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Never fear, though, because we here at Collider have a guide to help you find the perfect Netflix movies available in the U.S. We’ve thumbed through the library and assembled a list of some of the best films currently available for streaming, from classics to hidden gems to new releases and beyond. Boom!, Gladiator, 21 Jump Street Recently Expired: Gladiator, The Guest, Pan’s Labyrinth, Magnolia, Snowpiercer, A Ghost Story Expiring Soon: Shutter Island RELATED: Here’s What’s New on Netflix in November 2021 The Power of the Dog (2021) Image via Netflix Director/Writer: Jane Campion Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons, Kodi Smit-McPhee The Power of the Dog is a slow, sly movie that reveals itself to you in subtle, measured glimpses at tenderness that are otherwise caked in grit, cruelty and crudity. As with all Campion films, you can expect exquisite shots and stunning glimpses into small moments of human vulnerability, but The Power of the Dog is also a challenging, often caustic film about tracing the ripples of toxicity. – Haleigh Foutch Watch Minority Report on Netflix Tick, Tick…
Boom! influenced and inspired him as a creator, and he even starred in a production of the show several years ago. – Haleigh Foutch Watch 21 Jump Street on Netflix Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) Image via Columbia Pictures Director: Francis Ford Coppola Writer: James V. Hart Cast: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes, Sadie Frost, Billy Campbell, Tom Waits, Monica Bellucci Among the most stunning, sumptuous, heck – downright decadent – horror romances ever put on film, Francis Ford Coppola’s take on Dracula is both one of the most faithful to Bram Stoker’s text and one of the most imaginative in its adaptation. – Haleigh Foutch Watch Bram Stoker’s Dracula on Netflix King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Image via Warner Bros. Director: Guy Ritchie Writers: Joby Harold, Guy Ritchie, Lionel Wigram Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey, Djimon Hounsou, Aidan Gillen, Jude Law, Eric Bana Arthurian legend gets a full Guy Ritchie makeover in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword, and it’s some of the most delightful nonsense in recent memory. Reinventing the legendary ruler as a London – nay, Londinium – street kid who discovers a world of magic and begins his journey to the throne, Legend of the Sword never takes itself too seriously and relishes in the kinetic street fights, heightened melodrama of royal affairs, and the world of wild creatures in equal measure. – Haleigh Foutch Watch King Arthur: Legend of the Sword on Netflix Mars Attacks! might be the last time the filmmaker did something really, truly weird. – Haleigh Foutch Watch Mars Attacks! on Netflix Hairspray (2007) Image via New Line Cinema Director: Adam Shankman Writer: Leslie Dixon Cast: Nikki Blonsky, Zac Efron, John Travolta, Michelle Pfieffer, Christopher Walken, James Marsden, Amanda Bynes, Queen Latifah, Brittan Snow, Elijah Kelley, Allison Janney Inspired by John Waters’ 1988 film of the same name, Adam Shankman’s film adaptation of the Broadway musical Hairspray is a full-on fun time that knows just how to make the best of its cast’s many, many talents. – Haleigh Foutch Watch The Holiday on Netflix Nightbooks (2021) Image via Netflix Director: David Yarovesky Writers: Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis Cast: Winslow Fegley, Krysten Ritter, Lidya Jewett A delightful “gateway horror” film for the whole family (ok, maybe not the super young kids), Nightbooks is adapted from the book of the same name and follows two kids trapped by a vicious (but fabulous) witch who demands a new scary story each night. 2002’s The Sum of All Fears was released at a time when audiences were turning their backs on Affleck, but the film has aged really well. – Adam Chitwood Watch The Sum of All Fears on Netflix Django Unchained (2012) Image via The Weinstein Company Director/Writer: Quentin Tarantino Cast: Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Don Johnson, Walton Goggins, and James Remar Quentin Tarantino’s most financially successful film to date remains his 2012 Western epic Django Unchained, which is set in 1858 and tells the story of a freed slave’s (Jamie Foxx) quest to save his wife Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from the clutches of a ruthless plantation owner (Leonardo DiCaprio) – with the help of a German bounty hunter (Christoph Waltz), of course.
On top of all that, the film is hilarious, bringing to mind the colorful comedy of Lord and Miller’s other films – most notably Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.