This list is not comprehensive so the movies that have made the cut are our best picks. There's a combination of nostalgia, returns, interesting casts, and themes that resonate with the time, all which make for movie experiences that are worth the wait.
Here's a list of 10 Netflix movies you should update on your watch list this year. And if you are the ex, keep up the generosity until these are all out and watched. Then you can decide what to do.
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10. Players
"New York sportswriter Mack (Gina Rodriguez) has spent years devising successful hookup 'plays' with best friend Adam (Damon Wayans Jr.) and their crew, but when she unexpectedly falls head over heels for one of her targets (Tom Ellis), they all must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing for keeps." - Netflix.
If you have missed Tom Ellis since the conclusion of "Lucifer" he will be returning to your screen as the guy who steals hearts (not literally this time). He will be joined by Gina Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr., and more.
9. Your Place or Mine
"Debbie and Peter are best friends and total opposites. She craves routine with her son in LA; he thrives on change in New York. When they swap houses and lives for a week, they discover what they think they want might not be what they really need." - Netflix.
Kutcher comes back in a platonic twist of his glory days movies like "No Strings Attached" and "What Happens in Vegas". Although it is hard to live out the opposites of what we are used to or feel like we need, the film tries to give us a glimpse into that experience. Do if you dare. Kutcher is joined by Reese Witherspoon, Jesse Williams, Tig Notaro, and more.
8. We Have A Ghost
"Finding a ghost named Ernest haunting their new home turns Kevin's family into overnight social media sensations. But when Kevin and Ernest go rogue to investigate the mystery of Ernest's past, they become a target of the CIA." - Netflix.
If you have not watched Nia Long's "Missing" check it out. It shares a close connection with "We Have A Ghost", especially in terms of social media. We all know how social media can be used to mislead viewers, but when the CIA gets involved, sh*t's about to get serious.
Meet Anthony Mackie, David Harbour, Tig Notaro, Jennifer Coolidge, and more.
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7. Luther: The Fallen Sun
"In Luther: The Fallen Sun — an epic continuation of the award-winning television saga reimagined for film — a gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther (Idris Elba) sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary." - Netflix.
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When the roles are reversed where a criminal is free and a law enforcer trapped in his wrongs, Elba is put in a similar position in "Beast" where he has to break the law to redeem himself. He is joined by the star of "Harriet" Cynthia Erivo, "Lord of the Rings" Andy Serkis, and more.
6. Extraction 2
"Chris Hemsworth returns as Tyler Rake in Extraction 2, the sequel to Netflix's blockbuster action film, Extraction. After barely surviving the events of the first movie, Rake is back as the Australian black ops mercenary, tasked with another deadly mission: rescuing the battered family of a ruthless Georgian gangster from the prison where they are being held." - Netflix.
Like a phoenix rising out of the ashes or the water in his case, Tyler Rake fights like he will never die and lives like he has forever at his fingertips. All that means for you is non-stop action where the stakes are extremely high. He is joined by Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Daniel Bernhardt, Tinatin Dalakishvili, and more.
5. They Cloned Tyrone
"A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio (John Boyega, Jamie Foxx, and Teyonah Parris) onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy in this pulpy mystery caper." - Netflix.
Jamie Foxx is currently battling a health issue that Former boxer Mike Tyson claims to be a stroke. However, before misfortune struck, Foxx left something for fans of his new film style depicted in "Project Power" and "Day Shift" until he gets back. Star Wars child John Boyega is joining him on your screen in July.
4. Heart of Stone
"Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot) is an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peacekeeping organization and the loss of its most valuable — and dangerous — asset." - Netflix.
After "Red Notice" with Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds, we have not had our fill of Gadot's intelligence agency spy action thrill. She is joined by Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo, Matthias Schweighöfer, and more.
3. Pain Hustlers
"Upon losing her job, a blue-collar woman struggling to raise her daughter takes a job at a failing pharmaceutical startup, only to get involved in a dangerous racketeering scheme." - Netflix.
Emily Blunt joins "Captain America"s Chris Evans, and Andy Garcia to deliver a corporate pharma matrix performance. Blunt takes a blue-collar job that is the proverbial red pill into the inner workings of a shady startup.
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2. The Killer
"After a fateful near-miss an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal." - Netflix.
It is not personal to keep your ex's Netflix account, it is just unfinished business. Michael Fassbender revives his character from "Creed" into the modern world of international espionage. The assassin keeps business impersonal and that is a mantra you may share with him. He is joined by Charles Parnell, Tilda Swinton from "Doctor Strange", and more.
1. Rebel Moon
"When a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy finds itself threatened by the armies of the tyrannical Regent Balisarius, they dispatch Kora, a young woman with a mysterious past, to seek out warriors from neighboring planets to help them take a stand." - Netflix.
The movie is not only star-packed, it brings some of the most famous faces of super action. They team up against tyrannical forces the last of which was seen in Marvel's "The Avengers Endgame".
Sofia Boutella (The Mummy) Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond), Ed Skrein (Alita Battle Angel), Charlie Hunnam (King Arthur: Legend of the Sword), Anthony Hopkins, and more.