# Netflix On Demand movies that are MUST SEE **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450 "2010-01-11T00:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/1 "2010-01-11T00:32:58Z")
This may turn out to be a very broad topic, but I figure broadening one’s horizons is probably a good thing. I’ve been going through a lot of the On Demand movies on Netflix lately. With their suggestion system, I’ve discovered many movies that originally passed under my radar but ended up being phenomenal. Fido, SuperSize Me, Pineapple Express, My Name is Bruce, these are all movies I definitely wouldn’t have rented since they are out of my usual genres, but have discovered to be great works of modern art. What movies are On Demand on Netflix that I simply HAVE to watch? To expand this a bit, what other movies can I watch for free elsewhere (Hulu, etc) that are a must-see? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/2 "2010-01-11T00:44:31Z")
Movies I’ve watched recently, sorta by genre: The Unrequited Love Indie Movie genre: Brick Cashback Good Dick Cashback and Good Dick seem like bad, teenage sex romp titles based just on their names. They’re certainly not high art, but they were very good, semi-thoughtful movies. Good Dick was about an emotionally damaged young woman being courted by an emotionally damaged video clerk. Some very surprising cameos by Tom Arnold and Bryce Dallas Howard suggest someone involved in this movie knew what they were doing. Slightly half-baked, but satisfying. I Haven’t Been Mentally Abused In a While genre: Primer This hit my radar a year or so ago, which was stoked a few months ago with both an [xkcd.com](http://xkcd.com) and SDMB reference. It’s a quick 70 minute movie that’s going to mess with your head. Made on $7000, it follows a couple guys developing some sort of tech in their garage. They discover that it’s actually a time travel device, wherein confusion begins to run rampant. Excellent. ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/3 "2010-01-11T00:49:31Z")
I recently watched Man On Wire, a documentary about Philippe Petit, the man who walked on a high wire between the towers of the World Trade Center. It was really good, particularly if you’re into documentaries. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/4 "2010-01-11T00:51:06Z")
Haven’t watched them yet but we have the following movies in our Netflix Instant Queue and are excited to see them: Frozen River Wendy & Lucy The Wackness Doubt Gommorah ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/5 "2010-01-11T00:52:08Z")
The Man from Earth. It concerns a college professor that is moving and his learned colleague’s reactions to the the revelation that he’s an immortal Cro-Magnon man. Aside from a stupid twist at the end, it’s probably the best movie I’ve seen in years. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_C](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Captain\_C](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_C)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/6 "2010-01-11T01:09:57Z")
OP here again. I’m only halfway through it, but I’m dying from laughing at The Gamer: Dorkness Rising. It’s impossible to not laugh at this movie if you have ever played any table top games, specifically Dungeons & Dragons. ---
**Author:** ![wedgehed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@wedgehed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wedgehed)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/7 "2010-01-11T01:16:54Z")
They have _Rashomon_ up for instant viewing. I watched _For All Mankind_ the other night - awesome NASA footage from the Apollo missions. ---
**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 11, 2010, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/8 "2010-01-11T01:18:29Z")
Perfect Blue ---
**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:** [January 11, 2010, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/9 "2010-01-11T01:27:40Z")
I added _Let the Right One In_ to my Instant Viewing queue the other day. I haven’t seen it yet, but it’s supposed to be good. ---
**Author:** ![parthenokinesis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/cc9497/32.png) [@parthenokinesis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/parthenokinesis)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/10 "2010-01-11T01:47:00Z")
Watched a little thing called “The Haint” which is a one man show caught on tape. Pretty impressive character work. ---
**Author:** ![Skylark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Skylark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skylark)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/11 "2010-01-11T02:09:02Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > I watched _For All Mankind_ the other night - awesome NASA footage from the Apollo missions. I’m actually planning to watch that tonight :). If you like foreign films, you might like _12_. It’s a remake of _12 Angry Men_, but with a Russian jury. Another foreign film (but saw relatively wide release in the US), _Pan’s Labyrinth_. Foreign, cerebral, visually striking. Another cerebral one, _Synecdoche, New York_ if you like Charlie Kaufman flics. _Vanishing Point_ is a classic car chase movie, which is really understating things. If you’re into spotting movie allusions at all, see this movie and you’ll see how many other movies have alluded to this one. ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/12 "2010-01-11T02:24:45Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > The Man from Earth. It concerns a college professor that is moving and his learned colleague’s reactions to the the revelation that he’s an immortal Cro-Magnon man. Aside from a stupid twist at the end, it’s probably the best movie I’ve seen in years. This a thousand times. It had been on the radar for awhile but when I saw it pop up on streaming I finally took the chance to watch it a few weeks ago and it’s one of the best movies I’ve seen in a awhile. It’s basically an hour and a half long debate but it’s incredibly engrossing. I don’t know who played the lead but his likable and plain spoken demeanor makes the movie far more believable than it had any right to be. Also, it has Tony Todd and Dr. Phlox from ‘Enterprise’ in the cast which caught me completely off guard. Todd is one of my personal favorites actors so it was a pleasant surprise. A bunch of Kurosawa films have been added lately including Rashomon (already mentioned of course), Yojimbo, Sanjuro and of course Seven Samurai. All are highly recommended. Bergman has also had a bunch added with Seventh Seal, Virgin Spring, and Wild Strawberries hitting in the last few weeks. Anything from Bergman also comes highly recommended. I must say that Netflix’s instant streaming used to be full of garbage and C level films but they have really redeemed themselves over the last few months. Also, two childhood favs are up in the two Ghostbusters movies. The first one especially is one of the best blockbuster action/comedy movies ever made with Bill Murray and Dan Ackroyd at the top of their careers. Watch them if you haven’t yet. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/13 "2010-01-11T02:46:43Z")
I’ve had Netflix for a couple months now and these are the titles I’ve streamed: _**Quest for Fire Who’s Who Underworld U.S.A. Experiment in Terror The Anderson Tapes Dirty Harry Louis C.K.: Chewed Up To Sleep With Anger House of Voices Feed Wichita College The Fighting Rats of Tobruk The Desert Rats Lifeboat The Blue Planet: Open Oceans Pin The House on 92nd Street The Vanguard The Thin Blue Line 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea The Interpreter Day of the Dead Requiem Sherlock Holmes: Dressed to Kill Brother’s Keeper: 10th Anniversary Edition Sherlock Holmes: The Last Vampyre The Replacement Killers La Bete Humaine Seance Mandabi Black Girl The Legend of Billie Jean The Thief of Bagdad Zontar: Thing from Venus FernGully: The Last Rainforest The Son The Virgin Spring The Cheat Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde: 1941 A Doll’s House I Wake Up Screaming Twentieth Century Lost in America The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 The Dead Zone The General Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Carcase: Ep 4 Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Carcase: Ep 3 Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Carcase: Ep 2 Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Carcase: Ep 1 Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Strong Poison Sherlock Holmes: The Priory School Sherlock Holmes: Man with the Twisted Lip Sherlock Holmes: The Second Stain The Picture of Dorian Gray Darkness Falls Romeo + Juliet Man with the Movie Camera Sherlock Holmes: The Musgrave Ritual Groundhog Day All the King’s Men Deadline Sherlock Holmes: The Abbey Grange Sherlock Holmes: The Empty House Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem Sherlock Holmes: The Red-Headed League Sherlock Holmes: The Resident Patient Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Builder Sherlock Holmes: The Greek Interpreter Sherlock Holmes: The Copper Beeches Nosferatu Clear and Present Danger Hopscotch Alfred Hitchcock: The Lodger Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Carbuncle Sherlock Holmes: The Speckled Band Sherlock Holmes: The Crooked Man Sherlock Holmes: The Solitary Cyclist Sherlock Holmes: The Naval Treaty Sherlock Holmes: The Dancing Men Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia Trash Dorothy L. Sayers Mysteries: Gaudy Night Angel on My Shoulder The Big Trail Island in the Sun I Want to Live! Cover Girl House of Wax The Scavengers The Accused A Letter to Three Wives Time Barbarians Jason Goes to Hell The Hunger The Time Machine Wire in the Blood: Ssn 3: Redemption Wire in the Blood: Ssn 2: Still She Cries Scream Nuts in May Odd Man Out WALL-E Fallen Carrie The Craft The Innocents Audition Shadowboxer 1984 13 Rue Madeleine**_ ---
**Author:** ![Jihi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jihi/32/17768_2.png) [@Jihi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jihi)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/14 "2010-01-11T02:59:45Z")
Looking at **lissener’s** list reminds me that it appears the entirety of Jeremy Brett’s Sherlock Holmes’ series is available as well. Loved the show and I believe it’s the highest regarded portrayal of the character to date. Just an all around high quality production. ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/15 "2010-01-11T04:15:57Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > I recently watched Man On Wire, a documentary about Philippe Petit, the man who walked on a high wire between the towers of the World Trade Center. It was really good, particularly if you’re into documentaries. Yessssss! It was especially meaningful to me since I worked in NYC on the day he did the walk and then years later I worked in each of the buildings of the WTC–different companies, different time periods. Thankfully, not for the bomb nor for 9/11. But I have special memories for those buildings and neighborhood. It was an amazing feat for Petit to have done the walk. Until the film I never realized that it took him about 45 minutes and that he danced and even laid down on the wire… Absolutely amazing. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/16 "2010-01-11T04:27:35Z")
> [@Captain\_C](#): > > OP here again. I’m only halfway through it, but I’m dying from laughing at The Gamer: Dorkness Rising. It’s impossible to not laugh at this movie if you have ever played any table top games, specifically Dungeons & Dragons. This is just a brilliant movie, and for a low-budget indie movie it’s amazingly well-acted and well-scripted. If you have any familiarity at all with D&D or even tabletop games in general it’s very, very worth watching. The downside of streaming through Netflix is you don’t get the DVD special features. The blooper reel is just as awesome as the movie. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/17 "2010-01-11T04:51:40Z")
I highly recommend “Birthday Girl” - not necessarily a must-see, but a genuinely amusing dark comedy. Nicole Kidman stars as the mail-order Russian bride of a nebbishy British banker - but cons, violence, and kink ensue. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/18 "2010-01-11T05:14:25Z")
> [@wedgehed](#): > > I watched _For All Mankind_ the other night - awesome NASA footage from the Apollo missions. I saw that in the theater and it was amazing to see such clear images from the moon on a big screen. I hope it works half as well on a small screen. ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/19 "2010-01-11T05:39:05Z")
Sheez I’m sorry, in all my copy pasting and formatting I forgot the OP was asking for MUST SEE movies. Too late to edit, but I’ll post a shorter list tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450/20 "2010-01-11T05:50:46Z")
> [@Skylark](#): > > Another cerebral one, _Synecdoche, New York_ if you like Charlie Kaufman flics. FYI, Roger Ebert [declared this](http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/12/the_best_films_of_the_decade.html) the Best Movie of the past decade. Got a :dubious: from me (Rog’s pick, not the movie - I haven’t seen it, though I’ve heard mixed things and it was [by no means](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/synecdoche_new_york/?critic=creamcrop) universally praised by critics), but that was enough for me to put it in the ol’ queue. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-on-demand-movies-that-are-must-see/524450.md?page=2)