All 155 Movies and Series Blocked in The Advertising Tier of Netflix: October 2024

If you’re considering signing up or switching to Netflix’s advertising tier in the United States, you need to know that some titles are blocked out because of licensing agreements. Below is the list of titles you won’t be able to stream on Netflix’s advertising tier as of October 2024 which is up slightly to 155 titles from 150 in September.

Launched in November 2022, Netflix’s ad tier notably had a few drawbacks. The biggest was that many big titles, including Netflix Originals, were unavailable to watch and blocked out.

When the ad tier first launched, 5.1% of titles were unavailable (326 out of the 6,324 available). Then, a few months later, it was 5.4% of the library (348 titles out of 6,444 available) in February 2023. On February 7th, 2024, only 175 titles were unavailable on the Netflix US library, representing a 50% decrease year-on-year, and in August 2024, that number was only 160 unavailable titles (2.2%).

Who are the big holdouts still? The most significant two, just like last year, are Universal and Sony. In the case of Universal, it’s their TV output, with most of that being their vast library of DreamWorks Television shows that have come exclusively to Netflix. In Sony’s case, it’s their movies that are unavailable. That includes their first-window titles, which come to Netflix following their theatrical run or from their vast array of back catalog.

Note for September 2024: As part of the recent deal with AMC and Netflix – The Walking Dead, which was previously unavailable on Netflix’s ad tier, is now available.

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List of Netflix Originals Unavailable on Netflix’s Advertising Tier

There are a few common threads with the titles below. Firstly, the biggest number of Netflix Originals blocked comes from the DreamWorks Television deal that’s been in place since 2013. Like all the titles under Universal Television (at least added pre-2022) are all blocked. Then you’ve got some early Netflix Originals like House of Cards and Peaky Blinders that are blocked, as well as some international pickups. 

• 3Below: Tales of Arcadia (Seasons 1-2)
• Archibald’s Next Big Thing (Seasons 1-2)
• Captain Underpants Epic Choice-o-Rama (Special)
• Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas (Special)
• Dawn of the Croods (Seasons 1-4)
• Diary of a Gigolo (Season 1)
• Dinotrux (Seasons 1-5)
• Dinotrux Supercharged (Seasons 1-3)
• Dragons: Rescue Riders: Hunt for the Golden Dragon (Special)
• Dragons: Rescue Riders: Huttsgalor Holiday (Special)
• Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing (Special)
• El marginal (Seasons 1-4)
• Fast & Furious Spy Racers (Seasons 1-6)
• Harvey Girls Forever! (Seasons 1-4)
• High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule (Mini-series)

• House of Cards (Seasons 1-6)
• Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure (Special)
• Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Seasons 1-3)
• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (Seasons 1-2)

• Peaky Blinders (Seasons 1-6)
• Rhyme Time Town (Seasons 1-2)
• Rhyme Time Town Singalongs (Season 1)
• Spy Kids: Mission Critical (Seasons 1-2)
• Stateless (Mini-series)
• Team Zenko Go (Seasons 1-2)
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib (Seasons 1-2)
• The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (Special)
• The Boss Baby: Get That Baby! (Interactive Special)
• The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space (Seasons 1-2)
• The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween (Special)
• Voltron: Legendary Defender (Seasons 1-8)
• Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (Season 1)

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List of Licensed Movies Unavailable on Netflix US Advertising Tier

• 21 Jump Street (2012)
• 22 Jump Street (2014)
• 65 (2023)

• A Man Called Otto (2022)
• Ali (2001)
• Aloha (2015)
• Anyone But You (2023)
• Baby Driver (2017)
• Bad Boys (1995)
• Bad Boys II (2003)
• Big Daddy (1999)
• Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World (2023)
• Bliss (1997)
• Boyz n the Hood (1991)
• Burnt (2015)
• Call Me by Your Name (2017)
• Captain Phillips (2013)
• Carol (2015)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
• Dampyr (2022)
• Documentary Now! (2022)
• Doing Hard Time (2004)
• Down Low (2023)
• Downtown Owl (2023)
• Dumb Money (2023)
• Easy A (2010)
• Eat Pray Love (2010)
• Elysium (2013)
• Freud’s Last Session (2023)
• Friends with Benefits (2011)
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
• Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story (2023)
• Hands of Stone (2016)
• Hellboy (2019)
• Here Comes the Boom (2012)
• How Do You Know (2010)
• Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
• It Ain’t Over (2022)
• It Follows (2015)
• Journey to Bethlehem (2023)
• Jumanji (1995)
• Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)
• Legion (2010)
• Little Man (2006)
• Living (2022)
• Love Again (2023)

• Madame Web (2024)
• Matilda (1996)
• Mending the Line (2022)
• Missing (2023)
• National Security (2003)
• No Escape (2015)
• No Hard Feelings (2023)
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
• One More Shot (2024)
• Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
• Robin Hood (2018)
• Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
• Shortcomings (2023)
• Sing Street (2016)
• Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence Team (2023)
• Southpaw (2015)

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
• Stand by Me (1986)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• Still Alice (2014)
• Swan Princess: A Fairytale Is Born (2023)
• Swan Princess: Far Longer Than Forever (2023)
• Takers (2010)
• Tarot (2024)
• Thanksgiving (2023)
• The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
• The Book of Clarence (2023)
• The Bounty Hunter (2010)
• The Commuter (2018)
• The Devil’s Own (1997)
• The Equalizer 3 (2023)
• The Garfield Movie (2024)
• The Hateful Eight (2015)
• The Hateful Eight: Extended Version (2015)
• The House Bunny (2008)
• The Karate Kid (1984)
• The Karate Kid (2010)
• The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
• The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
• The Machine (2023)
• The Miracle Club (2023)
• The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
• The Next Karate Kid (1994)
• The Other Guys (2010)
• The Peasants (2023)
• The Persian Version (2023)
• The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)
• The Quick and the Dead (1995)
• The Son (2022)
• The Sweetest Thing (2002)
• The Swan Princess: A Fairytale Is Born (2023)
• The Teachers’ Lounge (2023)
• The Wedding Planner (2001)
• The Young Victoria (2009)
• There’s Something in the Barn (2023)
• They Shot the Piano Player (2023)
• Vikings (2019)
• White Chicks (2004)
• White House Down (2013)
• Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
• Wicked Little Letters (2023)
• Woman in Gold (2015)
• Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
• Zombieland (2009)

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List of Licensed Series Unavailable on Netflix’s Advertising Tier

• Dare Me (Season 1)
• Dirty John (2 Seasons)
• Documentary Now! (4 Seasons)
• Great News (2 Seasons)
• Happy! (2 Seasons)
• House of Anubis (1 Season) 
• Malverde, el santo patrón (1 Season)
• Nightflyers (Season 1)
• Pasión de Gavilanes (2 Seasons)
• Playing with Fire (1 Season)

• Queen of the South (5 Seasons)
• The Magicians (5 Seasons)
• Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Season 1)
• Van Helsing (5 Seasons)
• Vikings (6 Seasons)
• You Cannot Hide (Season 1)
• Wynonna Earp (4 Seasons)

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Netflix UK Titles Unavailable on the Advertising Tier

Finally, how do Netflix US’s unavailable titles compare to those in other countries? In Netflix UK, the picture is even rosier for Netflix. Only 55 titles are unavailable on Netflix’s advertising tier in the UK. Most of those are the aforementioned Netflix Original titles from Universal Television (whether live-action or DreamWorks) and a few other shows. Those 55 titles represent 0.7% of Netflix UK’s 8,247-title-strong library.

Other notable titles unavailable on Netflix UK’s ad tier include Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Homeland, and Ash vs. Evil Dead.

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Were there any titles you were disappointed to find that weren’t available on Netflix’s advertising tier? Let us know in the comments.