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The 'What actually doesn't suck on instant viewing Netflix' thread.

leper84

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Dec 29, 2011
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So this thread gave me the idea, what is there to watch on Netflix that doesn't suck ass? Post up anything, series or movie, any genre, obvious or not.

What I can think of right now, Ill go through my history and add more-

The X-files (re-watched every single damn one)
Eureka
Top Gear (UK)
 

TwiceOver

Lifer
Dec 20, 2002
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Marked.

I think they have BSG, SG1, and all of star trek now... Sons of anarchy, breaking bad.
 

Crono

Lifer
Aug 8, 2001
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Here's my list of shows and movies I like enough to rate (most are 4 or 5, a couple of 3s). The majority (about 90%) are instant streaming, but a couple aren't.
Just pulled it from my Netflix account. All the documentaries I've watched are really good. I highly recommend them all.


**EDIT** Removed non-instant streaming from list


[list last updated 10/05/2012 - 116 titles total]

Kick-Ass
The Story of India
Married... with Children
Stargate Continuum
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
Vanishing of the Bees
SpongeBob SquarePants
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
30 Rock
Battlestar Galactica
Lost
The Way Back
Day Break
World's Most Dangerous Drug
Die Hard
Stargate SG-1
One Tree Hill
Iron Man 2
National Geographic: Herod's Lost Tomb
Ip Man 2
Brian Regan: Standing Up
Red Dwarf
Prison Break
Quantum Leap
NewsRadio
Firefly
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Frontline: The Medicated Child
Sliders
Roswell
Ip Man
WWII in HD
Chops
Parks and Recreation
Futurama
The Flute Player
Being Human (U.K.)
Frontline: The Vaccine War
A Walk to Beautiful
Frontline: Battle for Haiti
Michael Palin: Sahara
The Cats of Mirikitani
Breaking Bad
Limitless
Arrested Development
Carrier
Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cherry
Life Unexpected
Twin Peaks
Jeremiah
Ghostbusters 2
God Grew Tired of Us
Pelada
Restrepo
Office Space
Wild China
Last Train Home
Sleeper Cell
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Full Metal Panic! (all series)
Life in a Day
Avatar: The Last Airbender
X-Men: Evolution
X-Men
Serenity
Jericho
Building Pharaoh's Ship: Nova
Doctor Who
Senna
Revenge of the Electric Car
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Heroes
Farscape
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Torchwood
Futurama: Bender's Game
The Good Guys
The League
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
Rescue Me
The Dead Zone
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
The Terminator
Escape from New York
Out of Egypt
The Next Three Days
Shutter Island
Hot Tub Time Machine
Stargate Atlantis
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Dollhouse
Tron: Legacy
Kyle XY
Highlander
The Walking Dead
Food, Inc.
Pitch Black
Talibanistan
The Man from Earth
Cube 2: Hypercube
The One
Drive
White Collar
Mad Men
The Chicago Code
RoboCop
The Last Days of WWII
Frontline: Bush's War
Forks Over Knives
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Supernatural
The Killing
Wilfred
Up the Yangtze
Groundhog Day
 
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Glitchny

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Doctor Who
SG-1
Stargate Atlantis
Farscape (think it is still on there)
Sherlock
Supernatural
Buffy
Angel
Sons of Anarchy
Warehouse 13
White Collar
Burn Notice


all I can think of off the top of my head.
 

BurnItDwn

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Oct 10, 1999
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Lots of good movies on Netflix streaming.

Lots of the stuff in the movie review thread is stuff from netflix streaming
 

maniacalpha1-1

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Feb 7, 2010
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Spice and Wolf
Married with Children(already mentioned, but good)
Sherlock
Archer
Drop Dead Diva
Flash Gordon(the 1980 movie)
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Tangled
Tripping the Rift
Drawn Together
HogFather and whatever that other Discworld movie is

I'd have more but I got ninja'd
 

DaveSimmons

Elite Member
Aug 12, 2001
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Shows (besides already mentioned)
Being Human (UK version!) is decent
Jekyll
Supernatural seasons 1-6

Fun and/or weird Asian movies
13 Assassins
Ashura
Hard Revenge Milly
The Warrior's Way
Sukiyaki Western Django
The Heroic Trio
 

clamum

Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
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Crono's list is pretty damn good. I didn't see "Sons of Anarchy" so I'll add that.
 

Crono

Lifer
Aug 8, 2001
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Edited my list to remove all non-instant streaming.

A total now of 104 movies and TV shows.
 

SSSnail

Lifer
Nov 29, 2006
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9 Songs, Brown Bunny... Wait, those have sucking in them, do they still count?
 

Bignate603

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Here's my list of shows and movies I like enough to rate (most are 4 or 5, a couple of 3s). The majority (about 90%) are instant streaming, but a couple aren't.
Just pulled it from my Netflix account. All the documentaries I've watched are really good. I highly recommend them all.


**EDIT** Removed non-instant streaming from list
<uber long list>

You just won the thread.
 

arrfep

Platinum Member
Sep 7, 2006
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Couple French Action movies to check out:

District B13
The Nest
Point Blank

I've got some other promising ones in my queue. Frenchies make some fine action movies. Cinematography and pacing is refreshingly different from most Hollywood fare...I might even call it sophisticated.

Anyway. Netflix streaming has opened up a whole universe of interesting (non-artsy) foreign films to me...got quite a few to work through still.
 

T_Yamamoto

Lifer
Jul 6, 2011
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Here's my list of shows and movies I like enough to rate (most are 4 or 5, a couple of 3s). The majority (about 90%) are instant streaming, but a couple aren't.
Just pulled it from my Netflix account. All the documentaries I've watched are really good. I highly recommend them all.


**EDIT** Removed non-instant streaming from list

Kick-Ass
The Story of India
Married... with Children
Stargate Continuum
When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
Vanishing of the Bees
SpongeBob SquarePants
Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations
30 Rock
Battlestar Galactica
Lost
The Way Back
Day Break
World's Most Dangerous Drug
Die Hard
Stargate SG-1
One Tree Hill
Iron Man 2
National Geographic: Herod's Lost Tomb
Ip Man 2
Brian Regan: Standing Up
Red Dwarf
Prison Break
Quantum Leap
NewsRadio
Firefly
Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder
Frontline: The Medicated Child
Sliders
Roswell
Ip Man
WWII in HD
Chops
Parks and Recreation
Futurama
The Flute Player
Being Human (U.K.)
Frontline: The Vaccine War
A Walk to Beautiful
Frontline: Battle for Haiti
Michael Palin: Sahara
The Cats of Mirikitani
Breaking Bad
Limitless
Arrested Development
Carrier
Angel
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Cherry
Life Unexpected
Twin Peaks
Jeremiah
Ghostbusters 2
God Grew Tired of Us
Pelada
Restrepo
Office Space
Wild China
Last Train Home
Sleeper Cell
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Full Metal Panic! (all series)
Life in a Day
Avatar: The Last Airbender
X-Men: Evolution
X-Men
Serenity
Jericho
Building Pharaoh's Ship: Nova
Doctor Who
Senna
Revenge of the Electric Car
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Heroes
Farscape
Stargate: The Ark of Truth
Torchwood
Futurama: Bender's Game
The Good Guys
The League
Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs
Rescue Me
The Dead Zone
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
The Terminator
Escape from New York
Out of Egypt
The Next Three Days
Shutter Island
Hot Tub Time Machine
Stargate Atlantis
Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars
Dollhouse
Tron: Legacy
Kyle XY
Highlander
The Walking Dead
Food, Inc.
Pitch Black
Talibanistan
The Man from Earth
Cube 2: Hypercube
The One

/thread
 

ultimatebob

Lifer
Jul 1, 2001
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I liked Lilyhammer, the Norwegian mobster show that Netflix produced. They have a few seasons of 24, Breaking Bad, Mad Men, and Walking Dead on Instant Viewing as well.
 

Sheep

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Jun 13, 2006
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Here's my list of shows and movies I like enough to rate (most are 4 or 5, a couple of 3s). The majority (about 90%) are instant streaming, but a couple aren't.

But, but, but...Netflix streaming has no content!! /sarcasm

There's a ton of stuff in Crono's list I've never seen that I'm interested in. I guess I should be glad I have taste and don't give two craps about most of the newest junk Hollywood puts out, which is the ONLY reason I can think of why someone would think there's no content available.

A few more--all of the shows have pretty much the entire run aside from the current season if they're currently on the air:

MI-5
How I Met Your Mother
South Park
The Office (US and UK versions)
Family Guy
Sports Night
Phineas and Ferb
Bones

Yeah, no content at all.
 

Triumph

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Here's my list of shows and movies I like enough to rate (most are 4 or 5, a couple of 3s). The majority (about 90%) are instant streaming, but a couple aren't.
Just pulled it from my Netflix account. All the documentaries I've watched are really good. I highly recommend them all.


**EDIT** Removed non-instant streaming from list

What the heck is "non instant" streaming? Streaming I can only watch at a certain time? I am new to netflix streaming.