It's the start of a new month and that can only mean one thing: a load of new Netflix films!
The streaming site tends to release most of their new content at the beginning of each month, with July being no exception. A ridiculous amount of movies has just been uploaded and there are some crackers included.
Here are some of the highlights:
The Good:
About a Boy
Year: 2002
Cast: Hugh Grant, Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette
Plot: A cynical, immature young man is taught how to act like a grown-up by a little boy.
Rating: 93% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Gladiator
Year: 2000
Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen
Plot: Commodus takes over power and demotes Maximus, one of the preferred generals of his father, Emperor Marcus Aurelius. As a result, Maximus is relegated to fighting till death as a gladiator.
Rating: 77% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Hot Fuzz
Year: 2007
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman
Plot: Police officer Nicholas Angel is known to be the best across London. His seniors, who are jealous of his achievements, transfer him to a remote village where he encounters various challenges.
Rating: 91% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Atonement
Year: 2007
Cast: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan.
Plot: Briony Tallis falsely accuses her sister's lover, Robbie, of a crime, after she catches them in a compromising position.
Rating: 83% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Knocked Up
Year: 2007
Cast: Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd
Plot: Alison, a TV Host, and Ben, a jobless man, end up having a one-night stand. Alison soon discovers that she is pregnant with Ben's child and they must decide on their priorities and make a choice.
Rating: 90% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Schindler's List
Year: 1994
Cast: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Plot: Oskar Schindler, a German industrialist and member of the Nazi party, tries to save his Jewish employees after witnessing the persecution of Jews in Poland.
Rating: 97% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Jurassic Park
Year: 1993
Cast: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum
Plot: A pragmatic paleontologist visiting an almost complete theme park is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.
Rating: 91% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Truman Show
Year: 1998
Cast: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney
Plot: An insurance salesman is oblivious of the fact that his entire life is a TV show and his family members are mere actors. As he starts noticing things and uncovers the truth, he decides to escape.
Rating: 95% (Rotten Tomatoes)
BlackKklansman
Year: 2018
Cast: John David Washington, Adam Driver, Laura Harrier
Plot: Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.
Rating: 96% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Behind the Candelabra
Year: 2013
Cast: Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe.
Plot:World-famous pianist Liberace takes much-younger Scott Thorson as a lover, but the relationship deteriorates when Liberace takes other bedmates and Thorson becomes addicted to drugs.
Rating: 95% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Year: 2018
Cast: Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames
Plot: A group of terrorists plans to detonate three plutonium cores for a simultaneous nuclear attack on different cities. Ethan Hunt, along with his IMF team, sets out to stop the carnage.
Rating: 97% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Field of Dreams
Year: 1989
Cast: Kevin Costner, James Earl Jones, Ray Liotta
Plot: An Iowa corn farmer, hearing voices, interprets them as a command to build a baseball diamond in his fields; he does, and the 1919 Chicago White Sox come.
Rating: 87% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Fine:
Burn After Reading
Year: 2008
Cast: Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, George Clooney
Plot: Two gym employees chance upon a CD containing the memoirs of a CIA agent. They then decide to sell it back to him, failing which they plan to sell it to the Russian embassy.
Rating: 78% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Angela's Ashes
Year: 1999
Cast: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen
Plot: Based on the autobiography of Frank McCourt, the film follows the experiences of young Frankie and his family as they try against to escape the poverty endemic in the slums of pre-war Limerick.
Rating: 52% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Lorax
Year: 2012
Cast: Emily Watson, Robert Carlyle, Joe Breen
Plot: Ted, a 12-year-old boy, sets out to search the long-extinct Truffula tree to impress the girl of his dreams. However, in his journey, he has to overcome a number of obstacles.
Rating: 55% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Joy
Year: 2015
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper
Plot: Despite facing several hardships, Joy Mangano, a divorced mother of two, rises against all odds and sets up a successful business empire.
Rating: 60% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Mamma Mia!
Year: 2008
Cast: Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Amanda Seyfried
Plot: As Sophie and her family are busy preparing for her wedding, she secretly invites three men, who were her mother's lovers in the past, with the hope that one of them is her father.
Rating: 54% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Spring Breakers
Year: 2013
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson
Plot: Four college girls hold up a restaurant in order to fund their spring break vacation. While partying, drinking, and taking drugs, they are arrested, only to be bailed out by a drug and arms dealer.
Rating: 67% (Rotten Tomatoes)
O'Brother, Where Art Thou?
Year: 2000
Cast: George Clooney, John Turturro, Tim Blake Nelson
Plot: Ulysses Everett McGill and his companions Delmar and Pete, escape from prison to find a treasure Ulysses had buried before getting caught.
Rating: 77% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Pitch Perfect
Year: 2012
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Brittany Snow, Rebel Wilson
Plot: Beca, a college fresher, reluctantly joins an all-girls a cappella group and later infuses freshness into their repertoire. They then take on a male a cappella group in a competition.
Rating: 80% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Green Mile
Year: 1999
Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse
Plot: Paul Edgecomb, the head guard of a prison, meets an inmate, John Coffey, a black man who is accused of murdering two girls. His life changes drastically when he discovers that John has a special gift.
Rating: 78% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Revolutionary Road
Year: 2008
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald
Plot: Frank and April are an ideal couple who live with their two children in the suburbs of Connecticut. However, when they start facing issues in their marriage, April decides to move to Paris.
Rating: 67% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Panic Room
Year: 2002
Cast: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker
Plot: Meg and Sarah hide in a panic room in their house when intruders break in. Unfortunately for them, the intruders want something that is hidden inside the room and will stop at nothing to claim it.
Rating: 75% (Rotten Tomatoes)
RocknRolla
Year: 2008
Cast: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Idris Elba
Plot: A real-estate scam worth millions grabs the attention of the city's delinquents. A trio called the Wild Bunch try to steal the cash, while an unexpected man too tries to get his share of the loot.
Rating: 60% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Look, maybe it's for you:
Twins
Year: 1988
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Kelly Preston
Plot: A pair of twins emerges from an experiment wherein one twin is gnomish while the other is king-sized. Separated at birth, they only meet as adults when Julius comes looking for his much shorter twin.
Rating: 44% (Rotten Tomatoes)
You, Me And Dupree
Year: 2006
Cast: Kate Hudson, Owen Wilson, Matt Dillon
Plot: Carl and Molly let Dupree, Carl's happy-go-lucky friend, to move in with them for a few days when he loses his job. However, they soon realise that Dupree has no intention of leaving the house.
Rating: 20% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Year: 1997
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite
Plot: John Hammond along with few other members try to explore the Jurassic Park's second site. However, things get complicated when the dinosaurs go wild and everyone is forced to run for their lives.
Rating: 51% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Jurassic Park III
Year: 2001
Cast: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Téa Leoni
Plot: Paul and Amanda Kirby, a wealthy couple, offer research funding to Alan Grant, a doctor, on the condition that he accompanies them to find their missing son on a deadly island.
Rating: 49% (Rotten Tomatoes)
