# Are there any movies worth seeing that aren't on Netflix (streaming or DVD)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-worth-seeing-that-arent-on-netflix-streaming-or-dvd/622650 "2012-05-21T20:57:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-worth-seeing-that-arent-on-netflix-streaming-or-dvd/622650/1 "2012-05-21T20:57:01Z")
I’m a Netflix junkie, and have both streaming and DVD service with them. I’ve watched zillions of movies & shows and am starting to feel like I’ve already seen most of the truly good / noteworthy stuff. Is there anything out there that can’t be found on Netflix that is actually worth seeking out? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-worth-seeing-that-arent-on-netflix-streaming-or-dvd/622650/2 "2012-05-21T21:03:18Z")
The few movies I knew of that weren’t on DVD in the 2000’s now seem to be on DVD. One is already in my queue and I didn’t even know! You should start looking through Google results for “best movies not on DVD” ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-worth-seeing-that-arent-on-netflix-streaming-or-dvd/622650/3 "2012-05-21T21:45:04Z")
I know this because i looked recently: A few films by the British film-maker Ken Loach aren’t available on Netflix. Most are there, but _Riff Raff_ and _My Name is Joe_ are absent. American director John Sayles, whose politics are similar to Loach’s, also has a few of his movies that aren’t available on Netflix, including _City of Hope_ and _Matewan_. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-worth-seeing-that-arent-on-netflix-streaming-or-dvd/622650/4 "2012-05-21T22:09:47Z")
Well, a lot of UK television programmes and movies haven’t been released on Region 1 DVDs so they wouldn’t be available via Netflix. (I suggested to them that they add non-Region 1 titles to their inventory but sadly they have not done so.) ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-worth-seeing-that-arent-on-netflix-streaming-or-dvd/622650/5 "2012-05-21T22:25:14Z")
I don’t subscribe to Netflix, but am willing to bet I could come up with three dozen movies quite easily that fits the OP’s criteria. Of course, they’d likely be older, silent, foreign, non-fiction and/or otherwise obscure, so maybe that’s not his cup of tea… ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-worth-seeing-that-arent-on-netflix-streaming-or-dvd/622650/6 "2012-05-21T23:20:15Z")
Netflix Canada is barely worth the price. There are hundreds of movies that aren’t available on Netflix up here - the first Airplane, the first Iron Man, Junior, etc., etc. I have completely lost track of what they don’t have… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-worth-seeing-that-arent-on-netflix-streaming-or-dvd/622650/7 "2012-05-22T00:26:25Z")
On a quick hop around, I apparently can’t get SLEUTH, with Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine (or, for that matter, DEATHTRAP); or HEAVEN CAN WAIT, with Warren Beatty (or, for that matter, THE PARALLAX VIEW); or LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER, with Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen; or THE SHOOTIST, with John Wayne; or LENNY, with Dustin Hoffman; or NO WAY OUT, with Kevin Costner; or THE OFFENCE, with Sean Connery; or LOOKING FOR MR GOODBAR, with Diane Keaton. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-worth-seeing-that-arent-on-netflix-streaming-or-dvd/622650/8 "2012-05-22T01:23:04Z")
There are still a lot of great (or at least interesting) movies that haven’t been released on DVD; The Addiction Arnold The Beast with Five Fingers Carney Citizen’s Band The Decline of Western Civilization (all three movies) The Devils From the Earth to the Moon Get Crazy Greed Hawks Ishtar The Krays Looking For Mr. Goodbar Love With The Proper Stranger The Man in the Iron Mask Massacre at Central High A New Leaf Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins Showboat Sleuth Strip Search 20th Century Oz A Thousand Clowns The Wild Life ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-movies-worth-seeing-that-arent-on-netflix-streaming-or-dvd/622650/9 "2012-05-22T02:08:45Z")
[Liquid Sky](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085852/)