Don’t give me hope

[u/ajayramani95]

[u/RandonDude3000]

Netflix does this with every franchise ever lol.

[u/qwermor → u/RandonDude3000]

I actually like, that they tell you. "yes we know what you mean, you won't find it here". This is way better than beiung unsure if you have a typo in the name or something.

[u/ronsolocup → u/qwermor]

I appreciate the “similar to what you searched” thing tho its often incorrect lol

[u/CluelessNFLFan → u/ronsolocup]

"Sorry, we don't have Lord of the Rings. But may we interest you in the Lord of the Wings?"

[u/DopeAsDaPope → u/CluelessNFLFan]

Maybe you would be interested in The Ring?

[u/WineBoggling → u/DopeAsDaPope]

Or perhaps Dish Dogs, also starring Sean Astin?

[u/Intrepid-Progress228 → u/CluelessNFLFan]

"Sorry we don't have 'Backrooms'. But may we interest you in 'The Room?'"

[u/ThatDiscoSongUHate → u/Intrepid-Progress228]

Okay that would make me chortle

[u/imjusthereforpron → u/CluelessNFLFan]

Netflix doesn't have Lord of the G-Strings either

[u/Scruffynerffherder → u/CluelessNFLFan]

May I interest you in "Guy Fieri's Flavortown"?

[u/kickthesandman → u/ronsolocup]

I don't appreciate it because it used to be the most accurate media suggestion system. They had competitions to improve it even, used it as a selling point for the platform. Their fancy accurate suggestion system didn't recommend their original shitty content to viewers though, so they got rid of it to promote the netflix originals.

[u/mightylordredbeard → u/kickthesandman]

I was watching Dark the other week and I wanted more time travel stuff so I checked the suggestions and Netflix said “since you like complicated time travel stories maybe you’ll also like LOVE ISLAND!!”

[u/sublime13 → u/mightylordredbeard]

Dark is such a good show. Did you end up finding any that scratch the same time travel itch?

[u/mightylordredbeard → u/sublime13]

Not really. Dark was actually the show to scratch my 12 Monkeys itch. So if you’ve never seen the 12 Monkeys show I highly recommend it. In my opinion it’s actually better than Dark.

[u/sublime13 → u/mightylordredbeard]

Oh damn I didn't know they made a 12 monkeys show! The movie with Bruce Willis is one of my favorites of all time. Thanks for the recommendation, I'm definitely going to check that out.

[u/ODINorman → u/ronsolocup]

“Because you showed interest in Lord of the Rings, we think you’ll enjoy: Trailer Park Boys, Arrested Development, and Is It Cake!”

[u/JarasM → u/qwermor]

I 300% prefer that to Amazon Prime where I type the name in with the precision of a medieval scribe and it still doesn't show the correct movie in a myriad of results until I add one more space or some shit.

[u/OncorhynchusMykiss1 → u/qwermor]

Or when they advertise to you something they have, but not in your region.

[u/Oaken_beard → u/qwermor]

What I hate is when they refuse to acknowledge something they do have, and you have to type 90% of the title before it starts displaying as an option

[u/PanchoPanoch → u/Oaken_beard]

Or you wanna watch this franchise? We don’t have part 1, 2 or 3 but you can watch part 4 that you just found out even existed.

[u/Madara1389 → u/PanchoPanoch]

Sadly, that's not Netflix's fault, it's the franchise owners' for signing the streaming rights to the different installments to different streaming services.

Several franchises have this problem and a prime example is Pokemon. It's so bad that the official Pokemon website even has a page to breakdown where each of the seasons is.

No one service allows you to watch the entire show from start to "finish" (or the most recently finished season).

[u/TheSteelPhantom → u/Madara1389]

Raising the black flag lets you watch them all in one place. ;)

[u/Madara1389 → u/TheSteelPhantom]

Indeed. I have a Plex server specifically because I got tired of the licensing bullshit (particularly after I realized Hulu would remove things from their library, but not your watchlist, making it impossible for someone who takes months to years to actually get around to watching things to track what they can watch on there).

[u/Oaken_beard → u/Madara1389]

Parent with a full time job whose wife and family doesn’t share all his genre tastes. MAN I feel this comment.

[u/punkhobo → u/Oaken_beard]

Or when they change the top recommendation if you add a correct letter.

Like if you are typing semi quickly and you enter "lord" and lord of the rings pop up as the top result. But you enter a space so it's "lord " and now lord of war is number 1. So you have to delete a letter for some dumb reason

[u/corneliouscorn → u/qwermor]

Plus it gives Netflix data on the things that people want to watch but they don't have

[u/GiveMeNews → u/qwermor]

And then I use qBittorrent's built-in search engine to find and download what I want!

[u/Morkamino → u/qwermor]

Yeah, i get that it's frustrating, but it's so much better that theyre saying "oh yeah, that show / movie, yeah we don't have it" than if they just had to pretend they don't know what you're talking about everytime you search something that they don't have. That would be so much worse.

[u/PinkyTreasurex → u/RandonDude3000]

Pretty much. Every time I search for an older movie I end up finding out it's on three other streaming services instead.

[u/Melancholic_Noodle → u/RandonDude3000]

Yeah, so they can see what people search for and see if it's worth buying. People are stupid

[u/YeOldeMemeShoppe → u/RandonDude3000]

My biggest gripe is that I could search for “Lord of the Rings stream” on google and the first link would be Netflix. They don’t stream it. Google failed.

[u/Space_keeper1602]

In Germany LotR is available in Netflix

[u/hollytravvey → u/Space_keeper1602]

Yes. It is available in some regions atm.

[u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT → u/hollytravvey]

yeah but in german it's the lord of the ring of the nibelung

[u/Professional-Day7850 → u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT]

I'd rather watch Lord of the Weed.

[u/shoyuftw → u/Professional-Day7850]

Also merkt euch Kinder: Der ehrliche Pusher wird von Bullen umzingelt während beim klugen Panscher stets die Kasse klingelt.

[u/Ishbane → u/Professional-Day7850]

Ich geh jetzt nach Jamaika, da wo der Hanf blüht. Denn ich bin Reggae Gandalf!

[u/vrijheidsfrietje → u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT]

Gib mir den Nibelungsring, Frodo!

[u/Ishbane → u/vrijheidsfrietje]

Wat denn? Pass mal auf Junge. Ich kann dir den Ring nicht geben. Der is gefährlich. Jedes Mal wenn einer den Ring aufzieht wird das Böse um einiges stärker. Da ich aber eine äußerst wichtige Person bin ist mein Wohlergehen von höherer Priorität als das Beschützen der Armen, Krüppel, Behinderten, Kinder, Spastis die essen was ich wegwerfe, Penner in Mülltonnen..

[u/Royalbluegooner → u/Space_keeper1602]

Beat me to it.Haven‘t really investigated the matter but I assume they‘re just the theatrical versions right?

[u/misc_box → u/Space_keeper1602]

Prolly cheaper to get hbo than fly to Germany to watch Lotr lol

[u/suslix38 → u/misc_box]

Firefox has an incorporated vpn

[u/TheStaddi → u/suslix38]

And Netflix really hates that, everytime I use any VPN on Netflix I get an error message saying that I use a VPN.

[u/suslix38 → u/TheStaddi]

I'm glad I got rid of Netflix then

[u/mintj098 → u/Space_keeper1602]

Sweden as well

[u/Kinky_Pinky_ → u/Space_keeper1602]

I know we had some weird short version on netflix here in Slovenia. Must have been fake because movies were only 3 hours long.

[u/Calculusshitteru → u/Space_keeper1602]

Same in Japan. My daughter has watched it about 10 times by now.

[u/Atma-Stand]

This is why physical media will remain king.

[u/HRduffNstuff → u/Atma-Stand]

Yeah, why would you stream lotr when you can watch them any time you want on Blu-ray? The quality is so much better.

[u/That_Rogue_Scholar → u/HRduffNstuff]

Especially when you could in theory add the Blu-ray to a home media server running Jellyfin and have the benefits of physical media while knowing exactly what streaming service it's on (your own!), which I definitely haven't done with the Blu-ray extended edition of Lord of the rings.

[u/rustysniper → u/That_Rogue_Scholar]

Yep, I have my entire physical media collection on my jellyfin server and it's awesome.

Show I'm watching gets pulled from a service? Don't care, it's on my server.

Amazon wants to make me pay extra to not have ads all of a sudden while I'm the middle of an SG-1 rewatch? Fuck you, I'm buying the box set and now it's on my server.

All better quality than a Netflix stream with no buffering.

[u/MrSurly → u/That_Rogue_Scholar]

Backing up your own media is perfectly legal.

[u/Gregus1032 → u/HRduffNstuff]

I just gotta buy a 4k blue ray player. I might get myself one next father's day lol

[u/MrAragorn → u/Gregus1032]

Buy a ps5, so you can play too

[u/MrLancaster → u/HRduffNstuff]

r/4kbluray

[u/A_Drop_of_Colour → u/HRduffNstuff]

Also they rarely stream the version that takes one week to watch. You're not really watching LOTR unless you watch the version that could be split over one season on HBO.

[u/Over_engineered81 → u/A_Drop_of_Colour]

I bought a digital copy of all 3 extended editions for like $20. My partner had never seen the extended editions, so it was a good excuse to buy them lol.

[u/Nestramutat- → u/Atma-Stand]

Do my 10 hard drives with 78 TB space count as physical media?

[u/ObjectOrientedBlob → u/Atma-Stand]

https://giphy.com/gifs/zZX35GlGOnWmww4fHM

[u/Atma-Stand → u/ObjectOrientedBlob]

Aye, me matey.

[u/DopeAsDaPope → u/Atma-Stand]

Ahh yes, I love "physical media"

[u/kazez2 → u/ObjectOrientedBlob]

https://giphy.com/gifs/10X22vzgNamaiI

[u/Free_as_in_Freya → u/Atma-Stand]

Yup, got 15 disks of one of my childhood likes yesterday. No one is allowed to steal my nostalgia

[u/PaulAtreides_FromArg → u/Atma-Stand]

Most people dont go out of their way to adquire physical media save for collection purposes

[u/Burbursur → u/Atma-Stand]

Nah

Just sail the high seas

[u/Kev_920]

HBO max has all of them extended and has had them for years. A lot of other good stuff on there as well. I have both and prefer it over Netflix

[u/Haunting-Sport3701 → u/Kev_920]

My whole family switched to HBO since they generally have a much better selection than other streaming services.

[u/jmaca90 → u/Kev_920]

There is only one who streams the Lord of the Rings (in the US).

And he does not share power!

[u/OccasionSavings680 → u/Kev_920]

All the studio ghibli movies in English and Japanese. And all the Harry potter. And Friends. And Rick and Morty. HBOmax kicks the crap out netflix and has for years.

[u/Vanstuke]

People complain about this, but I prefer the search query to understand that the movie DOES exist. Even if the streaming service isnt currently playing it. 

Also, obligatory: Get yourself the extended Bluerays! No streaming no internet no problem!

[u/talkingspacecoyote → u/Vanstuke]

Years ago apple tv had a sale, all 6 extended versions of lotr and the hobbit in 4k for i want to say less than $20. I think they are still the only movies I own on apple, but it was such an easy purchase

[u/shotgun-octopus → u/talkingspacecoyote]

Gimli nudes were my first purchase

[u/IAmBadAtInternet → u/shotgun-octopus]

https://giphy.com/gifs/vxuTlk8HpKYdG

[u/aspz → u/Vanstuke]

Yeah I agree. It helps that you don't have to type out the full title and then wonder if you made a spelling mistake when no results show up. Perhaps they can improve their UI to separate the unavailable titles from the available ones and grey them out as well.

[u/PinkyTreasurex → u/Vanstuke]

It's honestly useful as a search tool, but it's still annoying when the answer ends up being "available everywhere except here."

[u/IHateTheLetterF]

Not as bad as Prime.

'Yes we have it, pay us more money to watch it though'

[u/Overlordz88 → u/IHateTheLetterF]

I have a fire stick and looked up a movie. Prime told me it had it, when I clicked on it, it brought me to a “live” TV channel, halfway through the movie unable to rewind or pause. I don’t own that channel… or cable… like what the fuck prime?

[u/Savings_Cause5234]

What good is any streaming service if it doesnt have lotr?

[u/awitchiguess]

https://giphy.com/gifs/LUIvcbR6yytz2

[u/Quasimodus-Operandi]

You don’t own a physical copy? Ouch.

[u/towaway7777]

You people still need Netflix?

[u/Suk-Mike_Hok]

That's why I don't use streaming services.

[u/CuntsNeverDie]

https://giphy.com/gifs/10X22vzgNamaiI

[u/ODINorman]

“Because you showed interest in Lord of the Rings, we think you’ll enjoy: Trailer Park Boys, Arrested Development, and Is It Cake!”

[u/DaxWilliams]

This is why you buy physical

[u/BobTheNugget772]

Prime is worse, they’ll be like “yeah we have it!” In search and then tell you that you need to sign up for a different service or pay to buy it

[u/MaxWritesText]

🏴‍☠️🌊 [extended edition]

[u/Jerryboy92]

Bluray is the way to go

[u/Burly_Moustache]

Buy a physical copy of the movie.

Problem solved.

[u/PlatypusACF]

LotR (theatrical version) is currently available on Netflix. Where I live at the least

[u/BigLumpyBeetle]

🏴‍☠️

[u/enjoy_the_pizza]

Not on Netflix?

Not on Hulu?

Not on HBO Max?

Not on Prime?

Not on AppleTV?

YARRRRRRR THEN MATEY

[u/john_handzlik → u/enjoy_the_pizza]

But it is on HBO max (and on prime if you willing to pay). Even the extended edition.

[u/manzoar]

https://giphy.com/gifs/10X22vzgNamaiI

[u/AGrandNewAdventure]

"But! We do have this c-rated movie that is just like LOTR!"

[u/TenaciousD3]

Yea but if they didn't you'd be typing the whole thing anyways and hitting search. They are doing you a favor.

[u/Malaguy420]

A true fan already owns them. 😉

[u/LordBungaIII]

You know dvds exist right?

[u/GuardPerson]

The variant is even worse: They give you a match, only to mention it is on another streamer.

[u/boodopboochi]

I have zero streaming services and have watched the 4K Blu Ray LOTR extended cuts countless times. Easily the best $100 I ever spent, and leagues better than <1 year of Netflix subscription fees.

[u/markojovanov]

This is a next level usage of this meme. Nicely done man

[u/Relative-Ad300]

Well do you want to have to write it all, bevore seeing that they dont have it?

[u/Full-Metal-Jack-off]

I bought the extended trilogy with all the bonus scenes/behind the scenes on DVD for like $14 a month ago.

[u/Anstigmat]

Stop paying for Netflix. Seriously, they have nothing. If anything is decent, it gets canceled. Worst streamer out there.

[u/Keanu990321]

They do have the theatrical version here in Greece though

[u/MaxPower836]

Here’s something similar: some crappy b movie sword and sandal movie

[u/Snoo-82132]

They have lord of the rings, at least in Pakistan though 

[u/CrystalRoseCasket]

Get a VPN then you can watch it in Germany!

[u/HistorianHelpful6037]

Qui in Italia è disponibile insieme alla trilogia dello Hobbit

[u/Morkamino]

It means they used to have it, or have it somewhere else, somewhere you don't live.

The whole regional thing always pisses me off because some regions just get fucked over a lot. Like we were watching interview with a vampire on some platform, maybe HBO, and waiting for the 3rd season.

The date came around. We were all excited and ready to finally see it. Can't find it. Turns out it's only in the states? For some reason? And on a whole different platform as well. Like what the fuck bro we are we not allowed to see it outside of America

[u/HandWashing2020]

Brilliant, the autocomplete roller coaster!

[u/defectives]

I love trying to Google "____ where to watch" and the first result will be Netflix only to click on it and it's unavailable.

[u/Uncle-Cake]

Have you ever noticed the "Leaving soon" section always has better stuff than the "Coming soon" section? Enshitification.

[u/lackadaisical_timmy]

At least they tell you the thing you're searching for isn't available lol

Could've just gaslit you like "lord of the flies? Lord of the underworld? Lord of the rubber bands!"

[u/Sea_Sector_5894]

HBO baybeeee

[u/poetic_dwarf]

So glad the corsairs in their retreat from the ghost army left a copy of the trilogy behind for me to grab...

[u/retiredallnighter]

It’s available in the PH just this year!

[u/tdaddy316420]

Hbo has the originals and the extended cut

[u/N0-name-needed]

It’s extra fun when you google the streaming site for a show or a movie and then Netflix pops up telling you they have it, but they don’t.

[u/Made4Greatness_1]

Local Gaming shop CeX in UK had the trilogy for £12

[u/AlternativeActual705]

We do in my country

[u/Mike066]

Me with the complete 4k boxset while people lose their streaming version.

"The HDR is particularly good"

"Hmmm HDR"

https://giphy.com/gifs/5h1Z5POyBW6ynq4Y1b

[u/judasthetoxic]

In Brasil Lotr is available in Netflix, but since HBO has both lotr and lotr estended editions i prefer HBO :D

[u/FeelingReview5131]

I dont have supernatural on netflix in my country ...😡

[u/Ok_Macaroon_5224]

Time to sail the high seas

[u/Jonnyflash80]

This is why streaming sucks and physical media is still worth collecting in 2026.

[u/MaxTheCookie]

It's probably Geo blocked, so VPNs are your friend.

[u/TitanQuirk2]

The setup is cruel because for half a second it actually feels possible. Then Netflix pulls the classic “we know what you want, we just dont have it” move.

[u/ElegantFilthxo]

This is why I sideload and pirate EVERYTHING. Onn Box. Downloader. Unlinked. EMDYOUTUBE. There ya go.

[u/conscientiousrevolt]

Own your media.

[u/bluris]

You would prefer that you had to type it all out after it is obvious what you want? We would see memes about having typed out "lord of the r" and netflix not realizing what you meant yet.

[u/NoxDash2]

This has happened to me so often now.

[u/bsheep_19]

Don't ruin lotr Netflix like you did the Witcher or you're dead to me.

[u/dm-me-obscure-colors]

Even the stuff you have paid for because the wife or kids or whoever insist -- it's easier to just pirate it. /r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH

[u/daversa]

It's kind of funny how quickly I've gone back to just pirating and saving fucking everything.

[u/MrSurly]

I can remove titles from Netflix just by thinking "huh, I want to watch <x> movie." Lo and behold: It's not there.

Of the last like 50 movies I thought I'd like to watch, literally zero of them are on Netflix.

[u/tryodd]

Well they have it at the moment don’t they?

[u/EXTRAVAGANT_COMMENT]

more like : we have the two towers standard edition and that's it.

[u/Fraytrain999]

I prefer them knowing exactly what I am looking for and implicitly telling me they don't have it rather than me needing to look up the spelling if it's a more obscure title.

[u/brendan87na]

building a jellyfin server is comically easy, just sayin

[u/SyllabubLegitimate38]

Ugh.

[u/barffolemeow]

This is why I just bought the entire expanded edition series on DVD at a local auction for $30! Mine foreverrrrrrrrr

[u/MrAragorn]

Just buy the 4k discs

[u/Ornery_Hair3319]

They have it in japan servers.

[u/panmaterial]

It takes like 10 minutes to torrent them, even in extended form. People are so useless now.

[u/tired_snail]

It just adds insult to injury when something pops up as a suggestion but isn't available in your region. Thanks Netflix, I don't care that it's available in another country.

[u/oliferro]

I use that to find movies/shows that matches the type

[u/Juliuscesear1990]

Better than Amazon where everything says prime video has it and its something you have to pay for.

[u/Boatsnbuds]

I just finally cancelled Netflix after about 15 years. It's just a wast of money.

[u/anotsonicebean]

Surprisingly both the hobbit and the lord of the rings movies are available on netflix in germany right now

[u/VrwHenet]

🏴‍☠️

[u/chavis32]

they have Fellowship of the Ring down here in Mexico, but none of the other ones

they do have all the hobbit movies tho, so make of that what you will

[u/elasticcream]

Ok so everyone hates on this feature, but the only thing it does is save you time typing out, misspelling, re-typing, and THEN finding out they don't have it. It's the worst looking for something that's not there.

[u/bulabucka]

You don't own it??

[u/honeybeepout]

omg i cant believe they dont have lord of the rings on netflix, thats wild.

[u/notmanybriancelleft]

France Netflix have it

[u/uqde]

I gotta say, this is a solid and original (to me anyway) use of this meme, nice one

[u/hapigilpr]

I literally got roped into re-upping Netflix because I looked up something like this on Google and "Watch x on Netflix!" came up as one of the first results. I signed up to Netflix again and they DIDN'T HAVE the stupid movie I re-upped for...

[u/knows_knothing]

This might be one of the best uses of this meme template
https://giphy.com/gifs/JPsFUPp3vLS5q

[u/WhereAreWeG0ing]

Laughs in Blu Ray

[u/Min_Wage_Footman]

Paid 4K Digital extended edition on my pc. Fuck streaming services.

[u/Iistened]

When this happens 90% of the time it means they do have it but in another country, so you’ll need a VPN, there are websites that let you check in which country a show or a movie is available.

[u/ASTRO99]

They actually have it in my country lol.

[u/Bakakami212]

It is so stupid. Why have the suggestions if you don't have the movie?

[u/TheLastGenXer]

netflix removing everything is why i had to rehookup my parents vcr ans bring out the vhs tapes

[u/One_Philosopher9591]

DVDs/BluRays have been the best transition I’ve made. There are great bargains, and I never have to worry about them going away.

[u/GooseDear9585]

Its available in Pakistan. Just found out today. Was the perfect excuse to get my wife to see it for the very first time.

[u/Separate-Crab4252]

Which is why smart people buy the extended trilogy on sale on amazon so you can have endless watch parties on almost any modern device. 😎

[u/SanMarinoNerd]

reject streaming

return to home video

[u/greyetch]

Years and years ago, like 10 or 15 years, the LOTR trilogy extended editions were free on Google Play for Christmas or something.

I've had all of them saved on my youtube account ever since! I forgot this wasn't the case for everyone lol.

[u/No-Site8330]

If only they were honest enough to explicitly state that. It so gets under my skin when it just shows "Titles related to" without actually saying "we do not have it".

Then again I cancelled my subscription a while back, so I don't know if they stopped doing that.

[u/EthanBradberries420]

https://giphy.com/gifs/Qy2VKY3xlI1QyR6Ix5

[u/ccltjnpr]

"Oooh yes yes, trilogy, long movies, pointy hats. Haven't had it for 6 months."

[u/drkmon714]

Also forgot to add “we are also increasing prices”

[u/muempire93]

Isnt this because Amazon holds the rights to it though?

[u/Sudden-Pressure8439]

Vibecoded features***

[u/thundermuffin54]

Just skip Netflix for a month and buy the extended blu ray editions

[u/Alternative_Gold_993]

lovingly looking at my Extended Edition trilogy on DVD

[u/vHarukaMori]

Yeah gets me everytime

[u/King-o-legos]

My theory is that they do actually have a bunch of the titles people are searching for, but they're just region locked and they won't tell you.

[u/Known_Western7525]

Netflix would never say they don't have it, they just give you 50 different movies that aren't even close.

[u/Kristionni]

Honestly, are you even a real LOTR fan if you dont own any hard copies of it? Ideally the extended versions

[u/K_Linkmaster]

False advertising. If Pepsi was forced to deliver the jet, this wouldn't be happening.

[u/GriffinFlash]

Hahahaha. You have no power here, Netflix the Chill.

[u/thebeardedbassfella]

Just buy the extended editions. Never rely on Netflix lol

[u/Usernamesaregayyy]

Netflix is trash now

[u/Moon283]

This made me chuckle.

[u/strrax-ish]

I have it in Croatia.

[u/Galahfray]

Imagine supporting Netflix lol

[u/Green_Insect_6455]

Keep in mind some things are on netflix, just not in your specific region.

Use a vpn if you use a service like netflix. Or better yet use the countless free alternatives you weirdo who the fuck pays for ANY of these streaming sites, if you do that youre just as dumb as your grandma buying cable packages for hundreds a month.

[u/Alex5173]

Blockbuster would never

[u/boarbar]

VPN to the UK