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Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects. Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects. Two New Orleans paramedics' lives are ripped apart after they encounter a series of horrific deaths linked to a designer drug with bizarre, otherworldly effects.

• Justin Benson
• Aaron Moorhead
• Anthony Mackie
• Jamie Dornan
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• 64 Metascore
• 7 nominations

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• Trivia At 01:20:00, Steve and Dennis are strolling through New Orleans' Garden District and decide to sit on a curb and talk. The house they sit in front of (the Brevard-Clapp House at 1239 First Street) was formerly owned by horror novelist Anne Rice .
• Goofs In New Orleans, an ambulance has two, not three crew members.

Steve : This is delicious. This dirty shitty river, this beer, this time. Wouldn't change it. The clock just... keeps tickin' down, and the lower that number gets, you realize how fucking amazing now is. The present is a miracle, bruh.

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• October 23, 2020 (United States)
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• Deep South Studios, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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• $4,000,000 (estimated)
• Oct 25, 2020

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‘Synchronic’ Review: Twisted, Trippy Trips Through Time

The filmmakers Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead bend reality in this drug-fueled sci-fi horror.

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By Glenn Kenny

There’s brainy sci-fi, and then there’s very brainy sci-fi. It’s rare that very brainy sci-fi packs a genuinely emotional, or even just sensationalistic, wallop. But the filmmaking team of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (of 2017’s “The Endless”) are working up an impressive batting average in this department.

Their new movie, “Synchronic,” is inspired, at least to some extent, by the wreckage wreaked by designer drugs of dubious legality (the ostensibly synthetic marijuana called K2, for instance). Here, a couple of overworked New Orleans paramedics, Steve (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis (Jamie Dornan), discover casualties of the pill that gives the movie its title. Some die of mishaps, like falling down an elevator shaft, but one woman expires of a snake bite. Not necessarily uncommon — except she was in a hotel without any venomous snakes on the loose.

As we get to know the central characters better, their circumstances feed a story line that gets curiouser and curiouser. Steve has a brain tumor he’s keeping secret. Dennis’s rebellious teenage daughter disappears after going to a drug party. The proximity of Steve’s tumor to his pineal gland and the average age of Synchronic users both prove significant. And Steve’s dog is named Hawking.

After Steve discovers that Synchronic is in fact a “time-travel pill,” it’s off to the races. Mackie’s character puts his life — which he considers expendable — on the line to help find his friend’s child, whom he suspects has become stuck in another, more hostile, time.

“The past sucks!” Steve discovers on his journey. Moorhead and Benson don’t overlook the more amusing aspects of the scenario: The expressions Hawking makes each time Steve goes into the past are droll, for example. And the duo deliver shocks, scares and a resonant payoff.

Synchronic Rated R for language and violence. Running time: 1 hour 36 minutes. In theaters. Please consult the guidelines outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention before watching movies inside theaters.

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From 'The Endless' to 'Synchronic': How Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead Built the Trippiest Shared Universe

The Benson Moorhead Cinematic Universe(TM) is still growing.

[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Synchronic .]

Synchronic isn't necessarily a movie where you need to understand the layered backstory to know it's just a jaw-dropping slice of modern-day sci-fi. Writer/director duo Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead  mostly avoid the pitfalls of time travel storytelling in their tale of two New Orleans EMTs—father-of-two Dennis ( Jamie Dornan ) and ladies' man Steve ( Anthony Mackie )—who comes across a dangerous new designer drug, Synchronic, that sends the user on a seven-minute trip through time. The main side effect being, of course, that the past is full of horrific, deadly stuff. This one guy gets stabbed with a pirate sword. It's all very terrifying. While Synchronic isn't a perfect film—Steve's pineal gland loophole is as convenient as they come, and any film that still makes doesthedogdie.com a necessity is docked a few points on sight —Benson and Moorhead do a fantastic job grounding their heady sci-fi horror in human stakes. Dennis, who can't time-travel, still feels unmoored as he loses his family; Steve, whose unique condition allows him to take the drug to its full potential, is a Black man living in the American south who knows what it is to be unwelcome in any time. The film absolutely works as a standalone, which is kind've nuts when you consider all that Benson and Moorhead fit into it.

But you wanna hear something real nuts? Synchronic is also the fourth entry in a connected indie universe that Benson and Moorhead have been quietly building since 2012's Resolution , one that also includes Spring and The Endless .

The key to understanding Synchronic 's link to the past comes in the scene in which Dr. Kermani ( Ramiz Monsef ) explains, well, the drug Synchronic's link to the past. The genius of Benson's script is that it offers just enough of a scientific explanation without getting lost in the weeds. The drug affects a person's pineal gland—the little pine cone at the center of our brains that produces melatonin, which in turn regulates our biological clock—allowing the user to "experience time as it actually is, rather than the linear, one event after another way we normally experience it.” You buy this because Synchronic doesn't dwell on it, focusing instead on how it relates to Steve's journey. But then Kermani offers up one more blink-and-you-miss-it detail, describing the drug as "a DMT-like drug that we synthesized from a red flower that only grows in a very isolated region in the California desert.”

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That red flower is at the heart of The Endless , and if you haven't caught that 2017 sci-fi horror gem yet—and I highly recommend you do—this is where I'd hop out for now. This time around, Benson and Moorhead also star as brothers who escaped what they thought was a UFO death cult as kids. As adults, they return to the "very isolated region in the California desert" the cult occupies to see if their memories are as insidious as they remember. What they find is an ageless but mostly chill community that brews beer, smokes that mysterious red flower, and, whoops, is under the influence of a malevolent Lovecraftian force that's been trapping people in time loops for the fun of it since the Big Bang. That entire isolated region of the California desert is not much more than a bundle of time-loop bubbles situated next to each other—all different lengths, all different sizes—the borders marked by eerie, gnarled signposts. (You can spot one of those posts in the hands of a Shaman Steve encounters in Synchronic , underneath the multi-moon that signifies the malevolent entity of The Endless .)

The Endless also acts as a bit of an explainer/surprise-semi-sequel to Benson and Moorhead's very first feature, 2012's Resolution . (Again, spoilers to follow.) A graphic designer named Michael ( Peter Cilella ) travels to an isolated cabin to try and save his former best friend, Chris ( Vinny Curran ), from drug addiction. The two men quickly realize everything that's happening at that cabin is under the control of an unseen antagonist, manipulating their story to its own violent whims. Resolution leaves the antagonist unexplained, but five years later The Endless returns to that cabin. While navigating the various looped bubbles, Justin comes across Michael and Chris living out their own violent ends again and again, revealing that the plot of Revolution is yet another sick, sad story orchestrated by the dickhead diety of The Endless .

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[The connection is much thinner when it comes to Benson and Moorhead's second feature, Spring , a body-horror romance about a man named Evan ( Lou Taylor Pucci ) who travels to Italy and meets a woman ( Nadia Hilker ) who is definitely not what she seems. In The Endless , a member of the cult simply mentions a friend named Evan who traveled to Italy and wasn't heard from again. However! Spring is arguably Benson and Moorhead's best movie to date and you should absolutely track it down.]

The beauty of this little sci-fi horror shared universe is in its subtly. Taken alone, all four films work as a contained section in the filmography of two very exciting filmmakers, churning out the type of original high-concept stories we don't get enough of anymore. You can watch Synchronic  on its own and still buy into the scientific explanation of it all. Or, you can take The Endless as a companion piece and ponder whether there's a supernatural, Eldridge edge to what's happening in New Orleans, a sinister puppeteer guiding Steve's noble intentions. It adds a depth worth diving into, making a rewatch of each movie essential. (Based on everything Benson and Moorhead have said , there are still countless connections I've missed.)

Next up, the filmmaking duo is leaping from their own shared universe into the largest one ever constructed, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as they direct a handful of episodes of Moon Knight for Disney+. Surely, the Marvel umbrella doesn't offer a ton of room for explanation. But, you know, just keep an eye out for any red flowers.

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Synchronic ending explained: what happened to steve.

Synchronic's trippy time-travel story ended with Steve in an unexpected situation. We take a look at what happened to him in the end of the movie.

Warning! Spoilers for Synchronic below.

Synchronic 's ending left viewers with a lot of questions, the most pressing of which is what happened to Steve (Anthony Mackie).  Synchronic  follows paramedics and lifelong friends Steve and Dennis (Jamie Dornan) . And throughout the course of the film, the pair run into more and more gruesome accidents during their shifts, which they eventually learn are tied to a designer drug called Synchronic.

Dennis' teenage daughter Brianna goes missing early on in the film, with her disappearance tied to Synchronic. In order to help his grief-stricken friend, Steve vows to find Brianna. He learns that Synchronic allows those with an underdeveloped pineal gland, like teenagers, to literally travel back in time. Early in the movie, Steve discovers he has a brain tumor that led to his pineal gland remaining underdeveloped. Because of that, he is able to take the drug and travel back in time in hopes to find her.

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Steve buys out New Orleans' remaining stash of Synchronic in order to perform experiments to help him find Brianna. Those experiments help him to better understand the drug, which leads him to believe that he can travel back and find Brianna. He's eventually successful and manages to find her and bring her back to her parents in the present. But that comes at a devastating price for Steve.

How Synchronic Works

Steve has a run-in with the chemist behind Synchronic who provides convenient exposition as to how the drug works. Dr. Kermani tells Steve that those who take Synchronic are able to see time as is, instead of linear. He uses a needle on a record player to explain this further; one can drop a needle anywhere on a record to play that particular section of music. There's no specific need to go in chronological order because the other parts of the record exist simultaneously. The doctor compares Synchronic to that needle - it allows a user to drop in at any specific moment in time.

Kermani is unsure why, but only users with a non-calcified, underdeveloped pineal gland can experience the effects of the drug. As Steve's cancerous brain tumor stopped his own pineal gland from calcifying, he is able to travel through time with Synchronic, unlike other adults. He learns that the drug physically transports him back in time for seven minutes. The movie never explains why, but the specific location that he stands in his living room dictates which era in time he travels back to. For example, one spot in his living room sends him to a swamp and the other sends him back to the ice age. Steve also discovers he can bring things back in time with him, as long as he is holding on to them when the pill kicks in. But the catch is that things may not return to the present in the same way. Steve uses all the information he gathers in his final mission to rescue Brianna.

What Happened to Brianna

After a series of trial and error, Steve realizes where he needs to go in order to find Brianna. In an earlier scene in  Synchronic , Steve and Brianna talk on a boulder in a park during her little sister's birthday party. The boulder notably had "ALLWAYS" carved onto it. After explaining his experiments with Synchronic to Dennis, Steve thought Brianna may have carved that in the past as a message to the two of them. Steve took Synchronic at that exact spot and traveled back to a Civil War-era time period. He found Brianna relatively unharmed and managed to send her to the present in order to be reunited with her dad. Synchronic  never reveals what happened to Brianna during or after being sent to the past. That's because, frankly, it doesn't matter.  Synchronic is Steve's story; the movie is all about Steve coming to terms with his own mortality in order to see what really matters - saving Brianna helped him to get there.

Steve's Fate Explained

Brianna's safety came at a grave cost to Steve. When he reaches Brianna, she appears to be on a battle field in the middle of the Civil War. They nearly execute their plan to return safely to the present, but Steve is shot in the leg by a soldier who believes he is a slave. The soldier holds Steve at gunpoint while Brianna manages to escape. She is tearfully reunited with her dad when they turn around to see a ghostly version of Steve sitting on the boulder in present day. Steve and Dennis shake hands before Steve fades away into oblivion.  Synchronic ends immediately after Steve disappears. While his fate is never spelled out, the movie strongly implies that he is stuck in the past. Not only does he have an aggressive cancer, but he is a Black man stuck in the time of slavery. Sadly, that means Steve likely won't last long in the past. But in his eyes, the sacrifice was worth it. Steve never had a wife or family of his own, so Dennis was like his family. Making sure his fractured family was reunited was more important to Steve than saving himself. So while the mission ultimately cost Steve his life, that outcome would have made it worth it to him.

Who Carved ALLWAYS onto the Boulder

When Steve finds Brianna in the past, he tells her that they found her message on the boulder. She has no clue what he is referring to, meaning that she didn't carve "ALLWAYS". As that location held significance to Steve during  Synchronic , he is the most likely candidate for the carver. But ultimately, the identity of the carver doesn't matter — it's the message behind that word.  Synchronic  directors Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson told Comic Book Movie that the specific message on the boulder appeared in  Synchronic  out of sheer coincidence. The pair always knew that some kind of message was going to be carved there. Originally, it was meant to " anything ;" whichever word they chose was going to be misspelled in order to make it more memorable. Moorhead and Benson  were walking around on location in New Orleans and happened to see a cafe called the All Ways Cafe. That inspired the message on the boulder.

The message represents the fluid way in which time moves.  Synchronic deals with the infinite possibilities that time presents, specifically shown in the ways that Steve easily moved through time. Once someone moves beyond the understanding that time moves linearly, the world expands into infinite possibilities — anything is possible. That's exactly what "ALLWAYS" represents in the time travel movie. By sacrificing himself in order to save Brianna in the end of Synchronic , Steve gave back a world of infinite possibilities to his best friend.

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Time travel is a filmmaker’s best friend. This is indisputably the case for two major reasons:

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Ever since the days of H.G Wells, time travel has often been given an air of scientific authority, which makes it feel like it could be real. Of course, many of us still remember that it’s total nonsense. This underlying truth of time travel gives any piece of fiction the freedom to make up the rules as they go along.

This 2006 thriller by the late, great Tony Scott treats time travel like just another tool in a veteran crime fighter’s toolbox. Here’s why you need to see Déjà Vu now that it’s streaming on Amazon Prime.

In this tense sci-fi movie, starring Denzel Washington, sci-fi elements are rarely approached with any sort of wonder or amazement. Déjà Vu focuses on ATF agent Doug Carlin (Washington) as he endeavors to prevent an explosion in New Orleans at any cost. And if doing so means Denzel must crawl into a little time-machine box with the words “Revive Me” on his chest, then that’s what he’s going to do.

The feeling of wanting to start over reverberates throughout Deja Vu, as a sign promising that “[Hurricane] Katrina only made us stronger!” belies a city that feels impossibly empty. When Fat Tuesday explosions kill over 500 people, most of them Navy officers on leave, it thrusts the city into mourning all over again.

Enter Washington’s Carlin, a no-nonsense type more interested in digging around under bridges than figuring out the chain of command at a complex crime scene. Carlin catches the attention of the FBI’s Paul Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer), who offers to let him in on a special, newly formed government unit investigating the attack.

A scene from Déja Vu.

The unit is decidedly high-tech, with Carlin saying that he doesn’t even know the right questions to ask about their work at first. But he soon figures it out: this unit has access to a technology called “Snow White,” which offers truly incredible surveillance footage. Pryzwarra tries to tell him that it involves thermal cameras and satellites, but Carlin isn’t buying it. The footage is too good, too extensive. How can they be looking inside people’s homes and seeing every detail?

Finally, Pryzwarra and team leader Dr. Alexander Denny (Adam Goldberg) come clean: it’s time travel. Sort of. Snow White can see into a very specific window of the past—four days, six hours, three minutes, forty-five seconds, and fourteen point five nanoseconds, to be precise. No more, no less.

They can also interact with that past, but only in very small ways that they’re not confident will change anything. They’re still not sure of all the rules, in other words, seeing as how this wormhole was invented by mistake.

Paula Patton in a scene from Déja Vu.

Columbia University theoretical physicist Brian Greene consulted on Déjà Vu , later telling NBC that “it was a kick” to hang out with producer Jerry Bruckheimer, Tony Scott, and the writers while discussing the finer points of general relativity. One person in the room was decidedly less happy: co-writer Terry Rossio, who’d also co-written the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

On his website Wordplay, Rossio details his problems with Déjà Vu , starting with Scott, who he calls “completely the wrong choice” for the movie in that the director had no real interest in science fiction. “My hope was we had a screenplay that could be the next Sixth Sense . Tony wanted to make just another also-ran surveillance film,” he says, presumably dismissing Scott’s excellent previous movie Enemy of the State as “also-ran.”

There are certain similarities between Enemy of State and Déjà Vu , which also contradict one another in terms of their narratives. In the former, a modern classic starring Will Smith, government surveillance is used to cover up a murder. But in the latter, it’s used to solve murders. The privacy of those watched by Snow White is never discussed, presumably because they are all victims or bad guys.

Denzel Washington in a scene from Déja Vu.

If Rossio wanted Déjà Vu to show the philosophical and emotional ramifications of time travel, he was likely disappointed with what Scott did with the material. Here, the focus is more on using the time-travel tech for car-chase scenes, with Carlin attempting to track the murderous bomber (Jim Caviezel, just two years after Passion of the Christ ) through goggles that allow him to use Snow White technology on the go.

While lacking the depth of Enemy of the State , Déjà Vu is fun in its own right. It wants to give the city of New Orleans a win. As the first movie to film in the city post-Katrina, Scott described the production as “pretty hardcore, emotionally” in an interview. But the disaster in other ways made the shoot easier, given that a large percentage of the population had left the city.

And on top of that, “people were really impressed that we would come in and were grateful, so they helped us more,” Scott said. And while the action in Déjà Vu might not make a whole lot of sense, it moves with such speed and confidence that one can imagine how enjoyable it was to shoot — and can see firsthand how easy it is to get swept up in.

Deja Vu is now streaming on Amazon Prime.

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Something strange is happening in New Orleans — even by Big Easy standards, it’s some bizarro shit. Young folks have been discovered all over the city in highly unusual situations, from being bitten by rare, non-regional snakes to dismembered at the bottom of elevator shafts. Odd bits of detritus (an ancient sword, a centuries-old doorknob, a half-melted Spanish coin) are found at the scenes. “I heard French and the wind,” says one semi-coherent witness to a deadly, er, sabre-stabbing. “Time is a lie” is found scrawled on the wall of a crime scene. The police are baffled. The only connecting factor seems to be a street drug known as “synchronic,” which is new and legal and all the rage.

The more that two EMTs — the single, stay-out-all-night type Steve ( Anthony Mackie ) and the stolid family man Dennis ( Jamie Dornan ) — come across these mystery calls, the less sense any of this makes. When one of these incidents results in a missing-person case that hits close to home for this pair, however, Steve decides to dig a little deeper into what, exactly, is going on with these “fake ayahuasca” pills. He decides to pop a few. The. next thing you know, he’s running from a conquistador in some primitive swamp. Boom, he’s back in his living room. And then things get really weird.

There are some ground rules that Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s Synchronic applies to the nifty, dangerous designer narcotic at the center of its dizzying storyline, and laying them out shouldn’t necessarily count as spoilers. (Should you feel that such gestures do count as spoilers, go ahead and see the movie first before venturing forth. It’s currently playing in theaters and drive-ins; with any luck, it’ll make its way to the safe alternative of streaming/VOD ASAP.) It affects the pineal gland, which apparently tends to be more malleable in teens and twentysomethings. It collapses the quaint notion of looking at things like “years,” and “centuries” and “epochs” as something chronological or linear; per the chemist (Ramiz Monsef) that created it, time is like the grooves on a record and “synchronic is the needle” you can drop anywhere on the slab of vinyl. If you’re holding on to something from the “past,” you can bring it back to the “present” with you. The geography is the same, though where you are when you take it determines what period you end up in — move four feet over, and you could find yourself in the Paleolithic era instead of a pre-Louisiana Purchase NOLA. And if you’re an African-American man like Steve, remember that once you pop those pills, you may run the risk of staring down woolly mammoths or old-timey Klan members.

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That last aspect is, thankfully, never exploited; this isn’t aiming to be Antebellum redux. Nor is it ever really explored as much as you’d like it to be, which is characteristic of Synchronic as a whole, and it’s hard to shake the feeling that a lot of good material got left on the table. The movie is more into the notion of Steve and Dennis as two different versions of modern masculinity — living in a party-all-the-time state of perpetual adolescence and being unhappy; living a domesticated husband-dad existence and being slightly less unhappy — and even that feels like it’s an idea only barely surface-scratched. Benson and Moorhead aren’t prioritizing being psychoanalytic so much as psychotronic here, and if you’ve seen any of their past work (the help-I’ve-fallen-in-love-with-a-Lovecraftian-creature romance Spring, the you-can-never-go-home-again death-cult drama The Endless ), you know that’s where their strength lies. They excel in generating what the kids call “a mood.” This is a premise that seems primed for using various genre elements in the service of something a little deeper, as opposed to wider. What the end result gives you instead is some singularly intriguing left turns, a chance for Mackie to remind you that he’s as much a natural leading man as he is a clutch supporting actor, and some genuinely mind-bending moments.

And what moments they are: a primitive man melting out of a foliage-filled motel wall, the sudden revelation of long-extinct beast ambling through the frame, a long “single-shot” walk through a crime scene that keeps upping the WTF ante, an image of a tiny body falling downward through a vast amount of space. These unsettling, destabilizing, arresting sequences keep things moving even when the narrative gores slack; there’s a sense that you’ve stepped into these time-traveling bad trips and can feel the ground shifting beneath your feet. It’s Synchronic ‘s saving grace. “The past sucks!” Mackie’s character exclaims after coming back from one harrowing hallucinogenic excursion. Indeed — and it’s still apt to bleed into the here and now, not by any means done with us yet.

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In 'Synchronic,' Time Travel Is Anything but Nostalgic

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In ‘Synchronic,’ Time Travel Is Anything but Nostalgic

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have created three of the best indie sci-fi films of the past few years— Resolution , Spring , and The Endless . In their latest movie, Synchronic , a paramedic played by Anthony Mackie discovers a designer drug that lets him visit the past.

“We were talking about, ‘What if there were a substance that made you experience time the way Einstein described it?'” Benson says in Episode 437 of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. “That is to say, that there’s no distinction between past, present, and future, and actually everything happens simultaneously, and time is more like a frozen river rather than a flowing river, and this substance—this drug—would allow you to experience that.”

The film is suffused with mood and color, much of which it draws from its New Orleans setting. Moorhead says it was important to set the film in a place that would be instantly recognizable at different stages of its history.

“With New Orleans, there’s just nothing like it,” he says. “It has this bizarre French and Spanish colonial history, as well as being very American—jazz and civil rights. Just an enormous history that is very, very, very specific to New Orleans. It occupies this wonderful bit of real estate in the American psyche.”

Benson says that time travel films tend to romanticize the past, focusing on manners and fashion rather than health care or social issues. “When you look at things like Back to the Future , it’s an amazing movie, but it does really gloss up the 1950s,” he says. “It’s something that’s been running through our media and our culture for a long time.”

Moorhead hopes that Synchronic will help combat that sort of reflexive nostalgia and give viewers a greater appreciation for the present. “It’s totally fine in any individual product to gloss up something or romanticize it,” he says. “It’s a choice. It’s not a moral failing of any individual product. But what we wanted to do was examine the other side of that.”

Listen to the complete interview with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead in Episode 437 of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy (above). And check out some highlights from the discussion below.

Justin Benson on indie films:

“Someday we’ll have a movie that everyone knows about the day it comes out because it has a $20 million marketing budget, because that’s how you do that. But that’s really scary too, because it better be really good. It better be awesome, because it’s the thing that kids are going to talk about in school on Monday. It’s actually kind of funny, because you get a little bit of a pass as an indie filmmaker, because if it doesn’t make an impact, people are like, ‘Oh, that’s what happens to indie films.’ You’re only really as good as your best film, in a way, and if something comes and goes, it doesn’t really hurt you. It just happens. But if there’s a lot of marketing put behind a bad movie, that’s a threatening prospect.”

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Aaron Moorhead on characters:

“Some of the most exciting times for us when we’re on set are when our characters just get to talk to each other about something that isn’t specifically in the logline of the movie, and you will be shocked at how rare that is. And by the way, the things they talk about inform the later plot, and inform their character, and push the movie along, it’s just that in that exact moment they’re not discussing what to do about a time travel pill. There’s a common wisdom in writing that if the dialogue isn’t pushing along [the plot], then you might as well cut it. But if you cut it, you get something soulless, and you don’t understand these people. Because you can only express yourself so much through action. Our primary means of expressing ourselves as humans is through the way we communicate with others.”

Aaron Moorhead on the pandemic:

“We’ll probably be able to attend a local screening [of Synchronic ] here in LA, where I believe there are two or three drive-ins, because we do want to see what it looks like. But the thing that’s funny about the drive-in experience is that there’s no way to be ‘in person.’ Most of them don’t even allow you to stand on top of your car and address the audience or anything like that. So being there just means that you are in your own car watching the movie you’ve seen a billion times. So that’s the thing. We’re going to go, because it’s our premiere, but there’s no function to actually being in-person at a drive-in, because there’s no in-person aspect to it. There’s no in-person Q&A.”

Aaron Moorhead on randonauts :

“[Random numbers] come from a computer, and it’s very complicated how they arrive at them, but still you can find how they derived that randomness. But there is a way to get actual randomness, which is to measure quantum fields, because quantum fields are actually random. And so [randonauts] are able to take these measurements and get actually random numbers that truly cannot be predicted in the future. They take those numbers and turn them into coordinates, and they go to those coordinates, no matter how hard it is to get there, and in doing so they have broken out of their deterministic tunnel, because there is no world in which they would have gone to that place if they had not followed those numbers.”

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More People Need to Watch This Dark Netflix Time Travel Thriller

Synchronic is a dark indie gem with flashes of brilliance.

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Synchronic stars Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan.

Before hitting play on  2019's Synchronic , there's one thing you should know.

It's not that it's a low-budget sci-fi film with an intriguing premise. It's not that it stars Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan as best friends. It's not that its directors helmed a couple of episodes of Marvel's   Moon Knight .

It's that Synchronic will really, really annoy you with its plot holes and inconsistencies and nonsensical time travel mechanics that loop around in your head until a miraculous counterargument emerges from the haze and convinces you that everything makes sense after all.

Surprisingly, this is a recommendation to watch Synchronic. A frustrating, divisive, dark indie gem with flashes of brilliance. It's yet another taste of the exciting talent of directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (check out 2017's The Endless for a twisted horror flavor). Just lean into the anger Synchronic inspires, and eventually -- on the other side -- you'll have a rewarding experience.

Mackie and Dornan play Steve and Dennis, two remarkably laid-back paramedics working in New Orleans. They're called out to treat a series of people who're spouting incoherent stories after taking a drug called Synchronic.

Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie star as Dennis and Steve.

Steve and Dennis investigate the drug's origins and impossible time travel capabilities, while also dealing with their crumbling personal lives. Steve is a jaded ladies man, and Dennis is stuck in a dysfunctional marriage.

The best parts of Synchronic involve the actual sci-fi element itself. The discovery . Steve and Dennis walking along a dark road in the middle of the night, chatting away about their normal lives, until they enter a house and discover a shocking scene out of a horror movie, where someone's been stabbed and a medieval sword is inexplicably sticking out of a wall.

Thanks to a couple of plot devices, eventually Steve takes the drug himself. This is where Synchronic becomes thrilling in an impressively visceral way.

Paramedic pals.

Starting from its low-key grounding point, the flick sends Steve, and us, off into the frightening unknown. The threat of sudden and violent death hovers over everything, because in this time travel story, Steve is a Black man, and going back to certain places comes with a whole other layer of danger.

The mechanics of how the time travel drug works are compellingly teased out as Steve conducts experiments. An analogy involving a record player is worth one character's appearance alone. At one point, directors Benson and Moorhead shake things up by giving us Steve's first-person perspective, placing us right in the driver's seat to experience what rears up from the tense and unpredictable darkness of the next location.

Other aspects of the drug, including a minor stretch following who's behind its creation, fizzle out. Plus, while effective in some ways, the general sense of realism can expose just how ridiculous the drug's capabilities are.

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Still, nifty and smart directing and Steve's dry sense of humor delivered with Mackie's deadpan swagger, shine above Synchronic's obvious rougher edges. The story is nowhere near perfect, chaining itself to the thinly developed emotional core, involving Steve, Dennis and Dennis' daughter Brianna. (A horrible scene involving Steve's dog is either an example of poor character decision-making or an intentional yank of our emotional heartstrings.)

Synchronic's bittersweet ending is frustrating but doesn't reduce the impact of its greater parts. Hopefully, the flick will set you off on a spree watching Benson and Moorhead's other movies , four of which form part of a connected universe (some connections are stronger than others).

Synchronic is streaming on Netflix now. It can be slow, with occasionally dodgy dialogue and an ending that'll spin you out of control. You need peak movie-watching attention to absorb subtle details that explain what happens. And yet it's still up to interpretation whether absolutely everything makes sense. Take the plunge? Decide for yourself.

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‘Synchronic’: Risky time-travel drug keeps two EMT’s busy in a gritty indie

A great buddy relationship is at the center of a film full of big ideas and psychedelic journeys..

The weird emergencies being handled by a pair of EMT’s (Jamie Dornan, left, and Anthony Mackie) seem to trace back to a new lab-produced drug in “Synchronic.”

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For the second time in the movies this year, the city of New Orleans is reeling from the introduction of a powerful synthetic drug with supernatural sci-fi side effects.

First there was “ Project Power ,” in which a mysterious pill granted you a superpower for five minutes — but you wouldn’t know the nature of that superpower until you took the drug, and it might result in your violent death.

Now comes “Synchronic,” and this time around, the synthetic drug will give you a high that goes beyond heroin and even alter the space-time continuum — but there’s also a strong chance you’ll wind up on a paramedic’s gurney on the way to the hospital, or murdered at the hands of someone from another century. Talk about a trip.

Even before we learn about the dangerous and mysterious drug in “Synchronic,” something about New Orleans feels … off. The skies above the city swirl and glow in strange ways, and it always feels as if it’s 2 a.m. and there’s nobody on the streets, and bad things are happening in and around the dilapidated houses in the city’s worst neighborhoods. The camerawork adds to the feeling of disconnect and impending despair; we weave this way and that as we follow veteran EMTs and best friends Steve (Anthony Mackie) and Dennis (Jamie Dornan), who find themselves responding to increasingly bizarre emergencies. They find drug overdose victims who are babbling incoherently and often suffering from grotesque injuries, sometimes with fatal results. A bite from a snake that hasn’t been seen in this region for decades. A compound fracture suffered by a victim speaking in tongues. A spontaneous combustion. A stab wound — from a centuries-old sword. The only thing the victims have in common is they’ve all ingested a lab-produced drug known as Synchronic.

Co-directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (“Resolution,” “V/H/S: Viral”) do a brilliant job of giving us a visceral ride through the experiences of a Synchronic trip, in which you’ll find yourself on your sofa but suddenly your sofa is in the middle of a swamp a century ago, or you wake up in the Ice Age, with a woolly mammoth trudging by in the background. Mackie’s Steve, who once dreamed of becoming a scientist (his beloved dog is named Hawking) and has a passionate interest in quantum physics and unexplained phenomena, manages to track down the last several packets of Synchronic. (The chemist who created the drug has had a crisis of conscience and is no longer making it.) When Dennis’ teenage daughter Brianna (Ally Ioannides) goes missing, Steve makes it his mission to take one dangerous and potentially life-sapping Synchronic trip after another in an effort to find out where and WHEN she is and bring her home safe.

“Synchronic” is filled with big ideas played out on a relatively small canvas. It’s about best friends who envy each other’s lives and don’t appreciate what they have. Dennis found the love of his life (the always terrific Katie Aselton) and is still married to her, but he’s allowed the relationship to stagnate and he tells Steve the problem with finding the love of your life is you’ll never again have that feeling of first discovering her. Steve rightfully calls bull---- and laments being alone, especially when he finds out he’s sick. Really sick.

Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan both have been parts of blockbuster Hollywood franchises — “The Avengers” and “Fifty Shades of Grey,” respectively — but they comfortably slip into this gritty, indie vehicle and deliver some of their best performances working together. Through the psychedelic journeys and the blood-spattered crime scenes and the brooding atmosphere, “Synchronic” is at heart a good old-fashioned buddy movie about two friends who will risk all for each other.

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New Orleans, with its vibrant culture, rich history, and unmistakable charm, has served as a captivating backdrop for many unforgettable films. The city's unique atmosphere provides inspiration for filmmakers, resulting in diverse and exceptional cinematic experiences. From striking depictions of the Crescent City's rich past to stories highlighting its lively present, these movies showcase the spirit and essence of New Orleans. 

Emphasizing the intriguing facets of the city, the best New Orleans movies skillfully incorporate local settings, characters, and ideologies to create compelling visual narratives. The city's magic weaves itself into the very fabric of these films, and each story is a love letter to New Orleans, embracing the enchantment and complexity that define it. As these films capture the soul of the city, it becomes a character in its own right. 

For instance, Angel Heart enthralls viewers with its atmospheric blend of mystery and horror, set against the backdrop of the city's evocative streets and jazz scene. A Streetcar Named Desire, based on Tennessee Williams' classic play, spotlights the city's raw energy as it navigates the tumultuous relationships of its memorable characters. In the powerful drama 12 Years a Slave, New Orleans' antebellum history serves as a poignant reminder of the bitter roots from which this vibrant city emerged. These exceptional movies are just a few examples of films that showcase the cinematic allure of New Orleans. 

The best New Orleans movies immerse viewers in the distinctive ambiance of a city unlike any other. Rich in history, culture, and personality, New Orleans leaves an indelible mark on the films set within its borders. These movies provide a captivating journey through the heart and soul of the Big Easy, leaving audiences with a profound appreciation for this unique and mesmerizing locale. 

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The Pelican Brief

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The Cincinnati Kid

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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The 8 Best Movies To Check Out Before Visiting New Orleans

With its authentic Creole architecture, multicultural history, and unique old-world character, the city of New Orleans is like a real-life movie set. Luckily, Hollywood has sent its finest to the Crescent City to film some of the blockbusters we all know and love. If you’re heading to the Big Easy, download these eight films for the plane ride over.

Interview with the vampire (1994).

Based on a 1976 novel by New Orleans native, Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire is a dramatic horror film, produced by Irish film director, Neil Jordan. This film, which was nominated for two Oscars and won 19 awards independently, tells an epic vampire story where love, betrayal, loneliness, and hunger take Louis de Pointe du Lac, a young indigo plantation owner, played by protagonist Brad Pitt, on a haunting adventure through the south of New Orleans. The film chronicles Pitt’s character sharing his heartbreaking story—as he searches for redemption—with a San Francisco newspaper reporter, and how he became a vampire at the hands of the evil Lestat de Lioncourt, played by Tom Cruise, in the year 1791.

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

The curious case of benjamin button (2008).

Loosely based on a 1922 short story by American novelist and short story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 romantic fantasy drama, directed by David Fincher, that chronicles how protagonist, Benjamin Button, played by Brad Pitt, experiences bizarre consequences when he starts to age backwards as time progresses. The film also explores how Daisy Fuller (Cate Blanchett), Button’s love interest, welcomes her death—by remembering her lover’s words through his diary—at a hospital in New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approaches. Shot across New Orleans, T he Curious Case of Benjamin Button received 13 Academy Award nominations, and won three for Best Art Direction, Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects.

King Creole (1958)

Directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Hal B. Wallis, the American film producer best remembered for his work on Casablanca , King Creole is the story of 19-year-old high school student Danny Fisher, played by Elvis Presley, who works tirelessly at a shoddy New Orleans joint as a busboy before and after school to help support his unemployed father and sister. One night, he gets a chance to perform as a singer and delivers unmatchable chords and style to the cheering crowd. Based on the 1952 novel by Harold Robbins A Stone for Danny Fisher , this movie takes place in the French Quarter and depicts a beautiful frame of 1958 New Orleans.

The Big Easy (1986)

An American crime drama, directed by Jim McBride and written by Daniel Petrie Jr., The Big Easy is a movie set in New Orleans during the 1980s. The plot centers on a homicide lieutenant in New Orleans, Remy McSwain, played by Dennis Quaid, who’s caught accepting payoffs in an Internal Affairs sting. State District Attorney Anne Osborne, who also plays his love interest in the movie, follows the case closely from the DA’s office and finds out she has to prosecute him. The film, which was later adapted for a television series for two seasons, opens with an aerial shot of the bayou in New Orleans and the Cajun band BeauSoleil, playing Zydeco Gris Gris. The film also features well-known locations, including Tipitina’s, Antoine’s, and the French Quarter Strip, as well as Mardi Gras parade floats.

When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (2006)

A Spike Lee documentary film, first aired on HBO during August 2006, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts , won three Primetime Emmy Awards, and is a four act depiction of the devastation suffered in New Orleans, following the levees’ failure during Hurricane Katrina. The film also explores the U.S. government’s role and response to the disaster. Described by Sheila Nevins, chief at HBO’s documentary unit, as one of the most important films HBO has ever produced, the documentary includes interviews with politicians, journalists, historians, engineers, and many residents of the flooded areas, who share first-hand accounts of their experiences during and after the levees’ failure.

Directed by American film director, screenwriter, and producer William Oliver Stone, JFK is a historical legal conspiracy thriller that examines how a DA in New Orleans, played by Kevin Costner, discovers that there are more details to the Kennedy assassination than the official story suggested. Adapted from the books On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs, the film resulted in controversy when major American newspapers accused Stone of taking liberties with historical facts, including President Lyndon B. Johnson’s implication in Kennedy’s murder. Earning $205 million in worldwide gross, the film won two Academy Awards and earned Stone a Golden Globe for best director.

Honorary Mention: Girls Trip (2017)

An infectiously funny movie following the reunion of four college best friends during a trip to the real-life Essence Festival in New Orleans, Girls Trip was the first film produced, directed, written by, and starring African Americans to make over $100 million at the box office. Playing on the clichés of the city’s party culture, this film finds Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, Regina Hall, and America’s favorite new actress , Tiffany Haddish, sipping hurricanes on Bourbon Street, zip lining across unsuspecting tourists (and then some), and inspiring the world to finally book that trip down South.

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12 Extraordinary Movies Set In New Orleans That Will Inspire You To Visit!

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Sofia De Vera combines a heartfelt passion for cinema with over 15 years of critiquing for esteemed film publications, wielding academic credentials from the University of Southern California and New York University, to serve as your personal guide through the enchanting worlds of film and television.  Her full guest bio can be found here.

Films have a unique ability to transfer audiences to other worlds, planets, continents, or even just a new city. And movies set in New Orleans, Louisiana, offer an enchanting opportunity to visit one of the world’s most stunning locations – without ever leaving home!

One of the reasons why we watch movies is to plan future trips and be spurred to action. Watching films is what inspired us to visit  Scotland ,  Japan , and  Ireland  – and what initially made us dream of visiting New Orleans.

This city is known for its grand history, unparalleled music scene, diverse cultures, and electric feel. If you are an American history and movie buff, it is a cornerstone of history. It was the gateway for western expansion, colonization and has had an outsized international influence through immigration.

Many times throughout the history of film, there have been stories that were put to the screen that shows off the eccentric sensation that one feels while being in the city and experiencing the various cultures it has to offer. There is a level of artistry that can be found in New Orleans. And is part of what separates New Orleans from another famous party town ( Las Vegas ) which has very little else of substance…

Whether it is exploring the inner city, spending the day in the French Quarter, having a night out on Bourbon Street, taking a classic ghost tour, or just seeing the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina – it’s a city that is rich with history, past influences, culture, and magnetic experiences. Of course, it’s better to experience the city than just watch or read about it, but there are many films that effortlessly transport their audience to this magical city and capture the  je ne sais quoi  feeling of New Orleans.

With so many great classic and blockbuster films set in New Orleans, be sure not to overdose with an all weekend Netflix binge. Or do – we always thought moderation was overrated anyway.

So off we go with our list of thirteen movies set in New Orleans…

Wondering where to watch? It depends on where you live in the world and which streaming services you have. We link to the streaming service we watch on in each case - be it Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV+, or elsewhere.

You can get one month free of Amazon Prime (or a 6-month trial for students ) of Amazon Prime and also get immediate access to FREE Two Day shipping, Amazon Video, and Music. While you won't be charged for your free trial, you'll be upgraded to a paid membership plan automatically at the end of the trial period - though if you have already binged all these, you could just cancel before the trial ends.

Apple TV+ also has a one-week trial, and Hulu has a one-month trial (which can be bundled with Disney!). Another option might be using a VPN to access Netflix titles locked to other regions . Netflix is now available in more than 190 countries worldwide and each country has a different library and availability. US Netflix is (understandably) one of the best. 

While we wish everything could just be in one place - for now, it seems these are the best streaming platforms to watch on.

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Jezebel (1938)

New orleans (1947), a streetcar named desire (1951), king creole (1958), the cincinnati kid (1965), the big easy (1987), interview with the vampire (1994), deja vu (2006), when the levees break: a requiem in four acts (2006), the curious case of benjamin button (2008), the princess and the frog (2009), girls trip (2017).

Bette Davis received Best Actress at the Academy Awards for her role as a feisty Southern belle in post-Civil War New Orleans. In  Jezebel , she wrecks her own life by wearing a bold red dress instead of a staid white one, something that by today’s standards might seem like a small offense, but this film takes its audience to a different time and shows what a seemingly minor offense could mean for someone.

It’s a fast-paced historical epic with excellent production design and many top-notch performances, and it’s as concerned with the uncertainty of a powerful woman in patriarchal culture as it is with the hierarchy’s ruthlessly rational method of achieving its punishment.

Comparisons to  Gone With the Wind  are obvious, and while  Gone With the Wind  is a stronger picture overall, Jezebel is more historically sensitive and has a compelling tale with a memorable lead character. It does a fantastic job of portraying a post-Civil War New Orleans (and America) in one of the better period pieces from that era of history.

Though not regarded as a great classic, Arthur Lubin’s musical romance New Orleans is set against the backdrop of the New Orleans blues scene, stars Billie Holliday and Louis Armstrong (as lovers) among a cast that includes a long list of jazz greats. With a historical cast like that, it’s impossible not to fall in love with this one.

This is basically two films jammed into one. The first part of this movie set in New Orleans offers a questionable history of jazz’s origin, which is mostly dictated by when white people thought black people’s music acceptable.

The second part and more thrilling parts of the film, which takes up at least a third of the overall length, has Louis Armstrong performing numerous pieces, introducing the band members, and mingling with the white people — he’s such a natural on stage that he could easily have anchored a film by himself. At times audience members will get lost in the film because of the way it transports Louis Armstrong into their lives through the screen.

This is a film that is necessary for highlighting the musical history of New Orleans. While I do have some gripes with the beginning of the film and how it could be better about acknowledging white colonization of the city, it is still an essential New Orleans film. 

Among the various adaptations of Tennessee Williams’ somber Southern tragedies, Elia Kazan’s iconic film A Street Car Named Desire based on William’s Pulitzer-winning play has to be the best. Blanche DuBois, played by Vivien Leigh, is a fading Southern beauty who comes to a breaking point when she meets her violent brother-in-law Stanley, played by a stunning Marlon Brando, in New Orleans.

Despite the bustling environment of New Orleans, Elia Kazan shoots this film effectively with shadows and gloom, almost like a noir, giving it a hopeless mood. Of course, the actors are all terrific. Marlon Brando once again proves why he is arguably the best actor and most unique talent to have ever graced the stage and film.

Like most of the work in Brando’s career, there is this magnetic feel to this role. With his charm and natural charisma that oozes out in every scene, it demonstrates why he is considered one of the great movie stars of all time. He shows off why he is often considered the blueprint for a movie star. Brando plus the authentic New Orleans feel makes this one of the more true to the nature of New Orleans.

A must-watch for anyone that is fascinated with the city.

Early in his career, Elvis Presley starred in Michael Curtiz’s King Creole musical drama about a young singer in New Orleans who gets mixed up with the wrong crowd (for which the renowned musician had his military duty postponed for 60 days). On Rotten Tomatoes, The King’s fourth feature film is one of the few with a perfect score on Rotten Tomatoes.

One of Elvis Presley’s first and greatest films. Elvis tried his hand at acting and did a fantastic job here before being Typecast into the same type of part (and with less effect in other films). The film has a decent core narrative and a terrific cast, despite the fact that he sings and obtains the girls (which has become the standard in his acting career).

Like most of Presley’s films, this has an electric feel that is enhanced just by his presence on screen. This film, along with some of the musical-centric films on this list, will immediately have audiences craving a trip to New Orleans to explore the music scenes and musical history of the city.

The stakes are high in Norman Jewison’s thriller, which stars Steve McQueen as “The Kid,” a skilled poker player in Depression-era New Orleans who tries to defeat “The Man,” the game’s reigning champion, played by Edward G. Robinson.

At its best, The Cincinnati Kid is a fun alternative style film with a number of shining qualities to enjoy. Although the flaws have an influence on the entire experience, director Norman Jewison and the rest of the crew deliver an enticing star-studded night with plenty of drama and flavor. There is just something about films that include gambling and high-stakes card games that feel like a winning combination time and time again, and it is no different with The Cincinnati Kid.

It has a balance of grit, fun, and intensity that doesn’t always happen in films of a similar tone. Tonally it is a film that perfectly fits the city of New Orleans.

Dennis Quaid plays a Cajun cop, and Ellen Barkin plays a state prosecutor, and their paths cross when they investigate a murder in Jim McBride’s hilarious neo-noir. The comedy-thriller is so immersed in its setting’s culture, with a NOLA-centric soundtrack and many historical sites, that you can almost feel the Louisiana humidity — unless it’s really steam rising from the heated central relationship.

With its fast, witty banter, quickly-drawn yet unforgettable characters, cunning moral ambiguity, and economical directing, The Big Easy is downright Hawksian neo-noir. To be honest, it’s more of a romantic comedy than a thriller, albeit the violence is far from sweet.

While thrillers don’t always come to mind when you think of New Orleans, when there are thrillers set in the historic city, they seem to always be so high quality. The eccentric feeling of the city mixed with the mystery and intensity of a thriller is a match made in cinematic heaven.

Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and an 11-year-old Kirsten Dunst feature as vampires who have spent centuries of their immortality in New Orleans cursed to an eternity of being beautiful, murderous monsters of the night in Neil Jordan’s compelling version of Anne Rice’s gothic classic. There is a lot of folk tales and lore that surround the city of New Orleans, and  Interview With The Vampire  examines one of those folk tales perfectly.

Gothic horror and melodramatic over-the-top, hilarious costume drama that portrays Brad Pitt’s moral dilemma of being a vampire with a human soul. Outstanding production design and a nasty, gruesome, fascinating picture with outstanding performers.

Very corny and operatic. In New Orleans, there are various haunted walking tours that you can take, and this film pairs so perfectly with such an attraction. For an enhanced viewing experience, one should pair one of those haunted walking tours with  Interview With The Vampire  for a perfect NOLA gothic experience.

Deja Vu follows federal agent Doug Carlin, who is masterfully played by Denzel Washington, is sent in to retrieve evidence after a catastrophic explosion on a New Orleans ferry; he is hauled away from the scene and transported to a top-secret government facility that utilizes a time-shifting monitoring technology to help prevent crime.

This is one of the most important American films of the twentieth century, a remarkable triumph in big-budget filmmaking that feels entirely out of place as if it belongs to no age in which a film like this would require a studio sign-off based on an account ledger and focus testing.

Although the critical tide has swung in Scott’s favor, there is still a long way to go before this book is accepted into the current canon. It is yet another crime thriller that is set in New Orleans that uses the city and the circumstances of the city to create tension and excitement on such a high level. It is one of the few films that, while it is fictional, it incorporates post 9/11 and post Hurricane Katrina politics in ways that were unprecedented in 2006.

While it is an exciting political thriller, it has so much to say about American life during the mid-2000s.

This is the only documentary on this list, and it is without a doubt one of the great documentaries ever created. It is one of director Spike Lee’s greatest feats as a filmmaker and one of the most important films of the 2000s. When the Levees Break: A Requiem in Four Acts takes a look at the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in the city of New Orleans.

It examines how New Orleans as a city, and especially the back population of New Orleans, was left behind in one of the fiercest natural disasters in American history. It puts the political leadership (or lack of it) under a microscope in a way that few films ever have. It’s a devastating look at the priorities of an administration, and through haunting and at times hopeless imagery, it transports the audience to a time in modern history that was one of the bleak moments of humanity in the United States in the mid-2000s.

It is one of the tougher films to watch concerning the city of New Orleans but is a must-watch for anyone that has some ounce of interest in the city or even American history.

David Fincher’s fantasy version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s extremely weird short tale about Benjamin Button, played by Brad Pitt, who is born very old and matures backward, is set in an old, enchanted city. As New Orleans — and Benjamin’s love, Daisy, who is played by Cate Blanchett — grows older and changes, our hero becomes younger.

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button could have been fine-tuned a little bit more. This film’s warmth is the most appealing aspect. The degree to which the sadness of Button’s predicament and the romance he experiences with the leading lady are just some really fantastic stuff here, and Brad Pitt gives a performance of a lifetime, which is saying a lot. It looks fantastic, and the emotions are well-established and fleshed out.

It’s a love story at its very core, and it shows that even through the test of time, love is everlasting. It does a great job of balancing its themes, and out of all the New Orleans-based films seems to demonstrate the aesthetic of the city better than most films.

With this adaptation of The Frog Prince, set in the 1920s in New Orleans, Disney finally gave us its first black princess. The jazz, zydeco, gospel, and R&B-infused soundtrack for the fairy tale (which features the legendary Dr. John on the introductory track “Down in New Orleans”) was composed by Randy Newman. The fairy tale is about a gumbo-and-beignet-making waitress who transforms into a frog (and then a princess) through voodoo magic.

The Princess And The Frog has all of the hallmarks of Disney’s great filmmaking period, but it never quite reaches those lofty heights. The film boasts a fantastic voice cast who do an excellent job of bringing their characters to life, but the whole narrative falls flat. This picture was given a reasonable budget by Disney, and if it hadn’t been for the box office clout of Avatar, it might have done better.

If you had to compare this film to the rest of the library, I’d put it in the center. It isn’t a horrible movie, but it isn’t a classic either. It’s a shame that this iconic animated feature didn’t do better because it seems a little ahead of its time in terms of creating a diverse and inclusive film that highlights the magic of New Orleans. It is also up there as one of the best-animated travel movies guaranteed to inspire wanderlust!

This girls’ getaway is nothing like your best friend’s bachelorette party. Four old BFFs meet for a wild weekend at NOLA’s Essence Fest, where they enjoy the city’s down and dirty delights in Malcolm D. Lee’s raucous summer blockbuster. Tiffany Haddish’s performance as the craziest quarter of the “Flossy Posse” was a significant breakout, and it ensured that no one who saw it would ever look at a grapefruit the same way again.

The events that follow are a genuine test of female solidarity. They battle for one another, stand by each other, and pray for one another. Throughout Girls Trip , there is a feeling of showcasing the group’s natural comedic chops. A lot of the film’s raunchier, funnier scenes include Tiffany Haddish being her authentic self. Each moment shines as she dives headfirst (literally) into each one. In this film, though, each woman is completely realized in ways the most comedic films don’t.

The transition from frantic to lonely to appreciated, aggressive to fiesty, frenzied to subdued, helps demonstrate the numerous sides of a black woman’s personality. This film does a great job of honing in on the party culture that has appeared in a revitalized city in recent years.

Top 10 New Orleans Movies

• March 1, 2015
• Author & Photographer: Teri Didjurgis

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Movies set in New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana is a popular movie location for many Hollywood films earning Louisiana the new reputation as “Hollywood South.”  

Its lively music scene, the picturesque French Quarter and history of eccentric characters offer stories and locations to make the silver screen shine.

Filmmakers have used NOLA as a backdrop for epic novels penned here, stories of the blues and jazz music that originated here, the final destination on a road trip, and for its historic 19th century buildings and cemeteries that add an air of mystery.

From Bourbon Street to to Mardi Gras, here is a list of the Top 10 (make that 15) New Orleans movies including ones filmed in New Orleans and movies set in New Orleans.

A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)

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Based on Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play, A Streetcar Named Desire is set in post-World War II New Orleans where Tennessee Williams himself lived.

Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) is a fragile and neurotic woman on a desperate prowl for someplace in the world to call her own after being exiled from her hometown for seducing a seventeen-year-old boy. She goes to live with her sister Stella and Stella’s husband Stanley (Marlon Brando).

Blanche tells a tale of financial woes claiming that the family plantation, Belle Reve, has fallen to financial ruin. Stanley is suspicious that his wife’s share and his own under the Louisiana Napoleonic code (where what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband) is being swindled out from under them.  Stanley and Blanche continue to face off as tensions grow.

When Mitch,  a card-playing buddy of Stanley’s, arrives on the scene, Blanche begins to see a way out of her predicament until relentless Stanley intervenes leading Blanche to madness.

Memorable highlights: Who could forget the sweaty Brando screaming “Stella!”  New Orleans holds an annual literary festival with a STELLA yelling contest for the best Brando impression.

New Orleans Movie Locations: Much of the movie was filmed in Hollywood. But the author, Tennessee Williams, lived in the French Quarter throughout much of his adult life, he lived in this apartment at 632 1/2 St.

The Big Easy (1986)

Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin star in the romantic thriller The Big Easy , a box office hit that captivated audiences with its saucy blend of New Orleans nightlife, steamy romance, and sultry suspense.

When a murder triggers a bloody gangland drug war, Detective Remy McSain (Quaid) is on the scene. He’s a smooth-talking cop who fits right in with the easy style of Cajun country.

Remy meets his match in Anne Osborne (Barkin) a no-nonsense Assistant District Attorney in town to investigate police corruption.

At odds from the moment they meet, their electrically charged attraction keeps the sparks flying.

New Orleans Movie Locations include:

Tipitina’s, 501 Napoleon Avenue at Tchoupitoulas Street

Antoine’s, 713 St Louis Street, a classy but expensive French-Creole restaurant in the French Quarter. Opened in 1840, it’s claimed to be the oldest eaterie in the US under continuous family ownership.

Interview With the Vampire (1994)

Interview with the Vampire  movie is the spellbinding adaptation of Anne Rice’s (“Queen of the Damned,” “Exit to Eden”) bestselling horror novel.  Anne Rice was born and lives in New Orleans.

When an ambitious reporter agrees to interview a man who claims to have been a vampire since the 18th century, he hears a hypnotic, shocking, violent, moving and erotically charged tale, detailing what it was like existing for the past two-hundred years as one of the living dead.

The cast is stacked including Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kristen Dunst, Antonio Banderas, Stephen Rea, Christian Slater; and Thandie Newton.

New Orleans Movie Locations: Lafayette Cemetery and a beautiful horse ride down the front drive of Oak Alley Plantation .

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett star in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s story of the life and loves of a man experiencing his life backwards — The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button .

Benjamin Button (Pitt), is born as an 80-year-old man in New Orleans just after World War I and proceeds to grow younger as time passes.

Button, who like any other man is unable to stop time, experiences life and his love for Daisy (Blanchett) oddly out of sync with the rest of humanity in this time traveler’s tale of the people and places Benjamin Button encounters, the loves he loses and finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

Director David Fincher decided against the original short story’s location of Baltimore and opted for New Orleans at Brad Pitt’s appeal for post-Katrina support.

New Orleans Movie Locations:  The Nolan house at 2707 Coliseum St. in New Orleans.

New Orleans (1947)

Music’s greatest legends re-enact the birth of jazz in this song-filled tribute to the town where it all began:  New Orleans ! 

Arturo de Cordova stars as Nick, the proprietor of a Bourbon Street gambling joint, and artistic haven for African-American musicians. When he falls for an opera-singing socialite, Nick realizes that only through music will he gain respectability, and launches a campaign to bring jazz to the highbrow American stage.

A refreshing rediscovery, New Orleans is especially noteworthy for its lack of racial stereotypes, as well as the high caliber of performances delivered by its stellar cast, including Louis Armstrong, Woody Herman, Kid Ory, Meade Lux Lewis, and more.  This is also the only film that Billie Holiday appears in.

King Creole (1958)

King Creole  – Elvis Presley… Jailhouse Rock… New Orleans!

Elvis plays a teenager named Danny Fisher, who is forced to drop out of school to help support his ineffective father (Dean Jagger). Drawn to trouble like a magnet, Danny is saved from a jail term by New Orleans saloon-keeper Charlie Le Grand (Paul Stewart), who gives the boy a job as a singer.

It isn’t long, however, before local gang boss Maxie Fields (Walter Matthau), a shadowy figure from Danny’s criminal past, puts the muscle on the boy, insisting that Danny sing at his establishment.

To lure Danny to his side of the fence, Maxie relies upon the seductive charms of his gun moll Ronnie (Carolyn Jones), while Danny’s true love Nellie (Dolores Hart) suffers on the sidelines.

In addition to the expected musical numbers (which are cleverly integrated into the storyline), the film’s highlight is a brief exchange of fisticuffs between Elvis and Walter Matthau. Together with Jailhouse Rock, King Creole is one of the best filmed examples of the untamed, pre-army Elvis Presley.

New Orleans Movie Locations:    King Creole was shot in part in New Orleans’s French Quarter, including 1018 Royal Street.

12 Years a Slave (2013)

12 Years a Slave , directed by Steve McQueen and based on Solomon Northup’s astonishing true story, is the winner of three 2013 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress (Lupita Nyong’o).

Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) was a real person with a wife and children doing well as a talented musician living in New York in 1841. He is tricked into being kidnapped then chained, beaten, broken down, re-named “Platt”, and transported and sold into slavery in Louisiana. Northrup is one of the very few people to have escaped this terrible plight and, eventually, he returns to his home and family.

This story is primarily about those 12 years a slave from the book Northrup later wrote detailing the transition from free man to slave, the shocking living conditions and treatment of slaves in the south, and his ordeal in the hands of three slave owners within a system of institutionalized captivity and abuse. His account provides a rare and incredible historical insight and an unflinching story of hope.

New Orleans Movie Locations:  Four historic antebellum New Orleans Plantations ; Felicity, Bocage, Destrehan, and Magnolia. Of the four, Magnolia is nearest to the actual plantation where Northup was held.

Easy Rider (1969)

Easy Rider  reveals the   uncensored ’60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics.

In the role that catapulted him to stardom, Jack Nicholson portrays an alcoholic attorney who hooks up with two part-time, drug-dealing motorcyclists (Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper) in search of their “American Dream.”

Heading from California to New Orleans, they sample the highs and lows of America the beautiful in a stoned-out quest for life’s true meaning. They arrive in New Orleans just in time for Mardi Gras with scenes in the  Lafayette Cemetery .

Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)

Suddenly, Last Summer  stars Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn each of whom received the 1960 Oscar nomination for Best Actress in this gripping adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play set in 1930’s New Orleans.

Beautiful Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of her cousin at the hands of cannibals. Catherine’s aunt, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), tries to influence Dr. Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift), a young neurosurgeon, to surgically end Catherine’s haunting hallucinations.

By utilizing injections of sodium pentothal, Dr. Cukrowicz discovers that Catherine’s delusions are, in fact, true. He then must confront Violet about her own involvement in her son’s violent death.

Movie Locations: The setting is a mansion in the Garden District of New Orleans. However it was entirely filmed in other locations including Shepperton Studios in Surrey, England, and the “Cabeza de Lobo” sequence was filmed at Majorca in the Balearic Islands and at Begur, Spain, Castell-Platja d’Aro, Costa Brava and S’Agaró in Gerona, Spain.

JFK is Academy Award-winner Oliver Stone’s highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning docudrama that chronicles New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison’s investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He controversially put to the test The incredible details of the assassination are controversially put to test including the official “single assassin” and “magic bullet” explanations that have quietly plagued the nation for decades.

Academy Award-winning superstar Kevin Costner heads a tremendous all-star cast, with the real Garrison in an ironic cameo as future Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren, of the government’s infamous Warren Commission.

New Orleans Movie Locations: Oliver Stone was able to film at many of the real-life locations.

Garrison’s office is in the Louisiana Supreme Court Building, 400 Royal Street.

The office of Guy Banister is at 531 Lafayette Street.

Napoleon House at 500 Chartres Street in the French Quarter. The restaurant itself dates from 1914 and the name comes from the plot in 1821 to rescue Napoleon Bonaparte from exile on the isle of St Helena and install him in this house.

Antoine’s Restaurant Annex Room at  713 St Louis Street, New Orleans. Established in 1840, the restaurant has occupied its present spot since 1868 and is the original home of Oysters Rockefeller (a closely guarded Antoine’s secret).

The climactic trial was filmed in its real location, the Criminal Courts Building at Tulane and Broad Streets.

Who can stop at the Top 10 New Orleans Movies when the following are still on the list>>>>

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

The  Cincinnati Kid  is set in 1930’s New Orleans.

Oscar nominees and Golden Globe winners Steve McQueen and Ann-Margret star in this suspenseful drama about a young hotshot who travels to New Orleans to compete against the greatest poker player in the country.

New Orleans Movie Locations: French Quarter and Jackson Square

The Pelican Brief (1993)

In  Pelican Brief , the John Grisham novel of the same name is brought to the movies. Academy Award-winner Julia Roberts finds herself embroiled in a terrifying web of intrigue extending to the highest levels of government after she writes a speculative legal brief exposing the illegal activities of a powerful oil magnate. 

When those close to her are killed by assassins, the young woman embarks on a desperate flight with a Washington, D.C., investigative reporter (Academy Award and Golden Globe-winner Denzel Washington) her only confidant and ally.

New Orleans Movie Locations:  Several scenes are shot around New Orleans. A key scene is filmed in Spanish Plaza near Riverwalk.

Runaway Jury (2003)

Runaway Jury  is another John Grisham novel made into a movie starring John Cusack and Rachel Weisz. I will pretty much watch any movie either of these two are in, so this was a two-fer!

When a young widow in New Orleans brings a civil suit against the powerful corporate consortium she holds responsible for her husband’s murder, she sets in motion a multi-million dollar case. It’s a suit that may be won even before it begins, however, based solely on the selection, manipulation, and ultimately, the attempted “theft” of the jury.

With lives and millions of dollars at stake, the fixer plays a deadly cat-and-mouse game with a jury member (John Cusack) and a mysterious woman (Rachel Weisz) who offer to “deliver” the verdict to the highest bidder. Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman stars as idealistic prosecutor Wendell Rohr, and Gene Hackman takes on the role of ruthless jury consultant Rankin Fitch.

New Orleans Movie Locations: Cafe du Monde, Napoleon House, Palace Cafe, The Esplanade, Cafe Pontalba, and  The Hoffman law firm is located at Gallier Hall on Charles Avenue

Double Jeopardy (1999)

Double Jeopardy  delivers lots of action and spine-tingling suspense from start to finish.  Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones star in this thriller with the movie ending in New Orleans with several memorable scenes.

Judd plays Libby Parsons, who discovers that the husband she’s convicted of murdering staged his own “death” and framed her for the crime. Released on parole, she skips town to find him–and that puts parole officer Travis Lehman (Jones) on her trail.

New Orleans Movie Locations:   Lafayette Cemetery  & Maison De Ville, 727 Rue Toulouse.

Blaze (1989)

In the movie Blaze , Academy Award® winner Paul Newman plays the real-life, fiery, eccentric Louisiana governor Earl Long who falls head over heels in love with the dazzling Blaze Starr (sensational Lolita Davidovich), an innocent New Orleans stripper with a heart of gold.

Forced to choose between the office he holds and the woman he loves, he chooses both…igniting an outrageous scandal full of trouble, tenderness, and sexy high-spirited fun!

The tour guides in  Baton Rouge told me about this movie and it’s quite an insight into the flamboyant governors of Louisiana from that era.

TV Series featuring New Orleans

Treme (2010-2013)

This HBO drama series takes place during the rebuilding of New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Treme  is one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods, an important center of African American and Creole culture, especially music.  Season One begins three months after Katrina’s devastation and highlights the role of the city in the interconnected personal stories of the musicians, teachers, restaurateurs, radio deejays, and community leaders who reside there.

I spent a month in New Orleans in early 2015 and the city was still abuzz about the four seasons of Treme as it was a good representation of this complex city.

New Orleans Movie Locations:  Many of the filming locations are hangouts—beloved local restaurants and bars that include Bullet’s Sports Bar, Vaughn’s Lounge, Liuzza’s By the Track, and French Quarter music venue One Eyed Jacks.

NCIS: New Orleans (2014- )

NCIS: New Orleans is a drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in The Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence.

Documentary featuring New Orleans

New Orleans Exposed (2005)

Though the reputation of pre-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans was one of parties and parades, the documentary New Orleans Exposed reveals the dark underbelly at the city’s core.

With extreme poverty, drugs, crime, guns, and one of the highest murder rates in the country, life in the inner city of the Big Easy is anything but.

This revealing exposé features interviews with hip-hop stars and New Orleans natives: Juvenile, Sqad Up, and B.G.

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12 Best Time Travel Movies on Netflix, Ranked: Sure to Throw You For a Loop!

Dive into these fantastical films that will jettison you through years, decades and centuries!

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Back to the Future . Somewhere in Time . Kate & Leopold . Peggy Sue Got Married . Films that transport us back and forth through time have always captured our attention and stoked our imaginations. Who hasn’t fantasized about what it would be like to go back to a different point in history – or get beamed up into a faraway land hundreds of years in the future? Checking out some of the best time travel movies on Netflix is a great way to do just that … and no time machine is needed!

“Yeah, I would love to be a time traveler.… It’s a fun construct, isn’t it?” The Notebook star Rachel McAdams said during a panel interview for About Time , her 2013 sci-fi romance film that lands in the mind-bending genre. “It’s an enticing thing to indulge and fantasize about. It’s like winning the lottery and thinking about what you would go back and do again.” Though the actress insisted there’s a beauty to just accepting your life and any past mistakes without going back to tinker with them, she did offer a heartwarming reason why she’d love to sneak into a time machine if she could. “My mother’s parents died when I was quite young,” she shared, “so I would like to be able to go back and know those people, as an adult.”

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Keanu Reeves , Ted himself of the Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure franchise, says he’d eye a couple of periods that are on his wish list. “I’d like to be there in the 1600s,” he shared with BuzzFeed, quipping that he’d always wanted to see “who really wrote the plays of Shakespeare…cause I don’t really think it was ‘Shakespeare.’ I’m an Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford [guy],” he noted, referencing a peer of the Bard, who some believe wrote the famous author’s plays and poems. He also expressed to Pedestrian TV a desire to travel back to “when the early globe, Earth, was formed,” so that he could get a taste of “that real first air, like, when it was really good.”

Taking in some deep breaths of pristine air alongside Reeves sounds pretty cool to us, and that’s the beauty of this genre: There are endless possibilities to imagine. Perhaps it’s time to start flying through the years by checking out these best time travel movies available on Netflix.

12. Captain Nova (2021): Best time travel movies on Netflix

Kicking off the best time travel movies on Netflix is this Dutch entry (available dubbed, or with subtitles) is a great choice for family viewing. It won both Best Children’s Film and Best Dutch Children’s Film honors at the Netherlands’ Cinekid Festival. The story follows a fighter pilot from 2050 who travels back in time to save the Earth from environmental doom. When she arrives in the past as a child, though, she has to prove she’s legitimately on a serious mission and not just some wildly imaginative kid.

11. When We First Met (2018)

Modern Family ’s Adam Devine stars as friend-zoned Noah, who turns to a magical photo booth to travel through time in the hopes of changing his status from platonic to romantic with his pal Avery ( Alexandra Daddario ). “I’m sweet and lovelorn, and someone your mom wants you to marry,” he told Collider of his role in the rom-com, which Decider says “is funny and not overly sappy and just weird enough” to deliver, promising that “The first chunk of the movie feels like something you’ve seen before, but once the time travel kicks into gear, the comedy does as well.”

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10. Still Time (2022): Best time travel movies on Netflix

In this Italian film (available dubbed, or with subtitles), a workaholic businessman ( Edoardo Leo ) rarely has time to pay attention to the people and experiences around him. When he turns 40, however, he starts to notice that he’s lurching ahead a year in time with every hour that passes, which changes his whole perspective. “Each lurch forward brings him further from the people he loves … yet closer to the realization of what actually matters in life,” Deadline notes of this endearing dramedy.

9. In the Shadow of the Moon (2019)

When a Philadelphia crime fighter ( Boyd Holbrook ) starts noticing a wave of similarly disturbing killings every nine years, he becomes obsessed with cracking the case, which he’s convinced involves an evil time-traveling culprit. The film is “a tightly wound thriller with a surprising speculative element,” says The Verge, adding that it’s “constructed as a puzzle for viewers to unlock.” Cleopatra Coleman and Dexter ’s Michael C. Hall co-star.

8. Long Story Short (2021): Best time travel movies on Netflix

Still Time (from above) is based on this Australian romantic comedy, which in turn is inspired by both Frank Capra’s  It’s a Wonderful Life  and Charles Dickens’  A Christmas Carol . The story here follows a newly married procrastinator ( Rafe Spall ) who discovers that years are suddenly passing in minutes, and he must act fast to avoid losing the love of his life ( Zahra Newman ). “There’s a truism that time moves faster as you get older so this is not a new idea but hopefully it’s a new way to package this morality tale about not wasting time and making the most of your moments,” Rafe told the Orange Country Register .

7. Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

John Cusack , Rob Corddry , Craig Robinson , and Clark Duke star in this comedy about a bunch of guys who, thanks to the titular hot tub, get another chance of revisiting their wild high school years back in 1986. NPR promises that it “admirably turns a potentially one-note joke into a consistently funny package. Better yet, it even manages to engender a twinge or two of heartfelt nostalgia for the most culturally embarrassing of decades.” As Cusack lovingly noted to Entertainment Weekly , “It’s a ridiculous film. You’re pretty much either sold with the title, or it’s not for you.”

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6. 13 Going on 30 (2004): Best time travel movies on Netflix

“Something has happened where all the kids who were 13 are now 30. All you guys have put the movie back in the zeitgeist, and it’s so sweet,” Jennifer Garner told PopSugar of her now classic film. As one of the best time travel movies on Netflix, this film follows a girl named Jenna who wakes up as her 30-year-old self (Garner) after suffering through her disastrous 13th birthday party. People calls it “an immensely likable” comedy that is “Garner’s Pretty Woman .” Mark Ruffalo (with whom Garner re-teams in another film, below) and Judy Greer co-star.

5. See You Yesterday (2019)

Keep an eye out for a Michael J. Fox cameo in this film that director Stefon Bristol says was partly inspired by Back to the Future . The story follows a brilliant teen ( Eden Duncan-Smith ) who uses a time-traveling backpack she invented to try to prevent the police from killing her brother. It’s “an all-too-real time-travel fantasy,” the New York Times notes of this Spike Lee -produced project, which RogerEbert.com says is “ an ambitious, striking debut that takes unexpected creative risks and heralds the arrival of an exciting new filmmaker.” The film was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards.

4. The Adam Project (2022): Best time travel movies on Netflix

Fighter pilot Adam Reed ( Ryan Reynolds ) is traveling in 2050 when he crashes down in another time period and meets his 12-year-old self (Walker Scobell), who becomes his unlikely partner in saving the future. Zoe Saldaña co-stars as Adam’s wife, and Mark Ruffalo and Jennifer Garner play his parents. The film has “this high-concept, wish-fulfillment engine behind it,” Reynolds told The Hollywood Reporter of its time-travel elements. “I lost four teeth during the movie,” Scobell reported of his own experiences traveling through time while filming, to which Reynolds quipped, “I just lost bone density.”

3. Mirage (2018)

When a woman ( Adriana Ugarte ) travels 25 years back in time and saves a young boy, her own daughter is lost and a desperate struggle to save her begins. CNET calls this emotional Spanish film (available dubbed, or with subtitles) “the real deal,” noting it’s a sci-fi drama that hinges “on a time travel puzzle that’s resolved in a satisfyingly unpredictable fashion.” Thanks to its spooky concept and the story being partially set in the 80s, you may just pick up on some slight Stranger Things vibes while watching.

2. Synchronic (2019): Best time travel movies on Netflix

Empire calls this “a smart indie sci-fi which has much to say and some great ideas,” but it warns that “it’s one of those films which you should see as soon as you can, before enjoying long, spoiler-filled conversations.” The mystery-thriller’s mind-bending action revolves around two New Orleans paramedics ( Captain America: The Winter Soldier ’s Anthony Mackie and 50 Shades of Grey ’s Jamie Dornan ) who discover firsthand that a new deadly designer drug is sending users spiraling back in time, leading to nail-biting encounters throughout different points in history, including the prehistoric era and the War of 1812 to name a few.

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1. Looper (2012)

“ Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays a killer who works for a mob in the future, and his job gets gravely complicated when his future self [ Bruce Willis ] gets sent back [in time] and he has orders to kill him,” director Rian Johnson explains of his “time-travel action movie,” which co-stars Emily Blunt . “In a genre infamous for loose ends,” Variety promises, “this thinking man’s thriller marshals action, romance and a dose of very dark comedy toward a stunning payoff.” Jeff Daniels , Paul Dano , and Piper Perabo also star in this film, one of the best time travel movies on Netflix.

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The influence and importance of New Orleans on American music cannot be denied. Jazz, R&B, funk, rock, zydeco, rap—there are precious few genres that have not been touched in some significant way by the influence of the city and its rich cultural history. It would seem to be impossible to make an uninteresting film on the subject but Martin Shore gets perilously close to accomplishing just that with “Take Me to the River: New Orleans,” a documentary which contains a lot of good music and a number of fascinating subjects for discussion, but never quite figures out how to bring them all together in a satisfying manner.

The film is a continuation of sorts of Shore’s 2014 documentary “ Take Me to the River ,” in which he explored and celebrated the equally considerable musical and cultural legacy of Memphis. That film recruited some of the legendary artists associated with the area to record again, this time paired up with a new generation of young artists as a way of bridging the generation gap, sonically speaking, and culminated with soul legend William Bell and rap icon Snoop Dogg teaming up for a new rendition of Bell’s classic “I Forgot to Be Your Lover.” In between the recording sessions, the musicians would talk about the history of Memphis music and the impact that the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. had on the community.

With his new film, Shore has changed the location but not the approach. He visits a number of studios throughout the city and brings together great performers like Irma Thomas , Walter “Wolfman” Washington, and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band to play with younger musicians on some classic tunes, concluding with yet another appearance by Snoop Dogg. In between the songs, the history of the area and some of its most notable musical acts are discussed, the most significant talk revolving around how the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina altered the musical landscape irrevocably when it destroyed the homes and neighborhoods of so many musicians and sent them elsewhere. As an added bonus, Shore also captures both an in-studio reunion of the legendary Neville Brothers that would prove to be one of the final sessions for Charles and Art Neville, (who would pass in 2018 and 2019, respectively) and one of the final sessions of the late Dr. John, the iconic singer and co-star of “Polynesiantown,” singing the immortal “Jock-o-Mo.”

It all sounds sure-fire, I suppose, but the film never quite works for many of the same reasons that its predecessor, despite its good intentions, never clicked. For one thing, the conceit of pairing up older musicians with younger performers has been used a lot in recent years and Shore doesn’t seem to have any idea of what he's trying to accomplish with it here. This is not to say it's a bad concept—there is a perfectly wonderful documentary opening later this year called “The Return of Tanya Tucker: Featuring Brandi Carlile” that is based around just that kind of cross-generational pairing, and the combination actually means something to the participants and results in some beautiful music. Here, there's not many genuine artistic sparks outside of the sequence involving the Neville Brothers, mostly because you would almost have to be Tommy Wiseau on an off-day to film them singing their “Hey Mama (Wild Tchoupitoulas)” and not have it be stirring to the soul.

Another problem is that there are so many potentially fascinating avenues of discussion regarding the area's musical history that it becomes frustrating to see Shore touch on them only briefly before moving on. Trust me, after observing the irrepressible force of nature that is Irma Thomas for just a few minutes, for example, you too will find yourself wishing the entire thing was about her and her career.  Even more problematic is how Shore too often allows the talk to get in the way of the music, which is especially odd when you consider that the music is presumably meant to attract viewers in the first place. Matters are not helped much by a largely unnecessary narration from John Goodman , possibly as a form of artistic penance for having once appeared in a movie in which the Blues Brothers headed to New Orleans for a battle of the bands that, for budgetary reasons, was filmed almost entirely in Toronto.

“Take Me to the River: New Orleans” is essentially a feature-length version of a commercial put out by the city’s tourism board hoping to lure visitors by offering them little bits of a lot of different things in the hopes of attracting a wider audience. It has been made with plenty of sincerity but that alone does not guarantee quality filmmaking. As a primer for newcomers, it may be of some interest but for genuine fans of New Orleans' musical influence (and who are willing to overlook the curious absences of such aspects as jazz in general and the importance of the Marsalis family in particular), it will feel like a curiously slight recounting of a rich subject that would be entirely disposable if it weren’t for that precious footage of the Nevilles. If nothing else, I can at least comfortably recommend the soundtrack album to one and all. 

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Peter Sobczynski

A moderately insightful critic, full-on Swiftie and all-around  bon vivant , Peter Sobczynski, in addition to his work at this site, is also a contributor to The Spool and can be heard weekly discussing new Blu-Ray releases on the Movie Madness podcast on the Now Playing network.

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