Best Netflix Movies for writing quality

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Best for writing quality

Call My Agent! The Movie

4.5 attribute score

Highest scored product for this attribute based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

Voicemails for Isabelle

4.4 attribute score

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Most evidence

Goodbye June

24 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this attribute.

Best overall product

Best of the Best

4.4 overall score

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#1 Call My Agent! The Movie
4.5

The writing strings together sharp industry jabs without becoming overly self-satisfied. Its most effective choice is keeping character relationships at the center of the joke.

Pros: celebrity cameos, humor

Cons: pacing, ensemble balance

#2 Voicemails for Isabelle
4.4

The screenplay combines sharp, character-based humor with an openhearted treatment of grief. Its self-aware rom-com references can become heavy-handed.

Pros: story quality, emotional impact

Cons: plot originality, pacing

#3 Heartstopper Forever
4.2

The screenplay is often praised for empathy, mature themes, and confident character writing, though a few scenes feel overworked or explain emotions too explicitly.

Pros: ending satisfaction, cultural representation

Cons: supporting cast performance, pacing

#4 Best of the Best
4.1

The screenplay earns frequent praise for structure, wit, cultural specificity, and ensemble balance, but critics also point to contrivances, thin supporting characters, and derivative plotting.

Pros: dance choreography, cultural representation

Cons: plot originality, romance quality

#5 The Rip
3.7

The screenplay earns praise for its contained premise, suspicion engine, and satisfying reveal structure. Its weaker side is exposition, thin secondary characterization, and logic that becomes patchy under the weight...

Pros: suspense, entertainment value

Cons: action sequences, ending satisfaction

#6 People We Meet on Vacation
3.1

The screenplay is uneven: it can produce funny, breezy scenes and clear romantic beats, yet critics often fault it for thin characterization, clunky present-day dialogue, convenient plotting, and compressed emotional...

Pros: entertainment value, romance quality

Cons: character development, story quality

#7 Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
2.8

The script earns credit for themes, twists, and some strong dialogue, but criticism is substantial: exposition, clichés, rushed character work, and compressed plotting repeatedly surface.

Pros: ending satisfaction, faithfulness to source material

Cons: story quality, pacing

#8 Goodbye June
2.7

The screenplay is the main fault line in the critical response. Supporters call it sharp, raw, sincere, and even remarkable; detractors describe it as thin, formulaic, heavy-handed, amateurish, and too...

Pros: acting performance, emotional impact

Cons: screenplay quality, story quality

#9 Enola Holmes 3
2.7

Screenplay responses skew mixed-negative: several reviewers like the balance of character and investigation, but many criticize contrivances, formula, weak mystery construction, or lazy plotting.

Pros: lead performance, action sequences

Cons: plot clarity, entertainment value

#10 A Merry Little Ex-mas
2.7

The screenplay swings between warm, personable, funny genre craft and thin, predictable construction. Its strongest moments feel self-aware and lively; its weakest rely on dated jokes, underdeveloped ideas, and an...

Pros: supporting cast performance, lead performance

Cons: humor, genre satisfaction

#11 Office Romance
2.5

The script has flashes of wit, adult banter, and genuine affection for rom-coms, but it is repeatedly criticized for clichés, illogic, and uneven tonal shifts.

Pros: supporting cast performance, lead performance

Cons: chemistry between characters, humor

#12 The Whisper Man
2.3

The screenplay is a major source of criticism for formula, thin characterization, exposition, and convenient plotting. A smaller group praises its restraint and willingness to let viewers piece together clues.

Pros: acting performance, scares

Cons: entertainment value, character development

#13 Animals
2.2

Overloaded subplots, contrivances, and weak exposition dominate the complaints. Supporters praise a tight succession of dilemmas and twists that keep the story moving.

Pros: supporting cast performance, casting quality

Cons: entertainment value, screenplay quality

#14 Unabomber
1.9

The screenplay is the most consistent weak point, with repeated complaints that it is shallow, clichéd, underdeveloped, or too eager to force a simple explanation. Even positive reactions tend to...

Pros: acting performance, lead performance

Cons: story quality, suspense

#15 Little Brother
1.7

The screenplay is the most consistent weakness, repeatedly described as predictable, underwritten, low-effort, and overly reliant on crude set pieces. A few clever early ideas and heartfelt themes never fully...

Pros: acting performance, chemistry between characters

Cons: humor, entertainment value

#16 In the Hand of Dante
1.5

The screenplay contains an intriguing premise and ambitious ideas but lacks discipline. Absurd turns, unclear motives, disconnected threads, and self-important writing keep it from cohering.

Pros: lead performance, supporting cast performance

Cons: story quality, plot clarity

#17 My Secret Santa
1.4

The screenplay is a recurring weakness, criticized for clichés, weak logic, lazy communication, and forced conflict. A few reviews still found occasional wit or emotional beats that land.

Pros: lead performance, emotional impact

Cons: humor, originality