Award-winning movies to watch on Netflix this weekend (August 14-16)

Netflix’s U.S. weekend lineup (August 14–16) highlights three award-winning films, aimed at viewers who want to skip the usual scrolling. The top pick is Nightcrawler, a 118-minute psychological crime thriller released on October 23, 2014, directed by Dan Gilroy and led by Jake Gyllenhaal. The film follows Lou Bloom, a drifter who becomes entangled in freelance crime journalism in Los Angeles, escalating his pursuit of exclusive, shocking footage. Nightcrawler won Best First Feature at the 2015 Independent Spirit Awards and earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The article also introduces Eighth Grade as another option.