In Reply to: Calm down... posted by Victor Khomenko on October 7, 2014 at 11:22:45:
you're now pretty much out of luck, unless it's older films (which I've invariably seen).
If you go through lists of "best foreign films" of the past five years, Netflix has ignored them, opting only to carry a few of the Oscar nominees.
After I exhausted the foreign offerings, I amused myself for some time w/noir films, but after the top 50 (Netflix has a surprisingly good collection of those), I had nothing.
Streaming indeed sucks, too, because it offers almost NO new films from other countries. It's really a for-tv service.
Vudu has some options, but who wants to pay 5 bucks to watch something once? I do, occasionally, but it's not a long term strategy. And… it doesn't have much in the foreign realm, either.
Many of these films are for sale. Perhaps some of us could start our own Netflix type of sharing club?
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Follow Ups
- No! P A N I C ! I cancelled my hard copy program for the same reason: if you're a foreign film fan, - tinear 11:55:58 10/07/14 (5)
- Gulp some fresh air... - Victor Khomenko 12:26:26 10/07/14 (4)
- Victor, it's over. I've been very, very closely following Netflix for what, nine years? Every year since - tinear 15:04:06 10/07/14 (1)
- In nine years their selection has expanded great deal. - Victor Khomenko 17:45:43 10/07/14 (0)
- "will gradually become streamable" I hope you are right - PhilJ 14:35:38 10/07/14 (1)
- I hope so too. - Victor Khomenko 17:43:06 10/07/14 (0)