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Netflix |OT| Where Binge Watching is Encouraged

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Impeccable

Member
So I finally pulled the trigger and got Netflix. My wife and I like documentaries about anything or anyone. Can the good minds of GAF help us out with a good starting place? A nice massive list of must-see documentaries would be great.

Just assume I've seen none ever and whatever I have seen I can just skip over.

Thanks!
 
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BotoxAgent

Member
Impeccable said:
So I finally pulled the trigger and got Netflix. My wife and I like documentaries about anything or anyone. Can the good minds of GAF help us out with a good starting place? A nice massive list of must-see documentaries would be great.

Just assume I've seen none ever and whatever I have seen I can just skip over.

Thanks!
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi is one of my favorite ones on netflix :)
 
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Kaladin

Member
I gets some negative reviews, but I enjoyed Craigslist Joe when I watched it.

Most of the docs I wind up watching are the nature docs or Ken Burns docs and they usually go on for something in the background.
 
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anarckitty

Member
Impeccable said:
So I finally pulled the trigger and got Netflix. My wife and I like documentaries about anything or anyone. Can the good minds of GAF help us out with a good starting place? A nice massive list of must-see documentaries would be great.

Just assume I've seen none ever and whatever I have seen I can just skip over.

Thanks!
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Everything or Nothing: The Untold Story of 007
After Porn Ends
6 Days to Air: The Making of South Park
Indie Game The Movie
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
The World Without US
Freakonomics
Bukowski: Born into This
The Science of Sex Appeal
Ayn Rand and The Prophecy of Atlas Shrugged
Science of Babies

Still Bill was awesome, but it's not available anymore. Maybe one day they'll put it back up.
 
G

GK86

Homeland Security Fail
Impeccable said:
So I finally pulled the trigger and got Netflix. My wife and I like documentaries about anything or anyone. Can the good minds of GAF help us out with a good starting place? A nice massive list of must-see documentaries would be great.

Just assume I've seen none ever and whatever I have seen I can just skip over.

Thanks!
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when I get off of work, I will compile a list for you.
 
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JLG-

Member
Impeccable said:
So I finally pulled the trigger and got Netflix. My wife and I like documentaries about anything or anyone. Can the good minds of GAF help us out with a good starting place? A nice massive list of must-see documentaries would be great.

Just assume I've seen none ever and whatever I have seen I can just skip over.

Thanks!
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30 for 30: The Two Escobars

Cocaine Cowboys

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Indie Game: The Movie

America in Primetime

Man on Wire

Side by Side
 
I

Impeccable

Member
You guys are already awesome.

Craiglist Joe was actually the first documentary we randomly watched and I've heard things about Jiro before I got Netflix so it was on my list already. Can't wait to check out all these other recommendations!
 
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Maklershed

Member
Impeccable said:
You guys are already awesome.

Craiglist Joe was actually the first documentary we randomly watched and I've heard things about Jiro before I got Netflix so it was on my list already. Can't wait to check out all these other recommendations!
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If Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles and Senna are still up I recommend those.
 
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jakncoke

Banned
Trying to not relist suggestions, but..

Bully
Whores Glory
The Wild and Wonderful Whites
After Porn Ends
Grizzly Man
Dark Days
Camp 14
Senna
Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland
180° South
American The Bill Hicks Story
Hoop Dreams

Mr. Sandman said:
When do those older horror movies like White Zombie and Black Sabbath expire again?
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For future reference you can check instantwatcher.com

but,

White Zombie is July 1st 2016
Black Sabbath is May 1st 2013
 
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Thug Waffle

Member
jakncoke said:
Trying to not relist suggestions, but..

Bully
Whores Glory
The Wild and Wonderful Whites
After Porn Ends
Grizzly Man
Dark Days
Camp 14
Senna
Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland
180° South
American The Bill Hicks Story
Hoop Dreams



For future reference you can check instantwatcher.com

but,

White Zombie is July 1st 2016
Black Sabbath is May 1st 2013
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Whoa, I didn't know Hoop Dreams is on there. Definitely gonna check that out. Thanks for posting.

Something on Netflix that I just saw and rather enjoyed is Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man.
 
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BattleMonkey

Member
Enco said:
Makes no sense.

Why Netflix? Why?

The worst move will be when they block proxies. When that happens I'll consider cancelling.

In other news, Fringe is a lot darker than I was expecting...
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Most likely pressure from studios. Lot of this stuff s for sale or on pay per view at the time that it leaks that the content is coming to streaming. The studios probably afraid that this deters ppl from spending money as they wait for the streams.
 
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Kaladin

Member
Somebody give me a random anime on instant to watch.

I've seen or am watching:

Soul Eater
D. Gray-Man
Darker Than Black
Full Metal Alchemist
Blood+
Elfin Lied
Samurai Champloo
Witchblade
Trinity Blood
Afro Samurai (both series)
Trigun

I think that is it.
 
R

RBH

Member
GK86 said:
This also explains why Instant Watcher took out their 'Coming Soon' section.

Everyone in this thread should email Netflix. This wouldn't be a big deal, if Netflix itself, provided users with what is coming to their service soon. Or even provided users with a section that actually reflected, what was being added to its service.

The biggest concern I have, is Netflix making another change down the line, rendering 'expiring', and 'just added' sections of other websites useless.

Edit- Just to clarify, the changes were announced a month ago, they have only recently taken into effect.
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Well this fucking sucks.
 
J

jakncoke

Banned
Dear Zachary is another good documentary recommendation. It is expiring on the 25th though

also jesus between now and May 15th there is 1322 thing expiring
 
G

GK86

Homeland Security Fail
JLG- said:
30 for 30: The Two Escobars

Cocaine Cowboys

Exit Through the Gift Shop

Indie Game: The Movie

America in Primetime

Man on Wire

Side by Side
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Cosmic Bus said:
Nostalgia for the Light
How to Survive a Plague
The Secret Life of Plants
Sherman's March
Vernon, Florida
The Thin Blue Line
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jakncoke said:
Trying to not relist suggestions, but..

Bully
Whores Glory
The Wild and Wonderful Whites
After Porn Ends
Grizzly Man
Dark Days
Camp 14
Senna
Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland
180° South
American The Bill Hicks Story
Hoop Dreams
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These are all fantastic suggestions. I would like to add to it:

-Happy
-Life in a Day
-The Union: The Business of Getting High
-Hungry for Change
-Religulous
-The Making of South Park: 6 Days to Air
-How Beer Saved the World
-The Invisible War
-Conan O'Brien Can't Stop
-Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
-Bomb It

Netflix is blessed with a shit ton of amazing documentaries.
 
C

Chairhome

Member
BattleMonkey said:
Most likely pressure from studios. Lot of this stuff s for sale or on pay per view at the time that it leaks that the content is coming to streaming. The studios probably afraid that this deters ppl from spending money as they wait for the streams.
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Yeah. What people don't understand is that they'll probably be able to bring in better content and strike better deals with studios after doing some of the things they're doing. Same with proxies, will hurt sales of movies that aren't available in EU if someone from EU can use a proxy to stream from the US.

Not saying its right, its just bigger than "man, netflix sucks, they're stupid and don't know what they're doing"
 
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Bl4ckSunsh1n3

Member
Chairhome said:
Yeah. What people don't understand is that they'll probably be able to bring in better content and strike better deals with studios after doing some of the things they're doing. Same with proxies, will hurt sales of movies that aren't available in EU if someone from EU can use a proxy to stream from the US.

Not saying its right, its just bigger than "man, netflix sucks, they're stupid and don't know what they're doing"
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While I think you may be correct, after Qwikster it's hard for me to give them the benefit of that doubt.
 
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GK86

Homeland Security Fail
Added today:

Bill Cunningham New York (Documentary, Social)
The Guest House (Drama)
Justin Time: Season 2 (TV, Kids, Educational)
The Last Fall (Drama, Sports)
Louie Anderson: Big Baby Boomer (Stand-up)

Morgana (Supernatural, Horror, Thriller)
Mr. Bean's Holiday (Comedy)
New York, I Love You (Romantic, Comedy)
Noobz (Comedy, Indie)
Orchestra of Exiles (Documentary, Biographical)

Shark Week (Horror - the movie, not the Discovery Channel series)
Tom Green: Live (Stand-up)
Top of the Lake (Thriller)
True Legend (Action, Martial Arts, Foreign/Chinese)
VeggieTales (Kids -Where's God When...?, Esther, Its a Meaningful Life, St. Nicholas, Sweatpea)

War Of The Dead (Action, Zombies)
A Whisper to a Roar (Documentary, Political)
Titanic: Blood and Steel (TV, Mini-Series)
 
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GK86

Homeland Security Fail
UK:

Justified
Nurse Jackie
The Wild Thornberrys
Zombieland
21 Jump Street
Superbad
Matilda
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Rambo
Starship Troopers

Canada:

Justified
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Woody Allen: A Documentary
The Wild Thornberrys
The Facts of Life
Rio
Superbad
A Knight's Tale
Starship Troopers

Sweden/Denmark/Finland/Norway:

Justified
Blue Bloods
The Borgias
Project X
Batman Begins
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Lethal Weapon
A Knight's Tale
Madagascar
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Starship Troopers
Wrath of the Titans

Mexico/Brazil:

How to Train Your Dragon
Finding Nemo
Up
Monsters, Inc.
Despicable Me
Toy Story 2
Superbad
The Incredibles
A Knight's Tale
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Madagascar
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Starship Troopers
Seven Psychopaths

Man, how does Canada get 'Are you Afraid of the Dark?' before the US? Love that show.

Edit- So I know the majority of these will probably already have been up for quite some time, or known by the users in those country, but I wanted to show the US users what sort of content is out there. Just in case you were ever on the fence on using Un-block US or a similar service.
 
S

smr00

Banned
True Legend added?
tumblr_mg9qveGemn1s2eqh4o1_400.gif


Pissed off we didn't get Justified, Nurse Jackie or Afraid of the Dark..
 
X

Xamdou

Member
Mr. Sandman said:
Somebody give me a random anime on instant to watch.

I've seen or am watching:

Soul Eater
D. Gray-Man
Darker Than Black
Full Metal Alchemist
Blood+
Elfin Lied
Samurai Champloo
Witchblade
Trinity Blood
Afro Samurai (both series)
Trigun

I think that is it.
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Xamdou, Gurren Lagann
 
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Enco

Member
When does the Fringe (spoiler-ish)
alternate timeline
stuff kick in? Just a rough season/episode number would be nice.

Looking forward to see how they do it.
 
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PhoncipleBone

Banned
Enco said:
When does the Fringe (spoiler-ish)
alternate timeline
stuff kick in? Just a rough season/episode number would be nice.

Looking forward to see how they do it.
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Are you wondering about
alternate timeline
or the
alternate universe
?

If it is the first spoiler, that comes in
at the beginning of season 4
. If it is the second, that is
end of season 1

And if you didn't see it, I made a lttp thread for it since it got added.
 
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Bl4ckSunsh1n3

Member
The Visioneers is a good movie. Zach Galifanakis is in it but, he's not in his usual role of Alan.


Jimothy said:
Finished Season 3 of Fringe and don't really want to continue after what I've read about Season 4. Good choice?
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I've tried to start season four 3 times now and I still can't make it through the first episode. I'm not sure what that says about the quality of it but, I thought it should have ended at season three so I have a hard time getting into it.
 
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PhoncipleBone

Banned
Jimothy said:
Finished Season 3 of Fringe and don't really want to continue after what I've read about Season 4. Good choice?
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While I think they made a mistake with where they went with the mythology of season 4, there are some really great standalone episodes in there. The criminal profiler one and the time bubble one in particular stand with the best the series has.
 
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GK86

Homeland Security Fail
Added today:

Continuum (TV, SciFi, Drama, Crime)
House of Bodies (Crime, Thriller)
Kitchen Nightmares US Season 1-2 (TV, Reality)
YERT - Your Environmental Road Trip (Documentary)

Coming May 1st:

Mission Impossible 2
Into the Wild
The Others

(Coming soon sections aren't back, I just somehow missed those movies)
 
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Kaladin

Member
Looks like I've got a new lineup of series to keep me busy for the next few nights:

Top of The Lake
Continuum
Hemlock Grove

It's like the Netflix Spring lineup.
 
G

GK86

Homeland Security Fail
Mr. Sandman said:
Looks like I've got a new lineup of series to keep me busy for the next few nights:

Top of The Lake
Continuum
Hemlock Grove

It's like the Netflix Spring lineup.
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Hemlock.
Fringe.
Psych.

Those are the main three I'm going to focus on during the spring/summer days.
 
K

Kaladin

Member
I'm actually still going through my re-watch How I Met Your Mother. I got through the Stella storyline so I think I'm through the worst of Ted.

At least as far as I can remember.
 
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