Netflix movie releases have proposed that 2023 be the year in which it definitively conquers film production. And that’s evident in the way his movie catalog is growing exponentially . From original productions to remakes to Oscar-quality material. The platform seems to risk everything for everything to become the main option for streaming services.
But beyond that, Netflix’s 2023 movie release schedule has become a diverse selection with all sorts of genres for a varied audience. It is surprising that the platform is able not only to extend the favorite topics of its productions, but to take them to a whole new level. Horror, adventure, action, biopic, romance, adaptations. There are no limits to the movies that Netflix offers in its ever-expanding catalog that encompasses a multitude of options.
So that you can begin to select what you want to include in your lists, we leave you a tour of what will be released in the coming months. Also, of the projects still without date, to which you can be attentive in the coming months. As always, Netflix surprises with content that defies expectations and opens the possibility for new narrative and visual experiments.
The best of Netflix Movie Premieres
lost in the arctic
When two explorers decide in 1909 to undertake an expedition to the Arctic, they never expected to change the history of science. But they did and revealed to the world an extraordinary and amazing landscape that ended up captivating the collective imagination . Based on a true story, it is an option that will captivate you if you enjoy exciting stories about formidable adventures.
Of course, the Netflix movie premiere might seem like your typical scientific adventure or at any rate the reconstruction of one, but Lost in the Arctic is more than that. It is also an exploration of the uncontrollable quest for discovery and wonder at a mysterious world. With its idealistic air but especially its attention to historical context, the film elegantly reflects on the human spirit.
From the first scene of the Netflix movie — which, in one way or another, establishes the atmosphere of the film — to its frenetic resolution. The script builds the perception of danger, fear and confusion through measured blows of effect. While in the book, the story combines a sense of urgency with unavoidable danger, its multiscreen version is trickier. So much so, as to use the photography from the Netflix film to turn the Split seaside resort into haunting snapshots of something more seedy. In fact, the film could have settled for creating the claustrophobic feel of a blind man chase . Instead, it creates a deduction box that ends up functioning as increasingly clever little obvious clues.
With its deceptively harmless air, Weekend in Croatia is a thriller that upholds the best tradition of suspense with simplicity and elegance. He finds the precise balance between provocation and absurdity, to give weight to an apparently trivial story. But beyond its low moments, the Netflix premiere is a surprising twist on the usual “unexpected criminal” trope. Which is already appreciated.
The cast is headed by Gossip Girl ‘s Leighton Meester as Beth. She is accompanied by Luke Norris, Christina Ulfsparre, Amar Bukvic and Ziad Bakri. In fact, one of the high points of the argument is the evident chemistry between characters. Which allows for a strange and emotional journey through the highest and strangest points of history.
no respite
This curious remake of a Korean thriller tells the story of a corrupt policeman in the midst of the worst moment of his life. Also, he takes the time to tell the corrupted context that surrounds him and build a claustrophobic story. The result of this Netflix movie is a journey through the darkest spaces that surround the police world from its most monstrous and violent angle.
Of course, the story about a corrupt cop with a lot to lose is not new to action movies. But the director and co-writer, Régis Blondeau, creates the condition that beneath the corrupted world, there are layers of substrata of darkness. And it is the feeling that the lowest point (most devious or disturbing) of legal foul play is never reached, which sustains the argument. Without respite shows the fact of the crime within an unknown substratum, to create large unknown places on top of the usual suspense of the police world. Who to trust when everyone around you is suspected or guilty of unclassifiable crimes? Much more harrowing still: how to face an enemy who knows every trick in play and will use them more skillfully than anyone else?
Without respite manages to preserve all the fast-paced sense of its Korean version, but adding the feeling that the western police world is a flimsy space
Breathless manages to preserve all the fast-paced sense of its Korean version, but adding the feeling that the western police world is a weak space. So much so that no one is outside the realm of darkness. Or in any case, is linked to something more elaborate, fearsome or consistent with respect to the crime line. There is a certain conception about the anguish of a society in which its authority figures are broken or about to collapse. And Netflix’s premiere plays with the idea to disconcerting extremes.
The best thing about this Netflix premiere that ends up becoming a large-scale hunting game is its ability to get out of the usual lines of action. With its unpredictable mix of suspense, drama and a version of crime so cruel that it is terrifying, it is one of the great movies in the Netflix catalog.
The cast is full of faces unknown to the general public and that, too, is a considerable success. Franck Gastambide, Simon Abkarian, Michael Abiteboul and Tracy Gotoas create a sense of painful realism. They are joined by Jemima West, Serge Hazanavicius, Laurent Maurel, Pierre Cevaer, Michael Anthony Perez, Blaise Ludik, Kevin Debonne.
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Tobe Hooper created a horror classic in 1974 that gave rise to a saga whose most recent installment comes from Netflix under the direction of David Blue Garcia. Short, brutal, and featuring some of the most brutal gore scenes in recent years, this direct sequel to the original is a rarity.
Of course, the premiere of Netflix is an experimental daring from start to finish that at times declines precisely because of its inability to meet expectations. The very act of forgetting and ignoring all sequels since Hooper’s original is considerable audacity. In addition, presenting the fact of the well-known chainsaw serial killer as a consequence rather than a fortuitous event is a complicated creative decision . From its opening scenes, it’s clear that the film is more interested in exploring the roots of evil and justifying its existence.
Without being the promised reimagining for a new generation of a cult classic that it promised to be, Texas Chainsaw Massacre is witty enough to make you uncomfortable.
All in all, Netflix’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre pays an effective tribute to the original . Despite lacking its harrowing and complex backstory, it’s a celebration of slasher in its purest form. With terrifying and effectively shot scenes, the film goes through all the familiar places of the cult hit and reinvents them. If the original Leatherface murdered with the impunity of madness, the most recent version of him embodies a cruel and ruthless cynicism.
Without being the promised reimagining for a new generation of a cult classic that it promised to be, Texas Chainsaw Massacre is witty enough to make people uncomfortable . And also, to create his own identity, in the middle of an overwhelming and hard journey through fear, violence and tortuous revenge. A renewed look at the slasher with more highlights than negligible.
The film also recovers the perception of the cast of characters with good intentions that ends up being massacred. Sarah Yarkin, Elsie Fisher, Jacob Latimore and Moe Dunford become the victims of a brutal and unexpected force. They are joined by Olwen Fouere, John West Jr., Alice Krige, Nell Hudson, Mark Burnham, William Hope, Jessica Allain, Sam Douglas, Jolyon Coy.
through my window
This audience success with a curious story behind it, has become the great lucky experiment of Netflix premieres. Based on the Wattpad story by Ariana Godoy, this is a romance with an unexpected twist that will surprise fans of the genre. Also, it is a new vision of the impact of online literary platforms on new streaming content.
But beyond that, Through My Window is a generational phenomenon. In the same way that The Fault in Our Stars or After was , the idea of tragedy in teenage love is sublimated. And it does, under new symbols and the conception of a methodical journey through awareness of emotion and the search for the ideal. The story that tells the umpteenth version about a young love destined for amorous torment, has a unique personality.
With his clumsy, half-built air, he’s also an unwitting version of first love.
Also, an erotic connotation that stands out from the condition of love between adolescents and their apparent innocence. If there is something to be thankful for in the film directed by Marçal Forés, it is his decision to look at his protagonists as human beings. Both Raquel and her mysterious neighbor, Ares, are fallible, perfectible and, most of the time, confusing visions of contemporary young love. Also, a common thread through the usual history of unhappy romance and perhaps destined for defeat. But instead of taking the narrative into darker places, it finds an almost friendly space to understand its own weight. Across my window , as a generational event, is also a reflection of the phenomenon that created it and the conception of identity that sustains it.
Through My Window may seem ambitious but more than that, it is simply a step forward in the version of love in which youth is everything. With his clumsy, half-built air, he’s also an unwitting version of first love. A casual analogy that surprises by its effectiveness.
Full of youthful faces, this comedy-tinged drama stars Clara Galle, Julio Peña, Hugo Arbués and Eric Masip. They are accompanied by Natalia Azahara, Guillermo Lasheras, Emilia Lazo, Pilar Castro, Lucía de la Puerta and Marià Casals.
Without shyness
For some reason, Chloe Grace Moretz has decided that her thing is dystopian stories in which she must flee from aliens and now robots. On this occasion, she is also pregnant and faces a scenario that gets worse by the minute. It will not be the most original plot of Netflix science fiction movie content, but it will be one of the most entertaining. And also, one of those cases in which the film ends up being a success without anyone knowing why.
In this case, the explanation could be a combination of several elements at the same time. On the one hand, it is a dystopia with emotional airs that reflects on motherhood, a point that is usually ignored in similar plots. At the other extreme, the conjunction between the apocalyptic and also a look at artificial intelligence as a disturbing and inexplicable enemy. Of course, these are all topics addressed in films of better quality and on a larger scale, but Mother/Androiddoes not seek to dazzle. In fact, his vein of greatest interest is to maintain the story from a certain notion about the pain, suffering or uprooting of his characters. Also, the condition that whatever the circumstance that sustains a global tragedy, there will be room for universal feelings.
The premise doesn’t always work and more often than not, it collapses amid the clutter of narrative elements and errors. However, the film Mattson Tomlin is not overly ambitious and does not go beyond the line of analyzing more complex issues. At the same time, Chloë Grace Moretz’s solid performance is perhaps the strongest point of a fragile plot. She is accompanied by Raúl Castillo, Algee Smith, Kate Avallone, Owen Burke, Oscar Wahlberg, Jose Guns Alves and Steve M. Robertson.
Madre/Android is without a doubt, one of those projects of dubious quality that, in the end, find their audience. A rare phenomenon that, however, has something of that condition of cinema that overcomes any prejudice.
the wasteland
This minimalist horror story will delight lovers of terrifying narratives who keep their secrets to themselves for a long time. With a script that isn’t easily lavished and a good sense of aesthetics, it’s a small work with huge impact. It is also one of those splendid cases in which Spanish history provides a great context for genre cinema. A strange jewel that perhaps you did not know you could find in the catalog of Netflix releases.
Director David Casademunt endows his first film with a tragic and cold beauty , seeking to express pure rootlessness. In fact, a good part of the plot takes place in just two scenarios and between three characters. The caveat allows the director to play with objective and subjective point of view, lighting and staging to create atmosphere. At the same time, to subvert the idea of the unreal, illusory and supernatural into something much more elaborate. The story of a family that must face the unknown in the middle of a devastated Spain, has the air of a macabre fairy tale. Casademunt achieves that the desolation of the context is part of a general idea about fear and anguish, until you manage to create an atmosphere. And while the script has some soft spots, it ties into a more sinister idea. The perception of the human as opposed to the terrors that await in the dark.
El Páramo enters the same redoubt of terror associated with spaces and the suggested as The Witch by Robert Eggers and Midsommar by Ari Aster. A captivating look at the sinister that reaches its fullness in an emotional final scene.
The cast, made up of Inma Cuesta, Asier Flores, Roberto Álamo, Víctor Benjumea, Alejandra Howard surprises with its good work. Especially Cuesta, who manages to create a tragic and powerful character that sustains most of the plot.
the adam project
What can be better than a Ryan Reynolds movie? One that also includes Mark Ruffalo under the direction of Shawn Levy in charge of Stranger Things . It’s an interesting premise that answers that recurring question, what would you say to your younger self ? Well now, Reynolds will have the chance to find out.
Reynolds has the ability to impart humanity to the most irritating characters. And on this occasion, his Adam his is a hero with a bad temper and a very big mouth who is about to save the world . Or the future. Or both. One of the low points of the script is his inability to decide what is the real interest of this suicide mission between timelines. The Netflix movie ranges from the emotional condition and the usual family ties waiting for redemption, to the fantastic setting. And he doesn’t always do it with all the skill that he might expect. Even so, the film has an undoubted capacity to move, fruit of the chemistry between its characters. But also, the conviction of the plot to find a sense of the spiritual and the emotional that links the premise with more universal themes.
Perhaps The Adam Project could have been more elegant in presenting its ideas. Or less elementary in developing the relationship between parents and children that sustains his argument. But with everything, the premiere of Netflix is a twist to science fiction related to drama. In particular, for his deep attention to the most sensitive moments and the subtlety in analyzing the inner world of his characters.
Reynolds is joined by an all-star cast. From newcomer Walker Scobell, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana to the magnificent Catherine Keener, the chemistry between characters is obvious. And one of the highest points of the film.
Hail
Meteorologist Miguel Flores is infallible. So much so that his gift to hit his predictions has made him a celebrity in Buenos Aires. For Flores it is a prominent place that he reached after years of efforts. More than once, the character insists that “twenty years of looking at the sky” bear fruit. He is special, having made all kinds of sacrifices to become the best in a rare and underappreciated branch of science . After all – and the film is responsible for remembering – the gift of the expert could be replaced by technology. Or at least, something more elaborate than his trained eye.
But in reality, Flores’s strong point is the idolatry that he arouses around him. After twenty years of success, the meteorologist became a rare celebrity. One that also raises passions, discussions and an adoration very close to devotion. Fertile ground for disaster, of course, when the inevitable happens: Flores fails. And he does it on a catastrophic level that transforms him from idol to outcast in practically a matter of hours.
A hit that excuses the worst moments of an argument full of ups and downs but with the best intentions
It is then that director Marcos Carnevale mixes comedy with family drama and even fantasy with disparate results. There’s a lot from mocking looks to idol bragging and falling in the middle of a public scandal. But in reality, Carnevale allows Francella to use his strange charm to thread a tricky and emotional plot. At the end, when this gentle Netflix movie, with moments more absurd than high, is a celebration of the simple and the poignant.
This Netflix premiere does not expect to innovate in comedies with a Latin American flavor, but it still does. Especially, when it reaches its very strange final stretch and analyzes the relationship of the continent – its culture – with the magical. A hit that excuses the worst moments of an argument full of ups and downs but with the best intentions.
Argentine comedy idol Guillermo Francella is accompanied by Romina Fernandes, Peto Menahem, Laurita Fernandez and Martin Seefeld. The cast is completed by Nicholas Scarpino, Viviana Saccone, Eugenia Guerty, Norman Briski, Pompey Audivert, Juan Tupac Soler and Carla Pandolfi.