13 Underappreciated Netflix Originals That Deserve a Spot on Your Watch List Tonight

The original Netflix original (seriously: it was the platform's first original film) is also one of its best, if not one of its buzziest anymore. Starring Idris Elba as a brutal militia soldier, the movie follows a young boy forced to be a child soldier as he fights to retain his own humanity.

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It's the ultimate reverse rom-com concept: a pair of friends who will, for hire, insert themselves into the lives of strangers to help them end their relationships. Of course, when they start questioning the ethics of their work, things quickly and hilariously go sideways.

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When his Malawi village faces the possibility of a deadly famine, a teenage boy puts his talents to work and figures out how to build a wind turbine. It's an uplifting story with some serious pedigree, including director/writer/star Chiwetel Ejiofor.

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A couple go on a romantic retreat to try to rekindle the spark in their marriage, but when things go horribly awry, one woman has to escape a dangerous situation where she can't even trust the evidence of her own senses.

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This horror film is every bit the creep-fest you could want, focused on a writer with dementia, her live-in nurse, and a house that may be haunted by a violent act of the past.

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You probably remember the Olympic doping scandal, but do you know how it all unraveled? This documentary reveals the chain of events that led to one of the biggest scandals in sports history.

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In a movie meant for the single ladies in all of us, this rom-com traces the journey of a newly single writer who connects unexpectedly with a fellow recent singleton.

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In a sweet, beautifully animated adaptation, Netflix shares its own take on one of the most famous children's tales in Western literature.

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It's the ultimate competition — the World's Greatest Mascot competition, that is. In an off-beat comedy, a group of quirky people compete for the biggest prize in the mascot world: the Gold Fluffy.

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One of the least-known stories of the early American space program was that of the unofficial "Mercury 13": a group of female pilots who passed the same physical standards as the male astronauts but were unable to gain permission to train as real astronauts. This documentary tells their story, past and present.

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In the 1940s, two families (one white, one black) in Mississippi struggle to make a living as farmers, but they face the realities and torments of both a postwar world and of prejudice in the South.

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It's almost like Juno, but in reverse. A young woman (Ellen Page) meets a toddler and her neglectful mother and, in an impulsive moment, decides to take the little girl with her and pass her off as her own daughter.

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It's a rom-com with a twist, with a sweetly funny love story playing out against the background of a shady deal involving a mysterious suitcase.

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