30 bizarre Netflix descriptions to live by

11. Gossip Girl

The Netflix description: "Rich, unreasonably attractive private school students do horrible, scandalous things to each other. Repeatedly."

The life lesson: Pay attention to all those high school movie stereotypes: good-looking popular kids really are bastards.

10. While You Were Sleeping (1995)

The Netflix description: "Some girls find love with a prince. Some, with a mogul. This shy romantic's dream date? A coma victim."

The life lesson: Just because Sandra Bullock manipulates the family of a comatose hunk, "in the name of love" and is rather attractive, doesn't mean it's okay for the rest of us.

9. From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)

The Netflix description: "Dear dirtbags: The clap isn't the worst disease you can pick up at a dusty strip club. Have fun being a vampire."

The life lesson: Frequent strip bars and suffer two hideous consequences: the possibility of becoming a vampire and enduring the judgment of this Netflix scribe.

8. Bernie (2011)

The Netflix description: "A rich old lady and a friendly mortician. They're two peas in a pod - until one of the peas just won't shut up."

The life lesson: Befriending undertakers is all well and good, just don't piss them off by being a cantankerous old witch.

7. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

The Netflix description: "A deformed bell-ringer falls for a beautiful gypsy girl and lives happily ever after? Hey, it could happen."

The life lesson: Don't be deterred by poor self-image - be kind to others, ring a few bells, and a bewitching maiden shall be yours.

6. Coming To America (1988)

The Netflix description: "Where can the heir to an African throne find the woman of his dreams? At a funky hamburger joint in Queens, of course!"

The life lesson: Don't assume you know anything about dating.

5. Welcome To The Jungle (2013)

The Netflix description: "When a corporate retreat goes primal, an alpha will emerge. An awful, unbelievably stupid alpha. Just the worst."

The life lesson: If you think you're being uber-cool, you might want to check yourself. It's likely that everyone else thinks you're an utter berk.

4. The Wolf Of Wall Street (2013)

The Netflix description: "Make millions. Take enough mind-warping drugs to kill a horse. Do what you gotta do... but do it in a pinstripe suit. "

The life lesson: Be a hedonistic, money-hungry misogynist! It doesn't matter as long as you look cool!

3. Top Gun (1986)

The Netflix description: "Systems check: Cold War action. '80s tunes. Sex in silhouette. A maverick pilot jets into the danger zone."

The life lesson: Speaking in fragments makes everything you say way more emphatic.

2. Day of The Dead (1985)

The Netflix description: "What's worse than a zombie-ruled world? Nothing. No wonder the last humans are totally out of their minds."

The life lesson: In case the last ten years of zombie-themed entertainment hasn't clued you in: the undead roaming the Earth might cause you a moment of mental discomfort.

Gem Seddon

Gem Seddon is GamesRadar+'s west coast Entertainment News Reporter, working to keep all of you updated on all of the latest and greatest movies and shows on streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime. Outside of entertainment journalism, Gem can frequently be found writing about the alternative health and wellness industry, and obsessing over all things Aliens and Terminator on Twitter. 

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