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Best Netflix movies: Da 5 Bloods

Release Year: 2020

Directed by Spike Lee 

Starring Delroy Lindo, Chadwick Boseman, Jonathan Majors, Clarke Peters, Norm Lewis, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Mélanie Thierry, Paul Walter Hauser, Jasper Pääkkönen, and Jean Reno

Da 5 Bloods is the most recently released Netflix original movie to make the list of the best movies on Netflix, and it definitely deserves a spot on the list. Overall, this is one of my favorite Netflix movies yet. It’s a difficult watch at certain points in the film, but it’s another masterpiece from Spike Lee.

The film follows a group of Black Vietnam veterans who return to the country to recover the remains of their fallen squad leader and also retrieve treasure they stashed in the country during their service time.

Lee wrote the screenplay for the film, along with Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott, and Lee also directed the movie.

I was most impressed with two aspects of this movie. First of all, the performances are outstanding. The entire cast is really good, but the core six actors, Lindo, Boseman, Majors, Peters, Whitlock Jr., and Lewis are phenomenal.

Second, Lee plays weaves history and current events and issues so smoothly and in a way that few filmmakers can do.

I wouldn’t be surprised to see Da 5 Bloods popping up on Oscars watchlists before the awards ceremony next spring. The screenplay has a chance to win an Oscar, and I think Lindo’s performance could earn consideration.