19 Netflix limited series that should have been movies

Modified Jan 24, 2025 13:21 ET

The Queen’s Gambit (2020) | Image Source: Netflix

11. Inventing Anna

Inventing Anna (2022) | Image Source: Netflix

The true story of Anna Sorokin, a socialite who faked being a wealthy New York elite, Inventing Anna is compelling, but sometimes it leaves one feeling like the show is stretched too thin. A film adaptation would make it a lot more streamlined as to Anna's lies, manipulations, and the consequences of those. Condensing the dramatic twists into a tighter structure would have helped to emphasize tension and allowed the story to continue at a brisk pace, while the final revelation would have hit in a much more satisfying and less dragged-out way.