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Netflix Now Only Has 31 Movies From IMDB's Top 250 List

posted by janrinok on Thursday October 13 2016, @08:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the we-need-more dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

[two years ago] Netflix had 49 of the Top 250 movies on the IMDB list. That's just under 20 percent, which isn't terrible.

But we wondered how that number has held up over the last two years in the face of a quickly shrinking library. So we reran the analysis. How many of the top 250 movies does Netflix now have?

As of September 2016, that number has dropped to 31, or about 12 percent.
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Earlier this year, David Wells, the streaming company's chief financial officer, said Netflix wants half of its content to be original productions over the next few years.

"We've been on a multiyear transition and evolution toward more of our own content," Wells said in a conference call in September, as reported by Variety.

Does carrying old movies and TV series really matter in a world that has already seen all of them dozens of times?

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  • (Score: 1) by Bruke on Thursday October 13 2016, @08:22PM

    by Bruke (6247) on Thursday October 13 2016, @08:22PM (#414066)

    I actually enjoyed and would recommend Enterprise. It's got a different flavor than the others and does seem less PC. It got a bad reputation, but I think it holds up better over time than Next Generation/Voyager/DS9.

  • (Score: 1) by gmrath on Friday October 14 2016, @12:39AM

    by gmrath (4181) on Friday October 14 2016, @12:39AM (#414122)

    I Second this. Enterprise is actually pretty good. One of the cable channels plays NewGen almost 24/7. I find it to be almost unwatchable now, though I did watch when it was first out and likewise Voyager. The Original Series first because it was truly groudbreaking, then Enterprise. The rest haven't held up so well over time.

    • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Friday October 14 2016, @01:18AM

      by Gaaark (41) on Friday October 14 2016, @01:18AM (#414132) Journal

      Some episodes are hard to watch, but overall I'd rather watch Enterprise than N.G.
      The "here, let me rub disinfectant/antibacterial stuff on you" parts are both embarrassing and 'fascinating, captain' at the same time: unnecessary, but "okay, I'll watch you rub T'Pal's skin" (is name correct?. not going to Google).

      Not canon, at lots of points, but could be quite good!

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      --- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @01:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 14 2016, @01:35PM (#414264)

    I watched a few episodes of Enterprise; it was too militaristic for my taste.