Anyone have streaming netflix? Good titles to recommend?

[jmdkodiak]

I love popping in a GES portion and watching a good movie. Currently watching Reindeer Games.

Anyone else use Netflix streaming have any good suggestions for truly good movies?

EDIT: to change title to more generic.

We all know it's difficult to find movies on Netflix outside of their very limiting recommendation software. So this thread is now for people to share their recommendations and viewing history of Netflix.

[CoderGuy]

I love popping in a GES portion and watching a good movie. Currently watching Reindeer Games.

Anyone else use Netflix streaming have any good suggestions for truly good movies?

Depends on what kinds of movies you like. "Full Metal Jacket" is a classic and on streaming (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Fu...?trkid=2361637)

And if you haven't seen it, "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels" is awesome (http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Lo...?trkid=2361637)

[EricHill78]

Look up Dolemite.. its pure win!

[RobsanX]

Definitely check out http://instantwatcher.com/ . It has all the current streaming movies sorted by however you want to sort them. You can add to your queue right from the site too.

Check out:

The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia

eXistenZ

Firefly Tv series + Serenity

The IT Crowd TV series (hilarious!)

Bronson

Valhalla Rising

Arrested Development TV series

Oldboy

Blade Runner

[CoderGuy]

+1 for IT Crowd and Arrested Development! I LOVE those shows lol

[Experimental Monkey]

I watched The Big Nothing with Simon Pegg last night and it was pretty damn good. Fairly obscure indy movie. I love any movie that dude does.

[CoderGuy]

I watched The Big Nothing with Simon Pegg last night and it was pretty damn good. Fairly obscure indy movie. I love any movie that dude does.

Yes, like Shaun of the Dead

[EricHill78]

Nip tuck is a great series if they got it on Netflix.. my wife got me hooked when it was on.

[jmdkodiak]

Nip tuck is a great series if they got it on Netflix.. my wife got me hooked when it was on.

I loved the first couple of seasons. After that it got REALLY weird and improbable.

I guess I should have added that I am not much of a comedy fan. I am more into drama/action. Movies that tell a good story. I like a lot of indie movies but lately I have been fascinated by some of the foreign films I've seen. Slumdog Millionaire was awesome.

So was Hurt Locker, and both of those were pretty popular.

It just seems extremely difficult to find truly good movies lately.. Especially weeding through the crap on streaming netflix.

[chadizzy1]

They just added every episode of Star Trek Next Generation

[devilock76]

Netflix is great. It is how I became addicted to Dexter. Although only the first two seasons are on it right now, but it many ways season 1 is still the absolute best season.

I could go about recommending movies, but maybe knowing what you like would help.

Ken

[CoderGuy]

They just added every episode of Star Trek Next Generation

TNG was my favorite. I grew up with TOS and even then thought it was hokey.

[jmdkodiak]

Netflix is great. It is how I became addicted to Dexter. Although only the first two seasons are on it right now, but it many ways season 1 is still the absolute best season.

I could go about recommending movies, but maybe knowing what you like would help.

Ken

I was watching Dexter with my girlfriend, but apparently they pulled it off instant watch on July 1st. wtf! Sucks.. I wonder why they would do that?

Stand by for a good list.

[jmdkodiak]

Ok, here are a few movies I like:

In no particular order.

28 Days Later
Hurt Locker
Slumdog Millionaire
Lord of War
Fight Club
True Grit
Intacto
Children of Men
Shadowboxer
Running Scared

There are a ton more but I can't think off the top of my head or without looking at my DVD collection, so this will have to do. Really mostly darker movies, some foreign, but all well written and well acted. Some pretty dark and violent.

TV Shows:
Lost
Prison Break
Dexter
New Amsterdam (I know it was only 1 season but it was awesome!)

I do have quite a few in my queue to watch, like Syriana.

[devilock76]

I was watching Dexter with my girlfriend, but apparently they pulled it off instant watch on July 1st. wtf! Sucks.. I wonder why they would do that?

Stand by for a good list.

They probably have limited agreements on some of these shows. Dexter especially being on a premium channel (Showtime) is probably like that.

We are under a contract with Dish Network till the end of this year and at that point we are abandoning all cable/satellite TV service. We are going to use Netflix in combination with Amazon VOD, Hulu, and Itunes for our TV watching. Also probably get an antenna on the house for local HD networks.

Ken