We have a thread somewhere on peoples' favorite movies, but I'm a Netflix junkie and want to get some reccomendations on what to watch next.
Lately, I've been on a (mostly crime-related) documentary kick. My favorites offered on Netflix:
Cropsy is a film about a string of abductions on Staten Island involving kids, told from the point of view of a child who always heard an urban legend about a crazy man named Cropsey who lived beneath an old mental hospital and killed children; the story parallels the man who actually committed the crimes.
Dear Zachary was a beautiful, heart-wrenching story about a little boy whose father Andrew was murdered; Andrew's girlfriend -- his murderer -- gets custody of the child, and an old friend goes across the country to interview his parents, his friends, and other people related to the case.
I just finished Girl 27, about Patricia Douglas, a girl who was raped at an MGM party and silenced by the company. Her story was swept under the rug for almost sixty years before a journalist uncovered it and began researching it and speaking to her.
Other than that -- lots of Futurama.
Any reccomendations? Documentary or not, I want to hear it.
Why wasn't this thread made earlier? Hmm..
I'll just go with instant play. I had to stop getting them in the mail because dumb hicks were scratching the disks and apathetic movie goers weren't reporting them.
Instant Queue
- The Big Lebowski
- Raising Arizona
- Anti-Christ
- Mad Men
- Breaking Bad
- Arrested Development
- Lonesome Dove
- Midnight Cowboy
- Skins
- Brick
- Resevoir Dogs
- Bronson
- Valhalla Rising
- Exit Through The Gift Shop
- Louie
- Trainspotting
Okay enough of that.
Nice...
I think we have a different (crappier) Netflix selection in Canada.
The girl with the dragon tatoo trillogy was up a few months back. The Swedish Version. Not sure if it still is.Those were pretty good. I just got through watching four seasons of Breaking Bad on Netflix.. Now I got to find out where to watch the 5th and current season.
I ditto Breaking Bad but my latest obsession is (was because I watched them all) "the IT crowd" sooo freaking hilarious, especially second season going forward.
I was also on a Korean crime drama kick, I think I exhausted the whole category but start with "The man from nowhere"
I love The IT Crowd SOOOO MUCH, Stacy!!!
We're currently watching Supernatural in a rush to catch up, so that's about all that plays on Netflix aside from kiddie shows right now.
@Renee I am even rewatching episodes, I need more!
Sadly, I don't think that's going to happen because Chris O'Dowd seems to be chasing a US movie career (which is cool, but I miss the show).
That's a shame, the cast is genius together.
I've only been on Netflix instant once and I wasted it on a movie about killer slugs.
Spaced is a very funny show, only had 2 seasons.
I love Spaced, too. We recently re-watched it when we found it on Netflix (even though we have the box, haha).
Oh and "The Man Who Wasn't There"
I'm watching poultrygeist. It's pretty goddamn magical.
Have you seen Thankskilling?
It's among my favorite poultrybased bad horror movies.
Dead body guy is my recommendation for prompt
The movie poster alone is brimming with inspiration.
What's Netflix?
I just watched "I Melt With You" last night. It was a pretty good one.
I've been watching Battlestar Gallactica. Started the 3rd season a while back until my Xbox Live subscription ran out. And Breaking Bad is a must see.
BBC's Sherlock series is awesome (only 1 season on netflix streaming - 3 episodes per season). Each episode is better than most movies that cost millions of dollars. Especially in season 2.
Just watched this, surprisingly interesting:
Have you seen Limitless? I was recently quite impressed by it, wasn't expecting much but the cinematography is really cool and the concepts were interesting.
I can't stand Bradley Cooper and the writer in me called foul on some plot points but i really enjoyed Limitless.
You guys should watch Bellflower. It was pretty badass.
- Breaking Bad
- 24
- Prison Break
- X-files
- Star Trek DS:9
- The West Wing
- Supernatual
- Any Bad, and I mean awful, horror movie like Hostel 12 or something.
Sherlock season 2 is on netflix now. Go watch it. You'll love it.
I just got done watching American Horror Story and The Guild. I highly recommend both. I am working on Fear Itself now. The first episode was okay, but the ending was week. My girlfriend is a Doctor Who fan, so I am also watching those with her. I think I am up to season five now.
I said, "Watch Sherlock," Jack. You better get on it.
Yes, I forgot about Sherlock. Desperately waiting for Season 3. Huge fan.
I haven't seen the second season, at all. I don't have any sort of television other than Netflix, so I will probably be waiting for the new episodes to come on there eventually.
I mainly scroll the streaming picks and repeat "no, no, crap, god-no..." for hours before stating "why am i paying for this?"
Though i tend to watch the alien/ufo docs the most there. Sherlock is fucking Gold though. Also, i like TimeCrimes, Primer (best time travel movie ever made), Lunopolis, and i think Pandorum.
I can't imagine a world where Netflix is used for anything other than watching 5 seasons' worth of Curious George episodes over and over again. It's tragic, really, watching a two year-old develop his father's addictive personality. But seeing as there are practically no movies worth streaming, I typically try to find a TV show that's got a ton of episodes (quantity trumps quality) and run with it when I can carve out some time.
Mmmmmm... Primer.
'Sherlock' was cool; not something I would watch over and over.
Picked up 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' from Redbox last night: worth a watch.
"I can't imagine a world where Netflix is used for anything other than watching 5 seasons' worth of Curious George episodes over and over again."
Here, it is Dinosaur Train and all 307 versions of Power Rangers.
Bad Writing is streaming for free for January. The blurb says: Start your New Year off with a little Bad Writing, Vernon Lott’s documentary featuring Margaret Atwood, David Sedaris, Nick Flynn and more, streaming for free all month:
For all you "IT crowd" lovers you'd probably love "Black Books". Other good Uk TV Stuff includes "Dead Set" and "Shades". Somebody else already pointed out the awesomeness of the new Sherlock.
But seriously, if you like "IT Crowd" you'll love "Black Books".
French TV is shit.
I have no idea what a Netflix is.
@bryanhowie I liked that. Thanks.
I've caught up with a few shows on Netflix recently. The Walking Dead, American Horror Story were the newest. My daughter usually keeps Curious George and Fresh Beat Band on constantly. I was looking for a new show to watch and finally settled on Prison Break because I never watched it when it came out. It's not bad but there's quite a bit that is hard to believe. About half through season 2 now.
Just wanted to mention: Netflix's first original series, House of Cards, starts this Friday, according to their Web site. I'm not a huge Kevin Spacey fan, but I'm going to check it out.
From the site:
Ruthless and cunning, Congressman Francis Underwood (Oscar® winner Kevin Spacey) and his wife Claire (Robin Wright) stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex, and corruption in modern D.C. Kate Mara (“American Horror Story”) and Corey Stoll (“Midnight in Paris”) costar in the first original series from David Fincher (“The Social Network”) and Beau Willimon (“The Ides of March”).
After just getting slowly pissed off for months as Netflix's Instant service selection, never great to begin with, seemed to get worse and worse, I've found a system that works for me. If there's a film that interests me, particularly one I've never heard of, I'll head to Rotten Tomatoes and see how it fares there.
Some movies I enjoyed recently that I never would have seen otherwise:
The Aura
The Hunter
Timecrimes (nice to see Frank Chapel giving it a shout as well)
And one of my favorite movies in recent memory, which I missed (sadly) while it was on the big screen:
Drive
The Netflix recommendation engine + Rotten Tomatoes = Success finding good movies
My favorite right now is "The Host" a Korean film about a monster. The storytelling is great, the characters are fantastic and it gives a great view of Korean society.
@WendellB
You see they're doing a sequel?
I've found a couple hidden gems on Instant just from reading a couple reviews. Stake Land and Get The Gringo come to mind. Stake Land is like a zombie apocalypse film except with vampires. Pretty good.
I saw Lonesome Jim on Netflix, which was such a good movie. I was surprised at how good it was.
some of my faves:
"Jeff, who lives at home"
"The Swell Season"
"Peggy Sue Got Married"
"The Artist"
"Poetry"
"Dogtooth"
I watched Skyfall last night. It wasn't "so-so." It was half-awesome/half-idiotic. It was like Italian dressing: for a while things were mixed up pretty well, but before long the two halves would separate again.
Seven Psychopaths (not on streaming) was really good. Tom Waits is only in it a little, though. And he's really awesome.