We always talk about the high-profile series Netflix drops seemingly every week. However, there is a whole slate of huge movies coming coming from now till the year’s end. These films will not only drop on the streaming service, many of them will also find themselves in theaters, and eligible for the Oscars. Here’s a preview!
The Other Side of the Wind
Premiering on Netflix: November 2
In Theaters: November 2
Director: Orson Welles
Writers: Orson Welles, Oja Kodar
Starring: Edmond O’Brien, Cameron Mitchell, Mercedes McCambridge, Susan Strasberg, Norman Foster, Paul Stewart, Dennis Hopper.
Official Plot Summary: In 1970, legendary director Orson Welles (Citizen Kane) began filming what would ultimately be his final cinematic opus with a cast of luminaries that included John Huston, Peter Bogdanovich, Susan Strasberg and Welles’s partner during his later years, Oja Kodar. Beset by financial issues, the production ultimately stretched to 1976 and soon gained industry-wide notoriety, never to be completed or released.
More than a thousand reels of film languished in a Paris vault until March 2017, when producers Frank Marshall (who served as a production manager on Wind during in its initial shooting) and Filip Jan Rymsza spearheaded efforts to have Welles’s vision completed more than 30 years after his death.
Featuring a new score by Oscar-winning composer Michel Legrand (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) and assembled by a technical team including Oscar-winning editor Bob Murawski (The Hurt Locker), The Other Side of the Wind tells the story of famed filmmaker J.J. “Jake” Hannaford (Huston), who returns to Hollywood after years in self-exile in Europe with plans to complete work on his own innovative comeback movie.
The Holiday Calendar
Premiering on Netflix: November 2
Director: Bradley Walsh
Writers: Amyn Kaderali, Carrie Freedle
Starring: Kat Graham, Ron Cephas Jones, Quincy Brown, Ethan Peck
A struggling but talented photographer inherits an antique holiday advent calendar, the contents of which seem to predict the future. Will this magical calendar lead her to love this holiday season?
Outlaw King
Premiering on Netflix: November 9
In Theaters: November 9
Director: David Mackenzie
Starring: Chris Pine, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh, Billy Howle, Sam Spruell, Tony Curran, Stephen Dillane, James Cosmo.
Official Plot Summary: The untold, true story of Robert the Bruce who transforms from defeated nobleman to outlaw hero during the oppressive occupation of medieval Scotland by Edward I of England. Despite grave consequences, Robert seizes the Scottish crown and rallies an impassioned group of men to fight back against the mighty army of the tyrannical King and his volatile son, the Prince of Wales. Filmed in Scotland, OUTLAW KING reunites director David Mackenzie (Hell or High Water) with star Chris Pine alongside Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Florence Pugh and Billy Howle.
THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS
Premiering on Netflix: November 16
In Theaters: November 8
Directors: Joel & Ethan Coen
Starring: Tim Blake Nelson, Tyne Daly, James Franco, Brendan Gleeson, Zoe Kazan, Liam Neeson, Tom Waits.
Official Plot Summary: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a six-part Western anthology film, a series of tales about the American frontier told through the unique and incomparable voice of Joel and Ethan Coen. Each chapter tells a distinct story about the American West.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YES0lLXIIz4
THE CHRISTMAS CHRONICLES
Premiering on Netflix: November 22
Directors: Clay Kaytis
Starring: Kurt Russell, Darby Camp, Judah Lewis, Kimberly Williams-Paisley, Oliver Hudson.
Official Plot Summary: A holiday adventure from producer Chris Columbus (Home Alone, Harry Potter) and director Clay Kaytis (The Angry Birds Movie), tells the story of sister and brother, Kate (Darby Camp) and Teddy Pierce (Judah Lewis), whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus (Kurt Russell) on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about. After staking out Santa’s arrival, they sneak into his sleigh, cause it to crash and nearly derail Christmas. As their wild night unfolds, Kate and Teddy work together with Santa – as you’ve never seen him before – and his loyal Elves to save Christmas before it’s too late.
A CHRISTMAS PRINCE: THE ROYAL WEDDING
Premiering on Netflix: November 30
Directors: John Schultz
Starring: Rose McIver, Ben Lamb, Alice Krige, Honor Kneafsey, Sarah Douglas, Emma Saunders, Daniel Fathers, Tahirah Sharif, Joel McVeagh.
Official Plot: A sequel to A Christmas Prince, this film takes place a year after Amber helped Richard secure the crown. The two are set to tie the knot in a royal Christmas wedding – but their plans are jeopardized when Amber finds herself second-guessing whether or not she’s cut out to be queen, and Richard is faced with a political crisis that threatens to tarnish not only the holiday season, but the future of the kingdom.
HAPPY AS LAZZARO Launching on Netflix November 30 Limited theatrical engagements start November 30
Premiering on Netflix: November 30
In Theaters: November 30
Director: Alice Rohrwacher
Producer: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Adriano Tardiolo, Luca Chikovani, Alba Rohrwacher, Agnese Graziani, Tommaso Ragno, Sergi López, Natalino Balasso, Gala Othero Winter, David Bennent, Nicoletta Braschi.
Official Plot Summary: Winner of Best Screenplay at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Alice Rohrwacher’s Happy as Lazzarro follows the adventures of a man living on the margins of his society who can seemingly travel through time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NQUOYO1tow
DUMPLIN’
Premiering on Netflix: December 7
In Theaters: December 7
Director: Anne Fletcher
Cast: Danielle Macdonald, Jennifer Aniston, Odeya Rush, Dove Cameron, Harold Perrineau, Bex Taylor-Klaus and Ginger Minj
Official Plot Summary: Dumplin’ is the plus-size, teenage daughter of a former beauty queen, who signs up for her mom’s pageant as a protest that escalates when other contestants follow her footsteps, revolutionizing the pageant and their small Texas town.
There’s music created by Dolly Parton with newly-recorded collaborations of her classic songs in addition to six new original songs co-written by Parton and Linda Perry. Special guest vocalists include Sia, Miranda Lambert, Mavis Staples, Elle King, Alison Krauss, Rhonda Vincent, Danielle Macdonald, and Jennifer Aniston.
ROMA
Premiering on Netflix: December 14
In Theaters: November 21
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Starring: Yalitza Aparicio, Marina de Tavira, Marco Graf, Daniela Demesa, Carlos Peralta, Fernando Grediaga
Official Plot Summary: The most personal project to date from Academy Award®-winning director and writer Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men, Y Tu Mama Tambien), Roma follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. Delivering an artful love letter to the women who raised him, Cuarón draws on his own childhood to create a vivid and emotional portrait of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil of the 1970s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp_i7cnOgbQ
SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY
Premiering on Netflix: December 16
Official Plot Summary: Springsteen on Broadway is a solo acoustic performance written and performed by Tony Award, Academy Award, and 20-time Grammy Award winner Bruce Springsteen. Based on his worldwide best-selling autobiography ‘Born to Run,’Springsteen on Broadway is a unique evening with Bruce, his guitar, a piano, and his very personal stories. In addition, it features a special appearance by Patti Scialfa.
Bird Box
Premiering on Netflix: December 21
In Theaters: December 21
Director: Susanne Bier
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, Lil Rel Howery, Tom Hollander, Colson Baker, BD Wong, with Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich.
Official Plot Summary: When a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you take your life. Facing the unknown, Malorie finds love, hope and a new beginning only for it to unravel. Now she must flee with her two children down a treacherous river to the one place left that may offer sanctuary. But to survive, they’ll have to undertake the perilous two-day journey blindfolded.
