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Netflix Streaming Movies in 45 Lesser-Studied Languages from Albanian to Georgian and from Igbo to Zulu


[Last Update: January 18, 2017] (* = added since last update)

Netflix offers movies in a wide variety of foreign languages. The problem is that they can be difficult to find without checking the audio track content of each movie individually. I decided to make this list after finding some lesser-studied languages and I hope this will also be useful to others.

This list will be periodically updated to keep it as current as possible. Please comment if you find anything I'm missing.

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Albanian
The Forgiveness of Blood

Amharic
Difret

Arabic
A Borrowed Identity
Eyes of a Thief
Horses of God
Return to Homs
Salt of the Sea
* Sandstorm
The Square
Theeb
Traitors
Under the Bombs
When I Saw You

Bengali
Sesh Sanghat

Catalan
Tasting Menu

Croatian
The Trap
* You Carry Me

Czech
The Country Teacher

Dari
An Afghan Love Story
The Black Tulip
Tell Spring Not to Come This Year

Danish
A War
After the Wedding
Antboy: Revenge of the Fury
* Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes
* Department Q: The Absent One
Expedition to the End of the World
The Hunt
What we Became

Dutch
App
* Black Book
Black Out
* Bon Bini Holland
Everybody's Famous
Kill Zombie!
North Sea Texas
The Deflowering of Eva van End
Time of My Life
* Tricked
Wolf

Finnish
Hush

Flemish
Belgica
Ben X

Georgian
In Bloom
* The President

Greek
Xenia 

Gujarati
* Famous in Ahmedabad

Hebrew
Atomic Falafel
* Baba June
Bethlehem
Big Bad Wolves
Cupcakes
Hitabdut
Hot House
Kadosh
* Orientated
Policeman
Room 514
The Attack
The Bubble
The Flat
The Matchmaker
Zero Motivation

Hindi
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Hungarian
White God

Icelandic
* Rams

Igbo
Onye Ozi

Indonesian
Look of Silence
What They Don't Talk About...
The Act of Killing

Kannada
* U-Turn

Kashmiri
Valley of Saints

Kinyarwanda
Munyurangabo

Lithuanian
The Gambler

Maori
The Dead Lands

Marathi
* 1000 Rupee Note
Fandry
* Sairat 

Nepali
Manakamana
About Elly
Baran
Jafar Panchi's Taxi
Manuscripts Don't Burn
* Those who Feel the Fire Burning

Polish
* III - The Ritual 
11 Minutes
Aftermath
Ida
In the Name of Korczak
Jack Strong
Joanna
Starting Point

Punjabi
Mitti Wajaan Maardi
* Saaday CM Saab
Zinda Bhaag

Quechua
* Ixcanul

Romanian
Beyond the Hills
Child's Pose
The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu
Tuesday, After Christmas
When Evening Falls on Bucharest

Serbian
When Day Breaks

Somali
Last Hijack

Swedish
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting Existence
Gentlemen and Gangsters (TV show)
Pure
Simon and the Oaks
Together
We are the Best

Tagalog
Norte, The End of History
On the Job
The Road

Tamil
* Interrogation
Mugamoodi
Theeya Velai Seyyanum Kumaru

Thai
At the Gate of the Ghost
Mercury Man
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
Power Kids
The Gangster
The Protector 2
This Girl is Badass
Vengeance of an Assassin

Tibetan
A Gesar Bard's Tale

Turkish
Love Me
Sarcasmik
Watchtower
Winter Sleep

Ukrainian
Maidan
Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom

Urdu
Inshallah Football
Josh (Against the Grain)
Na Maloom Afraad
These Birds Walk

Zulu
Avenged
Lucky














How to Translate the Word Hoarder in Other Languages





Sometimes you hear a word in your native language and then you suddenly realize that you don't know or have never heard that word or expression used in your foreign language. Often you are not even aware of this lexical gap in your vocabulary. A useful exercise is to go on a vocabulary exploration or hunt - as described by Anthony Lauder in his four-part series The Spiral Method of Language Learning

For example, while watching a popular American television show, I realized that I didn't know how the word "hoarder" or "hoarding" was translated in some of my languages. Pathological or compulsive hoarding, also known as Diogenes syndrome, is a specific type of behavior characterized by acquiring and failing to throw out a large number of items that would appear to have little or no value to others (e.g. papers, notes, flyers, newspapers, clothes) and severe cluttering of the person's home so that it is no longer able to function as a viable living space. But how is this idea expressed in other languages? I decided to do some research.

One of the terms used for hoarder in Spanish is "acaparador(a)" and hoarding is "acaparamiento" as in the "acaparamiento de bienes" (hoarding of possessions). While native Spanish speakers concur that this is the term used to refer to hoarding, the term is also used to describe monopolizing the sale of a good or product or just simply stockpiling. As a result, many speakers feel that you need to make the term more specific and say “acaparamiento obsesivo/compulsivo” (obsessive/compulsive hoarding). Italian also uses the similar “accaparratore (m)” and “accaparratrice (f)” to refer to a hoarder.

The French seem to use the word "amasseur" or, similar to Spanish, the word "accaparer", with a hoarder being referred to as "celui qui amasse" or "one who hoards". One of the translations suggested for Portuguese was "catador", but this refers more to a scavenger and I'm not sure if it adequately conveys the concept of "hoarding".

By far my favorite is the German term “Messies” and the corresponding “Messie-Syndrom”.
Germans also use the word “hamstern” and “anhäufen” as well as the term “Vermüllungssyndrom”. Here is a YouTube video from a German TV show featuring someone with Messie-Syndrom: