Top 13 movies to watch on Netflix in January: ‘Cats’, ‘John Wick’

As DC Comics moves into a new era of filmmaking led by James Gunn, let’s take a look back at the DCEU’s high water marks.

James Wan’s CGI-heavy film starring Jason Momoa as the Sea King was the only DC film of the Snyderverse era to gross more than $1 billion at the box office. (Do not mention whether you got the grade.)

A perfect romantic comedy directed by Nancy Meyers. Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin play a divorced couple who begin a secret relationship 10 years after their separation. Streep is funny as a woman who sees her youngest son go off to college and then is released as an empty nester. She also begins dating an architect (Steve Martin), much to the chagrin of her male ex-lover.

It’s rare for Quentin Tarantino to make a movie that isn’t based on his own ideas, but this time he’s adapting Elmore Leonard’s novel “Rum Punch.” But in typical Tarantino fashion, he changed things up by adding a Blaxploitation vibe to the story. This is evidenced by the casting of genre icon Pam Grier in the title role.

The film follows Jackie as she takes on a gangster (Samuel L. Jackson) and a police officer in order to make quick wins.

It has a great supporting cast, including Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, and Robert De Niro.

The third chapter of the franchise will be released this month. See the evolution of Keanu Reeves’ hitman character and Chad’s Stahelski-directed “Gung Fu” style that captivated fans of the action genre.

Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece surprised not only the audience but also the filmmakers. It wasn’t until George Lucas saw what Spielberg had done with dinosaurs in Jurassic that he realized that computer graphics had reached the point where his dream of one day doing a Star Wars prequel would become a reality. He said he knew.

Watch the entire Jurassic Park trilogy on Netflix now.

The hit musical based on ABBA songs will give you some good vibes for the new year (and make you want to book a trip to Greece). A sequel, “Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again,” is also available.

This acclaimed 1975 drama, based on the novel by Ken Kesey, was originally made into a hit Broadway play in 1963 starring Kirk Douglas and starring McMurphy. Douglas was obsessed with bringing it to the big screen, but was unable to do so even after 10 years. The last person to do it was his son Michael. Since his father was too old to reprise the role, the role went to Jack Nicholson, and the rest is history.

This eccentric performance as McMurphy, a prisoner who pretends to be insane to avoid hard labor when transferred to a mental hospital, led to Nicholson’s Best Actor Oscar win and established him as one of the best actors of his generation. Established. The film also won the Best Picture award.

Directed by Richard Linklater and written by The White Lotus creator Mike White, this feel-good comedy follows Jack Black as a struggling musician who takes a job as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. acting.

When he realizes that his children are actually great musicians, he decides to form his own rock band and challenge them to a “Battle of the Bands.”

It would be a rare occasion in Denzel Washington’s career for him to win the Best Actor Oscar for playing a villain.

We spend the day with Alonzo Harris (Washington), a crooked narcotics agent for the Los Angeles Police Department, who teaches the ropes to new member of the team, Jake Hoyt (Ethan Hawke). It soon becomes clear that Hoyt is not up to Harris’ level, leading to a thrilling conclusion to good versus evil on the streets of South Central Los Angeles.

Director Sean Baker brilliantly captures the harsh lives of people living outside the gates of Disney World.

The film follows a six-year-old girl, Moonie (Brooklyn Prince), and her single mother (Bria Vinate) as they try to make ends meet while living in a budget hotel in Kissimmee, Florida. Willem Dafoe plays Bobby, the hotel’s kind-hearted manager.

Baker shows us a different side of the Mickey Mouse-dominated area as Moony and his friends run around the hotel, finding little delights around them.

Kevin Hart and Gugu Mbatha-Raw team up to steal $100 million in gold from a 777 in this new Netflix original from director F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job, Fast and Furious). acting. Passenger plane.

Also starring Sam Worthington, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jean Reno, Jacob Batalon, and Billy Magnussen.

It’s time to experience it. The big screen version of this iconic Broadway musical of his was released in 2019, but was a huge flop at the box office and is considered one of his worst films of all time.

Need more reasons to watch? Taylor Swift stars and even has her own musical number.

The film also stars Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Rebel Wilson, James Corden, Ian McKellen, and Judi Dench.

This Korean horror tells the story of a group of passengers riding a train from Seoul to Busan who suddenly find themselves in the middle of a zombie apocalypse and must fight their way through the train to survive.