# Best "Instant Watch" Titles on Netflix **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658 "2008-01-15T21:45:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [January 15, 2008, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/1 "2008-01-15T21:45:12Z")
Well, most of us have heard that Netflix has stopped limiting the amount of streaming video they allow per month. That said, what is there that is worth watching? I recommend: The Office(both versions) 30 Rock 49up Anything else? ---
**Author:** ![DeadlyAccurate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@DeadlyAccurate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadlyAccurate)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/2 "2008-01-15T21:56:43Z")
I saw that _Pan’s Labyrinth_ is available, but I think it’s best to watch it on a larger screen. _Heroes Season 1_ is available (as is Season 2, but you were asking for recommendations.) I wish they’d put MST3K up for instant watching. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/3 "2008-01-15T22:12:54Z")
_Letters from Iwo Jima_ is available to watch instantly. I saw this on DVD and it was excellent. I also recommend _A Man For All Seasons_. I used the “Watch Instantly” feature to see all of 30 Rock Season 1 and that was also great. ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/4 "2008-01-15T22:43:19Z")
“Rough Science” a BBC series / tv show 30 mins each. Take “Junkyard Wars” (Scrapheap Challenge for you Brits) and Survivor and put them together. I believe “Network” is on the Instant view. Great Film. The movie from 1976 is still true today. -Especially when you consider that Stuart and Colbert do nearly the same things. “Red Dwarf” another BBC 30 minute show is on instant. Take Star Trek and smash it into Monty Python. I’ve been told that " the film crew after dark" is MST3k like. I have yet to see it. Slight Hijack How Does Netflix get new “instant” content? I Just got my email about the unlimited Instant views today. It still hasnt sunk in. And Will this prevent Netflix from making as many intant movies as possible? I mean, if they put all the movies online, Im dropping down to 4.99 a month. from my 9.99 plan. 😛 Perhaps Itunes Rentals of movies had something to do with it? ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/5 "2008-01-15T22:57:56Z")
_Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels_ ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/6 "2008-01-15T23:11:34Z")
I would recommend “No End in Sight”, a documentary chronicling the extreme incompetence in the rebuilding of Iraq. Very much the opposite of a Michael Moore documentary – it just lays out the facts in a non-partisan manner. By the end, you’ll want to just smack your head against the wall repeatedly. Also Fitzcarraldo, especially if you had seen Burden of Dreams beforehand. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2008, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/7 "2008-01-15T23:37:43Z")
Hmm, this seems like a duplicate of another thread. I’ll echo what I said there: don’t miss the British sitcom _Yes Minister_! Oh, and _The Good Life_ too, which like _YM_ also stars Paul Eddington. (This show was called _Good Neighbors_ when shown in the U.S., so you might know it better by that name.) And if you’re a fan of the new _Doctor Who_, check out the older ones that are chock-a-bloc over on Watch Now. Damn. I didn’t know _49Up_ was on Watch Now. I wish I’d seen it while I could! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/8 "2008-01-16T01:02:00Z")
I haven’t tried it yet. The site says you have to use IE. Why don’t they have it set up for Firefox, do you suppose? ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/9 "2008-01-16T05:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] I haven’t tried it yet. The site says you have to use IE. Why don’t they have it set up for Firefox, do you suppose? [/QUOTE] You can read more about that [here](http://blog.netflix.com/2007/08/instant-watching-on-mac-firefox-and.html). ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/10 "2008-01-16T05:08:51Z")
Thanks for that link! ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/11 "2008-01-16T15:08:07Z")
“Alfred Hitchcock Presents” is a great show. If it wasn’t for Netflix, I don’t think I’d ever have encountered it. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/12 "2008-01-16T16:43:13Z")
[QUOTE=DeadlyAccurate] I wish they’d put MST3K up for instant watching. [/QUOTE] [There’s this](http://www.netflix.com/WatchNowMovie/Film_Crew_Hollywood_After_Dark/70068639?trkid=199332) at least. Here’s the stuff available that just happened to be in my queue: House of Games Film Crew: Hollywood After Dark Man with the Screaming Brain Slaughterhouse Five A Boy and His Dog Fear of the Dark The Great Train Robbery Born Into Brothels Coupling: Season 1 Primer Night Watch Undead or Alive Freaked American Gothic: The Complete Series Now, some of those may in fact stink, and are just things I happened to be interested or curious about. However I have watched **Coupling** , and it is great, **American Gothic** is creepy and worth watching, and **House of Games** and \*\*Primer \*\*are much-recommended by Dopers. The unlimited viewing is also great news for parents who don’t want to waste physical rentals on Land Before Time I-MMCMX, but might want something novel to entrance Junior while the kitchen gets cleaned. ---
**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/13 "2008-01-16T16:59:14Z")
A Certain Kind of Death The Devil Came on Horseback One Nation Under God The Great Happiness Space I Like Killing Flies Are all good documentaries that I watched this way. ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/14 "2008-01-16T18:29:28Z")
[QUOTE=Baraqiyal] You can read more about that [here](http://blog.netflix.com/2007/08/instant-watching-on-mac-firefox-and.html). [/QUOTE] It doesn’t mention it in the link, but I know that Firefox has lots of add-on applications that let you save streaming video. Could that be why they haven’t let us use it yet? ---
**Author:** ![Merejane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@Merejane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merejane)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/15 "2008-01-16T18:33:58Z")
The TV series Dead Like Me. (Annoyingly, though, they don’t have every episode, so you still have to rely on regular Netflix or bittorrent to watch every episode.) ---
**Author:** ![sqweels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f19dbf/32.png) [@sqweels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sqweels)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2008, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/16 "2008-01-16T20:29:08Z")
Oh, _TITLES_. I thought the thread title said “titties”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/17 "2008-01-17T19:21:36Z")
Dead Leaves (Extremely NSFW) ---
**Author:** ![Autumn\_Almanac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d26b3c/32.png) [@Autumn\_Almanac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autumn_Almanac)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2008, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-instant-watch-titles-on-netflix/433658/18 "2008-01-17T19:28:01Z")
[QUOTE=sqweels] Oh, _TITLES_. I thought the thread title said “titties”. :smack: [/QUOTE] Well, they did have some _Californication_ episodes available last time I checked. 😉