Netflix may have been first to the original movie game with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny, but Amazon Studios has lapped its streaming sibling in. Ever wish there were a Netflix-style subscription service for brand new movies that just released in theaters? Well, there is. It’s called MoviePass, and now for. After Cannes inclusion, French theaters question if Netflix movies are real movies. The lineup for the 7. Cannes Film Festival was announced a few days ago, and it included the Netflix original films Okjaand The Meyerowitz Stories. To most of the world, this is indicative of the streaming service’s rising legitimacy, but to the Federation Of French Cinemas—a surprisingly powerful group that protects the interests of theatrical exhibitors—it’s practically a slap in the face. In France, the law says that on- demand services like Netflix have to wait 3. Federation Of French Cinemas (FNCF) isn’t a big fan of Netflix just making movies of its own and streaming them whenever it feels like it. ![]() This comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which adds that the FNCF says that by skipping traditional theatrical distribution, Netflix is refusing to pay certain fees to France’s National Cinema Center which undermines the country’s whole movie industry. Netflix also apparently closed its French office recently, leading some to compare it to Uber and Google in the way it tries to weasel out of regulations and tax laws. Now, the FNCF has released a statement demanding that Netflix specify whether or not Okja and The Meyerowitz Stories will get the necessary theatrical releases in France, because if not, it would “call into question their nature as a cinematographic work.” In other words, they can’t count as real movies if they don’t get released in theaters. Cannes’ Theirry Fremaux has suggested that Netflix will start to play ball with the FNCF soon, but it hasn’t announced French theatrical runs for these two movies yet. Best movies on Netflix UK (August 2. Best movies on Netflix UKNetflix UK has a lot of movies on offer, but if you only have time for the best then you're in the right place. Here you'll find a list of the best Netflix movies you can get in the UK right now and it's constantly updated so you know you're never missing out. Netflix has become known for its TV shows (especially its originals) but that doesn't mean you should be discounting the movies on the platform. Many of them are well worth watching and as you'll see from our extensive list, there are plenty to choose from once you've exhausted yourself by TV binge- watching. To keep things neat, tidy and easy to navigate, we've broken up our movie picks into categories. For each category we've chosen a selection of movies that you shouldn't miss with further recommendations listed at the end of each category. In all there's 1. Netflix to watch right now. From comedy to indie, to horror and kids, there's a movie category for everyone. Keep checking back, too. Unlike its TV output that seems to stay on Netflix for longer, its movies tend to appear and disappear quite fast. We keep this best Netflix movies list updated as often as we can, so please bookmark us. Enjoy! One to look out for: Deathnote. Directed by indie horror head Adam Wingard, Death Note is based on the famous Manga of the same name and focuses on the tale of Kira, someone who finds a supernatural notebook and realises he can kill people by just writing their name into it. Although this movie looks a little more polished than his horror fare, we're expecting big things from this adaptation when it's released 2. August. Best Action Movies: Iron Man 3. Shane Black is never someone to play the Hollywood game. Starting off as a hotshot writer - he penned Lethal Weapon at a ridiculously young age - he went into obscurity, only to come back with Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and cement his relationship with Robert Downey Jr. This then pushed him into the director chair for Iron Man 3, which was a great choice. Fun, overblown and with a surprising twist - it's delicious fun. Zero Dark Thirty. Kathryn Bigelow is one of the greatest action filmmakers around, so was perfect for helming Zero Dark Thirty. Based on the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, the movie keeps the terrorist mostly in the background and instead focuses on the people who were key to bringing him to justice. No one would like to see Bin Laden caught more than Jessica Chastain's Maya, an operative who has spent most of her career chasing him. Whatever your take on the War on Terror, this is riveting stuff. Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation. It may be the fifth Mission: Impossible but it’s definitely one of the best. Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt, the secretive IMF operative who is tasked to save his agency as a rogue one is hell- bent on destroying it. Also, Rebecca Ferguson is by far the best female lead the franchise has had so far - we’re glad she’s been cast in the next instalment too. Jurassic World. Director Colin Trevorrow had only done one micro- budget movie before Jurassic World, so it was a big gamble when it was announced he was at the helm of this sequel to one of the greatest movies of all time. The gamble didn't quite pay off but Jurassic World is a fun, if pedestrian, stab at Michael Crichton's dino world. As the name implies everything is bigger in Jurassic World but it's the nods to the original movie where the film works best. It's just a shame there's not enough of them. At least his next film will be the ninth film in the little- known Star Wars franchise so he can hone his directing skills away from the wrath of critics. Trance. It's nowhere near director Danny Boyle's best, but Trance is still a fun ride. It's a film that reunites Boyle with his old writing partner John Hodge - who also recently went on to make T2: Trainspotting with Boyle - and is about an art heist that goes wrong. To understand what happened, a hypnotherapist is hired to try and find a missing painting. The story ends up being hard to understand - but when the visuals are this good, you won't really mind. Rescue Dawn. Wernor Herzog liked the true story of Dieter Dengler, a US pilot who was shot down during the Vietnam War, that he told his tale twice. The first is in the documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly. The second is in Rescue Dawn, a dramatisation of his survival and it's a great watch. Christian Bale stars as Dengler who is captured and subsequently escapes from a POW camp - how he does it will make you think twice about this being a true story. Kingsman: The Secret Service. Never has so much good hope been undone so quickly than in Kingsman: The Secret Service. The film is a brilliant send- up of 6. It’s utterly likeable right up until its vulgar and not- needed coda. Thankfully, Taron Egerton and Colin Firth are having so much fun throughout the rest of the movie, all is nearly forgiven. Avengers: Age of Ultron. The sequel to the first Avengers movie is an unwieldy, clunky film that still has sparkle, thanks to Joss Whedon just about holding proceedings together. He's made an impossible task of a movie - that has to combine the original Avengers timeline and the new Avengers - into something watchable and altogether coherent. For those that like explosion, there's plenty to love - as long as you don't mind a heavy dose of exposition to go with it. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid. With a script by word genius William Goldman and George Roy Hill at the helm, Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid is a wonderful watch. Paul Newman and Robert Redford ooze screen chemistry as the titular pair and the soundtrack by Burt Bacharach is lovely on the ears. It's funny too - mixing both buddy movie and Western tropes with fantastic results. The Warriors. Focused around a turf war between rival street gangs, The Warriors is an achingly cool cult film. It showcases '7. 0s New York in all its filth and fury and while its focus is on gang fighting, the film never comes across as an exploitation flick. This is because it's shot with such style and flourish by director Walter Hill that 3. Apocalypto. Released at a time when Mel Gibson found his popularity on the wane for various reasons, Apocalypto is one of the actor- director's finest movies. Shot on digital, Apocalypto rattles on at a furious pace, mixing old- fashioned storytelling (about Mayan culture) with huge smatterings of violence. From Dusk Till Dawn. For the first hour of From Dusk Till Dawn, you'd be forgiven in thinking that there's no horror to be seen at all, other than the fact no one clearly wants to go on holiday in a camper van. But when the film finally lands in the Titty Twister, all hell breaks loose. Given this is a Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez joint venture, there's plenty of black comedy to go with the hordes of vampires that eventually turn up and wreak havoc in the movie. Dumb fun. Battle Royale. Kids are the worst. Well, they are when you put them on an island and make them fight to the death until there is only one winner. This Japanese cult classic is a hard watch but it's worth it. It also pretty much inspired the Hunger Games, albeit in a very watered down way. Best Drama: Under The Skin. Jonathan Glazer may make movies at a glacial speed, but they are always worth the wait. Under The Skin is an unnerving, brilliant piece of cinema that starts off as realist moviemaking and ends up being utterly surreal. The plot, though, sci- fi is slight: Scarlett Johansson is an alien who spends its days driving the roads of Scotland to pick up prey, until one day it starts questioning what it is really doing. But the way Glazer tells the story is nothing short of a masterpiece. Love And Mercy. Love And Mercy is by no means a perfect film. But Paul Dano as Brian Wilson is an absolute must see. The actor balances Wilson's fragility, torment and genius brilliantly. The film flits between timelines to tell its story, taking place in the 6. Pet Sounds and the 8. Wilson was a shadow of his former self. At times the parallel storytelling is confusing but this is definitely a movie worth sticking with. Dope. Dope was a revelation when it was released in 2. Part coming- of- age drama, part hip- hop homage, the movie is about a group of teenagers who go to a party and end up tangled up in drug dealing. While that sounds all very gritty, the film plays it for laughs more than often, punctuated by moments of drama. Dallas Buyers Club. This is a movie that was close to not being made. Just as shooting began, funding was pulled and it means that star Matthew Mc. Conaughey may have had to drop out, as he needed to put all the weight on he had lost for playing Ron Woodroof, an electrician diagnosed with Aids. Money was found, though, and we're glad it was as this is a sometimes harrowing but strangely uplifting account of someone who goes to the extra mile to get their hands on an experimental Aids drug that can lessen the effects of the disease. Mc. Conaughey is fantastic as the makeshift drug runner while his partner in crime is Jared Leto as Rayon, a trans woman who helps him on his journey. Despite the budget cut, there was Oscar nominations aplenty for the film with it winning Best Makeup. Considering the makeup was done on $2. All About Eve. Bette Davis is superb in this classic film about ageing Broadway star Margo Channing and the relationship she has with 'superfan' Eve (Anne Baxter). Joseph L Manckiewicz script (full of biting one liners) and direction is breathtaking - showcasing a story of fame a celebrity in the most scathing and satirical way possible for something shot in the '5. If you've never seen this movie, be prepared for it to enter your top 1. Trumbo. Trumbo is an interesting take on the whole communism scandal of the 1. American beliefs. Dalton Trumbo (Bryan Cranston) was one of them and instead of taking the whole thing on the chin he tried to expose what was going on, winning two Academy Awards in the process.
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