Netflix may be primarily known for its award-winning series, but the streaming service also provides quite a few movies that are worth your time. The streaming giant puts out more original movies than any of us realized, but don't worry, we will have you up to date with everything coming to a streaming device near you.
Starting with January, we're highlighting every Netflix original movie the company releases this year--as well as a few notable ones Netflix didn't produce but has distribution rights to--and including a few of our thoughts about the shows we've seen. Here are the original movies you can currently watch on Netflix, right now.
If you're more interested in the company's original shows, check out every Netflix original series for 2018.
The Polka King
Release Date: January 12
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Based on a true story, The Polka King follows Jan Lewan (Jack Black), a polka band leader who was imprisoned in the mid-'00s for running a Ponzi scheme.
The Polka King is pretty mediocre. At times, it can be funny, but its appeal seems to be to people that find Polka either the worst or best music genre of all time, even though it's not the primary focus of the story. It's a letdown as the real-life story the movie is based on is fascinating.
Step Sisters
Release Date: January 18
Genre: Comedy
Megalyn Echikunwoke (Arrow, Vixen) plays a Harvard Law student helps a sorority win a step dance championship by teaching them to step.
The Open House
Release Date: January 19
Genre: Horror
A mother and her teenage son move into a secluded mansion in the mountains. They find someone else is at the house as well--someone who wants to harm them.
Blockbuster
Release Date: January 24
Genre: Romantic Comedy
After being dumped by his girlfriend, a man devices a plan to get back his girlfriend, Lola, who loves superheroes.
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Release Date: January 26
Genre: Comedy
Based on a true story, A Futile and Stupid Gesture follows comedy writer Doug Kenny (Will Forte), the mind behind National Lampoon magazine.
The Cloverfield Paradox
Release Date: February 4
Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror
The Earth is in crisis and a group of the brightest scientists heads to space in order to test technology that could provide the planet with infinite power. However, the tech creates a paradox which has some unwanted effects.
GameSpot's Mike Rougeau said in his review, "By the time The Cloverfield Paradox limps lamely to its nonsensical yet somehow predictable conclusion, you'll probably already have stopped paying attention."
The Ritual
Release Date: February 9
Genre: Horror
A group of friends reunites and takes a trip to Sweden where they hike through a national park. They find a menacing creature stalking them throughout their journey.
The Ritual is actually a solid horror film, which adds some unique elements to what seems like a typical horror plot. It's easily one of the more entertaining Netflix horror movies of the year.
Note: Netflix is the international distributor for this movie.
Seeing Allred
Release Date: February 9
Genre: Documentary
Seeing Allred follows women's rights attorney Gloria Allred--who has devoted four decades to her work--as her life is chronicled, and she takes on powerful men accused of sexual assault.
When We First Met
Release Date: February 9
Genre: Comedy
At her engagement party, Avery Martin (Alexandra Daddario) recalls the first time she met her fiance Noah Ashby (Adam DeVine) at a Halloween party.
Love Per Square Foot
Release Date: February 14
Genre: Romantic Comedy
The Hindi-language movie follows a young man and woman searching for a house in Mumbai.
Irreplaceable You
Release Date: February 16
Genre: Drama
Irreplaceable You follows an engaged couple, Abbie and Sam, who have been best friends since childhood. Abbie learns she has terminal cancer and tries to find someone to replace her in Sam's life.
Fullmetal Alchemist
Release Date: February 19
Genre: Live-Action Anime
In a world where alchemy is real, two brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone, after failing to revive their dead mother.
GameSpot's Mike Rougeau said in his review, "Despite its high profile and fan hunger, Fullmetal Alchemist is everything wrong with live-action anime adaptations. It both adds nothing to the original and does a poor job imitating it."
Note: Netflix is the international distributor for this movie.
Mute
Release Date: February 23
Genre: Sci-Fi
40 years in the future, a mute bartender searches for his missing girlfriend. The director Duncan Jones has called this a spiritual sequel to his 2009 film Moon.
GameSpot's Mike Rougeau said in his review, "Mute is a bad joke about itself, the movie version of a Weird Al Yankovic song (an "Amish Paradise" sequel set in the future?), only if the filmmaker wasn't aware it was supposed to be a parody."
The Outsider
Release Date: March 9
Genre: Crime Drama
Jared Leto stars as an American solider in postwar Japan who becomes a member of the Japanese.
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