Let’s face it: it’s too early for Christmas motion pictures. I barely can take into consideration turkey and stuffing proper now, not to mention movies stuffed with tinsel and vacation cheer. That’s why you gained’t discover a single Christmas or holiday-theme film on this checklist.
Truthfully, there’s no want to observe the same old vacation fare since there are such a lot of different varieties of motion pictures to observe on Netflix proper now. The next three motion pictures all supply one thing totally different that ought to catch your eye. Craving classic battle motion advised on an epic scale? Or perhaps an intimate film that has a forged of simply two individuals? This checklist has these movies and extra.
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Daddio (2024)
We’ve all been there: Upon exiting the airport after an extended aircraft trip, you get into an Uber or cab, and the motive force begins speaking to you. Often, it’s a reasonably horrible expertise, however what whether it is really life-changing? What in the event you finish having a deep, significant dialog with a complete stranger?
That’s the idea behind Daddio, a two-person character examine that takes place largely in a NYC cab. Dakota Johnson’s Girlie initially doesn’t wish to chat, however Sean Penn’s cab driver Clark proves to be a very good listener, and Girlie has loads of issues to say about her household, her relationships, and her life typically. Clark has secrets and techniques to disclose too, and shortly each of them will know extra about one another than they ever thought was doable.
Daddio didn’t do all that nicely throughout its theatrical run this previous summer season, however it ought to excel now that it’s on streaming. It’s intimate setting and intense deal with simply two characters who develop extra fascinating by the minute is right for a late night time in at residence. Chances are you’ll simply stroll away with a need to speak together with your driver the subsequent time you are taking that Uber.
Daddio is streaming on Netflix.
The Household Man (2000)
Nicolas Cage is often regarded as that “bizarre” actor who does freaky out-there motion pictures like Longlegs or Dream Scenario. Whereas that’s true, Cage is a flexible actor, and by this level of his lengthy, weird profession, he’s carried out all varieties of motion pictures. He’s even carried out sentimental household motion pictures like The Household Man, which is pure schmaltz that’s additionally irresistible to observe, particularly round this time of the yr.
Jake (Cage) seemingly has all of it: a terrific profession as a Wall Road investor; a swinging bachelor life-style in NYC; and no bratty youngsters bringing him down. However on Christmas Eve, he wonders what might have been, and when he awakens the subsequent day, he finds himself married, with kids and a canine, to his school sweetheart, Kate (Tea Leoni), whom he left 13 years earlier. As Jake begins to reside his “new” life, he questions what he actually desires and the place his real love actually lies.
The Household Man is streaming on Netflix.
Halfway (1976)
World War II movies by no means exit of favor. There’s simply a lot historical past to cowl, and there are clearcut unhealthy guys to defeat. (Nazis and their collaborators are the unhealthy guys and all the time shall be.) And whereas Halfway, an epic 1976 film starring Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda, doesn’t supply something new to the style, it’s nonetheless a well-made story about one in all historical past’s biggest fashionable battles: the Battle of Halfway, which was a key second within the Pacific Theater of Operations in World Battle II.
Over 131 minutes, Halfway chronicles the advanced battle preparations and execution of American troops and planes battling Japanese fighter pilots over the Pacific. The film does take time to incorporate a tacky romantic subplot, however the major focus is males in ships and planes capturing weapons and killing the enemy. Halfway isn’t a very advanced film, however its easy model is nonetheless fascinating, and in the event you’re a WWII buff, you’ll get a kick out of it.
Halfway is streaming on Netflix.