Scott from Cinematical discovered that Netflix's Watch Instantly has movies that have not been released on DVD, Netflix Has Movies That Aren't Even On DVD! Like 'Rolling Thunder'!.
So while that was a juicy enough find, I thought to myself ... why not do a little more digging to see if Netflix has a few other "unreleased online exclusives." And I found some! Anyone out there dying to see Burt Reynolds in Malone (1987)? Tom Selleck in Daughters of Satan (1972)? The 1967 ensemble farce Eight on the Lam or the 1969 Jacqueline Bisset sex comedy The First Time? How about the 1959 exploitationer Diary of a High School Bride or Mario Bava's (now out-of-print) Planet of the Vampires? Also available on what I'm now calling the Netflix VHS Stack list: Michael Keaton in (the pretty terrible) The Squeeze (1987), The Glory Guys (a 1965 western written by Sam Peckinpah!), and the Oscar-nominated nympho-drama A Rage to Live (1965). Netflixers who want some of these flicks can start on this page and work backward.
Sure enough, Rolling Thunder only has the "Play" button instead of the "Add" or combined "Add Play" button.
Thanks to Gustav and Scott for sending this in.
I noticed this a few months ago when I watched the movie "Feds". Its still not available as a rental.
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Posted by: April | April 16, 2008 at 05:13 AM
Same with Heroes Season 2.
Posted by: jedipunk | April 16, 2008 at 06:53 AM
I noticed that there were titles in my "Saved" section which had a Play button, but not an Add button. I've already watched them. They are Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here and Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense.
Posted by: Becky | April 16, 2008 at 12:52 PM
Been that way for a LONG time. Jerimiah Season 2. Last couple of Sliders seasons were on watch now before they were released on dvd.
Posted by: Mike Nielsen | April 16, 2008 at 01:24 PM
And yet they still don't have Mac access to this feature.
Posted by: Lee | April 16, 2008 at 07:44 PM
Lee,
If you knowingly purchase a computer from a company that dominates a whopping 6% of the computer market, don't be surprised that you don't get everything that the rest of the computer market might have access to.
Posted by: Garblesnorf | April 16, 2008 at 08:25 PM
Super! I've been hoping they'd start adding some of their Saved titles or, yes, as yet unreleased on DVD movies on Instant Watch. -- Robowriter
Posted by: Twerpette | April 16, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Blame Steve Jobs for the Mac ugliness. he wants to keep that function for iTunes. He's an iJerk.
This is a good way to get out movies that can't sell that many DVDs to make it worth the effort, but get plenty of NF requests.
Posted by: Corey3rd | April 17, 2008 at 03:32 PM
Look up Final Approach,.....why it's not out on DVD at all anywhere is a disgrace.
Posted by: badasscat | April 17, 2008 at 06:46 PM
A very nice version of the 2hr 25min RAID ON ENTEBBE and GOLDEN NEEDLES starring Joe Don Baker is available.
DAUGHTERS OF SATAN is available for free to watch at HULU.
Posted by: Harvey | April 17, 2008 at 10:45 PM
A very nice version of the 2hr 25min RAID ON ENTEBBE and GOLDEN NEEDLES starring Joe Don Baker is available.
DAUGHTERS OF SATAN is available for free to watch at HULU.
Posted by: Harvey | April 17, 2008 at 10:45 PM
A very nice version of the 2hr 25min RAID ON ENTEBBE and GOLDEN NEEDLES starring Joe Don Baker is available.
DAUGHTERS OF SATAN is available for free to watch at HULU.
Posted by: Harvey | April 17, 2008 at 10:47 PM
HackingNetflix touched on this subject in March. I'm glad to see the topic is getting top billing today.
Two that I know of:
Posted by: Jeff from Knowzy | April 18, 2008 at 02:06 PM