What to Watch Instantly on Netflix? (and now all streaming services)
 

Seen anything good you'd like us to check out? Post it here. For me:

Arrested Development
30 Rock
South Park (Seasons 1-12)
X-Files
Zombieland
National Geographic: The Human Family Tree
Cosmos: The Complete Collection

There's a bunch of other stuff I can't remember right now, but these are the ones I've enjoyed the most. What have you seen recently that's worth watching?

I just finished watched the first season of "Louie" (starring Louis CK). It was pretty awesome.

My instant queue is at 80. :lol:

King of Kong
Avatar: The Last Air Bender Series, not the movie crap
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
Seven Samurai, along with a number of other Akira Kurosawa's films
Pushing Daises
Veronica Mars Season 1
Man on a Wire
Roxanne. I want to rewatch it because I think it gets lost in my list of classic romantic comedies and want to give it another go to see how it fairs this time.
Moribito Series. Each episode comes across as being far too short(20 minutes really), but I like the series.

be sure to check out http://www.instantwatcher.com

A Christmas carol.

This man has good taste....and add to that:

Dead Like Me Seasons 1 & 2

I just started a 30-day trial of the streaming only service. I see some older shows that I wouldn't mind revisiting, but do you really feel it is a good value for what will be $8/month? "Newer" shows like The Shield & The Wire don't appear to be available for streaming. I read they were negotiating with the networks to get more current content. I don't know - maybe I should wait for that to happen. Your thoughts?

I personally don't find enough stuff to stream that would make me happy paying $8 a month just for those titles. Their streaming only catalog is pretty large but mostly older stuff. (With the exception of Starz play and such).

I personally enjoy using the streaming ability to catch up on some older movies I missed some how. For instance lately I've been catching up on some older Clint Eastwood movies that I had never seen. Those usually take a back seat for me though when I have something newer available though.

I enjoyed "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo". It is subtitled though. And a bit rough to watch at times.

Today a new documentary was released on both DVD and Netflix's Instant Streaming. The film is Restrepo and it is filmed by Sebastian Junger. It documents the Korengal Valley and the American soldiers there in Afghanistan. His book, WAR , was phenomenal and I have pretty high hopes for this documentary.

Just watched this. Check it out.

This is the same region that the recent Medal of Honor recipient was stationed. He was not in the documentary, but the battle is highlighted (his valor not mentioned).

Big fan of Sanctuary and Netflix has Season 1 and 2.

There are a bunch of MST3K episodes available On Demand.

Really so many choices - the first four seasons of the new Dr Who are there, very good stuff if you are into sci-fi. I am currently watching Survivors, a British series about surviving after a worldwide plague. There are also a lot of good documentaries.

Can someone help me out here.. does Netflix offer Closed Captioning on their instant viewing yet? I had Netflix for a few years before finally dropping it due to this..

Futurama

Antmeister and I saw this, excellent series and some great characters.

This reminded me to check to see if the Spaced series(Simon Pegg/Nick Frost) was there and it is, but not as instant.

Ken Burns: The War

Some yes, some no.

Spartacus the series.

I've gotten into Weeds quite a bit due to Netflix.

ditto, Weeds is great.

4 seasons of "Coupling". Love the series, very funny.

I saw a couple of these on BBCA, looked good, but seemed like something I'd only enjoy if I saw it from the beginning. Now that it's on netflix I'll certainly put it in the queue.

I watches this series when it first came on BBCA...pretty good stuff. Hopefully we'll have a second season (or whatever the messed up BBC equivalent is) soon...

7 Samurai
Girl with Dragon Tattoo
Man on Wire
Lots of other good documentaries + TV shows
(they need to get Seinfeld on here)

There are two seasons on Netflix, unfortunately it looks like the show was cancelled after that.

if you like historical dramas, The Pillars of the Earth was awesome..8 hour mini series set in 12th century england.

Ditto Saldana, forgot to mention that one. I found it to be excellent, though slightly changed from the book.

Thank you, sir...I must have missed the second season completely. Of course, with only six episodes, I guess it is easy to.

Watched a documentary called 'Crossing the Line'. It covers the story of a U.S. soldier who defected to North Korea in the 1960s. Pretty interesting stuff.

I really liked the documentary 180 South - it's about some guys that head south on a long trek by sea to Patagonia to surf and climb a mountain - also some nice interviews with the guys who inspired them by doing the same thing in 1968. Some really, really beautiful cinematography.

Think it was mentioned before, but I watched Restrepo and would also highly recommend it. Excellent look at warfare from the front lines.

Please Vote for Me. Documentary of a 3rd grade class in communist China gets to do a democratic election for class monitor.

Watched 'Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows' last night. It's a documentary from 1998. Pretty interesting look behind the scenes of pro wrestling.

I agree, I got a kick out of it. Nothing jaw dropping there, but it was a good show.

I'll also pimp "10 Items or Less". The first few episodes aren't that great, but as it goes on the cast blends better and the show gets funnier. Similar to the Office and Parks and Rec. And quite a bit of the show is simply improvisation.

I know others mentioned it already, but I'll mention Survivors.

The Wife and I just watched season 1 and it was FANTASTIC. Seriously one of the best shows I've seen in awhile.

I see season 2 is up there too, so we'll catch that soon.

Parks and Recreation Season 1 & 2. For those that think The Office has fallen off a bit, Parks and Recreation is like the best days of the Office.

Cosby Show, That 70s Show, and 3rd Rock from the Sun FTW! Every season!

Jar City (Myrin in Icelandic) is worth watching, if you're in the mood for a subtitled, bleak, police procedural movie.

Scored 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Yeah I just started watching this last week and am loving it. I think it helps that I haven't watched SNL the last 10 or so years so I find Amy Poehler's character hilarious and don't carry any of the hatred baggage of what she was like on SNL. (Same with Tina Fey and Tracy Morgan on 30 Rock, caught all 5 seasons of that show on Netflix instant as well)

Thanks for the tip. I just watched season one today. I found it to basically be "The Office" set in a local government office. Not too bad.

Parks and Recreation is on my list. Currently, I'm loving that all of The Larry Sanders Show is on Instant, especially because I was too young to catch it on HBO when it was first on and they only recently released it all to DVD.

Oh, and Kids in the Hall. Never fails to crack me up

The Devil Came on Horseback


From IMDB:


One of the better documentaries I've seen in awhile.

Gasland, if it's available...jaw dropping expose on fracking.

Obviously it's nothing jaw-dropping now, but when it came out, it was pretty revealing.

I am watching The Larry Sanders Show. It helped set the bar for shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm. Great writing, and just a very cool show. I was 12 when it started to air, and I didn't have HBO...so I'm happy to be able to see it now.

The Street Stops Here (Bob Hurley and St. Anthony's basketball documentary)
Henry Fool
My Girlfriend's Boyfriend (a surprisingly good rom-com with Alyssa Milano)

I just watched this. Really good stuff. I found the soundtrack on Amazon and plan on purchasing that as well.

Amazon.com: 180 South Soundtrack: Various Artists: MP3 Downloads

For fucks sake, why when something works well does someone think they have to come up with a "better" way to do it?

Turned on netflix this am and they have decided to totally fuck up the user interface for ps3. Before it was an easy to use menu driven system that, on my widescreen, would show 16 selections across my screen. Now I can see a whopping 3 and 1\2 selections.

No menu options you just get what you get. Want to go through the 250 new titles? Have fun scrolling across seeing three at a time. Totally fucked up and inefficient. The only way to find a movie, documentary, or tv show to watch now is to go online, find it, put it in the top three slots of your instant queue, go back to your ps3, and then you will be able to "quickly" find the program that you want to watch. FUCKING WOW!

I can usually just go with the flow and adjust without complaining. This is so blatantly fucked up though that I instantly called netflix to complain. The rep I talked to said she was getting tons of complaint calls. Yeah, no shit.
She was very nice and I didn't rant just gave her the facts. She said they are testing 5 new gui's in different areas and taking feedback to make a "final" choice. Christ, what was wrong with what they had? :banghead:

New season of Futurama was added recently (I think recently).

Both seasons of Party Down are available again via Watch Instantly. Quirky, absolutely hilarious show...it's really a shame Starz canceled it...

Even worse than canceling it was the decision not to let it go to another network because of the fear it would have success elsewhere and make canceling it look bad.

I cannot function in regular society without this website.

Stripes is now available. That is all.

Some highlights from the most recent additions:

The Last Action Hero
Top Gear: Series 13
Revolver
Rocky & Bullwinkle (all five seasons)

I just started watching the second season of "Parks and Recreation" on Netflix Instant. Great stuff.

Glad people are liking Parks & Rec.

Noticed they just added The Verdict. Highly recommended. One of the best courtroom dramas I've seen. Acting students should be forced to watch Paul Newman's performance in it over and over again.

Love me some Scrubs

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

It's still available until 3-10.

Exit Through the Gift Shop (2011 Academy Award nominee for Best Documentary Feature) is available via streaming. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Is there a list that updates with all of the new additions to instant streaming?

Psst...check FF's post on the first page, or PilotMan's recent addition to the thread...

Nothing to see here.

http://instantwatcher.com/

10-year old watches it and gets inspired to be her own Banksy.

Girl's Banksy-Inspired Street Art | The Mary Sue

I'll recommend this too. It's about a lot more than just art, if that is not your thing.

I will add in a recommendation for Hunger, a 2008 drama about the IRA hunger strike in 1981. It is pretty artsy... but also very well done and frankly difficult to watch at times, due to the brutality that the prisoners endured or put themselves through.

I think you misread the title of the thread.

I'm a big fan of the show Archer from FX and the first season just got put into Instant Download.

I have now watched about 12-13 episodes in about 2 nights. Loving it.

I think the show made a huge jump in quality between the first 2 seasons. The big change was that in the 1st season Leslie was just a female Michael Scott, but in the 2nd season they started to show her as being really competent and the jokes are more about how she just thinks her job is more important than it really is. Plus they started to develop the supporting characters, and they have a ton of really good ones.

Exam.

8 people apply for a job. They all are in the same room for the final test. Once the rules are laid out and the test itself starts, they all flip over the exam to see it's blank. They have 80 minutes to figure out the answer.

I watched Exit Through Gift Shop like others here and I am of the opinion the whole thing is a hoax. It's very interesting, and I haven't met another person who has ever watched it upon my recommendation to talk about my opinion.

Some awesome additions to the Watch Instantly options this week:

Movies
Toy Story 3
The Hunt for Red October
I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

TV Series & Mini-series
The Langoliers
The Stand
Golden Years
The Winds of War
Jericho

Documentaries
Ken Burns: Baseball
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine

I actually haven't seen either of those two documentaries, but the S21 thing seems interesting in a morbid sort of way, and of course anyone who enjoys documentaries knows that Ken Burns is excellent.

Glad I checked in here. Last time I checked The Winds of War was only available on disk. Very happy to see it being streamed.

I watched the movie "The Joneses"

David Duchovny and Demi Moore among others. Very good movie. Hadnt heard of it until I saw it on Instantwatcher.

Sons of Anarchy seasons 1 and 2 are FINALLY available streaming.

Twin Peaks, both seasons.

I actually loved Jericho. I think it was ahead of its time, and was sad to see it get canceled. It actually came back after a protest by viewers for a short time and then it got canned again a few shows into the new season.

Still think it was a good show however.

Link to what FOFCers thought about it

Jericho TV Show(Some Spoilers) - Front Office Football Central

Netflix acquires rights to stream 'Mad Men' | Media Maverick - CNET News

Missed out of this the first few years and it is a pain in the ass to check out discs nowadays. (How lazy have I become? I thought renting the Wire a few years ago from netflix was the greatest thing ever)

Just started this and am 6 or 7 episodes into S1. Great show.

LOL...so you are announcing that Jersey Shore Season 2 is on Neflix, but tell people to stop wasting their time on Jericho. I think you have your shows mixed up. :D

Looks like a lot of James Bond flix are on there now. I saw a bulk of Connery, Dalton, and Moore, Bonds flix anyway.

Wow, i feel like such a slacker for only having watched 4 so far. I guess the 12 hour night shift is cutting into my awesome TV watching time. I'm REALLY liking the show so far though.

It Might Get Loud. Documentary of Jimmy Paige, Edge, and Jack White as they give background stories to where they came from and how they came to be as guitarist. There's some jamming going on as well. I think Jack came across as the odd man, but I think he was the more interesting one as well. It's interesting to see Edge show how he did his own take on chords and when they are playing together Edge shows them and you can see Paige have this, "What the hell?" look on his face.

Chops - It's about the Essentially Ellington HS Jazz competition. It's awesome to watch and it should draw you in from the start.

Looks like The Terminator was added over the weekend.

Restrepo

Get moving man. Finished season 1 on Friday and got through four episodes of Season 2 last night. If I had more time this weekend, I'd be done.

Oooh instantwatcher is pretty cool.

Darn...I've been watching Ken Burn's baseball with the Civil War to follow, but it looks like the Civil War is going away at the end of the week.

I wonder if/when it will be back and available streaming again?

Im trying, really i am. I finished episode 9 of season 1 last night and should get a chance to watch 10 tonight. I do think its a REALLY great show though.

Yeah I noticed that too...I'm trying to fit it in by the end of the week, but not sure if I'm going to make it. Still have five episodes to go...

Not sure it's available on instant, but this mini-series was a really, really gripping to watch...

The Staircase

It's a documentary about a real life trial (from about 2003 in NC), so if you're familiar with the story the spoilers may undermine the way the drama unfolds. And the filmmaker may have had a bit of a selective eye.

Still really gripping. Mrs Q and I watched the first 2 or 3 segments on a normal schedule, and then force-marched through the last 5-6 hours in one white knuckle all-nighter.

I just got done with Book 2. It still ranks in the best of kid's/cartoon programming I've seen.

Empire Records.

/tk

Yep, I'll agree with that. We watched it until the kids were finally sick of it. TOok a break and the youngest went back for round 2 for a bit. We are finally over it now, but its entertaining, and funny. It doesn't take itself that seriously.

I just watched Beer Wars on streaming. As a craft beer lover and one that homebrews occasionally (nowhere near as much as others here do), it was quite enjoyable. I even learned something--didn't know Anheuser-Busch made an organic under the nameplate Green Valley Brewery.

Yeah, I'll stick with my local craft beers. There are a good bunch in this region. :)

/tk

Just finished this - tremendous. Still laughing at Ken Marino's scene at the very end of the high school reunion episode.

And "Cheers" has finally made it to instant watch:)

Also the whole Jack Lord "Hawaii Five O" series and all of the old "Mission Impossible" episodes. Time to relive my youth.