10 Must-See Netflix Movies Coming in 2022
Knives Out 2
New year. New movies. 🎥 🎞 🍿
We invited a few friends to share first looks at some of our BIGGEST films coming in 2022. Get ready for one heck of a year of Netflix movies. pic.twitter.com/rvpIRwgpca
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) February 3, 2022
Netflix knows Knives Out 2 is the movie we're all waiting for, which is why the streamer held it for last in its teaser video. All we got a glimpse of was a group of guests boarding a yacht while Daniel Craig's master detective Benoit Blanc looks on. Rian Johnson returned to write and direct. The all-star supporting cast includes Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Dave Bautista, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Kate Hudson, Jessica Henwick, and Madelyn Cline.
prevnextSlumberland
A young girl (@MarlowBarkley) discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of SLUMBERLAND, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw (Jason Mamoa), she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father (Kyle Chandler) again. pic.twitter.com/OQSqulDFuq
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) February 3, 2022
Slumberland was the movie that had Jason Mamoa fans screaming for joy in the teaser. This is a family-friendly movie directed by Francis Lawrence (The Hunger Games: Catching Fire) that centers on a young girl's journey to a mysterious dreamworld where she hopes to reconnect with her late father. Marlow Barkley, Chris O'Dowd, and Kyle Chandler also star.
prevnextThe Gray Man
When the CIA’s most skilled mercenary (Ryan Gosling)—whose true identity is known to none—accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague (@ChrisEvans) puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt. THE GRAY MAN is directed by @Russo_Brothers pic.twitter.com/E9A6hBH9so
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) February 3, 2022
The Gray Man is another one of Netflix's big swings in the vein of Red Notice. This time, it's a team-up with stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, and Rege-Jean Page and directors Anthony and Joe Russo. It is based on the novel by Mark Greaney, with a CIA mercenary accidentally learning about dark secrets, kicking off an international manhunt.
prevnextThe Adam Project (March 11)
THE ADAM PROJECT directed by @ShawnLevyDirect stars @VancityReynolds as a time-traveling pilot that has to team up with his younger self and his late father (@MarkRuffalo) to come to terms with his past while saving the future. Also starring Jennifer Garner and @ZoeSaldana. pic.twitter.com/B20r5fscuM
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) February 3, 2022
Netflix knows audiences enjoy Ryan Reynolds, so it's no surprise that he has featured in the teaser thanks to his new movie, The Adam Project. This time-traveling movie features Reynolds as a pilot who teams up with his younger self and his father to save the future... and his past. Zoe Saldana, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner also stars. Free Guy director Shawn Levy also directed The Adam Project.
prevnextApollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Netflix has released the first image for the Richard Linklater animated film Apollo 10 ½. The film will be Linklater's third animated film after Waking Life and A Scanner Darkly and will open at SXSW on March 13. I'm very interested in checking this out once it finally comes out. pic.twitter.com/44LlIFWYED
— Animated Antic (@Animated_Antic) February 2, 2022
Boyhood filmmaker Richard Linklater returns to the world of animation with Apollo 10 1/5: A Space Age Childhood. This tells the story of the first moon landing from the perspectives of an astronaut and a kid watching from the ground in Houston. The voice cast includes Glen Powell, Zachary Levi, and Jack Black.
prevnextBlonde
netflix has finally confirmed that the movie ‘blonde’ starring ana de armas will be out on the streaming platform in 2022 pic.twitter.com/RXVbFauffg
— Ana de Armas Daily (@anadearmasdaily) February 3, 2022
Netflix included Andrew Dominik's already-controversial Blonde on its list of releases for 2022, so we know it's coming. The movie stars Ana de Armas as Marilyn Monroe and is based on Joyce Carol Oates' novel of the same name. Adrian Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Julianne Nicholson, and Castar Phillipson also star.
prevnextDay Shift and They Cloned Tyrone
DAY SHIFT stars @iAmJamieFoxx as a hard working dad who just wants to provide a good life for his daughter, but his mundane pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income – hunting and killing vampires. Look out for Dave Franco and @SnoopDogg who also star. pic.twitter.com/1DHiJAdRCa
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) February 3, 2022
Jamie Foxx fans have two Netflix movies to look forward to. In J.J. Perry's Day Shift, Foxx plays a blue-collar dad in San Francisco who suddenly finds himself hunting zombies. Snoop Dogg, Dave Franco, Meagan Good, and Natasha Liu Bordizzo also star. In They Cloned Tyrone, Foxx joins John Boyega and Teyonah Parris in a caper involving a government conspiracy.
prevnextHustle
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout (@AdamSandler) brings the phenom to the US without his team's approval. Against the odds, they have one shot to prove they can make it in the NBA in HUSTLE. pic.twitter.com/sT9yybcGzU
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) February 3, 2022
There's no way Adam Sandler was not going to be represented on this list. In Jeremiah Zagar's Hustle, Sandler plays a basketball scout who helps a great player overseas who has a troubled past make it into the NBA. Real-life NBA player Juancho Hernangomez co-stars, alongside Ben Foster, Queen Latifah, Robert Duvall, and Kenny Smith.
prevnextPersuasion
First look at #PERSUASION coming to Netflix in 2022!
Directed by: Carrie Cracknell
— What's on Netflix (@whatonnetflix) February 3, 2022
Cast: Dakota Johnson, Cosmo Jarvis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Mia McKenna-Bruce with Richard E. Grant and Henry Golding pic.twitter.com/00JIu3s8Av
Persuasion is an adaptation of Jane Austen's final novel and stars Dakota Johnson, Henry Golding, and Cosmo Jarvis. It was directed by Carrie Cracknell and centers on Anne Elliot, who has to choose between putting her past behind her or giving Frederick Wentworth a second chance. The most famous previous adaptation of the story is the 1995 movie starring Ciaran Hinds and Amanda Root.
prevnextWendell & Wild
From the wicked minds of director Henry Selick & co-writer @JordanPeele, comes WENDELL & WILD, a tale of two scheming demon brothers (@KeeganMKey & Peele), who enlist 13-year-old Kat to summon them to the Land of the Living. All told through the hand-made artistry of stop motion. pic.twitter.com/00qwLyJ8L8
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) February 3, 2022
Wendell & Wild is a collaboration between Jordan Peele and renowned stop-motion animation director Henry Selick. Peele and Keegan-Michael Key voice the title characters, demon brothers who ask a 13-year-old to help them reach the Land of the Living. Incredibly, this is Selick's first film since Coraline (2009). He also directed The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach.
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