Netflix and… get the Netflix Party chrome extension!
Just in case you haven’t heard, you can now enjoy a Netflix watch party with your friends online through a simple chrome extension! Once that’s settled you can now enjoy a Netflix Party with all of your friends despite quarantine and social distancing.
Now we understand the never-ending dilemma of opening Netflix and never knowing what to watch next. So if you’re wondering what’s good - we’ve put together a list of movies we can guarantee will be a good time for everyone in the barkada!
WORTH THE HYPE
Uncut Gems
In Uncut Gems, Adam Sandler plays Howard, a jeweler and gambling addict, who risks his business, family and his life to stay alive in the face of his mountainous debts. Uncut Gems is jam packed with action, thrill and not to mention - an explosive score.
The Platform
The Platform is a Spanish film set in a vertical tower-style prison where inmates on the top floors are provided with better food than those below. If you’re a fan of science fiction, horror-thrillers, and Money Heist - this one’s for you.
Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days & Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds
The first two films in the Along with the Gods film series are some of the most viewed South Korean films in history, with two more films in production. The series hinges on the afterlife - the Guardians, how they came to be, the betrayed souls, and the trials that one has to endure before reincarnation.
The films offer viewers a great mix of thriller, fantasy, action and drama to pull you into a cinematic experience like no other.
Okja
Okja is a film by Parasite director, Bong Joon-Ho, so if you’re a fan of his latest film - you’re sure to enjoy this as well! The film tells the story of a young girl’s quest to rescue her gentle giant pet, Okja, from a multinational conglomerate and in the process gets entangled in scientific ethics and animal activism.
The Earthquake Bird
Set in the 1980’s Japan, Earthquake Bird is a psychological thriller that will surely get everyone in the group all shook up. The film is about an expat, working as a translator in Japan, falls in love with a local photographer. However things get weird when another woman gets entangled in their relationship - and ends up missing.
AWARD-WINNING
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is as star-studded as it can be with Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino and Dakota Fanning to name a few. The film tells the story of how a washed-out actor and his stunt double try to regain fame in 1969 amidst the height of the hippie movement, and the fast-changing Hollywood industry.
If Beale Street Could Talk
The film takes place in the 1970’s in Harlem, New York where couple Tish and Fonny start a life together. However their plans are put to a halt when Fonny is imprisoned for a crime he didn’t commit. This poignant love story is made even more mesmerizing through its spectacular score.
ROMA
ROMA tells the story of a domestic worker in Mexico who helps take care of a family of six. Academy-award winning director Alfonso Cuaron draws from his own childhood experiences to project a vivid representation of domestic strife against domestic and political turmoil in the 70’s.
THE CLASSICS
The Bucketlist
If this film won’t convince you to live life to the fullest, we don’t know what will! In this classic, two terminally ill men decide to take a roadtrip to check off their bucket list.
Girl, Interrupted
This 90’s psychological drama follows a mentally ill woman, Susanna, to a mental institution after a supposed suicide attempt. Here she meets a troubled group of women who play an important role as she figures out to escape the ward.
Dirty Dancing
If you’ve got a number of friends who haven’t seen this classic romantic film, now’s the time to watch it together! Dirty Dancing follows Frances (Baby) as she falls in love with a rebellious dance instructor, who she meets at a resort over the summer.
Infernal Affairs
The Infernal Affairs trilogy is a Hong kong crime/thriller classic that’s sure to keep you on the edge of your seat! All three movies in the film series cover the wild and dangerous world of mafias, Triad gangs, and the corruption and criminal infiltration in Hong Kong’s law enforcement sector.
ANIMATED/ANIME
I Lost My Body
You probably haven’t seen anything like this before. I Lost My Body is a French animated film that tells the mysterious and adventurous tale of a young man falling in love, and peculiarly, a severed hand searching for its owner through the streets of Paris.
My Neighbor Totoro
If you haven’t watched a single Studio Ghibli film, My Neighbor Totoro is a great film to start. The animated Japanese film tells the story of two siblings who befriend mystical creatures during a summer away in the countryside.
Ocean Waves
Get a taste of a romantic anime film! Ocean Waves, also by Studio Ghibli, is a coming-of-age film about a love triangle that unravelled between two friends and a girl who transferred from Tokyo.
