Netflix has plenty of movies to watch. Maybe too many. Sometimes finding the right film at the right time can seem like an impossible task. Let us help you. Below is a list of some of our favorites currently on the streaming service—from dramas to comedies to thrillers.
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Mantis
Set in the same universe as Kill Bok-soon, this Korean action extravaganza shifts focus to contract killer Lee Han-ul (Yim Si-wan), better known as Mantis, who returns from a vacation—even assassins need a break—to find the violent world in which he operates in chaos. The shadowy organization MK ENT has fallen, leaving no one to enforce the honor rules that once governed the profession, but more importantly, creating a power vacuum to be filled. As Mantis aims to take control and restore order, his complicated relationship with ally/rival(/love interest?) Shin Jae-yi (Park Gyu-young) threatens to make everything a thousand times worse. While it takes a lighter tone than Kill Bok-soon, leaning more on comedy than action, Mantis serves up phenomenal fight choreography and sizzling chemistry between its leads, making for a solid spinoff.
Apostle
After bringing Indonesian martial arts to the wider world with The Raid duology, director Gareth Evans switched to horror with this disturbing period piece set on a remote Welsh island in the early 1900s. Dan Stevens plays Thomas Richardson, a faithless missionary who infiltrates a cult on the island to rescue his kidnapped sister. Entwined in the lives and strange practices of the cultists and their firebrand leader, Malcolm Howe (Michael Sheen), Thomas soon realizes the god being worshipped isn't the one from his own lost scripture. Yes, it's all a bit Wicker Man in places, but Apostle balances its gore and scares with slow-burn tension and a terror borne of its isolated setting that will have you thinking twice before venturing into the countryside.
Devo
Listen up, you spuds—Devo were more than a bunch of kooks wearing energy dome hats. The accidentally iconic band were pioneers of New Wave music, practically invented the concept of the music video, and did it all while sending polite society into a panic. Directed by master documentarian Chris Smith, this insightful film charts the rise of the band, from their formation in the wake of the Kent State shootings of 1970 through to becoming one of the most overtly political rock groups in history—even as their commentary on the devolution of mass culture was often lost on their listeners.
Little Evil
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