Netflix: Interactive movies trending? This is planned

Interactive movies rely on the viewers' decision-making ability. In this way, movie night on the couch takes on a whole new facet. Our guide takes a look at what Netflix has been offering its customers in this area.

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Netflix: Here's what you should know about interactive movies

Interactive movies are not as demanding as video games, but not as passive as conventional movies. In this type of movies, you make the decisions for the characters and thus can determine the further course of the movie. In this way, watching movies multiple times also becomes exciting, since you always experience new adventures by making different decisions.

Netflix: Interactive Movies- An Overview

On Netflix, you currently already have access to various interactive movies. You can usually watch these on various devices, such as smart TV, game console, smartphones and tablets. For this, however, make sure that you have installed the latest version of the Netflix app.

• At the end of 2018, Netflix surprised us with a new Black Mirror episode called "Bandersnatch". The special feature of it: at many points, viewers were allowed to decide how the story continued. By remote control, one of two options was selected and this led to very different scenes.
• As "Bandersnatch" was predominantly well received and caused a stir, other films followed afterwards, such as "You vs. Wild."
• Currently, these interactive films are available on Netflix: "Puss in Boots and the Magic Book," "Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile," "Stretch Armstrong: The Breakout," "Minecraft: Story Mode," "Black Mirror: Bandersnatch," "You vs. the Wild," "Captain Underpants and the Giant Selection-O-Rama," "Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal?"," Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy vs. the Reverend," "The Boss Baby: Find the Baby," "Spirit - Wild and Free: Ride-along Adventure."