Life is ephemeral. Nothing lasts forever, least of all your favorite streaming movies and TV shows on Netflix. It used to be you could go to third-party websites to find out when movies would be expiring from Netflix’s streaming service, but no more. Now the only place to find that information is on individual listings within Netflix’s own website or apps. How are we to know which films we never got around to watching that we’ll be missing in a few days?
Well, where there’s a will there’s a way. In this case, that way is through the seedy back alley of the Internet known as Reddit, where one user was kind enough to list all the various films and TV shows that will no longer be on Netflix after the first of the year. Here is that very list:
TV shows expiring January 1st:
- Dark Shadows (original from late 1960s)
- Saturday Night Live The 2000s
- Mr Bean
- The Kids In The Hall
- Perfect 10 Model Boxing (Volume 1)
Movies expiring January 1st:
- The Rundown
- Brick
- Being John Malkovich
- Back To School
- Battle Of Britain
- Born On the Fourth Of July
- Braveheart
- Body Of Evidence
- Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo
- Man On The Moon
- Lionheart
- 1492 Conquest Of Paradise
- Killer Klowns From Outer Space
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
- FX
- Do The Right Thing
- Desperado
- Up In Smoke
- Can’t Hardly Wait
- Capote
- Biloxi Blues
- Seed Of Chucky
- Jarhead
- As Good As It Gets
- In The Name Of The Father
- Inside Deep Throat (documentary)
- I’m Gonna Get You Sucka
- In Like Flint
- Hard Target
- Foxy Brown
- Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell
- Gallipoli
- Half Baked
- Flashdance
- 50 First Dates
- For The Love Of The Game
- The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas
- The Bad News Bears
- The Russia House
- The Secret Of Nimh
- Revenge OF The Ninja
- Roman Holiday
- Rob Roy
- Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
- Remo Williams
- Requiem For A Dream
- Quigley Down Under
- Pumpkinhead
- Platoon
- Once Upon A Time In Mexico
- October Sky
- Mystery Men
- The Skulls
- Titanic
- Ronin
- Romeo And Juliet (1968)
- Tales From The Crypt: Bordello Of Blood
- Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight
- The Woman In Red
- Top Gun
- Street Fighter
- TNT Jackson
- Serpico
- Seed Of Chucky
- Scary Movie
- Running Scared
- Troll II
- True Grit (1969)
- War And Peace
- Talk Radio
- War Games
- We Were Soldiers
- What Dreams May Come
- Windtalkers
- World Trade Center
- The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes
- The Odd Couple (1968)
- The Mask Of Zorro
- The Great Train Robbery
- The Faculty
- The Dream Team
- Best Of Times
- Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
- Species
Movies expiring January 4:
- Alice In Wonderland (1951 Disney)
- Immortals
- Dynamite Warrior
There are some pretty good films among that list, so if you’re looking for something to do as you count down to the New Year tomorrow, having yourself a movie marathon might not be a bad option. In particular, Brick is a hidden gem of an indie film showcasing the acting chops of one Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Being John Malkovich is a great introduction to the work of Her director Spike Jonze, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a fantastic, mind-bendy sci-fi romance from director Michel Gondry and Being John Malkovich screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. Check them out before you’ll be forced to be watch them through some other, mildly less convenient format.