Every Netflix Original Movie Released In 2018 So Far

Netflix may be primarily known for its award-winning series, but the streaming service also provides quite a few movies that are worth your time. The streaming giant puts out more original movies than any of us realized, but don't worry, we will have you up to date with everything coming to a streaming device near you.

Starting with January, we're highlighting every Netflix original movie the company releases this year--as well as a few notable ones Netflix didn't produce but has distribution rights to--and including a few of our thoughts about the shows we've seen. Here are the original movies you can currently watch on Netflix, right now.

If you're more interested in the company's original shows, check out every Netflix original series for 2018.

Jump ahead: February, March

Release Date: January 12

Genre: Comedy/Drama

Based on a true story, The Polka King follows Jan Lewan (Jack Black), a polka band leader who was imprisoned in the mid-'00s for running a Ponzi scheme.

The Polka King is pretty mediocre. At times, it can be funny, but its appeal seems to be to people that find Polka either the worst or best music genre of all time, even though it's not the primary focus of the story. It's a letdown as the real-life story the movie is based on is fascinating.

Release Date: January 18

Genre: Comedy

Megalyn Echikunwoke (Arrow, Vixen) plays a Harvard Law student helps a sorority win a step dance championship by teaching them to step.

Release Date: January 19

Genre: Horror

A mother and her teenage son move into a secluded mansion in the mountains. They find someone else is at the house as well--someone who wants to harm them.

Release Date: January 24

Genre: Romantic Comedy

After being dumped by his girlfriend, a man devices a plan to get back his girlfriend, Lola, who loves superheroes.

Release Date: January 26

Genre: Comedy

Based on a true story, A Futile and Stupid Gesture follows comedy writer Doug Kenny (Will Forte), the mind behind National Lampoon magazine.

Release Date: February 4

Genre: Sci-Fi/Horror

The Earth is in crisis and a group of the brightest scientists heads to space in order to test technology that could provide the planet with infinite power. However, the tech creates a paradox which has some unwanted effects.

GameSpot's Mike Rougeau said in his review, "By the time The Cloverfield Paradox limps lamely to its nonsensical yet somehow predictable conclusion, you'll probably already have stopped paying attention."

Release Date: February 9

Genre: Horror

A group of friends reunites and takes a trip to Sweden where they hike through a national park. They find a menacing creature stalking them throughout their journey.

The Ritual is actually a solid horror film, which adds some unique elements to what seems like a typical horror plot. It's easily one of the more entertaining Netflix horror movies of the year.

Note: Netflix is the international distributor for this movie.

Release Date: February 9

Genre: Documentary

Seeing Allred follows women's rights attorney Gloria Allred--who has devoted four decades to her work--as her life is chronicled, and she takes on powerful men accused of sexual assault.

Release Date: February 9

Genre: Comedy

At her engagement party, Avery Martin (Alexandra Daddario) recalls the first time she met her fiance Noah Ashby (Adam DeVine) at a Halloween party.

Release Date: February 14

Genre: Romantic Comedy

The Hindi-language movie follows a young man and woman searching for a house in Mumbai.

Release Date: February 16

Genre: Drama

Irreplaceable You follows an engaged couple, Abbie and Sam, who have been best friends since childhood. Abbie learns she has terminal cancer and tries to find someone to replace her in Sam's life.

Release Date: February 19

Genre: Live-Action Anime

In a world where alchemy is real, two brothers go on a quest for the Philosopher's Stone, after failing to revive their dead mother.

GameSpot's Mike Rougeau said in his review, "Despite its high profile and fan hunger, Fullmetal Alchemist is everything wrong with live-action anime adaptations. It both adds nothing to the original and does a poor job imitating it."

Note: Netflix is the international distributor for this movie.

Release Date: February 23

Genre: Sci-Fi

40 years in the future, a mute bartender searches for his missing girlfriend. The director Duncan Jones has called this a spiritual sequel to his 2009 film Moon.

GameSpot's Mike Rougeau said in his review, "Mute is a bad joke about itself, the movie version of a Weird Al Yankovic song (an "Amish Paradise" sequel set in the future?), only if the filmmaker wasn't aware it was supposed to be a parody."

Release Date: March 9

Genre: Crime Drama

Jared Leto stars as an American solider in postwar Japan who becomes a member of the Japanese.

Release Date: March 16

Genre: Family

Blumhouse, the studio behind modern horror classics like Get Out, Insidious, and The Purge, recently rebooted Benji for Netflix. The movie follows the adventures of a stray dog named Benji. Interestingly enough, Brandon Camp--the writer and director of the reboot--is the son of the writer and director of the 1974 original.

Release Date: March 16

Genre: Documentary

Take Your Pills addresses the increased usage of Adderall and similar prescription medications by students and those in the tech industry. Many reviews of the movie either call it propaganda or say it doesn't have a clear thesis.

Release Date: March 23

Genre: Action/Comedy

The Workaholics gang is back. In this feature film, three waiters at a posh hotel turn into action heroes when it's taken over by terrorists.

Release Date: March 23

Genre: Musical/Western/Fantasy

Directed by Daryl Hannah, this musical western follows a band of outlaws who are searching for treasure. At night, the moon lends its magic to them. It also stars Neil Young, so everything about this movie is a bit out there.

Release Date: March 23

Genre: Biopic

Roxanne Roxanne follows one of the oldest rivalries in hip hop. The movie is a dramatization of Roxanne Shante's life, who made waves in the mid-'80s when she recorded a response to UTFO's "Roxanne, Roxanne" called "Roxanne's Revenge."