What have you found on netflix [Archive]

iris lilies

1-21-16, 8:06pm

that is fabulous. We just got it. Ours is Canadian, so it might be a bit different, but so far we have loved:

Grace and Frankie
Father Brown
The Last Kingdom

anything else you would recommend? particularly stuff from Uk

are you talking about dvd or streaming Netflix? the streaming options are more limited.

iris, dvd snob

freshstart

1-21-16, 8:30pm

Sherlock
Luther
Master of None
Making of a Murderer
stand up of Louis CK and Patton Oswalt and a million other comedians
I love the documentaries- Crazy Love was a good one
TED Talks
Orange is the New Black

make sure to rate what you have seen and it tries to find other things you might like and then those lead you to others and you are led down a rabbit hole into the neverland of Netflix. I have a 300 item queue, I will die before watching the whole thing. Granted I share my queue with my daughter and mother so I am not solely responsible for that hot mess

freshstart

1-21-16, 8:33pm

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lessisbest

1-22-16, 9:25am

We stream Netflix through ROKU and watch mostly British/Australian/Canadian series/mysteries, and documentaries - not big movie buffs. We also subscribe to ACORN for even more fun British viewing enjoyment.

Midsomer Murders
Derek
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Life
Granite Flats
Monarch of the Glen
Rosemary & Thyme
Inspector Morse
Poirot
Vexed
Broadchurch
Death in Paradise
Detectorists
Foyle's War
Doc Martin

freshstart

1-22-16, 11:41am

The Returned (the french one, not US)
Rectify
Iris
Portlandia
Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work
the old Bob Newhart Show
Call the Midwife
Paperclips
House of Cards
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (I hate this show but everyone I know loves it)
Louie

series I had never seen before were good when I first got sick: like 100 episodes of Criminal Minds when I was on steroids and never, ever slept, lol. There are tons with all the previous episodes so you can catch up with a current show

catherine

1-22-16, 11:43am

As I mentioned in another post, we are now in the throes of the HBO series The Newsroom. It is so awesome.. I am dreading getting to the end of the series. Brilliant storytelling, character development, casting.

kib

1-22-16, 11:51am

I've been watching a show with a premise that sounds truly too awful to believe, but it's actually rather entertaining: izombie. it reminds me of Dead Like Me, another macabre comedy (that may also be available on Netflix). It's quirky and silly and most certainly the antithesis of tasteful britcoms, but reasonably fun and amusing.

(Unbelievably bad premise: young med student is attacked by someone who's taken a drug that turned them into a sort of zombie. she retains her humanity, but need for fresh brains causes her to switch careers and work in morgue. Finds that eating brains of murder victims gives her visions which help solve crimes. )

Tenngal

1-22-16, 2:53pm

The West Wing
Nurse Jackie
Orange is the New Black
Breaking Bad
Lots of the old TV shows like The Andy Griffith Show-Cheers-and most of them go back to the beginning.

Tenngal

1-22-16, 2:54pm

oh I forgot to add "Call the Midwife" it is so good.

kally

1-22-16, 3:45pm

some great ideas here. How do I save to a list please?

TVRodriguez

1-22-16, 6:25pm

Sherlock
Broadchurch
Midsomer Murders
Murdoch Mysteries
Columbo
Murder, She Wrote
Rosemary & Thyme
Jane the Virgin (hated the premise but gave it a try and really enjoy it)
Orange is the New Black
Master of None
Scrotal Recall (bad name, funny and sweet show)
Call the Midwife
Grace and Frankie
House of Cards
Comedy specials -- I liked the Tig Notaro documentary this summer, too
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

freshstart

1-22-16, 7:51pm

some great ideas here. How do I save to a list please?

can you book mark the thread? or c+p to make 1 big list

Miss Cellane

1-22-16, 8:41pm

Seconding:

Miss Fisher's Mysteries
Sherlock
Foyle's War
Agatha Christie's Poirot
Death in Paradise

Adding:

Doctor Who
Longmire
Life
30 Rock
Lie to Me
Doc Martin
The IT Crowd

iris lilies

1-22-16, 9:59pm

I would suggest going to websites for The Emmys and Golden Globes to find the shows nominated for best dramas, comedies, miniseries.

many of the ones mentioned here are on those lists, but some are not --- tv Rodriguez, Murder She Wrote??????!!!! ;)

Also, just googling "best tv dramas of the year" or " best tv dramas of the decade" and etc brings up good lists.

Top critically acclaimed tv dramas of recent years include

Breaking Bad
Orange is the New Black
Justified
House of Cards
Fargo
Homeland
True Detective
The Bridge
The Affair
Bloodline
Game of Thrones
Mad Men
Downtown Abbey
Better Call Saul
Ray Donovan

and if you want to,go. Back to the dawn of excellent tv, it starts with The Sopranos and continues with

Deadwood
The Wire
The Shield
West Wing

ones from the UK include, and these are all murder mysteries

Broadchurch
The Fall
Happy Valley

I tire of detective and mystery shows pretty quickly, I like something else propelling the narrative.

TVRodriguez

1-23-16, 12:40am

many of the ones mentioned here are on those lists, but some are not --- tv Rodriguez, Murder She Wrote??????!!!! ;)

I love Mrs. Fletcher! How can you not love a show that had a widow of a certain age as the protagonist who was not only allowed to be intelligent and interesting (if nosy) but also allowed to be brave, independent (without super spy powers) and even a love interest now and then? She was the bomb.

I wanted to like The Fall but even though I loved the actors, I hated it. Had to fast forward to Gillian Anderson's part in each episode. I hate when there is too much footage from the criminal's perspective. Seems too much like a snuff film. Same reason I can't watch Criminal Minds. Yuck. It's like torture porn. I've honestly and sadly been privy to too much real life sex crime that I cannot find the entertainment value in it.

iris lilies

1-23-16, 1:01am

I love Mrs. Fletcher! How can you not love a show that had a widow of a certain age as the protagonist who was not only allowed to be intelligent and interesting (if nosy) but also allowed to be brave, independent (without super spy powers) and even a love interest now and then? She was the bomb.

I wanted to like The Fall but even though I loved the actors, I hated it. Had to fast forward to Gillian Anderson's part in each episode. I hate when there is too much footage from the criminal's perspective. Seems too much like a snuff film. Same reason I can't watch Criminal Minds. Yuck. It's like torture porn. I've honestly and sadly been privy to too much real life sex crime that I cannot find the entertainment value in it.

And funny, I liked The Fall because we really got to know that perp and he was interesting.

But I Agree that there is a lot of torture porn on tv, and for the network shows, they are so weak that it simply is not worth watching.

Justified had some awful and violent scenes, but I made it through them without closing my eyes, and that show is so well weitten and played that the violence was secondary.

I had to give up on Sons of Anarchy a few seasons in, too much awful,violence even though I loved those guys.

Dhiana

1-23-16, 12:47pm

Lessisbest's list is our go-to viewing and often what I'll play in the background as I'm working.

Just going through and watching the old classics is fun. The costumes, the cars, the lines!

My husband is currently enjoying the original Bixby/Ferrigno Hulk tv series while I'm laughing at the bad makeup,
and other shortcuts and effects done in old tv shows.

Other viewing I'd recommend:
Firefly & Serenity (YES!, the movie is back on Netflix!)
Headhunters - It's like Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels but edgier, Norwegian I think
Lilyhammer - Mobster decides he wants to live out his time in witness protection program in Lilyhammer.
Redirected
Ragnarok
Ascension

I find really bad disaster movies like Category 8 hilarious. MST3K worthy!
My husband likes to watch the mountain climbing movies and documentaries.

Enjoy the rabbit hole in your searches...if you don't like something, turn it off and watch something else.
Doesn't cost extra to try :)

PS - Snowpiercer was awful! Don't waste your time.

Sloeginfizz

1-24-16, 10:30pm

There's a lot of really nifty documentaries, including the Ken Burns PBS ones. Also, a lot of Nova episodes. I probably watch too much TV but my favorite hobby is knitting or crochet, so it makes sense to have on something that I get a lot out of just listening.

Ones I've liked:

Ken Burns- Prohibition
Ken Burns- The West
Secrets of Underground London
Titanoboa
Dinosaur 13
Bigger than T-ReX
The Emperor's Ghost Army
The Search for General Tso
The Poisoners' Handbook

Any other favorite documentaries on Netflix? As you can see, I'm a sucker for history and paleontology.

kally

1-24-16, 10:40pm

Now these documentaries are something I wouldn't normally watch. Anyone got any more docs that were good?

iris lilies

1-24-16, 10:52pm

Now these documentaries are something I wouldn't normally watch. Anyone got any more docs that were good?
Kally, its really hard to answer your questions without having some idea of what you've seen, what you like, what periods you have watched documentaries from ,etc.

So to answer your question with no context and off the to of ky head, these animal documntaries are stellor

March of the Penquins
Parrots of Telegraph Hill
The Weeping Camel
One Lucky Elephant

I was addicted to Meerkat Manor for a while, that is a series about meerkats, a small mammal aort od like a prairie dog.

kally

1-25-16, 12:25am

Thank you. I loved Weeping Camel when I saw it years ago, so I will give the others a go.

kib

1-25-16, 10:05am

If you liked Wild, Tracks - a movie, not a series - is somewhat similar, about a woman trekking across Australia. There is one scene that is so harrowing though, it made me sob and rage out loud. This one is also based on a true story.

kally

2-2-16, 7:49pm

I also enjoy Broadchurch and Last Tango in Halifax. We loved the Last Kingdom. Anyone else got any recommendations?

freshstart

2-2-16, 8:35pm

Kally, its really hard to answer your questions without having some idea of what you've seen, what you like, what periods you have watched documentaries from ,etc.

So to answer your question with no context and off the to of ky head, these animal documntaries are stellor

Parrots of Telegraph Hill

I love this one!

freshstart

2-2-16, 8:39pm

iris lilies

2-2-16, 10:09pm

can anyone explain what I am missing on the Wire? I always have to restart because I don't get past disc two. but I love the director and this is on the top list of many critics, whose stuff I usually enjoy. Does is take a while to lure you in?

Well, it DOES take a while to get into it. This is in my top 3 tv dramas of all times, and its said to correctly represent the tensions between gangs, cops, cop hierarchy, and city hall. I had to start it a couple of times, too. Most importantly, I had to turn on subtitles.

Omar is one of the best bad guys ever shown on TV.

iris lilies

2-2-16, 10:11pm

"Vicious" is in my Netflex que. It's a British comedy about aging homosexuals and their bitchy/love relationship.

iris lilies

2-2-16, 10:13pm

I also enjoy Broadchurch and Last Tango in Halifax. We loved the Last Kingdom. Anyone else got any recommendations?

If you liked Broadchurch, then I found these British crime miniseries even betters:

The Fall with Gillian Anderson

Happy Valley about a female police officer who goes up against a serial killer

kally

2-2-16, 11:56pm

yes, I started The Fall awhile ago.

freshstart

2-3-16, 5:19am

Well, it DOES take a while to get into it. This is in my top 3 tv dramas of all times, and its said to correctly represent the tensions between gangs, cops, cop hierarchy, and city hall. I had to start it a couple of times, too. Most importantly, I had to turn on subtitles.

Omar is one of the best bad guys ever shown on TV.

I'm gonna give it another go

creaker

2-3-16, 8:53am

I found Doctor Who on Netflix - missing. It was pulled from Hulu, too. I'm bummed.

Found rumors it was pulled because BBC might be spinning up their own subscription service. We'll see.

freshstart

2-3-16, 12:21pm

that would stink if they take all the BBC shows with them and to have to pay for yet another service

kally

2-3-16, 4:15pm

I thought I signed up for a free trial for a month for audiobooks from Amazon. Imagine my amazement when I saw my credit card was charged for a monthly fee. I wasn't even using the service. The thing is I totally don't remember giving my credit card number.

But I am wondering if, because I have an Amazon account, it was credited to that.

All cancelled now. It is possible I gave the cc info, but that isn't really like me.

So watch out for those free 1 month trials. Anyone remember the book clubs?

kally

2-3-16, 4:15pm

actually if BBC had their own service I would cancel netflix and go to that.

Dhiana

2-3-16, 5:02pm

that would stink if they take all the BBC shows with them and to have to pay for yet another service

I would probably cut Netflix and sign up for BBC if it's enough programming at a reasonable price.
If I don't like it I can change back to Netflix or sign up for Hulu.

I don't feel comfortable paying for more than one service at a time, how many hours of TV do I need to have available to be entertained?
I spend more time watching video podcasts anyway.

creaker

2-3-16, 7:10pm

actually if BBC had their own service I would cancel netflix and go to that.

I had subscribed to Hulu to catch up on the old Doctors - I've already cancelled, it was the only thing I wanted to watch there.

freshstart

2-3-16, 8:07pm

but I am addicted to documentaries on Netflix. I could easily give up hulu, huh, I should probably do that.

Selah

2-3-16, 10:20pm

Rogar

2-3-16, 10:46pm

actually if BBC had their own service I would cancel netflix and go to that.

Acorn TV is sort of like a Netflix of British features. I don't know a lot about it, but a friend likes it a lot.

ToomuchStuff

2-4-16, 2:14am

I found Doctor Who on Netflix - missing. It was pulled from Hulu, too. I'm bummed.

Found rumors it was pulled because BBC might be spinning up their own subscription service. We'll see.

I wouldn't be surprised if they did, but they do pull content from Netflix on occasion.
Still play Doctor Who on PBS, as a niece is into it. I just end up buying the DVD's of the newer stuff. Not going to buy all the ones back to 1963. (looked years ago, as they had a "mega collection", it was cheaper to order them individually. Not going to get enough use out of those for that.

iris lilies

2-4-16, 10:47am

My taste in viewing is a little more dark. I love "Narcos," "The Walking Dead," and "Sons of Anarchy"! I have Xfinity and just watched "Citizenfour" (about Edward Snowden) on demand, and it was just an amazing documentary. I don't think it's on Netflix yet, but I hope it will be so more people can see it.
I keep thinking that DH and I will watch "walking Dead" one of these winters when we run out of things to do and movies to see.

i watched an episode and it was scary. At this point in my life Im not sure if I like obviously fake but still scary things or not, Im on th edge of that. American Horror Story is the same way.

Sons of Anarchy, well, that was a level of violence that was scary-real. That was a top favorite of mine for a while but I had to leave it due to the violence, but I still love all of them in Charming.

freshstart

2-4-16, 11:20am

I liked SOA but never saw the 3 hr finale!

I hated Walking Dead, all my friends love it, I think it's a complete waste of time

iris lilies

2-4-16, 11:29am

I liked SOA but never saw the 3 hr finale!

I hated Walking Dead, all my friends love it, I think it's a complete waste of time

My take on Walking Dead is that the entire production is not top notch and there are better shows to watch considering writing, acting, etc. I suspect I wont like it enough t stick with it if I actually start watching it.

Right now I am watching Season 4 of Homeland and I am still finding it entertaining even after 4 seasons and even after super fans are reporting disappointments with the season. I do wonder how long crazy Carrie can head up an important CIA office before someone gently removes her from doing curther harm.

Float On

2-4-16, 1:39pm

Walking Dead....I watched it because I have teenage sons. I'm to the point of screaming "just everyone go ahead and die already!!!" Seems very repetitive.
Since I was out of Orange is the new Black episodes, I watched Wentworth which is either Australian or New Zealand women's prizon.
Black List
currently watching Better Call Saul a spin-off of Breaking Bad

freshstart

2-4-16, 3:23pm

I have last season and this season to catch up on Homeland, but this is exactly the kind of show my memory makes it impossible to jump back in and carry on. I remember barely anything and should start all over but I am so sick of doing that that I refuse. I'll watch and hopefully still like it even if I've forgotten the back story. I love Mandy Patinkin in this.

I also stopped watching Orange but that one I think I can pick up, not as complicated. I loved Breaking Bad and just saw where Saul is on Netflix.

Williamsmith

2-4-16, 3:28pm

"Like Sunday, Like Rain". Don't ask why, I don't know. Two things bothered me about the movie. Every time Reggie was shown playing the bass, the fingerings on the fretboard were all wrong. Couldn't they have figured out how to show an actual player? And the gradual affection between the 12 year old and his nanny culminating in her goodbye kiss.......kinda uncomfortable for me. Other than that.....I liked the plot.

Rogar

2-4-16, 8:09pm

"Like Sunday, Like Rain" Just watched it. I thought it was good and well worth watching, but not great. It was a nice change up from the usual Hollywood type plot. I'm not so sure there are really kids like the emotionally mature Reggie, but it was not too much of a stretch and the characters seemed otherwise real. I'm an old cornet player and the cornet playing was not technically correct either, but a small thing.

kally

2-4-16, 9:11pm

Oh Broadchurch - what an ending. The little town will never be the same.

freshstart

2-4-16, 10:11pm

Oh Broadchurch - what an ending. The little town will never be the same.

that was so well done. there was an American version maybe on Sundance, it was good as well, it was called Gracepoint

ToomuchStuff

2-6-16, 6:56pm

that was so well done. there was an American version maybe on Sundance, it was good as well, it was called Gracepoint

I thought it was the exact same show, just broadcast on regular tv? (seems like CBS advertised it, after BBC America broadcast first.

freshstart

2-6-16, 7:17pm

of course my memory is flawed so I had to look it up because I remember having to struggle with Broadchurch's accents and turn on subtitles so I thought it was two distinct shows. Gracepoint was done by Fox, one season, I liked both but Broadchurch I liked more.

creaker

2-6-16, 9:07pm

I wouldn't be surprised if they did, but they do pull content from Netflix on occasion.
Still play Doctor Who on PBS, as a niece is into it. I just end up buying the DVD's of the newer stuff. Not going to buy all the ones back to 1963. (looked years ago, as they had a "mega collection", it was cheaper to order them individually. Not going to get enough use out of those for that.

I was willing to pay - but since I can't right now : http://thewatchseries.to/serie/Doctor_Who_(1963) - have to watch these on the computer but there are more old episodes here than Hulu had. If anyone tries it, I'd be concerned about viruses (I'm on Ubuntu which is safer) and some of the links don't appear to work, but I've had good luck with the vodlocker.com ones. But I'm still able to work my way through the old episodes - for now. Production quality is awful even by old Doctor Who standards, but William Hartnell is interesting as the first Doctor.

Tammy

2-6-16, 9:52pm

I just finished breaking bad today. Watched the whole 5 seasons in about a month. So good.

ToomuchStuff

2-7-16, 1:06am

I was willing to pay - but since I can't right now : http://thewatchseries.to/serie/Doctor_Who_(1963) - have to watch these on the computer but there are more old episodes here than Hulu had. If anyone tries it, I'd be concerned about viruses (I'm on Ubuntu which is safer) and some of the links don't appear to work, but I've had good luck with the vodlocker.com ones. But I'm still able to work my way through the old episodes - for now. Production quality is awful even by old Doctor Who standards, but William Hartnell is interesting as the first Doctor.

I would STRONGLY recommend ANYONE that tried one of the above (same name, different address after the . ) to ONLY be on a LINUX or BSD machine when viewing these. I don't have access to anywhere near a current Mac, but I know it has stuff that effects/affects Windows systems. (sent a link to a parent and they tried it on their Windows machine, not following directions).
Not sure on the comment on production quality, because some of those OLD episodes were recovered from tapes over the years and then they tried to clean them up (lucky to have them at all). Some episodes would be priceless if recovered just for shear laugh value (found one part), Doctor Who at the OK Corral.

Rogar

2-23-16, 3:00pm

I am able to stream the Mike Pollan series called "Cooked". I have been a Pollan follower and think it just became available. The first episode is much about connecting the ffod we eat to it's source and starts out showing some elder Aborigine women pulling 3 foot iguana lizards from their borrows, cleaning and then cooking them on an open fire. That was great.

freshstart

2-23-16, 4:17pm

I just caught up on the last two seasons of Girls. I cannot stand the one who is Brian Williams' daughter. Lena Dunham, she annoys me sometimes but I love her and what she is trying to communicate through her work.

oops, not sure if on netflix but I'll leave it up for anyone who has not gotten to see Lena Dunham, I know it's on HBO GO

Florence

2-23-16, 9:02pm

kally

2-23-16, 9:20pm

I am very much enjoying Silk from UK and the Man Who Would Be Bond

Tiam

11-6-18, 10:51pm

On Netflix, I kind of like Atypical. Also watching part 2 of Making a Murderer which is interesting but not quite as compelling as the first.

catherine

11-7-18, 6:09am

DH and I have been binge-watching Mad Men for the past two weeks. 3 episodes a night. We'll probably complete 7 years of programming before Thanksgiving.

We are so into it. It's not just because of the quality of the show--the writing, casting, acting--but we LIVED that life! All those 60s references just make us smile. And not just that--we also complete relate to the New York commuter lifestyle. DH worked on 5th Ave as an ad space salesman for House Beautiful and Boating Magazines; I worked at NBC, 30 Rock as a secretary in the unit managers department. The office culture is SO familiar to us. The attitudes towards the office "girls"--the ambition and cosmopolitan after-work habits. We also relate to the life in the suburbs: they lived in towns we lived in in Westchester County. We rode Metro North every day to work and back.

It truly feels like stepping back in time, and we are fully engrossed.