Netflix recommendations

[Spymaster]

I'd like a recommendation please Urbles, I'm looking for a film, visually beautiful, something like the LOTR or Harry Potter films, a plot would be good and preferably something without gunshots, screaming, blood, gore, train crashes, screaming, blood, car crashes, aeroplane crashes or guns.

Out of Africa
Stealing Beauty
English Patient
Passage to India

Edit> Sorry. Just realised this is the Netflix thread.

 

[izz]

Out of Africa
Stealing Beauty
English Patient
Passage to India

Interesting thank you - I think I've seen all but Stealing Beauty so may see that one out,

 

[Reno]

I'd like a recommendation please Urbles, I'm looking for a film, visually beautiful, something like the LOTR or Harry Potter films, a plot would be good and preferably something without gunshots, screaming, blood, gore, train crashes, screaming, blood, car crashes, aeroplane crashes or guns.

The titles you are quoting in combination with the attributes you mention below may not be be doable. As for train crashes, gore and screaming, I highly recommend Train to Busan.

 

[Spymaster]

Interesting thank you - I think I've seen all but Stealing Beauty so may see that one out,

Not on Netflix unfortunately.

 

[izz]

The titles you are quoting in combination with the attributes you mention below may not be be doable. As for train crashes, gore and screaming, I highly recommend Train to Busan.

Not for me then I'm afraid

 

[izz]

Not on Netflix unfortunately.

Still may be reachable

 

[Reno]

Not for me then I'm afraid

I read “without” as “with“, sorry

Have you seen Roma ? Not fantasy, but visually stunning and a great movie.

I haven’t seen Locke & Key and it’s a series, but it may scratch that YA fantasy itch.

 

[izz]

I read “without” as “with“, sorry

Have you seen Roma ? Not fantasy, but visually stunning and a great movie.

I haven’t seen Locke & Key, but it may scratch that YA fantasy itch.

I have seen Roma thank you but not Locke & Key and I'll look out for it

 

[Reno]

A Series of Unfortunate Events is another fantasy series in the Harry Potter mould though a little more humorous and it looks quite beautiful.

 

[Orang Utan]

Have you seen A Series Of Unfortunate Events, izz ?

 

[Orang Utan]

A Series of Unfortunate Events is another fantasy series in the Harry Potter mould though a little more humorous and it looks quite beautiful.

Snap!

 

[Reno]

Great minds...

 

[8115]

It really is a great film.

 

[Orang Utan]

It really is a great film.

it's a tv series

 

[Reno]

There also was a film with Jim Carrey but yeah, the one on Netflix is a tv series. Unless 8115 means Roma.

 

[izz]

Have you seen A Series Of Unfortunate Events, izz ?

no...

 

[fucthest8]

it's a tv series

It's both!
And books of course, originally

 

[8115]

There also was a film with Jim Carrey but yeah, the one on Netflix is a tv series. Unless 8115 means Roma.

I meant the Lemony Snicket film, it's great. I haven't seen Roma, I don't think I've got the concentration to watch it at home but I do want to see it.

 

[Reno]

I meant the Lemony Snicket film, it's great. I haven't seen Roma, I don't think I've got the concentration to watch it at home but I do want to see it.

Roma is best seen in a big screen anyway, should you get the chance, go.

Yeah, I liked the Lemony Snicket film too, it looked gorgeous. Unfortunately it flopped, too dark and weird I suppose, so it never became the Harry Potter style series of films which was planned. While the Netflix series can’t quite compete in terms of production values, it too looks nice and I think they managed to film all the books. Only seen the first season though.

 

[Part 2]

Started season 3 of Fauda. It's a bit far fetched but has great action, shootouts etc

 

[Numbers]

Watched The Platform this afternoon. I really
liked it but Bloody Nora.

 

[magneze]

Watched The Platform this afternoon. I really
liked it but Bloody Nora.

Intense!

 

[magneze]

I'd like a recommendation please Urbles, I'm looking for a film, visually beautiful, something like the LOTR or Harry Potter films, a plot would be good and preferably something without gunshots, screaming, blood, gore, train crashes, screaming, blood, car crashes, aeroplane crashes or guns.

A load of Studio Ghibli is now on Netflix. Try Howl's Moving Castle or My Neighbour Totoro.

 

[Spymaster]

Started season 3 of Fauda. It's a bit far fetched but has great action, shootouts etc

I haven't done Fauda yet because I keep reading that it it's the series that Homeland was based on. I liked Homeland but not really up for watching the same thing again with subtitles. Is it different enough to warrant giving it a go?

 

[Sprocket.]

The Death of Stalin is on Netflix, it's very good so far.

I have watched this a few times now and really like it.
Though I have read quite a lot on Soviet military history, I never realised Marshall Georgy Zhukov was from Dewsbury.

 

[Guineveretoo]

Call My Agent (Dix Pour Cent in the original French). Very funny and well written series about a French talent agency. Every episode features a real French star. Isabelle Adjani is in one which blew me away!

I have been bingewatching this recently - can't remember how I found it - and I love it! It is one of the best things on netflix, I reckon.

It is clever, it is funny, it is gentle, it is well acted, and I love the fact that they get real actors on there to play exaggerated versions of themselves (a bit like Extras, perhaps?)

 

[nagapie]

Binged the entire two series of Shtisel over the past couple of days. There better be a third series and they better put it on Netflix because it was a wholly unsatisfying ending otherwise.

Very good, I was going to mention it when people were talking about Unorthodox which I have just started. I can't remember the ending though so can't comment on if I found it unsatisfying.

 

[Part 2]

I haven't done Fauda yet because I keep reading that it it's the series that Homeland was based on. I liked Homeland but not really up for watching the same thing again with subtitles. Is it different enough to warrant giving it a go?

I've not seen Homeland but watching Fauda with my mate who watches it and she hasn't mentioned anything. The first 2 seasons are really good. I think it's well balanced in showing both cops/forces and terrorists being equally shitty people. As I said though, season 3 and the storylines are beginning to feel a bit far fetched.

 

[Reno]

I haven't done Fauda yet because I keep reading that it it's the series that Homeland was based on. I liked Homeland but not really up for watching the same thing again with subtitles. Is it different enough to warrant giving it a go?

Homeland was loosely based on an Israeli tv series called Prisoners of War. Fauda only came out a couple of years ago. I suppose it’s been compared to the earlier series, as the subject matter is similar.

 

[Spymaster]

Homeland was loosely based on an Israeli tv series called Prisoners of War. Fauda only came out a couple of years ago. I suppose it’s been compared to the earlier series, as the subject matter is similar.

Ahhhhh, my mistake. I've confused Fauda with PoW. Thank you. I will start Fauda tonight.