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The steam is building by the minute for The Devil Wears Prada comeback, starring Oscar-winners Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep, and Netflix is pitching in on the hype with a movie marathon led by the fashion icons who never run out of style.

Hathaway and Streep are set to pair up once again in The Devil Wears Prada 2, which comes 20 years after they first stepped on the Runway halls together.

So, hot on the heels of 20th Century Studios releasing the swoon-worthy teaser trailer, it’s time to hop on a cinematic tour with a Netflix catalogue led by these icons. We sure hope your Chanel boots and Calvin Klein skirts are ready this time around.

Because, believe it or not, The Devil Wears Prada is not the only recap you need before Miranda and Andy reunite for a fashion takeover.

Eight movies on Netflix starring The Devil Wears Prada icons

The Laundromat (Steven Soderbergh, 2019)

A comedy-drama starring Meryl Streep? It’s safe to assume that you’re already sold, but the fact that it’s Netflix-backed is enough to draw you in again and again. Based on Jake Bernstein’s Secrecy World about the Panama Papers leak, The Laundromat revolves around Streep’s character, Ellen Martin, who investigates her husband’s unexpected death, only to discover a humongous network of corruption, courtesy of the Mossack Fonseca law firm partners.

The Laundromat explores how the rich and prosperous often turn to offshore accounts and shell companies to illegally launder their money in an attempt to avoid tax payouts. The film is a biting social commentary on wealth inequality, told through a framework of anthological stories, where you can spot Streep breaking the fourth wall for an eye-opening revelation.

Bride Wars (Gary Winick, 2009)

Anne Hathaway’s Hollywood presence has been a boon for women because one cannot simply mention the Oscar-winner without picturing the movies she is always associated with. For some, the craze may have begun with The Princess Diaries, but for others, Bride Wars did the deed. The timeless romantic comedy tells the story of two childhood best friends, Emma (Hathaway) and Liv (Kate Hudson), who have long dreamed of a fantasy wedding in the Plaza Hotel since they were kids.

But as grown-ups, when the universe plays against their wishes, leading to a clash on the wedding day, they swap their lifelong sisterhood for enmity, trying to sabotage each other’s ceremony in unimaginable ways. Netflix recently added Bride Wars to its US catalogue, and in case you didn’t know, you can thank us later.

Death Becomes Her (Robert Zemeckis, 1992)

When it comes to showcasing range in acting, no one does it better than Meryl Streep. But if you still have doubts, check out this blast from the past, currently streaming on Netflix, Death Becomes Her. Straight from the catalogue of the ‘90s, the satirical black comedy fantasy film revolves around an engaged novelist, Helen, and her movie star friend, Madeline, portrayed by Streep.

Fascinated by Madeline’s youthful glow and beauty, Helen’s fiancé breaks up to marry the movie icon, leaving Helen to wind up in a psychiatric ward, filled with vengeance for her rival. But when Helen visits the now-married couple years later, looking surreally radiant like no time has passed, as Madeline grapples with the reality of time, struggling with her fading beauty and career, it leaves her ex-husband’s wife to go on a mission to unravel the secrets of her beauty, which, unfortunately, comes with a price.

Ocean’s 8 (Gary Ross, 2018)

Serving as the star-studded spin-off of Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s trilogy, Ocean’s 8 is the fourth instalment in the franchise. The heist comedy movie stars Anne Hathaway as a narcissistic movie star, Daphne Kluger, who unknowingly becomes the catalyst of a high-stakes theft at the Met Gala.

Ocean’s 8 follows the newly paroled con artist Debbie Ocean, who assembles an all-female squad to rob the $150million Toussaint diamond necklace on fashion’s biggest night. Joining her in the seemingly impossible venture is her partner, Lou, a fashion designer, Rose, a hacker named Nine Ball, a pickpocket, Constance, a fashion designer, Amita, and a fence, Tammy.

Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay, 2021)

Meryl Streep has a thing for black comedies, and it clearly shows. Don’t Look Up is an Oscar-nominated Netflix film, which revolves around two astronomers on a mission to warn humankind about a fast-approaching comet that can wipe out the existing civilisation once and for all.

But the impact event actually indicates the all-consuming climate change, with the movie’s framework satirising the nonchalance towards the negative developments from the government, media, and political spheres.

The Last Thing He Wanted (Dee Rees, 2020)

Journalists and reporters can never really stay stagnant on a singular subject point because they change each and every day. But what happens when the ones reporting end up being the subject of the story they pursued for this long? The Last Thing He Wanted stars Anne Hathaway as a media spokesperson who turns away from the coverage of the 1984 presidential campaign to aid her ailing father.

Little does she know that this break would spell disaster for her as she soon finds herself unconsciously embroiled in his illegal arms-dealing business for the US government. And to worsen her state of affairs, she also finds herself struggling to stay afloat in the hot waters involving a sinister scheme about arms dealing in Central America.

The Seduction of Joe Tynan (Jerry Schatzberg, 1979)

The Seduction of Joe Tynan follows the titular liberal senator from the US who has been struggling to maintain a work-life balance. He barely has time to see his wife, thanks to his hectic schedule that often demands him to stay out of the four walls. While his wife cannot help but complain about his absence, forks soon begin to show up in their romantic chapter when Joe travels to Louisiana to investigate the nominated judge.

There, he meets a pretty labour lawyer, Karen Traynor, played by Meryl Streep, with whom he soon begins an affair. But knowing that professional idealism is not the only duty he has shouldered in his life, he must weigh in on whether public life is the only place where he should be true to himself.

The Prom (Ryan Murphy, 2020)

Meryl Streep didn’t just cast her cinematic spell in the ‘80s and ‘90s. She continues to do so even today, and The Prom is the final proof. The musical comedy is adapted from the 2018 Broadway musical, which follows four down-on-their-luck Broadway actors who travel all the way to Indiana to extend a helping hand to a lesbian high school student who hasn’t been permitted to bring her girlfriend to the prom.

Reckoning this as a chance to reclaim their careers, The Prom explores how these actors go over the board to make the impossible happen, only to be confronted with a situation they hadn’t thought of before.