All The Best Movies Coming To And Leaving US Netflix In April 2017

All The Best Movies Coming To And Leaving US Netflix In April 2017

US Netflix is about to rain down on April with some nerd-friendly original content, but that’s coming at the cost of some of the best nerd-friendly classic TV.

Note: This list refers to the US version of Netflix. It has a different library to Australia which changes from month to month. This information is only relevant to readers who access US Netflix using a VPN.

The Highlights

Let’s get the bad news out first. Several classic series are leaving Netflix. From my probably incorrect memory, a few of these have been with Netflix since the start of streaming. OK, here we go then, you ready? Because this is going to hurt. Here are some of the shows leaving Netflix April 1: Firefly, The X-Files, Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dollhouse, House, Bones, Ally McBeal, and Roswell. Movies aren’t safe either, with The Princess Bride, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and The Usual Suspects all leaving at the beginning of the month too. I know, it doesn’t feel great. Take a second. There’s good news though.

The new Mystery Science Theatre series arrives April 14 and Bill Nye’s new show, Bill Nye Saves the World arrives April 21. Also coming back are the The Get Down and Chewing Gum, alongside a handful of interesting looking new shows, like, Girlboss and Dear White People.

New Netflix movies are also on the way, including the already-maligned live-action Death Note, which features white people in a remake of a Japanese anime — something that we all know people love. If that wasn’t enough, Death Note is directed by the same guy behind the 2016 Blair Witch movie and one of the writers also worked on the 2014 Fantastic Four and the 2016 The Exorcist.

Also something people love, another Adam Sandler movie. This time it’s Sandy Wexler, which is directed by the man behind other Adam Sandler classics like Little Nicky and Mr. Deeds. You remember those Adam Sandler classics, right? Also on the way is a stylised documentary about JonBenét, Casting JonBenét, which looks like a fittingly bizarre take on an already very-weird story.

Non-Netflix movies arriving this month include The BFG, which was supposed to arrive last month but apparently was delayed, Gremlins, Schindler’s List, and The Prestige, a film that’s so Christopher Nolan-y that just reading the title of the movie puts your brain in a “figure it out” mode. Spoiler, there’s a twist revealed at the end! Also Christian Bale has a moody mustache.

Leaving Netflix This Month

April 1

  • Ally McBeal: Seasons 1 – 5

  • Angel: Seasons 1 — 5

  • Better Off Ted: Season 1

  • Barbershop 2: Back in Business

  • Bones: Seasons 1 – 4

  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Seasons 1 – 7

  • Chaplin

  • Dollhouse: Season 1

  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off

  • Firefly

  • House, M.D.: Seasons 1 – 8

  • Lie to Me: Season 1

  • Menace II Society

  • Resident Evil: Extinction

  • Rosewell: Seasons 1 – 3

  • Snow Day

  • Stomp the Yard

  • Superman II

  • Superman III

  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

  • Superman Returns

  • Superman: The Movie

  • The Agony and the Ecstasy

  • The Boys from Brazil

  • The Escapist

  • The Princess Bride

  • The Riches: Seasons 1 – 2

  • The Usual Suspects

  • The X-Files: Seasons 1 – 9

  • Vanilla Sky

April 3

  • Collateral Damage

  • The Circle

April 7

  • Legit: Season 2

  • Wilfred: Season 4

April 9

  • Hero

April 10

  • Legit: Season 1

  • Flower Girl

April 14

  • The Lazarus Effect

April 15

  • A Fantastic Fear of Everything

April 17

  • American Dad! Season 6

April 26

  • The Nutty Professor 2: Facing the Fear

April 30

  • Under the Tuscan Sun

  • The Mirror

  • Born to Defence

  • The Defender

Arriving on Netflix This Month

April 1

  • A Weekend with the Family (2016)

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

  • Across the Universe (2007)

  • An American Tail (1986)

  • An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991)

  • An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999)

  • Boy Bye (2016)

  • Born To Be Free (2016)

  • Cool Runnings (1993)

  • Good Witch: Season 2 (2016)

  • Gremlins (1984)

  • Only for One Night (2016)

  • Richard Pryor: Live & Smokin’ (1971)

  • Scooby-Doo (2002)

  • Schindler’s List (1993)

  • Something’s Gotta Give (2003)

  • Thunderstruck (2012)

  • Wynonna Earp: Season 1 (2016)

  • Trouble with the Curve (2012)

  • Tropic Thunder (2008)

  • The Tenth Man (2016)

April 2

  • The D Train (2015)

April 4

  • Chewing Gum: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • Louis C.K. 2017 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

April 6

  • Disney’s The BFG (2016)

April 7

  • El Faro De Las Orcas — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

  • Dawn of the Croods: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • The Get Down: Part 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • Win It All — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

April 8

  • Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

April 10

  • Documentary Now!: Season 2 (2016)

April 11

  • Kevin Hart: What Now (2016)

April 12

  • DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Season 2 (2016)

April 14

  • Chelsea: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • El Elegido (2017)

  • Mystery Science Theatre 3000: The Return — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • Sandy Wexler — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

April 15

  • Disney’s Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993)

  • Slam — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

April 18

  • Lucas Brothers: On Drugs — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

April 19

  • A Plastic Ocean

April 21

  • Bill Nye Saves the World: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • Girlboss: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • Hot Girls Wanted: Turned On: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • Sand Castle — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

  • Tales by Light: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show: Season 4 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • The Prestige (2006)

  • Tramps — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

April 22

  • The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass: Season 1-3 (2016)

  • The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

April 23

  • Liv and Maddie: Season 4 (2016)

  • Phantom (2013)

April 25

  • Long Nights Short Mornings (2016)

April 25

  • Disney’s Queen of Katwe (2016)

  • The 101-Year-Old Man Who Skipped Out on the Bill and Disappeared — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

  • Vir Das: Abroad Understanding — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

April 26

  • Real Rescues: Season 6-7 (2012)

  • Trust (2010)

April 27

  • Las Chicas del Cable: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

April 28

  • A Murder in the Park (2014)

  • Casting JonBenet — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • Dear White People: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

  • Rodney King — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

  • Small Crimes — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM

April 30

  • Sofia the First: Season 3 (2015)

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