- Each week, INSIDER rounds up a list of seven great movies to watch on Netflix over the weekend.
- This week's picks include Netflix original "Mirage" and the "Ip Man" franchise.
There's so much content constantly coming and going from Netflix that it can become difficult to find a movie to watch.
We're here to help. Each week, INSIDER selects new and old flicks you may not have realized are on the streaming service to ease your scrolling woes.
This week, tune into new Netflix original "Mirage" which feels like a mix between "Doctor Who" and "Frequency." You can also currently catch up with the entire "Ip Man" trilogy before the fourth movie is released this summer. Need something easy and breezy to watch? The first "Fast and the Furious" movie is on the streaming service, too.
Keep reading to see seven movies you can watch this weekend (along with their Rotten Tomatoes scores when available).
Note: Not all of these films are available in countries outside the United States.
1. "Mirage" (2019)
Netflix description: ""A space-time continuum glitch allows Vera to save a boy's life 25 years earlier, but results in the loss of her daughter, whom she fights to get back."
The Spanish film is described as a cross between an episode of "Doctor Who" and the "Butterfly" effect. You'll need to watch it with subtitles. Those are apt descriptions. I’d also say it’s similar to 2000's “Frequency,” with Dennis Quaid and Jim Caviezel.
2. "Fast and the Furious" (2001)
Netflix description: "An undercover cop infiltrates a Los Angeles street-racing crew suspected of big-rig hijackings and unexpectedly falls for the gang leader's sister."
Critic score: 53%
Audience score: 74%
Fast cars, Vin Diesel, and family. The original "Fast and the Furious" is second on our ranking of every movie in the "Fast" family. Although the film has some undeniably cheesy moments, it still holds up well.
If you're still watching this franchise 18 years later, the film laid the foundation for future plot lines in movies to come. You'll definitely want to watch it again ahead of next year's "Fast 9" since the franchise always likes tossing in some callbacks to the original for dedicated fans. It may be worth a watch ahead of the "Hobbes & Shaw" spin-off this August.
Read more: All of the "Fast and Furious" movies ranked from worst to best
3. "Ip Man" (2008)
Netflix description:"An occupying Japanese general challenges Chinese men to duels to prove the superiority of the Japanese, but Ip Man refuses to fight — at first."
Critic score: 85%
Audience score: 93%
The "Ip Man" trilogy is based on the life of the Chinese martial artist who taught Bruce Lee. Ip Man goes from living a wealthy, respected life to having his home taken away from him by the Japanese Army.
Forced into a life of poverty working at a coal mine, Master Ip finally decides to train a group of men in self-defense when he finds out people are being beaten and killed by the Japanese. If you only know Donnie Yen because of his scene-stealing role in "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," you've been missing out. His modesty as a Master of Wing Chu and the choreography of the fight scenes make this a worthwhile watch.
The highlight of the film is a match an hour in when Yen fights off 10 men on his own as the colors on screen are muted. You can catch up with the entire trilogy before the fourth installment in the franchise comes out later this year. The first trailer for "Ip Man 4" was released this week and you can watch it here.
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