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Here are the best movies from the new 2023 releases on Netflix in a full range of genres, plots, and visuals.
Extraction 2
- IMDB Rating – 7.0
- Genre: Action, Crime
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Sam Hargrave
- Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Tornike Gogrichiani, Tinatin Dalakishvili, Andro Japaridze, Adam Bessa, Dato Bakhtadze, Tornike Bziava, Olga Kurylenko, Idris Elba.
In June 2023, the sequel to Netflix’s action thriller “Tyler Rake” is set to hit screens. It’s a promising start to another franchise about the adventures of a lone hero saving the world and his friends, sometimes one at a time, sometimes all at once.
After suffering terrible injuries in a shootout on a bridge in Dhaka, Reik miraculously survives, falls into a coma, and then no longer wants to deal with violence and tries to build a peaceful life. However, after some time, he is made an offer that Reik cannot refuse. In prison sits a brutal Georgian mafioso, who forced his wife and children to live there as well. Reik has to rescue a woman and her children and transport them to a safe place.
The movie is based on Ciudad, a popular graphic novel.
Luther: The Fallen Sun
- IMDB Rating – 6.4
- Genre: Thriller, Detective, Action, Crime
- Production: UK, USA / 2023
- Director: Jamie Payne
- Starring: Idris Elba, Cynthia Erivo, Andy Serkis, Dermot Crowley, Thomas Coombs, Hattie Morahan, Lorin Ajufo, Vincent Regan, Ross Waiton, Lee Dunn.
Another sequel released on Netflix is a feature-length follow-up to the popular series Luther, in which a famous detective tries to stop a serial killer with vast amounts of money and power.
In order for Luther not to interfere with his plans, David Robey gathers information about his violations of the law, and the detective is put in jail. However, Luther understands perfectly well why Roby needs free hands – this psycho will not stop. Luther makes his escape, contacts people he trusts, and continues the hunt for the maniac.
Series creator Neil Cross originally envisioned making a full-length prequel and even sketched out a script.
We Have a Ghost
- IMDB Rating – 6.1
- Genre: Fantasy, Family, Comedy
- Production: USA / 2023
- Budget: $75,000,000
- Director: Christopher Landon
- Starring: Anthony Mackie, David Harbour, Jahi Diallo Winston, Tig Notaro, Erica Ash, Jennifer Coolidge, Faith Ford, Neil Fitch, Isabella Russo, Steve Coulter.
A great family comedy from Netflix about ghosts you don’t have to be afraid of. After moving, thanks to adventurous daddy Frank, into a dilapidated house, the Presley family quickly discovers a sad ghost who has no memory of his past and is incapable of scaring anyone at all.
The youngest, Kevin, records a video of the spirit, whom he calls Ernest, and decides to find out the ghost’s history. While Kevin and his new girlfriend Joy are doing some serious investigating, Frank publishes the video on the Internet and becomes a star, attracting the attention of the FBI.
The movie was filmed in Donaldsonville and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga
- IMDB Rating – 7.5
- Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Production: India / 2023
- Director: Ajay Singh
- Starring: Yami Gautam, Sunny Kaushal, Sharad Kelkar, Indraneil Sengupta, Barun Chanda, Krunal Pandit, Ajit Singh Palwat, Sunil Palwal, Ghanshyam Lalsa, Robin Das.
Beautiful crime thriller from Netflix, India. Ankit Sethi, an insurer, has lost diamonds that their owner insured for a lot of money. At the same time, his girlfriend Neha announces that she is pregnant. The couple decides to get married, but they are attacked by the thugs of the client who lost the money and demand repayment.
Seeing no other way out, Neha and Ankit decide to commit a robbery by stealing diamonds from the minister who is transporting them by airplane. But everything starts going wrong. The plane is hijacked by terrorists, Ankit finds himself the main hostage, and his carefully hidden secret is suddenly revealed.
The music for the movie has been composed by Vishal Mishra, who made his debut as a composer with the 2016 horror comedy Devi.
Sen Inandir
- IMDB Rating – 5.6
- Genre: Melodrama, Comedy
- Production: Turkey / 2023
- Director: Evren Karabiyik, Murat Saracoglu
- Starring: Ayca Ayşin Turan, Ekin Koh, Çağla Ermak, Çari Çıtanak, Kemal Okan Özkan, Bülent Gültekin, Zerrin Sümer, Star Culture
This bright summer romcom from Netflix (Turkey) tells the story of journalist Sahra, who travels to the coastal town where her grandmother Aysel lives, reporting that she is very ill. At the same time and there also arrives the charming Deniz, who is also worried about her grandmother Semihu, who has called her grandson because she is not feeling well.
As it turns out, both grandmothers have just pranked their grandchildren into meeting. Sahra is on fire at work, oblivious to her personal life. Deniz is lonely, too. In childhood they knew each other, but disliked each other, and now, thanks to the devious old ladies, they decide to stay in their hometown for a few free days and look at each other better.
The movie has wonderful resort locations, and the plot avoids potential problems, something the movie was scolded for by movie critics, but the movie itself is easy and joyful to watch.
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
- IMDB Rating – 6.9
- Genre: Action, Drama, History
- Production: UK / 2023
- Director: Edward Bazalgette
- Starring: Mark Rowley, Pekka Strang, Zoltan Andrasi, Ingrid Garcia Johnson, Agnes Bourne, Elaine Cassidy, James Northcote, Zach Sutcliffe, Cavan Clerkin, Alexander Draymond.
Medieval English saga, created at the intersection of the genres of fantasy and historical film in 2023, the continuation of the series “The Last Kingdom”.
Once again, the plot centers on the invincible Utred, the Jarl’s apprentice. The King of Wessex dies and is succeeded by his eldest son Ethelred, an arrogant pawn of the cruel advisor Ingimundr, who plots to seize power. Utred revolts against the new king, which is attempted to take advantage of the Conjurer of Dublin, who has attacked Wessex. And now only Utred’s valor will save the kingdom, if, of course, he convinces Ethelred of Ingimundr’s treachery.
The main role, as in the TV series, in the movie was played by Alexander Draymond.
Your Place or Mine
- IMDB Rating – 5.7
- Genre: Melodrama, Comedy
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Alyn Brosh McKenna
- Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Chao, Jesse Williams, Wesley Kimmel, Tig Notaro, Steve Zahn, Rachel Bloom, Griffin Matthews, Vella Lovell
A charming romcom released by Netflix for Valentine’s Day, created with two wonderful actors, Reese Witherspoon as Debbie and Ashton Kutcher as Peter.
Peter and Debbie are longtime buddies. He lives in New York City and runs a successful business. She is a single mom from Los Angeles who is torn between work and her son Jack. Then one day, Peter offers to switch places with his friend. He will look after her son, at the same time trying to understand whether there is a parental instinct in him, and she will relax in his comfortable apartment. And soon they realize they’d like to be a little closer.
Work on the movie began back in 2020, and filming took place in Brooklyn.
Dog Gone
- IMDB Rating – 6.0
- Genre: Drama, Family, Biography
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Steven Herek
- Starring: Rob Lowe, Johnny Berchtold, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Nick Payne, Brian Brightman, Holly Morris, Caroline Skye, Soji Arai, Annabella Didion, Daniel Annonay.
A kind and nostalgic family picture about a beloved dog. Fielding is a shy student who has a hard time finding common language with people. After a bitter breakup with his girlfriend, he takes a dog from a shelter and names him Gonker. And soon they are inseparable.
But one day Gonker is diagnosed with a rare disease. In order not to die, the dog must receive monthly medication. This, of course, is not a problem, but soon, while hiking in the mountains, Gonker runs off after a fox and disappears. And now all of Fielding’s energies are focused on finding his dog, giving him the medicine he needs, and bringing his friend home.
The movie, by the way, is based on a book by Pauls Tutonga describing real events. So it’s basically a biopic dedicated to the dog.
You People
- IMDB Rating – 5.5
- Genre: Melodrama, Comedy
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Kenya Burris
- Starring: Jonah Hill, Lauren London, Eddie Murphy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Sam Jay, Nia Long, Travis Bennett, David Duchovny, Molly Gordon, Dion Cole.
Despite a powerful global movement towards equality, misunderstandings and mishaps still happen. “You People” is a romantic comedy with strong social undertones. The main characters are Ezra, a white Jewish man, and Amira, a black Muslim woman.
They get acquainted in a funny and ridiculous situation. To correct the unpleasant impression, Ezra invites the girl to dinner, and soon they are inseparable. However, there is one more serious obstacle to their happiness. The parents of the young people expect their offspring to bring home a man with the same religion and skin color. Both families have a long and enlightening journey to a beautiful happy ending.
The movie debuted at number one on Netflix’s list of the top 10 English-language films in its first week of release.
True Spirit
- IMDB Rating – 6.8
- Genre: Drama, Adventure, Family, Biography, Sports
- Production: Australia, USA / 2023
- Director: Sarah Spillane
- Starring: Alila Brown, Teagan Croft, Cliff Curtis, Josh Lawson, Anna Paquin, Bridget Webb, Vivienne Turner, Chris Hiller
True Spirit, a biographical movie from Australian Netflix, was released in early 2023. This is the amazing story of a real 16-year-old girl who single-handedly sailed around the world.
From an early age, Jessica Watson lived by the sea and sailed. She learned the intricacies of boat handling and felt free and easy in the water. Her dream of spending nearly a year and a half alone on the ocean took hard training, parental anxiety and careful planning. And then it came to fruition in a triumphant and exciting voyage.
The movie is based on the autobiographical book of the same title by Jessica Watson herself.
It is one of the best maritime adventure movies ever made.
Gil Boksun
- IMDB Rating – 6.6
- Genre: Action, Drama, Crime
- Production: Korea South / 2023
- Budget: $16,000,000
- Director: Byun Sung-hyun
- Starring: Jeon Do-yeon, Seol Kyung-gu, Kim Shi-ah, Isom, Koo Kyo-hwan, Lee Young, Choi Byung-mo, Kim Gi-cheon, Park Kwang-jae, Jang In-sop
Netflix’s South Korean crime drama from Netflix is the story of Pok-soon, a troubled single mother who is raising a teenage daughter. Pok-sun tries her best to be a good mother and find common ground with her daughter Jae-young, who attends a good private school.
The problem is that it’s getting harder and harder for the protagonist to hide her work from her daughter. Pok-soon is a high-class hitwoman with an impeccable reputation working for an illegal company. One day, she is assigned a job she is unwilling to do, putting herself and Yeon at risk.
The film had its world premiere at the 73rd Berlin Film Festival and has been released on Netflix since late March.
Murder Mystery 2
- IMDB Rating – 5.7
- Genre: Detective, Comedy, Crime
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Jeremy Garelick
- Starring: Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Mark Strong, Melanie Laurent, Jodi Turner-Smith, John Kani, Kuhu Verma, Danny Boone, Adil Akhtar, Enrique Arce.
The 2023 comedy-detective from director Jeremy Garelick, a sequel to the 2019 film Murder Mystery. The roles of the Spitz couple are reprised by Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. After the previous adventure, they opened their own detective agency, however, without much success.
And then one day they are invited to their own wedding by a rich raja Vikram, with whom they met on the very yacht from the first movie. And it is here that Nick and Audrey get their hands on a big interesting case: the raja is kidnapped, killing his bodyguard, and the intruder could be any of the invited guests.
Filming took place from January 2022 in Hawaii, and wrapped in late spring of that year in Paris.
Chupa
- IMDB Rating – 5.5
- Genre: Fantasy, Action, Drama, Adventure, Family
- Production: USA, Mexico / 2023
- Director: Jonas Cuaron
- Starring: Demián Bichir, Christian Slater, Yvain Whitten, Ashley Ciarra, Nicolás Verdugo, Adriana Paz, Alex Knight, Julio Cedillo, Gerardo Taracena, Michael Kostroff.
The fantasy-adventure movie “Chupa” opens with a prologue in which scientist Quinn unsuccessfully hunts for the mythical chupacabra in the San Javier of 1996. He believes the creature could revolutionize medicine.
At the same time, 13-year-old Alex flies to Mexico, on a sad trip he planned with his father, who recently died of cancer. Here the boy gets acquainted with his numerous relatives, and then learns the secret of his grandfather – a baby chupacabra is hiding in the barn, and the restless Quinn is on the prowl in the neighborhood, eager to get a sample of the legendary creature.
In Mexico, the film was criticized for its title, as the word “Chupa” is slang for fellatio in Spanish.
A Tourist’s Guide to Love
- IMDB Rating – 5.7
- Genre: Melodrama, Comedy, Adventure
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Steven K. Tsuchida
- Starring: Rachel Lee Cook, Scott Lee, Ben Feldman, Missi Pyle, Glynn Sweet, Alexa Pova, Nondumiso Tembe, Andrew Bart Feldman.
You can get to know the colorful Vietnamese exotics with the captivating romantic comedy “A Tourist’s Guide to Love”. Tourist manager Amanda Riley thought that the wedding is just around the corner. But unexpectedly, her lover John leaves her to try to build a career in another state.
A devastated Amanda takes on a mission to fly to Vietnam and explore the country so her firm can expand. Local guide Sinh Thacha wants to show her the most beautiful and memorable places of his homeland, and Amanda gradually falls in love with him, not knowing how to reveal to him the real purpose of her trip.
This is the first Netflix movie to be filmed entirely in Vietnam.
The Mother
- IMDB Rating – 5.6
- Genre: Action, Thriller
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Niki Caro
- Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Lucy Paes, Omari Hardwick, Joseph Fiennes, Gael Garcia Bernal, Paul Race, Jesse Garcia, Yvonne Senat, Edie Falco, Michael Carl Richards.
“The Mother” is a crime/spy thriller from Netflix in which Jennifer Lopez plays a military operative operating under the alias “Mother.” She was in romantic relationships with both arms dealer Alvarez and former British military man Lovell.
After learning of her pregnancy, and then discovering that both lovers were involved in child trafficking, she approaches the FBI to become an informant, and so gets her nickname. Realizing that the baby will not be safe with her, the woman leaves the infant at the maternity hospital. Twelve years later, she has to live up to her alias when her teenage daughter Zoe finds herself in mortal danger.
The movie started shooting in Vancouver back in October 2021, but COVID interrupted the process for almost a year.
They Cloned Tyrone
- IMDB Rating – 6.6
- Genre: Fantasy, Comedy, Detective
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Jewel Taylor
- Starring: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, Teyonah Parris, Kiefer Sutherland, David Alan Greer, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Tamberla Perry, Eric B. Robinson Jr.
An excellent science fiction satire in a fascinating black neighborhood setting, where the main characters live: Slick Charles, a pimp proud of his work, Yo-Yo, a prostitute who promises to “quit” every day, and finally Fontaine, an obese bargainer who is killed one day for his insolence.
However, the next day he reappears before the astonished Yo-Yo and Slick, remembering nothing of his death. Trying to solve this mystery, the trio discovers that the government is experimenting on the residents of their neighborhood, and of course, get caught up in the adventure.
The film was screened at two black film festivals (ABFF and NBFF) and began streaming on Netflix on July 21.
Happiness for Beginners
- IMDB Rating – 6.0
- Genre: Drama, Melodrama, Comedy
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Vicki White
- Starring: Ellie Kemper, Luke Grimes, Nico Santos, Blythe Danner, Ben Cook, Gus Birney, Esteban Benito, Alexander Koch
Helen considers herself a phenomenally unlucky woman. After a nasty divorce, she enrolls in a beginner’s survival course while hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Early in the trip she injures herself on a rock, then steps on a log, also her uncomfortable shoes chafe her feet. In short, she disregarded all the rules that the instructors explained in detail to beginners. But as luck would have it, Jake, a friend of Helen’s brother, who was at her wedding, was nearby. He begins to unobtrusively patronize Helen, revealing to her a whole new facet of the relationship.
The movie is based on the novel of the same name by American writer Catherine Senter.
Heart of Stone
- IMDB Rating – 5.7
- Genre: Action, Crime
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Tom Harper
- Starring: Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Matthias Schweighöfer, Sophie Okonedo, Paul Rady, Lu Sijing, B.D. Wong, Glenn Close, Mark Ivanir
The plot of this spy thriller centers on MI6 agent Rachel Stone, who looks like an inexperienced operative. She is tasked with infiltrating a closed casino in a tourist town in the Italian Alps to find arms dealer Mulvaney.
In reality, Stone belongs to a top-secret squad of elite spies who protect world peace. And if her mission requires hiding the truth from other agents or turning her back on friendship, she’ll do it. But when a mysterious hacker from India disrupts a simple operation, Stone will have to find her humanity and realize what’s most important to her.
This movie is the Hollywood debut of Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt.
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah
- IMDB Rating – 6.0
- Genre: Comedy
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Sammy Cohen
- Starring: Idina Menzel, Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sadie Sandler, Sonny Sandler, Samantha Lorraine, Dylan Hoffman, Sarah Sherman, Dan Bulla, Ido Mosseri.
A comedy about growing up that was released on Netflix in August 2023. Stacey is a charming girl who dreams of her upcoming bat mitzvah (coming of age ritual). She wants to make the party unforgettable by inviting her best friend Lydia, her lover Andy, and having a lot of fun.
But as the party approaches, Stacey and her friends are going through some serious changes. Lydia and Andy are getting closer, our heroine’s anger flares up, she does bad things and fights with her parents. But one day she will have to realize that her actions are no better than the betrayal she faced.
The movie is based on the young adult novel of the same name by Fiona Rosenblum.
El Conde
- IMDB Rating – 6.5
- Genre: Horror, Fantasy, Comedy
- Production: Chile / 2023
- Director: Pablo Larraín
- Starring: Jaime Vadel, Gloria Münchmeyer, Alfredo Castro, Paula Luchsinger, Stella Gonet, Catalina Guerra, Amparo Noguera, Antonia Sehers, Marcial Tagle, Diego Muñoz.
Chilean political black-and-white satire elegantly disguised as a horror movie about vampires. The shadow of Augusto Pinochet still hangs over a country that has become a field of monstrous experiments in power and brutality. It’s hard to forget the sad pages of history, but director Pablo Larraín diminishes the fear by mocking this shadow and immersing the viewer in an abstract reality.
During the French Revolution, the orphaned vampire Claude Pinoche joined Louis XVI’s army, only to avoid the guillotine and then emerge a short time later in Chile as Pinochet. And now he, the symbol of fascism, is a 250-year-old vampire hiding in a dilapidated villa, suffering from an existential crisis and illness, determined to die because life has lost all meaning for him.
At the 80th Venice Film Festival, the film won the Best Screenplay Award.
Love at First Sight
- IMDB Rating – 6.9
- Genre: Drama, Melodrama
- Production: UK, USA / 2023
- Director: Vanessa Cassville
- Starring: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Rob Delaney, Katrina Nair, Jamila Jamil, Tom Taylor, Dexter Fletcher, Sallie Phillips.
A very touching, warm and heartwarming melodrama that raises important life issues. Hadley and Oliver meet by chance at the airport and then find themselves side by side on an airplane. They talk, telling each other the difficulties they have encountered and feel a real feeling budding between them.
But Oliver, afraid of loss and disappointment, tries to reduce everything to statistics, and realizes that it’s mathematically impossible to find his one and only love just like that, by chance. So they drift apart, only to collide again and take a risk, changing their lives and giving each other something incredible.
The scenes that take place ostensibly in a New York airport were actually created at London’s Stansted Airport.
Reptile
- IMDB Rating – 6.9
- Genre: Detective, Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Grant Singer
- Starring: Benicio Del Toro, Justin Timberlake, Eric Bogosian, Alicia Silverstone, Domenic Lombardozzi, Francis Fisher, Ato Essando, Michael Pitt, Carl Glusman, Mike Pniewski.
Benicio Del Toro plays one of his most intense roles in this gripping police thriller that is an exploration of violence, deception and morality. The action is set in a quiet New England town.
The plot begins with the gruesome murder of real estate agent Summer, stabbed to death in the house she was about to sell. Tom Nichols tries to solve this murder, which draws him into a stunningly deep maelstrom of intrigue, mystery and rethinking his own life.
Grant Taylor Singer is an American music video director, and this movie is his first feature-length directorial effort.
Fair Play
- IMDB Rating – 7.2
- Genre: Thriller, Drama, Detective
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Chloe Domon
- Starring: Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Eddie Marsan, Rich Sommer, Sebastian de Sousa, Brandon Bassier, Jamie Wilkes
In October, the love-erotic thriller “Fair Play” will be released on Netflix – the story of two adults whose relationship is destroyed by career ambitions. Emily and Luke are roommates and coworkers who recently cemented their union with an engagement.
However, a position at their firm soon becomes vacant with a promotion that both are applying for. Luke is interested in the promotion and behaves properly to give the impression of a reliable partner, while Emily has to break through the wall in the male world. As a result of the rivalry, the couple’s relationship turns into something threatening.
This movie is Chloe Domont’s directorial debut, and the rights were sold to Netflix for $20 million, a serious sum for an aspiring filmmaker.
Pain Hustlers
- Genre: Drama, Crime
- Production: UK, USA / 2023
- Director: David Yates
- Starring: Chris Evans, Emily Blunt, Catherine O’Hara, Andy Garcia, Chloe Coleman, Jay Duplass, Amit Shah, Brian D’Arcy James, Alexis Baca, Aubrey Dollar
An impressive crime drama based on true events that is set to release on Netflix in October 2023. The plot centers on Lisa Drake, a young single mother who dreams of a good life for her daughter.
Lisa struggles to find a job with a Central Florida pharmaceutical company on the verge of bankruptcy. Thanks to her creativity and persistence, the protagonist puts the firm back on its feet by increasing sales several times with skillful advertising. And then she discovers that all along she has been the center of a deadly criminal conspiracy.
The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival.
Nyad
- IMDB Rating – 7.7
- Genre: Drama, Biography, Sports
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Starring: Annette Bening, Jodie Foster, Rhys Ivans, Luke Cosgrove, Gina Yi, Anna Harriett Pittman, Carly Rothenberg, Eric Miller, Johnny Solo
The sports drama about Diana Nyad will be released on Netflix in early November. The events of the film unfold between 2010 and 2013, when 64-year-old Diana decided to do the incredible – to realize her dream and swim 177 kilometers from Cuba to Florida.
Such a feat had never been accomplished by any human being. Nayad herself tried to do it 30 years ago and failed. And now, backed by her coach and her own stubbornness, she’s daring to try again. It’s 60 hours of movement, alongside dangerous creatures, with unpredictable weather conditions and no sleep. And she did it, becoming a symbol of resilience, courage and perseverance.
While filming in the Dominican Republic, Diana Nyad and her coach Bonnie Stoll visited the set.
The Killer
- IMDB Rating – 7.4
- Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Crime, Detective, Adventure
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: David Fincher
- Starring: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Carrie O’Malley, Sophie Charlotte, Sala Baker, Endre Hulse.
Director David Fincher’s fresh movie about a philosophizing assassin. Michael Fassbender plays the role of the nameless protagonist, an ascetic who is fond of yoga and ponders about morality.
The main problem of the protagonist is boredom. Killer conducts endless inner monologues, telling how he copes with his job, denouncing the immorality of the universe and analyzing his favorite music. But despite all the rightness and nobility he sees in himself, terrible customers want to take him out, and the assassin will have to deal with it somehow.
The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival and will premiere on Netflix on November 10, 2023.
Rustin
- IMDB Rating – 6.9
- Genre: Drama, Biography, History
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: George S. Wolf
- Starring: Colman Domingo, Aml Amin, Glynn Turman, Chris Rock, Gus Halper, Johnny Rame, C.C. Pounder, Michael Potts, Audra McDonald, Jeffrey Wright.
A strong historical film from 2023 about the fate of Bayard Rustin, one of the key human rights activists who helped Luther King organize the most high-profile peaceful demonstration, the March on Washington.
He was head of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, promoted the integration of white and black labor unions, helped refugees from disadvantaged countries and fought for minority rights. He may not be as popular as the same King, but Rustin was one of the pillars of the struggle that led to true freedom.
The movie was produced by Barack and Michelle Obama’s company.
May December
- IMDB Rating – 7.2
- Genre: Drama
- Production: USA / 2023
- Worldwide Box Office: $6,561
- Director: Todd Haynes
- Starring: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, Piper Kurda, Corey Michael Smith, D.W. Moffett, Drew Scheid, Andrea Frankl
A drama about life mistakes starring Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore, based on a story by Sami Burch and Alex Mechanic. Gracie Atherton-You lives with her young husband Joe away from people, in a cozy secluded house. Once upon a time she seduced Joe, her student, and their story went viral.
And then one day she is offered to make a movie about her love story. Grace agrees to accept the actress Elizabeth, who will embody her image in the movie, and she comes to visit the couple for a few days. And this event becomes the beginning of unimaginable changes in Grace’s life.
The movie premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. It will be released on Netflix on December 1, 2023.
Maestro
- Genre: Biography, Music, Drama, Melodrama
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Bradley Cooper
- Starring: Bradley Cooper, Carey Mulligan, Maya Hawke, Matt Bomer, Sarah Silverman, Michael Jury, Miriam Shore, Josh Hamilton, Alexa Swinton, Brian Clugman
Bradley Cooper’s landmark debut in the director’s chair is the beautiful musical biopic “Maestro,” out on Netflix on Dec. 20. Leonard Bernstein was the first great American conductor. Actor Cooper plays him, trying to reveal an incredible personality from a professional and personal perspective.
The events begin in 1943. The still young Leonard is invited to the orchestra of Carnegie Hall in New York, where due to the illness of the conductor urgently needs a replacement. Soon at a party he meets actress Felicia Montealegre. Love for a woman and passion for music develop in parallel in Leonardo’s life, forming a powerful supportive, fateful connection for him.
The movie was produced by Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg.
Hit Man
- IMDB Rating – 7.9
- Genre: Action, Comedy
- Production: USA / 2023
- Director: Richard Linklater
- Starring: Glen Powell, Adria Archona, Retta, Austin Amelio, Molly Bernard, Mike Markoff, Jo-Ann Robinson, Richie Montgomery, Natalie J. Alarcon, Morgana Shaw
Richard Linklater’s “Hit Man” is one of the top action movies of 2023. Pre-shots, chases, deadly danger, humor, and of course love – the plot is intense and the movie is watchable in one breath.
Based on Skip Hollandsworth’s Hit Man, an article about a real-life cop, the script tells the story of Gary Johnson, a professor turned undercover agent. He poses as a trustworthy hit man, arresting those who try to hire him. But one day he falls in love with a client and considers justifying his title as a hit man to rid his beloved of a horrible spouse.
Netflix purchased the rights to the screening at TIFF for $20 million, making it the film festival’s biggest deal ever.
Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire
- Genre: Fantasy, Action, Drama, Adventure
- Production: USA, Hungary, Sweden, Denmark, UK / 2023
- Director: Zack Snyder
- Starring Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Jena Malone, Anthony Hopkins, Cary Elwes, Ed Skrein, Micheal Huisman, Corey Stoll, Djimon Hounsou, Cleopatra Coleman.
Zack Snyder’s superb sci-fi is coming to Netflix in December 2023. “Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire” is the first installment of an intended dilogy, the second will see the light of day in the spring of 2024.
The story is set in an inhabited universe of the future. The people of various planets are oppressed by the corrupt government of the Mother World, which controls the entire Imperium. Cora, a heroine from the moon Veldt, gathers from all over the galaxy an army of people capable of standing up to the trained professionals of Regent Balisarius, the dictator of the Mother World.
According to Zack Snyder, the script was inspired by the works of Akiro Kurosawa and Star Wars.
