Skip to main content

Expiring Soon: These films will vanish from Netflix on New Year’s Day

netflix-movies-expiring-jan-2014
Image used with permission by copyright holder

Compiled by a group of Reddit users, Netflix will be removing a selection of 80+ films from Netflix Instant on January 1, 2014 which include popular titles such as As Good As It Gets, Braveheart, Being John Malkovich, Desperado, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Man on the Moon, October Sky, Titanic and Top Gun. This is somewhat typical of Netflix since movies and televisions shows are added and removed as licencing deals start and expire. However, this list of films is somewhat larger than other months, specifically because the licensing deal that covered these films expires at the end of 2013. 

Of course, the removal of these films doesn’t mean that Netflix won’t add the movies and television shows back to the service in the future. Netflix could add any of them back into the lineup, assuming the films are popular enough within the Netflix community and cost effective as well. However, it’s likely that the lack of interest among the community was partly a contributing factor to remove the content from the streaming service.

In addition to the films, Netflix will also remove a collection of television shows from the service. However, Netflix will be adding 70+ titles to Netflix on January 1 which includes popular titles such as American Psycho, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Raging Bull, Spaceballs and Thelma & Louise. The expiring list can be found below:

Expiring Movies:

  • 1492 Conquest Of Paradise
  • 50 First Dates
  • As Good As It Gets
  • Back To School
  • Bad News Bears, The
  • Battle Of Britain
  • Being John Malkovich
  • Best Little Whorehouse In Texas, The
  • Best Of Times
  • Biloxi Blues
  • Body Of Evidence
  • Born On the Fourth Of July
  • Braveheart
  • Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo
  • Brick
  • Can’t Hardly Wait
  • Capote
  • Desperado
  • Do The Right Thing
  • Dream Team, The
  • Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
  • Faculty, The
  • Flashdance
  • For The Love Of The Game
  • Foxy Brown
  • Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell
  • FX
  • Gallipoli
  • Great Train Robbery, The
  • Half Baked
  • Hard Target
  • I’m Gonna Get You Sucka
  • In Like Flint
  • In The Name Of The Father
  • Inside Deep Throat (documentary)
  • Jarhead
  • Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
  • Killer Klowns From Outer Space
  • Lionheart
  • Man On The Moon
  • Mask Of Zorro, The
  • Mystery Men
  • October Sky
  • Odd Couple, The (1968)
  • Once Upon A Time In Mexico
  • Platoon
  • Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes, The
  • Pumpkinhead
  • Quigley Down Under
  • Remo Williams
  • Requiem For A Dream
  • Revenge OF The Ninja
  • Rob Roy
  • Roman Holiday
  • Romeo And Juliet (1968)
  • Ronin
  • Rundown, The
  • Running Scared
  • Russia House, The
  • Scary Movie
  • Secret Of Nimh, The
  • Seed Of Chucky
  • Serpico
  • Skulls, The
  • Species
  • Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
  • Street Fighter
  • Tales From The Crypt: Bordello Of Blood
  • Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight
  • Talk Radio
  • The Woman In Red
  • Titanic
  • TNT Jackson
  • Top Gun
  • Troll II
  • True Grit (1969)
  • Up In Smoke
  • War And Peace
  • WarGames
  • We Were Soldiers
  • What Dreams May Come
  • Windtalkers
  • World Trade Center

Expiring TV Shows:

  • Dark Shadows (original from late 1960s)
  • Kids In The Hall, The
  • Mr Bean
  • Perfect 10 Model Boxing (Volume 1)
  • Saturday Night Live The 2000s

Check out our regularly updated list of the best movies currently available on Netflix

Editors' Recommendations

Mike Flacy
By day, I'm the content and social media manager for High-Def Digest, Steve's Digicams and The CheckOut on Ben's Bargains…
Netflix free trial: Can you stream for free in 2024?
A hand points a remote at a TV display a Netflix logo screen.

If you want to see the best shows on Netflix, the best way to do so would be through a Netflix free trial. But do they have one, and if not are there other ways to get the streaming giant for free? We investigate.
Is there a Netflix free trial?

Netflix does not have a free trial. Netflix does not do free trials.

Read more
How to download movies and shows from Prime Video
Amazon Prime Video Mac app Home screen selection.

The Amazon Prime Video app allows you to download movies and show episodes for offline viewing on your Android or iOS device or on a desktop Mac or Windows computer. That way, you can keep yourself entertained with Prime content when you're away from a cellular or WiFi signal—like, say, when you're on an airplane.

To download an Amazon Prime movie or show, follow these easy steps:

Read more
Fubo’s new feature uses AI to pull headlines from live news
Fubo Instant Headlines feature.

Fubo, the sports-focused live TV streaming service, wants to help viewers cut to the chase when scrolling its news carousel, today introducing Instant Headlines, a feature that uses AI to generate real-time headlines for live news in 10 words or less.

Sifting through the endless movie and show titles on any given streaming service can already induce decision paralysis, but at least as you scroll, there's a cleverly written little episode synopsis to help you decide. But how do you do that with live news? With AI, of course.

Read more