TiPb Asks: What are the best things to watch on Netflix?
Now that Netflix is streaming to iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and Apple TV, what are some of the best things to watch? There's family programing to keep the little ones entertained, car shows and animal documentaries to keep the men enthralled, recent movies for when friends and families arrive, and sitcoms old and new for when you need a laugh. There are so many movies, TV shows, and specials, it can be hard to figure out what's best to watch next. And because some of them vary by time or by region, it can be a little complicated. (Hello Mad Men in Canada, good bye James Bond in the US!) That's where the TiPb nation comes in, of course!
What do you consider the best things to watch on Netflix? What are the classics no one should miss and what are your current favorites? If we got to peak at your Recently Watched list, what would we see?
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Currently working through Scrubs...i also check this website once a week to see if there is anything worth watching coming up... http://feedfliks.com/streaming/coming-soon
The IT crowd!!! great comedy
Parks and Recreation-one of the main reasons I signed up for Netflix. Also, all of the DC animated movies.
Firefly is the best in the TV category by far.
Documentaries are the best.
parking lot movie
Married...with Children
South Park
X-Files
Arrested Development
Jekyll (British mini-series)
The Vicar of Dibley
Last of the Summer Wine
BlackAdder
Oh, and a sh*t-ton of documentaries. Documentaries about religion, non-religion, WWII, WWI, The Civil War, British Monarchy, etc.
Currently watching the WWII History Channel documentary series. Very good. Looks good on 3g too.
Invader Zim
Dr. Who
I agree. Karen gillan is cute ;)
Lost
Family Guy
Twin Peaks
X-Files
Arrested Development
South Park
Sarah Silverman Program
Basically TV shows seem to be netflix main draw. Their streaming movie selection isn't as great (probably due to studios being dumb).
Previous seasons of Psych! (Although I only use Netflix on a TiVo.)
Just noticed yesterday that Stephen King's 1994 miniseries The Stand is now available.
Good for watching movies or shows you might have missed. Poor in terms of recent movies. I guess that to have access to iOS devices probably they have non-competition terms with iTunes for new material...
Every season of Saturday Night Live.
Old Alfred Hitchcock Presents and all Twilight Zones.
Titanic IIhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt1640571/
Watching movies that only have one star and inviting friends over- awesomeness.
Gor... Ice Twisters..
Sons of anarchy
+1 I just wish they hade season 3
Spartacus blood and sand and gods of the arena is where it's at. ; )
My first choice
yes indeed. make sure you watch blood and sand first!
www.instantwatcher.com
America the Story of US
Our family loves this series! Great CGI and very educational.
The Larry Sanders Show!
Two words: Battlestar Galactica
Buffy.
Yup! Also I like Xena warrior princess
MI-5 from BBC
Top Gear, UK - My wife has never been one to watch shows geared towards auto enthusiasts but she loves this show and watches with me all the time. This extremely funny and knowledgable team of presenters has sparked like shows in other countries including the U.S.
All 12 episodes of John Cleese classic "Fawlty Towers" are on Netflix. ;)
As I live in Canada.....not much as the content really sucks!
Man vs. Food, Mythbusters, Swamp People, 24
Ip Man is amazing
Did the ship sink twice. Lol
SPOILER ALERT!!
Shockingly, the boat sinks. Why they headed into iceberg territory AGAIN to tempt fate, we'll never know!
But if you like no story line, bad editing, PS2 style graphics and a cast of maybe a dozen, this is the movie for you!
Weeds!
Been watching Cheers and BSG, I also love documentaries and crappy B-movies. Though stay away from Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell, the 45 minutes I watched had three lines of "dialogue" and only one of them had a word in it.
Have to go with Macguyver, quantum leap! The classics
Mad Men and Couplings
I just got through The IT Crowd, now working on:
I just started letting an iOS app search for me, it is called Cinetap.
The Trailer park boys! I giggled my tits off watching those guys.
Ricky a dope house is no place for kittys.
Currently working through season 5 of lost and 40 episodes of rugrats with my 5 yr old. Netflix is such a great value...
watching 24 season 4 now
Mall cops. Funny stuff.
Psych, Mythbusters, Lost, Dexter, all the good old animated shows from the 90's
The Wire, Six Feet Under, Dead Like Me, Woonderfalls, Mongol
How about Arrested Development?
YES!
how old are you
I'm with those who said Documentaries. Many of those doc's are pretty hard hitting. I like the controversial and conspiracy stuff too.
Easy A, Thats so Raven, Law & Order: SVU, and Scary Movie 2!
Lost, Dexter, Man v. Food, Weeds, The Office, Parks and Recreation, Scary Movie, Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Family Guy the list goes on!
Kick Ass
Battlestar Galactica
Firefly
The IT Crowd is a MUST SEE!!
Better Off Ted is a must. Racial Sensitivity is one of my favorite episodes of television... ever.
The Unit and 24 for sure.
Anime and Documentaries.
The Office!
MST3K
Skins or pretty much almost anything British.
Rescue Me
Spartacus is solid. Only the first 6 episodes are streaming, then you have to get the discs or purchase the rest.
Dexter
Prison Break
Battlestar Galactica
and of course, the old classic (lol) 24!
www.instantwatcher.com is a great source to find the stuff hidden deep with Netflix that the apps don't suggest.
Watched Reveng of the Nerds the other night. All time classic.
re-living the first season of Eureka with all the weird time stuff going on now. nice to see the continuity is not lost.
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BREAKING BAD
The Walking Dead and if you like anime, Death Note is a must
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The office and weeds are insane, I think I did all 36 episodes of weeds in 48 hrs and the office is just consistently hilarious, the mechanic is a good action film too
Rescue Me, Sesons 1-7 If your into the sad tragic of 9/11/01 then this is the right show for you, if you love ghosts,firefighters, this show will be good for you and, Kids like 1-9 should NOT be watching this Television show ask your parents first kids, because it has alot of inapropiate things happining but i do sugjest this show to all people who love ghosts, the sad tragitey of 9/11 and firefighters of new york city, hope you enjoy the show if you do plan on watching it, Rescue me is a drama i think my self but it is also funny, enjoy it
Reply if your plaining on watching it please and tell me if you like it or not i hope you all love it as much as i do thx 4 your time peoples