Netflix debuted on September 23rd Lou, A thrilling action thriller that put star Allison Janney in a role that couldn’t be more strikingly different from her celebrated turn as the indefatigable White House press secretary in NBC’s landmark drama The West Wing. In this new release from Netflix, there are no suits or speaker’s podium to be found — only the presence of a woman who boasts, with apologies to Liam Neeson, a very particular set of skills.
It’s basically Netflix’s take on a female-led John WickPeople love it.
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About Lou, the streamer’s logline describes it thus: “A storm rages. A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother (Jurnee Smollett) teams up with the mysterious woman next door (Allison Janney) to pursue the kidnapper — a journey that tests their limits and exposes shocking secrets from their pasts.”
The seven-day period that ended September 25, LouThe second most-watched Netflix movie All over the world, based on the streamer’s latest global Netflix Top 10 data. The movie was viewed more than 40.5 millions times in the first three days of streaming.
Lou also currently has a 69% critics’ score and a 62% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes — much better than many of the recent Netflix movie releases that have flopped with both critics and viewers. So, LouThese are its true fans.
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Netflix movies like Lou
Meanwhile, that might lead to a question for some people once they’re finished with the movie — what to watch next along these same lines?
Netflix considers the following originals to be comparable Lou, meaning these might be some of the next titles you’ll want to put on your watch list:
Sweet Girl
In this Netflix film, Jason Momoa plays a devastated husband who vows to avenge his wife’s death, while also protecting his daughter in the process. What sets everything in motion is the movie’s fictional pharmaceutical company pulling a potentially life-saving therapeutic from the market — right before Momoa’s wife in the movie dies from cancer.
Kate
Mary Elizabeth Winstead stars as the assassin in this Netflix thriller “Kate,”Kate is fatally poisoned at her last job. This is the basis of the entire story. However, the poison is slow and gives Kate 24 hours to discover who ordered her death, and take revenge.
There are two additional Netflix original movies. LouFans
Triple Frontier
From Netflix’s logline: “Loyalties are tested when five former special forces operatives reunite to steal a drug lord’s fortune, unleashing a chain of unintended consequences.”
The Old Guard
In Netflix’s The Old Guard, which is getting a sequel, warriors who’ve protected humanity for centuries are now being hunted because of their mysterious powers. Just as they realize that they are actually immortal.
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