Netflix movies are kinda bangers. I will say it! I try to see them in theaters whenever possible, but it’s nice to know that you can always tune in to Netflix and have access to good new movies, as well as old favorites and hidden gems. I mean… glass onion? The Old Guard? Conviction? To all the boys I used to love? These are just a few of my personal favorites, but they are *absolutely* cracker! Can’t wait to see what Netflix has in store for this year. Let’s move on to the best original films coming to Netflix in 2023 — or at least the ones I expect to see.
As always, Netflix original films are a good mix of prize-baits from Film Twitter’s favorite directors, as well as rom-coms that are happy to fire you up in the middle of the afternoon while you do random chores. There are also action films this year, regular old comedies and even some animated films and adaptations of children’s books for the whole family to enjoy. The only thing I’m missing from this year’s cast is musicals. Where are the musicals this year? We’ve been so spoiled tick tick… BOOM and Mathilde. Fingers crossed for something really good to hit the Netflix roster later in the year.
Anyway, time for the best Netflix original movies of 2023! That’s just a fraction of what’s coming to Netflix. Here’s what looks best so far.
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You guys
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people | Sleight of hand. Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Release date: January 27, 2023
Kenya Barris (Black#BlackAF, Grown-ish, Girls Trip) worked with Jonah Hill on this comedy about generational differences in the families of a new mixed race couple.
SEE ‘YOUR PEOPLE’
your place or mine
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Your place or mine | Official Trailer | Netflix
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Release date: February 10, 2023
When I first saw this trailer, I thought… that’s how it is The holidays? But really, it is Friends only meets The holidays. Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon play old besties who change houses to ~spice up~ their lives. But they will definitely end up together. We all think so, right?
WATCH YOUR PLACE OR MINE
Luther: The Fallen Sun
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Luther: The Fallen Sun Teaser Trailer (2023)
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Release date: March 10, 2023
Doesn’t feel like we waited for this Luther movie forever? It’s finally here!
WATCH LUTHER: THE FALLING SUN
The mother
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THE MOTHER | Official teaser | Netflix
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Release date: May 12, 2023
Jennifer Lopez plays a reclusive assassin who reunites with her estranged daughter to protect her. Despite coming out in May, it looks like a snowy, chilling action thriller. J.Lo’s character looks like a survivor – I would trust her with my life 100 percent.
WATCH “THE MOTHER”
They cloned Tyrone
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They Cloned Tyrone | Official teaser | Netflix
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Release date: July 21, 2023
John Boyega AND Jamie Foxx AND Teyonah Parris?? A secret?? A caper?? Those costumes?? A mix of 70s nostalgia and crazy science fiction? Summer can’t come soon enough.
WATCH THEY CLONED TYRONE
Elevator
Release date: August 25, 2023
A thief and her ex-boyfriend team up to pull off a plane heist? Let’s go. Also: The cast is STACKED including Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Sam Worthington, Vincent D’Onofrio and Kevin Hart.
love at first sight
Release date: Sep 2023
After two cute people meet and fall in love on an international flight, they lose touch at customs. (This may be too real. Nightmare!!) This one is based on the book The statistical probability of love at first sight by Jennifer E. Smith and stars Haley Lu Richardson (The White Lotus) and Ben Hardy (Bohemian Rhapsody).
The killer
Release date: November 10, 2023
David Fincher, the director you know The Social Network, Mindhunter, Zodiac, Gone Girl, Fight Club, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Mank…okay, you pretty much know everything about him…made an exciting film starring Michael Fassbender based on a French graphic novel about an assassin. do i need to say more??
family matter
Release date: November 17, 2023
Joey King, who started 2023 in the middle of a wild rumor-based celebrity gossip, will end the year in the middle of a romantic comedy starring Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron. Zac plays her boss who falls in love with her mother, played by Nicole.
rebel moon
Release date: December 22, 2023
Zack Snyder’s post-DCEU action film is a space opera about war… in the stars (but not, you know, the franchise) starring Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Ray Fisher and Jena Malone. I’m so in Sounds like a wild ride.
Nimona
Release date: still open 2023
ND Stevenson’s first graphic novel, which he first wrote in damn college, is finally getting a movie adaptation. If you haven’t already, check out ND’s previous Netflix project, the hilarious, heartfelt, and radically feminist She-Ra and the Princesses power.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Release date: still open 2023
Wes Anderson is no stranger to the works of Roald Dahl. Its animated Fantastic Mr Fox was an instant classic. This time the auteur filmmaker adapts a short story.
Roast
Release date: still open 2023
Legendary director George C. Wolfe brings us the story of civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, starring Colman Domingo (euphoria, Zola, past weird). Expect this one to land on many Oscar lists.
maestro
Release date: still open 2023
Bradley Cooper’s sequel to A star Is Born is a biopic about the famous composer Leonard Bernstein Westside Story, candidateand In the city (also known as the musical that “New York New York” came from).
