All 155 Movies and Series Blocked in The Advertising Tier of Netflix in January 2025

If you’re considering signing up or switching to Netflix’s advertising tier in the US, you need to be aware that 155 titles are blocked, meaning they’re unavailable to watch. Below is the list of titles you won’t be able to stream on Netflix’s advertising tier as of January 2025.

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). 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. As of December 2024, the percentage has reduced again with 151 titles, representing 2% (a fall from 2.1% in November 2024) of the overall library of 7,381 titles. 

Why the drop in December 2024? The majority of the interactive specials from DreamWorks were unavailable in the ad tier and were all pulled on December 1st.

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.

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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 has been in place since 2013. All the titles from Universal Television (at least added pre-2022) are 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 Mega Blissmas (Special)
• Dawn of the Croods (Seasons 1-4)
• Diary of a Gigolo (Season 1)
• Dinotrux (Seasons 1-5)
• 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)
• 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) – Leaving Netflix in 2025
• Team Zenko Go (Seasons 1-2)
• The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist (2024)
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib (Seasons 1-2)
• The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (Special)
• The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space (Seasons 1-2)
• The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween (Special)
• Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (Season 1)

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List of Licensed Movies Unavailable on Netflix US Advertising Tier

• 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• 21 Jump Street (2012)
• 22 Jump Street (2014)
• 28 Days (2000)
• 3 Ninjas: Kick Back (1994)
• 6 Bullets (2012)
• 65 (2023)
• Afraid (2024)
• Aloha (2015)
• Anyone But You (2023)
• Awakenings (1990)
• Baby Driver (2017)
• Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
• Between the Temples (2024)
• Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World (2023)
• Boyz n the Hood (1991)
• Burlesque (2010)
• Burnt (2015)
• Carol (2015)
• Closer (2004)
• Clown (2014)
• Colombiana (2011)
• Daddio (2023)

• Daddy Day Care (2003)
• Dampyr (2022)
• Down Low (2023)
• Downtown Owl (2023)
• Dumb Money (2023)
• Elysium (2013)
• Freud’s Last Session (2023)
• Friends with Money (2006)
• Fury (2014)
• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
• Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story (2023)

• Hands of Stone (2016)
• Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
• Hotel Transylvania (2012)
• Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
• How Do You Know (2010)
• I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
• Insidious: The Red Door (2023)
• It Ain’t Over (2022)
• It Ends With Us (2024)
• Journey to Bethlehem (2023)
• Kill ‘Em All 2 (2024)
• Kneecap (2024)
• Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
• Legends of the Fall (1994)
• Legion (2010)
• Little Man (2006)
• Love Again (2023)
• Madame Web (2024)

• Maid in Manhattan (2002)
• Mending the Line (2022)
• Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown (2011)
• No Escape (2015)
• No Hard Feelings (2023)
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
• Obsessed (2009)
• One More Shot (2024)
• Open Season: Scared Silly (2015)
• Pixels (2015)
• Playing with Fire (2019)
• Pompeii (2014)
• Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
• Resident Evil: Retribution (2012)
• Robin Hood (2018)
• Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
• Sex Tape (2014)
• Shortcomings (2023)
• Silverado (1985)
• Sing Street (2016)
• Sniper: G.R.I.T. – Global Response & Intelligence Team (2023)
• Southpaw (2015)

• Spider-Man (2002)
• Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Spider-Man 3 (2007)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
• Stand by Me (1986)
• Still Alice (2014)
• Swan Princess: Far Longer Than Forever (2023)
• Takers (2010)
• Tarot (2024)
• Thanksgiving (2023)
• The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
• The Book of Clarence (2023)
• The Dark Tower (2017)
• The Equalizer 3 (2023)
• The Forge (2024)
• The Garfield Movie (2024)

• The Hateful Eight (2015)
• The Hateful Eight: Extended Version (2015)
• The Inmate (2018)
• The Karate Kid (1984)
• The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
• The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
• The Machine (2023)
• The Miracle Club (2023)
• The Monuments Men (2014)
• The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
• The Net (1995)
• The Next Karate Kid (1994)
• The Other Guys (2010)
• The Peasants (2023)
• The Persian Version (2023)
• The Pope’s Exorcist (2023)
• The Secret of the Greco Family (2022)
• The Swan Princess: A Fairytale Is Born (2023)
• The Teachers’ Lounge (2023)
• There’s Something in the Barn (2023)
• They Shot the Piano Player (2023)

• Under Suspicion (2000)
• Viral (2016)
• We Grown Now (2023)
• Whiplash (2014)
• White Chicks (2004)
• White House Down (2013)
• Wicked Little Letters (2023)

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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)
• Happy! (2 Seasons)
• House of Anubis (1 Season) 
• Malverde, el santo patrón (1 Season)
• Playing with Fire (1 Season)

• Queen of the South (5 Seasons)
• The Magicians (5 Seasons) – Leaving Netflix in January 2025
• 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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Were there any titles you were disappointed to find that weren’t available on Netflix’s advertising tier? Let us know in the comments.