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It's new! It's unlimited! It has no late fees! It's....*drumroll* Netflix! Join millions of users who don't go to the video store, pay late fees, or pay for shipping movies back and forth. With your low monthly fee you can enjoy renting movies online with no hassle. Simply choose what you want to see and it comes to your door. Return it when you're done and you'll get another one!
How can you add the Netflix module to your lens to enhance the information your visitors are getting AND earn a little extra cash? Learn how below!
Why use the Netflix Module?
- Offer a list of movies that match the genre of the book you just reviewed.
- Encourage visitors to try something new that's exactly the opposite of what your lens is about.
- Link to the "documentaries" selection on your biography lenses.
- Give parents the option to rent kids movies on your childrens' lens.
- Allow readers to "try before they buy" with fitness DVD's.
- Add a sports offering to your sports related lens.
Netflix Flexibility
What can you do with the Netflix module?
This screenshot shows how you can choose from four display options. Each of these is described in more detail below.
For each display option you also get three additional options.
You can show: 5, 10, or 15 movie listings.
You can show: no information about each movie, the first 100 characters, or the whole shebang.
You can update your module: every 6 hours, every 12 hours, every day, every other day, or once per week.
Top Rentals by Genre
You can display a list of available movies that fit the topic of your lens. No work is necessary on your part! Choose from:
* Action & Adventure
* Anime & Animation
* Bluray
* Children & Family
* Classics
* Comedy
* Documentary
* Drama
* Faith & Spirituality
* Foreign
* Gay & Lesbian
* HD DVD
* Horror
* Independent
* Music & Musicals
* Romance
* SciFi & Fantasy
* Special Interest
* Sports & Fitness
* Television
* Thrillers
Below is a sample list of action and adventure movies that you can rent through Netflix.
- 001- Casino Royale
Martin Campbell (GoldenEye) directs the 21st film adaptation of the 007 franchise, which marks Danie...- 002- Blood Diamond
In war-ravaged Sierra Leone, diamond smuggler Danny Archer (Leonardo DiCaprio) learns that a local f...- 003- Iron Man
After escaping from kidnappers using makeshift power armor, an ultrarich inventor and weapons maker...- 004- 3:10 to Yuma
Box office heavyweights Christian Bale and Russell Crowe pool their A-list talents for director Jame...- 005- Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Marriage has gotten stale and predictable for John and Jane Smith, an average-on-the-surface husband...- Try Netflix free for 14 days
Top Rentals Overall
Give your readers a list of what's hot right this second, with a list of the top rentals overall.
- 001- Crash
Tensions erupt when the tangled lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Per...- 002- The Departed
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the under...- 003- The Bucket List
When corporate mogul Edward Cole (Jack Nicholson) and mechanic Carter Chambers (Morgan Freeman) wind...- 004- The Pursuit of Happyness
Will Smith earned an Oscar nomination for an inspiring performance opposite his real-life son Jaden...- 005- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
David Fincher directs this Oscar-nominated tale of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) -- a man who was born...- Try Netflix free for 14 days
New Releases
Are you the first in line to your rental store to snatch up the most recently released movies? Don't stand in line just to find out they're all gone - rent from Netflix!
- Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Georgia Nicolson (Georgia Groome) has two goals in life: Get a gorgeous boyfriend, and throw the bes...- Call of the Wild
Nine-year-old city girl Ryann Hale (Ariel Gade) is a real fish out of water when she visits Grandpa...- (500) Days of Summer
When his girlfriend, Summer (Zooey Deschanel), unceremoniously dumps him, greeting-card copywriter a...- All About Steve
While Steve (Bradley Cooper) would have to disagree, socially inept Mary (Sandra Bullock) thinks he'...- American Pie Presents: The Book of Love
When Rob (Bug Hall), Nathan (Kevin M. Horton) and Lube (Brandon Hardesty) discover the sex bible lef...- Try Netflix free for 14 days
Your Rentals
Ah...it's all about you! Show your readers what YOU think by sharing your personal list of recommended movies OR what's in your queue to watch next.
Based on what I've rated, these are movies that Netflix has personally recommended to me to rent.
- The Titanic
A glamorous wife considers an affair with an old flame while a harmless pickpocket falls in with a c...- Cruel Intentions
Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn (Sarah Michelle Gellar) challenges her stepbrother, Se...- Schindler's List
Liam Neeson stars as Oskar Schindler, a greedy German factory owner made rich by exploiting cheap Je...- Grey's Anatomy: Season 1
An overwhelming success with viewers and critics alike, this Emmy-nominated medical drama stars Elle...- Shining Through
New York secretary Linda Voss (Melanie Griffith) suspects that her boss, Ed Leland (Michael Douglas)...- Try Netflix free for 14 days
See Netflix in Action
- Action Flicks for Chicks
- Girls like movies that blow up, too! Now you can try those action flicks before you buy them, and get them delivered to your door.
- Tommie - Kimberly's Cat
- My baby's lens has all proceeds set to go to the Humane Society. Since not everyone is interested in buying something, such as a cat toy, I threw in the Netflix module as an alternative way for them to support Tommie's cause.
- Kimberly's Christmas Wish List
- I put an "upgraded" Netflix subscription on my wish list with compelling reasons why it was just as good or better than getting DVD's. ;)
Reader Feedback
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- wyrm11268 wyrm11268 May 10, 2009 @ 4:13 am
- Thank you - I didnt know there was a netflix module.
Every day I learn something new!
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- MrLewisSmile MrLewisSmile Nov 11, 2006 @ 8:56 pm
- ...just off to experiment with Netflix!
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- genglo genglo Oct 18, 2006 @ 10:01 am
- Thanks for the tips! I'm such a Netflix addict.
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- MeganCasey MeganCasey Oct 17, 2006 @ 11:17 am
- thanks, Kimberly!
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- MeganCasey MeganCasey Oct 4, 2006 @ 1:16 pm
- uber-handy. thanks!
by KimberlyDawnWells
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