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There is a view that has been expressed several times in HN when this topic is touched: "Netflix has enough current or future material (Netflix Originals) so that I can see it for the rest of my life, I do not really care if the quality is 10/10, I only use it as a form of light entertainment."

However, for other people, like me, the quality of art is essential, and we do want to see the best that has been produced this year and the past 100 years. Where is this material? How can I consume good European cinema from the 50s and 60s? Where can I consume the best Latin American cinema from the 80s? etc.

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Maybe people don't want to watch exclusively Netflix's originals. I personally wish there was a UI feature to just hide all of Netflix's own crap and show me what else they have. Of course that feature will never exist.

Weird, to me, that you judge the quality only on the financier. Do you do this the other way -- is their a company that you'll always watch?

If you don't mind, do you generally go with labels rather than attempting to judge goods/services on their innate qualities?

Seems like one could download a list of all Netflix content somehow and filter out their self-financed stuff? Would be a bit clunky.

By and large, you probably have to just buy a lot of it assuming it ever made it to DVD. Some is probably available for Netflix DVD rental although their back catalog has been rotting. Unfortunately, a lot of content that isn't available for streaming/digital purchase increasingly doesn't really exist, especially if you're not willing to just purchase physical media.

>However, for other people, like me, the quality of art is essential, and we do want to see the best that has been produced this year and the past 100 years. Where is this material? How can I consume good European cinema from the 50s and 60s? Where can I consume the best Latin American cinema from the 80s? etc.

Mubi is the best service I've seen for this, but their catalog is generally quite limited at any given time, as it consists of a constantly rotating collection of films.

There is definitely a place for streaming service with classic and contemporary European cinema. Russian, Czech, Scandinavian, Italian, Spanish etc.

The new Criterion streaming site is a good start. But only in America and Canada.

it's def an unserved niche. Rn the answer is basically, niche streaming services (Criterion, OutTV, Shudder, HBO etc), torrents, and DailyMotion+Youtube

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