[ 2016 - to present ] What is the best movie and or Tv series you have watched on Netflix or Amazon Prime??

[WVBaker]

"The Ranch"
"Criminal Minds"

 

[dayooper]

I will throw my coin in for The Witcher. Loved the first season, can’t wait until the 2nd season is released. Fills the Game of Thrones void for me. While it’s intense and graphic, the story is why my wife and I like it.

 

[DJensen]

For Scandinavia crime lovers (edgy and at times dark): the first 3 novels by Jussi Adler Olsen where made into movies (not a series) by Danish TV. I have watched the first 2 and were great. There are subtitles, but you get used to it. I watched via Hulu, but believe also available on Amazon.

The movies are about Department Q - the cold case department of 2-3 people investigating past crimes. The movies (in order) are:

1. The Keeper of Lost Causes
2. The Absent One
3. The Conspiracy of Faith

 

[KarenLK]

This thread is pretty long, so it may have been mentioned already. The British version of House of Cards was outstanding!

 

[spirits]

This thread is pretty long, so it may have been mentioned already. The British version of House of Cards was outstanding!

Hi Karen. I agree that the British series was wonderful. There is a series...pretty old now called Traffik. The Americans made a version of it but it was not as good in my opinion. It really was a great series and deserves another showing.

There are a lot of other Traffik media offerings so here is the one I meant.

Traffik - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Carol C]

Messiah, on Netflix.

Looking forward to this one on Amazon Prime...as I am a big fan of Jordan Peele (especially the film "Get Out")...

 

[Carol C]

Messiah, on Netflix.

Looking forward to this one on Amazon Prime...as I am a big fan of Jordan Peele (especially the film "Get Out")...

Well, I didn't expect the picture to show up, and so large...feel free to delete that link, moderators. Full disclosure...I do not work for Amazon, Jordan Peele or even Al Pacino!

 

[WalnutBaron]

There are three seasons of Broadchurch available on Netflix. Highly recommended. The murder mysteries are intriguing, with plenty of red herrings thrown in to lure you off the scent. And the interplay between the two lead detectives is wonderful to see develop over the full three seasons. Sadly, the three seasons is all that will be made, according to our recent check via Google.

I also recommend The Night Manager, a one-season series bristling with great acting and nail-biting suspense.

 

[AnnaS]

Messiah on Netflix
Don't F...... With The Cats

Might start watching You. Has anyone seen this?

 

[clifffaith]

I will throw my coin in for The Witcher. Loved the first season, can’t wait until the 2nd season is released. Fills the Game of Thrones void for me. While it’s intense and graphic, the story is why my wife and I like it.

I'm struggling through this one. Part of the problem is four episodes in I don't know anyone's name! They aren't Bob, Carol, Ted or Alice so I'm lost.

 

[dayooper]

I'm struggling through this one. Part of the problem is four episodes in I don't know anyone's name! They aren't Bob, Carol, Ted or Alice so I'm lost.

The timeline makes it hard as well. The story jumps around to different points in time. There are timelines available, but they do provide spoilers.

I felt the same way when I started reading Game of Thrones at first. The names are not easy.

 

[clifffaith]

The timeline makes it hard as well. The story jumps around to different points in time. There are timelines available, but they do provide spoilers.

I felt the same way when I started reading Game of Thrones at first. The names are not easy.

See, I didn't even realize there were timeline differences! I've picked up on what I thought were three concurrent story lines. The Witcher "doing deeds", the newly no longer deformed girl who seems to be some sort of sorceress, and a young girl (a princess?) who escaped a massacre (two?) and has just walked away from a traveling companion and into a vast forest. It doesn't engage me enough to keep me from playing solitaire while it's on, so no wonder I don't know what the heck is going on. I'm more worried that the Witcher's horse gets returned to him than any of the characters at this point!

 

[dayooper]

See, I didn't even realize there were timeline differences! I've picked up on what I thought were three concurrent story lines. The Witcher "doing deeds", the newly no longer deformed girl who seems to be some sort of sorceress, and a young girl (a princess?) who escaped a massacre (two?) and has just walked away from a traveling companion and into a vast forest. It doesn't engage me enough to keep me from playing solitaire while it's on, so no wonder I don't know what the heck is going on. I'm more worried that the Witcher's horse gets returned to him than any of the characters at this point!

Lol, that’s funny! It took my wife and I a couple of episodes to figure it out too. I would sent you the timeline, but there would be too many spoilers for the end.

On a side note, this season and part of the next are like a prequel. It’s based off of two books that told the story of the three main characters up until the point were their three stories converge into one. They are excellent books and I recommend them. Geralt is a little more “chatty” in the books.

 

[Glynda]

Messiah on Netflix
Don't F...... With The Cats

Might start watching You. Has anyone seen this?

We watched it. One of those shows once into, you kind of wish you hadn't started but can't stop watching. First season better than second. We didn't get even 15 minutes into Don't F.....With Cats.

 

[GetawaysRus]

Availability on Amazon Prime keeps changing.

I just noticed that Endeavour season 6 is available. Also Victoria now has seasons 1-3 available (the last time I looked it was only seasons 1 and 2).

I've added both to our Watchlist.

Does anyone know if there is some way to keep up with additions to Prime Video? Is there any sort of automated service to keep you updated?

 

[SteelerGal]

Vera Season 10 just appeared on PBS. I have started watching older series, Inspector Lynley and Lewis.
My latest short series on Prime, Bundy: Falling for a Killer is about the Bundy victims and long term gf.

 

[SteelerGal]

I also really liked Unit 42. It is picked up for 2nd season. French.

 

[sun starved Gayle]

Just started watching the documentary "Cheer' on Netflix after reading a very positive review of it. I did not think it would be my cup of tea but decided to try it anyway, and really got sucked in. The athleticism of the kids is incredible and some of their backstories really pull at the heart strings.

 

[clifffaith]

Kim's Convenience on Netflix. Sweet and funny Canadian sitcom -- glad to see there are three seasons.

 

[Karen G]

We've been enjoying a British series called Silent Witness, a British television crime drama series, produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective based in Nottingham. (He later went on to create the series New Tricks, with writer Roy Mitchell.)[1] Twenty-three series of Silent Witness have been broadcast since 1996. Amanda Burton starred as primary character Dr. Sam Ryan before leaving the show during the eighth series. Since her departure the series has featured an ensemble cast, which consisted of Emilia Fox, David Caves, Liz Carr and Richard Lintern until the end of series 23, when Carr and Lintern both departed.

I think we must have started after the eighth series as the characters we've watched are the ensemble cast mentioned above. We have watched a couple of the episodes in the first series ever produced and I definitely like the later versions best starting with the ninth series, I think.

 

[WalnutBaron]

We've been enjoying a British series called Silent Witness, a British television crime drama series, produced by the BBC, which focuses on a team of forensic pathology experts and their investigations into various crimes. First broadcast in 1996, the series was created by Nigel McCrery, a former murder squad detective based in Nottingham. (He later went on to create the series New Tricks, with writer Roy Mitchell.)[1] Twenty-three series of Silent Witness have been broadcast since 1996. Amanda Burton starred as primary character Dr. Sam Ryan before leaving the show during the eighth series. Since her departure the series has featured an ensemble cast, which consisted of Emilia Fox, David Caves, Liz Carr and Richard Lintern until the end of series 23, when Carr and Lintern both departed.

I think we must have started after the eighth series as the characters we've watched are the ensemble cast mentioned above.

Karen, which service are you using to watch it? BritBox? Amazon Prime? AcornTV? Netflix? Thanks for the lead. Sounds interesting!

 

[GetawaysRus]

I had a "duh" moment earlier this week that's worth sharing. One of my friends said he was watching Game of Thrones. I explained that I haven't seen it because I am working my way through programs that I can stream for free on Prime. He's a pretty frugal guy, and replied that he was borrowing the DVDs from the public library.

I haven't had a library card since high school. But I searched online and he was correct. We live in different cities, but lo and behold, my city's library does carry a (limited) number of TV series and a lot of movies. So now I have a brand new library card and have borrowed season 1 of The Crown.

So check out your public library. You might even be able to search an online catalog before driving there.

 

[Karen G]

Karen, which service are you using to watch it? BritBox? Amazon Prime? AcornTV? Netflix? Thanks for the lead. Sounds interesting!

I think it's on Amazon Prime, but it also airs on our PBS station. That's how we first started watching it. Then we found it on Prime and started watching some of the series we had missed.

 

[dayooper]

If you are a fan of auto racing or fast cars in general, Netflix's documentary on Carroll Shelby (Shelby American) is very good. He was quite the character and Netflix does a nice job on his life.

 

[WalnutBaron]

Bumping this thread because it's so interesting. I will add a few recent series we've really enjoyed:

• The Widow starring Kate Beckinsale (Amazon Prime)
• The Night Agent (Netflix)
• The Diplomat starring Keri Russell (Netflix)
• The Recruit (Netflix)
• The Lincoln Lawyer (Netflix)
• Jack Ryan (Amazon Prime)
• Brokenwood Mysteries (Britbox)
• Laurel Canyon (Amazon Prime)
• Line Of Duty (Britbox)

At the top of our all-time list, we would include Foyle's War; Bosch; All Creatures Great & Small; and The Night Manager. All of these are outstanding.