The end of March brings a spring season in full bloom and movie theaters are still playing so-so movies like Snow White. Sure, you could read a book or do your taxes, but why deny yourself the pleasure of watching a good movie or two?
This weekend, What to Watch is recommending an underrated Ryan Reynolds rom-com, a 2019 thriller no one knows about and a 2025 foreign movie that just debuted on Netflix.
‘Definitely, Maybe’ (2008)
Advertising exec Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds) is good at his job and a great dad; unfortunately, he stinks at love. He’s in the middle of a divorce, and his precocious daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), thinks that by asking him how he met her mother, he can move on. Will agrees to tell his love story, but he includes two other women he was also in love with around the same time and changes their names so Maya, and the audience, don’t know which one is her mom.
Is it Emily Jones (Elizabeth Banks), Will’s college sweetheart? Maybe it’s April Hoffman (Isla Fisher), Will’s co-worker during his time on Bill Clinton’s campaign staff? Or is it Summer Hartley (Rachel Weisz), a career-obsessed journalist?
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Definitely, Maybe is just as much a rom-com as it is a mystery as you never know which one of Will’s loves turns out to be his wife until the end. The movie is sweet and has a big heart and both Reynolds and Breslin are excellent as the father and daughter who both want Will to have a happy ending.
Definitely, Maybe is streaming on Netflix.
‘Rust Creek’ (2019)
Sawyer Scott (Hermione Corfield) is a college senior who has a job interview in Washington, D.C. Over Thanksgiving break, she decides to make a road trip out of it and see the countryside. But holiday traffic forces her to take an alternate route she’s not familiar with and soon, she’s lost in the Appalachian woods. Her bad luck takes a turn for the worse as she stumbles upon two men, brothers Hollister (Micah Hauptman) and Buck (Daniel R. Hill), burying a dead body.
Rust Creek then quickly evolves into an effective survival thriller as Sawyer must evade the pursuing siblings while also surviving in the wild without any food, shelter, or friends. The movie is intense, with scene after scene depicting Sawyer braving the elements and barely escaping certain death.
The third act contains several surprises that won’t be revealed here, but it’s no spoiler to reveal that Rust Creek is gripping entertainment that feels faster than its 108-minute runtime.
Rust Creek is streaming on Netflix.
‘Little Siberia’ (2025)
A small meteorite crashes into a small village in Poland. No one is hurt, but the incident rattles the townspeople, particularly Joel (Eero Ritala), the village priest. He agrees to guard the meteorite at the local museum and ward off potential thieves. But Joel is struggling with a dilemma no one knows about: his wife is pregnant but he’s sterile. Is her pregnancy a miracle? Or a clear indication of her infidelity? And does the meteorite signify to Joel the existence of God or the absence of one?
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Little Siberia is hard to classify; it’s a drama, sure, but it’s also a thriller and a comedy, too. It’s this blend of genres that distinguishes it from any other movie you’ll see in 2025. Where else can you see brutal stabbings played for laughs and a man’s crisis of faith taken as seriously as the town’s over-the-top safeguarding of a celestial rock?
Made in Poland, Little Siberia is the kind of movie that will eventually get an English-language remake. If it does, the Coen Brothers are the ideal filmmakers to interpret its absurdist comedy and existential angst.
Little Siberia is streaming on Netflix.
