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Today’s question:
QUESTION: Do you have any good Amazon or Netflix movie or series recommendations for other Claycordians? If so, tell us about them.
Talk about it….
For Netflix The Crown, definitely. I have tried watching some of Amazon originals, but they are too bizarre for me and some are very violent. I will say I don’t watch Netflix too much anymore because a lot of the new content is subtitled because many many of them are in foreign language and I don’t want to work so hard to enjoy tv.
I like the unusual, normal is boring 😆
I was watching the “House of Flowers” 💐 series with subtitles for about 3 episodes before I realized I could switch to English audio 🙄 I really wanted to watch it because my gd was watching it 😉
Good is a matter of opinion 😉
A few I enjoyed recently:
Locke & Key – mild YA thriller
AJ & the Queen – RuPaul
The Stranger – someone is spreading secrets, oh, my!
Locke and Key is great!
Add House of Flowers, it’s a wild ride 😆
Breaking bad was good, and after you watch that you can watch the El Camino movie – then start the series Better Call Saul. We’ve really enjoyed them all. We’re binging the Office again right now before it leaves Netflix
SERIES
Ozark – Jason Bateman drug accountant on the run
Happy Valley – British cop series
The Spy – Sasha B Cohen as true life 60’s spy
Turn – true life Revolutionary War spy network
MOVIE
Chappaquiddick – true life Ted Kennedy coverup attempt
McDonalds – true life Ray Kroc story
“Happy Valley” is no longer offered by Netflix, but it’s well worth paying for.
I love Bosch on Amazon…hope it doesn’t get pulled because it’s a cop show.
The Snow Walker – 2002 – Amazon Prime – 80& Rotten Tomatoes – Movie about survival and transformation
The Half of It – 2020 – Netflix – 96% Rotten Tomatoes – Smart coming of age film
Seberg – 2020 – Amazon Prime – 34% Rotten Tomatoes -Story of 1960’s actress Jean Seberg, inspired by true events
If you have a Contra Costa library card, you’re entitled to a FREE subscription to Kanopy, which offers hundreds of movies you can watch, without commercials. Most are old movies, many are movies you’ve never heard of, but there is an occasional gem to be found. Check it out, it’s free.
The Goethe Institut also has deals with Kanopy and Vimeo to stream German movies for free. It looks like currently they have a deal with Vimeo until the end of the month. You just need to fill out their form.
https://www.goethe.de/ins/us/en/kul/mov.html
I don’t have any recommendations on either of those channels. I know this wasn’t the question, but I’ll put this out there anyway. Take a look at Acorn tv. I don’t remember the monthly cost, but it isn’t much. I’m currently watching “Dead Still.” It is sooo good!
Dark on Netflix is pretty amazing
I agree! Dark is so well done and well-cast. I am excited for the next season coming up!
For anyone who needs a summary, it’s about time travel and how everyone in a small town is connected. Mind blowing stuff!
Ozark Fiction about drug cartels in Chicago and the Ozarks. Pretty good.
House of Cards It may alter your view of our government.
Medici Very close to the history of a once powerful family
The Last Kingdom History of the formation of England and the Viking’s
invasion of England. Most characters are real.
Breaking Bad It is a long series but really interesting if you have never seen it.
You wont be able to see it all on a long weekend of binge
watching
Psych on Amazon.
Agents of Shield on Netflix.
I don’t know about those… but on your own computer you can watch the movie “Survivor” spies & terrorist action thriller… complete movie, great picture quality & FREE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzfMsnqD-yM
Psych on Amazon.
Agents of Shield and Once Upon A Time on Netflix.
On YouTube
Bald and Bankrupt
Great channel
I have a hard time remembering which show is on which service. However, I got frustrated enough with AMC that I bought the most recent season of Better Call Saul on Amazon.
Amazon: The Patriot (2015), The Grand Tour (2016), Hanna (2019) and ZeroZeroZero (2019).
Netflix: Narcos (2015), Mindhunter (2017), Narcos: Mexico (2018).
Youtube: Cobra Kai (2018) is awesome!
Peak Binders Netflix
Queen of the South-Netflix
Netflix lineup for 2021: The Apotheosis of George Floyd, …
Netflix: Unbelievable, Dirty John, Last Tango in Halifax
Amazon Prime: The Pacific, Band of Brothers
If you have Hulu: What We Do In the Shadows
I don’t watch Netflix and Amazon. I don’t watch Amazon or buy from them because Bezos is a moral coward. Buying from him would lend my approval to his infidelity and violating his marriage vows for a cheap little side trick. One has to draw the line somewhere. I do quite well without Amazon. Netflix has nothing I’m interested in.
I’ve started West Wing on Netfix. An amazing cast with gripping material. It takes me back to a better political time. Then I lighten it up with some silly Parks and Rec. For a flash from the past try, The Toys that made us and The Movies that made us.
I just finished the German series “Beat” on Amazon last night. I like foreign series because because many of those place emphasis on a well written story than glitz like Hollywood style productions do. “Beat” was excellent. If you like scifi I will recommend the UK movie “Cosmos” not only available on Amazon but also on Hulu and also for free on Tubi. I also enjoyed “Upload” a scifi comedy and “ZeroZeroZero” series on Amazon. And that’s just a few of many.
Being a horror fan I also subscribe to Shudder which has Joe Bob Briggs back on TV doing a weekly double feature live stream (also available as a stream for later). Shudder (owned by AMCTV) has a vast library of horror and produces original series and movies too.
I dropped Netflix last fall because I didn’t want to pay their 4K tax. Amazon streams shows in 4K and no extra cost. So do Hulu, EPIX NOW and other services. 4K is the future and will be broadcast with a new broadcast standard that is now being tested around the country.
Netflix.
A Place to call Home. Australian series about a Jewish nurse that returns home. Very well done with some memorable characters. It follows Sarah Adams (Marta Dusseldorp), who has returned to Australia after twenty years abroad to start a new life and ends up clashing with wealthy matriarch Elizabeth Bligh. Set after WW2. Five Seasons.
Six Feet Under – series. The lives of a family who run a funeral home.
The World’s Fastest Indian – Movie. About the Indian motorcycle.
Mr. Selfridge – Series. The man who developed the department store.
7 Up – Series. Revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year
wait. Beginning at the age of 7.
Sneaky Pete on Amazon prime. Must see series, great actors. Not for kids.
Twin Peaks
Well none of these are for when the kids are around.
Funny: Schitt$ Creek, Lucifer, Santa Clarita Diet
Dark: Mindhunter, Ozark, Dead to Me
My young daughter loves Nailed It the baking show. It’s funny.
Series to watch:
A Place to Call Home (Netflix DVD & Acorn TV)
The Durrell’s of Corfu (Masterpiece; Prime Video, NF)
Handmaid’s Tale (NetFlix, Hulu)
Vikings (amazing historical fiction)
Jack Ryan (Prime Video)
Movies:
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
I should have mentioned “Garbo: The Spy” on Amazon Prime. Juan Pujol was codenamed Garbo because of his acting ability. On his own, he created an imaginary network of informants which Pujol used to feed misinformation to the Germans in WWII. They liked him so much they gave him an Iron Cross (even though he convinced them that the allied invasion would take place at Calais rather than Normandy).