Some fantastic films to watch on Netflix on Bank Holiday Monday

There are some brilliant hidden gems here.

While the majority of us will be familiar with the blockbusters, Oscar winners, and classic films on Netflix, there are always a few hidden gems that are just waiting to be discovered. With such a vast library of titles to choose from, we’ve decided to pick out some of our favourites for you to enjoy over the Bank Holiday.

Recommended

West of Memphis

Plot: An examination of a failure of justice in the case against three teenage murder convicts.

It’s like: The burning sense of injustice that we all felt while watching Making A Murderer.

What We do in the Shadows

Plot: Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav are vampires who are finding that modern life has them struggling with the mundane – like paying rent, keeping up with the chore wheel, trying to get into nightclubs, and overcoming flatmate conflicts.

It’s like: Flight Of The Conchords humour but adapted for the big screen. It’s a wonderful film that’s guaranteed to leave you laughing.

The Guest

Plot: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

It’s like: The Bourne Identity with elements of Carrie and Uncle Buck. Yep, it’s that bonkers.

Tucker and Dale vs Evil

Plot: Tucker and Dale are on vacation at their dilapidated mountain cabin when they are attacked by a group of preppy college kids.

It’s like: Shaun Of The Dead meets the Looney Tunes and Friday The 13th.

Documentary

Hoop Dreams

Plot: The lives of two inner-city Chicago boys who struggle to become college basketball players on the road to going professional.

The Central Park Five

Plot: The 1989 case of five black and Latino teenagers who were convicted of raping a white woman in Central Park. After having spent between 6 and 13 years each in prison, a serial rapist confessed to the crime.

Missed in the cinema?

Buried

Plot: Paul (Ryan Reynolds) is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it’s a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

Moneyball

Plot: Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s (Brad Pitt) successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.

Comedy

Hot Rod

Plot: Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble is preparing for the jump of his life – to clear 15 buses to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank’s life-saving heart operation.

Kung Fury

Plot: In 1985, Kung Fury, the toughest martial artist cop in Miami, goes back in time to kill the worst criminal of all time – kung fuhrer Hitler.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RqpItxd8M

Feelgood

Charlie Bartlett

Plot: A rich kid becomes the self-appointed psychiatrist to the student body of his new high school.

How To Train Your Dragon

Plot: A hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons, becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.

Horror

The Crazies

Plot: The inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply

Idle Hands

Plot: Lazy Anton’s right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.

Drama

Winter’s Bone

Plot: An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl (Jennifer Lawrence in her breakout role) hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact.

Warrior

Plot: The youngest son of an alcoholic former boxer returns home, where he’s trained by his father for competition in a mixed martial arts tournament – a path that puts the fighter on a collision course with his estranged, older brother.

Thriller

Harry Brown

Plot: An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend’s murder by doling out his own form of justice.

Headhunters

Plot: A corporate recruiter steals artwork to maintain his lavish lifestyle. But one painting he targets belongs to a headhunter of a different kind.

Action

Equilibrium

Plot: In a fascist future where all forms of feeling are illegal, a man in charge of enforcing the law rises to overthrow the system.

The Raid 2

Plot: Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.