Netflix is known for releasing a ton of original content month after month.
We’ve gathered every Netflix original film released in 2023 (so far), and ranked them in order from worst to best, according to Rotten Tomatoes.
FYI: If you don’t know, Rotten Tomatoes ranks a title as “fresh,” when “at least 60% of reviews for a movie or TV show are positive,” and ranks a movie “certified fresh” with “a steady Tomatometer score of 75% or higher,” and “at least five reviews from Top Critics,” among other qualifiers.
Keep reading to see what you should definitely watch, and what you could consider skipping…
6. Dog Gone
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 41%
Synopsis: A young man and his father begin a desperate search to find their beloved dog Gonker on the Appalachian Trail before it’s too late.
Starring: Rob Lowe, Johnny Berchtold, and Kimberly Williams-Paisley
5. You People
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 42%
Synopsis: A new couple and their families find themselves examining modern love and family dynamics amidst clashing cultures, societal expectations and generational differences in this comedy from Kenya Barris.
Starring: Jonah Hill, Lauren London, David Duchovny, and Nia Long with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Eddie Murphy
4. JUNG_E
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 46%
Synopsis: In this gripping sci-fi thriller, humans have escaped Earth, which has been devastated by drastic climate change. And to end the war taking place at the shelters, the brain of the legendary mercenary Yun Jung-yi is cloned by those trying to develop the ultimate A.I. combat warrior.
Starring: Kang Soo-youn, Kim Hyun-joo, Ryu Kyung-soo
3. The Pale Blue Eye
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 63%
Synopsis: West Point, 1830. A world-weary detective is hired to discreetly investigate the gruesome murder of a cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case — a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.
Starring: Christian Bale, Gillian Anderson, Timothy Spall, Toby Jones, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Robert Duvall.
2. True Spirit
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 73%
Synopsis: When Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world, she must overcome her greatest fear as she navigates the world’s most challenging stretches of ocean. Based on a true story.
Starring: Teagan Croft, Cliff Curtis, Josh Lawson and Anna Paquin
2. True Spirit
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 73%
Synopsis: When Jessica Watson sets out to be the youngest person to sail solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world, she must overcome her greatest fear as she navigates the world’s most challenging stretches of ocean. Based on a true story.
Starring: Teagan Croft, Cliff Curtis, Josh Lawson and Anna Paquin
