Spying on Your Neighbor's Netflix

If you want to know what kind of movies your neighbor is watching, but don't want to be so invasive as to start peeking through their mail, the New York Times has the solution.

The Times published an interactive map of several metropolitan areas around the country, which shows the most highly-rated Netflix rentals in particular zip codes. To see Westport, just click on the New York map and drag it south and west a bit.

The feature allows you to click through an endless stream of movies and see how each faired in your general area, as well as to mouse over your town and see a Top 10 list of popular movies there.

In Westport, the list goes as follows:

1. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2. Doubt
3. Milk
4. Slumdog Millionaire
5. Revolutionary Road
6. Rachel Getting Married
7. Vicky Cristina Barcelona
8. Gran Torino
9. The Wrestler
10. Burn After Reading

The piece is interesting both for its somewhat voyeuristic capacity, but also because it shows profound trends in movie watching that mirror area demographics.

Or, perhaps it just shows that an ever-younger Brad Pitt has universal appeal.

Read the full story: A Peek Into Netflix Queues.