Do you often find yourself scrolling through Netflix for large amounts of time without knowing what to watch? Well look no further. The following movies are the perfect entertainment for a Netflix night in. With riveting plot twists, fascinating storylines, and compelling characters, these films will leave you greatly satisfied.
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
Genre: Drama
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Presidents come and go, but he remains the one constant at the White House who’s always ready to serve.
This is a powerful film incorporating morality and racial issues through the civil rights movement and Vietnam. It tells the story of a butler who serves eight presidents throughout his time working for the White House.
Before I Go To Sleep
Genre: Thriller
★ ★ ★
After surviving a brutal assault, a woman awakens each morning incapable of remembering anything about her past, including the previous day.
This movie will have you guessing the ending from the second it starts. And just when you think you know what is happening, you have to think again. Nicole Kidman plays the lead role of a young woman who wakes up every morning not knowing where she is, or who the man laying beside her is. But one morning, everything begins to change as she teaches herself how to remember her terrifying past.
Reasonable Doubt
Genre: Action
★ ★ ★
After fleeing the site of a fatal hit-and-run, DA Mitch Brockden finds himself prosecuting the man put on trial for committing Brockden’s own crime.
This suspenseful movie will keep you on your toes until it fades to black with the credits. It shows a fine line between what is right and wrong, and will leave you with endless tension.
Paranoia
Genre: Action
★ ★ ★
An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price: he must spy on his boss’s old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.
A young, successful man is blackmailed into doing something that is not exactly legal, but is better than facing extensive charges, and gives him a glimpse of a life of the rich and wealthy. But when things go wrong, not even the money is worth it.
The Firm
Genre: Thriller
★ ★ ★ ★
When a Harvard Law School grad joins a prestigious firm, he ignores the warning of his wife, who fears the lucrative deal sounds too good to be true.
Although this is an older film, the plot is simply fantastic. Tom Cruise plays a lawyer who has the perfect life, or so he thinks. But when strange things start happening, he must uncover the truth about where he is working.
Time Lapse
Genre: Thriller
★ ★ ★
Three friends conspire to use a mysterious machine that takes photos 24 hours into the future for personal gain, until dangerous images develop.
Looking into the future sounds like a great idea to three friends, until they start abusing the power that they have been given. But the one thing they could never see coming can’t even be shown to them until it’s too late.
