Netflix Adds 11 "Slow TV" Titles for August 2016
Netflix puts slow television on the world stage.
If you’ve ever thought, “I’d love to watch a bunch of Norwegians knitting a sweater for hours on end,” then Netflix has you covered. On August 5, the streaming service is adding — among other new TV shows and movies — a set of 11 “Slow TV” titles.
Slow TV is a cultural phenomenon that has attracted millions of viewers in countries like Norway and soon it’ll be on Netflix’s global stage of 190 countries. Slow TV is seen as a way to wind down, and lets you watch hours of unedited footage with titles like: Salmon Fishing, Train Ride Bergen to Oslo, or National Knitting Morning. Think of it this way: you’ll never have to worry about being caught up or accidentally seeing spoilers. But only time will tell if Americans find Slow TV just as binge-worthy as shows like Orange is the New Black.
Take, for example, National Knitting Evening, shot in 2013, which follows a group of Norwegians trying to break the record for producing a sweater – from shearing a sheep to the final stitches. Or National Firewood Night — which has the distinction of being mocked by Stephen Colbert — a show that features eight hours of people chopping wood and watching it burn in a fireplace. One of its creators claimed they got about 60 text messages from people complaining about which way the bark was facing in the fire because apparently, the “one thing that really divides Norway is bark.”
One of the first shows in the slow TV experiment featured a seven-hour and 17-minute train ride from Bergen to Oslo, a trek described as an “orgy of beautiful nature” by the documentarians. Slow TV on Netflix promises hours of binge-watching sweater-making, Scandinavian glee.
Here’s the full list of titles streaming in August, which also includes comedy specials from Louis C.K. and David Cross, as well as Funny or Die’s Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie, starring Johnny Depp and Ron Howard:
Streaming on 8/1/16
- The American Side (2016)
- An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
- APEX: The Story of the Hypercar (2016)
- Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (2011)
- Big Daddy (1999)
- Black Widow (1987)
- Critical Condition (1987)
- Deadfall (2012)
- Destination: Team USA (2016)
- Funny or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie NETFLIX EXCLUSIVE
- The Family Man (2000)
- The Fast and the Furious (2001)
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
- Final Destination 3 (2006)
- From the Terrace (1960)
- Holding the Man (2015) NETFLIX EXCLUSIVE
- How To Win The US Presidency (2016)
- In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
- ISIS: Women Unveiled (2016)
- Masha and the Bear: Season 2 NETFLIX EXCLUSIVE
- Memoria (2015)
- The Naked Prey (1966)
- NCIS: Season 13
- Pay It Forward (2000)
- The Real Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- Roseanne Collection: Collection 3
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Sliding Doors (1998)
- Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
- Teacher’s Pet (1958)
- The Verdict (1982)
- The Wedding Planner (2001)
- What Women Want (2000)
- Young@Heart (2007)
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
Streaming on 8/3/16
- Beat Bugs: Season 1 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Streaming on 8/5/16
- David Cross: Making America Great Again (2016) NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Ever After High: Epic Winter NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- The Little Prince (2016) NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Punk’s Dead: SLC Punk 2 (2016)
- Slow TV: National Firewood Evening (2016)
- Slow TV: National Firewood Morning (2016)
- Slow TV: National Firewood Night (2016)
- Slow TV: National Knitting Evening (2016)
- Slow TV: National Knitting Morning (2016)
- Slow TV: National Knitting Night (2016)
- Slow TV: Northern Passage (2016)
- Slow TV: Northern Railway (2016)
- Slow TV: Salmon Fishing (2016)
- Slow TV: The Telemark Canal (2016)
- Slow TV: Train Ride Bergen to Oslo (2016)
Streaming on 8/6/16
- The Confirmation (2016)
Streaming on 8/9/16
- Real Husbands of Hollywood: Season 4
- TRex (2015)
Streaming on 8/10/16
- St. Vincent (2014)
Streaming on 8/11/16
- Flight of the Butterflies (2012)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
Streaming on 8/12/16
- Ask the StoryBots: Season 1 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- The Get Down: Part 1 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Project Mc2: Season 2 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Streaming on 8/13/16
- 13 Cameras (2016)
Streaming on 8/15/16
- Louis CK: Live at the Comedy Store (2015)
Streaming on 8/16/16
- Let’s Go to Prison (2006)
- Our Last Tango (2015)
Streaming on 8/17/16
- The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)
- The Last Heist (2016)
- Puffin Rock: Season 2 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Streaming on 8/19/16
- Bottersnikes and Gumbles: Season 1 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Fearless: Season 1 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Streaming on 8/21/16
- Maz Jobrani: I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One On TV (2015)
Streaming on 8/22/16
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Seventeenth Year
Streaming on 8/23/2016
- Septembers of Shiraz (2015)
Streaming on 8/25/16
- The Road (2009)
Streaming on 8/26/16
- Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
- Dawn of the Croods: Season 2 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Glitter Force: Season 2 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy: We’ve Been Thinking… NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Once Upon a Time: Season 5
- XOXO (2016) NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Streaming on 8/27/16
- Rams (2015)
Streaming on 8/29/16
- The State of Marriage (2015)
Streaming on 8/31/16
- Ku’damm 56: Season 1