# Netflix's April Fools joke? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 2, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588 "2013-04-02T02:18:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/1 "2013-04-02T02:18:33Z")
It’s just gotta be. There is now a category on my streaming home page called _Movies Starring Estelle Getty and Some Other Guy_. And there’s that horizontal scrolling roll of film boxes underneath, and every single film on the list is _Stop or My Mom Will Shoot._ Pretty lame, Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![ladysorrowfree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@ladysorrowfree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladysorrowfree)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/2 "2013-04-02T02:23:53Z")
I have a category called _Movies That Are In English But Still Require Subtitles._ ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/3 "2013-04-02T02:25:56Z")
> [@purplehaze2007](#): > > I have a category called _Movies That Are In English But Still Require Subtitles._ That’s much better! What are some of the movies listed? ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/4 "2013-04-02T02:45:19Z")
I’ve got “Movies starring fruits, vegetables, and fungi.” ---
**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:** [April 2, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/5 "2013-04-02T02:47:46Z")
I have, “When You Watch Netflix, It Watches You”. It’s all movies with posters that prominently feature eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/6 "2013-04-02T02:49:42Z")
I have “Nephrotic Adventures Featuring Very Tiny Children” and the movie is “Chasing the Kidney Stone.” ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/7 "2013-04-02T02:52:58Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I have, “When You Watch Netflix, It Watches You”. It’s all movies with posters that prominently feature eyes. That is the one we got via the internet ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/8 "2013-04-02T02:54:28Z")
On our access through the PlayStation we got “Movies and TV Shows About Seriously Pissed off Wives” hahahahaha ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/9 "2013-04-02T03:00:05Z")
Tried signing in with a different browser (logging out and back in on Firefox didn’t work) and got: “Movies Featuring an Epic Nicholas Cage Meltdown.” ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/10 "2013-04-02T03:03:38Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I have, “When You Watch Netflix, It Watches You”. It’s all movies with posters that prominently feature eyes. That’s what I got. ---
**Author:** ![grayhairedmomma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/47e85d/32.png) [@grayhairedmomma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grayhairedmomma)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/11 "2013-04-02T03:05:35Z")
I got “Surreal Ballets Based on a William Shatner Album” and the movie is “William Shatner’s Gonzo Ballet” ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/12 "2013-04-02T03:10:04Z")
I shut the window and logged in again, and I have a better choice now – _Reality TV About People With No Concept of Reality_ – featuring _Keeping Up With the Kardashians_, _Jersey Shore_, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/13 "2013-04-02T03:15:57Z")
I got the “fruits, vegetables, and fungi” one. Good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/14 "2013-04-02T22:06:32Z")
I got the crossed arms one. “TV Dramas where crossing your arms means you mean business” or something like that. It had a decent selection too. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflixs-april-fools-joke/654588/15 "2013-04-03T01:43:18Z")
[Here are some if you missed them.](http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2013/04/netflixs-april-fools-day-prank-specific-categories-with-screencaps#page/1)