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17th October 2017
01:16pm BST
There ain't nothin' wrong with staying in on a Saturday night.
But it's only acceptable if you have a total Netflix binge complete with a takeaway, some wine and your cosiest blankie.
With awards season well and truly upon us we took a look at some of Netflix's award-winning and -nominated offerings.
Here they are:
A shrewd teenager and her wisecracking best friend plan to get rich or die trying to following the footsteps of a flashy female drug dealer.
One of the best films ever created, and which received seven Oscar nominations.
Framed for murder, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison and gradually forms a close bond with older inmate Red.
In this biographical drama, Britain’s King George VI struggles with an embarrassing stutter until he seeks help from speech therapist Lionel Logue.
Accompanied by a German bounty hunter, a freed slave named Django travels across America to free his wife from a sadistic plantation owner.
Quentin Tarantino and Christoph Waltz both won Oscars for this one.
One of the greatest films ever made, genuinely.
A group of wily opportunists make a fortune off of the U.S. economic crash by sniffing out the situation in advance and betting against the banks.
His marriage crumbling, Nick comes home one day to find his wife has vanished. And as the police turn up the heat, the shocking truths come to light.
All is not how it seems.
When happily married linguistics professor with three children is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, it challenges her career and her family life.
Julianne Moore won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA for her leading role in this flick.
As his esteem grows in the world of physics, Stephen Hawking’s body is ravaged by ALS, forcing his increasing dependence on his devoted wife, Jane.
Eddie Redmayne landed the Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor for his performance in his emotional and brilliant film.
One of our own – in 1980s Dublin, a teen whose family is falling apart transfers to a tough school, where he forms a rock band to fit in and win a girls attention.
Sing Street was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy category and Jack Reynor won an IFTA for Best Actor in a supporting role.
In a near future world, single people are hunted and forced to find mates within 45 days, or will be turned into animals and banished to the wilderness.
So bizarre but so brilliant.
Another of our own – the life of an young Irish immigrant forever changes when she visits 1950s New York. But whens summoned home, she finds herself torn between two worlds.
Brooklyn was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress, and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film. (even though it ain't British...)
Riggan Thomson is a faded Hollywood actor best known for playing the superhero "Birdman" continues his struggle to mount a Broadway adaptation of a short story by Raymond Carver.
The film won four Academy Awards. Michael Keaton was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Actor and the film was awarded a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay.
A must-watch.
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