OT: Netflix Gems

Submitted by HelloHeisman91 on
I have always found a few interesting things to watch when a Netflix thread pops up. I decided to start this one to let people know that the new series of Sherlock, which I discovered for myself on Netflix, is currently airing on PBS. It is listed under Masterpiece Mystery on Sunday nights at 10:00pm. You can also find it under Sherlock on demand. With that, has anyone watched something interesting on Netflix that they would care to share?

Frito Bandito

January 26th, 2014 at 11:53 PM ^

Black Books and Spaced are way better than The IT Crowd if you're looking for Brittish comedies.

EDIT* Of course Netflix took both off around 2 weeks ago.... Just steal them like everyone else on a torrent site. You won't be disappointed.

TheCool

January 26th, 2014 at 10:49 PM ^

Sherlock is awesome! There's also The Killing and The Fall (Gillian Anderson in her sexy maturity). Both are murder mystery/crime thrillers that are originally European. Dutch remade American and Irish respectively. There's so much good stuff on Netflix that I'd cancel DirecTV if not for sports. Also The IT Crowd.

MikeCohodes

January 26th, 2014 at 11:10 PM ^

I'm not sure if it's available on netflix streaming but Orphan Black is amazing. 1st season was 10 episodes so very easy to binge-watch it. If not on netflix I'm sure you can find a torrent of it. Season 2 starts on BBC America in April. I can't recommend that show enough.

Dubs

January 26th, 2014 at 11:12 PM ^

I strongly recommend Memento and In Bruges, if you haven't seen either. I also enjoyed Cocaine Cowboys, Monsters (directed by the same guy who is doing the Godzilla reboot), and Equilibrium, which features a pre-Dark Knight Christian Bale. I remembered renting it several years ago after he was cast and was pleasantly surprised.

JohnnyV123

January 26th, 2014 at 11:28 PM ^

The movie Exam. It's a British movie and the plot is about one of the most seemingly boring topics ever...a job interview. It's surprisingly awesome.

Found it on Netflix and was very happy.

Sherlock also obviously.

Orlando BlueM

January 27th, 2014 at 4:55 PM ^

We watched Drinking Buddies one night to kill some time.  It was enjoyable.  I think most of the dialogue was improvised adding to the realism in the movie.

After watching Drinking Buddies, Netflix suggested Somm.  It's a documentary about four guys attempting to become Master Sommeliers.  It's worth a watch if you have any interest in wine.