Netflix Recommendations Thread

[padman59]

It looks like Netflix has most of George Carlin's stand up available on Watch Instantly.

 

[Palooza]

Just watched Restrepo. Holy fucking shit that movie was badass, amazing, excellent, phenomenal and sad.

 

[Colonel Angus]

how is the selection for the streaming video? i had the free trial of netflix when it first came to the 360 and cancelled it because they didnt offer anything good

Yeah like stated before TONS of great documentaries. Lot's of good shorter National Geographic mini documentaries about the FBI, the Secret Service, and stuff like that.

Most of the stuff I watch is TV. I'm working through 10 seasons of the First 48, as well as a few seasons of Pawn Stars and The Office. It has seasons of Family Guy and South Park on there too.

And they have added so much stuff since I first subscribed. I never imagined I would cancel my DVD plan in favor of the streaming, but here I am.

 

[mgoblue2290]

Just got done watching Two Days in April. Pretty interesting to see all of the behind the scenes stuff. Its weird to not really even remember or know who any of these guys were. The only one I'd ever heard of was Clint Ingram.

 

[Palooza]

sidenote - redbox always has some shitty selections, too. Like 25 direct to dvd movies, 25 movies like face/off and one or two new releases.

 

[Coach]

It all depends what you are into...I stream Netflix on the Wii and the PS3. last spring break I took the week off with my son and watched the first 5 seasons of Weeds. It's a good way to catch up on shows you may have missed out on. They also have a ton of stuff for kids. My boys love Scooby Doo and there's tons of Scooby movies available to stream.

I do the torrent thing too from time to time but only for new movies (screeners and blu ray rips). I've been with Netflix for about 7 years now...only thing that I don't like is how the movie companies have delayed releases now for the majority of the movies that come out now thus leaving my queue empty (for the most part) and me scouring threads trying to find titles of good movies that I have never heard of.

 

[dope]

if you hate the mormon church like i do you'll enjoy getting pissed off while watching

"8: the mormon proposition" shows just how much the mormon church funded to block gay marriage in california, even though they are based out of utah and we have a little thing called separation of church and state. when you find out their grand total and how they lied about it, you'll wanna repeal their tax exempt status for sure.

"kimjongilia" is another good doc, it revolves around people who have escaped north korea and some of the hardship's they endured while there and even when they leave.

"i need that record" documents the fall of indie record stores, great movie that made me for a split second not wanna download music, but then i remembered i shop these stores whenever i travel to a place that has a local music store, so i didn't feel bad man.

"iraq for sale: the war profiteers" is another doc that can easily outrage you if you already believe we shouldn't have been in iraq. even if you thought the war was justifiable, you'll be hard pressed to think the money that's been made over there isn't sickening and a bit shady to boot.

i'll sign off on every doc that palooza posted as well, but i will say that "exit thru the gift shop" will only appeal to a certain group of people, if you don't care for street art or art in general it might be boring to you to listen to that french fuck talk for almost 2 hours, but seeing banksy's and shepard fairey do what they do made it worth it to me.

i also love how some shows update weekly like snl and blue mountain state, also using it on the ps3 is LEAPS AND BOUNDS better once they did the update and made it possible to use without the disc, oh man its night and day difference compared to what it was

 

[dope]

if you hate the mormon church like i do you'll enjoy getting pissed off while watching

"8: the mormon proposition" shows just how much the mormon church funded to block gay marriage in california, even though they are based out of utah and we have a little thing called separation of church and state. when you find out their grand total and how they lied about it, you'll wanna repeal their tax exempt status for sure.

"kimjongilia" is another good doc, it revolves around people who have escaped north korea and some of the hardship's they endured while there and even when they leave.

"i need that record" documents the fall of indie record stores, great movie that made me for a split second not wanna download music, but then i remembered i shop these stores whenever i travel to a place that has a local music store, so i didn't feel bad man.

"iraq for sale: the war profiteers" is another doc that can easily outrage you if you already believe we shouldn't have been in iraq. even if you thought the war was justifiable, you'll be hard pressed to think the money that's been made over there isn't sickening and a bit shady to boot.

i'll sign off on every doc that palooza posted as well, but i will say that "exit thru the gift shop" will only appeal to a certain group of people, if you don't care for street art or art in general it might be boring to you to listen to that french fuck talk for almost 2 hours, but seeing banksy and shepard fairey do what they do made it worth it to me.

i also love how some shows update weekly like snl and blue mountain state, also using it on the ps3 is LEAPS AND BOUNDS better once they did the update and made it possible to use without the disc, oh man its night and day difference compared to what it was

 

[Derrville]

Chaos Theory with Ryan Renolds is pretty good.

 

[Bmore]

Just watched

Pretty good film, about the most popular English prisoner ever.

 

[strahanfan92]

When my brother had a Netflix account he received 2-3 DVDs at a time. He then would burn them and send them back the next day. He's got like 500+ movies right now its unreal.

 

[padman59]

It all depends what you are into...I stream Netflix on the Wii and the PS3. last spring break I took the week off with my son and watched the first 5 seasons of Weeds. It's a good way to catch up on shows you may have missed out on. They also have a ton of stuff for kids. My boys love Scooby Doo and there's tons of Scooby movies available to stream.

I do the torrent thing too from time to time but only for new movies (screeners and blu ray rips). I've been with Netflix for about 7 years now...only thing that I don't like is how the movie companies have delayed releases now for the majority of the movies that come out now thus leaving my queue empty (for the most part) and me scouring threads trying to find titles of good movies that I have never heard of.

I don't like that delayed release crap either, but I wish I had your problem with the empty queue. I've had Netflix for over 2 years and my queues just keep growing. I have almost 400 in my movie queue and about 20 seasons worth for TV shows in the other.

 

[Coach]

I don't like that delayed release crap either, but I wish I had your problem with the empty queue. I've had Netflix for over 2 years and my queues just keep growing. I have almost 400 in my movie queue and about 20 seasons worth for TV shows in the other.

What ya got in your queue? I need some sleeper recommendations! I've come across a few sleepers here and there like Eden Lake (or vice versa). I plan to catch up on Dexter but it's hard to do that and keep up with current shows like SVU, V, 187 and Blue Bloods.

 

[Palooza]

I've got about 200 movies in each of my queues, but I also have about 1300 movies rated that I've seen, too.

Movies upon movies upon movies.

 

[padman59]

What ya got in your queue? I need some sleeper recommendations! I've come across a few sleepers here and there like Eden Lake (or vice versa). I plan to catch up on Dexter but it's hard to do that and keep up with current shows like SVU, V, 187 and Blue Bloods.

Foreign films and older movies (60s-80s) make up the majority of my movie queue. Here are some movies and shows that I liked, but I haven't seen get much mention. No rhyme or reason to these, just a quick list from the first few pages of the movies I've rated.

Movies:
-In the Heat of the Night (1967)
-The Conversation (1974)
-Blood In, Blood Out (1993)
-Elite Squad (2007, foreign)
-Black Dynamite (2009)
-Following (1999)
-Le Samourai (1967, foreign)
-Amadeus (1984)

TV Shows:
-Feaks and Geeks
-Undeclared
-Oz
-Damages
-Spaced

Documentaries:
-When We Left Earth (2008)
-This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)

 

[Coach]

Foreign films and older movies (60s-80s) make up the majority of my movie queue. Here are some movies and shows that I liked, but I haven't seen get much mention. No rhyme or reason to these, just a quick list from the first few pages of the movies I've rated.

Movies:
-In the Heat of the Night (1967)
-The Conversation (1974)
-Blood In, Blood Out (1993)
-Elite Squad (2007, foreign)
-Black Dynamite (2009)
-Following (1999)
-Le Samourai (1967, foreign)
-Amadeus (1984)

TV Shows:
-Feaks and Geeks
-Undeclared
-Oz
-Damages
-Spaced

Documentaries:
-When We Left Earth (2008)
-This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)

I started watching Black Dynamite a while ago...gonna have to watch that one when the wife and kids are gone. Too much cursing for the wife.

Is Damages available for streaming? I know they are running it on channel 101 on Direct TV now...might try and catch up on it there.

Only think I liked about the Amadeus is the title song from the soundtrack! LOL

Blood In, Blood Out is a prison/gang movie correct? I think it goes by two different titles. I've seen that before.

I'm not really into foreign films and docs but I will be checking out Restrapo (sp?) soon.

 

[padman59]

I started watching Black Dynamite a while ago...gonna have to watch that one when the wife and kids are gone. Too much cursing for the wife.

LOL. I'd definitely recommend putting the kids to bed before watching this one.

Is Damages available for streaming? I know they are running it on channel 101 on Direct TV now...might try and catch up on it there.

I don't think they have Damages streaming. Good mystery/thriller crime drama though.

Only think I liked about the Amadeus is the title song from the soundtrack! LOL

Blood In, Blood Out is a prison/gang movie correct? I think it goes by two different titles. I've seen that before.

I'm not really into foreign films and docs but I will be checking out Restrapo (sp?) soon.

Bound by Honor is the other title for Blood In, Blood Out.

Also, try looking through the recommendations from Netflix. I've found a good amount of worthwhile movies from browsing that section.

 

[DJ Rhude]

I just started my free trial of Netflix, it ain't bad but it didn't quite blow me away either.....some good stuff up their for my kids tho......I recorded the first season of Dora The Explorer for my baby girl for when she gets a lil older......so I guess it can be useful

I watched Paranormal Entity knowing full well it would be a blatant rip off of Paranormal Activity....I still want my 80 minutes back

 

[NAHSTE]

Gonna check out Restrepo and Two Days in April ... Thanks for the suggestions. I currently have a 1 Blu-Ray at a time plan plus the streaming. I only get around to watching 4 or 5 movies through the mail per month, so I'm thinking of going to streaming only soon.

 

[Coach]

LOL. I'd definitely recommend putting the kids to bed before watching this one.



I don't think they have Damages streaming. Good mystery/thriller crime drama though.



Bound by Honor is the other title for Blood In, Blood Out.

Also, try looking through the recommendations from Netflix. I've found a good amount of worthwhile movies from browsing that section.

The first 2 seasons of Damages is available for streaming...bout to get started soon.

I've heard a lot about Dead Like Me...is it worth watching?

Rhude...you've should've known better!! What you gonna watch next, Disaster Movie? LOL