Housemaids are common in India, where the film is set, but Ratna and Ashwin develop a slow-simmering and socially unthinkable love. Tillotama Shome stars as Ratna, a live-in housemaid to upper-middle-class Ashwin (Vivek Gomber). Sirįirst-time feature director Rohena Gera sticks the landing with 2018's Sir, which only released in cinemas in November 2020 and hit Netflix early in 2021. Where to watch: Sweet Tooth is streaming on Netflix. Alexis Nedd, Senior Entertainment Reporter Gus's journey through the world he barely knew existed is a beautiful coming-of-age story with a talented supporting cast and a flawless cute-to-concerning ratio. The eponymous hero is a human-deer hybrid named Gus (nicknamed Sweet Tooth), whose father sheltered him from the worst of the world until shelter became untenable. Though set after a deadly virus has decimated the human population and caused the collapse of civilization (yikes), Sweet Tooth is more of a fairytale told from the perspective of one of the other side effects of the apocalypse. Sweet Tooth was a surprisingly fantastical addition to the Netflix lineup this year, and its big bet on childlike wonder paid off in spades. "Sweet Tooth" has some of the best special effects of Netflix's year. Where to watch: Bad Trip is streaming on Netflix. The movie's meandering plot features a lineup of outrageous hidden camera pranks that cast innocent bystanders as extras in this rom-com from hell, and their genuine reactions make for an entertaining and surprisingly wholesome watch that you'll remember for a very long time.
It's hands-down one of the funniest movies of the year, and also one of the most inventive. Tiffany Haddish steals the show as Bad Trip's main antagonist, Bud's sister Trina, who is newly escaped from prison and wildly unpredictable. Lil Rel Howery co-leads as Bud, Chris' best - er -bud (ha!), who agrees to a moonshot road trip in hopes of finding his friend's lost love. Brought to you by three of the dudes behind The Eric André Show, this mostly improvised romantic-comedy stars Eric André as Chris, a hopeless romantic seeking a second chance with his high school crush. Where to watch: Bo Burnham: Inside is streaming on Netflix. The "I am not well" scene is genuinely hard to watch. But if you need to sit this one out, we get that too. Mashable's Alexis Nedd actually described it as an " upsetting (in a good way?) musical recap of shared psychic trauma." If that's the kind of viewing experience you can manage, then you definitely should cue it up. More remarkable, he made the project while stuck at home like the rest of us.
With his characteristic wit and self-deprecation, Burnham takes musical aim at everything from aging ("30") to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos ("Bezos I" and "Bezos II"). Among the more impressive pandemic projects to hit the market, Bo Burnham: Inside is an unconventional comedy special that takes a painfully precise look at the traumatic experience of social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.