With the introduction of digital platforms like Netflix, the way of streaming movies has changed. And with each year the catalogue of movies on these platforms is becoming bigger and even better. Apart from buying the right to various movies, there are dozens of Netflix Original movies that have been released in the previous years.
Netflix is evolving and its content is getting close to Oscar-caliber. Out of the 74 original films released on Netflix, some were really great and stood out. So we have compiled a list of 10 best originals that you can binge-watch in 2020.
10 Best Netflix Original Movies
Since the quarantine period is on, we have compiled the list of 10 best Netflix original movies that you can stream from your home.
Bird Box
One of the biggest blockbusters of 2019 was a thriller which turned into a true scare-fest and a film with great actors. The Bird Box, after its release, was like the talk of the town. Lead by Sandra Bullock, this post-apocalyptic tale jumps back long enough in time to explain the actual apocalypse occurring in real-time. The concept of the show is that people must always keep their eyes closed, and should not be exposed while they are outdoors.
So they are literally risking their lives, while the birds in the box can alert them of the danger. This leads to traumatic and tense blindfolded scenes for the actors, and her two children. So you can witness a not-so realistic end to the world, with Netflix’s Bird Box.
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Two Popes
Another interesting movie that will win you over is The Two Popes by Fernando Meirelles. The film involves the conversations between the future Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI. The two elderly actors Jonathan Pryce and Anthony Hopkins playing the titular role of Bishops of Rome are highly appreciated for their performances. Even though the two Popes are ideologically different men of the cloth, there is not much bickering all thanks to McCarten’s script, which is more about faith and sin.
The two have discussions about pizza, The Beatles, and more interesting topics, making the audience think do they actually talk about them. But it doesn’t mean that the film does not cover the controversial topics. There are lengthy flashbacks, however, when the movie strays from Hopkins and Pryce the pace slows down a bit. However, Meirelles’ careful touch brings humanity through the two popes.
Always Be My Maybe
Netflix is known for making both originals and rom-com for some time now. And once again with fresh off the boat it brings for you Always Be My Maybe. Ali Wong, a stand-up comedian of prodigious talent along with Randall Park and Michael Golamco, is going to star in this series with hilarious support from Keanu Reeves and Daniel Dae Kim. Sounds great!
The film is set in a background that explores the evolution of friendship across a lifetime. She and Parker in the film are childhood friends who had never be on a romantic ride. But a disastrous teen love has an encounter and meet again as adults. Marcus has been in love with Sasha for a quite long time and finally, as an adult, he musters up the courage to ask her out.
Although it comes as all the usual romantic comedy the missed connections and feelings highlighted are a fun romp that surrounds the boundaries of love and friendship.
The Irishman
With the run-time of 209 minutes straight, the Irishman makes you count every second for it is worth it. Everything in the film looks tremendous. The movie is intensely fixated on death and you will find that even the introducing side characters with onscreen text that notes the circumstances of their eventual demise.
The film opens with a tracking shot through the halls of a drab nursing home, where you will witness a feeble old man telling tall tales from his wheelchair, The Irishman delights in undercutting its own grandiosity. But, unlike the 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street, the characters will not escape the fundamental spiritual emptiness of their pursuits.
The Babysitter
If you have missed out on the 2017’s comedic horror, The Babysitter then you have to see it. This genre has thrived really much since 2010, with Tucker and Happy Death Day franchise of Blumhouse. It has actually bought the fashion of laughing at piercing and spooking. We all are familiar with Home Alone, and with The Babysitter its tropes get a bloody twist.
You will enjoy Bella Thorne, a delightfully sadistic teenage babysitter here, instead of Daniel Stern and Joe Pesci as robbers. And in her spare time, this girl happens to be a maniacal Satanist.
So when Cole Johnson, a 12-year old snoops on what Bee his babysitter is up to while he is asleep. And what seems to be a comic spy-show, slowly sweeps into a psychotic, sick murder fantasy. And of course, it has a funny side to it.
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Although one cannot deny the fact that Disney and Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book has got more attention, but there were actually two live-action adaptations of Rudyard Kipling’s famous book. And, whether you believe it or not, Netflix’s Mowgli may actually be better.
The film is directed by CGI wizard Andy Serkis which features an all-star cast of Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Naomie Harris, and Serkis himself. In the film, you can see that Mowgli doesn’t shy away from some of the scarier, darker elements of The Jungle Book. And to give a realistic approach to the original script, the Tiger Shere Khan is genuinely terrifying and Serkis’s deft handling of the animation makes for an intense, high-octane thrill ride that is going to be beautiful.
High Flying Bird
The first great Netflix movie of 2020, High Flying Bird is a film on basketball that although has a little to do with the sport itself. For it rather focusses on the behind-the-scenes power dynamics playing out during a lockout. At the center of the Steven Soderbergh movie which is shot on an iPhone, because that’s what he does now is André Holland’s Ray Burke.
Basically, he is a sports agent who tries hard to protect his client’s interests while also disrupting a corrupt system. It does not look like a cakewalk, and, as you might expect, the circumstances of the labor stoppage constantly change the playing field. With his iPhone by his side mirroring every NBA’s social media-heavy culture, and appearances from actual NBA stars lending the narrative heft, Soderbergh is all set to experiment with Netflix’s Blanche thereby producing a unique film which might add to the streaming service’s growing list of critical hits.
Triple Frontier
Well, if you wish to find and watch an action movie than Netflix probably isn’t the first place to look for starring some of Hollywood’s hottest leading men. And with this Triple Frontier exists. The film is directed by J.C. Chandor and stars Ben Affleck, Charlie Hunnam, Oscar Isaac, and Pedro Pascal. Action-packed and thrilling from beginning to end, Triple Frontier is definitely a Netflix heat check, which is capable of being a big-time blockbuster.
Triple Frontier is one such movie that follows five former Special Forces operatives. They reunite to stage a heist in a small border zone in South America. It seems to be a personal mission — a far cry from their patriotic pasts. The twist comes when things take an unexpected turn when their skills, loyalties, and morality all are pushed to the limits.
Velvet Buzzsaw
Netflix’s ludicrously fun and gory art-world satire sees director and screenwriter Dan Gilroy teaming up with Jake Gyllenhaal. Yes, you read that right. This one is going to be a thriller that will rip apart the effete Los Angeles art world. Gilroy, Gyllenhaal, and Rene Russo in the film will bring fast-paced humor making the plot worth watch with an outsider artist’s haunting work starts killing people more tolerable than you might think.
Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Between Two Ferns: The Movie, is a starring vehicle for Zach Galifianakis’s meta-portrayal of himself as a talk show host. The film takes the gags found in the popular Funny or Die series to new heights.
Talking about the movie, it begins with Matthew McConaughey’s accidental death that ultimately forces Galifianakis’s boss, Will Farrell. It demands that he generate enough clicks with his videos to justify earning a late-night talk show. And Cue a road trip across the country to interview as many celebrities as possible.
You can consider the film as wacky as its source material. John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Peter Dinklage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Paul Rudd, Tiffany Haddish, Brie Larson, Keanu Reeves, Jon Hamm, David Letterman, Hailee Steinfeld, are a part of this cameo.
Wrapping Up!
Netflix originals are definitely better and nothing could be as relaxing as binge-watching these Netflix original movies at the comfort of your house. So if you have missed out on any good film then this list of 10 best Netflix original movies is worth watching
