2. Shaft (2019) on Netflix
Director: Tim Story
Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Richard Roundtree
IMDb- 6.3/10
A cyber security expert, John Shaft Jr, is on a mission to learn the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death. But to do so, he has to seek the help of his dad who wasn’t there for him, in his childhood.
3. Lion (2016) on Netflix
Director: Garth Davis
Stars: Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman, Rooney Mara
IMDb- 8.1/10
Lion is a biographical film based on A Long Way Home set in the 1980s. A five year old boy is lost thousands of kilometres away from home and is later adopted by an Australian couple. Twenty five years on, the boy is on a journey to find his home and family.
4. The Extraordinary Journey of the Fakir
Director: Ken Scott
Stars: Dhanush, Bérénice Bejo, Erin Moriarty
IMDb- 6.9/10
Ajatashatru Lavash Patel, a young fakir from Mumbai, goes to France to find the father he had never met. It turns into a never-ending adventurous trip where Ajatashatru or Aja falls in love, has an existential crisis, shares a truck with Somalian refugee and is kept hostage, and gets shot by a hitman.
5. The Nun (2018) on Amazon Prime Video
Director: Corin Hardy
Stars: Demián Bichir, Taissa Farmiga, Jonas Bloquet
IMDb- 5.4/10
A priest with a haunted past is sent to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania. The mysterious church far from civilization, holds a secret and the way to hold off a demon from Hell.