19 Netflix Original Films That We Would Have Paid to See in Theaters

Not every honeymoon can go as expected, a lesson Kristin Bell's character learns the hard way in Like Father. When Rachel gets left at the altar, she decides to go on her Caribbean honeymoon anyway, just with her father (played by Kelsey Grammer) instead. The cocktail-induced fun will have you laughing, and the adorable father-daughter bonding will have you feeling some feelings.

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If we could choose to watch one movie for the rest our lives, it would probably be To All the Boys I've Loved Before (and its potential sequel). The Netflix original adaptation of Jenny Han's bestselling novel tells the story of a teenage girl whose private love letters are released to her crushes. At first she's devastated, but the aftermath ends up being far more magical than she could ever have imagined. Plus, Peter Kavinsky (breakout star Noah Centineo) is everything.

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Directed by Craig Johnson, Alex Strangelove features an adorable cast and a beautiful story of self-discovery. It follows Alex Truelove (Daniel Doheny), a popular high schooler who is banking on losing his virginity to his girlfriend Claire (Madeline Weinstein). But in typical high school fashion, nothing goes as planned. Things get a little more complicated when Alex realizes he has a crush on a cute guy from another school.

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Lily James can do no wrong in our book, and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is the latest movie that proves just that. If you loved Atonement, you're going to love this movie that tells the story of a writer (James) who heads to Guernsey Island in the aftermath of World War II. There, she meets the adorable Dawsey Adams (Michael Huisman). Trust us, this is a must see.

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Come Sunday is an extremely powerful film that stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, Martin Sheen, Condola Rashad, Jason Segel, Danny Glover, and Lakeith Stainfield. Ejiofor plays an evangelist who is ostracized by his own church after he preaches that there is no hell. It's based on a true story, which adds a layer of gravitas.

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Noel Wells and Ben Schwartz might just be our favorite duo of all time. The two star in Happy Anniversary, a romantic comedy with a touch of drama. The couple are celebrating their third anniversary, but rather than celebrate their relationship, they must decide whether they want to break up or stay together.

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Fans of classic teen comedies will love Candy Jar. Lona Skinner and Bennett Russell are mortal enemies at Hemlock Prep Academy. They butt heads when it turns out both of them want to be debate club president so that they can boast about it on their Ivy League college applications. When the two are forced to compete for the title, they find out they have more in common than they initially thought.

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Abbi Jacobson and Dave Franco make a pretty startling pivot into drama in 6 Balloons. While attempting to throw a birthday party for her boyfriend, Jacobson's character realizes that her brother has relapsed, and she needs to find a detox facility for him.

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Fans of the mystery thriller will love Netflix original Perdida. It's based on Florence Etcheves's novel Cornelia, and the film adaptation does not disappoint. When Cornelia Villalba goes missing from a school field trip in Patagonia, it haunts her friend into the present day, when she's now a police officer.

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If you're looking for the perfect romantic comedy for your date night, look no further than Set It Up. The all-star cast features Zoey Deutch, Glen Powell, Taye Digs, and Lucy Liu, and it centers around one major plot point: two assistants need to set their bosses up. Will the plan go smoothly? Does it ever?

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Sierra Burgess Is a Loser may not be earning quite as much fanfare as To All the Boys I've Loved, but it's still a solid teen comedy . . . that also happens to star Noah Centineo, so it needs to be on this list.

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One of the most terrifying films to hit Netflix this Fall is Apostle, an occult horror-thriller starring Dan Stevens as a former missionary who sets out to rescue his sister from a cult led by the dangerously charismatic Prophet Malcolm (Michael Sheen). As he infiltrates the cult's brutal island community and eventually uncovers an evil secret, you won't be able to tear your eyes away from the screen.

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The Coen Brothers return to the wild, wild west with The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, which is an anthology of six short films taking place in the American Fronteir during the 19th-century post-Civil War era. The film stars a number of heavy hitters, like Liam Neeson, Tim Blake Nelson, James Franco, Tyne Daly, Brendan Gleeson, Zoe Kazan, and more.

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Chris Pine is leaving the 1980s behind for the 1300s, as he plays real-life Scottish king and rebel hero Robert the Bruce in Outlaw King. The Netflix historical drama hails from Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie and tells the true story of the reluctant medieval king who finds himself drawn into a vicious battle with King Edward I (Stephen Dillane) and his vengeful, violent son, the Prince of Wales (Billy Howle).

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Jennifer Aniston stars in the Netflix dramedy based on the New York Times bestselling book by Julie Murphy, which follows an outspoken, curvy, Dolly Parton-obsessed teenager named Willowdean (Danielle Macdonald) as she navigates life under the rule of her overbearing pageant queen mother (Aniston) in small town Texas.

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Get ready to worship Elvire Emanuelle. Her portrayal of Monique, a teenage girl who joins an all-boys high school wrestling team in Brooklyn to get closer to her estranged father, in First Match will blow your mind. The film is Olivia Newman's feature directorial debut, and it's the perfect concoction of Rocky meets Bend It Like Beckham.

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Netflix's Private Life has been heralded as a brutally honest film that manages to shine a light (and even find a little humor) in a very heavy situation. Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti star in the film as a married couple facing the trials and tribulations of fertility struggles. Prepare for an emotional roller-coaster ride.

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We are huge fans of Maggie Gyllenhaal, and after watching her portrayal of a borderline insane educator in The Kindergarten Teacher, we've never been more convinced of her genius. She plays Lisa Spinelli, a kindergarten teacher who becomes certain one of her students is a poetic prodigy. Spinelli begins to take an interest in her student's talents, but she gets dangerously too invested.

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Bet you didn't think you'd ever see a new Orson Welles film, but thanks to Netflix, it's all possible in The Other Side of the Wind. Welles began shooting the film in 1970, but he never got to finish the film because of financial and legal issues. Now we can finally see the finished project, and it was worth he wait.

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