And August 1 will be no different. So many new movies will be dropping on Netflix this weekend, with dozens more coming throughout the month.
This article will highlight ten great picks from this weekend’s lineup. Then at the end of the article, you will find every other movie coming to Netflix this weekend.
The team of Charlie Kaufman and Spike Jonze could do no wrong. Before the Oscar-winning Adaptation, that writer-director team gave the world what was perhaps the strangest movie of 1999: Being John Malkovich. The film stars John Malkovich himself, whose mind can be inhabited by a secret portal in an office building.
Before 2009, Carey Mulligan was definitely an actress on the rise in Hollywood—but An Education cemented her status. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance in the film. An Education finds her teenaged character pulled into a relationship with an older man.
This sci-fi/thriller went largely unnoticed in 2018. An indie affair from IFC Films, Elizabeth Harvest features a noteworthy performance from Abbey Lee Kershaw, who plays a girl named Elizabeth. While on vacation with her husband at his luxurious estate, she is forbidden from entering one specific room—for good reason.
Charlie Kaufman is back! But this time the writer is paired up with French director Michel Gondry for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. A bizarre and wonderful film, this quirky romantic comedy follows a man named Joel (played by Jim Carrey) who discovers that his girlfriend, Clementine (played by Kate Winslet), has undergone a procedure that erases him from her memory. He then decides to undergo the procedure himself.
The Jurassic World movies have become international sensations, pulling in insane amounts of money at each turn. In fact, those recent additions to the Jurassic canon seem to be even more popular than The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III—which is a shame, because all three of the original Jurassic Park movies are an absolute delight. I’d encourage everyone to catch up on them, as they’re all going to be available on Netflix this weekend.
If you were a kid who grew up in the late 1990s or early 2000s, you were enamored by Heath Ledger—which, more than likely, meant that you loved A Knight’s Tale. This playful adventure/comedy features a uniquely rocking soundtrack that scores a young peasant’s journey to become a knight.
The year 2008 was certainly the tail end for this kind of movie. Headed by two major thespians from Hollywood’s earlier days, Nights in Rodanthe is a moving, dramatic romance from the mind of Nicholas Sparks. The movie stars Richard Gere and Diane Lane who play two people who randomly meet at a local inn as a storm approaches.
Nights in Rodanthe will be available to stream on Netflix on August 1.
Obviously Ocean’s Eleven is where everything started for Steven Soderbergh’s take on the classic quirky team of thieves. But, in my humble opinion, the sequels to that first film—Ocean’s Twelve and Ocean’s Thirteen—don’t get enough love. Soderbergh continues to flesh out his wildly interesting characters in those second and third films and find new hilarious and entertaining ways to carry out elaborate heists.
First-person movies can either go really well…or horribly, horribly wrong. Things started great back in 1947 when the Delmer Daves film Dark Passage used the first-person perspective to exhilarating effect. And movies like Hardcore Henry have continued to find new and interesting ways to make the stylistic choice more entertaining and watchable.
This thriller didn’t make a ton of noise when it was released in 2018. But two years later, this LGBT film from IFC Midnight could receive a (much deserved) second life on Netflix. The movie centers on a couple celebrating their first anniversary in a cabin in the woods. But just as the vacation starts, one of the women reveals a darker side of herself.
I host a podcast called Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West. I run the Colossus Movie Club, where I make movie recommendations each week. I’ve covered
I host a podcast called Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West. I run the Colossus Movie Club, where I make movie recommendations each week. I’ve covered several film festivals, including Toronto and Sundance.