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So, I feel like I barely used Netflix last year. They just stopped adding stuff I wanted to see, but they just added 11 movies I strongly recommend. There's no action flicks on this list like usual. Today, we're talking about the most compelling dramas I've seen on Netflix lately, and the list is so good. My bottom pick is A Slow Burn starring Tim Roth that I cannot stop thinking about, but it's the driest and slowest movie on this list. Every other movie on this list pops like The Pledge with Jack Nicholson.
This guy is real and I know it.
Mahave with Oscar Isaac and I am going to kill you.
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But the movie Sundown was just recently added to Netflix. It stars Tim Roth in easily like his most subdued role, but there's a big reason for it. Tim Roth is kind of famous for these wild characters or at least really interesting performance choices. You get none of that in Sundown. He's almost like a bump on a log on this movie, but again, there is a point to it. Now, like I said, it's far and away the slowest movie on this list. Sundown was painfully slow for me. It took way too long getting into it, which is why it's my bottom pick. But if you don't mind a movie that takes almost the entirety to make its point, I mean, I didn't have an oh [ __ ] moment in this movie until like I think there were like 11 minutes left. Still, once it was over, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I told my wife about it the next night. Couldn't shut up about it. I really enjoyed this movie, but this was one that I only recommend for patient people.
Now, my number nine pick, you do not have to be patient for. This movie starts off almost immediately and does not quit till you get to the end, and it was just added to Netflix the day I'm releasing this video. It's titled Fall.
Okay, Beex, this is going to look a little bit worse than it is. What the hell, Hunter? Let's just go back down. You follow a couple of young adventure climbers in this movie. A couple of young girls with a social media following that like to climb structures. We've all seen the videos of people climbing cranes and towers. We may even seen some people fall in those videos. But this movie is about a couple of girls that bite off more than they can chew. They decide to climb this enormous tower out in the middle of the desert. And they do know what they're doing, which means they're able to get really high on this tower. And then, you know, things don't really go well and they end up trapped. But, you know, it gets your heart pumping, makes your palms sweat. It's exciting stuff and the movie is really well executed, especially considering the fact, you know, they're not really up on this giant tower. The height and everything. You know, they sell it visually, but I'm telling you again, this is a terrible movie to watch if you're afraid of heights.
If you're scared of dying, don't be afraid to live.
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Now, my number eight pick was actually directed by Shaun Pin, and it stars Jack Nicholson and Benio Del Toro. Yet, for some reason, The Pledge has gone criminally underrated. Now, this is an insanely intense drama about a missing child.
No, this guy is real. Do you understand? You don't know what you are dealing with here. This guy is real and I know it.
Or rather, Jack Nicholson plays the detective. He's at the end of his career where he's presented with this case of a missing child and he just cannot let it go. Even in his retirement, he cannot let this final case go. It has completely got its hooks into him. And that is ultimately what the movie is about, much more than solving the actual case. It does have a dated feel to it, but this is one of those little gems that flew in under the radar when it released. And I think there are still plenty of Jack Nicholson fans out there that have never seen this movie.
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But speaking of things I strongly recommend, let's get back to the movies.
Next guy that comes out of the bathroom, if he's wearing glasses, no, we stay. If he's wearing glasses, just just
You're on.
Yes.
Mississippi Grind stars Ben Mlesson and Ryan Reynolds as gambling addicts. In fact, Ben Mlesson is such a horrific gambling addict. He's already destroyed his life in this movie. He's kind of on his last leg when the movie begins. He runs into Ryan Reynolds character who's kind of got a carefree approach to gambling. They pair up. They start trying to win things. ultimately come up with a plan to go down to Mississippi and try to hit it big. So, Mississippi Grind is a road movie and very little of it actually takes place in Mississippi where I'm from now. I did connect with this movie multiple ways. I don't have a gambling addiction, but I did grow up in South Mississippi near all the casinos, so it's a world I'm very familiar with. And again, even though this movie doesn't really take place in Mississippi, they're in New Orleans and they're on their way to Mississippi, hitting gambling spots along the way. So, while the movie felt very familiar, it's about something I've got no experience with. And it's an excellent character examination of a gambling addict, it's not super artsy and bombastic like Uncut Gems. It's much more direct and much more focused on Ben Mendelson's character. I love him as a villain. I really think he's one of the best, but he plays kind of a broken guy in this and I really loved his character.
Top for nothing. Yeah, that all.
Now, my number six pick features two great performances. In fact, it's about two different guys essentially going toe-to-toe with each other intellectually like trying to destroy each other with their minds basically in Mojave. Now, this stars Oscar Isaac and Garrett Delahunt who plays kind of a famous actor who gets lost out in the desert. He runs into this drifter played by Oscar Isaac and the two men end up basically having this intellectual face off through the duration of the movie. It's intense stuff. This is from writer director William Monahan who also wrote the script for Martin Scorsese's The Departed. A lot of it hinges on dialogue, but Mojave makes that work and they're legitimately trying to destroy each other. This is not like a subtle thing where they're just trying to like have some word play with one another. I mean, Oscar Isaac not only plays a maniac, but he plays a brilliant maniac in this movie. Again, not really an action movie. In fact, there's almost no other characters to speak of in the movie. There's a few, but the movie doesn't really focus on them at all. It really is about this power struggle between these two men who have for some reason decided the world's not big enough for both of them.
The great adventure. What's that? Death.
Now, I've got another drama set in a desert wasteland kind of like Mojave or parts of Mojave. Yet, this one is an interesting post-apocalyptic flick set in Australia. The Rover starring Guy Pierce and Robert Patson was just recently added to Netflix. Now, this is a movie I've been recommending for years, but it's typically on other streaming services. Now, this does not feel like a typical post-apocalyptic flick. The world hasn't been completely destroyed by an asteroid or nuclear bombs. In fact, it's not clear what's happened. It looks a lot more like government collapse. There's still some military forces, but the world has become kind of a desolate place. Your brother left you to die. That's what people do. You don't learn to fight till your death's going to come real soon.
Anyway, the movie starts off with a bang. Guy Pierce is just kind of this regular downtrodden guy and his car is stolen and he spends the rest of the movie trying to get it back. when you ultimately see why he needs his car back. Man, this is one of those movies that some people absolutely love and rave about and other people cannot shut up about how much they hate the ending of The Rover. I love it. I think it's a brilliant ending to a pretty rockous movie with a great role from Guy Pierce, but maybe an even better one from Robert Patson. He plays kind of a dull-minded guy in this movie. And this is right on the heels of Twilight. This is before anybody knew he was really a great actor and he's got some chops in the rover.
Now, before getting to my top four, where we've got a spy movie, we've got a scores hidden gem, we've got a super runchy dramdy. I did want to give you one honorable mention on this list. It's titled The Silent House. Now, this is one of the first films starring Elizabeth Olsen, and it's a boilerplate horror movie as far as the script goes, which is why it didn't really make this list, but it's filmed as if it's one continuous shot and feels as if it's taking place in real time. Now, of course, it's multiple long shots stitched together, but it's effective in The Silent House. Now, don't let me gas this up too much. Like I said, it is a boilerplate horror movie, but the film making here does elevate it beyond your standard horror movie you're going to find on Netflix right now.
Now, my number four pick was added a couple of months ago. It's not a brand new edition, and I did recommend it back when they first added it, but Relay is still one of my favorite new release movies you can catch on Netflix.
I help people who see things they shouldn't have, who maybe should have looked the other way, but they can't.
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I've never met him. That's kind of the point. It's a messaging service.
This stars Riz Ahmed as a specialist. He has a special set of skills, not quite like Taken. In fact, he actually helps whistleblowers. He helps protect them, helps them get their information to the right people, all covertly like a spy. But this is a super low tech spy flick. In fact, they use the state relay system, which is a phone service that people who are deaf and blind can use to communicate with people. And they use it in relay to great effect. This movie always feels grounded and realistic, yet it's loaded with spycraft I've never seen in a movie before, which earned it massive points for me. On top of just being like a really wellexecuted movie, Riz Ahmed almost always picks really great projects to be a part of. This just happens to be his newest one.
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Now, next up, we've got a movie that was supposed to be Tim Burton's first feature film. He passed up on it and did Peewee's Big Adventure instead only because Martin Scorsesei was interested in directing After Hours as well. Now, this came at a time after The Last Temptation of Christ, a time when Martin Scorsesei was not sure if he wanted to keep making movies. And this is one of the few comedies he's done. I know he's done a handful, but this is one of the funnier movies he's done, maybe second to The Wolf of Wall Street. And it's one of those movies that all takes place in one night. You follow a guy out on the town in New York City. I say out on the town. He's by himself, but you know, he wants to go out, maybe meet a girl, get into a little bit of trouble. And boy, does he find a lot of trouble.
I'm in big trouble. Help. Help. Call the police.
This is a silly movie, but it's structured with these incredible scenes of dialogue. Very dialogueheavy flick, but hilarious. Every single scene, this guy manages to get himself into a worse and worse predicament as the night goes on.
You're dead, pal.
I'm what? So now she's the one in the Mr. Soft gas cream truck WHO'S TRYING TO KILL ME.
AND THIS is a movie I love. I've seen it countless times. Watching it, I can see where Tim Burton would have killed it. Like he would have made an incredible movie. Maybe even better than what Scorsesei did. But as a Scorsese film, it's just an excellent comedy and it's really well done. Not only because all the performances are just topnotch. You know, Scorsesi is such a rigorous director, but the comedy just shines through in this movie. While it's not a direct comparison by any means, I think fans of Curb Your Enthusiasm would get a massive kick out of After Hours if you've never seen it.
And then my number two pick, another comedy. Yes, technically a dramdy, but one of the best in that genre in the past 10 years, I think, Shawn Baker's Red Rocket. So Shawn Baker had a massive year last year with Anora, a movie I liked, but I got to say I like Red Rocket a lot more.
Look, I'm going to be straight with you. I'm an adult film actor. Excuse me.
The movie is basically a character study of a guy played by Simon Rex, who is an ex adult film star. Not only is he an ex adult film star, like a failed one, but he's out on his ass. He's basically got no hole to crawl in. He goes back to the small Texas town where he's from, where nobody wants him.
Don't go.
I'm calling the cops. 10 9 8
seven faster.
I'm technically off the property, so you can't call the cops cuz I'm on public land respecting your boundaries.
And he successfully manages to wedge himself back into people's lives only to destroy them. He's a wild character that I won't say I identified with whatsoever, but I've met this guy. I've met multiple guys like this guy throughout my life, and the way he's written and the way it's performed is beyond brilliant. I love Red Rocket. Now, ultimately, there is a story, there is a plot that's developing, but that's not the main meat and potatoes of the movie. The main thing is just watching this guy destroy everything in his path with bad decision after bad decision. It's hilarious and also a bit heartbreaking at times. Like I said, it's a dramdy. There's some intense elements to this movie, but it's ultimately all done for fun at the expense at this main character. Just a total gem of a little indie flick that happens to be runchy as all get out. Appropriately so, given the setup for the movie. still a really well-crafted indie flick. Top-notch film making performances, hilariously written. I don't have a bad word to say about it.
And then the only thing that can top that on this list is my number one pick, which is almost like a little oneact play that all takes place in the back of a tailor shop. It's titled The Outfit. Mark Ryland plays a tailor or a cutter as he would say. He makes suits for men. lots of different kinds of men, including gangsters. Gangsters that actually run an operation out of the back of his shop. Nothing crazy. There's just a little dropbox where these gangsters are allowed to come and drop off money, messages, things like that. And he literally just looks the other way until one night these gangsters show up. They've got a bit of a problem that's an even bigger problem for him. And he has to try to contain the entire thing. It all takes place in the back of this shop over the course of one night and it's a super tense Hitchcock style thriller. Incredible performances just like everything else on this list.
He's losing too much blood.
Push harder.
The wound needs to be sealed.
Oh, are you a doctor now, too?
I was in the war at your age. The other war.
But also this cool throwback gangster vibe and a really interesting story that just keeps getting more and more complex. Never too complex to follow or anything, but just a nailbiter of a movie that again all takes place in one room. You need to tell me what really happened in here tonight.
Now, but here's a recap of the list. I hope you found something good to watch. If you did, leave the video a like. It's more helpful than you would think. And if you want to see future episodes, make sure you have that subscribe button clicked. Don't forget to visit that Zakdock link in the video description to go make an appointment today. But I'm going to keep making these videos as long as y'all keep watching them.