10 Near Perfect NETFLIX Movies 

Go to magicspoon.com/flick and use code: FLICK to save $5 on your first Magic Spoon order! 10. 22 July 9. Emily the Criminal 8. Rush 7. Traffic 6. All Quiet on the Western Front 5. Holy Spider 4. Beasts of No Nation 3. Captain Phillips 2. Black Hawk Down 1. Heat

I am a 54 y/o lady who doesnt like action films and yet I watch Heat everytime it comes out. Watch it! 😮

$10 is a lot of money for a box of cereal.

Black hawk down. The part where the medic is dragging another man across the alley and he is shot in the stomach and trying to kick his feet. I know the soldier who was shot. And Carlos described that exactly like that how he couldn’t walk or stand but knew the danger of “death alley” and tried to help the medic by trying to run and kick his feet. True heroes and a very accurate movie

Rush is an excellent recommendation!

"Heat" and "Black Hawk Down" are amazing!!

Outstanding list and presentation! Props for comments on Captain Phillips, Black Hawk Down and Heat. Well done, Darren! Feel the need for speed and a Rush rewatch tonight. Thanks!

Another solid list, mate. I respected 22 July for handling the matter with a level of respect you normally don't see in cinema.

Hank's scene after being rescued in Captain Philips was stunning

I joined the Army (at the age of 31, don't do that) on Sept 13, 2001. One of the E7s from Black Hawk Down was still in at that time, actually. Anyway, we went to Iraq in March of 2003 and it was still pretty chaotic. I wound up convoying down to Fallujah to take some parts to one of my people (I was a communications soldier, but there aren't front lines like there used to be so everyone is infantry when they have to be). Fallujah at that time was what you saw on the news - it was...pretty intense. I wasn't fired on, but the convoy in front of us got blown up then took fire so we had to provide cover. Certainly nothing like BHD, but the movie does accurately show the sensation of everything feeling slo mo yet taking only seconds. And having to make decisions before you can blink so you don't shoot a comrade. I don't watch war movies anymore Holy Spider made such an impression on me, and I'm a voracious consumer of serial killer tv / movies / books. I cannot imagine what women in Iran must cope with, and the police just ignoring the murders because they're women, and prostitutes at that. Just an incredible series. And Heat, well, what else can be said? One of my top 5 all time movies. Michael Mann did another all time favorite of mine, Manhunter. Captured the book (Red Dragon) so very perfectly and is miles better than the more recent movie that was made almost solely so Anthony Hopkins could play Hannibal Lektor again.

How could you overlook Viva Rock Vegas as a stunningly accurate portrayal of the stone age?

Darren, thanks for putting this great list together- watching "Rush" tonight based on your recommendation, fantastic so far. Not a movie or genre I would normally choose but so glad I did

Fantastic list, have saw a few of the movies, looking forward to seeing the others.

"Emily the Criminal" was quite good, saw it in theater. The latest version of "All Quiet on the Western Front" is on my list, haven't gotten to it yet. As an infantryman during the late unpleasantness in Iraq, some "war/conflict" movies are less inaccurate than others, but none are truly "realistic." Not ironically, one of the most "realistic" war scenes is the tug boat/U boat battle in "Benjamin Button." Ma Deuce (M-2 .50cal) fire really does arc like that at medium to long range, and the way the tracers looked at night was fairly accurate.

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Excellent FLICK CONNECTION, Darren. The research and passion you put into the presentation is first class and many thanks for sharing with us 👍👍👍

Heat! My favorite film of all time, the shoot out scene. Perfection

Excellent, excellent, excellent films, all. You post some real must-see reviews!

What, no Goonies? That movie accurately displays what happens when your house is about to be foreclosed / bought out and your kid and his friends go on a grand adventure to save it. Kidding, great list man, love the videos.

Great list Darren, really enjoyed this one 👌

Thanks for all the great recommendations over the years!

I'll keep watching them as long as you keep making them!

Heat is one of Mann's best....standing toe to toe with Collateral.

Yes, All Quiet on the Western Front, Captain Phillips, Black Hawk Down, all top notch realistic films. I need to add a few from this list to the Netflix watch list. Great job.

Seen them all except Holy Spider, I may watch it tonight. As usual, I luv your recommendations and continue to watch them. Don't stop

Man you are awesome. Thank you for this list. Keep posting such wonderful videos.

Loved Emily the Criminal. I mainly saw it because of Aubrey Plaza and I was incredibly surprised how amazing it was. She is awesome. And Captain Phillips was so unbelievably fantastic! It was definitely an edge of your seat movie. Thanks for the recommendations! 🖤🐈‍⬛🖤🫶🏼🖤

All quiet on the western front. MY god, what a terrific war movie. I'll never forget it. The best.

Re Rush: the racing scenes were quite entertaining. But it's interesting to note that a number of F1 journalists who knew both James Hunt and Niki Lauda during and after their careers commented that it completely misrepresented the relationship between the two men. Even before they got to F1 they were friends, and continued to be so until James's death in 1993.

It's been nearly 30 years and Heat shootout has yet to be rivaled. It's interesting that people who have never heard gunfire, especially automatic gunfire, say how realistic it sounds. It's like an innate feeling in everybody. Kind of like the uncanny valley with true human faces vs imitation ones. Very few directors seem to push for realistic sounding gunfire for some reason. Or maybe it's the corporates above them worried it would turn some film-goers away even though every movie that handles guns realistically does the complete opposite, at least from a ratings effect.

As always maraming salamat Mr. Van Dam

I feel like "Heat" is super underrated. One of the best all time heist/crime movies.....EVER!

I just re watched Heat and loved it all over again!

Traffic does a such a great job at fully realizing every character in a short amount of time. It has a whole Netflix series of plot woven in to the story.

Loved Rush - the character development and action are great also an excellent depiction of how at that time the Formula One drivers were like rock stars.

Great episode!

Love your work! How about a review of Blonde?

Wow! I've only seen three movies on this list. Thanks mate!

Emily the Criminal was a huge surprise.

Heat is great. For a nearly 20 year old film, it still holds up.

As a combat veteran I find Black Hawk Down to be pretty accurate. There are more military movies that are very realistic, all of the boot camp stuff from Full Metal Jacket, We Were Soldiers is solid, the war stuff in Hacksaw Ridge, and Saving Private Ryan and I'm sure their are more. A guilty pleasure of mine is Heartbreak Ridge, while some of the characters are a little far fetched, they do seem oddly accurate in their resemblence to some I served with (besides me and my brothers made a stop there on our way to Beirut).

HEAT is one of my favorite movies of all time!!!

Thanks

Great list, Heat the greatest shootout ever filmed. Great job with this list

... a nice selection.

It's possible that Peter Weir or Wolfgang Peterson could have directed Captain Phillips but I don't think anybody could actually improve the current version of the film.

Should have named this list," If you are too comfortable watch these movies. You'll be upset in no time. "

Yo what's up! I didn't know you were from Atlanta! I'm like 40 min from ATL. Great videos

HEAT ... my Number One fav movie "Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner." Loved your review, Darren !!

Another amazing video Darren! Thank you!

Fun fact,Mann recently wrote a novel as a follow up to the movie. The title is quiet literal, Heat 2: A Novel ....

Very good picks. I watched some of them. What brand are your black T-shirts?. Nice 👍🏾

All quiet in the Western Front is a Masterpiece. Beast of no Nation is amazing!

Got two connections to two of your movies. I arrived in Mogadishu just after the 'Blackhawk Down' events. It is an accurate movie, although the streets shown seem a bit wider than the actual streets. And Heat, I was six when Neil McCauley was gunned down, about a mile from our house, on the South Side of Chicago.

Haven't seen "22 July" but "U - July 22" (orig. title "Utøya") is a great movie. It follows one teenage girl the whole movie and if I remember correctly it was filmed in one-shot or it's made to look like it was. So it being a one-shotter it shows the attack in real time.

I'd rather watch realistic movies about pleasant experiences and positive outlooks. There must me good stories somewhere that do without war, crime, disaster or tragedy, yet are engaging while showing life as it is.

Rush (2013) is one of the best movies ever made, a thrill ride of emotion.

Yeah if like action movies I highly recommend Heat and Black Hawk Down. Both are really good. What's crazy is how many actors are in Black Hawk Down too.

You recommended Rush before and it was a great recommendation. I need to re-watch eat. It's been about 20 years since I've seen it

22 July was great wrenching. Not an easy watch, but really good.

Great video but there's a movie I think u should check out that's called the siege of jadotville its a very good war movie

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Two Additional; Beautiful and Stellar (if not Exquisite) "You're There" Realistic Films (Currently) on Netflix are Savages and Lady Chatterley's Lover.. 🎨🎨 While Their Genres are Polar Opposites, BOTH.. ...Are Incredible and Beautiful. 🎨🎨

Heat was one of the best movies ever made In my opinion

Heat is just such a great freaking film. I remember watching it with my dad as a kid and it just holds up. Den of Thieves was decent too, sort of paid homage

Awesome work. Fresh take on your choices. Goodnight 16:32

I'd meant to watch Heat but never did, thanks for the reminder!

Heat is a classic

I agree on Heat . The Book “Heat 2 “is even more detailed.

Don't know if it's still on Netflix, but when you mentioned Ron Howard I immediately thought of Thirteen Lives (2022), which is based on the true story of a rescue mission to get a Thai junior soccer team and their coach out of a flooded cave. It's absolutely harrowing.

Darren, maybe you or one of your other subscribers can help me figure out the name of a movie. It was on Tubi a few years back. Best I can recall, a woman driving down the road hits a pedestrian on a country road. She panics and leaves the man on the side of the road but takes his cell phone. A good Samaritan comes upon the scene but doesn't see the pedestrian. The man offers to take the woman to his house to call a tow truck about her car. They get to the mans house and meet his wife. Upon looking at pictures in the couples house, she notices pictures of the pedestrian she hit. The couple were the person's parents and are awaiting a call from him. They call his cell and it rings in the pocket of the woman. That's about all I can remember. Maybe one of the expert movie buffs know this B movie thriller. Thank you!

I've not been in war but The Thin Red Line 1998 is said to be very realistic .. and a great movie.

Traffic, best movie ever for,sure, seen it many times

Emily the Criminal is excellent.

okay MINOR trivia -- love the videos!! -- but (01:18) Norway would rank #23 as an American state by population. That is, larger than most American states. Still, 5.5 million is (indeed) not a lot just like the video says. For comparison states with between 5 and 6 are Alabama (5.1), South Carolina (5.4), Minnesota (5.7), Colorado and Wisconsin (both 5.9).

Heat!! The best heist movie ever made!! They ar working on a prequel, based on the second book in the series (of 2)

fellow Atlantan!!

Michael Mann is a horribly overlooked film maker. I love his style of action thriller films. He and Tony Scott are just the best.

Darren I'm wondering if you've seen the Russian war movie The 9th Company about russian recruits finishing training and going to Afghanistan. Reply if you have and tell me real quickly what you thought of it

great list for sure, boy, we sure haven't evolved much have we? want that Captain Phillips vibe, just head into MPLS> ya, thanks obama. will be watching most of these. as alway thanks for your work to keep us entertained.

I've said this in other places, but as someone that lives in a state with a large Somali population (The lead "Pirate" in 'Captain Phillips' was from the Minneapolis Somali community) with Somali next-door neighbors, "Black Hawk Down", while a good movie by its own measure, takes place in Mogadishu but has few or no Somali actors, and just looks wrong. (Put the BHD insurgent actors in "Captain Phillips" and you have a completely different looking movie). When you live around an ethnic community, Hollywood sendups of that culture just don't work. I tried to watch BHD just a little while back and couldn't do it. I'm not a culture warrior or anything like that. It just destroys the verisimilitude of the movie and takes me out of it. "Captain Phillips" actually is more respectful of Somali Culture despite the Somalis in the movie being villains.

If ytou like HEAT as you all should, check out Den of Thieves. Not nearly as good overall but cut from the same vein :)

"Beasts of no nation " is about the civil war in Sierra Leone in the 90's and is the most accurate depiction in a movie about events around that time. Skip Blood Diamomds and watch this film instead.

Watched Heat today. Liked it when I watched it in the 90's, blown away watching it today!

Talladega nights is very accurate, don't sleep on it!

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Awesome

I love that first movies!

Your TimeStamp for the Year released is incorrect for the Remake of All Quiet on The Western Front. I'm pretty sure it was 2022.

Captain Phillips - perfect film

Not 100% on info., but I do believe former British Special Operators were present and training actors while filming the shoot out scene.

Speaking on the realism of Blackhawk down from a USMC veteran of OIF, it is pretty good, but HBO's series Generation Kill is the best representation.

22 July was exceptional.

Heat is legit GTA 5! 👌💯😅 Such a great movie!

Russian war movie called Come and See . I don't know how available it is , but I have seen most of the ones in this list and that one still , has me thinking THERE HAS GOT TO BE A MORE CONSTRUCTIVE WAY TO just , sort shit out ? ? ? .

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Black Hawk Down is still one of my favorites.

I know what movie not on here Cleopatra lol

Mr Flick Connection the only problem with this list is the fact that Captain Phillips is not, like you said: "EXTREMELY accurate," it is in actuality pretty super inaccurate. Maybe you should've looked up whether the films were actually accurate instead of basing it off of your own experience which is way too limited in probably every instance for you to state that they're actually accurate. But with the Phillips movie, Greengrass made a BUNCH of shit up. To the point that I'm pretty sure members of Alabama crew filed lawsuits against him and the producers. Pretty much everything with Hanks' character is bullshit.

I hear Cleopatra is doing really well on Netflix.