Netflix is, unfortunately, saying goodbye to plenty of beloved films and shows in May 2024. At the top of this list are some critically acclaimed A24 movies, starting with the anxiety-inducing crime thriller Uncut Gems which is leaving Netflix on May 8, 2024. Written and directed by the Safdie Brothers, Uncut Gems is a modern classic that is widely considered to feature one of the best leading performances of Adam Sandler’s storied career. Speaking of Sandler, his iconic comedy Happy Gilmore is leaving the Netflix streaming service at the very end of the month as well.
Going back to A24, Netflix subscribers are also going to have to say goodbye to The Disaster Artist and Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical film Minari in May 2024. Minari made Oscar history in 2021 when Yuh-jung Youn won Best Supporting Actress, making her the first Korean actress to ever win an Academy Award. Yuh-jung Youn is joined by Steven Yeun (Beef), Ye-ri Han (Worst Woman), Alan Kim (IF), and newcomer Noel Kate Cho in the cast, leveling up the sheer acting talent on display. Writer-director Lee Isaac Chung’s next movie is the highly-anticipated legacy sequel Twisters, which is hitting theaters this summer.
Jumping into animation, Netflix is sadly removing two vibrant animated films this month: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and The Boxtrolls. Puss in Boots: The Last Wish exceeded all expectations by revamping the Shrek franchise with a brand new painterly animation style that combines 2D and 3D elements in a way that’s strikingly different from other recent favorites like the Spider-Verse films. At the same time, the sequel features the mature storytelling and dark humor that first put DreamWorks Animation on the map. This and Laika‘s The Boxtrolls, which is one of the studio’s more underrated stop-motion fantasy comedies, deserve to be streamed one more time before they leave Netflix in May 2024.
To wrap things up, the four original Hunger Games films are also leaving the Netflix streaming platform at the end of May 2024. Along with these titles, Netflix subscribers should queue up other notable, must-see films like Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby, James Wan’s Insidious, M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, J.A. Bayona’s The Impossible, and John Singleton’s Boyz n the Hood before they all expire from the streamer this month. Check out the full list of every film and show leaving Netflix throughout May 2024 below.
Here’s Everything Leaving Netflix in May 2024
Leaving May 1
Bennett’s War (2019)
Lady Driver (2019)
Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023)
Roped (2020)
The Stand at Paxton County (2020)
Leaving May 2
Boys Over Flowers (2009)
Chris Distefano: Speshy Weshy (2022)
Iris (2009)
Survive the Night (2020)
Leaving May 3
Arctic Dogs (2019)
Leaving May 5
In Our Mother’s Garden (2020)
Leaving May 6
City of God: 10 Years Later (2013)
Leaving May 7
Have You Ever Seen Fireflies? (1999)
Leaving May 8
Uncut Gems (2019)
Leaving May 9
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)
Leaving May 10
Illegal Woman (2020)
St. Vincent (2014)
The Defected: Season 1
Leaving May 11
Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Leaving May 13
Ahaan (20190
Mere Pyare Prime Minister (2019)
Rencor tatuado (2018)
Leaving May 14
Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
I Hear You: Season 1
Sleepless Society: Two Pillows & A Lost: Season 1
Leaving May 15
Long Live the Bonus Family (2022)
Sleight (2016)
Leaving May 16
Born in Gaza (2014)
Born in Syria (2016)
Dying to Tell (2018)
Mokalik (2019)
October 1 (2014)
Phone Swap (2012)
The Bridge (2017)
The CEO (2016)
The Figurine (2009)
Leaving May 17
Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (2021)
Well-Intended Love: Seasons 1-2
Leaving May 18
Laerte-se (2017)
Leaving May 19
Hating Peter Tatchell (2020)
Rosario Tijeras (Mexico): Seasons 1-3
Leaving May 20
678 (2009)
Asmaa (2011)
Until Midnight (2019)
Leaving May 21
Sam Smith: Love Goes – Live at Abbey Road Studios (2020)
Leaving May 22
Minari (2021)
The Boxtrolls (2014)
Leaving May 26
Mako Mermaids: An H2O Adventure: Seasons 3-4
Leaving May 31
2012 (2009)
Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Burlesque (2010)
The Choice (2016)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
Forever My Girl (2018)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Happy Gilmore (1996)
The Hunger Games (2012)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
The Impossible (2012)
Insidious (2010)
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
The Mick: Seasons 1-2
Noah (2014)
Oh, Ramona! (2019)
The Other Guys (2010)
Silent Hill (2006)
Skyscraper (2018)
Split (2016)
Think Like a Man (2012)
Think Like a Man Too (2014)
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
