10 Must-See Movies to Netflix Now
Most of the films have been released in 2010, but I thought I would take the time to highlight the 10 gems you can currently find on Netflix. You will save money and get bad movies if you use my list to fill your queue.
10) Mysterious Skin - My favorite director (Gregg Araki) and his best movie ever. Mystery Skin is about two boys who are linked to horrible traumatic experiences in childhood. In exchanging drawings, it is disturbing, but full of beauty and I hope it is one of the best films of the decade. Joseph Gordon Leavitt (no longer that child from the Third Rock from the Sun) is hardly surprising.
9) Dead Man's Shoes - Paddy Considine is great for this brutal revenge game from director Shane Meadows. The film is about another brother seeking revenge after his brother with a mental illness was tortured by certain Midlands criminals in rural UK. Some critics mistakenly call this the pornography of the art gallery, but it is a simpler and more compelling age than anything Eli Roth can come up with.
8) Frailty-Frailty is an awesome star-studded and directed by Bill Paxton. A beautiful story of a seemingly loving father who believes that he and his sons are the hands of God. He seeks out people who believe in demons and cuts them to pieces. Fine details of time and practice, especially for young boys, Frailty is about religious devotion running and turning into madness. I have to see.
7) Bruges - Bruges has the best screenplay of last year and some of the best role models of Collin Farrell. Clever and cruel, funny but extremely violent, is a film Guy Ritchie keeps trying to make, and keeps running away. One of the best films of last year.
6) Smiley's Face - Director Gregg Araki's last film is a comedy about Anna Faris. A ridiculous movie straight to DVD, or even more fun than most comedies that get theatrical releases these days.
5) Rules of Attraction - A sharp and humorous look at some bad college students with the kindness of author Bret Easton Ellis and author / director Roger Avary. This is probably the best of Ellis' film adaptations to date (American Psycho with the awesome Christian Bale is one to see) and despite its beloved characters, I loved every horrible and exciting moment of the film.
4) Sex Drive - Teen sexual jokes are revived with funny results. Surprisingly this was a dud office office but it was a very funny film from last year. The lead is funny and funny and James Marsden is all but steals the whole movie as a character who is my older gay brother. Seth Green offers strong support as funny and humorous Amish know everything. RUMPSRINGA!
3) Mirror Mask- Alice in Wonderland meets Wizard of Oz in the way of Neil Gaiman. MirrorMask is an exciting and effective dream film designed for teens and adults alike. The created world is completely original and star Stephenie Leonidas is perfect as a punky Emo goth who wants to escape his life in the circus and gets more than he ever borrowed.
2) Cashback - A real and funny comedy / drama about a young man who breaks up with his beautiful girlfriend and learns that he has the power to stop time. His insomnia creates an opportunity for him to paint random topics in a timely manner and the film may fall into the wrong hands, end up being fun and something to be sought after. All resources go to the director by making the low budget feature look like something with a big budget.
1) This is England - Author / director Shane Meadows returns with a look at his childhood life and his encounter with a small gang of skin-headed criminals. A good act, sometimes hard to watch, and totally compelling, This is England may be in the UK but its themes of racial intolerance and hatred can happen anywhere in any country at any time. It could not be called This by America. The movie is a glorious, striking thing. <a href="https://theoriginalspace.com/">Ravi Vashist</a>
