The 14 Best Netflix Original Movies Dropping in 2023
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Netflix movies are kinda bangers. I'll say it! I make an effort to see them in theaters when possible, but it's nice to know you can always turn on Netflix and have access to good new movies as well as old favorites and hidden gems. I mean... Glass Onion? The Old Guard? Persuasion? To All The Boys I've Loved Before? Those are just some of my personal favorites, but they're *absolute* bangers! I can't wait to see what Netflix has in store for this year. Let's get into the best original movies coming to Netflix in 2023–or, at least, the ones I'm anticipating.
As always, Netflix original movies are a good mix of awards bait from Film Twitter's favorite directors as well as rom-coms you'll happily throw on in the middle of the afternoon while doing randoms chores. There are also action movies coming up this year, regular ol' comedies, and even some animated movies and adaptations of children's books the whole family can enjoy. The only thing I'm missing in this year's lineup is musicals. Where are the musicals this year? We've been so spoiled with tick, tick... BOOM and Matilda. Fingers crossed that something toe-tappingly good will get added to the Netflix slate later in the year.
Anyway, time for the best Netflix original movies of 2023! This is only a fraction of what's coming to Netflix. Here's what looks best so far.
You People
Release date: January 27, 2023
Kenya Barris (Black-ish, #BlackAF, Grown-ish, Girls Trip) collaborated with Jonah Hill on this comedy about generational differences in the families of a new-ish interracial couple.
Your Place or Mine
Release date: February 10, 2023
When I first saw this trailer, I was like... so it's The Holiday? But really, it's Just Friends meets The Holiday. Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon play old besties who switch houses so that they can ~spice up~ their lives. But they're definitely going to end up together. We're all thinking it, right?
Luther: The Fallen Sun
Release date: March 10, 2023
Doesn't it kind of feel like we've been waiting for the Luther movie forever? It's finally here!
WATCH 'LUTHER: THE FALLEN SUN'
The Mother
Release date: May 12, 2023
Jennifer Lopez plays a reclusive assassin who reunites with her estranged daughter in order to protect her. Even though it comes out in May, it looks like a snowy, chilling action thriller. J.Lo's character looks like a survivor–100 percent, I would trust her with my life.
They Cloned Tyrone
Release date: July 21, 2023
John Boyega AND Jamie Foxx AND Teyonah Parris?? A mystery?? A caper?? Those costumes?? Mixing '70s nostalgia with wacky science fiction?? Summer can't come soon enough.
Lift
Release date: August 25, 2023
A thief and her ex-boyfriend put a team together to pull a heist on a plane? 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: September 2023
After two people meet-cute and start to fall for each other on an international flight, they lose track of each other at customs. (That's maybe too real. Nightmare!!) This one's 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 from The Social Network, Mindhunter, Zodiac, Gone Girl, Fight Club, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Mank... okay you pretty much know all of his stuff... made a thrilled starring Michael Fassbender based on a French graphic novel about an assassin. Need I say more??
Family Affair
Release date: November 17, 2023
Joey King, who started off 2023 in the middle of some 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 'flick is a space opera about war... in the stars (but not, you know, that franchise) starring Sofia Boutella, Charlie Hunnam, Ray Fisher and Jena Malone. I'm so in. Sounds like a wild ride.
Nimona
Release date: TBD 2023
ND Stevenson's debut graphic novel, which he first wrote in friggin' college, is finally getting a film adaption. If you haven't already, binge ND's earlier Netflix project, the hilarious, heartfelt, and radically feminist She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Release date: TBD 2023
Wes Anderson is no stranger to the works of Roald Dahl. His animated Fantastic Mr. Fox was an instant classic. This time, the auteur filmmaker is adapting a short story.
Rustin'
Release date: TBD 2023
Legendary director George C. Wolfe brings us the story of Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin, starring Colman Domingo (Euphoria, Zola, Passing Strange). Expect this one to end up on a lot of Oscar lists.
Maestro
Release date: TBD 2023
Bradley Cooper's follow-up to A Star Is Born is a biopic about composer Leonard Bernstein, most famous for West Side Story, Candide, and On the Town (aka the musical that "New York New York" is from).
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