Thursday, October 26, 2017

Netflix's 18 original comedy films, ranked from worst to best

1. “Tramps” — 95%

1. “Tramps” — 95%

Critic score: 95%

Audience score: 73%

Netflix description: "Pulled into a shady briefcase swap for different reasons, young strangers Danny and Ellie spend an eventful night together when the deal goes wrong."

2. “Deidra & Laney Rob a Train” — 94%

2. “Deidra & Laney Rob a Train” — 94%

Critic score: 94%

Audience score: 60%

Netflix description: "With their mother in jail and bills piling up, ambitious small-town teens Deidra and Laney plot a series of train robberies to keep themselves afloat."

3. “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” — 93%

3. “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)” — 93%

Critic score: 93%

Audience score: 83%

Netflix description: "Grudges and rivalries abound as three adult siblings converge in New York to contend with their prickly artist father — and his fading legacy."

4. “I Don’t Feel at Home In This World Anymore” — 89%

4. “I Don’t Feel at Home In This World Anymore” — 89%

Critic score: 89%

Audience score: 77%

Netflix description: "A timid nursing assistant gets a new lease on life when she and a neighborhood loner track down the degenerates who broke into her house."

5. “Win It All” — 89%

5. “Win It All” — 89%

Critic score: 89%

Audience score: 58%

Netflix description: "After losing $50,000 that wasn't his, gambling addict Eddie starts to rebuild his life. But an unwelcome surprise pushes him toward his old ways."

6. “The Incredible Jessica James” — 85%

6. “The Incredible Jessica James” — 85%

Critic score: 85%

Audience score: 66%

Netflix description: "Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date."

7. “Tallulah” — 84%

7. “Tallulah” — 84%

Critic score: 84%

Audience score: 69%

Netflix description: "While searching for her ex-boyfriend, a young drifter impulsively kidnaps a baby from a neglectful mother and pretends the child is her own."

8. “Little Evil” — 83%

8. “Little Evil” — 83%

Critic score: 83%

Audience score: 42%

Netflix description: "In this horror-comedy, a recently married man who wants to bond with his stepson begins to fear that the boy is a demon."

9. “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday” — 80%

9. “Pee-wee’s Big Holiday” — 80%

Critic score: 80%

Audience score: 62%

Netflix description: "A chance encounter with a mysterious stranger (Joe Manganiello) points Pee-wee toward his destiny — and his first-ever holiday!"

10. “The Fundamentals of Caring” — 77%

10. “The Fundamentals of Caring” — 77%

Critic score: 77%

Audience score: 83%

Netflix description: "In this inspirational buddy comedy, a young shut-in and his caregiver take a road trip in search of landmarks, but end up finding hope and friendship."

11. “A Very Murray Christmas” — 75%

11. “A Very Murray Christmas” — 75%

Critic score: 75%

Audience score: 36%

Netflix description: "Bill Murray rounds up an all-star cast for an evening of music, mischief and barroom camaraderie in this irreverent twist on holiday variety shows."

12. “The Babysitter” — 60%

12. “The Babysitter” — 60%

Critic score: 60%

Audience score: 61%

Netflix description: "When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot babysitter is part of a satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet."

13. “War Machine” — 53%

13. “War Machine” — 53%

Critic score: 53%

Audience score: 34%

Netflix description: "When a proud general is tasked with winning an unpopular war, he takes the challenge head-on, not knowing that hubris may be his own worst enemy."

14. “Mascots” — 50%

14. “Mascots” — 50%

Critic score: 50%

Audience score: 35%

Netflix description: "Eager contestants don big heads and furry suits to vie for the title of World's Best Mascot in this offbeat, comic romp from Christopher Guest."

15. “Sandy Wexler” — 32%

15. “Sandy Wexler” — 32%

Critic score:32%

Audience score: 40%

Netflix description: "When a hapless but dedicated talent manager signs his first client who actually has talent, his career finally starts to take off."

16. “The Do-Over” — 5%

16. “The Do-Over” — 5%

Critic score: 5%

Audience score: 42%

Netflix description: "The life of a bank manager is turned upside down when a friend from his past manipulates him into faking his own death and taking off on an adventure."

17. “The True Memoirs of an International Assassin” — 0%

17. “The True Memoirs of an International Assassin” — 0%

Critic score: 0%

Audience score: 42%

Netflix description: "After his publisher markets his crime novel as a memoir, a novice author finds himself forcibly recruited into a deadly political plot in Venezuela."

18. “The Ridiculous 6” — 0%

18. “The Ridiculous 6” — 0%

Critic score: 0%

Audience score: 31%

Netflix description: "When his outlaw dad is kidnapped, Tommy 'White Knife' Stockburn sets off across the West on a rescue mission with five brothers he never knew he had."


Source: Business Insider India