What's on UK Netflix but not us?

We've found the movies, shows and more that Brits can watch in their spare time - from classics to cults.

We're not ones for binge-watching, but sometimes it's nice to dip into a British film or series when you fancy a change of scene. Or perhaps you simply want to sit down and enjoy a little treat without feeling the need to be doing something else at the same time.

Luckily for you, we've rounded up all the Netflix UK (and US) originals available at the moment and picked out the titles that you'll probably enjoy most. You'll find more titles added to the list every day - so keep checking back! The best movies and series to watch on Netflix UK right now. Netflix original series. The Crown. Season 1 - Available: 6 July. Queen Elizabeth II and the British Monarchy during the Second World War. Starring Claire Foy as The Queen and Matt Smith as Prince Philip.

Queen Elizabeth II and the British Monarchy during the Second World War. Victoria & Abdul Season 1 - Available: 7 July. A love story set during the last years of Victoria's life. This biopic stars Roger Allam as Abdul Karim and Judi Dench as the Empress Victoria.

Season 2 - Available: 8 July. Season 2 focuses on the lives of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson and how they became king and queen. The Great British Bake Off Season 8 - Available: 9 July. A baking competition, where amateur bakers compete to be crowned the 'Great British Bake Off' and win 10,000 for their chosen charity.

Why some Netflix movies aren't available?

I've been trying to watch 'Jupiter Ascending' for the past 2 days.

I put in my info correctly and still it is not available? Am I missing something? I have this problem with several of the films I'm trying to watch. I've tried to watch them again on different machines but nothing has worked. I even tried on an IPad
It's a real pain. I'm guessing your IP address is in the US, you have to manually select your region as this is only possible on the US site.

Why are some Netflix shows not available in US?

I would like to understand the reason why some Netflix shows are not available in USA, while other not.

For example, one of the shows, Stranger Things Season 1, is not available in the United States; however, it is available in many countries in Latin America. Are the networks that own the rights to the TV shows in the United States trying to avoid losing money by not distributing them to the US Netflix audience? Is there another reason for this? Edit: In this answer, I am only concerned with TV shows, and not movies. It is a different topic in the context of films.

Related questions: Why are some Netflix shows not available in Canada? Does Netflix have any policy about not putting certain TV shows and movies in the US? One of the reasons that American streaming services like Netflix do not have broadcast rights for movies or TV shows that they license from outside of North America (or at least the English speaking world) is that the rights to such content don't often expire during the life of an ongoing licensing agreement. It may seem counter-intuitive that someone else would want to keep their movies and TV shows from being re-run, but it has been proven over and over that people want to own the content they have purchased and be able to watch it as many times as they like. If a company licensed new content at the same time that they licensed broadcast rights for another country that was likely because their initial strategy involved licensing in that territory rather than just licensing the content. With broadcast rights in North America they have two options. They can either sell it or license it to them.

The problem with selling it to another network is that the company who licenses the rights gets full distribution rights for their content and keeps 100% of the revenue. On the other hand, licensing their content to another network means that they also give up all of the profits from that content that would have gone to the owners of the content and/or production studios who created the content. There are a number of networks and cable companies with which such arrangements are made.

But you're right that people are happy to pay more than half a decade's worth of income to own an entertainment property they purchased. That is a bargain most certainly in any business you can name.

Netflix's situation is a bit unusual.