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Everything leaving Netflix in May 2025

Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in The Lost City.
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Unfortunately, Netflix tends to wait until the middle of the month to announce what’s leaving on the 1st of the following month. Many of the titles departing Netflix on May 1 are great films, including Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Friday, Queen & Slim, and more. There isn’t much time to catch those movies, but there’s still a whole month to make sure you can watch any of your favorite shows or films before they head out the door.

The Lost City, The Peanut Butter Falcon, A Simple Favor, and The Sum of All Fears are all leaving Netflix this month. But if you love superheroes, catch the animated Justice League and Justice League Unlimited series. Both of those shows have some incredible superhero stories with great writing and voice acting. The live-action films have yet to be able to recapture the spirit of the comic books that these shows pulled off over two decades ago.

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Our roundup of everything leaving Netflix in May 2025 is below. Our picks for the month are in bold.

Trying to fit in some great movies or shows before they’re gone from other streaming services at the end of the month? Check our monthly roundup of everything leaving Hulu. You can find even more recommendations in our lists of the best new shows to stream, the best movies on Netflix, and the best shows on Netflix.

Our top pick for May 2025

The Lost City (2022)

The Lost City
60%
6.1/10
PG-13
112m
Genre
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Stars
Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe
Directed by
Aaron Nee, Adam Nee
Watch on Netflix
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum team up in The Lost City, a rom-com adventure and throwback to the classic ’80s flick Romancing the Stone. Bullock plays Loretta Sage, a former archeologist who has found her second act as a best-selling novelist. Regardless, Loretta is deeply depressed about losing her late husband five years earlier.

Alan Caprison (Tatum) is the cover model for Loretta’s novels, and he’s secretly in love with her. When Loretta is kidnapped by a deranged billionaire, Abigail Fairfax (Daniel Radcliffe), Alan takes it upon himself to follow them to a remote island so he can rescue her. Fairfax is convinced that Loretta’s research is the key to unlocking the hidden city he’s discovered, and she may need to prove him right if she and Alan ever want to escape the island with their lives.

Leaving Netflix in May 2025

May 1

  • 99 Homes (2014)
  • A Man Wanted (2017)
  • About Time (2013)
  • Always (1989)
  • Annie (2014)
  • Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
  • Boiling Point (Limited Series)
  • Dallas Buyers Club (2013)
  • Definitely, Maybe (2008)
  • Earth Playlist (2025) – Netflix Original Removal
  • Erin Brockovich (2000)
  • Europa Report (2013)
  • Friday (1995)
  • Fury (2014)
  • Get In (2019) – Netflix Original Removal
  • Heroes (1977)
  • King Kong (2005)
  • Little Fockers (2010)
  • Maid in Manhattan (2002)
  • Meet the Fockers (2004)
  • Meet The Parents (2000)
  • Next Friday (2000)
  • Notting Hill (1999)
  • Out of Africa (1989)
  • Queen & Slim (2019)
  • Rugrats (Seasons 1-2)
  • Schindler’s List (1993)
  • Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
  • Silverado (1985)
  • Spider-Man (2002)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004)
  • Spider-Man 3 (2007)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
  • Tank (1984)
  • This Is 40 (2012)
  • The Adolf Eichmann Trial (2011)
  • The Frozen Ground (2013)
  • The Good Shepherd (2006)
  • The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)
  • The Road to El Dorado (2000)
  • The Secret of My Success (1987)
  • The Whale (2022) – A24 Removal
  • The Wiz (1978)
  • This is 40 (2012)
  • Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery: A New Arrival (2020)
  • Thomas & Friends: The Royal Engine (2020)
  • Thomas & Friends: Marvelous Machinery: World of Tomorrow (2020)
  • Thomas & Friends: Thomas and the Royal Engine (2020)
  • Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All by Myself (2009)
  • Waterworld (1995)
  • Wedding Crashers (2005)
  • Whiplash (2014)
  • Woody Woodpecker (2017)
  • You, Me and Dupree (2006)

May 4

  • Family Blood (2018)
  • Insidious: The Red Door (2023) – Sony Pictures Removal
  • Rowdy Fellow (2014)
  • Thammudu (1999)
  • Three (2012)

May 5

  • The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)

May 6

  • Like a Rolling Stone: The Life & Times of Ben Fong-Torres (2022)
  • Sí, Mi Amor (2020)
  • Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) (2022)

May 7

  • Emergency Travel (2019)
  • Red Card (2017)
  • Si Doel the Movie (2018)
  • Si Doel the Movie 2 (2019)

May 8

  • Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche (2022)
  • Justice League (Seasons 1-2)
  • Justice League: Unlimited (Seasons 1-2)

May 9

  • Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
  • The Lost City (2022)

May 10

  • Montford: The Chickasaw Rancher (2021)
  • Rambo (2008)
  • Rambo: Last Blood (2019)
  • The Great Magician (2011)

May 13

  • Bigger Than Africa (2018)
  • Journey of an African Colony (2018)

May 14

  • Borrego (2022)
  • Dilan 1990 (2018)
  • Dilan 1991 (2019)

May 15

  • Crossroads (2002)
  • Hamid (2018)
  • Inhuman Resources (2020) – Netflix Original Removal
  • Madam Secretary (Seasons 1-6)
  • Trolls Band Together (2023)

May 16

  • Mutt (2023)
  • The Sum of All Fears (2002)
  • Tully (2018)

May 18

  • Inspector Gadget (Seasons 1-4) Netflix Original Removal

May 19

  • A Simple Favor (2018)
  • The Last Days (1998)

May 20

  • Ayinla (2021)

May 21

  • Mujeres arriba (2019)

May 22

  • Dampyr (2022)
  • Richie Rich (Seasons 1-2) – Netflix Original Removal
  • The Batman (Seasons 1-5)
  • White Gold (Seasons 1-2) – Netflix Original Removal

May 30

  • The Silencing (2020)

May 31

  • 45 rpm (Season 1) – Netflix Original Removal
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