Netflix’s March schedule sees the premiere of yet another coming-of-age comedy, a continually twisting documentary series from two indie darlings and a revealing portrait of US hip-hop culture.
There’s also the long-awaited return of the only female Defender, intriguing new titles from Canada, Argentina and Brazil, and the debut of a Die Hard-inspired original comedy movie.
Here’s a closer look at the 10 films and shows that you need to keep an eye out for over the next 31 days.
Les Affames (March 2)
A five-time nominee at the Canadian Screen Awards, Les Affames (The Ravenous) is a little more intimate, slow-building and philosophical than your average zombie flick.
Part existential horror, part road movie, part nihilistic drama, the apocalyptic tale sees a group of survivors venture into the woods to take refuge from the flesh-eating monsters that have invaded their small town.
Marvel’s Jessica Jones (March 8)
Nearly 18 months since the first season of Netflix’s first female-driven superhero show arrived, the long-awaited second season will finally makes it onto our screens.
This time around, Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter) will attempt to get her life back on track following her murder of arch-nemesis Kilgrave and potentially rekindle her relationship with fellow Defender Luke Cage.
Oscar nominee Janet McTeer and J.R. Ramirez (Arrow) are some of the new faces who will be joining the dynamic drama alongside returnees Rachael Taylor, Carrie-Anne Moss and Eka Darville.
Love Season 3 (March 9)
We still don’t buy the central relationship between Gillian Jacobs’s free-spirited radio producer and Paul Rust’s emotionally manipulative dork – the whole thing seems like wish fulfilment on behalf of the latter co-creator.
But if you have found yourself invested in the will they/won’t they anti-rom com, then this third and final season should provide all the answers.
On My Block (March 16)
Just a month after the premiere of Everything Sucks!, another coming-of-age navigating the trials and tribulations of high school arrives on Netflix.
Co-created by Lauren Iungerich (MTV’s Awkward), On My Block is set in the largely African-American and Hispanic area of South Central LA and focuses on four particular streetwise kids, with Diego Tinoco (Teen Wolf) and Jason Genao (The Get Down) leading the cast of emerging talent.
Wild Wild Country (March 16)
Produced by indie favourites Jay and Mark Duplass, Wild Wild Country may well be Netflix’s most bingeable documentary series since Making A Murderer.
Based on the exploits of an Indian guru’s audacious attempt to build a 64,000-acre utopia in the Oregon desert back in the early 1980s, this six-parter is packed full of jaw-dropping twists, involving everything from mass poisonings to beavers (yes, beavers).
Edha (March 16)
Netflix’s first Argentinian original is a tale of passion, revenge and secrets focusing on a young fashion designer whose life is completely upended by a handsome immigrant model.
Filmed entirely in Buenos Aires, Edha is the brainchild of Daniel Burman, the acclaimed filmmaker at the forefront of the movement known as New Argentine Cinema.
Game Over, Man! (March 23)
Twelve months after stoner sitcom Workaholics came to its six-season end, its co-creators and leading men reunited for a feature-length Netflix original, which appears to be every bit as bawdy.
Game Over, Man! sees Adam DeVine, Blake Anderson and Anders Holm star as three video game producers who are forced to go all Die Hard when a group of terrorists take their soon-to-be benefactor hostage.
O Mecanismo (March 23)
Having adapted the real life story of drug kingpin Pablo Escobar for the small screen in the gripping Narcos, Netflix will be hoping that director Jose Padilha can strike lightning twice with this Brazilian political drama.
Starring Selton Mello, Caroline Abras and Antonio Saboia, O Mecanismo is based on Operation Car Wash, a still-ongoing investigation into the money laundering scheme, which infiltrated the nation’s state-controlled oil company.
A Series Of Unfortunate Events (March 30)
One of Netflix’s biggest success stories of 2017, A Series Of Unfortunate Events now returns for a second helping of gothic humour, elaborate visuals and scenery-chewing performances.
The adaptation of books five to nine in the Lemony Snicket series will see Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris) continue to terrorise the three poor Baudelaire orphans, but will also welcome several new characters into the fold that didn’t appear in the source material.
Rapture (March 30)
Nas, T.I., Logic and G-Eazy are just a few of the acclaimed rappers who will be profiled for this eight-part documentary exploring hip-hop culture.
Directed by one of the genre’s leading analysts, Sacha Jenkins, Rapture aims to tell the real story behind the sound that emerged from the boroughs of New York to become ‘the heartbeat of Mother Earth’.
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