Netflix wants to kickstart its Oscar chances with these 6 movies premiering at the Venice Film Festival

Director: Joel and Ethan Coen ("Hail, Caesar!," "Inside Llewyn Davis," "True Grit," "No Country for Old Men")

Netflix description: "Saddle up for six tales about the American frontier from the unique minds of Joel and Ethan Coen, who wrote and directed this anthology."

The Coen Brothers have been nominated for screenplay Oscars for a number of films, including "True Grit" and "A Serious Man." They won for best original screenplay for "Fargo" and best adapted screenplay for "No Country for Old Men," in which they also won Oscars for directing and best picture.

Director: Alessio Cremonini ("Border")

Status: Coming to Netflix September 12

Netflix description: "Arrested in Rome for a drug-related offense, Stefano Cucchi endures a harrowing week in custody that changes his family forever. Based on true events."

Watch the trailer here.

Director: Orson Welles ("Citizen Kane")

Netflix description: "A completion and restoration of Orson Welles's unfinished film, this satire follows the final days of a legendary director striving for a comeback."

Welles won the best original screenplay Oscar for "Citizen Kane," which is widely regarded as one of the best films of all time. He also won an honorary Oscar in 1971.

Director: Morgan Neville ("Won't You Be My Neighbor?," "20 Feet From Stardom")

Netflix description: "In the final fifteen years of the life of legendary director Orson Welles he pins his Hollywood comeback hopes on a film, The Other Side of the Wind, in itself a film about an aging film director trying to finish his last great movie."

Neville won the Oscar for best documentary for "20 Feet From Stardom" in 2014.

Director: Paul Greengrass ("Jason Bourne," "Captain Phillips," "The Bourne Ultimatum," "United 93," "The Bourne Supremacy")

Netflix description: "After a far-right zealot launches a shocking attack in Norway, survivors — and the country — rally for healing and justice. Based on true events."

Greengrass was nominated for best director in 2007 for "United 93."