The year 2021 is almost over. And how many of your favorite Netflix shows and movies did you manage to catch during the year? There’s such an incredible amount of content on Netflix that it’s impossible to watch everything. And when the clock strikes midnight on the new year, another round of shows and films will be departing. But there’s still time, if you’re willing to carve out a place in your holiday schedule, to see everything you want to see. All you need to start is to consult our list of everything leaving Netflix in December. Highlights are in bold.
Trying to fit in a pile of great movies before they’re gone from Netflix at the end of the month? Check our other monthly roundups of everything leaving Amazon Prime Video and everything leaving Hulu.
Our top pick for December
Halt and Catch Fire (2014)
Here’s a challenge for you in December: How many episodes of Halt and Catch Fire can you watch before it departs Netflix? This AMC original series was overshadowed by other cable hits during its four-season run. Regardless, this 1980s period piece is one of the best shows of the Peak TV era. Lee Pace stars as Joe MacMillan, an enigmatic tech visionary who recruits Gordon Clark (Scoot McNairy) to help him reverse-engineer the PC and take on IBM at its own game. Regardless, the heart of this series belongs to Gordon’s wife, Donna Clark (Kerry Bishé), and her partnership with Cameron Howe (Mackenzie Davis) in a startup video game company and other ventures. This is a series that mines high drama out of the rise of tech, and it still deserves to find a wider audience.
What’s leaving Netflix: December 2021
December 3
- The Last O.G.: Seasons 1-2
December 4
- The Guest
December 7
- Before I Fall
December 8
- It Comes at Night
- Mariah Carey’s Merriest Christmas
December 13
- Halt and Catch Fire: Seasons 1-4
- Fifty: The Series: Seasons 1-2
- Saint Seiya: Seasons 1-6
December 15
- Lee Daniels’ The Butler
- Maps to the Stars
- The Theory of Everything
December 21
- Jacob’s Ladder
- Private Practice: Seasons 1-6
December 25
- Captain Fantastic
December 30
- Winchester
December 31
- A Cinderella Story
- American Gangster
- Beethoven
- Beethoven’s 2nd
- Charlie’s Angels
- Cold Mountain
- Defiance
- The Devil Inside
- Do the Right Thing
- Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
- Double Jeopardy
- Forensic Files: Collections 1-9
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood: Parts 1-5
- Fullmetal Alchemist: Season 1
- Ghost
- Gladiator
- The Great British Baking Show: The Beginnings: Season 1
- House Party
- House Party 2
- House Party 3
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life
- The Last Airbender
- Like Crazy
- Love Don’t Cost a Thing
- Love Jones
- The Lovely Bones
- The Machinist
- Magnolia
- Memoirs of a Geisha
- My Fair Lady
- Mystic Pizza
- Pan’s Labyrinth
- Puss in Boots
- Rumor Has It…
- Serendipity
- Spy Kids
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
- Spy Kids 3: Game Over
- Stuart Little
- The Strangers
- Titanic
- Tommy Boy
- Underworld
- Underworld: Awakening
- Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
- What a Girl Wants
- What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
- Zodiac
Our top pick for November
Broadchurch (2013) new
David Tennent has had a storied career before and after this dark British police procedural, not only playing The Doctor in Dr. Who but also the demon Crowley in Good Omens and the evil Kilgrave in Jessica Jones. In Broadchurch, Tennant is delightfully broody as Detective Inspector Alec Hardy, who is sent to the titular seaside town to help solve the murder of an 11-year-old boy. But Tennant doesn’t steal scenes from the force that is Olivia Coleman (The Crown), whose local Detective Sgt. Ellie Miller butts heads with Hardy as they work together to solve the case.
What’s leaving Netflix: November 2021
November 1
- My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Legend of Everfree (2016)
- My Little Pony: Happy Birthday to You! (2017)
November 4
- Bucket List (2018)
- The Lovers (2017)
November 5
- The Late Bloomer (2016)
November 7
- The Journey Is the Destination (2016)
November 7
- My Way (2016)
- Sleepless (2017)
November 10
- A Single Man (2009)
- To Be of Service (2019)
November 11
- Fruitvale Station (2013)
November 14
- America’s Next Top Model: Season 19
- America’s Next Top Model: Season 20
- K-on! the movie (2011)
- K-On!: Seasons 1-2
- Survivor: Season 20: Heroes vs Villains
- Survivor: Season 28: Cagayan
November 15
- Safe House (2012)
November 17
- Naomi and Ely’s No Kiss List (2015)
November 19
- Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (2011)
November 21
- Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
- Machete Kills (2013)
November 22
- Deep (2017)
- Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy (2018)
November 26
- Broadchurch (Seasons 1-3)
November 29
- Man Down (Seasons 1-4)
November 30
- 3 Days to Kill (2014)
- A Knight’s Tale (2001)
- American Outlaws (2001)
- Are You The One: Seasons 1-2
- Battlefield Earth (2000)
- Chef (2014)
- Clear and Present Danger (1994)
- Freedom Writers (2007)
- Glee: Seasons 1-6
- The Happytime Murders (2018)
- Ink Master: Seasons 1-2
- Letters to Juliet (2010)
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
- Million Dollar Baby (2004)
- Peppermint (2018)
- Pineapple Express (2008)
- Rake: Seasons 1-4
- Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
- School of Rock (2003)
- Stargate SG-1: Seasons 1-10
- TURN: Washington’s Spies: Seasons 1-4
- Waterworld (1995)
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