Netflix has just included in its catalog a category that has a surprising history behind it. Netflix’s new “short movies” option appears to be the answer to a near-accidental joke by Pete Davidson. During the most recent edition of the program saturday night livethe comedian commented to the rhythm of rap that “all I want are short movies.” And he did it using the play on words “short-ass movie”which caused laughter in the audience to what translated could be said: movies for restless asses. Also, the comment caused a fun debate on Twitter in which “the good old days of short movies” were recalled.
As unique and unexpected as it may seem, one of the commentators was Netflix. From one of your official accounts @NetflixIsaJokethe platform cited the saturday night live sketch Y replied “Good idea”. In addition, it included the link for a new category in its catalog. Precisely the one that compiles a movie collection with an average duration of ninety minutes or so. The name of the list? Of course short ass moviesundoubtedly as a way to celebrate not only Davidson’s joke but also the debate on social networks.
The list of releases includes all kinds of short movies on Netflix, perfect for a quick movie marathon of different genres and premises. All without having to spend long hours concentrating on a single film. And although the titles may vary from country to country, chances are you will find the perfect option for you. If you still can’t find the list in the catalog for your country, we recommend using the code 81603903 to find it.
If you are one of the lucky ones who can already access the new category of short Netflix movies without the need for the code, we leave you a list of five short movies that you will enjoy. Which is your favorite?
Stroke of luck
This bizarre suspense story builds on the well-known “home attack” trope. But this time, the premise reaches a much more awkward and twisted extreme. Not only encompasses the possibility of domestic violence. Also, the perception of how a crime is assimilated within what we consider private spaces. The combination provokes a peculiar vision of fear, despair and bewilderment with considerable effectiveness.
But besides that, Stroke of luck it is a subtle analysis on inequality. Without being political or having a direct social commentary, the short Netflix film manages to ponder complicated places in our culture. Poverty, wealth, the very fact of the loss of identity due to lack. All the themes come together in what could seem like a thriller or solo, an excuse for an uncomfortable kind of suspense. But director Charlie McDowell seems to have a much clearer idea of what lies beneath a seemingly topical story.
The cast includes Jason Segel, Lily Collins, Jesse Plemons and Omar Leyva. As singular as it may seem, one of the highest points of the film is getting the actors to play roles outside of their register. Quite an achievement that turns the argument into a strange plot experiment.
Film duration: 1 hour and 32 minutes.
The witch
This modern classic is a splendidly atmospheric Netflix short film, with a brilliant script and impeccable acting. It is also proof that a good story can be told from the premise of brevity. Beyond that, Eggers accomplishes the seemingly impossible. Combine in the same space and under subtle perceptions, themes as disparate as terror, drama, prejudice and the connotation of violence.
There is a certain essential urgency to the film’s narrative. Perhaps it is due to the feeling of isolation, the brutal scenes of violence, or the sense of impending disaster. Whatever the reason, the story takes place in the midst of an uncomfortable sense of bewilderment. Also, around the conception that something mysterious is about to be unleashed, although it does not detail (not immediately) its nature. Is it mass hysteria? A crime in the middle of an isolated scene? The film poses several scenarios at once and becomes more nihilistic as its characters struggle against unseen horror. For its third and now iconic installment, the film demonstrated more than just its ability to terrify. Also, that it is a box of visual and narrative surprises that surprises for its effective staging.
The cast of this Netflix short film includes Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Lucas Dawson. They are joined by Ellie Grainger, Julian Richings, Bathsheba Garnett, Sarah Stephens and Jeff Smith.
Film duration: 1 hour and 32 minutes.
Hypnotic
When Jenn begins to seek therapeutic help in the midst of what is perhaps the worst moment of her life, she finds herself in the strangest of experiences. Halfway between a suspense thriller and a variation of the collective fantasy about mind control, the short film from Netflix is a box of surprises. Especially, by making the decision not to hide your secretsbut to show them as lures towards something deeper. What begins as a hypnotic therapy, ends up being the door to a strange and uncomfortable plot.
At once, Hypnotic try the peculiar experiment of combining two movies at once. On the one hand, a conventional plot about fear, claustrophobia and mistrust. At the other extreme, the feeling that the story has a more elaborate and less obvious substratum. For its second section, the film advances with even touches of irony, in the most confusing points of its premise. A careful variation on concepts about paranoiathe rupture of intimacy and an unexpected noir twist. All in less than an hour.
The cast includes Netflix genre regular Kate Siegel as well as Jason O’Mara, Dulé Hill, Lucie Guest and Jaime M. Callica.
Film duration: 1 hour and 29 minutes.
Lucy
Lucy is another powerful heroine in this short movie on Netflix. But this time, he is also a tragic figure. When the character must face a life or death decision that will make him consume an experimental drug, he will find himself on the brink of destruction. But beyond that, he’ll also get a chance to look at the very fabric of our world from a whole new angle. The mixture of action thriller with philosophical science fictionit is brilliant to the extent that it exploits the extremes of genres.
At the same time, Besson, a veteran of impossible scenes and jaw-dropping viewpoints, creates a thrilling reality for a character teetering on the abyss. Whether shooting, solving the question of existence or deciding how to die, the Lucy of the director is a strange mix of his obsessions. Also, an elegant and well thought out journey through the connotation of the infinite and the powerful of the human mind. For its final stretch, the film loses strength and pulse. But even so, it is amazing in its good handling of codes and visual symbols of considerable value.
Starring Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-sik, Amr Waked and Jan Oliver Schroeder, the film is an ode to Besson’s multicultural premise. They are joined by Julian Rhind-Tutt, Pilou Asbæk, Analeigh Tipton, Nicolas Phongpheth, Luca Angeletti, Loïc Brabant, Pierre Grammont and Pierre Poirot.
Film duration: 1 hour and 29 minutes.
The principles of care
Ben is going through a personal tragedy and without a doubt, the worst moments of his life. So he decides to do what he can to get through the mourning and also leave an emotional legacy in his wake. And that leads him to try to understand his pain and suffering through caring for others. It’s a complex premise that in hands less skilled than director Rob Burnett’s, would have been cheesy. But the premise becomes a mocking look at fear, uprooting and exclusion, which ends up moving.
Beyond that, The principles of care It is a well planned and better narrated journey about emotional grief. It is not only a way of understanding the suffering of its characters (which it is). As well, It is an anguished journey through the empty spaces that a tragedy leaves in its wake. All under a subtle perception of irony as the element that links all views about pain. There is a condition of perpetual wonder that analyzes the human spirit over goodness. At the same time, a discreet conception of hope that ends up being the highest point of the film.
This short Netflix movie stars Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts, Selena Gomez and Jennifer Ehle, the movie relies mostly on the charisma of its cast. He is joined by Megan Ferguson, Ashley White, Patti Schellhaas, Blake Sewell and Walter Hendrix III.
Film duration: 1 hour and 37 minutes.