Netflix Hidden Gems

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  • ashharris424
    ashharris424 Posts: 68 Member
    Grave Encounters!!! Scared the **** out of me and horror movies don't usually effect me that much!!! The sequel is good too but the first one is freakin' scary!
  • Krizzo87
    Krizzo87 Posts: 14,186 Member
    Lars and the Real Girl was a great movie!
  • carling5
    carling5 Posts: 4
    I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK


    I looooooved it. Quirky and sad and cute and fun.

    Korean movies (and dramas) are light years ahead of anything we do in the US. Cyborg is awesome and Bi (Rain) is especially good. Rain is an amazing actor, singer, and dancer. He is one of the hottest men who has ever walked this earth.

    Good call, girl. Good call. : )
  • ChasingOctober
    ChasingOctober Posts: 3 Member
    I may or may not have a Netflix problem... many of these would probably be upsetting to most, I don't know why I torture myself by watching social issue dramas when I deal with it at work all day!

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    The Riches (TV Show)
    Manic
    The Poker House
    Silent House
    The Unloved
    The Pact
    The Innkeepers
    Gardens of the Night
    Patrik, Age 1.5
    Away We Go
    Carnivale (TV Show)
    Wonderfalls (TV Show)
    Prince of Broadway
    Helen
    Dead Like Me (TV Show)
    Insidious
    Phoebe in Wonderland
    Missing in America
    Mi Mejor Enemigo
    Just Like the Son
    Amexicano
    Crude (Documentary)
    Trauma (TV Show)
    Mooz-Lum
    Mary & Max
    Winter's Bone
    Au Revoir Les Enfants
    The War Zone
    Creature Comforts America (TV Show)
    First, Last, and Deposit
    Swimmers
    Taare Zameen Par (LOVE)
    Mysterious Skin
    Afterschool
    Dear Lemon Lima
    Outsourced
    Something is Killing Tate
    Chop Shop
    Acts of Worship
    The Black Balloon
    The Magdalene Sisters
    United States of Tara (TV Show)
    Jesus Camp (Documentary)
    On the Edge
    The Village Barbershop
  • LMT2012
    LMT2012 Posts: 697 Member
    Bump due to aweomsness!
  • chrisjathompson
    chrisjathompson Posts: 227 Member
    I really like The Chronicles of Fatboy, and Lbs. Which both deal with weight loss, life etc and are really good.
    Thanks for this, I watched both of these since you posted, and were really good movies.
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK


    I looooooved it. Quirky and sad and cute and fun.

    Korean movies (and dramas) are light years ahead of anything we do in the US. Cyborg is awesome and Bi (Rain) is especially good. Rain is an amazing actor, singer, and dancer. He is one of the hottest men who has ever walked this earth.

    Good call, girl. Good call. : )

    If you enjoy Korean films check out Castaway on the Moon (Movie) and Secret Garden (Series)
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    Bump
  • BodyAlchemist
    BodyAlchemist Posts: 4 Member
    I just happen to be on spring break, and I just signed up for netflix. Thanks for the recommendations everyone!
  • estrellita26
    estrellita26 Posts: 34 Member
    bump
  • 257_Lag
    257_Lag Posts: 1,249 Member
    Compilation through page 6, I made this list for myself but thought I would share. Lots of copy and paste, I am sure I listed some twice and I am sure I missed some. It wasn't intentional if I missed you :cry:

    The most popular title by far was one I couldn't find on Netflix. If anyone has more information about "Bump" please post it. I assume it is a movie about the early stages of pregnancy?

    Lars and the Real Girl
    10 Items or Less
    Castaway on the Moon (Korean)
    Bride Flight
    In Bruges (Disk)
    Buddy (Disk)
    One Week
    I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK
    Imposter
    Dirty Girl
    Ramen Girl
    Jiro Dreams of Sushi
    The Perfect Host
    The Game
    IP Man
    The Chronicles of Fatboy
    Lbs
    Jeff Who lives at home
    Hunger
    Red State
    The Reef
    2 Headed Shark Attack
    On the B-movie side:
    Hobo with a Shotgun
    Thankskilling
    What dreams may come
    Breast Picture
    I hate valentine’s day
    Meeting Evil
    Dummy
    Wild Target
    Safety Not Guaranteed
    Snow Cake
    Dirty Filthy Love
    The Lookout
    May
    The Temple grandin
    Eagle VS Shark
    Trust
    Merlin
    Objectified
    Art of the Steal
    Pan's labyrinth
    Wilfred
    The Castle
    Rumpelstiltskin
    I Like Killing Flies
    I Love You, Philip Morris
    Lo
    Bernie
    Slither
    Trollhunter
    The Vicious Kind
    Wrecked
    Tuesday, after Christmas
    Aftershock
    Sarah’s Key
    Flowers of War
    In Our Nature
    Passengers
    The Music Never Stopped
    Hachi: A Dog's Tale
    Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief
    Secret at Arrow Lake
    Nobel Son
    Forget Me Not
    Wolf Town
    Sand Sharks
    The Gamers: Dorkness Rising
    The Killer Inside Me
    Rid of Me
    Rubber
    Sassy Pants
    Archer
    Hell on Wheels
    The Puffy Chair
    Serpico
    Lonesome Dove
    National Geographic's Foreign Prisons
    10 Inch Hero
    The Killer Inside Me
    Trailer Park Boys
    Bronson
    Without Limits
    Another Earth
    House of Cards
    Let Me In
    The Hurt Locker
    World's Greatest Dad
    American Psycho
    The Illusionist
    Ip Man
    Kung Fu Hustle
    Stake Land
    Kick *kitten*
    X-Men First Class
    The Other Guys
    Jet le's Fearless
    Shaun of the Dead
    The Omen
    Rise of the Planet of the Apes
    Pan's Labyrinth
    Law Abiding Citizen
    Pulp Fiction
    Identity
    The Score
    Secret Window
    The Ninth Gate
    Primal Fear
    Take Shelter
    Das Boot: Director's Cut
    True Grit
    American History X
    Let the Right One In
    Lightning Bug
    Timer
    Romantics Anonymous
    The Next Three Days
    Another Earth
    Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter
    Battle Royale
    Fingerprints (scary, suspense) as so worth the watch...
    Lost Girl (series)
    Doctor Who... of course
    Supernatural (series)
    Case 39 (scary)
    Doctor Horrible's Sing Along Blog..... awesome
    The Tooth Fairy (scary)
    Grave Encounters 1 and Grave Encounter 2.. both great
    Sling Blade
    The Cider House Rules
    Serenity
    The Gift
    half light
    Apartment 143
    The Ward.... has a great twist...
    The New Daughter
    Rosewood Lane
    Yellow Brick Road
    The Moth Diaries
    The Hole
    Unthinkable
    Big Bad Wolf
    Searching For Sugar Man
    Revolver
    Limitless
    Listen to your Heart
    Life in a Day
    The Way
    Mona Lisa Smile
    Good Will Hunting
    Smoke Signals
    - Dogtooth
    -exit through the gift shop
    -Primer (very polarizing reviews but I personally like it)
    -dark city
    -the fall
    -y tu mama tambien
    -following (great Christopher Nolan film)
    - mulholland dr.
    -twin peaks
    - Tucker & Dale Vs Evil
    Tortilla Soup
    Black Snake Moan
    Buck - The Horse Whisperer
    A Dirty Shame
    Shades of Ray
    The Hit List
    All Things Fall Apart
    ShadowBoxer
    The Switch, Bully
    Four Brothers
    The Town
    Case 39
    The Experiment
    Friday Night Lights
    American Horror Story
    Grave Encounters


    For anyone that read this far, I was kidding about "Bump" :bigsmile:
  • judychicken
    judychicken Posts: 937 Member
    Bump
  • ghhosstt
    ghhosstt Posts: 112

    The most popular title by far was one I couldn't find on Netflix. If anyone has more information about "Bump" please post it. I assume it is a movie about the early stages of pregnancy?


    this slayed me XD

    to the OP, sorry about Primer, I think that was my recommendation. A lot of people I know didn't like it. =P
  • Krizzo87
    Krizzo87 Posts: 14,186 Member
    Watched a movie last night called How To Be A Serial Killer. It's an independent dark comedy and it was really good!
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    I just added a bunch of these movies to my queue, and I came across one I watched years ago that was really good, Welcome to the Dollhouse. I just watched The Disappearance of Alice Creed last week. It wasn't what I expected. I really liked it.
  • ashharris424
    ashharris424 Posts: 68 Member
    IDK how off the beaten path it is but

    Ten Inch Hero - is good


    I really enjoyed Ten Inch Hero! Of course, you have to have a respect for actors in the CW yearbook in order to stomach it, considering that's almost the entire cast! It was very funny and cute!
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    Dead and Breakfast - not sure if Netflix has it though. I may have rewound this part more than once.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMy6hDOanOc
  • Jessi_Brooks
    Jessi_Brooks Posts: 759 Member
    Tucker and Dale vs Evil
  • Paganrosemama
    Paganrosemama Posts: 86 Member
    bump
  • DrBentonQuest
    DrBentonQuest Posts: 151
    to the OP, sorry about Primer, I think that was my recommendation. A lot of people I know didn't like it. =P
    Primer is a phenomenal movie and I recommend it to anyone who has ever been recklessly curious. I will also support the recommendations for One Year and IP Man.

    My fourth favorite movie of all time, Brick is on Netflix. Neo-noir film staring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Girls like him, right?

    Relative to documentaries, Senna is one of the best I've ever seen. It is about the life of Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna and his legacy. Someone mentioned The Art of the Steal and Exit Through the Gift Shop which are also great documentaries.

    Music documentaries, which I may consider a different subset, are in abundance. Hard to call a Martin Scorsese production 'hidden,' but go through No Direction Home, a documentary about the formative years of Bob Dylan's career.

    If Korean films are your thing, check out Oldboy. Unfortunately, it is dubbed in English [quite comically] and the original Korean version with subtitles is unavailable on Netflix. That's a movie that will make you think. [Side note: I ruined the movie for my brother and roommate by predicting the ending about ten minutes in. They were still shocked when the ending unfolded as I had suggested it would].

    There are a ton of Jim Jarmusch films on Netflix. Broken Flower, Ghost Dog, Year of the Horse, and Dead Man are all particularly fantastic.

    Liev Schreiber makes his directorial debut in Everything Is Illuminated, starring Elijah Wood and based off of the book with the same title by Jonathan Safran Foer.

    Long before doing the new Batman run, Inception, or even Momento, Christopher Nolan directed Following.

    And for my final recommendation, Joaquin Phoenix and a very well-known comedic actor [I don't want to say who, because his part in this film is so different from anything else he's ever done] star in Clay Pigeons, a macabre--and quite violent--comedy.

    That said, if you were going to watch one film I recommend, pick Brick.

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