The Watercooler for Netflix

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 Star Trek

Capt. James T. Kirk (William Shatner) and the crew of the starship USS Enterprise keep intergalactic danger at bay and delves deep into the exploration of space. Leonard Nimoy co-stars as Spock.

 Sports Night

Aaron Sorkin’s critically acclaimed series follows the offbeat cast and crew of a sports news show as they deal with professional and personal challenges in their pressure-cooker work environment.

 The Worst Week of My Life

Murphy’s Law is an ongoing theme in this quirky BBC comedy series that finds seemingly cursed couple Howard and Mel in the midst of premarital chaos — and, later on, in the throes of labor pains.

 Ip Man 2

Centering on Ip Man’s migration to Hong Kong in 1949 as he attempts to propagate his discipline of Wing Chun martial arts.

 Cinema Paradiso

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village’s theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater’s projectionist.

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 The Rocky Horror Picture Show

A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.

 Super Size Me

While examining the influence of the fast food industry, Morgan Spurlock personally explores the consequences on his health of a diet of solely McDonald’s food for one month.

 Lady Chatterley 

Joely Richardson is Lady Chatterley, who — at the urging of her paralyzed, impotent spouse (James Wilby) — finds a lover in the form of her husband’s handsome gamekeeper.

 X-Men 

Two mutants come to a private academy for their kind whose resident superhero team must oppose a terrorist organization with similar powers.

 Doc Martin

Crippled by a sudden fear of blood, flashy surgeon Dr. Martin Ellingham (Martin Clunes) abandons his bustling London practice and sets up shop as a country doctor in this British sitcom. 

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 Wet Hot American Summer

Paul Rudd, Molly Shannon and Elizabeth Banks co-star in this spoof on summer-camp camp set in 1981 starring members of The State.

 Death Note

Whenever law student Light Yagami writes down a person’s name in his newly found notebook, that person ends up dead. Deciding to take the law into his own hands, Light kills criminals.

 Sports Night

The Emmy Award-winning comedy series from creator Aaron Sorkin (“The West Wing”) starring Peter Krause and Josh Charles offers a witty behind-the-scenes look at the production of a TV show.

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 Jaws

When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.

 District 9

An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.

 The American President

Comedy-drama about a widowed US president (Michael Douglas) and a lobbyist (Annette Bening) who fall in love. It’s all aboveboard, but “politics is perception” and sparks fly anyway.