After a year of quarantine, perhaps we are a little late with this article because surely more than one has already seen all or almost all the movies and series that we are going to announce next, but it never hurts to make a compilation in case you have missed any.
In fact, if you have gone to this post, it is because you still want some other recommendation to entertain you during confinement and make your Netflix get even more smoke than it is throwing these days.
Ready to stay on the couch at home for a few hours … or days? You will only need a sofa, Netflix, popcorn, a blanket, and good company.
Deadline for quarantine rainy days, the kind that you don’t even feel like going out on the balcony!
Films are always welcome for any quarantine afternoon, and that is why, after asking my colleagues a round of questions to see what their film preferences were for these days of confinement, they have been chosen to recommend you:
1. Miracle in Cell 7
This dramatic film tells the story of a mentally disabled man who was wrongly imprisoned due to the death of a young girl and had to prove his innocence in order to be with his six-year-old daughter. As a prisoner, his chances of surviving in prison are very small. He was abused by his fellow inmates but after a while, they found that he had a golden heart worthy of a model father, so they all mobilized to rescue him from the death penalty.
2. The Godfather
The Godfather movies always tend to fall on the recommendation lists, and that is why many people wanted to refer to this three-part saga. In this way, you will have an entertaining afternoon and you will be able to know the Francis Ford Coppola classic that portrays a family of Italian-American gangsters in the 40s, involved in organized crime, with the rise to power of the youngest of the mythical Don Vito’s sons Corleone to deal with potential killers.
3. The Witch
If you like horror movies, follow the recommendation of Miguel, our Lead Developer.
The Witch or The Witch is an American-Canadian film, from 2015 that tells a story that occurred in New England in the 1630s, where a family establishes their new home near a forest and soon begins to obsess over the idea of being under the influence of a curse.
It lasts an hour and a half, but it will be enough to scare you to death!
4. The King
For lovers of movies of the time and based on real events, you cannot miss The King.
The film, which is from 2019 and lasts 2 hours and 20 minutes, is based on various Shakespeare plays and specifically on the life of King Henry V. It is a historical drama that tells how Prince Hal must leave the party and Become a warrior king to deal with conflicts inside and outside the castle in the battle for England.
5. During the Storm
And last but not least, Marta, our Content Moderator, wanted to recommend During the Storm: a suspense movie, from 2018, and with a duration of 128 minutes.
At this time you will not want to disengage from the screen seeing what happens with her plot, where a space-time anomaly allows Vera to save a boy 25 years in the past, but as a consequence, it will cause her to lose her daughter. However, that will not make her give up on it, as she will fight to get it back no matter what.
Apart from the 5 movies above, we are going to give you a list of 5 movies to make you have a good marathon on the couch and Netflix.
In this section, you may have seen some of them, or they may sound familiar to you, that everyone talks about them, but you have never seen them. If you are one of those, this is your moment. What better than to see a good batch of “popular” movies in times of confinement? From now on, when you say that you have not seen them, no one will look at you with a strange face, because … yes, you will have seen them and they will know what they are about! But for that, turn on the TV, choose one of them and don’t take your eye off the screen!
1. The Hannibal Lecter Saga
If you like film sagas, this one should not be missed. These are the stories of Hannibal Lecter, the famous science fiction character and protagonist brought to the big screen by the great Anthony Hopkins.
2. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
Another typical movie that everyone seems to have seen is The Lord of the Rings, but make no mistake, society is divided into two classes of people: who has seen this saga and who has not. If you are one of those who do not, it will have happened to you again that they tell you … have you really not seen this movie? If everyone has seen it …!
Well, we go back to the same thing, in quarantine, it’s your time. At last, you will be able to see three epic action, fantasy, and adventure films: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003).
The most famous of J.R.R. Tolkien was made into a movie by director Peter Jackson. Recorded in the director’s homeland of New Zealand, with breathtaking landscapes, the films tell the fantasy story of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins and the great responsibility he has in being the bearer of the one ring.
With great and mythical characters such as the elf Legolas, the magician Gandalf, the dwarf Gimli or Aragorn, the dúnadan who would eventually become the king of all men, The Lord of the Rings is the story of a group (the Fellowship of the Ring ) of heroic characters who embark on a journey to destroy the ring and with it, the evil Sauron.
3. Pulp Fiction
Renowned director Quentin Tarantino’s film Pulp Fiction should also be on this list. Even though it’s from 1994, it never goes out of style.
Winner of an Oscar and a Golden Globe, and with actors such as John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, and Uma Thurman, they tell the stories of a thug addicted to hamburgers, his partner with the air of a philosopher, and a finished boxer.
A classic drama to entertain me for 2 and a half hours.
4. The Revenant
In one of his best films, Leonardo Di Caprio stars in this film as Hugh Glass, a hunter who led a group of trappers through the forests of Louisiana until a group of Arikara Indians ambushes them, and Glass is mortally wounded by a grizzly bear.
Great film by director Alejandro González Iñárritu that will keep you on the edge of your sofa for almost three hours to find out what will be the outcome of this story full of uncertainty, snow, and violence.
The Revenant was nominated for Best Film at the Oscars 2016. And although it did not win, it did win the statuettes for Leonardo Di Caprio (Best Actor) and González Iñárritu (Best Director).
5. Kill Bill (I and II)
Another of the controversial Tarantino films. This time with Uma Thurman in the main character giving life to Beatrix Kiddo (also known as The Black Mamba or The Bride), a hitman who decides to take revenge on her former boss, Bill, when he orders her to kill during her wedding.
This leads Uma Thurman’s character to unleash a series of murders of her former classmates until she fulfills her thirst for revenge.
Kill Bill is very Tarantinesque. Long and complex scripts mixed with a lot of action, violence, and different resources. It is the director’s tribute to Japanese cinema and martial arts.
