The world’s most popular streaming service, Netflix launches more and more news for its nearly 100 million subscribers every week.
The options are so many that it is even difficult to choose what to see first, among 1 million films, series and videos provided by the service.
To help you with this nearly impossible mission, we listed below the 10 recently added movies on Netflix that are worth 5 stars and obviously your attention.
Prepare the popcorn and press the play.
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1 – Even the last man
Original title: Hacksaw Ridge
A genre : Drama
Country of Origin : USA
Duration : 2h19
Year : 2016
Rating : 18 years
Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington and Luke Bracey
Directed by: Mel Gibson
Rating on Rotten Tomatoes : 86% (critical) / 92% (users)
Review Netflix users : 96% relevant
Synopsis:
In the midst of World War II, the doctor Desmond T. Doss, played by Andrew Garfield (nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor), lives a personal conflict and with the army by refusing to use weapons and claim the right to act on the front only as a doctor.
During the Battle of Onikawa, Doss saves the lives of more than 75 soldiers, which makes him decorated by the president, being the first conscientious opponent in history to receive a badge of honor from the United States Congress.
Based on a true story, the film had six nominations at the 2017 Oscars, including best picture.
Why it is 5 stars
The ever firm and passionate direction of Mel Gibson sets the tone for this plot that gives birth in the viewer a punctual reflection on morals and ethics in conflict with power and order.
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2 – The minimum to live
Original title: To the bone
A genre : Drama
Country of Origin : USA (Origin Netflix)
Duration : 1h47
Year : 2017
Rating : 18 years
Cast: Lily Collins, Keanu Reeves, Carrie Preston
Directed by Marti Noxon
Rating on Rotten Tomatoes: 73% (critical) / 70% (users)
Review users Netflix : 98% relevant
Synopsis:
A 20-year-old woman deals with a problem that affects thousands of women worldwide: anorexia.
Depressed and hopeless, the young woman finds in an unusually conventional method, spread by the doctor lived by Keanu Reeves, a reason to face his fears and have the will to live.
Why it is 5 stars
The film portrays in an elegant and subtle way the problems faced by people with anorexia.
It shocks, while alerting, about the risks of the disease and offers a new look at those who see the disorder with prejudice.
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3 – Lion – A Journey Home
Original title : Lion
Gender : Drama, Biography
Country of Origin: USA, Australia and UK
Duration : 1h58
Year : 2016
Rating : 12 years
Cast : Dev Patel, Rooney Mara, David Wenhan, Nicole Kidman
Directed by: Garth Davis
Rating on Rotten Tomatoes: 85% (critical) / 92% (users)
Review Netflix users : 91% relevant
Synopsis:
In this acclaimed film based on facts and with 5 Oscar nominations, the little Saroo, 5 years old, loses his brother when he falls asleep on a train.
Upon landing in the big and confused Calcutta, the boy faces numerous challenges to survive and find his family, even after 25 years of searching.
Why it is 5 stars
Lion portrays, in a sweet and delicate way, an overwhelming and dramatic theme: the disappearance of children in India, which beats world records and reaches 80,000 cases per year.
The performances of Dev Patel and the child actor Sunny Pawar are a gift to the viewer who wants to know this formidable true story.
A journey of search, belonging, family and affection, which is worth discovering.
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4 – Okja
Original title : Okja
Genre : Drama, Adventure, Science Fiction
Country of Origin : USA, South Korea (SfKIsn’Original)
Duration : 2h01
Year : 2017
Rating : 14 years
ElencoTilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, In the Hyun Seo
Directed by Bong Joon Ho
Rating on Rotten Tomatoes : 85% (critical) / 85% (users)
Evaluation users Netflix : Still unrated
Synopsis:
The CEO of a powerful industry presents to the planet, in 2007, which may be the key to cheap food production: a super pig developed in the laboratory.
26 animals are sent to 26 countries to be raised by local farmers for 10 years, when a contest to choose the best animal is held as a mark of the beginning of the production of super pork.
Amidst this plot of ambition and greed, little Mija races against time to try to rescue and protect her friend Okja from a cruel fate.
Why it is 5 stars
An environmental complaint in the form of a fable.
This is Okja, a film that transforms the faithful and beautiful friendship between a little girl and her pet pig in an appeal against the production of animal foods.
Even having as protagonists a child and an animal made of computer graphics, do not think, at any moment, that Okja is a “water with sugar” film and for children.
The scenes of animal abuse prove how shocking an industry can be of which we are indirectly a part of.
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Moonlight – In the light of the moonlight
Original title : Moonlight
A genre : Drama
Country of Origin : USA
Duration : 1h50
Year : 2016
Rating : 16 years
Casting : Trevante Rhodes, André Holland Janelle Monáe, Mahershala Ali
Directed by: Barry Jenkins
Rating on Rotten Tomatoes : 98% (critical) / 80% (users)
Reviewers Netflix : 82% relevant
Synopsis:
Moonlight addresses the innumerable dramas of a young black, poor gay man who struggles to understand his internal conflicts while trying to survive in a dangerous and prejudiced world.
Why it is 5 stars
Addressing the prejudices of race, sexuality and social pattern with a certain and delicate narrative, Moolight won the critics and the public, having no less than 7 Oscar nominations, including the best supporting actor for Mahershala Ali, best adapted script and best film.
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Selma – A Fight for Equality
Original title : Selma
Genre : Drama, Historical, Biography
Country of Origin : USA, United Kingdom
Duration : 2h07
Year : 2015
Rating : 14 years
David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Cuba Gooding Jr.
Directed by Ava DuVernay
Rating on Rotten Tomatoes : 99% (critical) / 86% (users)
Review Netflix users : Still unrated
Synopsis:
In a segregated America, overturned by racism, black activists hold a historic march in the town of Selma, Alabama, to fight for the right to vote, an act that won the support and participation of pacifist leader Martin Luther King.
Why it is 5 stars
Even being set in 1965, the film addresses an extremely topic-present theme in society, not only American but worldwide: racial prejudice.
In addition, knowing a little more about the Selma March and the emblematic figure of Martin Luther King and its tragic end, it is worth every minute.
Nominated for the 2015 Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Original Song.
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7 – Big Eyes
Original title: Big Eyes
Gender : Drama, Biography, Comedy
Country of Origin: USA, Canada
Duration : 1h46
Year : 2015
Rating : 12 years
Directed by Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter
Directed by: Tim Burton
Rating on Rotten Tomatoes: 72% (critical) / 68% (users)
Review Netflix users : Still unrated
Synopsis:
The film tells the true story of the painter Margaret Keane, lived by Amy Adams, recognized for her paintings of children with large eyes.
One of the most famous American figures of the 1950s, Margareth finds herself against her own husband in the courts, when he, a false failed painter and a great negotiator, claims the authorship and profits of his wife’s paintings.
Why it is 5 stars
The always surprising Tim Burton brings, in Big Eyes, an extremely relevant and punctual theme: the oppression of the woman forced to hide in the shadow of her husband.
The drama and anguish of the character appear in an absolutely colorful and smooth way, as do Margaret Keane’s paintings.
A proof of Burton’s maturing as director with great performances by Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz.
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8 – Jackie
Original title : Jackie
Genre : Drama, Historical
Country of Origin : USA
Duration : 1h39
Year : 2016
Rating : 14 years
Cast: Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig
Directed by Pablo Larraín
Rating on Rotten Tomatoes : 89% (critical) / 61% (users)
Reviewers Netflix : 70% relevant
Synopsis:
The film describes the real drama of first lady Jackeline Kenedy after the murder of her husband, U.F. President J.F. Kenedy, especially in the first hours after the event.
Why it is 5 stars
The film takes an excellent approach to one of the most striking facts of the 20th century, from the point of view of the American first lady, Jack Keneddy.
Natalie Portman gives a performance show and makes a faithful portrait of Jack, which earned him the Oscar nomination 2017.
The film was also nominated in the category of best costumes.
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9 – Shimer Lake
Original title : Shimmer Lake
Gender : Suspense, Comedy
Country of Origin : USA
Duration : 1h26
Year : 2017
Rating : 16 years
Benjamin Walker, Rainn Wilson, Rob Corddry
Directed by Oren Uziel
Rating on Rotten Tomatoes : 50% (critical) / 62% (users)
Review of Netflix users : 86% relevant
Synopsis:
The film, which features the direction and script of Oren Uziel, of Anjos da Noite 2, mixes drama, suspense and black humor in a frantic police investigation in the search for three suspects of a bank robbery, among them, the brother of the sheriff of the city.
Why it is 5 stars
The film is one of the latest Netflix bets and presents us with a lovely performance by the well-known Benjamin Walker, from the series The Office.
The mix of black humor and suspense makes the plot even more delicious to watch.
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10 – Hunger of Power
Original title: The Founder
Genre : Biography, Drama
Country of Origin : USA
Duration : 1h55
Year : 2016
Rating : 10 years
Michael Keaton, Nick Offerman, John Carrol Lynch
Directed by John Lee Hancock
Rating in Rotten Tomatoes : 84% (critical) / 82% (users)
Review users Netflix : 98% relevant
Synopsis:
After vying for the rights to a hamburger with brothers Mc Donalds, salesman and showman, Ray Kroc, decides to revolutionize the way he prepares and sell hamburgers in 1950s California.
Why to watch
Mc Donalds is one of the largest fast food chains in the world and, just so, it would be worth watching the film that tells this success story.
To top it off, Keaton’s performance with the uncomfortable four-wall breaks and Carter Burwell’s soundtrack make the film indispensable on his list.
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