Real and fictional stories. 7 top-rated movies from Netflix of the past two years
7. "The Good Nurse"
- 2022
- USA
- Thriller, drama, crime, biography
- Director: Tobias Lindholm
- Starring: Eddie Redmayne, Jessica Chastain, Nnamdi Asomugha, Noah Emmerich, Kim Dickens
- IMDb Rating: 6.8
Nurse Amy (Jessica Chastain) is single-handedly raising her two growing daughters while caring for critically ill patients at work. Unexpectedly, nurse Charlie Cullen (Eddie Redmayne) appears in her life. He helps Amy with her children and supports her colleague at work. However, with the appearance of Charlie in the hospital, the woman increasingly notices strange things: patients die under unexplained circumstances, and investigators begin to interview the staff.
"Not bad, the ending leaves a lot of room to think. To think about why people do such things and why so many people turn a blind eye to such things", — nika_letti.
"Really enjoyed it. Those calm gentle dialogs, the strong nurse - mom, the musical accompaniment. Calm narration without sudden jumps and experiences", — AnnaDyakina.
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6. "May December"
- 2023
- USA
- Drama
- Director: Todd Haynes
- Starring: Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, Andrea Frankle, Elizabeth Yu
- IMDb Rating: 6.9
Gracie Atherton-Yoo (Julianne Moore) lives with her young husband Joe (Charles Melton) far away from people. Once upon a time, she seduced Joe, then her student, and their story went viral. And then one day the couple is offered to make a movie about their love story. Grace agrees to host actress Elizabeth (Natalie Portman), who will embody her image on the screen. Gracie had no idea that the guest would open old wounds and instill chaos in the seemingly cloudless life of the family.
It was Natalie Portman who showed the movie script to director Todd Haynes in the hope that he will take on the shooting of the picture, where she can perform one of the main roles.
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5. "Nyad"
- 2023
- USA
- Biography, sports, drama
- Directors: Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
- Starring: Jodie Foster, Annette Bening, Rhys Ifans, Anna Harriette Pittman, Luke Cosgrove
- IMDb Rating: 7.1
Diane (Annette Bening) is turning 61 years old. As a young woman, she was an excellent swimmer, covering marathon distances in open water. 30 years ago she ended her career, but now Diane dares to swim across the treacherous Florida Straits. A friend, Bonnie (Jodie Foster), thinks she has lost her mind and yet agrees to coach Dinah.
The movie is based on the biography of American author, journalist, motivational speaker and long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad. In 2013, she swam across the Florida Straits, covering 177 kilometers in 53 hours without sleep or rest.
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4. "Hustle"
- 2022
- USA
- Sports, comedy, drama
- Director: Jeremiah Zagar
- Starring: Adam Sandler, Ben Foster, Robert Duvall, Queen Latifah, Maria Botto, Juancho Hernangómez
- IMDb Rating: 7.3
For the first time in a long time, basketball scout Stanley Sugerman (Adam Sandler), who has almost said goodbye to his career, is smiling at his luck: he discovers an incredibly talented player named Bo Cruz (Juancho Hernangómez), a Spaniard with a troubled past. Stanley must do everything he can to make his way with him to the NBA.
"Very interesting, simple, motivating, and the very thing to watch purely in the evening after work or school", — NeketPunk.
"The movie is great, one of those motivational movies. It's not badly shown how to behave when insulted, to prioritize", — AtomnijPchelovek.
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3. "The thief has escaped" / Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga
- 2023
- India
- Thriller, drama, crime
- Director: Ajay Singh
- Starring: Yami Gautam, Sunny Kaushal, Sharad Kelkar, Indraneil Sengupta, Barun Chanda
- IMDb Rating: 7.4
Ankit Sethi (Sunny Kaushal), the owner of an insurance company, is in serious trouble due to negligent subordinates. Now he has to reimburse a criminal mastermind for a huge amount of money. In an effort to protect his pregnant lover Neha (Yami Gautam), the businessman decides to commit a robbery, which is unexpectedly interrupted by the hijacking of an airplane with dozens of passengers on board.
The movie was created by the local branch of the global streaming service Netflix India with the support of local film company Maddock Films. The most popular Indian actors were involved in the filming.
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2. "Forgotten Love" / Znachor
- 2023
- Poland
- Drama, melodrama
- Director: Michal Gazda
- Starring: Leszek Lichota, Ignacy Liss, Anna Szymańczyk, Izabela Kuna, Nikolai Grabowski
- IMDb Rating: 7.5
The life of Rafał Wilczur (Leszek Lichota), a surgeon known throughout Poland, changes dramatically the day he learns that his wife has left him. After a lonely evening at a bar, he falls victim to robbers who beat him to a pulp. The injuries cause him to lose his memory and the doctor becomes a drifter. Years later, following his inner instinct, he saves a crippled young man. The fame of the witch doctor spreads throughout the neighborhood, and dozens of people go to him for salvation.
This is the fourth film adaptation of Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz's novel. In the new version, the creators of the picture significantly expanded the lines of the main characters.
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1. "The Snow Society" / La sociedad de la nieve
- 2023
- Spain, Chile, Uruguay, USA
- Thriller, drama, biography
- Director: J. A. Bayona
- Starring: Enzo Vogrincic, Matías Recalt, Agustin Pardella, Esteban Kukuriczka, Tomas Wolf
- IMDb Rating: 7.8
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a rugby team, crashes in the Andes. Of the 45 passengers, 29 survive. And their ordeal has only just begun. Ahead of them await absolutely unbearable conditions for humans in the highlands at sub-zero temperatures and without food and drinking water supplies.
The plot of the movie is based on real events that took place in 1972. Several surviving passengers of the fateful flight made cameos in the movie.
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But the snow Society to this day, I think to watch or not, the comments are too contradictory.
May December is definitely not, despite Julianne Moore, in general she is still a fan of such a keen to take at least boogie nights (although the film is excellent).
Diana Naiad yes, it will be possible to see, I think she will come in.
But the good nurse well, hz, in my opinion there is already a lot of this about the angels of death, although Redmayne as an actor is very cool, and Chastain too, in general, the tandem is interesting, maybe I'll see how the mood will be.
The film is very soulful!
Filmed based on real events.