What’s leaving Netflix UK in March / April 2018?
David Farnor | On 15, Mar 2018
Easter is almost upon us, which means the perfect excuse to binge on chocolate and Netflix at the same time. But with Easter comes April, and with April comes a wave of titles leaving Netflix UK. While some will be sad to see The Bible go, there are even more heartbreaking departures on the way, from The Big Lebowski and Cinema Paradiso to Ant-Man and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
A host of BBC titles are also set to be removed at the end of the month, although this is primarily due to the annual expiration of the BBC’s licence with Netflix – you can expect them all to be renewed, or replaced by other BBC titles. Watch this space for more. And, in the meantime, watch anything else below that’s been sitting in your watchlist.
This is your last chance to stream the following on Netflix UK:
The Big Lebowski – 16th March
Jeff Bridges is on hilarious form as Jeff Lebowski, aka. “the Dude,” a laid-back, easygoing burnout who happens to have the same name as a millionaire whose wife owes a lot of dangerous people a whole bunch of money…
Cinema Paradiso – 16th March
A young boy’s fascination with the images at the Cinema Paradiso turns into a deep love for filmmaking 30 years later. His ambition is encouraged by the theatre’s projectionist, Alfredo, in Giuseppe Tornatore’s moving masterpiece, a tribute to romance as well as a love letter to the big screen.
The Queen of Versailles – 16th March
Kill them with kindness. That’s the old adage for dealing with not very nice people. Director Lauren Greenfield seems to take it to heart for The Queen of Versailles, a documentary that depicts the lavish lifestyle of David and Jackie Siegel. The property mogul and his wife are at the pinnacle of the housing boom, his timeshare business never better. Their plan? To build a home. Not just any home: the biggest home in the US, modelled after none other than the Palace of Versailles.
The Siegels sued her soon afterwards.
The Visit – 18th March
M. Night Shyamalan’s simple but effective return to form is a hoot.
Everest – 18th March
A terrific reminder of not only a famous mountaineering disaster, but also staggering hubris and foolishness in the face of nature’s utter indifference. Read our full review
Life Itself – 19th March
This documentary about the late and legendary film critic Roger Ebert is a moving and inspiring watch, whether you like films, film criticism or not.
Ant-Man – 22nd March
Paul Rudd is on laugh-out-loud form in this fun debut outing for the world’s smallest superhero.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 22nd March
David Fincher’s adaptation of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is proof that American adaptations of Scandi tales can not only be brilliant, but can even be better than the original. Rooney Mara is fantastic as hacker Lisbeth Salander, who finds herself caught up in journalist Mikael Blomkvist’s (Daniel Craig) investigation into an old disappearance in a wealthy Swedish family. Dark, disturbing secrets are revealed, with Fincher keeping a crisp, chilled and classy atmosphere throughout.
Kung Fu Killer – 22nd March
A joyous display of virtuoso martial arts that doesn’t just hit the spot – it pummels it for 100 minutes.
Voltron 84 – 24th March
12 classic episodes of Voltron handpicked by the creators of Netflix’s Voltron: Legendary Defender. Find out the full list here.
Victoria – 29th March
There’s nothing more impressive than a film with a really long take. But even Bela Tarr might be gob-smacked by this German thriller, which unfolds in real time, as a young girl in Berlin bumps into a group of men one evening – and things go dramatically wrong. hrilling, funny and all kinds of epic, Victoria is a relentless tour de force that doesn’t let up.
Sing Street – 30th March
From Once director John Carney, this charming musical comedy-drama about a bunch of kids in school forming their own band is a heartwarming, inspiring, unabashedly positive ditty.
Psychoville – 30th March
Before Inside No.9 and after The League of Gentlemen came this horror/comedy series about a group of strangers united by a mysterious string of threatening letters – including one of the best clowns you’ve ever seen on screen. (If you enjoyed Get Out in cinemas, watch out for Daniel Kaluuya in a small role.)
Jackrabbit – 1st April
When a friend’s suicide leaves behind a mysterious computer drive, a fringe hacker and a young computer technician come together to decipher the message left in his wake. This superb indie flick is proof that you don’t need a big budget to make an excellent modenr sci-fi.
You’re Next – 4th April
A shy girl goes to her new boyfriend’s family reunion and must join their bloody fight for survival when a gang of masked hooligans invades the party. Trashy yet intelligent, Adam Wingard’s horror is one of the most surprising genre flicks of recent years – and huge fun to watch.
Buried – 5th April
Ryan Rodney Reynolds delivers one of his career’s best turns in this thriller about a truck driver in Iraq who wakes up to find himself buried alive. With nothing but a lighter and a mobile phone, his attempt to escape is cleverly written and directed to last the 95 minutes.
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation – 6th April
Tom Cruise has never looked younger in this sequel that proves practical stunts, spy hijinks and Simon Pegg are a combo with as much magic as ever. Rebecca Ferguson, though, steals the whole show as enigmatic agent Ilsa Faust.
Let Me In – 6th April
Owen (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is 12 years old. So is Abby (Chloe Moretz), his new neighbour. She’s been 12 for a long time. She doesn’t get cold. She doesn’t appear in the daytime. And she has an older man (Richard Jenkins) who goes out at night and butchers teens for blood. When the two young souls meet on an icy climbing frame in Owen’s apartment complex, their relationship rapidly evolves.
Letting each other into their isolated worlds, it’s an unsettling bond to witness up close. And Matt Reeves makes sure we do: his camera often stays at Owen’s eye level, to the point where we feel as detached from his faceless mum as he does. It’s a neat touch, teasing out the emotions from his naturally awkward cast. Along with the decision to frame events from the POV of a police detective, it helps to make his CG-heavy version of the Swedish story unique enough to overcome the usual remake backlash.
Crimson Peak – 15th April
Mia Wasikowska. Jessica Chastain. Tom Hiddleston. Even without Guillermo del Toro at the helm, this Gothic psychosexual drama would be one to watch. With the Pan’s Labyrinth director behind the camera, it’s a sumptuous piece of cinema.
Other titles leaving Netflix UK in March and April 2018:
15th March
13
22 Bullets
9 Seconds – Eternal Time
Compete to Eat
Let Us Prey
Odd Mom Out
Phantom
Tokarev
Space Racers
Stan Helsing
16th March
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Girl Model
Hotel Transylvania
The Littlest Angel’s Easter
Lovelace
Mamma Mia!
MASH
National Security
Sins of the Father: A Very British Gangster 2
Sixteen Candles
17th March
Adventures in Zambezia
18th March
To Rome with Love
19th March
The Undertaker
20th March
Henning Mankell’s Wallander
Hitman: Agent 47
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Stealing Cars
Tactical Force
Vampire Dog
Visions
21st March
Never Die
22nd March
As Good As It Gets
Ivory Tower
23rd March
The Ascent of Woman
24th March
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training
The Family Jewels
Let’s Scare Jessica to Death
The Perfect Weapon
Posse
Teacher’s Pet
White Chicks
25th March
American Ninja
The Diabolical
Zathura
28th March
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me
Hook
Legends of the Fall
PS I Love You
29th March
9th Company
A Christmas Horror Story
A Dark Truth
The Bible
Bodyguards and Assassins
Devil’s Playground
Freeheld
Insidious Chapter 2
The Joneses
Kill for Me
The Love Punch
The Man from Nowhere
Neil Young Journeys
Trumbo
Under the Mountain
Victoria
30th March
Alpha and Omega: Family Vacation
Atari: Game Over
Atlantic: The Wildest Ocean on Earth
Attenborough’s Paradise Birds
Baraka
Bluestone 42
Bratz: The Movie
The Choice
Criminal
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty
David Bowie: Five Years
Eddie the Eagle
Fishtales
Getting On
Gnomeo and Juliet
The Guv’nor
House of Cards Trilogy (BBC)
Howard Lovecraft & the Frozen Kingdom
The Hunters
Jane Got a Gun
The Journey Home
The Keeping Room
The Krays: The Myth Behind the Legend
Last Tango in Halifax
London Has Fallen
Looper
Miniscule: La Valee des Fourmis Perdues
Mock the Week
Movie 43
Mummie, I’m a Zombie
The Musketeers
Never Back Down
The Numbers Station
Postman Pat: The Movie
Pramface
Psychoville
QI
Ratchet and Clank
The Rebound
The Returned
Samsara
Sense & Sensibility
Septembers of Shiraz
Sex Drive
Sing Street
Small Island
Small Shots
Son of Saul
Survivors
Triple Nine
Wild Arabia
Wild China
Wild France
Wild Patagonia
Wild West
The Woman in Black
The Wrong Mans
Yellowstone: Battle for Life
Yes, Minister
Yes, Prime Minister
31st March
A Perfect Ending
Abducted
About Last Night
Absolution
All Relative
All Stars
American Dragon
Anatomy of a Love Seen
Awol-72
Best Shot
Bound
Boys
Breaking the Girls
California Scheming
Casting Couch
Codegirl
Concussion
The Curse of Drowner’s Cove
Da Jammies
Death Wish 2
Dirty Weekend
Elena Undone
The Equalizer
Everyone’s Going to Die
Everything Before Us
Felony
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Frankie Boyle Live
Frankie Boyle Live 2: If I Could Reach Out Through Your TV
Frankie Boyle Live: The Last Days of Sodom
Gangsters: Faces of the Underworld
Ghoulies
The Guest House
Horseland
The Human Centipede: First Sequence
The Human Centipede 2: Full Sequence
The Human Centipede 3: The Final Sequence
Jackie & Ryan
Killing Streets
Look Who’s Talking
Maravilla
The Night Before
Oriented
Peninsula Mitre
The Perfect Guy
Pleasure or Pain
Red River
Rob the Mob
Safelight
The Second Woman
Sex After Kids
Spellbinder
Stargate
Suleman Keeda
Timmy Time
Timmy Time: Timmy’s Christmas Surprise
Timmy Time: Timmy’s Seaside Rescue
The Trials of Cate McCall
Two Men in Town
Violet & Daisy
War Pigs
The Way Back
The Wee Man
1st April
All American Bikini Car Wash
Dinosaur Train
Jackrabbit
Sid the Science Kid
Star Trek Into Darkness
2nd April
Never Let Go
3rd April
Hate Story 3
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
4th April
You’re Next
Anonymous
5th April
Buried
Harry Brown
Thomas and the Magic Railroad
6th April
Basic
Dan in Real Life
The Devil’s Double
Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies
Let Me In
Match Point
Pandorum
Ukraine Is Not a Brothel
10th April
Birdie Buddy
Playful Kiss
Tamra, The Island
The Dead Lands
Sex Ed
14th April
Harry Tree Friends
Land Girls
With thanks to uk.newonnetflix.info for some of the information.