Horror continued its dominance at the box office this past weekend, although it was a parody of the genre that took the domestic top spot. For the first time since 2013, Scary Movie returned to the box office and proved fairly popular, earning $55 million in domestic revenue and an additional $50 million from overseas markets. However, the viral phenomenon Obsession and A24’s Backrooms, led by Renate Reinsve and Chiwetel Ejiofor, took the headlines once again, as The Mandalorian and Grogu continued to plummet. With box office business taken care of, let’s look forward to a great week of streaming. To make sure you make the most of the next five days, here’s a list of three movies you should stream on Netflix.
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Disclaimer: These titles are available on US Netflix.
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‘Poor Things’ (2023)
Rotten Tomatoes: 92% | IMDb: 7.7/10
Netflix is known for its constant rotation of great modern and classic titles, with one of the best films of the decade arriving this past weekend. The film in question is 2023’s Poor Things, which saw director Yorgos Lanthimos team up once again with frequent collaborator Emma Stone, who won the Best Actress prize at the Academy Awards for this stunning, career-defining role.
Stone portrays Bella Baxter in the film, a young woman who was saved from certain death by having the brain of her unborn child transplanted into her body. As she grows under the watchful eye of unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter (Willem Dafoe), Bella discovers the beauty and cruelty of the world around her in vivid detail. A film like no other, Poor Things is a must-watch this week.
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‘Little Miss Sunshine’ (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 91% | IMDb: 7.8/10
From one of the best films of the 2020s to one of the best films of the 2000s. Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris‘ Little Miss Sunshine stars a breakout Abigail Breslin as Olive, a young girl who dreams of becoming a pageant queen. However, the odds are stacked against her, and her unconventional, dysfunctional family begins an unlikely road trip to make her dream come true.
Featuring some of the finest performances of the decade, from Breslin’s aforementioned breakout to Steve Carell‘s troubled Frank, Little Miss Sunshine was a huge hit upon arrival and even scored two Academy Awards, including a win for Alan Arkin‘s supporting performance. A beautiful, emotionally poignant blend of tragedy and comedy, prepare to smile through your tears at this modern classic this week.
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‘Passengers’ (2016)
Rotten Tomatoes: 30% | IMDb: 7.0/10
With Chris Pratt‘s sci-fi sequel The Super Mario Galaxy Movie officially passing the billion-dollar mark at the box office this past weekend, it’s time to turn your attention to another Pratt sci-fi effort, one that also stars the ever-brilliant Jennifer Lawrence. The sci-fi romance drama Passengers, directed by Morten Tyldum, is set on a spaceship traveling to a colony planet, as a passenger in a sleeping pod is awoken 90 years too early.
Passengers might be far from flawless, but the sheer chemistry of Pratt and Lawrence alone will keep you hooked from start to finish. There are some questionable narrative choices, but impressive production design helps create a blockbuster sci-fi feel for a non-franchise film. For something a bit different this week, why not try Passengers?
- Release Date
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December 21, 2016
- Runtime
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116 minutes

