Netflix Recommendations Thread 3.0

johnny_ultimate

Another 10,000 posts down, so another new thread is demanded!

It does what it says on the tin: a place for you to recommend Netflix films and shows.

While chat is allowed and encouraged, not all discussions suit this thread! Often it's better to head over to the TV forum for in-depth chat about individual shows, or start a new thread in this very film forum if you think there's more to discuss about any given movie.

This is for Netflix recommendations only - if you'd like to recommend films from other streaming services, this thread will sort you out.

For the record, here's thread 2.0.

Recommend away

El Duda

"What the hell is Netflix?"

Captain Red Beard

Wah gwan blud.

Enjoying Top Boy.

NIMAN

Just finished Yellowstone and wondering what to watch next.

From previous thread, think I'll give Top Boy and Unbelievable a run out.

Agent Coulson

Highly recommend Unbelievable!

SlipperyPeople

Any decent film recommendations ? mulling between The fury of a patient man or I am Mother

Basq

Between Two Ferns was disappointing!

The White Wolf

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Highly recommend Unbelievable!

Really impressed with it. Everytime I expected something to go down the route of predictability it went another way.

Merritt Wever was brilliant, didn't cop she was the doctor from The Walking Dead until near the end. She absolutely immersed herself in the role. It really felt like I was watching a detective trained to the hilt in how she dealt with victims.

peteeeed

Disenchantment: Season 1, Part 2
Matt Groening’s adult animated comedy fantasy is set in the crumbling medieval kingdom of Dreamland, where we follow the misadventures of hard-drinking young Princess Bean, her feisty elf companion, Elfo, and her personal demon, Luci. Along the way, th

Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
This three-part documentary offers an unprecedented peek inside the mind of the celebrated tech visionary, business leader, and philanthropist

Between Two Ferns: The Movie
Zach Galifianakis hits the road to do celebrity interviews to restore his reputation in this feature-length spin-off from his surreal talk show.

Criminal: Season 1
Netflix’s groundbreaking procedural crime drama comprises 12 stories set in 4 different countries: France, Spain, Germany and the UK. It takes place exclusively within the confines of a police interview suite. This stripped down, cat-and-mouse drama focuses on the intense mental conflict between detectives and suspects.

In the UK, the regular cast includes Katherine Kelly, Lee Ingleby, Nicholas Pinnock, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf, with guest stars for the episodes including David Tennant, Hayley Atwell, Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope A****ey.

Fastest Car season 2

The Hockey Girls season 1
The passionate members of a girls' roller hockey team chase down victories in the rink while striving to make time for school, family and romance

The Liquidator
A detective recruits a criminal psychologist to help her track down a serial killer targeting people acquitted of famous crimes.

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El Duda

The Blackcoat's Daughter (AKA February) - 6.5/10

An intriguing trailer for a new film 'Gretel & Hansel' was released recently so I thought I'd check out one of Director Oz Perkins previous films. The Blackcoat's Daughter was his debut feature and it shows that he is one to keep an eye on.

The film serves as an antidote to the modern, ‘cattle prod’ horror films that seem to think that jump scares are the only way to engage an audience. This is a very quiet film where the plot slowly unfolds as the story as progresses. I found the first 40 minutes or so a little too slow for my liking and wondered if this film was worth sticking with. I'm glad I did. The second half has some very tense scenes with superb acting, clever misdirection and an even smarter twist.

This is one of those films that stays with you and gives you plenty to think about. It’s great to finally get genuinely creepy films that resonate with, and challenge audiences. Oz Perkin’s is a name that deserves to be among the Ari Aster’s, Jordan Peele’s and Robert Eggers’ of modern horror cinema.

mickmac76

Watched part one of the Bill Gates documentary and it didn't disappoint. The main focus of part one was on the Gates foundation and the work it is doing. Some interesting interviews with Bill Gates his wife and his family.

pixelburp

I wanted to like Disenchantment, but the first half of season 1 stalled more often than it soared. Like a lot of Netflix comedies, the running length was a big problem, episodes dawdling towards 30 minutes when they had no need to.

Still, I liked enough of the characters - except Elfo, who is the worst - to go back, and hopefully those growing pains were just that.

This is it

If anyone else loved the interview scenes from Line of Duty, try Criminal UK. One episode in and I really enjoyed it.

cml387

Since it's a new thread, thanks to all those who recommended Mindhunter.
Another American series on serial killers wouldn't have been top of my viewing list but this was good.
Of the actors you'd have to say that chain smoking Bill Tench,played by Holt McCanally was the star, and he has strong Irish roots as well.

CastorTroy

peteeeed wrote: »

In the UK, the regular cast includes Katherine Kelly, Lee Ingleby, Nicholas Pinnock, Mark Stanley, Rochenda Sandall and Shubham Saraf, with guest stars for the episodes including David Tennant, Hayley Atwell, Youssef Kerkour, and Clare-Hope A****ey.

Watch your language!

Was curious what her name was and as expected it's Clare-Hope Ash!tey.

Is there any kind of order for watch Criminal or all standalone? Can spoiler any spoilery answers I suppose


And as it is a new thread, thanks again to peteeeed for the regular updates

gmisk

SlipperyPeople wrote: »

Any decent film recommendations ? mulling between The fury of a patient man or I am Mother

I have seen I am mother it is decent, looks excellent as well

Lucas Hood

This is it wrote: »

If anyone else loved the interview scenes from Line of Duty, try Criminal UK. One episode in and I really enjoyed it.

First episode was great. Didn't like the 2nd one so much so turned it off will probably go back to it

peteeeed

BONDING season 1
A New York City grad student moonlighting as a dominatrix enlists her gay BFF from high school to be her assistant

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ixoy

peteeeed wrote: »

BONDING season 1
A New York City grad student moonlighting as a dominatrix enlists her gay BFF from high school to be her assistant

That's a re-ad.. It was removed yesterday and added again today for some odd reason!

peteeeed

ixoy wrote: »

That's a re-ad.. It was removed yesterday and added again today for some odd reason!

Yep
Ant man has been removed, not sure if that will be back with Disney plus incoming

ShamoBuc

This is it wrote: »

If anyone else loved the interview scenes from Line of Duty, try Criminal UK. One episode in and I really enjoyed it.

Bit annoyed that I liked it, but only 3 episodes long. There is Criminal -Spain, Germany and France. The very same set and routine but I really wanted to see some character development in the UK one.

This is it

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Bit annoyed that I liked it, but only 3 episodes long. There is Criminal -Spain, Germany and France. The very same set and routine but I really wanted to see some character development in the UK one.

Yeah, I didn't realise what was happening myself to be honest.

whatawaster81

This is it wrote: »

Yeah, I didn't realise what was happening myself to be honest.

Yeah, I thought it ended quite abruptly, I had to rewind and watch the last couple of minutes. Suddenly it's onto a new scenario.

Quazzie

Just finished watching unbelievable. I thought it was shït. 4/10 at best. Acting was questionable apart from a few pivotal scenes. The pace was far far too slow. So much filler. This should have been a 2hr movie at most and they dragged it out to nearly 6 hours. Story is good but there way it was portrayed was mindnumbingly boring. So many unecessary tangents for no apparent reason. Why did we need to know about her partners nickname or whatever than nonsense about the singing was about.

peteeeed

https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1175965564700745728?s=21

peteeeed

Under the Eiffel Tower
An American man in the midst of a mid-life crisis travels to the French countryside to find a new lease on life.

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Loafing Oaf

peteeeed wrote: »

BONDING season 1
A New York City grad student moonlighting as a dominatrix enlists her gay BFF from high school to be her assistant

A philosophical work then?

Stone Deaf 4evr

Criminal - not sure If I like it or not - I wasn't expecting the pseudo behind the scenes drama with the different cops. I was under the impression that It was all filmed in one room, but its actually 2 rooms and a corridor!

tigger123

Watched the first few episodes of Bonding and really enjoyed it. The trailer / ad isnt great, but its laugh out loud funny in places.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Not really a recommendation but I watched Collateral over the last 2 nights. It's a 4 part police drama that was on BBC maybe last year? It's got a decent cast including John Simm, Hayley Squires and Carey Mulligan and it was written by 2 time oscar nominee David Hare (The Hours, The Reader)
There's just way too much going on for 4 episodes. It felt like an entire series of Silent Witness cases all rolled into one case and the result is a really great cast being completely wasted on paper thin characters and plot.

peteeeed

Coming in October
October 1st
Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004)
Carmen San Diego: Season 2
Colossal (2016)
Dolphin Kick (2019)
Nikki Glaser: Bangin’
Robocar Poll (Season 4)
The Big Bang Theory (Season 12)
The Neverending Story (1984)
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October 3rd
Seis Manos: Season 1
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October 4th
Big Mouth: Season 3
Raising Dion: Season 1
Rotten: Season 2
Super Monsters: Season 3
Super Monsters: Vida’s First Halloween (2019)
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October 5th
Legend Quest: Masters of Myth: Season 1
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October 8th
The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-Ween (2019)
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October 9th
Rotten: Season 2
Super Monsters: Season 3
Rhythm + Flow: Season 1
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October 11th
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie (2019)
Fractured (2019)
The Forest of Love (2019)
The Hook Up Plan: Season 2

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October 12th
Banliesards (2019)
Street Flow (2019)
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October 18th
Baby: Season 2
Eli (2019) N
Living With Yourself: Season 1
Seventeen (2019)
Tell Me Who I Am (2019)
The House of Flowers: Season 2
The Laundromat (2019)

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October 22nd
Jenny Slate: Stage Fright
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October 24th
Daybreak: Season 1
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October 25th
Brotherhood: Season 1
Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
Rattlesnake (2019)
The Kominsky Method: Season 2

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October 31st
Kengan Ashura: Part 2
Nowhere Man: Season 1

peteeeed

Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself (2019)
Jeff Dunham takes the stage in Dallas with his old pals Peanut, Walter, Jos� Jalape�o, Bubba J and Achmed to poke fun at himself and American culture.
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2smiggy

The Neverending Story !!

Electric Nitwit

2smiggy wrote: »

The Neverending Story !!

Haven't seen it since I was child and I loved it so much. I'm worried watching it now might taint that memory for me...

brick tamland

Electric Nitwit wrote: »

Haven't seen it since I was child and I loved it so much. I'm worried watching it now might taint that memory for me...

Same, want to watch again with my young lad but afraid it may have aged terribly

2smiggy

brick tamland wrote: »

Same, want to watch again with my young lad but afraid it may have aged terribly

Watched it again for the first time since i was a young lad recently. It is still well watchable , and has not aged too badly. Brought back memories !! You would not see some of the stuff in children's movies these days !!

ixoy

2smiggy wrote: »

brick tamland wrote: »

You would not see some of the stuff in children's movies these days !!

The Artax (his horse) scene scarred my childhood self.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

ixoy wrote: »

2smiggy wrote: »

The Artax (his horse) scene scarred my childhood self.

Did you even have a childhood if you weren't emotionally scarred by the death of a fictional animal?

DaeryssaOne

Currently enjoying Unbelievable, despite it being quite slow in places I'm liking the pacing overall

In the last few weeks watched the following:

Sisters - enjoyable Australian series that has a clever story and good acting;

Between Two Ferns - dreadful but still laughed at parts of it;

The Guilty - absolutely excellent Danish film (1.5hrs) that has stayed with me long after watching;

The Spy - very good, Sacha Baron Cohen is much more convincing as as serious actor than expected;

Mindhunter (s2) - really don't understand the love for this show at all, I can't enjoy it. A lot of the character development this series just felt silly and stuck in to give them something else to talk about. Found most episodes very boring.

CastorTroy

Wait until they replace the theme song with the Stranger Things version.

NIMAN

DaeryssaOne wrote: »

Currently enjoying Unbelievable, despite it being quite slow in places I'm liking the pacing overall

In the last few weeks watched the following:

Sisters - enjoyable Australian series that has a clever story and good acting;

Between Two Ferns - dreadful but still laughed at parts of it;

The Guilty - absolutely excellent Danish film (1.5hrs) that has stayed with me long after watching;

The Spy - very good, Sacha Baron Cohen is much more convincing as as serious actor than expected;

Mindhunter (s2) - really don't understand the love for this show at all, I can't enjoy it. A lot of the character development this series just felt silly and stuck in to give them something else to talk about. Found most episodes very boring.

Is this also known as ALMOST FAMILY?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9165444/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

DaeryssaOne

NIMAN wrote: »

Is this also known as ALMOST FAMILY?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9165444/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Hadn't heard of that version but yeah the trivia part of that IMDB page says Almost Family is based on the Australian show Sisters

Mr Crispy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JLUn2DFW4w

bullpost

The Kominsky Method: Season 2

If this is half as good as the first season it will be great.

peteeeed

The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot(i've heard this is nuts and very good)
Taciturn war veteran Calvin Barr lives alone with his dog and his fading memories of two, life-or-death, hard-to-believe missions that saved the U.S

Abstract: The Art of Design season 2
Step inside the minds of the most innovative designers in a variety of disciplines and learn how design impacts every aspect of life.

Birders
Bird watchers on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border share their enthusiasm for protecting and preserving some of the world's most beautiful species.

Blue
Witness how pollution and global warming are wreaking havoc on oceans and hear environmental experts suggest what must be done to reverse course.

Glitch season 3
A police officer and a doctor face an emotionally charged mystery when seven local residents inexplicably return from the dead in peak physical form.

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Caegan

Glitch is one of those gems you find on Netflix, really enjoyed season 1&2.

Mr Crispy

peteeeed wrote: »

The Man Who Killed Hitler And Then The Bigfoot(i've heard this is nuts and very good)
Taciturn war veteran Calvin Barr lives alone with his dog and his fading memories of two, life-or-death, hard-to-believe missions that saved the U.S

Awesome, have been wanting to see this for ages.

Mickeroo

Same, I think it's a fair bit more serious in tone than the name suggests from what I've heard.

fin12

Watched Surviving R Kelly, don’t like the way they made it all about race. Apparently if he was abusing white women he would have been locked up long ago. There were white girls being abused in Rochdale, uk and nothing was done. It shouldn’t be about race, he was a sick ****er end of story.

fin12

fin12 wrote: »

Watched Surviving R Kelly, don’t like the way they made it all about race. Apparently if he was abusing white women he would have been locked up long ago. There were white girls being abused in Rochdale, uk and nothing was done. It shouldn’t be about race, he was a sick ****er end of story.

Very common narrative in the states

peteeeed

Call Me by Your Name
In the summer of 1983, 17-year-old Elio forms a life-changing bond with his father's charismatic research assistant Oliver in the Italian countryside.

Explained season 2
This enlightening series from Vox digs into a wide range of topics such as the rise of cryptocurrency, why diets fail, and the wild world of K-pop.

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