Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

the full-length theme song is permanently on my phone and it always, always makes me feel good when i hear it.

still amazed that you guys watch nothing but tv series on this thing, no matter how shitty their film selection is

i watch movies on netflix.

i don't want to watch that gaspar noe movie though.

i have a TON of DVDs to watch. a daunting amount of them. all stuff i want to see. i just need a week of peace and quiet. which will never happen.

still amazed that you guys watch nothing but tv series on this thing

that's what fandor is for

Morbs, I think you just responded to your own amazement. Netflix's movie selection is like the bargain VHS bin at a Blockbuster ca. 2002.

of course they also have DVDs...

only film ive watched on Netflix in last 3 or 4 months was tangerine

DVDs i've been meaning to watch. many of which i've never seen:

anna christie
cecil b. demille collection box (sign of the cross, four frightened people, cleopatra, the crusades, union pacific)
the last days of pompeii
boudu saved from drowning (last time i saw this was on vhs...)
black narcissus (sadly i am not a P&P superfan. i couldn't even make it through col. blimp a couple of weeks ago...)
the high and the mighty (cuz i will watch all john wayne)
musical box set (ziegfeld follies, till the clouds roll by, three little words, summer stock, it's always fair weather)
das boot uncut ( i dunno, we'll see but i've never seen an uncut version. don't know what version i saw a million years ago.)
the night of the hunter (cuz it's been forever and will i still love it?)
the rules of attraction
the september issue
anna kerenina
the testament of dr.mabuse
il posto
a nous la liberte
the war wagon (john wayne!)
house on telegraph hill
clark gable box set (wife versus secretary, san francisco, mogambo, dancing lady, china seas, boom town)

i've watched a couple of good movies on netflix recently. that indie comedy i talk about above somewhere. and that canadian movie about the gay former child star who fakes his way into a guidance counselor job at a high school. i liked that a lot.

i caught a bunch of war wagon this weekend on tcm. It was pretty bad. Fun fact: same director as the Hulk Hogan film Suburban Commando, which is superior imo ;)

Netflix has some good movies but they're definitely of the variety that it can be slow going at the end of a long day. Queen of Earth and the Experimenter are most recent movies I've watched.

best netflix movies of the recent past for me were definitely: the one about the family going skiing in the alps. i LOVED that movie so much. i think watched it 2 or 3 times. love love love. the one about the house with the woman from the slits in it. LOVE LOVE LOVE. best movie ever. that asian movie about the dad trying to make ends meet that is like an insane fever dream and one of the most beautiful movies i've ever seen. also loved Confucius a lot. with chow yun fat. also another martial arts one with amazing battle scenes and one of the most amazing musical interludes i've ever seen in a movie. but i can't remember the title of that one either. but it was great. Red Cliff! that movie is amazing.

you know what movie i remembered liking and that was really bugging me a couple of weeks ago? The Shop Around The Corner. the original. every character was getting on my nerves and it seemed endless. the voice of that delivery boy was completely demented and it was this deep dead end kids accent and i was like why the hell did they set this in budapest? did not hold up. probably a case of me seeing too much t.v. since i last saw it. plus jimmy stewart toying with and tormenting poor margaret sullavan just seemed cruel.

force majeure! i really want to see that!

we watch tv on netflix rather than movies because we have a toddler and are so exhausted that two hours of meaningful awakeness after baby bedtime are a rare luxury. i am now (8 episodes in) LOVING Love though. Gillian Jacobs is great, and her character has depths of sadness and complexity that are really compelling.

shop around the corner is classic what're you smokin' dawg

no but i get what scott means about the budapest setting, and jimmy stewart being a dick

Can anyone fill in the other missing titles from Scott's post? They sound good

House woman slits is Exhibition.

dad trying to make ends meet is stray dogs, maybe?

OMG, yes, Stray Dogs. jeez, what a movie. and yes Exhibition! i felt bad that i didn't like the movie by the same director about the family going on vacation. didn't like it as much anyway. i know there is a thread for the director and people liked that one a lot. everyone should watch Exhibition though. everyone!

"force majeure! i really want to see that!"

i think there were a couple of people on here who weren't feeling it, but man i just love everything about that movie. from first scene to last. that is a real movie right there.

Re: Love. I'm on board after the 4th episode, though I have little to no confidence in it really impressing in the way, say, You're the Worst did.

I stopped watching You're the Worst after the part where the leads bonded over hating Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. I'll be damned if I'm watching a show about two Cameron-haters falling in love.

I would like to wholeheartedly second every film Scott Seward (eventually) named. Except perhaps Red Cliff, it's OK, but you just need the short version.
But what I really wanted to say was in terms of dark British cop bisnes: RIVER, with Stellen Skarsgard. The twist at the end of the first episode is predictable and done so many times before, but get past that and it's good Broadchurch/The Fall/Happy Valley bisnes

I watched The Hustler a while ago. That might squeak through Morbs' approval process

I dedicate hours daily to watching shitty films by a "master filmmaker", no approval from the Doctor, only contempt.

"I stopped watching You're the Worst after the part where the leads bonded over hating Cameron from Ferris Bueller's Day Off."

okay, these people are officially my new best friends and i have to see this now.

I watched the pilot of Mad Dogs last year. It had a strong Entourage vibe iirc?

― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Monday, February 22, 2016 3:13 PM (5 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

no, not even remotely, you saw something else

Watched 1st episode of Love. A bit Apatow by numbers and kinda hated the charachters. Will prob watch another episode to see where it goes tho

Been meaning to watch Force Majeure. ILX snob haterade turned me off a bit but i should know better

bonkers, Force Majeure is totally amazing. I remember a bunch of ilxors digging it.

Maybe he means haterade on his part for ILX snobs. I loved it!

Love was more interesting than I assumed it'd be, though it def suffers from a few stale Apatow-isms here and there (esp the groaningly lampshaded "wise black friend" character, ooof)

Force Majeure placed in last year's ILX Film Poll.

Speaking of...

Ok, 5 episodes into Love, the awkward roommate date one, and this is great, I identify with both these characters. It seems much more genuine than yr standard Apatow schtick.

Yeah finished this now and I thought it was great. Apatow should stop casting his children though.

okay, maybe i'll give Love another chance. that first episode really turned me off.

Force Majeure still on Netflix by the way for anyone who hasn't seen it.

You could watch Gaspar Noe's Love instead hah.

Kinda amusing that both those popped up (literally in Noe's films case) on Netflix at the same time.

Watched the first episode last night. Those four frisbee people are all standing together in every scene/shot, after-school special style. Terrible. I think I have whiplash from first ten minutes when female lead said "okay whatever but you can't spend the night" to OTT sobbing when he dumps her.

Also that guy, oof.

consensus seems to be that the 1st ep is not good, gets much better after that

Okay Scott you go ahead in. I'll wait here! /runs

yup, pilot bad, hits its stride at ep4 and soars from there. am up to episode 8. it is surprisingly... sad? in places. gillian jacobs is great, it has more depth than i expected.

Scott, you're the worst is great. i don't think i can handle anything more than the first ep of love

Only recently binged first season of You're the Worst. It's fantastic.

second season improves exponentially

I can only hope! Only first season is on Hulu and I am tempted to grab season 2 elsewhere if it doesn't show up soon.