Netflix Watch Instantly Recommendation Thread

the snowtown murders was incredible, if you're in need of an indie bleakathon ya can't go wrong with this one. only 2 pro actors in the whole cast but I never would've guessed. great soundtrack, cinematography, did I mention it was bleak? bleak with grim dressing.

really want to see that

Is there much in your face torture?

I watched Jeff Who Lives At Home last night. My recommendation: skip it.

yeah that movie sucked

portlandia s2 is up

snowtown murders contains only one scene of torture, everything else is implied or takes place offscreen - that's some false advertising in the title. it *is* a pretty hairy scene, but the rest of the movie is character study / sociological observation. ever read a newsstory and wonder how everyday people get pulled into enabling some psychopath's crimes? it's one of the better explorations of the phenomena. the less you know going in, the better, if you don't know the (true) backstory, you can spend some guessing who the killer is. his emergence is gradual and naturalistic - like the movie itself, I guess.

I'm sold.

closest analog is prolly clarke's bully, minus the grody prurience

helpful hint: turn on subtitles, some of the aussie accents are as brutal as that torture scene

snowtown massacres now in my queue thanx

Suggestions for funny/irreverent/anti-authoritarian crime or caper movies from the 60s or 70s? Walter Mathau's "Hopscotch" is the vibe Im going for

The Hot Rock? don't think it's on instant though

altman's thieves like us?

also from '74, busting, with elliott gould and robert blake

charley varrick, another matthau gem from '73 (unfortunately it looks like the taking of pelham 123 is no longer streaming)

across 110th street, might be a little grittier than what you're looking for

mann's thief is an interesting bridge of 70s/80s loner criminal pics

Long Goodbye

yeah long goodbye is a good call

Long Goodbye has been on Netflix streaming for a long time, and it seems like it has become more and more of a known quantity over the last few years. Netflix has this weird ability to elevate a movie that was once obscure.

That was not Netflix.

yeah part of the reason I didn't suggest long goodbye was that it seemed kind of an obvious answer, it's not like citizen kane or anything but def seems to be top 3 among altman fans and gets talked about a lot, esp over the past 10-15 years?

I agree netflix does increase the footprint of obscure films since the barriers to view are almost nil, but long goodbye's reappraisal happened way before

that said, what are the films that netflix saved from the jaws of obscurity? any candidates?

Birdemic

Weird Al's UHF just added in the UK and playing on my telly right now.

I think Absentia has actually gotten some mileage out of the netflix streaming, even outside of ilx. still can't believe that thing was a kickstarter project, and a cheap one at that.

is there also a Youtube watch instantly recomend thread?

is there also a Youtube watch instantly recomend thread?

― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, January 2, 2013 11:59 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

that would be this thread, hanle y --> Things that just have to be Tim and Eric skits

All of The West Wing

― Gukbe, Thursday, December 27, 2012 4:31 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Never saw this when it was on tv, dying now at how much I love it.

That was not Netflix.

Huh? It's been in my queue for years. Maybe it's disappeared and come back?

Death Race 2000
Miller's Crossing

a bunch more corman stuff

Headhunters was cool.

s1ocki meant the long goodbye's popularity was not due to netflix streaming

xp to polyphonic

glad to see death race 2000 is back, didn't get a chance to watch the last time it was up

xp to polyphonic

Ah, I see. I saw it a long time ago but then suddenly all my friends are like "have you seen Long Goodbye" out of the blue.

They're tricking you

Maybe I've been incepted

we shoudl re thread that cause its taking trhee days to load that mama

Bookmarks, baby!

I need no bookmarks to lead my life! I am free! Free as tha ocean! as the naked people!!

hanle y with his open blouse is gazing up into the empt y sky

dozens of xposts: Bill Cunningham New York drags a bit when it actually deals with fashion - his building and his life are fascinating, the changes to NY, dealing with modernity at the Times, etc.. Interviewing fashion editors and fashionistas, not a shit was given.

Maybe it's mentioned somewhere above, but Devils On The Doorstep is on there and it is just amazing.

Just added: How to Survive a Plague.

Soon to come:

...beginning on March 30 the streaming service lands all past seasons of Cartoon Network‘s Adventure Time, Ben 10, Regular Show, and Johnny Bravo, as well as Warner Bros Animation’s Green Lantern. It also will have Adult Swim shows Robot Chicken and Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Sony Pictures Television’s The Boondocks and Warner Bros Television’s Studio 2.0′s Childrens Hospital.

Tried watching "Navajo Joe," with Burt Reynolds as Joe. Sucked.

Aw that's too bad. It's in my queue. AMAZING ott Morricone score, at least.

Score (under a pseudonym!) was the best part by far.

i liked Navajo Joe -- it isn't objectively good, but it's fun. and the Morricone soundtrack IS amazing (and carries the film).

I dont know if it's still up on netflix, but Goats (starring David Duchovney) was one of the most interminable movies I've ever sat through. Not entirely sure why we didn't turn it off. Just inertia, I guess.

But so, it was a four-star rated comedy and we took a chance on it based on the star-rating. Can anyone recommend any recent comedy movies on netflix that are actually hilarious?

I haven't seen it, but I didn't know Goats was supposed to be a comedy. It was based on a literary novel.

it was in the comedy section and it had its moments and characters that were played for laughs, I guess. But broadly I'd consider it a coming of age drama. I've come across a few other previously known films on netflix that were miscategorized, so I'm not too surprised.

Can anyone recommend any recent comedy movies on netflix that are actually hilarious?

"Four Lions?" Some people like "Klown." I'm a big fan of "The Trip." Along similar not quite comedy lines, there's the "Do-Deca Pentathlon."

klown is hella funny with an amazingly raunchy final punchline