12 Best Netflix Original Movies: 'All Quiet on the Western Front,' 'Da 5 Bloods,' 'The Irishman' and More

Based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel of the same name, All Quiet on the Western Front tells the story of a young soldier who enlists in the Imperial German Army amid World War I in 1917. Together with his pal, he hopes to become a hero and survive the battle.

However, he discovers the truth about war during his journey and realizes it does not look like the same as what he thought.

Netflix's All Quiet on the Western Front serves as the third film adaptation of the book following the 1930 and 1979 flicks.

The titular character, Pinocchio, gets a reimagination in director Guillermo del Toro's film Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio. The 2022 flick, based on Carlo Collodi's The Adventures of Pinocchio, tackles a woodcarver's encounter with a magical puppet made of pine wood planted by his late son.

While del Toro's creation flaunts its uniqueness among the other adaptations, it still has the source material's darkness that tickles viewers' minds.

The 2018 Netflix original movie Roma leaves a great impression by presenting the whole material in black-and-and-white format. It tells the story of a housekeeper named Cleo, who serves an upper-middle-class Mexican family and cares for the four children.

The patriarch's infidelity affects the whole family, leading Sofía to take Cleo and her kids to take a much-needed break.

Based on the true story of the Uruguayan 1972 Andes flight disaster, Society of the Snow takes the viewers back to the scene of the tragedy in the heart of the Andes.

The Uruguayan Air Force flight 571 carries 45 passengers, including the rugby team members. While hoping for a rescue to arrive each day, they continue losing survivors due to extreme weather conditions and hunger. In the hopes of surviving the desperate situation until help comes, they force themselves to commit cannibalism by consuming the bodies of the deceased passengers.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs features six short films about people living in 19th-century post-Civil War America: a cheerful cowboy, a bank robber, a woman searching for her husband, a traveling promoter, a prospector and passengers in a stagecoach.

Following the story of Anthony McCarten's play The Pope, Netflix's The Two Popes explores Pope Benedict XVI's attempt to change Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio's plan to resign as an archbishop. They need to resolve the issues to create a new path for the Catholic Church.

Based on the infamous 1969 trial of seven defendants following protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, the Trial of the Chicago 7 revisits the lives of the anti-Vietnam War protesters as they help each other in the legal fight despite their clashing philosophies.