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Netflix - recommendations???

AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 11:41:18 GMT

I guess I'm getting picky because I'm not finding anything that appeals to me. I'm asking for recommendations, but I don't like things that are all about wars, extreme spy things that are so complicated, soapy love stories, things with overt se*, not a lot of gore, etc. I like a good story which has some mystery to it. I like stories which are seemingly about regular people. I don't like stories about glam people, teeny boppers, or 20 somethings who are dating tons of people and climbing the corporate ladder. See -- I am picky! And I don't mind foreign series, but they have to have the English subtitles. Thanks!

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SoCal Bred — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 12:09:38 GMT

@AngelPuppy1

I am watching the 5 seasons of S.W.A.T. on Netflix and enjoying it, i have never watched this series on CBS which I understand is now cancelled, the episodes are about 45 min long, I usually watch about 2 episodes before going to bed if you like this type of TV cop drama.

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Magny — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 12:15:00 GMT

New Amsterdam is very good. It's a hospital drama.

Also, Lincoln Lawyer is enjoyable, from Michael Connelley

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Alter Ego — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 12:19:48 GMT

I’m wondering if you would like Lupin? Maybe read up about it, as, although it’s not about spies, maybe it would fall under that category for you? (In an aside to any fans reading this, just googled and apparently season 3 is set to come out in October.)

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SoCal Bred — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 12:19:56 GMT

I agree with Lincoln Lawyer, can't wait for season 2 to begin.

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Houstonoilers — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 12:47:13 GMT

Night Agent is a spy series, but its not overly complicated.

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jackthebear — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 13:02:22 GMT

I find a lot of Nflix stuff boring too slow and too long

just watched 2 eps of the ARnold S series interesting

and the Full Swing series

the Harlen Coben stories are well done

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LindaSal — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 13:27:56 GMT

I loved Ozark and Dead To Me on Netflix.

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Mindy D — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 19:52:42 GMT

The Queen's Gambit

The Sinner, especially Season 1

Anne With an E

Extraordinary Attorney Woo ( I loved this)

TheKominskyy Method
The Age of Adaline

Wormwood

The Staircase

Behind Her Eyes

My Octopus Teacher

Unsolved Mysteries (They are all new stories)

Midnight Mass

The Lincoln Lawyer (Series version. There's a good movie with this title too)

Stay Close

Ozark
Mr. Harrigan's Phone

The Call Halle Berry movie. There is another film with the same name)

The Good Nurse

The Watcher

The Woman in the Window

An Inspector Calls (2015 version. Currently might be on Amazon Prime. LOVED THIS

Brazen

The Chalk Line

Emily the Criminal

Side Effects

The Aviator

TheImmitationn Game

The Power of the Dog

Enola Holmes (Geared for a young audience, but I liked it) There are two movies.

Stranger Things (Same comment as Enola))

The Unexplained with WilliamShatner

The Keepers

Girl in the Picture

The Fall (It's currently not on. It will probably be back)

Unbelievable

It Follows

Don't Look Up

Maid

Molly's Game

The Innocence Files

Mindhunterr

Alias Grace

The Bleeding Edge

Flower of Evil

New Amsterdam

Queen Charlotte. My recent favorite.

SUITS. Once you get past the first few episodes it gets much better.
The Night Agent

Flight

To get an idea what each is about and see how each is rated, you might want to look at IMBD. I added a shortcut to my desk top for this site and I rely on it. Stranger Things has teens in it, so it probably isn't for you. The Night Agent is about spies, so it's out for you.

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MyShadowLove — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 16:31:03 GMT

@AngelPuppy1 wrote:
I guess I'm getting picky because I'm not finding anything that appeals to me. I'm asking for recommendations, but I don't like things that are all about wars, extreme spy things that are so complicated, soapy love stories, things with overt se*, not a lot of gore, etc. I like a good story which has some mystery to it. I like stories which are seemingly about regular people. I don't like stories about glam people, teeny boppers, or 20 somethings who are dating tons of people and climbing the corporate ladder. See -- I am picky! And I don't mind foreign series, but they have to have the English subtitles. Thanks!

@AngelPuppy1 ...I've made a list of some of my very favorite Series & Movies that I have enjoyed...You may have seen some of them already....Here goes...

Series...

The Lincoln Lawyer

Designated Survivor

Anatomy of a Scandal

Bodyguard

House of Cards

The Staircase (real life documentary series)

Last Tango In Halifax (excellent British Family Series that covers three generations)

Virgin River

Grace & Frankie

The Kominsky Method

Everwood (great family series to binge on)

Movies...

Pieces of A Woman

The Age of Adaline

Penguin Bloom

Philomena

Our Souls at Night

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SoCal Bred — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 19:17:15 GMT

@AngelPuppy1

Another TV series that's been on Netflix for awhile is Bloodline if you have not seen it.....about a family living in Florida that have past secrets that were buried but things got out of hand when the black sheep of the family re-surfaces after being away for a long time. It's a thriller drama series with (3) seasons from 2015 - 2017. I thought it was pretty good.

Stars: Kyle Chandler, Sissy Spacek, Ben Mendelsohn, Linda Cardellini.

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Mindy D — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 19:42:54 GMT

@SoCal Bred Thanks. This is highly rated on IMBD, with a 7.9. I'm going to put it in my Watchlist.

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SurferWife — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 19:48:11 GMT

I can offer a suggestion for what not to watch. We tried to watch Extraction 2 last night, because we enjoyed the first one, but the violence was so over the top, that I was on edge and my husband couldn't take it either. We stopped watching in the first 20 minutes or so.

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10sluvr — Sun, 18 Jun 2023 21:08:23 GMT

sweet magnolias, virgin river, ginny and georgia, these are all series.

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goldensrbest — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:01:24 GMT

Living, so moving,and so good.

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AngelPuppy1 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:06:04 GMT

@LindaSal wrote:
I loved Ozark and Dead To Me on Netflix.

@LindaSal

Saw both of these and they were great!

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AngelPuppy1 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 11:06:48 GMT

Thanks, everyone, for all of these recommendations. I'm making a list and will check a lot of them out!

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ECBG — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 19:36:14 GMT

"Wednesday", 8 episode series on Netflix is quite entertaining. Some of it was directed by Tim Burton.

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sugar plum — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 23:19:34 GMT

@SoCal Bred

Thanks for recommending "Bloodline"! 😀 I started watching last night based on your rec and am thoroughly enjoying it.

Will continue tonight. I'm about to start Episode 5 in Season 1.

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ArnetteDogwood — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 05:40:50 GMT

Glad you said you didn’t mind English subtitles, most of what I watch on Netflix is either Taiwanese or Korean dramas. Crash Landing On You is a must see. Like I have said before it is the BEST of any show even American. It has every aspect in it. 16episodes. Overall both countries have good shows. Someone also mentioned Flower of Evil. Yes, watch it also. The music in the foreign shows are outstanding.