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That's encouraging because supposedly NFlx has gotten a lot better in that time (more titles are being allowed through and the internet providers lost their case over extra bandwidth charges).
 
I'm thinking their movie section would be cool to have access to. I don't watch enough movies.

Netflix is sneaky better than 1st glance when it comes to movie. Like cable, there's  a lot of fluff thrown in with a few decent blockbusters. The real value are the less noticeable hidden gems. 

Aside from historical dramas or mindf*ck thrillers (like the Hannibal Lector stuff) I really don't care much for supposed "blockbuster" stuff anyway. Perfectly happy seeing older, obscure flicks.
 
Anyone familiar with the old City TV in Toronto would know their wacky movie selections. Used to love that stuff. You could turn on City at almost any hour (aside from the morning shows and nightly news) and be watching some reasonably interesting flick. Quite random and cool.

I remember watching a lot of documentaries on NF back in Canada - they had plenty of stuff related to WW2, Hiroshima, the Vietnam War, and a couple of interesting ones about Russia.
 
That and old Godzilla movies.
 
I usually don't care much for blockbusters either, though I'm a sucker for silly comedies - all those Will Ferrell movies, the SNL and Judd Apatow stuff which always feature the same bunch of fellows, like Seth Rogen and the rest of those guys. They often have the older ones on NF.

I'm not into blockbusters either, in fact I cant understand why most of that stuff doesn't just go straight to DVD. I did watch the first couple of Hunger Games movies because my girlfriend has read the books and wanted to see them, I actually really enjoyed them. But I'm happy watching old classics, obscure stuff and sitcoms. I've watched every episode of Cheers and Frasier twice over on Netflix and have also enjoyed It's Always Sunny and Louie. I can't imagine watching with commercial breaks though. Who's got the time or patience for that?

I get most of my documentary rocks off on youtube. Whole pile of awesome docs of all types on there.
 
You do however have to sift through some of the more wackaloon tinfoil stuff but BBC, PBS, History channel (which unfortunately gets a little tinfoily itself) full docs and cool releases from actual universities/brainiac orgs are endless. I get sucked into the sidebar blackhole of docs. I'll just search "BBC documentary" or something, see what's new, watch soemthing and then just follow the related links for weeks or months (I just never close my youtube documentary tab in my firefox session).
 
Totally free, loads quick, always there. Shaweeet!