# Are there any commercially available US DVD's that Netflix doesn't carry? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223 "2007-05-08T13:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/21 "2011-03-27T00:18:08Z")
Do they carry every **zombie** movies? And I, too, do not get what claim the resurrecting poster is referring to. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/22 "2011-03-27T03:27:35Z")
Here are a few that have been on my ‘saved’ list for a long, long time: Barfly Everyone Says I Love You L’Atalante (I know, not U.S.) My Winnipeg Shoah The Defiant Ones Vanya on 42nd Street Wings mmm ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2011, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/23 "2011-03-27T11:32:33Z")
> [@Larry\_Borgia](#): > > As I mentioned in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=416102), they seem to have a problem with the second season of Doctor Who ( **The new version**.) I don’t know if this is a problem for rental outlets in general, or Netflix in particular. If you hadn’t said the part I bolded, I could have told you the problem. ---
**Author:** ![buckeyeleafs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/54ee81/32.png) [@buckeyeleafs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buckeyeleafs)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/24 "2011-03-28T04:12:32Z")
They don’t carry “Blue Chips” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/25 "2011-03-28T04:31:10Z")
I’ve been waiting for _Prognosis: Negative_ for, like, forever. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2011, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/26 "2011-03-28T04:57:41Z")
> [@Invisible\_Chimp](#): > > I’ve made a point to watch all Top 250 Movies from IMDb. Netflix has them all, save Sleuth(1972). They must have had Sleuth at one time because I saw it. ---
**Author:** ![Marc\_Xenos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Marc\_Xenos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marc_Xenos)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2011, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/27 "2011-04-02T22:22:12Z")
I was able to rent an old 70’s movie called Count Yorga, Vampire, but never could get the sequel, Return of Count Yorga, although it’s available for purchase on Amazon. Of course, may of their DVDs are damaged/destroyed and replacement is not likely due to low rental volume or being out of print. I did want to watch the first season of Merlin, which was available for sale, but not for rental through Netflix. I presume it didn’t hold the rental volume potential. Still, Netflix did eventually include it in their inventory. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/28 "2011-04-04T04:00:31Z")
They don’t carry “Hello Down There” which is a [del]fairly[/del] silly pic from 1969 starring Tony Randall, Janet Leigh and Jim Backus and guest-stars Merv Griffin. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/29 "2011-04-04T13:18:14Z")
I’ve had “Regarding Henry” in my queue for a while, and I noticed a week or two ago that it’s now listed as “unavailable”, which is a bit disappointing. There are a number of other movies that I know are available on DVD, among them “[Brassed Off](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115744/)” and “[Liliom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025397/)” which have been on my “saved” list for a long time. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/30 "2011-04-04T13:39:31Z")
I have had **Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!** , **Marihuana / Assassin of Youth / Reefer Madness** , **Pontypool** , **Pootie Tang** , **Rockin’ Dopsie and the Zydeco Twisters: Live at the Maple Leaf** , **Serbian Film** , **The Big Bird Cage** , **The Short Films of David Lynch** , **Tom Waits: Under Review: 1971-1982** , and **Vampire’s Kiss** on my list for a while now. All availability unknown. There were a few others that I’ve broken down and purchased from Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223/31 "2011-04-04T17:10:28Z")
The TV miniseries of “The Odyssey” with Armand Assante was put out on DVD in 2001, and is currently available (cheap!) on Amazon packaged with the “Gulliver’s Travels” miniseries. Netflix hasn’t sprung for it yet though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-commercially-available-us-dvds-that-netflix-doesnt-carry/403223.md?page=1)