Netflix Surprises (Hidden Gems)

"Netflix Surprises" are exactly what they sound like: a movie or TV show that either I (or the general public) figured to be something not worth watching, wasn't popular, etc. but that is found surprisingly good. (These are the diamonds in the rough on Netflix Instant!)

Movies and shows will be posted as new posts are created in alphabetical order. If a movie is not currently streaming, know that it was available when the blog post was posted. Usually, streaming movies/shows return to streaming soon, so be sure to check back: 

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28 Days (drama, comedy)
30 Rock (television, comedy)
3rd Rock from the Sun (television, comedy) 

A
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (comedy)
A League of Their Own (comedy)
Adaptation (drama, dark comedy)
Air Force One (action, drama) 
Aliens (action, thriller)
Almost Heroes (comedy) 
American: The Bill Hicks Story (documentary)
American Horror Story (television, horror)
American President, The (drama) 
Anvil: The Story of Anvil (documentary)
Archer (television, comedy)
Arrested Development (television, comedy)
Astro Boy (animation)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (television, animation) 


BASEketball (comedy)
Battlestar Galactica - new version (television, sci-fi, drama) 
Beach, The (drama)
Bean: The Movie (comedy)
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (drama) 
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (horror, comedy) 
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (documentary) 
Best Worst Movie (documentary)
Big Fan (drama)
Breakdown (thriller) 
Brewster's Millions (comedy)
Brothers (drama) 

C
Cabin in the Woods, The (horror, comedy)
Californication (television, drama) 
Chaos Theory (drama, comedy) 
Chasing Amy (drama)
Clerks (comedy)
Clifford (comedy) 
Comedians of Comedy, The: The Movie (documentary) 
Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (documentary) 
Confession, The (thriller, action)
Contact (drama, sci-fi)
Count of Monte Cristo, The (drama) 

D
Dante's Peak (action, adventure)
Daybreakers (horror)
Dead Snow (horror)
Death to Smoochy (comedy) 
Defending Your Life (comedy)
Dirty Work (comedy) 
Donnie Darko (thriller, drama)
Downfall (drama)
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (comedy, musical) 
Drive (thriller, drama)

E
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (drama) 
Everything Must Go (drama)
Exam (thriller) 
Exit through the Gift Shop (documentary) 

F
Firefly (television, sci-fi)
Fountain, The (drama, sci-fi)
Freakonomics (documentary) 
From Dusk Till Dawn (drama, action)

G
Game, The (thriller, drama) 
God Bless America (action, dark comedy)
Goldeneye (action, thriller) 
Grey, The (horror, thriller, drama)
Grizzly Man (documentary)
Groundhog Day (comedy) 
Guild, The (television, comedy)

H
Haywire (action, thriller)
Host, The (horror)
House of the Devil, The (horror)
Hunger Games, The (action, drama)

I
I Am Comic (documentary) 
I'm Still Here (documentary) 
I Love You Phillip Morris (comedy) 
Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret, The (television, comedy)
Indie Game: The Movie (documentary)
Insidious (horror)
Insomnia (drama, thriller) 
Invader Zim (television, comedy)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (television, comedy)
Iron Giant, The (drama) 

J
Jacket, The (thriller, drama) 
Joneses, The (dark comedy, drama)

K
Karate Kid, The 2010 (drama, family)
King of Kong, The (documentary)

L
Larry Sanders Show, The (television, comedy) 
Last Exorcism, The (horror)
League, The (television, comedy) 
Leap of Faith (comedy)
Leaves of Grass (drama) 
Let Me In (horror, drama)
Lie to Me (television, drama)
Limitless (thriller, drama)
Lincoln Lawyer, The (drama)
Little Big League (comedy, family)
Louie (television, comedy) 


Making of South Park, The: 6 Days to Air (documentary)
Mallrats (comedy)
Man Who Knew Too Little, The (comedy)
Mars Attacks! (comedy) 
Mary and Max (animated, drama)
Matchstick Men (comedy, thriller) 
Memento (thriller)
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (action, thriller)
Monsters (sci-fi, drama)
Moon (drama, thriller) 
Mothman Prophecies, The (horror)
Mouse Hunt (comedy)
Mystery Team (comedy)

N
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (comedy) 
Next Three Days, The (thriller)
Nines, The (drama, thriller) 

O
Orphanage, The (horror)

P
Panic Room (thriller)
Paranormal Activity (horror)
Parks and Recreation (television, comedy)
Party Down (television, comedy)
Pawn Stars (television, reality) 
Peep Show (television, comedy) 
People vs. George Lucas, The (documentary)
Perfect Host, The (thriller, horror) 
Pontypool (horror, thriller)
Portlandia (television, comedy)
Primal Fear (thriller)

R
Rango (animated, western)
Ransom (thriller) 
Red Dragon (thriller) 
Red State (horror) 
Religulous (documentary)
Reservoir Dogs (drama, thriller)
Restrepo (documentary) 
Rock Star (drama)
Rounders (drama)
Rubber (psychological thriller, fun to make fun of)


S
Searching for Bobby Fischer (drama, family)
Serenity (sci-fi) 
Shutter Island (drama, thriller)
SLC Punk (dark comedy)
Slither (horror)
Snake Eyes (thriller)
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut (comedy, musical)
Sports Night (television, drama, comedy)
Starship Troopers (sci-fi, comedy) 
Stephen Fry in America (documentary, television)
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (television, drama) 

T
Tall Man, The (horror, thriller)
Thankskilling (fun-to-make-fun-of) 
They Live (action) 
Thing, The (horror, sci-fi)
Thor (action)
TiMER (comedy) 
Trick 'r Treat (horror)
Troll 2 (fun to make fun of, horror)
Trollhunter (thriller)
True Grit (2010) (drama, western)
Tucker & Dale vs. Evil (horror, comedy)

U
Usual Suspects, The (drama, thriller)
 
V

Vanishing, The (thriller)

W

Wall Street (drama) 
Workaholics (television, comedy)

X
X-Files, The: Fight the Future (sci-fi, thriller)

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