Getting the right movie to watch on Netflix can be a tough challenge. We've all been in that condition. You've wanted to watch something on deliberate. You get access to everyone else in the Netflix library, as well as a shaved selection of films you've already marked to watch at a different stage. Now keep scrolling.
1. Magnolia
It doesn't get much more passionate than Magnolia if you're in the mood for something like a particularly worrying drama. Following the completion of Boogie Nights, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson sought to make an intimate drama on the scale of a massive epic.
The outcome is a three-hour epic that follows a diverse cast of characters on complex psychological journeys that cross paths in some way – Tom Cruise is a misogynist self-help guru; William H. Macy is a former game show superstar, and Julianne Moore is the trophy wife about a good producer. The picture is cluttered, that according to PTA, but it's still one of the biggest and boldest swings of the 1990s, and it'll almost inevitably make you cry.
2. Inception
There's no inappropriate time to watch Inception if you want for a mind-bending country that makes you ponder. When Christopher Nolan's picture was made, it was a bit of a risk — a ludicrously expensive original film in a world dominated by remakes, sequels, and reboots. The gamble paid off, as this heist thriller about a group of people deliberately break into someone else's mind to plant an idea became a box office blockbuster and earned a couple of Best Picture nominees during awards season.
The action sequences are genuinely original. The characters are captivating and distinct, and there's an emotional hook at the beginning of the issue that makes you care about what's going on. That is one and one of the most successful blockbusters of all time.
3. Catch Me If You Can
We don't talk about it as much but Catch Me If You Can is and will always doubt one of Steven Spielberg's best films, with another of Leonardo DiCaprio's most significant moments. One of John Williams' highest numbers is saying a lot. Based on actual events, DiCaprio portrays Frank Abagnale Jr., a 19-year-old con artist who made millions of dollars while wandering across the nation.
But, at its core, Catch Me If You Can is a story about a parent and a child, and it's one of Spielberg's most autobiographical films to date—it was immediately affected by Spielberg learning additional information about his father's divorce. But this film is also a great experience.
4. Django Unchained
Django Unchained, Quentin Tarantino's most materially successful movie to date, is set in 1858 and narrates the story of a freed slave's (Jamie Foxx) adventure to save his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from the clutches of something like a ruthless farmer named (Leonardo DiCaprio) – with the help of a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz, of course) quest Django Unchained is troubling in terms of presenting an unflinching look into the conditions of slaves in America (and the suffering done upon them).
But it also has that Tarantino touch that makes it highly entertaining - a strange or in poor taste juxtaposition for some. Whatever the side you take, DiCaprio's ominous performance is indisputably among his best, Foxx's technique is excellent, and Waltz's Oscar triumph for his supporting role is challenging to dispute.
5. The Sum of All Fears
Once upon a time, Ben Affleck produced a Jack Ryan film, which was terrific! The Sum of All Fears was released in 2002 when audiences were going to move away from Affleck, yet it has stood the test of time.
It's a Tom Clancy-style thriller. Affleck plays a CIA analyst racing against the clock to forestall a nuclear war between the US and Russia launched by an Austrian Neo-Nazi. It's a dramatic governmental thriller, but by the third act, it's also quite stunning.