So, Netflix Canada launched today. As a (fairly) loyal Zip.ca subscriber, I was worried, but to be honest, I can do without putting DVDs in the mail every week. Since we can watch Netflix on the Wii, I thought I’d sign up for a trial month.
I tried to find things I’d want to see. Netflix is drawing blanks. I took my list of 30 movies I have queued at Zip to see how they compare. It’s not so good:
| # | Title | Zip.ca | Netflix |
| 1 | A Single Man | ✓ | ✗ |
| 2 | The Dish | ✓ | ✗ |
| 3 | Becoming Jane | ✓ | ✗ |
| 4 | October Sky | ✓ | ✓ |
| 5 | Playtime | ✓ | ✗ |
| 6 | The Commitments | ✓ | ✗ |
| 7 | The Cove | ✓ | ✗ |
| 8 | Storytelling | ✓ | ✗ |
| 9 | Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back | ✓ | ✗ |
| 10 | Princess Mononoke | ✓ | ✗ |
| 11 | Kiki’s Delivery Service | ✓ | ✗ |
| 12 | Whisper of the Heart | ✓ | ✗ |
| 13 | Salesman | ✓ | ✗ |
| 14 | Festival Express | ✓ | ✗ |
| 15 | Fat Girl (A ma soeur!) | ✓ | ✗ |
| 16 | Adam | ✓ | ✗ |
| 17 | Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) | ✓ | ✗ |
| 18 | A Chorus Line | ✓ | ✗ |
| 19 | This is England | ✓ | ✓ |
| 20 | Crumb |
✓ | ✗ |
| 21 | The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection | ✓ | ✗ |
| 22 | Old-Time Banjo Styles | ✗ | ✗ |
| 23 | Learning Mountain Dulcimer | ✗ | ✗ |
| 24 | Animation Greats! | ✗ | ✗ |
| 25 | Black Cat, White Cat | ✗ | ✗ |
| 26 | Northfork | ✗ | ✗ |
| 27 | Leningrad Cowboys: Total Balalaika Show | ✗ | ✗ |
| 28 | The Turning Point | ✗ | ✗ |
| 29 | Winter’s Bone | ✗ | ✗ |
| 30 | Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam | ✗ | ✗ |
| Available | 70% | 7% |
The unavailable titles at Zip are ones they know about, and will try to find. Not surprisingly, all of them are also not available from Netflix. The only ones I could watch at Netflix are October Sky and This Is England. And would you credit it, but didn’t the DVD for October Sky just arrive yesterday …
Look, I know it’s early days, but Netflix needs to get a bunch better in the next 30 days. Oh, and it could do with some CanCon – it’s very weak there.