There are some brilliant hidden gems here.
While the majority of us will be familiar with the blockbusters, Oscar winners, and classic films on Netflix, there are always a few hidden gems that are just waiting to be discovered. With such a vast library of titles to choose from, we've decided to pick out some of our favourites for you to enjoy over the Bank Holiday.
Recommended
West of Memphis
Plot: An examination of a failure of justice in the case against three teenage murder convicts.
It's like: The burning sense of injustice that we all felt while watching Making A Murderer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgqP2SS33VI
What We do in the Shadows
Plot: Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane - like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.
It's like: Flight Of The Conchords humour but adapted for the big screen. It's a wonderful film that's guaranteed to leave you laughing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv568AzZ-i8
The Guest
Plot: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.
It's like: The Bourne Identity with elements of Carrie and Uncle Buck. Yep, it's that bonkers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0E2Qh6wLS4
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Plot: Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are attacked by a group of preppy college kids.
It's like: Shaun Of The Dead meets the Looney Tunes and Friday The 13th.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdNpFoWrBDQ
Documentary
Hoop Dreams
Plot: The lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.
The Central Park Five
Plot: The 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AehmA3hTLmA
Missed in the cinema?
Buried
Plot: Paul (Ryan Reynolds) is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRQ0oqFBoP4
Moneyball
Plot: Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane's (Brad Pitt) successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
Comedy
Hot Rod
Plot: Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life - to clear 15 buses to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation.
Kung Fury
Plot: In 1985, Kung Fury, the toughest martial artist cop in Miami, goes back in time to kill the worst criminal of all time - kung fuhrer Hitler.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RqpItxd8M
Feelgood
Charlie Bartlett
Plot: A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school.
How To Train Your Dragon
Plot: A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons, becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfBHLVtbG6U
Horror
The Crazies
Plot: The inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply
Idle Hands
Plot: Lazy Anton's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7Uh5L8zDVA
Drama
Winter's Bone
Plot: An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl (Jennifer Lawrence in her breakout role) hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.
Warrior
Plot: The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he's trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament - a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5kzcwcQA1Q
Thriller
Harry Brown
Plot: An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
Headhunters
Plot: A corporate recruiter steals artwork to maintain his lavish lifestyle. But one painting he targets belongs to a headhunter of a different kind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lstA1-opBz4
Action
Equilibrium
Plot: In a fascist future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.
The Raid 2
Plot: Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AhivlZO0us
