Lesser Known Tv Series And Movies

[Elphaba09]

Are there any tv series (Netflix, PBS, what have you) or movies you love that you think deserve a broader audience?

Off the top of my head TV:

The Detectorists
The OA
Raised by Wolves (British TV series)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Ripper Street
Gran Hotel (also Grand Hotel)
Glow
Longmire
Taboo
Chuno (Slave Hunters)
Firefly
The IT Crowd
Better Off Ted
The Expanse
Barry

Movies:
Colossal
Safety Not Guaranteed (My husband and I walked down the aisle together to the song played towards the end.)
Lady Vengence
I Kill Giants
Leon: The Professional
Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (I am an Atheistic Pagan, and I LOVE Nestor!)
The Babadook
Queen
Muriel's Wedding

 

[Willowy]

TV shows:

Pushing Daisies
Corner Gas
Psych (maybe this one isn't really lesser-known or underappreciated)

OK, that's all I can think of, lol. I'm sure I'll think of more later.

 

[Kat0121]

Both on Netflix

Lilyhammer (a must for any fan of The Sopranos)
Trailer Park Boys - Canada's greatest gift to the world

 

[aliceneko]

Some British shows that deserve international appreciation (I think most people internationally have seen or heard of shows like Call the Midwife, The Crown, Downtown Abbey, etc).

Friday Night Dinner
Miranda
Gavin and Stacey
Father Ted
Rev
The Blackadder series
Broadchurch
Citizen Khan
Come Fly With Me
Josh
End of the F**cking World (Netflix)
Gogglebox
The Fall
Not Going Out
The Royale Family
The Windsors
Happy Valley
Doctor Foster
McMafia
Victoria
Peaky Blinders (Netflix)
Line of Duty

 

[Elphaba09]

Pushing Daisies

I remember seeing a single episode of this when it came out. I am going to have to try and find it!

Broadchurch

Peaky Blinders

Both of those are fantastic!

 

[kashmir64]

Off the top of my head
Cleverman
Red Dwarf
Chuck
I'm sure I'll think of more soon.

 

[Elphaba09]

Off the top of my head
Cleverman
Red Dwarf
Chuck
I'm sure I'll think of more soon.

Cleverman!

 

[Jayflower]

My cats and I watch a lot of programs on the NHK World(Japanese PBS) channel.
A few of our favorites are:
Document 72 Hours
Somewhere Street
The Professionals
Seasoning the Seasons
Tokyo Fashion Express
Trails To Tsukiji

 

[MonaLyssa33]

I agree with Pushing Daisies. Bryan Fuller (the creator) also made another awesome, but short-lived, show called Dead Like Me. Mandy Patinkin's character in that show is one of my favorite characters of all of the shows I've watched.

Other shows:
The Good Place
Atypical
Insatiable
GLOW
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Super Store
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Broad City
One Day at a Time (the new one on Netflix)
Mindhunter

 

[Elphaba09]

The Good Place
Atypical

GLOW

Super Store

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

I just finished watching this week's The Good Place and Super Store. I love Kimmy Schmidt and GLOW!

 

[MonaLyssa33]

I just finished watching this week's The Good Place and Super Store. I love Kimmy Schmidt and GLOW!

I haven't watched this week's episodes yet, but I will probably do it tomorrow.

 

[Elphaba09]

I know it looks like I am a giant couch potato, but I am home all the time and cannot be without noise to busy my mind while I do other things. (I read a lot in addition to doing other things. I need noise then, too.)

I watch/listen to a lot of the same stuff over and over. It is not an issue, really, but I like to have options.

 

[muffy]

My favorite British show is Pie In The Sky. There is one more but I can't think of the name of it

 

[Mia6]

Are there any tv series (Netflix, PBS, what have you) or movies you love that you think deserve a broader audience?

Off the top of my head TV:

The Detectorists
The OA
Raised by Wolves (British TV series)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Ripper Street
Gran Hotel (also Grand Hotel)
Glow
Longmire
Taboo
Chuno (Slave Hunters)
Firefly
The IT Crowd
Better Off Ted
The Expanse
Barry

Movies:
Colossal
Safety Not Guaranteed (My husband and I walked down the aisle together to the song played towards the end.)
Lady Vengence
I Kill Giants
Leon: The Professional
Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (I am an Atheistic Pagan, and I LOVE Nestor!)
The Babadook
Queen
Muriel's Wedding

Muriel's Wedding is one of my favorite movies.

 

[Elphaba09]

Muriel's Wedding is one of my favorite movies.

You're terrible, Muriel!

My favorite part is when Rhonda tells the other girls she is with Muriel. I read something last year that the actresses are still close friends. Toni Collete is brilliant in "The United States of Tara."

 

[artiemom]

A ton of PBS shows:
Poldark
Call of the Midwives
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
Elizabeth
Oldies:
Father Brown Mysteries
Grantchester
so many more, which I forgot.. I love period pieces. I feel as if I just get engulfed in the storylines.

I have a tendency to gravitate towards the British Stuff... even Australian. I love the fact there are no commercials. They also seem to be much better, written than the American programs. The characterizations are incredible; also, the photography is insane.

 

[Elphaba09]

They also seem to be much better, written than the American programs.

I tend to agree with you on that one! Have you watched "The Detectorists"?

And, I love every series you listed! Haha! "Grantchester" is about to have a massive change after Norton leaves.

If we ever get another female cat, Phryne is on the shortlist of names. I think Essie Davis is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen.

 

[m3rma1d]

Trailer Park Boys
Samurai Champloo
Master of None
Derek (this show is basically my religion, if I had a religion)
Keeping Up Appearances

I could come up with a list a million miles long..

 

[1 bruce 1]

I've only gotten to see it on you tube, but Begin Japanology is something we've been watching very often for a long time, as we both like the Japanese culture.
(I only hope the show isn't full of crap.)

 

[Elphaba09]

Samurai Champloo

My son and his fiancee are huge fans of Samurai Champloo. They also like Cowboy BeBop.

I've only gotten to see it on you tube, but Begin Japanology is something we've been watching very often for a long time, as we both like the Japanese culture.
(I only hope the show isn't full of crap.)

My son follows modern Bushido, trains in Japanese martial arts along with his fiancee, collects katanas and other weapons, and wears traditional Japanese clothes often.

There is a series called Samurai Cat that we all enjoy. It is about a recluse samurai who was ordered to kill a specific cat. Instead of killing the cat, he ends up loving the cat and keeping it.

This is my son with our Silas.