Netflix Just Dropped Three New Originals — Including a Pulse-Pounding Disaster Thriller

Netflix just dropped three brand-new originals, and they do not go together in any obvious way: a Korean end-of-the-world survival flick, a Mexican crime comedy with a very specific court order, and a documentary that digs into 1975 Hollywood. If your queue needs range, here you go.

• The Great Flood (South Korea) - sci-fi survival disaster

  From director Kim Byung-soo, who co-wrote the script with Han Ji-su, this one strands people in a flooded high-rise on the literal last day of Earth. Kim Da-mi (The Witch: Part 1. The Subversion) leads alongside Emmy nominee Park Hae-soo (Squid Game). The cast also includes Jeon Yu-na (Pachinko), Jeon Hye-jin (The Throne), Park Byung-eun (Moving), Lee Hak-joo (My Name), and more.

  Premise in plain English: the planet is swallowed by water, a handful of survivors cling to hope in a submerged apartment building, and every floor is a fight to stay alive.

• A Time For Bravery (Mexico) - Spanish-language crime comedy

  Directed by Ariel Winograd, this is the one with the wild setup: after psychoanalyst Mariano is found guilty for a car accident, the court sentences him to provide therapeutic support to a depressed cop reeling from his wife's recent infidelity. Yes, that is the assignment.

  What starts as a rolling therapy session turns into one dangerous detour after another as the unlikely duo stumbles onto a criminal plot that pushes both their courage and their odd-couple friendship. The cast features Luis Gerardo Méndez (Murder Mystery), Memo Villegas (Sin Nombre), Christian Tappan (Primate), Verónica Bravo (Consuelo), and Noé Hernández (We Are the Flesh).

• Breakdown: 1975 - documentary

  Morgan Neville's new Netflix original doc takes a hard look at why the mid-70s has stuck in our cultural brain, zeroing in on a single, seismic year. Expect appearances from Jodie Foster, Martin Scorsese, Ellen Burstyn, Seth Rogen, and more.

  "In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art."

  The film digs into how that moment gave us staples like Taxi Driver, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and Network. It's catnip for film-history nerds and a tidy primer if you're just catching up.

So pick your mood: tidal panic, therapy-on-wheels mayhem, or a dive into the year that rewired American movies. All three are streaming now.