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Join this week’s Netflix watch party with these must-see movies
It’s time for another awesome Netflix watch party with great releases that have been added in the month of May. A Netflix watch party is most enjoyable with awesome new movies to watch that include popular actors as well as interesting plot lines.
Sometimes Netflix doesn’t add brand new movies to their platform, but that doesn’t mean that these movies are any less intriguing and fun to watch. Sit back & relax for your next Netflix watch party with some popcorn because these films will definitely catch your attention.
Fun with Dick and Jane
Fun with Dick and Jane is a 2005 movie starring Jim Carrey & Tea Leoni in the leading roles as a husband & wife who struggle to make ends meet after he loses his job. His high-paying job was enough to cover their mortgage and other expenses but once he falls unemployed, they’re unable to keep up with their bills. The couple resorts to theft in order to maintain their lifestyle.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra is a 2009 movie starring Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Rachel Nichols. The movie is about an elite group of military spies who use awesome technology to make their rounds around the globe in order to maintain peace & justice.
Wherever their services are needed, they make the trip. This perfect Netflix watch party movie ended up pulling in over $302.5 million USD at the box office which means it’s an action movie worth checking out.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Zack and Miri Make a Porno is a 2008 Kevin Smith comedy starring Elizabeth Banks & Seth Rogen as two friends who decide that they need to figure out how to get out of debt. The easiest option they can think of is to film an adult movie in order to earn some cash for themselves.
After having sex, they realize that their friendship is a little more complicated than they could’ve ever expected since the lines have been blurred between being friends and something more.
Mystic River
Way before Emmy Rossum was part of Shameless, she starred a movie called Mystic River as a girl who’s been unjustly murdered. The 2003 film also stars Sean Penn & Kevin Bacon in leading roles. A homicide detective gets placed on the case in order to solve her murder but with so many secrets & unsolved questions clouding her death, it’s more difficult than it seems to find out who ended her life.
Due Date
Due Date is the 2010 movie starring Robert Downey Jr. & Zach Galifianakis in the leading roles. People are most used to seeing Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man in Marvel movies but this time, he plays a father who has a pregnant wife and child on the way. He has to get home in time for the delivery of his newborn, but one issue after the next gets in the way of him returning in time for her due date.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones is an extremely sad 2009 movie about a thirteen-year-old girl who gets abducted, raped, and murdered by her neighbor. She watches her family mourn her death from heaven because she is unable to let go of them so that they can finally heal.
She also watches the detectives on the case try to solve the crime of who killed her despite the fact that they are unable to put two into together about her murderer being right next door.
Back to the Future
It’s about time the Back to the Future movie franchise got added to Netflix. Back to the Future and its sequels are finally all on Netflix! The first movie premiered in 1985 and tells the story of Marty McFly who gets sent back to the 50s through the help of time travel. He must make sure that his parents meet each other and fall in love so that he’s still able to exist in the future. Back to the Future is perfect for a Netflix watch party.