7 great movies you can watch on Netflix this weekend

Netflix description: When a deal with the devil comes due, the immortal Doctor Parnassus must renegotiate the pact to save his daughter and right the wrongs of his past.

Critic score: 64%

Audience score: 60%

This was Heath Ledger's last film. It also stars Andrew Garfield (before he was famous), Christopher Plummer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, and Tom Waits. Imaginative but a bit messy narratively, this dark Terry Gilliam film perfectly represents his aesthetic, and is very reminiscent of his earlier work.

Netflix description: Years after high school, a once-portly nice guy comes home for the holidays and reunites with a former crush he still has feelings for.

Critic score: 42%

Audience score: 71%

This slapstick comedy starring Ryan Reynolds turned him into the star he is because he carries the movie. It's slightly stupid, but just good enough that it's worth revisiting if you haven't seen it in a while.

Netflix description: Fresh out of a stint in jail, transgender prostitute Sin-Dee and her pal Alexandra hit the crazy streets of LA to get revenge on her fickle pimp.

Critic score: 97%

Audience score: 75%

Celebrate pride month with "Tangerine," an energetic film about a transgender woman, which was shot on iPhones. It's funny, but also shines an important light on an underrepresented community in entertainment.

Netflix description: A player bets his co-workers he can make a woman fall in love with him in just 10 days.

Critic score: 42%

Audience score: 77%

This movie isn't great, but it was made to watch on a lazy weekend since it has a plot you can predict, Matthew McConaughey before he won an Oscar, and a female protagonist who works at a women's magazine.

Netflix description: After being shipwrecked off the African coast, a lone child grows up in the wild, and is destined to become lord of the jungle.

Critic score: 88%

Audience score: 75%

"Tarzan" is one of the most underrated Disney animated films. The 2D animation plays with shadows and incredibly detailed settings unlike any other that came before it. Also, every single Phil Collins song on the soundtrack is good.

Netflix description: When a young wife is robbed before boarding a train to Boston, she meets a free-

Critic score: 21%

Audience score: 55%

Before Captain America got his fugitive beard and a massive upper body, Chris Evans had a beard and a less massive upper body in this 2015 romantic indie, which he directed. The movie isn't perfect, but it's a charming, thoughtful, and pretty accurate depiction of a random night in New York City.