost everyone has already seen. My heart is broken into pieces that can never be mended.This article is regularly updated as movies enter and leave Netflix. Instead, my husband threatened that if I said anything he would take my daughter away and I would never see her again. I tried to confront my husband and my daughter but they didn’t seem to care.
My daughter did not resist, in fact she was laughing in a manner that suggested she was enjoying it.
To say that I was shocked is an understatement. I came home one day to find my husband touching my daughter in a very romantic way. At first I just assumed it was the normal father- daughter relationship but later, I realized it was more than that. They gave each other strange glances during dinner and very long hugs before going to bed. She was given everything she asked for, they were close.Īfter few months of living with him, I started to notice a queer relationship between my husband and my daughter. She was very happy since she was been treated like a princess. Her step father took her to driving classes after buying her a posh car. Whitney was already done with high school and thus, she was at home waiting to go to campus.