# Unexpected Netflix Gems -2015 (No Spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 4, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909 "2015-01-04T00:03:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2015, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/21 "2015-01-05T17:57:56Z")
If subtitles don’t bother you I highly recommend _**[Dicte](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2025899/)**_, a Danish show about a journalist who returns home after getting divorced. I hope the second season becomes available soon! (I hadn’t realized how often I use my phone while watching TV – usually to look up something that gets mentioned during the show – until I kept having to replay scenes because I hadn’t read the dialogue and was lost! It was also the first time I’d heard Danish, and boy is that a tough language to try to wrap my brain around: I couldn’t get a handle on even the basic grammar, and repeatedly had to stop trying to “listen.”) > [@Dangerosa](#): > > Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries. 1920 Australian female detective with snappy dialogue and wonderful costumes. Popcorn watching, not at all serious. > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > We are loving this series! Total fluff, but visually pleasing and just plain fun to watch. > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Another vote for **Adele Blanc Sec** (directed by Luc “The Fifth Element” Bresson) and **Miss Fisher** Period pieces generally aren’t my thing, but something tells me to check this out! 🙂 > [@Joey\_P](#): > > Just to toss in a something that wasn’t a gem, last night I watched [Women Aren’t Funny](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3992752/combined). It should have been really good but I thought it was awful. Thank you! This has been in my queue forever, but for some reason I keep not watching it. Now I’ll skip it entirely. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/22 "2015-01-07T02:36:31Z")
[Suits](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1632701/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - a lawyer drama full of very intense, beautiful people having all kinds of drama and saying, “Goddamn” all the time. I love it. [Misfits](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548850/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - A bunch of UK juvenile delinquents get struck by lightning and get super powers. That doesn’t make them into heroes, though (although in their defense, they always have a good reason for killing their probation officers). Once I was able to figure out what they were saying, I really, _really_ fell in love with this show. [The Returned](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2521668/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt) - a French drama about some dead people who return to their French community. It’s creepy and weird and compelling. [Skins](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840196/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - the first couple seasons are fascinating. The later ones - less so. It’s about a group of high school kids who have lots of drama and smoke a lot of weed. [Drop Dead Diva](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280822/?ref_=nv_sr_1) - a piece of complete fluff has no business being as entertaining as it is. [Happy Endings](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587678/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - It’s known as the best comedy no one ever watched for a reason - it’s really freaking funny. ETA: Thought of another one - [Doc Martin.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408381/?ref_=nv_sr_1) A lovely little fish-out-of-water story about a great surgeon from London who gets phobic of blood and ends up being a family doctor in a backwaters town. ---
**Author:** ![Rattle\_and\_Hum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Rattle\_and\_Hum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rattle_and_Hum)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/23 "2015-01-07T20:14:20Z")
Thanks for all of the suggestions. Watched a few that I thought might appeal to me. If you like documentaries on bands, [this one about Journey’s lead singer](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1308756/) was great. Spoke mentioned Muscle Shoals, which was also great as well. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/24 "2015-01-07T20:24:41Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Happy Endings](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1587678/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - It’s known as the best comedy no one ever watched for a reason - it’s really freaking funny. At the beginning, maybe. It became a terrible parody of itself by the third season. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/25 "2015-01-08T00:29:35Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Misfits](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1548850/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - A bunch of UK juvenile delinquents get struck by lightning and get super powers. That doesn’t make them into heroes, though (although in their defense, they always have a good reason for killing their probation officers). Once I was able to figure out what they were saying, I really, _really_ fell in love with this show. While I`m second to no one in my admiration of **Misfits** , it’s on Hulu (luckily, the free version), not Netflix. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/26 "2015-01-08T00:30:50Z")
_I, Frankenstein_ is a recent addition to Netflix streaming that I recently enjoyed. Kind of reminded me of both _Van Helsing_ and _Underworld_. ---
**Author:** ![FallingLeaves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/54ee81/32.png) [@FallingLeaves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallingLeaves)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/27 "2015-01-11T04:36:02Z")
I just finished watching [Get Low](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/get_low/). I hadn’t ever heard of it before stumbling upon it in the Independent movie list. Robert Duvall, Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek star. ---
**Author:** ![Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrogance_ex_machina/32/192_2.png) [@Arrogance\_Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrogance_Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/28 "2015-01-11T16:03:45Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > While I`m second to no one in my admiration of **Misfits** , it’s on Hulu (luckily, the free version), not Netflix. That’s weird, it is on my Netflix. I’m in Finland so YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![alted315](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@alted315](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alted315)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/29 "2015-01-11T17:17:32Z")
[quote=“Spoke, post:17, topic:708909”] [Blue Ruin](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2359024/?ref_=nv_sr_1) was sort of under the radar. It’s worth a look. Definitely see the music documentaries [Muscle Shoals](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2492916/?ref_=nv_sr_1) and [Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2290151/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4) if you haven’t both great movies and Muscle Shoals is unintentionally hilarious, when the founder tells stories that all end up with some member of his family dying a horrible death ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/30 "2015-01-11T19:27:15Z")
I was about to watch Blue Ruin. Hopefully it’s good. The one I saw, which was pretty good was the movie with Matthew Broderick, where he plays a high school teacher. I’m kinda surprised this movie wasn’t more popular. There was a Sam Rockfell film that came out recently that was great too. Sorry about not remembering the names of these movies. You can look up the actors and find the movies if you want to check em out though. ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/31 "2015-01-11T19:47:33Z")
I went back and got the names of these movies I listed. Election…Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon…Independent Drama…I still don’t get why this isn’t more popular. Better Living Through Chemistry…Sam Rockwell…Independent Comedy…Very entertaining. Labor Day…Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin…Drama about a escaped convict…pretty good. Child of God…Scott Haze…independent film about a crazy woodsman somewhere in the south. The Retrieval…Very good movie about slavery in the 1800’s. The Grand Seduction…Independent comedy…Another hidden gem. Had a great story about a twon that was near bankruptcy. The Girl…One of the best Netflix movies i’ve seen…I wish I could get feed back on this one. Very sad though. Nebraska…it was ok…about a guy who thinks he won a million dollars. The Brass Teapot…had it’s moments. Wentworth…Australias version of Orange is the New Black…I thought this was better. I think Happy Endings and Blue Ruin will be my next movies I watch. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/32 "2015-01-11T20:15:46Z")
[Mary and Max](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_and_Max) Claymation, definitely not a kid’s movie, very bittersweet with lots of dark humor. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2015, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/33 "2015-01-11T20:24:56Z")
If you liked Election and Nebraska, you might check out Citizen Ruth by the same director. ---
**Author:** ![chicagowhitesox1173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@chicagowhitesox1173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chicagowhitesox1173)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/34 "2015-01-13T02:18:20Z")
> [@Spoke](#): > > If you liked Election and Nebraska, you might check out Citizen Ruth by the same director. It’s funny because I just finished watching this. This was another great movie. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2015, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909/35 "2015-01-13T04:19:07Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Suits](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1632701/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) - a lawyer drama full of very intense, beautiful people having all kinds of drama and saying, “Goddamn” all the time. I love it. And when they’re not saying GD, they’re saying “bullshit”. My how cable standards have let up (or should I say Litt up? No, let up was right) in recent years. Doesn’t bother me, don’t get me wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-netflix-gems-2015-no-spoilers/708909.md?page=1)