Best movies on Netflix right now – March 2022
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From star-studded originals to classics worth re-watching, here are the most notable titles available to stream on Netflix right now.
See which award winners, iconic comedies and family-friendly flicks are available on the streaming platform in March 2022. Phil Burbank is a rancher who brutally mocks his brother and the woman he marries. When Phil starts to take a liking to his new nephew, it's unclear if he is a changed man or planning something sinister. From director Lin-Manuel Miranda comes this moving musical about Jonathan Larson, the young theater composer who persevered while waiting tables and writing the musical that would become "Rent." The ensemble cast features Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp and Vanessa Hudgens. The year is 2054. A police department uses psychic beings to stop crime before it happens in this thriller directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Cruise. Paul Thomas Anderson's period drama stars Mark Wahlberg as a nightclub employee who makes it big in the 1970s porn industry. A family on a road trip finds themselves in the middle of a robot apocalypse in this goofy family flick from Netflix. Nat Love assembles a gang to take down the person who murdered his parents. An ensemble cast features Jonathan Majors, Idris Elba, Zazie Beetz, Regina King, Lakeith Stanfield and Damon Wayans Jr. Greta Gerwig's coming-of-age flick centers on Saoirse Ronan as an artistically inclined high school senior with a strained relationship with her mother. Adam Sandler takes a dramatic turn as a fast-talking New York City jeweler in the film that earned him an Independent Spirit Award for best male lead. "Sorry to Bother You" is a surrealist comedy about a Black worker who adopts a White accent to excel at his telemarketing job. The successful tactic leads him deeper into a bizarre and unsettling corporate world. Two brothers turn to bank robbing to save their family ranch in this neo-Western crime thriller. Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham star. Eddie Murphy's portrayal of Rudy Ray Moore, a 1970s comic and blaxploitation pioneer, garnered well-earned praise from critics. This Martin Scorsese film from 1976 stars Robert De Niro as a taxi driver whose mental state is deteriorating in a morally bankrupt New York City. A young Jodie Foster plays the child prostitute he attempts to protect. Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson both earned Oscar nominations for their portrayals of a stage director and an actress engaged in a bitter divorce. The 2020 Academy Award-winner for best documentary feature, "American Factory" chronicles what happens when a Chinese billionaire opens a factory in an abandoned General Motors plant in Ohio. Robert Pattinson tries to free his brother following a botched bank robbery in this crime thriller from "Uncut Gems" filmmakers Josh and Benny Safdie. A martial arts master mentors a bullied teen in this memorable '80s film that launched a franchise. This Netflix documentary provides an intimate look at the life of former first lady Michelle Obama as she embarks on a 34-city book tour. A girl meets a mythical moon goddess in this whimsical animated adventure from Netflix. Quentin Tarantino's blood-drenched Western about nefarious characters sheltering from a blizzard features a star-studded cast, including Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh. This Golden Globe winner for Best Animated Feature Film is a family-friendly sequel worth streaming on Netflix. "Looper" is a time travel sci-fi thriller directed by Rian Johnson. It revolves around a future where hit men send their targets 30 years into the past to be murdered and cleaned up without a trace. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars. Writer and activist James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript "Remember This House" is brought to life in this Oscar-nominated 2016 documentary narrated by Samuel L. Jackson. The Boss brings his solo acoustic performance from Broadway to your TV screen in this Netflix original special. Ava DuVernay's powerful Netflix documentary explores how the U.S. prison system is linked to institutionalized racism. Philadelphia Daily News' Gary Thompson described this memorable comedy as "surely one of the funniest movies ever made." Forest Whitaker plays a White House butler to eight U.S. presidents in this historical drama featuring an all-star cast, including Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda and Cuba Gooding Jr. This 2012 buddy-cop movie stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum as officers who pose as high-school students to investigate a new drug that is circulating. An Academy Award winner for best picture, "The Artist" is a black-and-white love story set against the backdrop of Hollywood's silent era. Based on the New York Times bestseller, this film follows an Indian driver who climbs out of poverty. This Sundance Film Festival award-winning political documentary follows the 2018 primary campaigns of four progressive Democrats, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. A family reckons with the aftermath of their son's incarceration in this award-winning drama. This award-winning film from Spike Lee is a story of a woman (Tracy Camilla Johns) and her three lovers. The entire family can watch this Martin Scorsese fantasy flick about an orphan living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. A star-studded cast brings this Aaron Sorkin drama, about a group of anti-Vietnam War protesters on trial, to life. Four Black veterans return to Vietnam to search for their fallen squad leader, played by the late Chadwick Boseman, and a hidden fortune in this Netflix original film from Spike Lee. Alfonso Cuarón's Academy Award-winner depicts the life of a Mexico City family's maid in the 1970s. This Academy Award-nominated Netflix documentary spotlights never-before-heard recordings and rare archival footage of pioneering recording artist and Black icon Nina Simone. Audrey Hepburn transforms from a London flower girl to a high-society woman in this memorable musical. Kevin Costner directed and starred in this western, which earned him two Academy Awards — best picture and best director. Based on the Michael Blake novel, the film centers around a Civil War soldier and his friendship with a Sioux tribe. Gary Oldman leads this biographical drama about "Citizen Kane" screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz. The film received 10 Academy Award nominations in 2020, winning two. Daniel Day-Lewis is a ruthless oilman conning California landowners in this epic period drama from Paul Thomas Anderson. Martin Scorsese's Netflix crime drama, about an aging hitman, reunites three stars of the genre: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci. Two WWII veterans living in rural Mississippi combat racism and PTSD in this historical drama featuring Jason Mitchell, Garrett Hedlund, Carey Mulligan and Mary J. Blige. In this 1990 horror comedy, the small-town folks of Perfection, Nevada must survive an invasion of wormlike monsters. The film stars Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire. A 5-year-old Cambodian girl fights to survive during the reign of the Khmer Rouge in this gripping drama directed by Angelina Jolie. A farmer is on the run after avenging his family's murder in this Western from Clint Eastwood. This heartwarming Netflix documentary, which has a 100% rating from critics on Rotten Tomatoes, depicts one couple's love story and their experiences coming out. This Netflix documentary investigates the mysterious death of trans icon Marsha P. Johnson, and features interviews with Johnson's friends and fellow activists. In Steven Seagal's highest-rated film, according to Rotten Tomatoes, the action star is a former Navy SEAL, now working as a cook, who must fend off nuclear terrorists on his battleship. Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey also star. "Stranger Things" breakout star Millie Bobby Brown takes on the role of Sherlock Holmes' mystery-solving teen sister in this Netflix original, which was one of the most-watched items on the streaming platform upon its release. Academy Award winner Viola Davis stars alongside the late Chadwick Boseman in his final film role, in this powerful adaptation of the play by August Wilson. Joel and Ethan Coen's Oscar-nominated Western anthology film features six vignettes that take place on the American frontier. Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt won best actor and best actress awards, respectively, at the 1998 Oscars for their roles in this timeless romantic comedy. A 19-year-old college student is hunted by a supernatural being after a sexual encounter. Based on a best-selling book, this film follows the true story of Oakland Athletics manager Billy Beane, who transformed baseball by using computer analytics to create a playoff team that defied all traditional odds in 2002. This crime thriller, directed by and starring Ben Affleck, follows Boston bank robbers who attempt to rob Fenway Park. Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Blake Lively, Jon Hamm and Chris Cooper also star. Bill Murray and Harold Ramis star in this 1981 comedy about two directionless friends who join the military.
Benedict Cumberbatch, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-McPhee star in this film that won the Best Picture–Drama award at the 2022 Golden Globes. In her review for The A.V. Club, Caroline Siede wrote: "In joyfully embracing just about every tool in the movie-musical toolbox, Miranda crafts a fitting tribute to the act of artistic creation. And he might just make some musical converts in the process." Critics made "Minority Report" one of the highest-reviewed movies of 2002. In his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert wrote: "This film is such a virtuoso high-wire act, daring so much, achieving it with such grace and skill. 'Minority Report' reminds us why we go to the movies in the first place." Variety critic Emanuel Levy calls it "darkly comic, vastly entertaining and utterly original." According to /Film's Josh Spiegel: "It's an unbeatable combination of humor and heart." It holds an 88% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes and an exemplary 93% audience score. "'Lady Bird' is that rare movie in which everything astonishes and leaves you charmed, breathless, and anxious for more," wrote film critic Rex Reed (Observer). According to The Wall Street Journal's Joe Morgenstern: "Mr. Sandler is flat-out sensational as Howard Ratner." LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Terry Crews, David Cross, Danny Glover and Steven Yeun star. The film holds a 93% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. The film earned critical acclaim and four Academy Award nominations. In his review for Variety, Owen Gleiberman wrote: "Hell or High Water is a thrillingly good movie - a crackerjack drama of crime, fear, and brotherly love set in a sun-roasted, deceptively sleepy West Texas that feels completely exotic for being so authentic." "This isn't just a jokey comedy vehicle for Eddie Murphy," wrote TV Guide's Jordan Hoffman. "This is truly one of the year's best films." TIME, BBC and AFI have all named it one of the best 100 films of all time. Chicago Tribune's Michael Phillips described it as "beautiful, witty, sad and hopeful." "It's a great, expansive, deeply humanist work," Vulture's David Edelstein said of the first film produced by Barack and Michelle Obama's production company. The Globe and Mail's Brad Wheeler reviewed the film positively: "Tense, immersive and excellently assaulting, 'Good Time' is hella time." "'The Karate Kid' was one of the nice surprises of 1984 — an exciting, sweet-tempered, heart-warming story with one of the most interesting friendships in a long time," wrote Rogert Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times. "For every sobering note, 'Becoming' has a dozen uplifting moments," wrote film reviewer Richard Roeper in the Chicago Sun-Times. Screen Rant's Molly Freeman dubbed it, "An explosion of wonder, color and magic. Reelviews movie critic James Berardinelli had high praise for the film: "This is a high-wire thriller, full of masterfully executed twists, captivating dialogue, and a wildly entertaining narrative that gallops along at a pace to make three hours evaporate in an instant. Best film of the year? Yes." "'How to Train Your Dragon 2' is the rare sequel that improves upon its predecessor in nearly every single way imaginable," according to Screen Rant's Ben Kendrick. Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal was captivated by the 2012 film, writing in his review: "So what's left for the audience to hook into? Only pounding action, elegant style, steady-state suspense, marvelous acting and, despite that droll pooh-poohing every now and then, haunting explorations of youth, age and personal destiny. New Orleans Times-Picayune reviewer Mike Scott wrote: "The result is a film that is at once sobering and thoughtful — and, yes, uncomfortable, at times. But it's a necessary uncomfortable." "The power of Springsteen's show radiates from the screen, seizing the viewer with its sincerity," according to Vanity Fair's Sonia Saraiya. The Academy Award-nominated film features interviews with Angela Davis, Van Jones, Senator Cory Booker and other activists, historians and elected officials. And this isn't the only Monty Python title available on Netflix. Film critic Joe Neumaier of the New York Daily News called it "a singularly full-hearted and moving film." The comedy received positive reviews from critics, including Michael Rechtshaffen, who wrote: "Not since Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg teamed up in 'The Other Guys' has an onscreen pairing proved as comically rewarding as the inspired partnership of Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum." "'The Artist' is a profound achievement," wrote film reviewer Mick LaSalle in the San Francisco Chronicle. The Wall Street Journal's Joe Morgenstern credits the film for having "rapier wit, casually dazzling dialogue, gorgeous cinematography (by Paolo Carnera) and, at the center of it all, a sensational star turn by an actor, singer and songwriter named Adarsh Gourav." The New York Times' Manohla Dargis called the film "exuberant." Variety's Peter Debruge described this "Taiwanese stunner" as "wrenching and resonant a cinematic experience as can be found in any country this year." Michael Wilmington (Los Angeles Times) said in his review of the film: "Spike Lee's 'She's Gotta Have It' is a joyfully idiosyncratic little jazz-burst of a film, full of sensuous melody, witty chops and hot licks." Empire's Kim Newman said of the film: "This is a great director's greatest love story." IGN's Zaki Hasan assessed the Oscar nominee as "timely and terrific." "'Da 5 Bloods' is Spike Lee at his mature best, made with his distinctive, passionate voice and kinetic artistry," according to Caryn James of the BBC. The Washington Post's Ann Hornaday labeled it "a masterful drama." Kenneth Turan (Los Angeles Times) described the film as an "impressive and deeply felt documentary." Emma Cochrane (Empire Magazine) said of the film: "A wonderfully stylish and witty movie classic." The Washington Post's Hal Hinson labels the film "a gigantic achievement, an endowment of riches." On ABC News, critic Peter Travers said it's "gorgeous piece of cinema," ranking it among the year's best. "This is a dark, uncompromising film, thrillingly original and distinctive, with a visionary passion," according to Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian. "'The Irishman' is a great movie, easily one of the best of the year, one of the best of the great Martin Scorsese's career," according to Bill Goodykoontz of the Arizona Republic. "It is a sober, clear-eyed, and haunting work of art," wrote Vox film critic Alissa Wilkinson. "Tremors" was so popular that it led to five sequels and a prequel. In his review for the original, Harper Barnes of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote: "With its excellent, offbeat cast, its sprightly pacing and its goofy tone, 'Tremors' is the kind of movie that propels you out of the theater with a grin on your face." "It's an artful, quietly affecting piece of filmmaking, more than worth the lessons learned," wrote Entertainment Weekly's Leah Greenblatt. Empire's Ian Nathan calls the film "a truly great Western from Clint that is bleakly atmospheric and charming in turns." Movie Nation's Roger Moore called it an "intimate, chaste romance." TheWrap's Claudia Puig wrote: "'The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson' works powerfully as a rallying cry for tolerance, love and understanding." Writes Duane Byrge of The Hollywood Reporter: "'Die Hard' on a ship, this Steven Seagal starrer is a hard-charged, perfectly detonated actioner that should especially delight especially macho mainstreamers." "'Enola Holmes' is an engaging, exciting mystery that the entire family will enjoy," according to Film Threat reviewer Bobby LePire. "How fortunate that Boseman's legacy should include this film, an homage to Black art that's tough enough to confront the costs of making it," wrote Peter Debruge in Variety. "It's yet another piece of Coen Brothers' gold that just makes me curious about what kind of magic they're going to make next," Lorry Kikta wrote in his Film Threat review. Nicholson plays a misanthropic and obsessive-compulsive romantic fiction writer who hates everyone he meets. He softens a bit when he starts a relationship with Hunt's character, a single waitress who does her best to care for her chronically ill son. The independent film was a critical and commercial success upon its release. Tom Huddleston of Time Out London said: "It's impossible adequately to describe the haunting intensity of 'It Follows'." Aaron Sorkin and Steven Zaillian wrote the script, which was nominated for best adapted screenplay at the 2012 Academy Awards. The film received five other Oscar nominations that year, including one for best picture and two for the performances of Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill. The film holds a 92% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes. In his original review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert wrote: "'Stripes' is an anarchic slob movie, a celebration of all that is irreverent, reckless, foolhardy, undisciplined, and occasionally scatological. It's a lot of fun."
Comanche chanting kicked off the Southwestern Association for Indian Art's inaugural runway show, as singer Marla Nauni opened with a blessing song for Native people. Peshawn Bread, the designer behind House of Sutai, quickly followed the prayer by sending a model in bell bottoms and roller skates down the runway to set the tone for her colorful disco-influenced collection.
Malmo, Sweden — Not everyone was welcoming the Eurovision Song Contest to the Swedish city of Malmo. Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested in the Swedish port city Thursday against Israel's participation in the pan-continental pop competition. Protesters waving green, white and red Palestinian flags packed the historic Stortorget square near Malmo's 16th-century town hall before a planned march through the city for a rally in a park several miles from the Eurovision venue.
On the heels of his third Super Bowl championship and in the thick of unstoppable fanfare over his relationship, Travis Kelce is apparently moving into a different kind of spotlight. The Kansas City Chiefs tight end has confirmed he's attached to the upcoming television series "Grotesquerie," from "American Horror Story" creator Ryan Murphy. According to Deadline, the venture will mark Kelce's acting debut.