Another month, another round of new arrivals to Netflix.
Given that you're probably watching more TV now than ever before, you're probably in the market for a new way to kill a couple of hours. Below, we've rounded up just a few of our favorite movie picks coming to Netflix this month to tide you over.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Morgan Creek Entertainment
It's hard to imagine there was ever a time where Jim Carrey wasn't a comedy legend. His titular role in 1994's Ace Ventura: Pet Detective significantly helped to launch his career. Maybe it was a teeny bit transphobic, but a classic nonetheless.
▲Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Warner Bros.
Just one example of films in the Tim Burton-Johnny Depp-Helena Bonham Carter universe, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is one of the most well-known Roald Dahl adaptations (unless you count the original, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, also coming to Netflix this month).
▲Back to the Future
Universal Pictures
There's never been a time travel movie as iconic as Back to the Future. Sure, Michael J. Fox's big break on the silver screen leaves more questions than answers—Why is a high school kid friends with a geriatric scientist? Does Doc have a family? Who thought it would be a good idea to have Marty's mom fall in love with him?—but the film serves as a perfect time capsule of '80s pop culture. Its sequel hits Netflix this month, too.
▲Urban Cowboy
Paramount Pictures
With an iconic honky-tonk setting and a stacked soundtrack, 1980's Urban Cowboy has come to be a major landmark in country music. It wasn't nearly as successful as Saturday Night Fever or Grease but became an important moment in John Travolta's career.
▲What a Girl Wants
Warner Bros.
A lot of us are probably wishing we could flee our homes right now. If you were born between the early- to mid-'90s, What a Girl Wants made you want to pull an Amanda Bynes—which, in 2003, just meant flying to London to discover that your estranged father is a successful politician with hopes to become Prime Minister.
▲Soul Surfer
Brookwell McNamara Entertainment
Soul Surfer is based on the biography of Bethany Hamilton, a professional surfer who rose to fame after losing her arm in a shark attack at age 13. If you're into Carrie Underwood cameos and feeling like you'll never be talented at any sport, this one's for you.
▲Just Go With It
Columbia Pictures
Now is the time for hokey, run-of-the-mill rom-coms. This is your hokey, run-of-the-mill rom-com of the month.
▲Uncut Gems
A24
Pete Davidson called it the best movie he'd ever seen in his young life. Many have deemed it Adam Sandler's best work. We all have a crush on Julia Fox now, and the Safdie brothers are a household name. If you somehow have yet to see Uncut Gems, now is your time to catch up.
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