10 Netflix originals well worth watching
These films and documentaries will impress the toughest of critics
1. ICARUS
A sports documentary even sports haters could watch: a filmmaker looks into the world of doping in sports - and a real-life scandal unfolds during filming.
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2. GAGA: FIVE FOOT TWO
Lady Gaga follows in the footsteps of Beyoncé and Katy Perry by having a "behind the fame" style documentary shot during her transitional period from Artpop to Joanne.
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3. THE BAD BATCH
Cannibal killers and cult leaders in Ana Lily Amirpour's follow-up to the excellent A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night. Watch for Jason Momoa's pecs.
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4. WAR MACHINE
Brad Pitt's satirical comedy about a man tasked with "winning an unpopular war".
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5. TO THE BONE
Dramedy starring Lily Collins as an anorexic young woman who joins an unconventional treatment centre.
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6. BEASTS OF NO NATION
Netflix's first foray into films, an intense look at child soldiers that should have been nominated for a gang of Oscars.
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7. 13TH
Ava DuVernay's unflinching Oscar-nominated documentary about America's obsession with and investment in putting black men behind bars.
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8. SWORD OF DESTINY
The long-awaited sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Warrior Shu Lien re-emerges after 18 years in solitude to protect her lover's legendary war sword.
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9. WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?
Let's pretend that terrible biopic never happened, and focus instead on this documentary. Nina Simone: the music, the woman, her politics and her life.
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10. AUDRIE & DAISY
Harrowing documentary about what happens when teenage girls are raped and, in the aftermath, abused and cyberbullied.
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