In the midst of infinite catalogs and personalized suggestions, there is a difficult truth to ignore: the algorithm often always offers us the same things.
Films already seen, trend of the moment, or titles that end at the bottom of the list without ever emerging. But if you are tired of the usual proposals and you want to discover new stories, courageous or forgotten too quickly, here are three films on Netflix that deserve more attention.
Already acclaimed at home as a public phenomenon, this Thai film has arrived on Netflix in the deaf. The story is that of a boy who, driven by unnatient intentions, leaves the university to assist the cancer sick grandmother. The goal? Get your hands on his inheritance before the other relatives. But forced coexistence with a woman who lived much more than it looks like every initial plan.
The film manages to merge black comedy, family drama and social criticism with only apparent lightness. The strength of How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies It lies precisely in its unsettling tone: while it tells of inheritance and hypocrisy, it digs in the intimacy of generational relationships with one Authentic and never rhetorical gaze. A film that moves and scratched, bringing out everything that often hides under the carpet in families.
Among the most underestimated Italian titles of the year, Future diva It tells a true, controversial and still very current story. In the 90s, Riccardo Schicchi founded the agency “Future diva“With the ambition to revolutionize the cinema with red lights, giving space to women and their point of view, in a context dominated by the male looks. Next to him, figures who have become pop icons such as Moana Pozzi and Ilona Staller, but also common girls who wanted, and they had to fight to self -determine.
The film is not limited to the provocation. He faces sex, scandal and culture of the body with a surprisingly delicate look, without moralisms or easy simplifications. It is a political and cultural story, but also human, capable of returning dignity to a theme still full of taboos. And he does it with one intelligent writing and a cast that manages to find the right balance between Realism and emotional intensity.
If you love Inceptionyou must know that the idea of ​​the dream as an alternative reality had already been explored (with great success) in 1990. In Act of strengthwe find ourselves in a dystopian future where it is possible to buy artificial memories. The protagonist Doug, played by Arnold Schwarzenegger, dreams of visiting Mars, but when he decides to rely on an agency that plants the memory of the journey, something goes wrong. From that moment it will be increasingly difficult to distinguish between what is real and what is the result of his mind.
Beyond the visual impact and still spectacular action scenes, it is one of the most successful works in combining entertainment and philosophy and, seeing it today, also means making a journey through time towards an era when science fiction still knows how to really surprise after more than thirty years.
Whether it’s small Asian gems, forgotten Italian stories or culture to rediscover, the Netflix catalog still hides titles capable of amaze. Just know where to search (or rely on those who have already found them for you).
