# How frequently does Netflix streaming have a random movie you want to watch?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequently-does-netflix-streaming-have-a-random-movie-you-want-to-watch/591466
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 4, 2011, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequently-does-netflix-streaming-have-a-random-movie-you-want-to-watch/591466 "2011-08-04T15:03:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequently-does-netflix-streaming-have-a-random-movie-you-want-to-watch/591466/21 "2011-08-05T18:52:47Z")
I rarely find a movie is available if I search for it.
I did watch [Rubber](http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt1612774/) and really liked it. YMMV
---
### Author:  [@Yaxche](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yaxche)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequently-does-netflix-streaming-have-a-random-movie-you-want-to-watch/591466/22 "2011-08-05T19:59:47Z")
> [@tdn](#):
>
> The other night I had a real hankering for a Star Trek movie. It didn’t matter which one, any one would have done. But all I got were the TV series’.
>
> Hey, maybe I can finally watch the last episode of Next Generation!
You really should! I enjoyed it more than any of the actual TNG movies.
… that being said, movies? There are some we find, I think the 25% number seems about right if we are looking for something specific, rather than browsing for recommendations.
That said, we don’t have cable/satellite, and we use it for kids TV shows. We seem to find a lot of what we are looking for there.
[Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-frequently-does-netflix-streaming-have-a-random-movie-you-want-to-watch/591466.md?page=1)