The 12 best movies and series to watch on Netflix this weekend: November 8, 2024

But first: What’s new on Netflix?

The start of the holiday season. Rusty Cundieff’s festive new romantic comedy Meet me next Christmas In the lead role, Christina Milian plays a woman on a mission to go to the Pentatonix Christmas Eve concert who finds romantic harmony along the way. Still too early for you? Capture the last remnants of summer with Season 4, Part 2 of Outer Banksin which the Pogues’ latest adventure comes to a dramatic conclusion. Is everything a bit too down-to-earth? The new documentaries Investigation Alien sees reporter George Knapp searching for new evidence of UFOs.

If you only have one night…

Go back to the beginning. Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11th to commemorate the anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I, and you can dedicate an evening to this episode of world history with a double feature of acclaimed films that dramatize it. First, Sam Mendes’ 1917Released in 2019 and partly inspired by the stories of the filmmaker’s grandfather, it stars George MacKay and Dean-Charles Chapman as two British soldiers on a dangerous mission. The film won three Oscars out of ten nominations. Follow along with him Things are quiet on the Western FrontEdward Berger’s 2022 adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel, an anti-war epic (nominated for nine Oscars, won four) starring Felix Kammerer as a young German soldier.

If you have a whole day…

Celebrate Hollywood veterans with a trio of films featuring stars who served. Start with 2004 Million Dollar Babyabout an amateur boxer (Hilary Swank) who wants to become a professional. Directed by Clint Eastwood (Army) and starring Morgan Freeman (Air Force), the film won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director and an Acting Oscar for both Swank and Freeman. Go from the ring to the diamond with Phil Alden Robinson’s beloved baseball drama Field of dreams (1989), in which Kevin Costner plays a man who builds a ghost baseball field (for real!) with the help of an enigmatic writer played by James Earl Jones (Army). End things with a laugh: Steven Soderbergh’s hilarious 2017 heist comedy Logan Lucky The film stars Adam Driver (Marines) and Channing Tatum as brothers who conspire to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway.

If you have the whole weekend…

Thank you for your service. Fill the weekend with veteran stories, starting with some factual stories. The Anthology Documentaries 2018 Medal of Honor includes eight episodes, each depicting the experiences of an American service member who received the Medal of Honor. This is followed by two films: that of Joshua Caldwell Fix the line (2022) stars Sinqua Walls as a Marine who, after returning to the United States from Afghanistan, develops an unlikely friendship with a Vietnam veteran (Brian Cox). And 2017 Thank you for your serviceIn the film, directed by Jason Hall and based on the non-fiction book by David Finkel, Miles Teller plays a soldier who returns home from Iraq and struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder while trying to adapt to civilian life.

Don’t forget, you still have one last chance…

Go underground. HarrietIn Kasi Lemmon’s 2019 biopic about the extraordinary life of Harriet Tubman, Cynthia Erivo plays the abolitionist in a performance that earned her an Oscar nomination. You still have one week to stream your story.