Netflix's 'What We Watched 2019' Ad

Jennifer Aniston, Woody Harrelson, Meryl Streep, Miley Cyrus, Jonathan Van Ness, Millie Bobbie Brown, Adam Sandler, Beyoncé Knowles, Ryan Reynolds; these are just a few of the icons featured in this ad. It’s only two minutes long, but at the end of it you feel like you’ve really seen something important. In addition to a star-studded cast, it boasts moving voiceover and music that couple beautifully with the dozens of rapid-fire scene snippets selected from Netflix’s original content, thereby doing an incredible job of showcasing their vast catalog. It uses humor and heart to inspire an impressive degree of cultural FOMO, and it really drives home the significance of storytelling in our society. Most importantly for Netflix, it genuinely excites you for what’s to come.

It’s a terrific ad.