Netflix Now: The Homestretch Edition

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Our 2013 New York Film Festival (NYFF51) coverage is coming to a close at the end of the week, and it feels good to be unburdened. There’s a big weight about to be lifted from my shoulders, and it opens up a whole lot of free time to watch stuff on Netflix Instant.

The biggies that caught my eye this week are Quentin Dupieux’s Wrong, the remake of Maniac starring Elijah Wood, and the acclaimed the rockumentary A Band Called Death (read our interview with the band as well as our interview with the film’s directors). Also worth noting on Netflix Instant are the dark Filipino film Graceland, the Ozploitation classic Wake In Fright, the Ki-duk Kim’s oogie Pieta, and the “probably just like the rest of that dumb f**king franchise” film Paranormal Activity 4.

After the cut, the things you can watch on the Netflix this week, and a couple more tunes for the road, whatever that road might be. Like Buckaroo Banzai said: “Wherever you go, there you are.”

  • The Adventures of Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Treasure
  • Arrow: Season 1
  • As It Is in Heaven
  • A Band Called Death
  • Black Sabbath
  • Crash & Bernstein: Season 1
  • Damages: Season 5
  • Deadliest Catch: Season 8
  • Death by China
  • Dirty Wars
  • Fruits Basket
  • Fullmetal Alchemist
  • God’s Precious Jewels
  • Goosebumps: Specials
  • Graceland
  • Hammer of the Gods
  • Happy Tree Friends
  • Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
  • The Hot Flashes
  • The House of the Devil
  • I (Almost) Got Away with It: Season 5
  • I, Me aur Main
  • Ivan the Incredible
  • Jessie: Season 2
  • The Jungle Book: Season 1
  • Kaze No Stigma: Season 1
  • Maniac
  • Movie 43
  • Okami-san and Her Seven Companions: Ssn 1
  • One Day on Earth
  • Ouran High School Host Club: Season 1
  • Paranormal Activity 4
  • Paranormal Activity 4: Unrated Edition
  • Pieta
  • Russell Peters vs. the World: Season 1
  • Russell Peters: Notorious
  • Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids: Ssn 2
  • A Sea Change
  • Self Storage
  • Stud Life
  • Tanked: Season 2
  • TWA: Flight 800
  • Vile
  • Violeta Went to Heaven
  • Wake in Fright
  • The Whale
  • Wild Animal Baby Explorers: Season 1
  • Wild Animal Baby Explorers: Season 2
  • Will a Man Rob God?
  • Winx Club: Season 1
  • Winx Club: Season 2
  • Wrong

New additions to Netflix Watch Instantly apply only to readers in the United States. For those in other parts of the world, your choices may vary.

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Weekly Netflix Now Awards

Most Likely to Be Watched First

Wrong

Most Likely to Be Watched After Something Else is Watched First

Pieta

Honorable Mention: Graceland

Best Obscure Classic That Should Be Better Known

Wake in Fright

Documentary I’m Most Interested In

Dirty Wars

Documentary I’ll Rewatch for Kicks

A Band Called Death

Way Better Than the Maniac Remake

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Not as Good as Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

Maniac

aka Valuable Yaweh Balls

God’s Precious Jewels

Of His Precious Jewels, I Assume?

Will a Man Rob God?

You Mean Robbing God of His Valuable Yaweh Balls?

I (Almost) Got Away with It: Season 5

Say Dance to the Pants

Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids: Ssn 2

Wide Release Movie Made to Be Watched via Netflix Instant

Movie 43

Honorable mention: Paranormal Activity 4

Crappy Movie You Probably Won’t Finish Even Though It’s On Netflix Instant

Movie 43

Honorable mention: Paranormal Activity 4

Pretty Nice This Time of Year

As It Is in Heaven

Probably Contains Several Racial Epithets

Paranormal Activity 4: Unrated Edition

Best Title

God’s Precious Jewels

Honorable Mention: Fruits Basket

Bonus: Because inside joke

Hubert Vigilla
Brooklyn-based fiction writer, film critic, and long-time editor and contributor for Flixist. A booster of all things passionate and idiosyncratic.