Painted with an emotional complexity that includes poignantly funny moments along with the painful ones, this is happy-sad at its best.

With seemingly impossible odds to win, they turn to a wonder boy lawyer to fight their case.

An effervescent cast, including Dustin Hoffman, play these intelligent, albeit miserable, characters as they weave their poignant tales. Set primarily in Vatican City, this biographical drama follows Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio in the aftermath of the Vatican leaks scandal. Alfonso Cuaron's semi-autobiographical snapshot of the Colonia Roma neighborhood of Mexico City tells a small story with staggering prowess. The titular stories concern dysfunctional adult siblings, played by Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller, trying to live in the shadow of their father.

Ali Wong and Randall Park in Always Be My Maybe. A rom-com with a Keanu Reeves cameo and a deep love of food, Always Be My Maybe might just have everything you could wish for. A fresh take on the breakup movie with an empowering lead, this is an easy hit for an entertaining night in. With an English supporting cast including the likes of Tilda Swinton and Jake Gyllenhaal, Okja sucks you in with its sweetness before showing you a distressing close-up of the meat industry. She's just as talented when it comes to mystery solving and doesn't shy from getting stuck into scuffles with Victorian-era adults twice her size.

The Incredible Jessica James introduces a delightfully self-possessed main character played by an equally delightful Jessica Williams. Occasionally Netflix brings in big directors to serve up originals that make it all the way to the Oscars. A story of self-acceptance told with a delicate touch, The Half of It is a joy.

I Am Mother might cover familiar sci-fi territory, but if you're after some James Cameron and Ridley Scott-channeling thrills, you're in the right place. Entertain your brain with the coolest news from streaming to superheroes, memes to video games. From Netflix's impressive stash of international films comes Spanish sci-fi horror The Platform. Largely sticking to a bedroom setting, we see the couple's troubles go from bad to worse, with Jessie ending up in the impossible situation of being handcuffed to the bed with no one to help her escape. Directed by: Oliver Schmitz Starring: Andrea Riseborough, Steve Coogan, Garion Dowds Running time: 1hr 46min Shepherds and Butchers is a captivating expose of the shortcomings in the South African capital punishment system in the 1980s. Knock Down the House follows Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three other female candidates as they run for Congress in 2018. Set It Up is a rom-com leveled up by the sparkling Zoey Deutch and Glen Powell, as well as an ever-brilliant Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs.

But things take a turn when Russian scientist Grigory Rodchenkov exposes a state-sponsored Olympic doping program that he oversees. A straight-A yet friendless student who has a side-hustle writing papers for her classmates, Ellie helps footballer Paul Munsky write a love letter to Aster Flores. But it turns out Aster's perfect for Ellie instead. Read more: 50 of the best TV shows on Netflix. Glitch is a movie showing just that. It follows the investigative journalists from The Indianapolis Star who broke the story of doctor Larry Nassar's abuse of young female gymnasts in the US. Carla Gugino is immense as Jessie, who goes on holiday with her husband at an isolated lake house in Alabama. Fingers crossed you'll find something here that hits the spot. The Coen Brothers kick up the western dust with an anthology film that gives you six vignettes all set on the American frontier. We follow a young girl named Daughter, who lives in a post-apocalyptic bunker with her robot, named Mother, whose purpose is to aid the repopulation of Earth. Let Cuaron steer you through the ups and downs of a live-in housekeeper of a middle-class family. Two best friends, and indie game developers, recently caught a global corporation straight up copying one of their games. Mudbound gives you a historical look at class struggle through the lens of a black veteran and a white veteran who both still have one foot stuck in World War II. I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore spots the idiosyncrasies of everyday life, before escalating its story into dark places with even darker humor.

A confronting yet quietly hopeful snapshot of war from a human perspective, Beasts of No Nation needs to be on your radar if it isn't already. One of them is about the titular Buster Scruggs, a chipper singing cowboy who casually sets off a shoot-up in a cantina. This Bollywood film revolves around a heated courtroom debate that revolves around Captain Javed Khan who is accused of killing his senior officer in public. Bryan Fogel's influential documentary explores the dark side of sports doping. His lens captures intricately beautiful scenes in an album that quietly envelopes you with wonder and grace. But it's also got an abundance of smaller stories perfect for a modestly sized screen.

Mark Duplass and Ray Romano in Paddleton. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in Knock Down the House.

The titular hero is Holmes' kid sister, played by an effortlessly engaging Millie Bobby Brown.

Playing off a charming concept, To All the Boys I've Loved Before sees Lara Jean Covey (Lana Condor), a half-Korean, half-white girl growing up in Virginia, write letters to all the boys she has crushes on. The obstacles that buffet her campaign and how she deals with them are all captured fly-on-the-wall-style, with fist-pumping results. Gerald's Game leads to narratively and emotionally satisfying conclusions, with Flanagan's melancholy-suffused horror that surges into quiet triumph for its haunted characters. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Its high-concept story centers on a tower that delivers food to people on each of its many levels via a platform. Part cheeky dark comedy, part surreal environmental thriller, Okja follows a young South Korean farmer girl whose pet pal is a genetically enhanced super-pig. The People vs. O.J. Be respectful, keep it civil and stay on topic. Icarus is as gripping as it sounds, even if you're not a cycling aficionado.

With Fleabag's director, the star of Stranger Things and Superman (Henry Cavill) playing Sherlock Holmes, Enola Holmes is a guaranteed good night in. 2017's Okja comes from Parasite director Bong Joon-ho -- which should be incentive enough to watch it. With a cast of female scientists exploring the dangerous zone, Annihilation is a heady plunge into darkness on multiple levels. Sewing the rest of its stories together with a constant black humor, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a Coen Brothers winner. While it hits all the comforting rom-com beats, there's a layer of rare representation that gives this an edge over your average teen flick.

Elijah Wood and Melanie Lynskey in I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore. Adam Sandler's Oscar buzz-worthy performance didn't see him nominated, but his turn in Uncut Gems is remarkable.

If you're in the mood for something light and fun, this is a big yes.

Listen - 12:07. Eddie Murphy returned from his acting break with a glorious performance as Rudy Ray Moore, a comedian who played a character called Dolemite in stand-up routines and blaxploitation films from the '70s.

A movie about divorce might not sound like the best viewing experience, but Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story is a journey you'll want to take. It sees Fogel plan to enter a cycling race after taking banned substances in a way that will avoid detection, all to highlight the insufficiencies in sports drug testing. Chris O'Dowd and Jessica Williams in The Incredible Jessica James. Ava DuVernay's documentary on the US justice system meticulously covers America's racial history from the abolition of slavery to the present prison structure. Uncut Gems is a blistering odyssey following a diamond jeweler who's addicted to gambling. Tennis-playing buddies Michael (Mark Duplass) and Andy (Ray Romano) receive devastating news: Michael has terminal stomach cancer. Social commentary rings throughout this dystopian thriller, which takes shocking, occasionally gruesome turns all the way to the bottom. But there's a dark twist that keeps you on your toes. If you're stuck in the endless Netflix scroll, hopefully this list will help you decide what to watch. What an opening!