Netflix Update: What's Leaving Us on November 1st

In which I report on the upcoming changes to Netflix.

Well, it's that time of the month again: time for the changing of the guard.  All told, fifty-eight films and tv shows will be leaving Netflix at the end of the month, so this week is your last chance to fit it all of those movies you've put off until later because you always thought that they were going to be there.

It seems to me that there's a higher-than-average turnover of really good movies this month.  American Psycho is basically Wall Street meets The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - the perfect blend of 80s excess, 70s violence and a contemporary comedic aesthetic.  The Big Chill is a remarkably powerful film about a group of friends who reunite at a friend's funeral after years of growing apart from one another.  Les Miserables is an incredibly underrated drama based on Hugo's celebrated novel that sadly loses out to the staggering popularity of its musical adaptations.  La Bamba and The Buddy Holly Story are twin portrayals of the infamous "day the music died," depicting the lives of Ritchie Valence and Buddy Holly.  If not for Guardians of the Galaxy, Serenity would be hands-down the single best sci-fi film about a dysfunctional band of space-faring outlaws ever produced.  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Candyman, Footloose, Single White Female and even the incredibly flawed Red State will all be missed.

Ultimately, though, there are three films that I am definitely making a concerted effort to watch before they disappear from the streaming service: Apocalypse Now, For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.  All three are movies scheduled to appear on future Date Night reviews.  Apocalypse Now is one of my favorite movies and one that I'm sure Becky will enjoy.  We've held off on the latter two Dollars films because of our inability to locate the first one (and I will not watch sequential films out of order).  I actually spent a Barnes & Noble gift card to buy a severely discounted BluRay of A Fistful of Dollars this last weekend (thanks Grandma!) and will be damned if I miss out on watching its sequels now.

I might try to show a few more to Becky if there's time between now and when they go poof (The Big Chill is one that I think she'd particularly enjoy), but those would just be icing on the cake.  If I get the above three done in the next week, I'll be happy.

So which movies are you all going to try to cram in before November 1st?  Which movies are you going to be especially sad to see go?  Let me know in the comments section.  The full list of titles that will no longer be available are listed below.

101 Dalmatians (1996)

American Psycho (2000)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Apocalypse Now Redux (2001)

Balibo (2009)

The Big Chill (1983)

Blown Away (1992)

Bob the Builder (1999-2012)

Breezy (1973)

Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)

Broadcast News (1987)

The Buddy Holly Story (1978)

Bullet Proof Monk (2003)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Candyman (1992)

Caveman (1981)

Cheech & Chong’s Next Movie (1980)

Cloak & Dagger (1984)

The Conqueror Worm (1968)

The Dogs of War (1980)

Elvis ’56 (1987)

The Escape Artist (1982)

Footloose (1984)

For a Few Dollars More (1965)

Fire in Babylon (2010)

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

The Great Outdoors (1988)

Hammett (1982)

Hannibal (2001)

He Said, She Said (1991)

Heat Wave (2011)

Iceman (1984)

King Solomon’s Mines (1985)

Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold(1987)

La Bamba (1987)

Les Miserables (1998)

The Ninth Gate (1999)

The Odessa File (1974)

One from the Heart (1982)

Orca: The Killer Whale (1977)

The Prince of Tides (1991)

A Raisin in the Sun (2008)

Red State (2011)

Say Anything (1989)

Serenity (2005)

Silent Running (1971)

Single White Female (1992)

Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2011)

St. Elmo’s Fire (1985)

Starman (1984)

Steel Magnolias (1989)

Tetro (2009)

Thelma & Louise (1991)

Thomas & Friends (2005-2012)

Tortilla Soup (2001)

Trees Lounge (1996)

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Up at the Villa (2000)

Vigilante Force (1976)

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