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Originally Posted by Sparkle

So you're an online streaming member only? Netflix Instant?
Or instant and mailer dvds?

The very latest television shows and series and films will only be available on disc. Though in terms of more recent TV series you may find what you're looking for on hulu.com (particularly with a hulu plus membership).

In terms of searching, I don't usually have trouble finding what I want via the search bar on netflix...can you give us an example?

The more specific you are (especially with titles) the better.

If I don't know what want to watch, I find the best way to look for interesting things is to search by genre: comedy, drama, documentary, thriller, tv etc.

If you click the 'Watch Instantly" button along the header, you'll see the genres in a drop down menu.

Another good tool is to click the "Taste Preferences" button also along the header and spend some time rating movies and television shows - that will help the program matrix create customized genres for you, which generates lists (which are sometimes quite amusingly titled), currently Netflix has the following lists for me:

Gritty Crime TV Shows
Understated Independent Dramas
Suspenseful BBC TV Shows
Critically Acclaimed Visually Striking Foreign Movies
Quirky TV Shows featuring a Strong Female Lead
Classic Sentimental Romantic Movies
Controversial Social and Cultural Documentaries

and then it will also generate lists that are "Like" things you've recently been watching...I have "More like Shaun the Sheep" among my taste preferences list...

hey sparkle...yes, online streaming only! Thanks for the reply, BTW!
I wanted to watch Prince of Tides a few weeks back when my GF was here. So in the search box on Netflix homepage, I typed in movie title...it borught up something like 279 pages of titles to scroll through. I went through something like 25 pages, and still hadn't found the one I wanted, so I gave up.
Other titles I have wanted to search for...and I get a ridiculous number of pages to look through...still unable to find one I wanted.
I have also done the genres..and now have quite a few with selected shows/movies in them.
In the rating selections, I have done those as well.
It is just so darn frustrating to want to find a movie without having to read 279 pages.....
Thanks for the help, sparkle!!!