Selection of 15 cult films to watch on Netflix with the biggest stars, from Robert De Niro to Emma Stone, including François Civil.
Black Box
1. Black Boxthe aviation thriller with Pierre Niney
From a sibylline plane crash, Yann Gozlan signs a paranoid thriller full of atmosphere. By offering to Pierre Niney a truly great role of antihero cornered on all sides, up to the manipulative second role ofAndré Dussollier. It’s been almost four years since it came out. It’s time to see him again.
Black Box by Yann Gozlan (2020, 2h09) with Pierre Niney, André Dussollier, Olivier Rabourdin… Available on Netflix.
2. The Favoritefierce satire with Emma Stone
Before Poor CreaturesYorgos Lanthimos already offered Emma Stone the role of The Favorite, a manipulative and devious servant who will seduce and abuse Queen Anne. Court intrigues, hysteria and sapphism, the historical madness and the wide-angle framing of Lanthimos are already there, like the cruelty of satire, with sex, humiliation and vomiting. And above all three great actresses, Rachel Weisz scarred and the revelation Olivia Colmanwho received the Oscar for best actress for the occasion.
The Favorite by Yorgos Lanthimos (2019, Irl-GB-EU, 1h58) with Emma Stone, Olivia Colman, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwynn… Available on Netflix and Disney +.
3. HeatPacino and de Niro in Michael Mann’s masterpiece
One of the most beautiful films ever shot in Los Angeles with breathtaking views of the city. A monumental thriller with the best orchestrated shootout sequences in cinema history. The chase between cop and thug – one of the favorite motifs of Michael Mann – holds fine arts here. add De Niro + Pacino (almost never together). Duration: 3 hours. Felt: 1h30. In short, the perfect opportunity to have a laugh on a Saturday night.
Heat by Michael Mann (1995, EU, 2h50) with Robert De Niro, A Pacino, Val Kilmer… Available on Netflix.
4. Basic Instinctthe erotic thriller starring Sharon Stone
The very airy footwork of Sharon Stone made this poisonous thriller a success… prohibited for those under 16 when it was released. Above all, there is Hitchcock of pure entertainment in the way of Verhoeven to film this game of cat and mouse, with the sexual malice and non-conformism that characterizes it. A good little Saturday night film.
Basic Instinct by Paul Verhoeven (1992, EU, 2h07) with Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Michael Douglas, Jeanne Tropplehorn… Available on Netflix.
5. The skin you live inan Almodovar apart with Banderas
It is one of the most unloved films ofAlmodóvar and yet one of the most beautiful. It is also that of the reunion with his favorite actor, Antonio Banderasto embody a plastic surgeon and all of the director’s bodily and psychological obsessions, before Pain and gloryalso available on Netflix, with several other films by the great Pedro, such as Speak with her Or All about my mother.
The skin you live in by Pedro Almdovar (2011, Esp, 2h) with Antonio Banderas, Elena Anaya, Marisa Paredes… Available on Netflix.
6. The Big Shortthe comedy that revealed Ryan Gosling
This is the story of the sub-prime crisis, where “we” speculated on real estate loans taken out by people who could not repay. But seen from the other side. That of the few rare smart traders who bet on the collapse of the market to the derision of their colleagues. Because The Big Short The Heist of the Century is indeed a comedy… with Steve Carell with an air of François Fillon, Christian Bale which shows the full range of his game, and a new kid which will be the revelation: Ryan Gosling.
The Big Short, The Heist of the Century by Adam McKay (2016, EU, 2h11) with Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling… Available on Netflix and Disney +.
7. TarCate Blanchett’s great poisonous role
Be careful, cult film but not loveable film! With Tar, Todd Field, engages in a cold and cruel satire of a certain musical elite, at the same time as he attacks the expression of minorities at all costs. It’s the big one Cate Blanchett who will pay the price, as a fairly egocentric international conductor whose obsolescence is scheduled for the end of the film, sarcastically.
Tar by Todd Field (2022, USA, 2h38) with Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hosse, Sophie Kauer, Mark Strong…
8. The Time of Innocencelove according to Martin Scorsese
The colors explode, the camera twirls and circulates as in Casino, and the soundtrack carries it all. However, it is a Scorsese apart, without mafioso and without guns, delicate period melodrama, adapted from Edith Warthon, with two of the most beautiful actors of today to portray this love story where they only touch each other: Michelle Pfeiffer And Daniel Day Lewis. A true romantic poem.
The Time of Innocence by Martin Scorsese (1993, EU, 2h19) with Daniel Day Lewis, Michelle Pfeiffer, Winona Ryder, Geraldine Chaplin… Available on Netflix.
9. Le Mans 66in the car with Matt Damon and Christian Bale
Ford vs Ferrari, Matt Damon And Christian Bale compete in temperament on the very well filmed circuits of James Mangold (who will sign Dylan’s next bio), and even end up bringing a tear of emotion from us. The perfect Saturday night movie.
Le Mans 66 by James Mangold (Ford vs. Ferrari2019, EU, 2h30) with Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Josh Lucas…
10. Get outthe horror bomb by Jordan Peele
Black comedian from the Comedy Central channel, Jordan Peele signed with Get Out his first film, and placed black power at the heart of the Hollywood system. A young black student visits the parents of his white girlfriend for the first time, but appearances will prove deceiving… Peele overturns the codes and already shows all the formal mastery of which he will be capable with Nope. A joyous horror comedy.
Get Out by Jordan Peele (2017, EU, 1h44) with Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener… Available on Netflix.
11. Call me by your namethe gay romance by Timothée Chalamet
This is the film that won an Oscar James Ivoryand revealed Timothée Chalamet far from the desert Dunerather a teenager on the heights of Bergamo in the middle of a gay idyll with Armie Hammer. And a fishing story…
Call me by your name by Luca Guadagnino (EU-It-Fr, 2h12) with Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer,
12. Next time I will aim for the heartchilling thriller with Canet
We have rarely seen him with such a sallow complexion, playing the Oise killer in the 1970s disguised as a police officer who investigates… his own crimes. A very good thriller Cedric Anger offering to Guillaume Canet one of his great roles.
Next time I will aim for the heart by Cédric Anger (2014, Fr, 1h51) with Guillaume Canet, Ana Girardot… Available on Netflix.
When Kate Winslet And Cameron Diaz exchange their apartments between London and Los Angeles, it’s Jude Law who wins the prize with her brilliant eyes by capsizing the heart of the one who no longer believed in it. Sweet as we like. It’s happening at Christmas and it’s a gift.
The Holiday by Nancy Meyers (2006, EU-GB, 2h16) with Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet… Available on Neflix.
14. American Sniper, a great Eastwood with Bradley Cooper
He became a bit like his cinema heir. Clint Eastwood entrusted to Bradley Cooper the care of embodying the real soldier Chris Kyle in American Snipera very bitter picture of the American nation and its weapon culture, deconstructing the myth of the hero, right down to the ending music,Ennio Morricone.
American Sniper by Clint Eastwood (2015, EU, 2h14) with Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller…
15. Two meFrançois Civil already at Klapisch
Before In Body Or What binds us, Cedric Klapisch was already touring with François Civil (and Ana Girardot) in this romantic comedy divided into two solitudes who cross paths in a city, without ever meeting. Klapisch was able to capture something of modern urban times. And reveal a sensual and ultra-charismatic actor, who has become d’Artagnan since then, which we will find in Cannes for Love phew of Gilles Lellouche.
Two me by Cédric Klapisch (Fr, 1h45) with Ana Girardot, François Civil, Camille Cottin, François Berléand… Available on Netflix.
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