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They don't have rights to stream any decent movies

That seems hyperbolic. Just browsing around (I decided to cap this at 5 minutes):

The Interview

Forrest Gump

Major League

Pirates of Carribean

Hot Fuzz

Armageddon

Kingpin

A League of Their Own

Inglorious Basterds

Scarface

Django Unchained

Legally Blonde

E.T.

Days of Thunder

The Princess Bride

Crocodile Dundee

Clear and Present Danger

V for Vendetta

Galaxy Quest

Running Man

Big Trouble in Little China

Talladega Nights

Kill Bill (1 and 2)

Star Trek Movies (including The Wrath of Kahn)

Tommy Boy

Team America World Police

Lilo & Stitch

Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back

Wayne's World

Clerks

Bill & Teds Excellent Adventure

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Several of those movies were ones that I did search for closer to when they were out, so they must have acquired the rights in the meantime. But that's another of their problems: why would I look again when it wasn't there before?

Contrast this with the DVD/Blu Ray model: if it's available for sale you can rent it from them. There's not a mishmash of rights and availability dates.

This is a common and unfortunate knock against Netflix. People conflate Netflix not having what they like with not providing good content. Most of those movies are massive critical hits and huge cult films.

yet they might disappear from Netflix at any moment... I don't track contracts renewal dates so I don't know exactly when they might or might not stay on Netflix. (Netflix’s US Catalog Has Shrunk by More Than 2,500 Titles in Less Than 2.5 Years, https://www.allflicks.net/netflixs-us-catalog-has-shrunk-by-... )

So this is a list of largely older movies that have been in their collection for years.

...I've had Netflix for years, and I can knock out two movies a night.

Rapidly running out of quality content here. They don't acquire at the rate people consume. If you've been watching Netflix for a while, most of what's left to you is Asylum/Sci-Fi Original movies.

>> "I can knock out two movies a night." >> "Rapidly running out of quality content here." >> "They don't acquire at the rate people consume."

I think you consume movies at a much higher rate that the average person. The stats I can find estimate on average people watch between 1-3 movies per week.

raises hand I usually watch one movie a week, two on a good week. I consume more TV and video games, by far.

My point is I "can", not that I "do". Though, in fairness, I might if Netflix still had content worth watching.

At the moment I do have some Daredevil episodes queued up, but Netflix doesn't produce original content I watch at a rate worthy of keeping my subscription. Out of laziness or habit, I have my subscription year round, but the smarter thing would be to sub up for a month or two per year to binge watch Daredevil, Jessica Jones, and Orange is the New Black.

I only found 2 decent movies in your list (in fact, I'm not sure if you're trolling, I got a good chuckle when reading your list). We all have different definitions of quality.

Couldn't agree more. What an utter plebeian; it's almost sad we have to associate with this ilk my good man.

That's a great list if you're 12.

They don't have The Godfather.

Scarface and Django Unchained are movies for twelve year olds?

Yes. In terms of content, most of Hollywood's movies don't reach any more depth than your average comic. The PG rating system is only concerned with maintaining a standard of purity, it doesn't reflect a movie's story depth.

Bullshit,

https://imgur.com/KEi4mkL

You can't stream it.

https://imgur.com/yNG8Dab

http://imgur.com/B1q3dIh

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