Part II: ‘Tis the season for Netflix
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December 23, 2014
Starting tomorrow, you have 12 days of break. During these days, you will most likely catch up on your school work, clean your room, solve world hunger. Or, you will lay in bed all day watching Netflix. But, after you finish the final season of Gossip Girl, what should you be watching?
The OHS Magnet team has taken it upon themselves to come up with a helpful guide of the shows and movies you need to see if you haven’t already.
TV Shows:
| Genre | Number of Seasons | Average Episode Run Time | How long will it take to finish the whole series? | |
| The Office | Comedy, Witty, Irreverent | 9 | 22 min | 3.125 days nonstop (75 hours) |
| The West Wing | Drama, Witty, Cerebral | 7 | 42 min | 109.2 hours |
| House of Cards | Witt, Cerebral, Dark | 2 | 46-59 min | 21.67 hours (start now and you can catch up in one day!) |
| Gossip Girl | Teen Drama, New York | 6 | 39-44 min | 84.7 hours (3.5 days) |
| Orange is the New Black | Irreverent, Raunchy | 2 | 51-92 min | 22.5 hours (1,355 minutes) |
| Dexter | Witty, Violent, Ominous | 8 | 45 min | 72 hours |
| American Horror Story | Horror, Scary, Suspenseful | 3 (season 4 not on Netflix) | 39-63 min | 40 hours |
| Firefly | Sci-Fi Fantasy, Witty | 1 | 44 min | 10.3 hours |
| Carrie Diaries | Teen Drama, Feel-good | 2 | 42 min | 18.2 hours |
| The 100 | Sci-Fi Fantasy, Drama | 2 | 42 min | 14.7 hours |
| Sherlock | Cerebral, British, Witty | 3 | 85- 90 min | 13.05 hours |
| Reign | Drama, Historical | 2 | 42 min | 22.4 hours |
| Weeds | Dramedy, Quirky, Satire | 8 | 26 min | 44.2 hours |
| Breaking Bad | Dark, Crime Drama | 5 | 43- 58 min | 56.83 hours |
| How I Met Your Mother | Romantic, Goofy | 9 | 22 min | 76.3 hours( only 4,576 minutes) |
| Arrested Development | Witty, Irreverent, Quirky | 4 | 22 min | 25 hours |
| Pretty Little Liars | Teen Drama, Suspenseful | 4 (season 5 not on Netflix) | 41 min | 73 .8 hours |
| SNL: the 2010s | Sketch Comedy, Witty | 37 & 38 on Netflix | 48 min | n/a |
| Lie to Me | Suspenseful, Gritty | 3 | 42 min | 33.6 hours |
| Once Upon a Time | Fantasy, Drama | 3 (season 4 not on Netflix) | 43 min | 55.9 hours |
| Mad Men | Period Drama, Dark | 6 (season 7 not on Netflix) | 47 min | 66.5 hours |
We mainly use Netflix for binge watching TV shows, but Netflix originated with movies. These are some of the best ones we found for streaming:
| Genre | Rating | Run Time | Stars | |
| Anchorman 2 | Late Night Comedy, Goofy | PG-13 | 1 hr 58 min | Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Paul Rud |
| Catching Fire | *this movie belongs to all genres* | PG-13 | 2 hr 26 min | Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcheson, Liam Hemsworth |
| Lords of Dogtown | Sports, Drama | UR | 1 hr 46 min | Emile Hirsch, Nikki Reed, Victor Rasuk |
| Clueless | Romantic, Comedy | PG-13 | 1 hr 37 min | Alicia Silverstone, Paul Rudd, Brittany Murphy |
| Heathers | Comedy, Indie, Cynical | R | 1 hr 43 min | Winona Ryder, Chritian Slater |
| The Breakfast Club | Quirky, Heartfelt, Comedy | R | 1 hr 37 min | Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall |
| Dumb & Dumber | Slapstick Comedy | PG-13 | 1 hr 46 min | Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels |
| Zoolander | Slapstick Comedy, Satire | PG-13 | 1 hr 29 min | Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrel |
| Wayne’s World | Late Night Comedy, Goofy | PG-13 | 1 hr 34 min | Mike Myers, Dana Carvey, Rob Lowe |
| Wolf of Wall Street | Drama, Raunchy | R | 2 hr 59 min | Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill |
Unfortunately, The Breakfast Club will be leaving Netflix this January, but many new favorites are now coming! Mean Girls, Wayne’s World 2 and the complete collection of Friends will be joining our list of favorites to kick off 2015.
All photos were press released by Netflix