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What to Watch Next on Netflix!

Your Personal Guide to What Show or Movie You Need to Start Binging ASAP

By Kirsten TrowerPublished 6 years ago 7 min read
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To All The Boys I've Loved Before - A Netflix Film Based Off the Book by Jenny Han

If you're stuck in movie or TV show limbo, this is the guide for you. (Feel free to skip to the end for a complete list.)

First up:

Romcoms

If you're into high school romcoms, please go watch To All The Boys I've Loved Before. It features a girl who writes love letters to every boy she has ever loved, with no intention of ever sending those letters... but alas, the letters end up in the hands of all five boys she had been crushing on. This movie also features the one and only Noah Centineo—a total heartthrob. I mean, look at him!

Noah Centineo as Peter Kavinsky is dreamy AF.

To All The Boys I've Loved Before

Another must-see Netflix romcom is The Kissing Booth. It's about a girl who has a crush on her best friend's brother—breaking one of the strict rules set between the two best friends. The romance is real on and off screen—which makes the movie even better. To be fair, it's super cheesy, but who doesn't love a little cheese here and there?

Breaking the rules never hurt anybody...

The Kissing Booth

Next up, The Spectacular Now. It's about two people who you wouldn't think would ever end up as friends, let alone fall in love. Ah, the best kind of romance. This movie is from 2013 and features two of my favorite actors: Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley. Talk about a dream couple.

The best kind of love always surprises you.

The Spectacular Now

Do you ever wish you could travel back in time and get a second chance to sweep the love of your life off their feet? That's what happens in When We First Met, a Netflix original featuring Adam Devine and Alexandra Daddario. A definite must-see.

What would you give to travel back?

When We First Met

Just Friends is one of my all time favorite romcoms & you can watch it on Netflix! It involves Ryan Reynolds, a fat-suit, and a glow up of the century. Every minute of this movie is hilarious and will definitely make you rethink your high school decisions.

Getting out of the friend-zone can be... hard.

Just Friends

Moving onto the next genre...

Rom Without the Com

Now I can get into some of the classics. P.S. I Love You. If you haven't seen this movie already, now is your chance. All I will tell you is this: bring a tissue box with you because, like The Notebook, this movie will have your heart on an emotional rollercoaster.

Love a little, cry a sh*t ton.

P.S I Love You

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is another classic that you must see on Netflix. Have you ever wanted to forget everything about the person who broke your heart? Jim Carrey does just that in this beautiful film.

Sometimes you just have to forgive & forget.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Ryan Gosling did it with The Notebook, but he did it again with Blue Valentine. Love is messy. Love is hard. Love is painful. Go watch this film.

Sometimes being in love can feel kinda blue.

Blue Valentine

Before we go on to the next category, PLEASE check out Before We Go, a love story about Chris Evans. How could you pass this up? This movie will make you wish you missed your train out of NYC, too.

Can a stranger be the man of your dreams?

Before We Go

Now I want to get into some Classics that are on Netflix right now. At least, the...

Classics Worth Watching

  • 13 Going on 30
  • The Truman Show
  • The Princess Diaries
  • Moonrise Kingdom—This film is made so aesthetically pleasing it will make you question the art direction of all other movies.
  • Boyhood (truly art)

Another Wes Anderson Masterpiece

Moonrise Kingdom

There's also a couple...

Strange Movies Which I Don't Know What Category to Put Under

Adult World: Emma Roberts & Evan Peters star in this raunchy film about a girl who is destined to be a famous poet. She thinks that the only way she is going to make it to the top is by stalking a famous writer in hopes of finding a mentor...

Do you ever think you are destined to do great things?

Adult World

Room: A woman and her son spend years trapped in an enclosed space, and so when they finally escape, her son is finally able to experience life in the outside world.

Is life really always greener?

Room

Thrillers & Horror

  • The Sixth Sense
  • Dismissed—Dylan Sprouse makes his return to acting in this thriller about doing whatever it takes to be the best in his class

How far would you go to be the teacher's pet?

Dismissed

(cont.)

  • Hush
  • Veronica
  • The Invitation
  • The Good Neighbor—This movie is about a friendly prank going horribly wrong and ultimately, takes a turn for the worst.

What's the worst prank you've ever pulled?

The Good Neighbor

Finally, moving onto the TV shows, currently on Netflix, worth bingeing ASAP...

Older TV Shows That Already Ended

(they may have ended, but if you haven't watched all of these yet, you're definitely missing out!)

  • Dexter—crime drama mystery
  • The Office—hilarious, plain and simple
  • Breaking Bad—crime drama
  • The Carrie Diaries—teen comedy (a prequel to Sex in the City)
  • The Fosters—Again featuring current Hollywood heartthrob Noah Centineo, this show is about Stef and Lena who are in a relationship and together raising Stef's biological son, a set of twins they are fostering, and another brother and sister that they also decide to foster during the show. This show adds very real current events into their storylines, making it so powerful for our time. A real tearjerker!

The Family You Wish You Could Be a Part of

The Fosters

  • Weeds—dark comedy
  • Freaks and Geeks—teen comedy, a James Franco & Seth Rogen classic
  • Charmed—My all-time favorite show about three sisters who find out in their 20s that they are witches—not only that, but the most powerful good witches there are who must fight demons in between trying to have a real life (set in the 90s/00s).

The Power of 3

Charmed

Newer Must-See TV Shows

  • Black Mirror—British sci-fi
  • Safe—British drama, Netflix original
  • The Sinner—crime mystery
  • Hemlock Grove—horror, Netflix original
  • Stranger Things—sci-fi horror, Netflix original
  • American Vandal—this is a mockumentary about a high school prank that involved vandalizing all of the teacher's cars in the parking lot. It features a well-known YouTuber Jimmy Tatro, Griffen Gluck, and Tyler Alvarez, who are all hilarious in this series.

Who drew the dicks?

American Vandal

(cont.)

  • The Rain—apocalyptic Danish series, Netflix original
  • Riverdale—teen drama
  • The End of the F***ing World—This show is about two 17-year-old outsiders who decide to take a road trip in hopes of finding Alyssa's father, who left home when she was just a child.

An Adventure of a Lifetime

The End Of The F***ing World

(cont.)

  • Shameless—comedy drama
  • American Horror Story—horror series
  • The OA—mystery drama, Netflix original
  • Big Mouth—adult animated sitcom, Netflix original
  • Nailed It!—reality bake-off competition, Netflix original
  • Scream—slasher series

  • Dark—sci-fi German thriller

  • The Fall—crime drama

  • Love—romantic comedy, Netflix original

  • Queer Eye—If you watch anything on this list, make it this! Queer Eye is a reality series about giving men (or in some cases women—love you, Mama!) a complete makeover of a lifetime. This show will make you laugh & cry... but mostly cry. The Fab 5 are all absolutely amazing and inspiring in every way. GO WATCH THIS SHOW NOW!

Forever Wishing I Was Part of the Fab 5

Queer Eye

As promised, a complete list of TV shows and movies you need to watch on Netflix asap:

Romantic Comedies:

  • To All The Boys I've Loved Before
  • The Kissing Booth
  • The Spectacular Now
  • When We First Met
  • Just Friends

Romances:

  • P.S I Love You
  • Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind
  • Blue Valentine
  • Before We Go

Classics Worth Watching:

  • Moonrise Kingdom
  • 13 Going on 30
  • The Princess Diaries
  • The Truman Show
  • Boyhood

Thrillers & Horror:

  • The Sixth Sense
  • Dismissed
  • Hush
  • Veronica
  • The Invitation
  • The Good Neighbor

A Couple Binge-worthy Mentions:

  • Adult World
  • Room

Must-See TV Shows:

  • Dexter
  • The Office
  • Breaking Bad
  • The Carrie Diaries
  • The Fosters
  • Weeds
  • Freaks and Geeks
  • Charmed
  • Hemlock Grove
  • Riverdale
  • The End of the F***ing World
  • Shameless
  • American Horror Story
  • The OA
  • Big Mouth
  • Queer Eye
  • Nailed It!
  • American Vandal
  • Scream
  • Love
  • The Fall
  • Dark
  • The Rain
  • Stranger Things
  • Black Mirror
  • The Sinner
  • Safe

Hope you enjoy binging XX

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