“There’s no place like home.” – The Wizard Of Oz
In addition to Netflix list number one, here’s 26 more recommendations.
The Wizard Of Oz (1939)
Dorothy Gale is swept away from a farm in Kansas to a magical land of Oz in a tornado and embarks on a quest with her new friends to see the Wizard who can help her return home to Kansas and help her friends as well.
Blindspotting (2018)
While on probation, a man begins to re-evaluate his relationship with his volatile best friend. Click here to read my review.
RBG (2018)
The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
La La Land (2016)
While navigating their careers in Los Angeles, a pianist and an actress fall in love while attempting to reconcile their aspirations for the future. Click here to read my review.
Professor Marston & The Wonder Women (2017)
The story of psychologist William Moulton Marston, and his polyamorous relationship with his wife and their mistress who would inspire his creation of the superheroine, Wonder Woman. Click here to read my review.
The Wife (2018)
A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Click here to read my review.
Missing Link (2019)
Mr. Link recruits explorer Sir Lionel Frost to help find his long-lost relatives in the fabled valley of Shangri-La. Along with adventurer Adelina Fortnight, this trio of explorers travel the world to help their new friend.
A Simple Favour (2018)
Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. When Emily goes missing, Stephanie takes it upon herself to investigate.Click here to read my review.
Phantom Thread (2017)
Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
Goosebumps (2015)
A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R. L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Madison, Delaware. Click here to read my review.
Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010)
Scott Pilgrim must defeat his new girlfriend’s seven evil exes in order to win her heart.
Julie & Julia (2009)
Julia Child’s story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell’s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child’s first book.
The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Big Foot (2019)
A legendary American war veteran is recruited to hunt a mythical creature.
Colossal (2016)
Gloria is an out-of-work party girl forced to leave her life in New York City and move back home. When reports surface that a giant creature is destroying Seoul, she gradually comes to the realization that she is somehow connected to this phenomenon.
Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
A young witch, on her mandatory year of independent life, finds fitting into a new community difficult while she supports herself by running an air courier service.
Paul (2011)
Two English comic book geeks travelling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.
Mars Attacks (1996)
Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humour.
Captain Fantastic
In the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, challenging his idea of what it means to be a parent. Click here to read my review.
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
A spy organisation recruits a promising street kid into the agency’s training program, while a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Clueless (1995)
A rich high school student tries to boost a new pupil’s popularity, but reckons without affairs of the heart getting in the way.
The Boxtrolls (2014)
A young orphaned boy raised by underground cave-dwelling trash collectors tries to save his friends from an evil exterminator.
Matilda (1996)
Story of a wonderful little girl, who happens to be a genius, and her wonderful teacher vs. the worst parents ever and the worst school principal imaginable.
Coming To America (1988)
An extremely pampered African Prince travels to Queens, New York, and goes undercover to find a wife that he can respect for her intelligence and will.
Young Offenders (2016)
Two teenage boys cycle 160km on stolen bikes pursued by police to find a missing bale of cocaine worth 7 million euro. Set around the real event of Ireland’s biggest cocaine seizure in 2007 of 440 million euro.
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds himself the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire life, from his work, to his love-interest, to his death.
The Kings Speech (2010)
The story of King George VI, his impromptu ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.