New Movies on Netflix This Week

A new month means lots of new movies to watch but Netflix themselves have also released a few great movies of their own too. Here are our picks of the best new movies added to Netflix this week. If you missed any of the new releases on Netflix this week, go back and check those out here.

Nominated for an Oscar and scooping up a number of awards elsewhere, this Ewan McGregor-led drama follows a reporter who is attempting to learn more about his father who is slowly dying. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) Genre: Adventure, Horror, Mystery Director: André Øvredal Cast: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Gabriel Rush Writer: Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro Runtime: 108 min With Netflix and Guillermo Del Toro now working on numerous projects together, it’s worth going back through some of the creator’s past projects. Although Del Toro wasn’t in the director’s chair for this 2019 movie, he was very much involved.

Together, they find a notebook full of horror stories. Snatch (2000) Genre: Comedy, Crime Director: Guy Ritchie Cast: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham Writer: Guy Ritchie Runtime: 102 min Guy Ritchie is perhaps best known in recent years for huge Hollywood blockbusters whether that be Sherlock Holmes, King Arthur, The Gentelmen, or Disney’s Aladdin. Most Brits, including myself, know him best for his superb 2000 comedy crime drama Snatch.

It ranks just outside IMDb’s 100 best movies of all time and if you’ve never checked it out, we’d thoroughly recommend it (although switch those subtitles on!) Seal Team (2021) Genre: Animation Director: Greig Cameron, Kane Croudace Cast: J.K. Simmons, Kristen Schaal, Patrick Warburton Writer: Greig Cameron, Brian Cleveland, Jason Cleveland Runtime: 98 min Netflix is now the exclusive streaming home for the South African animated feature film Seal Team which dropped on Netflix on Christmas Eve. The movie makes perfect use of an animation technique that has been growing in popularity where it’s effectively a cross between stop-motion and CG.

Headlined by Olivia Colman (best known for recently appearing in two seasons of The Crown) the movie follows “a woman’s quiet seaside vacation takes an unsettling turn when her fixation on a young mother staying at a nearby villa awakens memories from her past.” Hell or High Water (2016) Genre: Action, Crime, Drama Director: David Mackenzie Cast: Chris Pine, Ben Foster, Jeff Bridges Writer: Taylor Sheridan Runtime: 102 min Sticking with award-winning movies, Hell or High Water was among the snubs when it was nominated for 4 Oscars. Superb performances throughout makes this is must-watch and clocks in at well under 2 hours in runtime.

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