Netflix Original Movies: the Most Anticipated Releases of 2023

Oct 04, 2023

Cultures clash in a major way in the feature-directing debut for "Black-ish" creator Kenya Barris. Jonah Hill, who cowrote the script, stars as a man in an interracial relationship. All hell breaks loose when the families meet up.

The movie also stars Eddie Murphy, Nia Long, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and David Duchovny.

This documentary used personal videos and diaries to delve into the life of Pamela Anderson and chronicle her rise to fame in the 1990s, as well as her tabloid-grabbing romances, and that sex tape with Tommy Lee.

From director Aline Brosh McKenna (screenwriter of "The Devil Wears Prada" and cocreator of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"), this romantic comedy stars Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher as best friends with very different lives who decide to swap houses for a week.

The latest lighthearted horror from Christopher Landon ("Happy Death Day," "Freaky") stars David Harbour as a ghost who is haunting a house and discovered by its new owners. It leads to him and the family becoming a viral sensation.

The popular TV series starring Idris Elba as detective John Luther gets the big-screen treatment as Elba sets out again to solve another caper.

Andy Serkis and Cynthia Erivo also star.

Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston team up again in this mystery comedy in which the couple stumbles upon another murder that they try to solve.

Jennifer Lopez teams with "Mulan" director Niki Caro for this action drama in which Lopez plays an ex-assassin who comes out of hiding to help out the estranged daughter she left behind.

This long-awaited sequel to the hit 2020 action movie has Chris Hemsworth returning to play mercenary Tyler Rake.

If this is anything like the first movie, expect a lot of action, fighting, and blood.

This sci-fi comedy stars Jamie Foxx, Tyonah Parris, and John Boyega as a trio who are are trying to uncover a mystery that's also part of a government conspiracy.

The movie marks the directorial debut for screenwriter Juel Taylor ("Creed II," "Space Jam: A New Legacy").

Gal Gadot stars in this spy thriller from the production company behind "Top Gun: Maverick" and director Tom Harper ("The Aeronauts").

Though there's not much being said about the movie yet, with these players behind it, expect a big-budget spectacle.

Kevin Hart rounds out an ensemble cast that includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jacob Batalon, and Jena Reno in this action movie that follows a heist crew who must pull off their next job on a plane mid-flight.

F. Gary Gray ("Friday," "The Italian Job," "Straight Outta Compton," "The Fate of the Furious") directs.

For the "Stranger Things" star's next Netflix movie she plays a princess who discovers she'll be sacrificed to her kingdom's cave dragon. So she decides to fight back.

Robin Wright, Angela Bassett, Nick Robinson, and Ray Winstone also star.

Based on a 2018 New York Times Magazine article, Emily Blunt stars as a mother looking to support her daughter so she takes a job at a pharmaceutical start-up based in a mall in Florida. It results in her being part of a dangerous racketeering scheme.

Andy Garcia, Chris Evans, and Catherine O'Hara also star.

David Fincher's next directing effort will be a neo-noir action movie based on the French graphic novel by Alexis Nolent.

It will star Michael Fassbender in the lead role, and Tilda Swinton will also star.

In Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron's first team up since their memorable pairing in 2012's "The Paperboy," this time they take on lighter fare in this rom-com that also stars Joey King.

This thriller written and directed by the creator of "Mr. Robot," Sam Esmail, follows two families in a cottage while strange events happen outside.

Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, and Kevin Bacon star.

Zack Snyder's next big blockbuster for Netflix is this sci-fi tale in which a peaceful colony is threatened to be destroyed by an evil army. It's up to Kora (Sofia Boutella) to set forth and enlist allies to help her people in the inevitable battle.

Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Ray Fisher, Corey Stoll, Jena Malone, Cary Elwes, and Anthony Hopkins also star.

Lindsay Lohan follows up her Netflix Christmas movie "Falling for Christmas" with this romantic comedy in which she plays a bridesmaid who wakes to find herself as the bride-to-be after making a wish for true love.

Bradley Cooper directs and stars in this love story that chronicles the relationship between composer Leonard Bernstein (Cooper) and his wife, actress Felicia Montealegre (Carey Mulligan).

Colman Domingo, Chris Rock, Audra McDonald, and Jeffrey Wright make up part of the ensemble cast for this biopic on the life of gay-rights activist Bayard Rustin, who helped organize the historic March on Washington in 1963.

Directed by George C. Wolfe ("Ma Rainey's Black Bottom"), Domingo plays Rustin.

Marking "12 Years a Slave" screenwriter John Ridley's directorial debut, this biopic looks at the life of Shirley Chisholm, America's first Black congresswoman.

Regina King plays Chisholm, the movie also stars Lance Reddick, Terrance Howard, André Holland, and Lucas Hedges.

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