The disappearance of several classics pervades the Netflix streaming departures this March, with films like Michael Mann’s Thief, Das Boot, and the Charlie Chaplin Collection (why did I not know this was on Netflix?) all getting the ax throughout the month. Netflix usually does a good job of replenishing the well, but to lose the sweltering Desperado during this frigid time is akin to losing your car keys as your wife is about to give birth. Most of these titles are vacating the premises on March 1; others are leaving later in the month. The clock starts now, folks. Get a’ watchin’.
The Blair Witch Project
It’s a film that broke our top 10 horror films on Netflix, and now it’s time to say goodbye to the snotty, fear-stricken youths who can’t seem to get out of the damn woods. While mercurial to many audiences, there’s no denying the impact and cultural resonance this film carried.
The Graduate
Mike Nichols’ classic about a man treading water — literally and figuratively — after arriving back home from college is a compressed coming-of age-tale that never tries to saturate its narrative with melodrama. Nominated for seven Academy Awards (Nichols won best director), The Graduate doesn’t wear, thanks to its sharp script and strong performances.
Leaving Las Vegas
Alcoholism is a dangerous addiction, one that progresses if left untreated. Leaving Las Vegas depicts the depravity of an alcoholic (Nicolas Cage in an Oscar-winning performance) on a mission to drink himself to death after leaving his career behind. Elisabeth Shue co-stars as a prostitute and Cage’s love interest as he enters the twilight of his life with a bottle in hand. A haunting and sometimes disturbing peek inside the machinations of suicide.
Se7en
Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning director David Fincher came to prominence, after spending much of his formative years directing music videos, with this 1995 film starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. They play detectives on the hunt for a serial killer who has taken the seven deadly sins as his blueprint for murder. You can see Fincher and co-star Kevin Spacey team up again this week for House of Cards‘ third season.
Take a look at all the other titles leaving Netflix in March…
March 1
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)
- Adios, Sabata (1971)
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)
- The Adventures of Milo and Otis (1989)
- All the Pretty Horses (2000)
- Almost Famous (2000)
- Arachnophobia (1990)
- Black Rain (1989)
- The Blue Lagoon (1980)
- Brokedown Palace (1999)
- Cheech and Chong’s Nice Dreams (1981)
- Cool Runnings (1993)
- Das Boot: Director’s Cut (1981)
- The Deadly Bees (1967)
- Desperado (1995)
- Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
- Dogtown and Z Boys (2001)
- Dumb and Dumber (1994)
- The Elephant Man (1980)
- Emma (1996)
- Evita (1996)
- Fido (2006)
- Freaky Friday (2003)
- Fright Night (1985)
- Girlfight (2000)
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
- Grosse Pointe Blank (1997)
- Hachi: A Dog’s Tale (2009)
- Hatari! (1962)
- Hondo (1953)
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
- Hoodwinked (2005)
- The Ice Storm (1997)
- It Could Happen to You (1994)
- The Lair of the White Worm (1997)
- The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
- Lords of Dogtown (2005)
- Multiplicity (1996)
- Old Yeller (1957)
- Ordinary People (1980)
- The People That Time Forgot (1977)
- Pretty in Pink (1986)
- Rachel Getting Married (2008)
- Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)
- Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
- RoboCop 2 & 3 (1990, 1993)
- Saturday Night Fever (1977)
- Seven (1995)
- Swiss Family Robinson (1960)
- Thief (1981)
- This Property Is Condemned (1966)
- Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
- Will Penny (1968)
- Winged Migration (2001)
March 4
- Phineas and Ferb (2007-2011)
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008-2012)
March 13
- Bukowski: Born Into This (2003)
March 14
- Charlie Chaplin Collection (1914-1918)
