As 2016 progresses we’ve seen many titles that are loved leave the service. On June 1st, over 400 movies could be expiring from the Netflix service in the US as a 5 year contract with Miramax expires. As you may know, Miramax is a big entertainment company traditionally known for publishing independent movies and foreign movies in the US. Let’s be frank, a lot of their content isn’t widely loved but there’s a few that are.
Just to recap 2016 so far, Netflix has lost contracts with the BBC and other US networks losing titles such as Doctor Who and MASH to name a couple. With regards to its movie library, the EPIX contract which saw titles such as The Hunger Games leave also had a big effect and for those who enjoy independent movies, IFC struck an exclusive deal with Hulu means that we’ll no longer be seeing their content on Netflix either. All of this is the combined efforts of Netflix wanting to switch their priority from third party content to their own produced movies which we’re getting 1 of in May and that’s an Adam Sandler movie. Most would argue that’s not a fair deal.
What we’re going to do below is pick out some of the big titles leaving and attach a full list too.
Highlights of the Miramax Library on Netflix
A lot of Miramax’s content is experimental and most would be fair to put into the B-movie category but like all successful publishers, they do have a few gems under their belts. Here’s our top picks of what you should stream before they’re lost forever.
The Tarantino Library
While not all of Quentin Tarantino’s movie are on the list below, a good majority are and they’re absolute gems of the Netflix library. Let’s start of with the big one, Pulp Fiction. This movie ranks at number 1 spot on most top lists of the Netflix library and having it removed will be a big loss for the service. From Dusk Till Dawn, the horror starring Tarantino is also scheduled to be removed. Add to that both Kill Bills are also scheduled to leave and you’ll have a massive void on the service. Not only the Miramax Tarantino movies are being removed though, Inglorious Basterds has its removal date slightly early in May leaving on May 22nd.
Other Highlights
Cult classics Sin City from 2005 and Trainspotting from 1996 are both in the catalog as well as fan-favorites Good Will Hunting and The Aviator. You’ve also got teen comedy Adventureland and foreign classic Amelie on the list of titles leaving too.
CompleThe Tarantino Libraryte List of Movies Leaving on June 1st From Miramax
- 2000 A.D. (2000)
- 54 (1998)
- A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (2011)
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1996)
- A Month by the Lake (1995)
- A Price Above Rubies (1998)
- A Walk on the Moon (1999)
- A Wonderful World (2006)
- A Wrinkle in Time (2003)
- About a Boy (2002)
- About Adam (2000)
- Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996)
- Adventureland (2009)
- Albino Alligator (1996)
- All Things Fall Apart (2011)
- Amelie (2001)
- An Ideal Husband (1999)
- Ararat (2002)
- Armour of God (1986)
- Armour of God: Operation Condor (1991)
- Asunder (1999)
- Avalon (2001)
- B. Monkey (1998)
- Baran (2001)
- Barricade (2012)
- Basquiat (1996)
- Beautiful Girls (1996)
- Becoming Jane (2007)
- Behind the Sun (2001)
- Below (2002)
- Beneath Loch Ness (2012)
- Beowulf (1999)
- Beyond Silence (1996)
- Big Muddy (2015)
- Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
- Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows (2005)
- Blow Dry (2001)
- Blue Car (2002)
- Blue in the Face (1995)
- Bounce (2000)
- Bounty Hunters (1996)
- Bounty Hunters 2: Hardball (1997)
- Boys and Girls (2000)
- Brassed Off (1996)
- Bride and Prejudice, aka Bride & Prejudice (2004)
- Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)
- Bruce Lee, The Legend (1977)
- Buffalo Soldiers (2001)
- Butterfly, aka La lengua de las mariposas (1999)
- Calle 54 (2000)
- Camilla (1994)
- Captives (1994)
- Cats & Dogs (2001)
- Chasing Amy (1997)
- Chéri (2009)
- Children of Heaven (1997)
- Children of the Corn 3: Urban Harvest (1995)
- Children of the Corn 5: Fields Of Terror (1998)
- Children of the Corn 666: Isaac’s Return (1999)
- Children of the Corn 7: Revelation (2001)
- Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering (1996)
- Children of the Revolution (1996)
- Chocolat (2000)
- Chump Change (2000)
- Cinema Paradiso (1988)
- Citizen Ruth (1996)
- City of God (2002)
- City of Men (2007)
- Clear and Present Danger (1994)
- Committed (2000)
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
- Cosi (1996)
- Country Life (1994)
- Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
- Curdled (1996)
- Cursed (2005)
- Cypher (2002)
- Daddy and Them (2001)
- Darkman (1990)
- Darkness (2002)
- Dead Man (1995)
- Dean Spanley (2008)
- Dear Frankie (2004)
- Deception (1993)
- Diamonds (1999)
- Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
- Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
- Down in the Delta (1998)
- Down to You (2000)
- Dracula II: Ascension (2003)
- Dracula III: Legacy (2005)
- Dragon Lord (1982)
- Duplex (2003)
- Dust Devil (1992)
- Dysfunctional Friends (2011)
- Dysfunktional Family (2003)
- Eagle vs. Shark (2007)
- East is East (1999)
- Enchanted April (1992)
- Equilibrium (2002)
- Ethan Frome (1993)
- Everest: IMAX (1998)
- Everybody’s Famous! (2000)
- Everybody’s Fine (2009)
- eXistenZ (1999)
- Exposure (1991)
- Extract (2009)
- Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995)
- Farewell My Concubine (1993)
- Finding Neverland (2004)
- Flirting with Disaster (1996)
- Four Rooms (1995)
- Fresh (1994)
- Frida (2002)
- From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
- From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)
- From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter (1999)
- Full Frontal (2002)
- Game of Death (1978)
- Georgia (1995)
- Get Bruce! (1999)
- Get Over It (2001)
- Ghost (1990)
- Girl on a Bicycle (2013)
- Glory Daze (1995)
- God Said, “Ha!” (1999)
- Golden Door (2006)
- Good Will Hunting (1997)
- Gordy (1995)
- Guinevere (1999)
- Gunmen (1993)
- Hamlet (2000)
- Hannibal (2001)
- Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)
- Happy, Texas (1999)
- Hardware (1990)
- Hav Plenty (1997)
- Hear My Song (1991)
- Heartlands (2002)
- Heaven (2002)
- Heavenly Creatures (1994)
- Heavenly Sword (2014)
- Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992)
- Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996)
- Hellraiser V: Inferno (2000)
- Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker (2002)
- Hellraiser VII: Deader (2005)
- Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)
- Hercules (1997)
- Hidden Assassin (1995)
- Highlander 3: The Final Dimension (1994)
- Highlander: Endgame (2000)
- Holy Smoke (2000)
- Hostage (2005)
- Human Traffic (1999)
- I Love You, I Love You Not (1996)
- I’m Not Scared (2003)
- I’ve Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987)
- Immortality (2000)
- In the Bedroom (2001)
- In the Weeds (2000)
- In Too Deep (1999)
- Incident at Oglala (1992)
- Infernal Affairs (2002)
- Innocent Voices (2004)
- Into the West (1992)
- Iris (2001)
- Iron Monkey (1993)
- Jackie Chan’s Project A (1983)
- Jane Eyre (1996)
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
- Jerry and Tom (1998)
- Jersey Girl (2004)
- Jet Lag (2002)
- Johnny Suede (1991)
- Journey of Hope (1990)
- Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992)
- K2 (1991)
- Kate & Leopold (2001)
- Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)
- Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)
- Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)
- King of Beggars (1992)
- Kinky Boots (2005)
- Kolya (1996)
- Lady Vengeance, aka Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (2005)
- Lassie (2005)
- Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
- Little Buddha (1993)
- Little City (1997)
- Little Voice (1998)
- Loaded (1994)
- Love Serenade (1996)
- Love’s Labour’s Lost (2000)
- Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
- Malèna (2000)
- Mansfield Park (1999)
- Map of the Human Heart (1993)
- Marvin’s Room (1996)
- Microcosmos (1996)
- Mimic 2: Hardshell (2001)
- Mimic 3: Sentinel (2003)
- Miracle at Oxford (1996)
- Monument Ave. (1998)
- Mother’s Boys (1994)
- Motorcycle Gang (1994)
- Mrs. Brown (1997)
- Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
- Music of the Heart (1999)
- MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2004)
- My Baby’s Daddy (2004)
- My Left Foot (1989)
- My Life So Far (1999)
- My Name Is Modesty (2004)
- My Son the Fanatic (1997)
- Nanking (2007)
- Naqoyqatsi (2002)
- Neverwas (2006)
- Next Stop Wonderland (1998)
- Nightwatch (1997)
- Nine Months (1995)
- Nirvana (1997)
- Of Love and Shadows (1994)
- Office Killer (1997)
- On the Line (2001)
- Once in a Lifetime: The Extraordinary Story of the New York Cosmos (2006)
- Only the Strong Survive (2003)
- Outside Providence (1999)
- Paid in Full (2002)
- Paris is Burning (1990)
- Passion Fish (1992)
- Pastime (1991)
- People I Know (2002)
- People Will Talk (1951)
- Phantoms (1998)
- Picture Bride (1994)
- Piñero (2002)
- Pinocchio (2002)
- Playing by Heart (1998)
- Priest (1994)
- Private Parts (1997)
- Project A 2 (1987)
- Proof (2005)
- Prozac Nation (2001)
- Pulp Fiction (1994)
- Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
- Ready to Wear (1994)
- Renaissance (2006)
- Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Restoration (1995)
- Revenge of the Musketeers (1994)
- Rhyme & Reason (1997)
- Ride (1998)
- Ridicule (1996)
- Road Killers (1994)
- Roadracers (1994)
- Robinson Crusoe (1997)
- Rounders (1998)
- Rowing With The Wind (1988)
- Royal Deceit (1994)
- Sarafina! (1992)
- Scary Movie (2000)
- Scary Movie 3 (2003)
- Schoolhouse Rock!: Earth (2009)
- Scorcher (2002)
- Scream 2 (1997)
- Secuestro Express (2005)
- Serendipity (2001)
- Shades of Fear (1993)
- Shakespeare in Love (1998)
- Shall We Dance? (1996)
- Shall We Dance? (2004)
- Shaolin Soccer (2001)
- She’s So Lovely (1997)
- Sin City (2005)
- Since You’ve Been Gone (1998)
- Sirens (1993)
- Sling Blade (1996)
- Smoke (1995)
- Smoke Signals (1998)
- Sonatine (1993)
- Spanish Fly (1998)
- Speakeasy (2002)
- Sphere (1998)
- Spymate (2006)
- Squeeze (1997)
- Stolen Summer (2002)
- Strictly Ballroom (1992)
- Supercop (1992)
- Sweet Revenge, aka The Revengers’ Comedies (1998)
- Swingers (1996)
- Switchblade Sisters (1975)
- Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)
- Tadpole (2000)
- Tale of the Mummy (1998)
- Tales from the Crypt: Ritual, aka Voodoo Asesino, aka Ritual (2002)
- Talk Of Angels (1998)
- Tear This Heart Out (2008)
- Telling You (1998)
- Texas Rangers (2001)
- That’s the Way I Like It (1999)
- The Accidental Spy (2001)
- The Advocate, aka The Hour of the Pig (1993)
- The Aviator (2004)
- The Barbarian Invasions (2003)
- The Battle of Shaker Heights (2003)
- The Best of Youth (2003)
- The Big Boss (1971)
- The Big One (1997)
- The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
- The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
- The Boys Are Back (2009)
- The Castle (1997)
- The Chorus (2004)
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004)
- The Cider House Rules (1999)
- The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
- The Crossing Guard (1995)
- The Crow (1994)
- The Crow: City of Angels (1996)
- The Crow: Salvation (2000)
- The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)
- The Crying Game (1992)
- The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
- The Efficiency Expert (1992)
- The English Patient (1996)
- The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (1995)
- The Faculty (1998)
- The Glass Shield (1994)
- The Golden Child (1986)
- The Grifters (1990)
- The Harmonists (1997)
- The Heart of the Game (2005)
- The Heroic Trio (1993)
- The Hoax (2006)
- The Hole (2001)
- The House of the Spirits (1993)
- The House of Yes (1997)
- The Human Stain (2003)
- The I Inside (2003)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
- The Innocent (1993)
- The Journey of August King (1995)
- The Krays (1990)
- The Last Kiss (2001)
- The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
- The Long Walk Home (1990)
- The Lovers on the Bridge (1991)
- The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
- The Mighty (1998)
- The Miracle (1991)
- The Nameless, aka Los sin nombre (1999)
- The Nasty Girl (1990)
- The Others (2001)
- The Pallbearer (1996)
- The Prophecy (1995)
- The Prophecy 2 (1998)
- The Prophecy 3: The Ascent (2000)
- The Prophecy: Forsaken (2005)
- The Prophecy: Uprising (2005)
- The Proposal (2001)
- The Quiet American (2002)
- The Rage (1997)
- The Returned (2013)
- The Reunion (2011)
- The Shipping News (2001)
- The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
- The Snapper (1993)
- The Son’s Room (2001)
- The Station Agent (2003)
- The Substance of Fire (1996)
- The Switch (2010)
- The Taste of Others (2000)
- The Thief and the Cobbler, aka Arabian Knight (1993)
- The Truce (1996)
- The Very Thought of You (1999)
- The Visitors (1993)
- The Warrior (2001)
- The Wings of the Dove (1997)
- The Woodlanders (1997)
- The Yards (2000)
- The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)
- Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
- Time Out, aka L’emploi du temps (2001)
- Tom & Viv (1994)
- Track Down (2000)
- Trainspotting (1996)
- Tsotsi (2005)
- Twin Sisters (2002)
- Two Bits (1995)
- Undertaking Betty (2002)
- Undisputed (2002)
- Unhook the Stars (1996)
- Unzipped (1995)
- Usain Bolt: The Fastest Man Alive (2012)
- Valentin (2002)
- Vatel (2000)
- Velvet Goldmine (1998)
- Venus (2006)
- Victory (1996)
- View from the Top (2003)
- Visible Secret (2001)
- Waking Up in Reno (2002)
- Walking and Talking (1996)
- Way of the Dragon, aka The Way of the Dragon, aka Return of the Dragon (1972)
- Welcome to Sarajevo (1997)
- What She Wants for Christmas (2012)
- Wide Awake (1998)
- Wild Style (1983)
- Wing Chun (1994)
- Wishful Thinking (1999)
- With a Friend Like Harry (2000)
- World Traveler (2002)
- Written in Blood (2003)
- Zu Warriors (2001)
Full disclaimer : Just because the contract is about to expire doesn’t mean that Netflix can’t renew the contract and if that happens, then it’s likely all these movies will remain on the service. It’s also worth noting that not all of these movies are showing expiration dates on Netflix so some may be saved and others lost.
The full list is made possible because of the folks over at Expiring on Netflix blog.
