Netflix is not all about expensive in-house productions and modern Hollywood blockbusters.
Real classics can also be found on the platform.
Here is our top 10.
Netflix * is undoubtedly the number 1 streaming platform in Germany.
The range is huge
, the price is fair and the app is as easy to use as it is intuitive. Even compared to the USA, its home country, Netflix Germany is currently doing better, because in this country the platform is not (yet) under attack from competing providers such as Paramount Plus or HBO Max, which makes the offer even more diverse. In the meantime, Netflix can even
upgrade
it with a number of
impressive in-house productions
, for example Martin Scorsese's “The Irishman” has won many prizes and has been nominated for ten Oscars. It almost goes under that Netflix also has some real gems on display -
classics from film history
that are always worth a look.
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Netflix: The best classics - this is our top 10
Coming up with a list of the ten best classics on Netflix is difficult because there is so much to choose from.
And - as is usual with top 10 lists - it cannot do without a
good dose of subjectivity
.
And since each of the films listed here could rightly claim first place for itself, they are made here without their own placement.
Who wants to
step on the tie of
a
master like Quentin Tarantino
and put him in a different place than the one?
So let's get into the disorganized ten best classics on Netflix!
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"Back to the Future" (1985)
The trilogy, which is completely available on Netflix and consists of the films "Back to the Future", "Back to the Future II" and "Back to the Future III", is probably one of the most cited film series of all time.
The names of the protagonists alone,
Marty McFly and Doc Brown,
are legendary, the repetitive running gags found their way into modern pop culture and the time machine used, a converted
DeLorean DMC-12
, made the car a legendary collector's item.
In terms of content, the first film is about Marty McFly, who uses the time machine built by Doc Brown from 1985 to travel to 1955 and inadvertently prevents his parents from finding each other.
In order to ensure his own birth in the future
, McFly must now try to
bring his
parents together after all - no easy endeavor.
"Matrix" (1999)
While opinions are divided about the sequels - and based on the reception of the trailer for the fourth "Matrix" film, they will probably continue to prevail in the future - film fans all over the world agree that the first "Matrix" from 1999 was one of the
masterpieces of Film history
counts. In an impressive way, the science fiction film interweaves the social fears of the late 1990s about the emerging world of the Internet, philosophical and religious topics and
elaborately staged Kung Fu
. While Keanu Reeves
built
a
monument
for his portrayal of the chosen one, Neo, who wakes up from fictional reality and faces the fight against the machines
, the film itself kicked off a new wave of action cinema.
"Schindler's List" (1993)
During the Nazi era in Germany, Oskar Schindler
saved
around
1,200 Jews from being murdered in extermination camps
by employing them in his factory, which had been declared an important warehousing facility, thus saving them several times by special decision from planned deportations.
Thomas Keneally wrote his story down as a novel in 1982, and in 1993 Steven Spielberg adapted the material for the cinema.
There it became a great financial success, which was also
extremely
well received
by critics
- among other things, it won
seven Academy Awards
.
But the cultural value of the film is even greater - because of its excellent implementation, it is still part of many educational plans to this day and, especially in Germany, contributed significantly to one
open contact and further processing of National Socialism
.
"Reservoir Dogs" (1992)
The first movie from one of today's most famous and critically acclaimed directors - Quentin Tarantino.
In “Reservoir Dogs” Tarantino tells the
story of a failed robbery
.
The act itself is shown at most in excerpts, the viewer learns what happened through flashbacks and from the conversations of the criminals.
After the attack, they meet in an abandoned warehouse, where most of the film takes place.
Above all, the fact
that the gangsters have been betrayed
and that there is a spy in their ranks causes the situation to escalate brutally several times.
“Reservoir Dogs” is a masterpiece of independent cinema, the renowned magazine “Empire” even describes it as the
greatest independent film of all time
.
Tarantino makes masterful use of elements from chamber play, genre cinema from the 1950s, and classic gangster films.
If you want to see more of Tarantino, you can also find “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” (2019), “The Hateful Eight” (2015), “Django Unchained” (2012) and “Kill Bill Volume 1” (2003) and on Netflix Kill Bill Volume 2 "(2004).
"The Lives of Others" (2006)
The first German film on this list and also the youngest.
“The Lives of Others” takes a
serious look at the GDR era
, but shows that art can bring out what is good in people and also focuses on reconciliation between perpetrator and victim.
The film is considered a
modern classic of German cinema
, also because it was
very successful internationally
.
Among other things, he won the Oscar for the best foreign language film - only Caroline Link with “Nirgendwo in Afrika” from 2003 and Volker Schlöndorff with “Die Blechtrommel” from 1980 had achieved this before.
"Titanic" (1997)
Not surprisingly, if
one of the greatest classics in film history is
available on Netflix, it has to be on this list too. The drama not only mixes one of the most tragic shipwrecks in history, when the once largest passenger ship in the world collided with an iceberg and sank, with a fictional love story. Director James Cameron also
set new standards for blockbuster cinema in the nineties
with a
famous cast consisting of Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet
as well as an impressive set design and soundtrack by James Horner.
Awarded
eleven Oscars and grossing around 1.8 billion
dollars, "Titanic" was at the top of the most successful films of all time for a long time - until Cameron replaced himself with "Avatar - Aufbruch nach Pandora" (2009).
"Forrest Gump" (1994)
Another
masterpiece
from the nineties. With the life story of the fictional American Forrest Gump, director Robert Zemeckis set himself a monument: He won
six Oscars
, including Tom Hanks for his portrayal of the title character the Oscar for Best Actor, as well as three Golden Globes. Many of the scenes from the literary film adaptation are now an
integral part of pop culture
, such as Gump's endurance run across North America, his expressions of love for his childhood friend Jenny and the time as the captain of a shrimp boat. But also serious issues like the
Vietnam War, racism and sexism
are discussed.
In addition, “Forrest Gump” is full of wisdom and memorable sayings that keep it up to date to this day.
"And that's all I have to say about that."
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"The Life of Brian" (1979)
A cult film, also because it
caused a lot of controversy
when it was released. The last major film project to date by the British comedian group, which previously attracted attention with “Knight of the Coconut” and “The Meaning of Life”, deals with the life of the fictional character Brian. He was born at the same time and in close proximity to Jesus Christ and is mistakenly mistaken for a Messiah in the course of his life. Through his
humorous and critical examination of religious dogmas
the comedy encountered vehement resistance from several religious groups, including performance boycotts, and sparked a debate about artistic freedom and religious tolerance.
At the same time, film critics praised “The Life of Brian”, which is still one of the
jewels of British film history
thanks to its continued popular success
.
"Dirty Dancing" (1987)
Director Emile Ardolino hit a nerve with the dance film “Dirty Dancing” in the late 1980s: The story of “Baby” and Johnny, played by Jennifer Gray and Patrick Swayze, takes a
romantic look at the early sixties
.
With disreputable dance scenes, complicated love relationships and the typical problems of young people looking for their place in the world, "Dirty Dancing" is one of the
prototypes of the coming-of-age film
and is justifiably a popular teenage film to this day.
"The Boat" (1981)
Much more serious is Wolfgang Petersen's
monumental film adaptation of
the patrol of a German submarine during the Second World War. The setting is the 1941 Atlantic Battle between Germany and the Allies. The military conflict, which was mainly conducted as a submarine war, lasted through the entire Second World War, but experienced one of its
most dramatic climaxes
in 1941
.
Petersen captures the mood splendidly and transmits the tension directly to the audience.
That did not go unnoticed: Not only was the epic nominated for
six Oscars
and won numerous prizes, it also enabled Petersen to successfully move to Hollywood.
“Das Boot” is available in several versions, the version on Netflix is a TV series with
six episodes approx. 50 minutes long
.
The classics on Netflix: Always worth a look
They may be a bit older, but they all made
film history
: The classics on Netflix are worthwhile, whether for the first time or for the umpteenth time.
The characters iconic, the sayings legendary, the setting unique or the effect groundbreaking - with these classics there are
legends on your television
!
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