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Suggested Things to Watch
Collected from emails going on the list, these are movies, TV shows, series available on NetFlix, Amazon Prime Video, and elsewhere, either for free (after subscription) or at cost. For TV Channel alternatives, visit this page I prepared on this wiki
This started when someone asked for suggestions for “binge worth programs” with a preference for nonviolent. Crediting person suggesting.
[Sharon Fray-Witzer]
- Dr. Who
- Sherlock
- Downton Abbey
- House
- Stranger Things
- The Bletchley Circle
- The Office
- The Tudors
- The West Wing
- Orange is the New Black
- The Good Place
- Mozart in the Jungle
- The Marvelous Mrs. Mazel [I second this–very funny]
[Olga Guttag]
- The Crown
- Designated Survivor
- Money Heist
- Knives Out (movie) [I second this; akin to “Dial M For Murder” recently on TCM]
[John Rudy]
- Dr Whom (he am person who arrives to be fixin' yer grammer) [edits by steve, an attempt to add to humor]
[David Kluchman] note some of these contain violence, David has indicated this in his notes * Ozark (Netflix. Season 3 coming Friday.Jason Bateman, minor violence, but threat of it is at heart) * Sex Education (British, in Netflix, sweet, funny, not violent). 14+ * Better Call Saul (threatening, but not a ton of actual violence especially compared to Breaking Bad, currently finishing last season on AMC, older episodes in Netflix,) * Happy Valley (BBC on Amazon now, great female creators, lead actor, some violence for sure and suspense) * Fleabag (not violent but mature themes. I wouldn't want to watch fleabag with teenagers in the same room because embarrassing). * Barry (HBO, Bill Hader, mostly dark comedy, some violence) * Veep! (HBO original, s1+2 now free on Anazon very funny, not violent) * Game of Thrones (if you can handle the very first episode you can take just about everything that follows, but def not for the squeemish) * Breaking Bad (definitely has violence) * The Fall (BBC on Amazon Prime with Gillian Anderson, serial killer, maybe my favorite police procedural ever) * Luther (PBS/BBC, Idris Elba, ok this might be favorite police procedural) * Prime Suspect (BBC/PBS, Helen Miren, uh…maybe this is…see above) * Rome (HBO original, ancient period drama, some violence in keeping with period) * Spranos (lots violent obv) * Weeds (Showtime original, now on Netflix) * The Wire (definitely has violence, but might be best written show ever) [Diane Davidson] * Fleabag * Sex Education * Corner Gas (on Amazon Prime - old show, flat voiced sarcasm, sweet, family show) * Big Bang Theory * Jane the Virgin (I liked for about 2 seasons, then it got too “soap opera” like for me) * Grace and Frankie * Derry Girls (teens in the Troubles - and it's about the teen experience, not so much the Troubles) * Vicar of Dibley [Be sure to watch the very end where the vicar tells a joke to Alice who has trouble understanding it] * Coupling (only the British version. The American version is not funny) * Kominsky Method * Hitch (not a series, a fun rom com [romantic commedy?] movie) * The IT Crowd (sitcom in the basement of an IT office, old show) * Kim's Convenience (sitcom in a Korean corner store in Canada) * New Girl * Atypical (wonderful show about the family which includes a young man with Aspergers - he is growing up and his family needs to cope) * AJ and the Queen (a drag queen friends a troubled tweener by chance and adventures - personally, I like this, but I can see how there are problems with the concept) * Madam Walker