Summer is pretty much here, but a whole mess of movies won't be – at least on Netflix, that is.
The Big Red Streaming Monolith announced its monthly list of departures today, and it is not insignificant! Oscar favorites "Dances with Wolves," "The English Patient" and "Chocolat" are all out of luck in May, while critical darlings "Eternal Sunshine" and the wine doc "Somm" will get wiped off the service, as well.
Joining those films melting away like a Popsicle in the summer heat are the superhero adaptation "Watchmen," the Americanized monster movie "Godzilla" (the first one) and the iconic coming-of-age comedy "Sixteen Candles" will all get the axe as well.
Oh, and also "West Side Story," "Jaws," "The Dirty Dozen" and just about all of its Bond movies ("Dr. No," "From Russia with Love," "On Her Majesty's Secret Service") which I believe accounts for approximately 87 percent of Netflix's supply of movies made before 1980. But what good are old films for, anyways – other than to promote newer films actually available in one's increasingly limited catalogue via a Twitter thread.
Lastly, I just want to shout out this split diopter shot from Final Destination 3 because it looks like it came right out of a Hitchcock/De Palma film. pic.twitter.com/Knan0fxoNK — Netflix Film (@NetflixFilm) April 23, 2019
Worth noting: Netflix has a combined one film from those two directors! (It's Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train," and it's rather good; watch it while you can!)
Anyways, here's the full list of movies and television shows leaving Netflix. (And for the full list of movies and TV shows arriving on the streaming service, click here.)
May 1
"8 Mile"
"The Birdcage"
"Chocolat"
"Cold Justice" collection 3
"Dances with Wolves"
"High School Musical 3: Senior Year"
"The Dirty Dozen"
"Dr. No"
"The English Patient"
"Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"
"For Your Eyes Only"
"From Dusk Til Dawn"
"From Russia with Love"
"Godzilla"
"GoldenEye"
"Hostel"
"Jaws"
"Jaws 2"
"Jaws 3"
"The Lovely Bones"
"The Notebook"
"On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
"The Other Boleyn Girl"
"Sixteen Candles"
"Sliding Doors"
"Somm"
"Somm: Into the Bottle"
"Tomorrow Never Dies"
"Watchmen"
May 11
"Switched at Birth" seasons 1-5
May 15
"Bill Nye the Science Guy" collection 1
May 19
"Bridge to Terabithia"
May 22
"The Boss Baby"
May 24
"Southpaw"
May 31
"I Know What You Did Last Summer"
"West Side Story"
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.
