Netflix recommendations

BLACK MIRROR

Bombshell, Finding Vivien Maier (documentaries)

Ozark (series)

Watch "Please like me" - wonderful Aussie series about a gay man and his family and friends

Thanks for the recommendations. R2, you have great taste -- I have seen the Viv Maier doc and loved it. I'll watch Ozark as well as other titles.

A Quiet Pl, er, Bird Box

Insatiable

Unbelievable

Any of the "able" series

White Gold

The Last Kingdom

Call my agent. House of flowers. Elite. All great and very gay

Dark

Master of None

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

Mindhunter

Peaky Blinders

[R5]

watching Sandra Bullock and my dream lover Kerry Rhoades in Bird Box now....

Why does Hollywood insist black co-stars desire these mop top,Frau's

If he tells Sandra how hot she is one more time I shall puke.....nothing is hot about her pasty face or her birds nest hairdo.....nothing

Iam only watching it for him....an his thighs,lawdy

Those People. Nice gay movie.

Bodyguard.

People Just Do Nothing

Toast of London

There's a SKETCH comedy show from Australia and I can't think of the name of it. Anybody know?

Train to Busan.

Good zombie movie. See it before Hollywood ruins the remake.

For a truly excellent series, try Offspring, an Aussie production. The characters are so well drawn and acted. Truly enjoyable and lots of great eye candy.

SPRINGSTEEN ON BROADWAY. I'm liking it, but I'm a huge Springsteen fan, and I'm from New Jersey.

THE ONES BELOW. HAUNTING. EXQUISITE EYE CANDY I LOVED IT OBSESSED

Must check out Offspring! Loved The Slap from Australia. Thanks for the rec.

Just started watching Collateral with Carey Mulligan. It's engrossing!

The Springsteen show answers for all time whether "Tougher than the Rest" was a Julianne song or a Patti song. We also learn the correct pronunciation of "Scialfa."

Dark

Babylon Berlin German fantastic

The Bodyguard

I just finished Season One of “Flowers”, an offbeat British dramedy starring Olivia Colman who is fantastic. Darkly funny, quirky and ultimately very moving. The writer is Japanese-British and has a hilarious supporting role on the show.

American Vandal. Season 2 is better than the first, IMO.

the new Tidying Up with Marie Kondo series starts Jan 1, looks cute

Ozark, Better Call Saul and Breaking Bad (if you've never watched), Wanted, Safe, Wild Wild Kingdom, Mrs. Foster, Stranger Things

Shameless. Ozark.

YOU starts today, December 26.

I just finished YOU with Penn Badgley. Horrible people (not just Joe). Equally sickening and compelling.

Speaking of Penn, you get to see his strange chest hair pattern pretty often. I think the strangeness is the result of his shaving it so often. It's never going to grow back to the way it would have looked naturally, i.e., if he had never shaved it.

La Mante... great crime series (but subtitled)

The Guernsey Girl.. easy listening, half of Downton in it, but I thought it was just enough for a Christmas week evening watch. Not too heavy, not entirely light.

House of Flowers BUT watch it in Spanish with English subtitles.

Bird Box

They have a very funny competition show Nailed It! which is great for some mindless entertainment.

The IT Crowd

Toast of London is hilarious.

I Don't Feel at Home in This World

I’m addicted to The Great Interior Design Challenge” (British)

What is something with hot buff dudes

Hot, Buff Dudes, r38.

In Order:

[bold] Black Mirror [/bold] (updated Twilight Zone, certain episodes--San Junipiero- some of the best TV ever)

[bold] Bojack Horseman [/bold] (brilliant animated spoof of contemporary culture)

[bold] Narcos [/bold] (thriller about taking down Pablo Escobar)

[bold] Fauda [/bold] (Israeli/Palestinian spy drama)

[bold] Peaky Blinders [/bold] (UK crime drama set in 1920s with Cillian Murphy)

[bold] Stranger Things [/bold] (supernatural drama set in the 80s)

[bold] Ozark [/bold] (crime/family drama with Jason Bateman and Laura Linney)

Orange Is The New Black [/bold] (at least the first season or two--prison comedy/drama with lots of lesbian sex)

At first I wasn't interested in YOU, but then I saw some mention that Netflix offers an uncensored version so I checked it out and now I'm in episode six and loving it. It's really dark and so good at mocking the "Millennials being so self involved" stereotype.

Love the lead's line about a hipster douche being a waste of hair in the first episode.

Movies: Catfight

Movies: Christine (2016)

Movie: The Place Beyond The Pines

Movie: Before the devil knows your dead

(Not sure if it’s still on Netflix but it might be, otherwise check amazon prime)

Movie: Trainspotting 2 (it should be on Netflix, if not it’s on amazon)

Movie: Jeff who lives at home

Should be on vudu or amazon

Movie:

Manson family vacation (on Netflix)

Tv series:

Shameless US seasons 1-8

Black Miirror can be very interesting and it certainly raises important questions about the use of technology but it's so annoyingly and predictably pessimistic that I rarely watch it. I did watch the brand new Black Mirror: Bandersnatch earlier today which is a choose-your-own-adventure kind of interactive movie. It was just as interesting as those kinds of books were in my childhood, meaning not very. I did like the male lead and he was probably the only thing that kept me watching the whole thing through, but otherwise the whole thing was just a one trick pony. Production values are always top notch with Black Mirror so nothing to fault there.

That's why I called out San Junipiero, because it went in the opposite direction R50 and was not bleak at all.

More movies: Blue valentine Boondock Saints Glow gorgeous ladies of wrestling documentary The crying game The shining Sex and Lucia

TV: Jane the virgin Cheers Stranger things GLOW Twin peaks Californication Bojack horseman Jessica Jones Mad men Love

I prefer Hulu for Melrose place, 90210, silk stalkings and all the housewives shows

Ozark, Stranger Things, The Crown, Peaky Blinders — all most definitely watchable

I’m not sure if this is on Netflix or not (might be Prime or Hulu) but The Man in the High Castle

The Man in the High Castle is Amazon Prime.

Just finished Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. Very ambitious.

Aside from the most annoying theme song in recent memory, I've quite enjoyed Somebody Feed Phil. A likeable host tries lots of food in various locations, some quite beautiful. He also doesn't hesitate to grimace when something tastes terrible. For other escapist viewing: Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries (gorgeous costumes and promiscuous behavior), Father Brown (watch for that gorgeous tea set), and Monty Don's French Gardens.

Does anyone have any scary of supernatural recommendations, besides The Haunting of Hill House? Or Any particularly frightening Black Mirror episodes?

Scary Black Mirror?

Playtest (Season 3) and Metalhead (Season 4).

Bandersnatch was great. Saw all the outcomes. Took three hours or something.

R58 r59 thanks

Bodyguard, starring a Richard Madden. Most watched tv show in the UK earlier this year, it’s great and he’s fantastic in it. Also Babylon Berlin.

Bandersnatch was certainly interesting but definitely not scary, r57/r60.

I actually enjoy The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

[quote]r11 If he tells Sandra how hot she is one more time I shall puke.....nothing is hot about her pasty face or her birds nest hairdo.....nothing

HEY, fucker! She treats the birds in her box well.

You can't take that away from her!

I really enjoyed “The Fundamentals Of Caring” with Paul Rudd. It was pretty much a paint-by-numbers road trip movie but I am a sucker for that genre.

House of Flowers is super fun but, as another poster said, it must been seen in its original language.

If you're into dark European crime series, I would recommend "Perfume", a German 6-episode series. It's really, really good.

Instant Hotel

Teams of Australian homeowners compete for the title of best Instant Hotel by staying overnight in each other's rentals and rating their experience.

I love all the cattiness! For me the best part of having Netflix is seeing all these international shows.

I’ll second R56 on the Phil food travel shows. He’s goofy but kind, and goes to great places with great food.

Somebody Feed Phil

I’ll Have What Phil’s Having

And if you’re cable-free like me, having Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown on Netflix is a plus.

Abstract: The Art Of Design - 8 episodes, all interesting

The Crown is a good series. A new season is coming with a new cast and I don’t mind at all. I’ll be there, watching.

Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee - quick conversations between Jerry Seinfeld and various comedians.

My Next Guest Needs No Introduction - David Letterman interviews with 7 famous people. My favorites are Obama and Tina Fey.

They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead - Orson Welles attempting to film a movie, which someone else put together, called The Other Side Of The Wind, also available on Netflix.

Joan Didion The Center Will Not Hold

The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs gets better after the first story. Worth a view.

Best Of Enemies, documentary you may already have seen about the 1968 election coverage on ABC with William F. Buckley and Gore Vidal.

There are a few Monty Python’s documentaries. If you’re a fan there might be a couple that you haven’t seen… and all the Flying Circus. And all the Fawlty Towers.

The Twilight Zone - we’re so spoiled, having all this at our fingertips…

I turned on the Fireplace - Birchwood edition, for our family Christmas gathering. It’s pleasant background when you don’t really want to pay attention.

7 Days Out - documentary series, several episodes on various major events, what it takes to make those happen.

Is there ever going to be another season of Master of None or has the star been banished ? I never understood what he was accused of ?

He offered me red wine, r71. I wanted white.

Rea(l)ove- Japanese dating reality show where all of the contestants must reveal a deep, dark secret about themselves during the course of the show. I assumed the secrets would be super lame...but they are not! Super entertaining.

R72 R71 It had to be the stupidest of all the #Metoo allegations. She basically accused him of was not being psychic.

Great list, R69. We have similar tastes. I haven't seen the 'Phil' shows, but I love Bourdain. Thanks!

I love Black Mirror, but I hated the latest "Bandersnatch". I really hope it isn't the future of entertainment. I hated Choose Your Own Adventure books- the stories were only like 10 pages long.

I did enjoy how it all culminated to the “Yeah” or “Fuck Yeah” moment.

No, it was not my favorite episode by far but loved how they tried something unique - and it had enough things going for it to make it extremely entertaining.

If for no other reason to watch, BANDERSNATCH stars the lovely and fragrant young Fionn Whitehead.

r78, that episode, or movie, had a weird obsession with his crooked teeth. By the end it was all I could notice. LOL.

How about some movies with a healthy dose of male nudity!!

Non-English language (watch it in original language with English subtitles - it pays off) with gay characters: 1. Dogs of Berlin (Germain series): mafia (drugs & bets) + football players + neo-Nazis + Turks + cops with agenda. One of two leads (cops) is gay in LTR. 2. Nothing to Hide (French film): no spoilers, just trust me 3. Eyewitness (Norwegian series): two gay teenagers witness a massacre 4. Elite (Spanish): there is a dedicated DL thread 5. House of Flowers (Mexican?): a comedy, crazy family, the son is gay/bi

English language, with gay characters or themes: 1. The Principal 2. Borderliner 3. Deep Water 4. Crashing 5. Eastsiders (Internet startup, gets much better in later seasons)

[quote] 2. Borderliner

That's a Norwegian show (with subtitles.)

The 4 part food series, Fat, Salt, Acid, Heat was really good and well filmed.

Babylon Berlin is amazing series. It tells people in Berlin from 1928. The seasons have been released and third one is in making. It has complicated and long story lines and characters. The sets costumes acting are all first rate. Note, it isn’t American tv show and doesn’t solve stories in 42 minutes. But it is excellent.

Fantastic dancng scene. If you find the series in German with subtitles you should watch it that way.

No love for Collateral??

Agree about Babylon Berlin. Best show of the year easily. Watch in German. The dubbed version is terrible.

^^^ Evennthe opening credits are mesmerizing.

Babylon or Perfume? Or the high school murder mystery with a gay subplot ? I’m so confused.

Roma, watch it ASAP. Honestly, I'd say watch this before watching any other suggestion above.

On another thread DL bitches were negative about Roma. Called it boring and said only Oscar it would be considered for is Cinematography.

That's because it didn't star a buff white man.

[quote] I have seen the Viv Maier doc and loved it.

Just now watched this because of the mentions here. Excellent documentary. Her work is outstanding. The rest of her quite weird. Anyway thank you all for this rec.

Tab Hunter: Confidential

Vikings on Amazon Prime because Travis Fimmel and Clive Standen

The Borgias on Netflix. The one with Jeremy Irons

Dear White People

Broadchurch

Happy Valley

Collateral

Bodyguard

Um it HAD Travis.

R98 If someone has never seen it and starts from the beginning it has Travis. And then there are his sons. Especially Ubbe.

The Apartment - a design competition show set in Kuala Lumpur. I just finished The Great Interior Design Challenge and this is a worthy follow up.

For real estate porn aficionados:

The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes

I Own Australia’s Best Home

Escape to the Continent

Grand Designs

Charlie Luxton’s Homes by the Mediterranean

Roma was alright. A visually beautiful film but it seemed like the film was trying to hard to be artsy. I dont mind slow, artistic films but this was a bit of a chore to get through at times.

Episodes. 5 short seasons, and it's hilarious.

Season 1 was great then I lost interest.

[quote]I love Black Mirror, but I hated the latest "Bandersnatch". I really hope it isn't the future of entertainment. I hated Choose Your Own Adventure books- the stories were only like 10 pages long.

I pretty much agree with the reviewer at Variety. Thankfully most commenters there agreed with him as well. I feared that wouldn't be the case since some people really seem to think the whole concept is somehow revolutionary.

"...“Bandersnatch,” as creative work and not as experiment, falls so short of the standard “Black Mirror” has set that to put it forward is to risk the credibility the series’s first four seasons have earned.

"The best case, perhaps, for “Bandersnatch” is that it’s remembered along the lines of this year’s film “The Cloverfield Paradox,” released on Netflix in a shock-and-awe surprise post-Super Bowl drop whose revolutionary aspect concealed, for a moment, that the movie was a bomb. Invention solely for its sake is dreary and surprisingly unimaginative; of all the things “Black Mirror” could be doing, this seems, sadly, to have been the wrong path, one the show would be well served by ditching and starting its story as close to completely anew as it can."

I enjoyed it for what it was. Not the worst episode of Black Mirror by any means.

The British mocumentary "Derek" starring Ricky Gervais is wonderful. I had found the outtakes on YouTube, which are gut punchingly hilarious and decided to start watching it on Netflix. It's a mocumentary of life in a small British old folks home. Derek (Gervais) plays an attendant in the home who is also most likely very autistic (although he's never been tested). His best friend Dougie (the always unintentionally hilarious Karl Pilkington) is the maintenance man for the home, an all-rounder who does everything no one else wants to do. Kev (David Earl) is the smelly, unemployed, sex crazed, beer swigging weirdo who lives in a caravan in the parking lot, but spends almost all of his days inside the nursing home, even though he's not a resident there. His character is by far the most hilarious. They have him doing and saying the most heinous things. Every scene in the show must have taken 20 takes or more for them to get through it because they break up laughing.

Here's one of the outtake reels from the show.

I wish that Netflix would make better shows. Some of the stuff is ok, but most of it, as is with Amazon, sucks.

It’s like there is no “there” to a lot of the shows. There’s no point to them. It’s just a waste of 10 hours.

To those that recommended Instant Hotel, I thought it was hilariously catty in parts and the “fuss pots” (read: code for “old, vicious queens”) are surely on DL ..... I laughed out loud several times ....

Here you go, OP. This documentary was made for this place.

Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski.

A recent documentary produced by Leo DiCaprio. Apparently Leo's dad became friends with an entertaining old man who lived locally in the San Fernando Valley. The guy was a real character, claiming he was once a famous artist/sculptor in Europe which turned out to be true. I thought at times it was funny and sad, the guy could have been rich and famous if he wasn't a pain in the ass.

Agree about Babylon Berlin, great series.

The best tv shows and films I've seen this year have been non-English speaking productions. HBO's My Brilliant Friend (Italy) and Babylon Berlin (Germany). Movies: Roma (Mexico).

[quote]I wish that Netflix would make better shows. Some of the stuff is ok, but most of it, as is with Amazon, sucks. It’s like there is no “there” to a lot of the shows. There’s no point to them. It’s just a waste of 10 hours.

That's partly what Scorsese meant when he said that everything now falls under the umbrella of "content", which is meant to satisfy the quantitative ambitions of streaming services.

Daniel Sloss comedy special on Netflix.

Absolutely hilarious.

Babylon Berlin was excellent! Broadchurch and The Bodyguard were also great.

I recently watched a film called "Calbre" and really like it. Scary and tense.

Probably my favorite show I've watched recently was "Line of Duty." Totally engrossing!! I don't think it's on Netflix though. I watched it on Amazon Prime.

Travelers. Three seasons will blow your minds.

If you watched Bandersnatch on Netflix with an Xbox that still had a Kinect attached and working... the end credits had photos of you (taken from the Kinect at certain strategic points in the story) mixed in.

Talk about creepy.

Sense8

Altered Carbon

I am currently watching the House of Flowers. There is a Storyline of a cheating Bisexual (played by Gael Garcia Bernal’s younger brother) that would trigger every DLers deepest fears. A cheating bisexual that puts his elder gay partner through the ringer.

Gael’s younger brother is a hoot.

Kimmy Schmidt.

R109, I’m the one who recommended Instant Hotel. I’m so glad you liked it, I hope there are more seasons.

I think the right hotel won, I would love to stay there if I’m ever in Australia especially after the changes they made. I would also stay at the runner up for the location and backyard.

I watched Elite yesterday, it was pretty good. I don't think I've watched anything dubbed in English before. Of course the gay storyline revolved around a handsome closeted jock, i'm not hating but it's been done.

R122, I don’t care how many times it’s been done. It’s still hot

I started Babylon Berlin last year but didn't go past episode 2. I don't remember hating it. I guess something else came along I wanted to watch more. I think I'll watch it again.

I watched The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. I simply must watch everything Michiel Huisman is in, and though the movie is a little too "G" rated/Hallmark-y for my taste, it features a well-made story, and Huisman and his co-star, Lily James, did not disappoint.

Penelope Wilton, late of Downton Abbey, probably puts in the best performance, but I like her in everything I've seen her in.

^ Matthew Goode plays a just-more-than-cameo role in Guernsey Literary, and he looks as wonderful as ever.

Medici is not bad

Sense8 is HOT and has some great global settings. Other than those two things its absolute trash. Bad writing, bad acting, bad plot. And it's a shame because it's such an original idea. I always wish HBO had picked it up instead

Is there a Season 2 for Medici? I really liked Season 1.

You should check out Hush (not the one with Goop). Unless you want to see Jessica Lange overact.

R128 A season 2 was created, I don't think its out yet

R128 Thanks

R121. I hope there is a second season. It was fun and Luke Jacobz is some tasty man candy ... Id stay at several of those properties ... would love to have a margarita with Babe ...lol

When does Season 5 of Black Mirror start?

I would love to stay at Babe & Bondi’s place from Instant Hotel! Especially if they bring over some mancandy to service the guests!

A warning to stay away from the Icelandic series CASE with its gratuitous male nudity in a later episode.

For Gardening aficionados:

Big Dreams , Small Spaces

Love Your Garden

Monty Don’s French Gardens

Monty Don’s Italian Gardens

Altered Carbon. Peeky Blinders. Saw Bird Box last night is was great. Try to never watch Bright.

[quote]A warning to stay away from the Icelandic series CASE with its gratuitous male nudity in a later episode.

R135, gratuitous male nudity is never a bad thing? Which episode and why is it shocking ?

It’s so extended and for no reason done by who you think is the main villain. Same actor starred in a gay almost Hitchockian movie that was actually pretty good. Can’t think of the name. He did not get naked.

Björk Stefansson in Rift. He must be a stage actor. IMDb has him down for only six projects.

The world would be a better place with MORE gratuitous male nudity.

I want to say it was on the 3rd to last episode.

Here he is

Video

^ Absolutely nothing hot about that, or him, at all.

How is your guy's take on Dumplin' or has no one watched haha

I liked Dumplin. It was good but not amazing and I thought it was slow in parts.

I'm watching Tidelands right now. It's interesting enough and there are several fucking hot guys on the show. I'm only on episode 2.

Instant Hotel is the tits. Wow these folks are vicious!

Loved Dumplin

R142, thanks for the video.

Wow he just kept grabbing his cock I thought he was going to get a chubby. Actually, I feel like at the end he was getting one. hehehe

In case you forgot. The actress who plays Dumplin is also in Bird Box.

I've only watched the first 5 episodes of instant hotel so no spoilers please. But how many of you were shocked by the fussy gay couple's house. They built it up so much by saying they had such great taste only to have a typical suburban house littered with artificial flowers.

Other shows I've watched was the Turkish show called The Protector. It's actually dubbed in English which I usually object to but it saves me from reading subtitles. It's not terribly well acted but weirdly addictive.

I've also watched this movie called Thi Mai about a woman who after her daughter dies, goes to Vietnam in her place to try to complete the adoption of a Vietnamese baby. Not a great movie but heartwarming nonetheless. It's a movie from Spain so subtitles again.

I did watch bird box too. Probably derivative but I don't watch enough horror type movies so it didn't matter to me. It was entertaining and if nothing else you'll get to understand all the memes it's inspired..

Hell on Wheels. Historical drama about the building of the railroads out west starring Anson Mount.

Turn: Washington's Spies. Historical drama about the Revolutionary War spy ring.

A lot of NOVA episodes from PBS.

If you want male nudity and don't mind bloody violence, Spartacus is amazing.

[quote]Turn: Washington's Spies. Historical drama about the Revolutionary War spy ring.

Stars Jamie Bell. It wasn't bad.

R151 .... it was either going to be the most stunning Instant Hotel ... or what it was. Frankly, I cant believe any gay would have fake flowers in their house, but I think those two queens fit a stereotype ... I was equally shocked that it was in the heart of suburbia ....lol

I just binged Series 1 of Instant Hotel today. Thanks for your recommendations. In December 2018, it was announced Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen will replace Luke Jacobz as host in 2019. Not sure why. I like Luke. I hated the over-the-top contestants that just made judging unfair.

Instant Hotel- we binged it last night: Leroy's award winning home was a piece of shit backing up to the highway! If he hadn't built it up so much and not been such a prissy bitch to everyone he would have received a higher score. Fake flowers and cheesy decorative crap EVERYWHERE. His face while getting his score was priceless. Do Australians have to clean their overnight rentals themselves? Why no cleaning fee like air bnb?

I feel like we need a go fund me to send the 50's Americana couple to the USA. Also, Babe and Bondi had some definite Kath & Kim tendencies. Bondi fell into an American accent a lot wonder if she goes to school in the US.

Is round 2 posted?

For those who want to discuss Instant Hotel ... We owe it all to R68

I love A Seies of Unfortunate Events. I thought the next episodes (which premiered yesterday) would be the end but we have to wait awhile. I have only 2 episodes left season 3 seems to be the best.

Wait for part 2.

The Fabulous Ice Age is a sweet little documentary of the big ice shows of the mid-20th Century.

It could have been made for this place.

If you like horror movies then Malevolent is pretty good, it's about a fake grifter psychic who picks a very bad place to discover that she actually has real psychic powers.

[Quote] I'm watching Tidelands right now. It's interesting enough and there are several fucking hot guys on the show. I'm only on episode 2.

One of them being Alex Dimitriades.

Omg omg. I love me some Alex D.

Another vote for Happy Valley and don't know if mentioned yet but watching a French series, Call My Agent... laughing despite the subtitles.. it's good... bit of a dramedy but not heavy.

I LOVE Call My Agent, and can't wait for the new season to start this week!

Recently enjoyed Collateral and Safe. So far Broadchurch and Happy Valley are my favorites. Last night I watched Loch Ness, which I loved. Unfortunately it is no longer on Netflix - I had to sign up for Acorn TV to see it. Free trial through Roku.

PEAKY BLINDERS. Every season is phenomenal, but when you compare them to each other - the newer season always blows the previous one out of the fucking water. Seriously, I don't know how they do it but each season is better than the last, even when you think it's impossible for it to get any better. Amazing script, amazing acting, just amazing.

Dimitriades looks much better with his clothes on.

For lovers of British crime series there were a couple that went to U.S. cable instead of Netflix this past year:

C.B. Strike (Cinemax)

Save Me (Starz)

Might be worth searching to see if they are still On Demand.

I’m enjoying Tidying Up with Marie Kondo. The two gay couples featured are adorable.

Just saw Roma. Why doesn't Cleo pick up the dog poop? Why doesn't anyone pay any attention to the dog until the last minute when Cleo pets him?

Not cleaning up after that fucking dog (Borras) is a form of resistance. She only does it when the bitch employer screams at her. This movie is the best to come out of Mexico since AMORES PERROS. It's fantastic.

BTW, I see the Russell Tovey gay footie flick is up on NF (THE PASS). Is it worth a look?

I have it on right now with the sound off Just watching for the sex and nudity. Russell is having long conversation with a hot black both wearing underwear. Russell just now is in brown face. Black guy is not amused now he is in white face.

I rented it on Vudu.

RT really should do something about his ears.

Oh you have Netflix? I watched a movie on there once. Watch that. It was really good.

Dear White People is brilliant

Is Dear White People just supposed to make white people feel privileged and entitled? I have a healthy dose of white guilt, but I do have my limits.

Secrets and Lies on amazon prime was great.

Why do people recommend things on other services when the thread is entitled "Netflix Recommendations"?

For the same reason some people answer Amazon or TripAdvisor questions with useless “No sorry I don’t know” comments?

Because we assume everyone follows the golden rule. Having Netflix , Hulu , and Amazon Prime is a must. Hulu recently got Killing Eve. Also Vudu which often has sales you can buy had download for 5 bucks.

Hd downloads.

I have Amazon Prime and Netflix.

I did it on the recommendation of people in this thread and also from a good personal friend. But looking back, I don't know why I sat through the entire first season of INSTANT HOTEL. What a piece of shit. And what a bunch of unpleasant people.

I'd like to move them all to Midsomer, where they will each get what they deserve..

I watched episodes 1-6 and when I saw that Terry and Anita couple insist people clean their house on top of a $360 cleaning fee while surreptitiously spying next door to make sure tenants are quiet once the clock struck 10; I thought, good luck increasing your traffic. And a 9AM check-out time on top of that? Their so-called ZEN home sounds way too stressful to enjoy any stay. Plus, they played fast and loose with their location as they're a fucking half hour hilly walk to downtown. Not that there seemed much in Brisbane worth seeing, South Bank was literally a cement pond with some sand, and a band-aid. On top of that, Terry seemed like a dick.

I don’t understand how you can make profit of making your house into a hotel.

I keep watching the Haunting of Hill House and it goes on and on and on and is getting more annoying.

It’s boring

I watched an episode of the life changing magic of Tidying up on Netflix. It features a tiny japanese lady (4 feet 7 inches) who goes to American homes to tell them to clean up their act. She travels with a translator. From what I saw it's all about thanking your house and then thanking your clothes before you dump them only keeping what gives you joy. I'm not sure if that will help me in trying to declutter my house.

She's also a big believer in folding your clothes into tiny rectangles.

One man’s “Hill House” is another man’s “Instant Hotel”...

"Community" on Hulu!

FUTURE MAN!

Season 2 starts next week!

I watched Roma but not sure if I liked it or not. I've noticed that Netflix shows on our TV are very dark, terrible lighting. Apparently, it's a problem with our enormous, very expensive, 4K TV. So all that murky black and white cinematography = couldn't see what was going on.

Phyllis Teen

Arrondo

Maggot and Me

Overbury Street

Slow Down, Moses

The Realm of The Impossible: Demon Lubber

i would recommend Elite, a high school show about a preppy school in spain that deals with murder, blackmale, extortion, and a hot gay forbidden romance, it was excellent. Narcos Mexico was also a good show and apparently better than the Colombian narcos which i haven't seen.

Does it deal with any blackfemale as well or are they all white?

Thanks, r193- that series is such a guilty pleasure.

Keep the recommendations please, and update as Netflix adds to its catalogue. Great recommendations. Thanks.

Never EVER trim your Warrior's Mane, R198!

And never EVER go rat-hole to rat-hole!

R128 I believe Medici series 2 will drop on Netflix on Jan 25.

I had Little Evil on my list for a long tim I knew it was well reviewed but I put off watching it. Then I realized Our Sally has a small role in it so I watched it. It is like a spoof of The Omen and something very rare a comedy that is actually funny.

I just finished Bodyguard-it was great. Highly recommended BBC suspense drama. I like how a lot of British tv shows are just 6-8 episodes and get resolved (I.e. no cliff hangers at the end). I wonder if there will be a season 2?

[quote]Not into sci-fi, fantasy, or action movies.

You sound tediously boring, OP.

For lighter fare, I recommend Rita and Merli (both are about school teachers - in Denmark and Spain respectively).

Unfortunately Netflix US has only aired Season 1 of Merli. I understand it has aired the subsequent seasons in other countries so I am hoping we’ll get to watch them in the US eventually.

Yeah, what is up with Netflix and their seasons of shows? Sometimes they'll go backwards. Sometimes, even with an old show, they only have the first few seasons. Sometimes, they only have the last few seasons. I understand they contract for content but couldn't they contract in some explicable and sensible way and then air them in order?

Watching YOU.

Thought I would absolutely hate it, but I’m hooked.

Pen Badgely does psychopath very well, and John Stamos is still hot AF.

If you’re the type who cannot suspend disbelief, the show is not for you. It’s a no brainer, and yes, you will figure it all out episodes ahead of whatever “it” is, but I’m enjoying so far.

Here's the YOU thread, r207.

What did you think of Penn's chest hair pattern?

[Quote] Watching YOU.

I've added it to my list but i want to finish Pretty Little Liars first. I don't know how i took this show so seriously back when it was on the air.

LOL r200....you might like this as well:

R191 #truth

R203, Richard Madden said they would all like to do a season 2 of Bodyguard. Jed Mercurio is working on the latest season of Line of Duty, so if there is a season 2, it probably will air the earliest in 2020.

Arrow

The Flash

Supergirl

Legends of Tomorrow

Black Lighting

R213 you could've just said the Arrowverse and most of them are terrible anyway.

I started YOU, and my god, I could barely get through the 1st episode. About 10 minutes in the 2nd, I turned it off.

The Bodyguard is far more diverting.

Is Line of Duty online anywhere? I really enjoyed Bodyguard, by the same creator.

Line of Duty is on Netflix

It isn’t, r217. I just did a search and it doesn’t show up. I’m in the US btw...might be different in Canada or elsewhere.

Line of Duty is (or was) on Acorn in the US.

Hulu has Line of Duty. It’s also available on Amazon prime if you purchase a subscription to Acorn TV. I think you can also rent individual episodes.

Bump

Just binged season 1 of "Flowers." It was very good. I've never really seen a series like it before. The acting and writing are superb.

Bump for anything new to recommend? Or, if not, how about shows that totally suck on Netflix even though they look good or promising so we can avoid them?

Ted Bundy Tapes or Abducted in Plain Sight if you like true crime.

The Documentary series: Wild wild Country

“When a controversial guru builds a utopian city in the Oregon desert, it causes a massive conflict with local ranchers. This docuseries chronicles the conflict, which leads to the first bioterror attack in the United States and a massive case of illegal wiretapping. It is a pivotal, but largely forgotten, time in American cultural history that tested the country's tolerance for the separation of church and state.”

[quote] Just binged season 1 of "Flowers." It was very good. I've never really seen a series like it before. The acting and writing are superb.

Surprised me at how moving it was at times. Writer/creator Will Sharpe also plays the Japanese illustrator.

Sex Education with DL Fave Gillian Anderson!

Marie Kondo. Ugh. It is, however, interesting how someone can become a celebrity in the U.S. and not even speak the language. The power of television. Let's hope Marie Kondo does not harbor political ambitions.

Her "method" could be explained in one 10 minute segment with Dr. Oz. I completely buy into the idea of emptying the closet and deciding what you want to retain and use in the future. It is helpful to thank the pieces you are sending out into the world. Closing the relationship with the items you are deaccessioning just clarifies what you are doing and helps get the job done. A few years ago, I moved from a house I owned for 15 years. Yes, things had accumulated in closets and drawers. Yes, lots of choice had to be made. 10 minutes with Marie Kondo might have helped a bit at the start, but I soon came around to just her sort of approach.

Folding socks and underwear so that they can be filed away standing up is too much. That's a huge time suck and usually adds little benefit. Very few of her clients will be folding their undies six months from now.

But, whatever. She is a crafty little thing and she's getting paid some decent television bucks. By Christmas, I expect to see a line of Marie Kondo home care products being pushed everywhere. And there will be a flood of Marie Kondos next Halloween. She created a strong persona. Maybe she does have political ambitions, after all.

R228 No-one cares about your dull thoughts.

R228, don’t overthink stuff, dude. Chill.

Binge watched both seasons of "Friends from College." It was pretty good.

Gillian Anderson is the best thing in Sex Education (I'm only halfway through, but I can pretty much guess how it will end -- because I've seen TV before). I also *covet* her house.

It's on Hulu but The Path with Aaron Paul was seriously underrated.

The path was cancelled. Did it end with a cliffhanger?

I know it's not Netflix (it's a YouTube Original) but Wayne is pretty great.

Not on Netflix here, in Canada, but on Sundance TV, I'll recommend it nevertheless: "The Bureau", a French spy series, starring Mathieu Kassowitz. In some ways, it's similar to "Homeland", and it's purportedly loosely based on some of the real cases the French intelligence had to deal with in the Middle East and Northern Africa.

R234 I thought it had a satisfying ending. It hinted at a possible future ( not in a cliffhanger way though.)

Russian Doll is great!

I started watching Russian Doll and it was just this ugly woman talking about her labia and fucking equally ugly men. No thanks.

Is Polar good?

Sometimes the ‘watch next episode’ button doesn’t come up and I’m forced to watch the end credits...then all of the dubbing cast credits for each country. Why Netflix why??!?

I like sex Education but be aware if watching at the gym /on a plane, visuals of cock, balls tits etc abound.

I like Lyonne but Russian Doll is very unpleasant and the Groundhog Day thing was been done to death. I see a cancellation in the future. Nice of them to give Elizabeth Ashley a part.

Lots of comments on social media about Russian Doll. They are loving it. Anybody watched it yet? It sounds kind of weird.

R231 oh honey no.

Only watched most of first episode but her character seems unpleasant in an unenteraining way and dates not one but two average looking guys. She has an Asian and a lesbian friend Charlie Barney comes later.

I don’t wanna see shows without hot dudes

I really liked "Polar" as a diversion.

I recently watched Insatiable. It was really fun and Dallas Roberts nailed his queeny role.

Russian Doll has its charm. I don't think there are a lot of shows that let characters ramble on and on about some inane topic only to get to a rather profound punchline. And I find Natasha Lyonne utterly charming. And I am a gay guy.

Dear Ex - sweet gay themed film from Taiwan . I loved it.

That looks fabulous. I love the Chinese lisa kudrow bitch stand in.

[quote]the Chinese lisa kudrow bitch stand in.

I don't understand. Did you think one of them looked like her? Had a role like Kudrow's in Friends or The Comeback?

Like Phoebe, except she sings “Tasty Cat” ?

R252, never mind, you sound too daft

White Collar and QAF were two of my favorite shows, but Netflix deleted them. Just finished watching Glee. I’m looking for another entertaining completed series with 6 seasons or so.

Another plug for BODYGUARD here, so twisty and turny, and Richard Madden's throbbing . . . erm, jaw muscles deserve an Emmy!

Loved “Russian Doll” & love Natasha Lyonne.

Russian Doll is a boring show thinking of itself as exciting. Natasha's acting is very mannered.

I liked Russian Doll and found it pretty entertaining, but sort of agree with r258, it could be better. And what's up what Natasha's old school New Yawk accent? I think she's from NYC originally, but still she is laying it on pretty thick for this role.

I can remember when Hollywood was trying to make Lyonne happen. And it didn't. I can see why now.

Wasn't Lyonne most remembered for riding the white horse?

I hated Russian doll but I LOVE Sex Education. Gillian Anderson is the balls. So fantastic.

Netflix really has gone down the drain in terms of viewing choices. It's actually pretty useless unless you're into television shows (which I'm not). Their selection of movies is always lame as hell. I actually preferred when it was just DVD's because then they had practically everything available, and I don't watch TV or movies anyway so it was perfect for me. I'm thinking of canceling it and just going back to buying DVD's so that I'll always own it (which isn't always guaranteed when you buy online).

One of Shonda's first Netflix shows was released a few days ago. Youth & Consequences.

Isn't it ironic, r263, the choice of movies is so much more limited now that the "future" has arrived?

Shoot. Youth & Consequences is a Youtube Channel Exclusive. I thought Shonda Rhimes (Grey's Anatomy) had a deal with Netflix.

R265 Yes, very ironic. I'm not impressed with "the future" so far.

It's not "limited" when you consider that there are other resources than Netflix to stream / rent / download / buy movies these days. Hulu, Amazon, HBO Go, for example.

You don’t watch tv shows? Cray cray

I can safely say I've never been as successfuly emotionally manipulated by any show as This Is Us. I mean... Logically I know what they're doing but tell it to my tear ducts.

Gomorrah. Apparently very few people in America have watched it but it's the best tv series I've ever seen.

Call My Agent. Subtitled from French but hilarious and delightful.

Gillian Anderson is just about the only reason to watch Sex Education; she's in every episode, but, alas, not much. (The bully with the big schwanz was kinda hot, but the show never knew what to do with him except give him a plot twist that I called in the very first episode. Because I've seen TV before.)

I'm enjoying the very old-school One Day At a Time reboot, largely for Rita Moreno who just walks off with every episode.

R263: I kept my Netflix DVD account to watch all the movies that Netflix won't stream. Plus there are no buffering or access issues with DVDs and you get the extras.

Clash of the Collectables!

Not.

R274, I usually love those antique finding competition type shows but that one was such shit. They bought garbage and sold it for $20 and they were both annoying. Netflix is scraping the bottom of the barrel at this point. It's like they're just going to Britain and Canada and begging for their cheapest crap shows.

New on Netflix: A ten episode run of 'How much wood does a woodchuck chuck?'

Just binge watched the second and third season of the One Day At A TIme reboot. Man, that show has so much heart. I know, Mary!

Who do we have to fuck at Netflix to get them to show The Great Canadian Baking Show? Apparently, Schitt's Creek is a cult hit for them, so you'd think they might want to give the Creek fans some more Dan Levy since he's the co-host of GCBS.

My favorites on Netflix are several French-language detective series.

BIg Mouth

There's a Valentine's Day special out today! (Season 3 episode 1)

I loved The Punisher. He has a great body.

Any of you watch Carver Kings? If you like strange arts shows, it's a Canadian show where they use chainsaws to carve logs. Some of the work is amazing.

Has anyone given Umbrella Academy a shot?

Yes I just finished it, R282. Definitely recommend! I avoided at first. C I’m over the whole superhero thing, but this is more of a very interesting contemporary fantasy graphic novel with compelling characters, interesting plot lines that play with the concept of time. Plus some sexy mens, Mary J Blige, and Ellen Page.

I am at the 8th epside of Umbrella Academy and I am glad that I stuck with it. It does start really slow, but I love Ellen Page so I stuck with it (and, again, I'm glad I did). Imho it's on the same level as those new DC shows on the DC Channel (Titans, Doom Patrol), but has the extra benefit of comic relief.

I can't go to bed because I am in the middle of Travelers and it's actually a lot better than I was anticipating.

I thought it was gonna be just another run of the mill Canadian Sci fi show like Continuum (good show but predictable & full of dead plot lines). Now I am still awake - season 2 - flu episode.

I want to know more about 001 also. Damnit. That was a really interesting one...

Still Game is fucking everything. So cunty yet cozy.

Travelers is one of the best series I've ever watched. Love it. Such great characters and great writing.

I love Trevor. I can't believe they act like he's 17. The actor is 30!

The therapist is annoying somewhat though. How he's supposed to be straight is a mystery. Oh Marcy I almost saw your titties - omg! Gurl no!

The therapist is such a great character... a fully, wholly, totally good and decent person. He's wonderful.

Yea but that kind of person is a little too fake. I'm on the episode where he just gave away his entire lottery winnings (gurl).

Also , I always thought Eric McCormack's mannerisms were part of him playing Will Truman (the body language, the annunciation, etc) and it turns out it's just McCormack's natural mannerisms.

R290, wait until next season.

They know whats up

I have been watching Travelers because of this thread. I am stuck inside because of the snow and cold so I am basically binge watching. I like it okay but my main issue is that it is one of those sci-fi shows that makes up the rules as it goes along. Sometimes people die,sometimes they get do-overs and there is never any real world repercussions to some of the big events they cause.

The series I loved were the first season of Broad Church, Patriot on Amazon and Russian Doll.

I'm 5 episodes into Mad Men. It's OK but so far I don't understand all of the acclaim. Should I stick with it?

Tried the free month but canceled because, apart from Russian Doll and Call My Agent, it's mostly crap.

Despite presence of DL Faves Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Michael Huisman, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE gets my thumbs down. Imagine SIX FEET UNDER grafted on to AMERICAN HORROR STORY, and played out at interminable length.

Totally agree, R296. I watched it for Jackson-Cohen and Huisman (both were fine, although never shirtless, c'mon!) and because a good friend totally loved it. It should have been half as long -- one episode per sibling and then wrap it up. A couple of creepy moments, for sure, but it just seemed endless (the episode with all the siblings arguing in the funeral home for an hour made me want to drink formaldehyde).

I like Mad Men and stuck through it, but didn't LOVE it. It can be a drag at times. I was born in 1990 so maybe some people on are nostalgic about the era? I fucking hated Pete.

I appreciated THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE from a fucked up family dynamics drama level (what was the last great show in that regard, Six Feet Under?) On a spooky horror level it was quite lame though.

Love Death + Robots.

Secret City S2 has just been released on Netflix and is just as good, if not better than S1.

The Madeleine McCann documentary is riveting and tragic,

R302 Devastating. Particularly the part with Rui Pedro's mother.

I’m really enjoying “The Good Place” with Kristen Bell and Ted Danson. Quirky and genuinely funny.

The Umbrella Academy had long, boring stretches and never quite the promised pay offs. Hill House was just awful...thrown together schlock.

Kim's Convenience is a great, gentle comedy.

Russian Doll is pretty good. It starts out weird but hits its groove around the 3rd episode

Anyone know when the latest season of Kim's Convenience drops on Netflix. It is a charming show, R306.

S2 of "Trapped", an Icelandic crime show has arrived on Netflix. S1 was really good but S2 has everything: crime solving in desolate and beautiful Icelandic landscapes, an interracial gay storyline, alt-right bad guys...

Travelers

Black Mirror

Russian Doll

Big Mouth

The Society is good. It has a good gay storyline too.

Okja was great. It's #3.

James White Bodyguard Occupied The Imitation Game

Altered Carbon

The Good Place

[quote]James White Bodyguard Occupied The Imitation Game

Is this a single sentence?

Tales of the city is wonderful

R315, it’s part of those mashup threads.

Tales of the city is super fun

Just binge watched the first season of The Mexican show House of Flowers and it's so good and sexy. And just started the second season and I am shocked about the absence of one certain casting member.

The Rook (8 episodes)

The Crown, over and above everything else.

Babylon Berlin, over and above everything else other than The Crown

Schitt's Creek

The Haunting of Hill House

Daredevil, seasons 1 & 3

Berlin station. can't believe they cancelled this show after 3 seasons!

The End of the Fucking World, Russian Doll, Babylon Berlin

Berlin Station isn’t on Netflix, is it? In the US?