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Best Netflix streaming movies?

It's getting to be a hassle to find stuff to watch on Netflix so I thought I'd ask for people's list of favorite movies, documentaries, series, whatever. Can be as long or as short as you'd like. Also, if you have any great links to sites that list or make it easier to find good streaming content on Netflix, please share.
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Walking Dead
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
Weeds
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Farscape
Battlestar Galactica
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peterto

Probably one of the best sites that tracks Netflix Instant items, even includes dates of upcoming content expiration.

instantwatcher.com/

Here's a shortlist of things I can remember off the top of my head.

If you like action flicks and aren't turned off by reading subtitles then you should check out these movies:

IP Man
IP Man 2
13 Assassins
Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
The Man from Nowhere
I Saw The Devil

You should have a strong constitution for the last four, the last two especially, think Tarantino, but more gore inducing, but higher on action.

Documentaries:
Helvetica
The Lottery
Please Vote For Me
Wild China

Movies:
Moon
Star Trek
Batman: Under The Red Hood

TV
Parks and Recreation
Fullmetal Alchemist
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Lighter in tone than the original, good for the kid.

I'm not too much of a TV watcher, but I'm a big fan of action flicks and documentaries.

Also, if you haven't already seen it, Toy Story 3.
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kris

I'm happy to see that all of the Star Trek series have made their way to Netflix. In fact, they have a pretty good selection of science fiction shows in general: Doctor Who, Stargate, Battlestar Galactica, Farscape.

In addition to Doctor Who they also have a lot of other BBC shows, like Luther and Sherlock. And while it's not BBC, I recommend The IT Crowd.

Movies are a bit tougher because they don't actually have a lot of the movies I want to watch (which is why we still have a DVD plan). If you love '80s movies they seem to have a lot of those, like UHF (yay Weird Al).

Also, for the kid I'll point out that they have Phineas & Ferb, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and The Iron Giant.
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wesleythomas

I just watched The Great Train Robbery for the first time. The film, inspired by the first moving train robbery, is like an Ocean's 11 set in Victorian England. Michael Crichton both directed the film and wrote the book on which it was based. Sean Connery is great in it!
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cass

After hearing everyone go on and on about it, I finally started watching Breaking Bad on Netflix. Needless to say, it's really a great show. There are 3 seasons on there, so it's plenty of content to keep you busy for a while.
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