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Bozo Skeleton wrote: »

This is another good site. Search for a movie/tv series, tick the Netflix icon, untick the rest. It will tell you if it's on Netflix, if it is, click on the the Netflix icon in the search result, it will tell you which region of Netflix it's on. There's some good stuff that's only available on Canada Netflix for example, such as The White Ribbon, a great movie. Must figure out how to get Canadian Netflix

www.moreflicks.com

Very useful tip. Cheers.

adox

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Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Nothing for me on ipad either.

Mickeroo

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Takeshi Miike's remake of Harakiri is on US netflix now.

krudler

Manhunter is on the US one now, it's dated a bit but well worth a watch just to compare Brian Cox's version of Hannibal Lecter to Hopkin's one. one of Michael Mann's early films.

grimm2005

fyi, I get a queue on the Irish website on PC. I also get the queue function on Canadian netflix on PS3 but not on the website strangely enough. Have yet to test any more but I'm going to assume the queue works for all regions on PS3. Going to check tomorrow if my Irish queue transfers over when I log in on PS3/Xbox360. This is the first I'm seeing the queue at all, even though it's supposedly been on the US one for a long time.

Tipsy McSwagger

Mickeroo wrote: »

Are any of ye getting this on PC? Could you take a screen grab maybe so I can see where it shows up?

I have a US account which gives me access to the My List feature.

JohnK

Mickeroo wrote: »

Thanks. Yeah have it set to US and that option's not there for me at all.

If its an actual Irish account you may not have that option there at all - I dont - but when you add something to the list it creates a row of items at the top of the screen in the same way as any other category row would appear. You can add things to the list by hovering over a title so the popup box appears with the details & star rating etc which should now have an Add to List button. See attached screenshots if any of thats unclear.

phatkev

Watched undefeated on the US Netfix last great documentary about a high school football team from inner city Memphis, really good watch wether you are a football fan or not

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1860355/

Mickeroo

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JohnK wrote: »

If its an actual Irish account you may not have that option there at all - I dont - but when you add something to the list it creates a row of items at the top of the screen in the same way as any other category row would appear. You can add things to the list by hovering over a title so the popup box appears with the details & star rating etc which should now have an Add to List button. See attached screenshots if any of thats unclear.

Yeah it's not giving me that option at all, very strange.

johnny_ultimate

Mickeroo wrote: »

Takeshi Miike's remake of Harakiri is on US netflix now.

I was going to mention it when it first appeared, but then I remembered this was a recommendation thread and I don't recommend it at all :P

Sion Sono's Strange Circus has been added to the US selection. It's one of his weaker films, and even by his self-indulgent standards a bit uneven. But the film's visual design and general atmosphere are very rich and distinctive.

I mentioned it a few weeks ago, but I can't recommend Slings & Arrows enough - a brilliant, very funny and very intelligent TV show about a Canadian Shakespeare festival. It's only eighteen episodes long (three six episode seasons) and definitely one of those under-appreciated cult shows. I'm trying to savour it by sticking to one episode a week, but it's hard

Sad Professor

Beyond the Black Rainbow is on US Netflix. Psychedelic, experimental Canadian sci-fi about.... well it doesn't really matter. It's worth watching just for all the references to '70s and '80s sci-fi and fantasy. There probably isn't a single shot in the film that isn't a reference to something. Awesome synth soundtrack as well.

Mickeroo

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johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I was going to mention it when it first appeared, but then I remembered this was a recommendation thread and I don't recommend it at all :P

Sion Sono's Strange Circus has been added to the US selection. It's one of his weaker films, and even by his self-indulgent standards a bit uneven. But the film's visual design and general atmosphere are very rich and distinctive.

I mentioned it a few weeks ago, but I can't recommend Slings & Arrows enough - a brilliant, very funny and very intelligent TV show about a Canadian Shakespeare festival. It's only eighteen episodes long (three six episode seasons) and definitely one of those under-appreciated cult shows. I'm trying to savour it by sticking to one episode a week, but it's hard

Heh, yeah I'm looking forward to seeing Miike's version all the same even though I'm not expecteing anything new (even the actors look the same!). Glad I bought the original now as they never put it up in the end after their initial mistake.

As for Sono, a friend of mine has been recommending cold fish for ages but I still haven't been able to bring myself to watch it. I'm not queasy in the slightest but I still find it hard to bring myself to watch a film that I know is going to be rough going

johnny_ultimate

Mickeroo wrote: »

As for Sono, a friend of mine has been recommending cold fish for ages but I still haven't been able to bring myself to watch it. I'm not queasy in the slightest but I still find it hard to bring myself to watch a film that I know is going to be rough going

Cold Fish is graphic but always with a blackly comic twist. Love Exposure and Himizu - those three films probably generally regarded as his 'masterpieces' - are much less queasy films if that's putting you off his stuff. Of course Love Exposure does come with its own 'rough going' status of being four hours long :pac: But it's probably one of the best Japanese films ever made, certainly in recent times.

Sad Professor

Cold Fish isn't difficult to watch. I've re-watched it severals times. It's a brilliant black comedy and is extremely watchable. I find the likes of Audition, Martyrs or *shudder* Antichrist far more difficult. While Cold Fish is pretty gory, it isn't trying to mentally scar you like those films are.

The only difficult thing about Sono is how emotionally draining his films are. Despite being very funny, they aren't exactly light viewing.

johnny_ultimate

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johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I mentioned it a few weeks ago, but I can't recommend Slings & Arrows enough - a brilliant, very funny and very intelligent TV show about a Canadian Shakespeare festival. It's only eighteen episodes long (three six episode seasons) and definitely one of those under-appreciated cult shows. I'm trying to savour it by sticking to one episode a week, but it's hard

When I watched it for the first time years i found myself unable to simply watch it one episode at a time. Have rewatched it a few times since buying the box set and every time I say to myself, "spread it out and make it last" but I've yet to be able to. Every single time I tear through at least 4 or 5 episodes over a few hours.

Mickeroo

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Sad Professor wrote: »

Cold Fish isn't difficult to watch. I've re-watched it severals times. It's a brilliant black comedy and is extremely watchable. I find the likes of Audition, Martyrs or *shudder* Antichrist far more difficult. While Cold Fish is pretty gory, it isn't trying to mentally scar you like those films are.

Hah the same friend has recommended Martyrs to me too but I've put it off for the same reasons. I've seen Audition alright, expected Cold Fish to be similar in tone.

Sad Professor

If you are any kind of horror fan you need to watch Martyrs. It's often compared to Hostel and other films in the torture porn sub-genre which is totally undeserved. The ending is difficult to watch but fascinating as well. The less you know in advance the better. Very Lovecraftian-type film.

It's not on Netflix though, unfortunately.

Dozen Wicked Words

Sad Professor wrote: »

If you are any kind of horror fan you need to watch Martyrs. It's often compared to Hostel and other films in the torture porn sub-genre which is totally undeserved. The ending is difficult to watch but fascinating as well. The less you know in advance the better. Very Lovecraftian-type film.

It's not on Netflix though, unfortunately.

Presumably its in French. Not ever likely to watch it myself but its on Swedish Netflix, unless they have alternate sub languages its probably of limited interest apart from those of you who speak French or read Swedish, but thought I would share!

Mickeroo

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Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

Presumably its in French. Not ever likely to watch it myself but its on Swedish Netflix, unless they have alternate sub languages its probably of limited interest apart from those of you who speak French or read Swedish, but thought I would share!

Yeah swedish subs only it seems.

adox

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Martyrs is fantastic.

johnny_ultimate

Martyrs is only a fiver on Amazon. I wouldn't quite put it on as high a pedestal as others - and going by the evidence of The Tall Man the director certainly lucked out a bit! - but it is a fascinating and singular film.

Netflix is a great resource and everything, but it offers about 2% of 'must-watch' films in existence, if even!

Dozen Wicked Words

I Went Down is on US Netflix. Great film, recommended for the 3 people (or less) left on boards who haven't seen it. Gets a rating on there of 1.8! A travesty of a low score. Glad I usually ignore the ratings.

krudler

Dozen Wicked Words wrote: »

I Went Down is on US Netflix. Great film, recommended for the 3 people (or less) left on boards who haven't seen it. Gets a rating on there of 1.8! A travesty of a low score. Glad I usually ignore the ratings.

Pffft, one of the best Irish movies ever

FreezeUp

Martyrs is an easy watch, nothing more, nothing less.

Technocentral

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Martyrs is only a fiver on Amazon. I wouldn't quite put it on as high a pedestal as others - and going by the evidence of The Tall Man the director certainly lucked out a bit! - but it is a fascinating and singular film.

Netflix is a great resource and everything, but it offers about 2% of 'must-watch' films in existence, if even!

Personally since I've had it from Feb. 2012 I'd say 30 - 40 %, have seen some amazing films I would never of heard of otherwise: Five examples: "Farewell", "How I Ended This Summer", "The King Of Devils Island", "Blackthorn" and "A Woman In Berlin" plus classics from "The Grapes Of Wrath" to "Jaws" via "2001", "The Odd Couple", "Some Like it Hot", "The Graduate", "Midnight Cowboy" and "On The Waterfront" and loads of Hitch's best including "Rear Window", "The Birds" and "Psycho". Also great contemporary German films like "Downfall", "The Baader Meinhoff Complex" and "The Lives Of Others", etc, etc, best 6.99 a month on films I ever spent in my whole life!

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JohnK wrote: »

Its on my Irish account thats accessing the US catalog - I never had a queue function before now.

You need to setup an American Account, not an Irish one. When you do swap regions it keeps the UI from the original account.

johnny_ultimate

Technocentral wrote: »

Personally since I've had it from Feb. 2012 I'd say 30 - 40 %, have seen some amazing films I would never of heard of otherwise: Five examples: "Farewell", "How I Ended This Summer", "The King Of Devils Island", "Blackthorn" and "A Woman In Berlin" plus classics from "The Grapes Of Wrath" to "Jaws" via "2001", "The Odd Couple", "Some Like it Hot", "The Graduate", "Midnight Cowboy" and "On The Waterfront" and loads of Hitch's best including "Rear Window", "The Birds" and "Psycho". Also great contemporary German films like "Downfall", "The Baader Meinhoff Complex" and "The Lives Of Others", etc, etc, best 6.99 a month on films I ever spent in my whole life!

I think you're missing my point here a little. Yes, there are a lot of great films on Netflix, but at the same time their selection is extremely limited when it comes to the bigger picture. You could watch every film all the varying Netflixes have to offer and still be no wiser of many of the truly important film & directors (heck, even entire film producing countries are underrepresented). Directors who are absent or barely present on NF include the likes of Jacques Tati, Kenji Mizoguchi, Satyajit Ray, C.T. Dreyer, Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, Werner Herzog, Eric Rohmer, Francois Truffaut, Chris Marker, Ingmar Bergman, John Cassavattes, Abbas Kiarostami etc... etc... These are many of cinema's all time greats, not just a random selection of names. If they are represented at all, it's usually only one or two films that are only barely representative of their wider, diverse filmographies (could only see one Herzog fiction film between Ireland and US, for example).

Netflix has improved in some ways - their silent selection particularly got a nice boost in a recent update with additions like The General and Man With a Movie Camera. And yes there are many hidden gems or hard-to-find titles buried in its depths. I haven't really regretted my subscription yet. But it has massive gaps in its catalogue too in regards to world, classic and even American cinema, and hence why it only offers a tiny fraction of 'must-watch' cinema, certainly nowhere near 30-40%.

Basq

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FreezeUp wrote: »

Martyrs is an easy watch, nothing more, nothing less.

Jesus.. if there's one film I couldn't describe as an "easy watch", it's 'Martyrs'.

I'm a huge fan of it but could never watch it a second time, so I never picked it up on DVD or Blu.

FreezeUp

Aileen documentary right now on Netflix. Netflix is good for Nick Broomfield stuff. Scary documentary. Couldn't eat food watching this.

Technocentral

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

I think you're missing my point here a little. Yes, there are a lot of great films on Netflix, but at the same time their selection is extremely limited when it comes to the bigger picture. You could watch every film all the varying Netflixes have to offer and still be no wiser of many of the truly important film & directors (heck, even entire film producing countries are underrepresented). Directors who are absent or barely present on NF include the likes of Jacques Tati, Kenji Mizoguchi, Satyajit Ray, C.T. Dreyer, Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, Werner Herzog, Eric Rohmer, Francois Truffaut, Chris Marker, Ingmar Bergman, John Cassavattes, Abbas Kiarostami etc... etc... These are many of cinema's all time greats, not just a random selection of names. If they are represented at all, it's usually only one or two films that are only barely representative of their wider, diverse filmographies (could only see one Herzog fiction film between Ireland and US, for example).

Netflix has improved in some ways - their silent selection particularly got a nice boost in a recent update with additions like The General and Man With a Movie Camera. And yes there are many hidden gems or hard-to-find titles buried in its depths. I haven't really regretted my subscription yet. But it has massive gaps in its catalogue too in regards to world, classic and even American cinema, and hence why it only offers a tiny fraction of 'must-watch' cinema, certainly nowhere near 30-40%.

There are glaring omissions of the excellent directors you mention, but as you know directors and film companies may be hanging onto rights for DVD etc distribution and not making them available in the first place to Netflix as opposed to Netflix not bothering to add them, I'd love to see all of Herzogs earlier documentaries and all his fiction films too but that might be the case. Maybe 40% is too much but its definitely a sizable amount that is way more than 2%.