Looking for movie suggestions, on either Netflix or Hulu??

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Denise1952

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I don't have cable, just Roku now, so anyone that has seen a good movie, I would love to hear your suggestions. Both Netflix and Hulu have soooooooo many movies I've never heard of, and I don't like having only the little blurb to tell me about the movie, don't want to take the time to research every movie. Like to here from folks that have seen or maybe just heard something was good?
 

Ken N Tx said:
What are you interested in?? Drama, comedy adventure???
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all of those Ken, but I like adventure/thriller types, although not blood and guts. Thriller Mysteries I guess;) That's why I love all the BBC Detective series I'm finding on Netflix;)
 

I saw a movie with Anthony Hopkins called Blackwell! Man, what a thriller that was, kind of creepy but Hopkins is just amazing imo;) It's just that I took a chance and clicked on that one because he was in it. A lot of the new stars I know nothing about. And hate to start a movie and find out it's just junk.
 
Oh I did see that, seen most of the older ones, including classics from 40s, 50s and 60's. I loved that movie, but man it was hard to take. Glad I saw it though. Another I don't want to watch again is Braveheart. I love Indiana Jones, Blast from the Past, and Weekend at Bernies, but seen them all recently;) I could go on and on about all the great movies I've seen. And I think, for the most part, it is true that they are coming up with more and more junk movies, especially on the channels like Netflix and Hulu.
 
Hmm, that sounds good to me Ken, I'll check it out!! Thank you, never heard of it with Kostner;)
 
There are many good shows on Netflix. I'm sure as a newbie it's overwhelming.

Some of my picks are: The Killing (excellent writing, story and acting; don't like the last part with Joan Allen, whom I always liked but not this story); Godless (a seriously great female-centric Western; one of the best things I've seen on TV in years); The Honorable Woman (Maggie Gyllenhaal in a very good story); Travelers (good scifi); What Happened to Monday (quirky drama with Noomi Rapace and Willem Dafoe); Alias Grace (atmospheric period psychological drama); Wheelman (action thriller; some excellent photography and action sequences); Mudbound (great story, writing and acting); Altered Carbon (somewhat different, good creative scifi); Death Sentence (I love Kevin Bacon, one of the most underrated actors ever; he is excellent in this story); Luther (Brit detective story with Idris Alba and Ruth Wilson; really wonderful and breaks the mold); Retribution (Brit mystery with no good guys by the end); Acts of Vengeance (Antonio Banderas in a solid story); Hotel Beau Séjour (strange, atmospheric European mystery); Taken (enough action for about a month); Longmire (solid good Western stories).

Also Netflix has many of the best documentaries I've ever seen in one place.

I hope this gets you started.
 
Smiling Jane said:
There are many good shows on Netflix. I'm sure as a newbie it's overwhelming.

Some of my picks are: The Killing (excellent writing, story and acting; don't like the last part with Joan Allen, whom I always liked but not this story); Godless (a seriously great female-centric Western; one of the best things I've seen on TV in years); The Honorable Woman (Maggie Gyllenhaal in a very good story); Travelers (good scifi); What Happened to Monday (quirky drama with Noomi Rapace and Willem Dafoe); Alias Grace (atmospheric period psychological drama); Wheelman (action thriller; some excellent photography and action sequences); Mudbound (great story, writing and acting); Altered Carbon (somewhat different, good creative scifi); Death Sentence (I love Kevin Bacon, one of the most underrated actors ever; he is excellent in this story); Luther (Brit detective story with Idris Alba and Ruth Wilson; really wonderful and breaks the mold); Retribution (Brit mystery with no good guys by the end); Acts of Vengeance (Antonio Banderas in a solid story); Hotel Beau Séjour (strange, atmospheric European mystery); Taken (enough action for about a month); Longmire (solid good Western stories).

Also Netflix has many of the best documentaries I've ever seen in one place.

I hope this gets you started.
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Wow, can't thank you enough Jane!! I'll snip your list and check some of the ones I don't know about, and there are many mentioned I haven't seen;) I started The Killing, and loved the acting, but it was dragging it out too long for my taste. I don't mind like a 2 part. But not patient in finding out who done it. Broadchurch was rather long in the first Season, but it was so good, I couldn't stop watching that one. Thank you again!! Denise
 
BTW Jane, did you see that Documentary on the lady photographer that was so mysterious about her life?? Can't think of the name but I'll go see if it's still on there, absolutely WONDERFUL photos she took and this was all done on film she had to develop. But a friend or relative found boxes and boxes of undeveloped film she has shot. He found it after her death. She didn't do it for money at all, it was her passion. I'll go find the title;)
 
Hi Denise,as you can see by my aviatar,I love going to the movies. I've seen a few over the years that I've really liked you maybe interested in:

1."The King's Speech' 2010,starring Colin Firth,Helena Bodham Carter,Geoffrey Rush. Firth plays the Prince of Wales who overcomes his serious stuttering problem. Firth won Best Actor Oscar for role,terrific movie

2."Argo' '2102,true story how a CIA expert,used a cover story of a fake movie production to rescue 6 Americans held hostage in Tehran during the hostage crisis '79-'80. This was a edge of your seat thriller starring Ben Affleck,Bryan Cranston,Alan Arkin,John Goodman. Ben directed the movie,

3.The Judge '2014,a drama about a lawyer who comes back to his hometown to defend his father,a well respected county judge accused of murder. Robert Downey Jr and Robert Duvall play the leads,subplot how they mend their long estrangement.

4,Still Alice"'15,a college professor at Harvard is diagnosed with early on set Altzhiemer's Disease at age 50,how this affects her family. This was wonderful movie starring JulieAnne MOore,Alec Baldwin plays her husband,Kristen Stewart was very good as her daughter, Moore won Best Actress Oscar,movie is based on book by Gina Kolta

5."Florence FosterJenkins' '16 true story of a woman who thought she could become a world class opera singer. Unfortuntely,she had a terrible voice. The movie starred Meryl Streep,Hugh Grant as her husband.It was funny to watch Streep sing so off key,because in real life,she has a good singing voice.

I hope this helps you Sue
 
Jane's list pretty much covers what I would suggest and I would put an emphasis on Mudbound and Godless. I'v been pushing both on others for awhile now :) If you happen to have Amazon Prime I would also suggest Nightcrawler. It use to be on Netflix but it looks like it is not streaming there anymore.
 
moviequeen1 said:
Hi Denise,as you can see by my aviatar,I love going to the movies. I've seen a few over the years that I've really liked you maybe interested in:
1."The King's Speech' 2010,starring Colin Firth,Helena Bodham Carter,Geoffrey Rush. Firth plays the Prince of Wales who overcomes his serious stuttering problem. Firth won Best Actor Oscar for role,terrific movie
2."Argo' '2102,true story how a CIA expert,used a cover story of a fake movie production to rescue 6 Americans held hostage in Tehran during the hostage crisis '79-'80. This was a edge of your seat thriller starring Ben Affleck,Bryan Cranston,Alan Arkin,John Goodman. Ben directed the movie,
3.The Judge '2014,a drama about a lawyer who comes back to his hometown to defend his father,a well respected county judge accused of murder. Robert Downey Jr and Robert Duvall play the leads,subplot how they mend their long estrangement.
4,Still Alice"'15,a college professor at Harvard is diagnosed with early on set Altzhiemer's Disease at age 50,how this affects her family. This was wonderful movie starring JulieAnne MOore,Alec Baldwin plays her husband,Kristen Stewart was very good as her daughter, Moore won Best Actress Oscar,movie is based on book by Gina Kolta
5."Florence FosterJenkins' '16 true story of a woman who thought she could become a world class opera singer. Unfortuntely,she had a terrible voice. The movie starred Meryl Streep,Hugh Grant as her husband.It was funny to watch Streep sing so off key,because in real life,she has a good singing voice.
I hope this helps you Sue
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Saw the first two MQ, you have excellent taste, or at least, the same as mine, heehee!! The rest I haven't so thank you for your list, so appreciate it, and will let you, and others know when I try their suggestions;) :popcorn:

BTW, if you haven't seen Imitations Game, wow, amazing movie and should have know when I saw Benedict Cumberbatch was in it;) True story, minus the "hollywood" additions;)
 
MarkinPhx said:
Jane's list pretty much covers what I would suggest and I would put an emphasis on Mudbound and Godless. I'v been pushing both on others for awhile now :) If you happen to have Amazon Prime I would also suggest Nightcrawler. It use to be on Netflix but it looks like it is not streaming there anymore.
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I saw Nightcrawler with Gyllenhaul?? It was good Mark!! I have to get one or maybe 2 "pay" channels at a time, but Prime will come around for me again. Also, I like how I can grab a movie for as low as 2.99 in SD, instead of HD which SD suits me fine, and that's without a membership. I watched key largo the other night, and several over the past 2 years;)

thanks Mark, good to see you, Denise
 
Denise1952 said:
BTW Jane, did you see that Documentary on the lady photographer that was so mysterious about her life?? Can't think of the name but I'll go see if it's still on there, absolutely WONDERFUL photos she took and this was all done on film she had to develop. But a friend or relative found boxes and boxes of undeveloped film she has shot. He found it after her death. She didn't do it for money at all, it was her passion. I'll go find the title;)
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Yes, I saw that. She tried to find a home for her photos but no one was interested until her nephew pushed them.
 
Denise, I recommend you stick with The Killing. It starts slow but when it gets moving, the story goes all over the place and then it all comes together.

Mark is right about Mudbound and Godless. Both of them are excellent in every way.
 
C'est Moi said:
Denise, have you watched the series "Dexter?" That is one of my favorites... 96 episodes to stream. :D
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man, if that's the one where the guy goes out a kills the killers, I couldn't handle watching even part of show!! Is that the one? Maybe I needed to watch more to get the deal, but what saw was horrible. Let me know k? Denise;)
 
Smiling Jane said:
Denise, I recommend you stick with The Killing. It starts slow but when it gets moving, the story goes all over the place and then it all comes together.

Mark is right about Mudbound and Godless. Both of them are excellent in every way.
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Ok, I'll write those down too, must have missed those but got them now;) thanks Mark and Jane!!
 
Ken, if you're still around, I have run into a lot of great sounding movies, only to find out they are in "english subtitles" and the movie is in another language. One I really wanted to watch is Pilgrimage, but I don't know if I can keep up with the subs. Some have to be fast to keep up with what they are saying so it can't be helped.

I'll share this link with you all in case you don't know about it. It gives a fairly up-to-date list of all Roku Channels, and what playing on each. If you have a hard time navigating I can help you. You just mainly have to be sure you have only one channel at a time check-marked as it will show you 2 or more at a time, too hard for me;) Also, has filters for genres, etc.

https://www.justwatch.com/us/provider/netflix#!
 
That happens sometimes, Denise. I had to give up on a show on Acorn because the dialogue was so fast the subtitles couldn't begin to keep up with it. By the time I started a subtitle it was gone and another took its place.

It was a fast-moving action story, so that was part of the problem. I had no idea what was going on beyond the obvious.
 
Smiling Jane said:
That happens sometimes, Denise. I had to give up on a show on Acorn because the dialogue was so fast the subtitles couldn't begin to keep up with it. By the time I started a subtitle it was gone and another took its place.

It was a fast-moving action story, so that was part of the problem. I had no idea what was going on beyond the obvious.
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there's a time I wished I was more affluent in other languages:( Lots of what look to be excellent shows:(
 
For a comedy, The Ranch is a good made for Netflix series. Also, the Australian drama Wentworth on Netflix..it is about a womans prison..some language, but good story lines.
On both networks, I like watching the old TV series. Just recently binge watched all 12 seasons of Bones on Hulu. And Haven on Netflix.
If you want more information on any movie or series, I suggest www.imdb.com It gives you all the information you would like. It is the Internet Movie database
 

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