Last Chance to Stream: Every Movie Leaving Netflix in May

If you’ve been procrastinating your Netflix watchlist (honestly, who isn’t?), it’s time to check if you’ve got any soon-to-be-gone titles saved for 'later.' Netflix is doing its usual monthly spring cleaning this May, which means plenty of movies are about to vanish from the platform—some of them pretty big names. So if you wanted to squeeze in 'How to Train Your Dragon' or, uh, 'The Emoji Movie,' now’s literally your last chance (at least before the licensing boomerang brings them back in a couple years).

What’s Getting the Axe in May 2026

Here’s the lay of the land. Netflix licenses a metric ton of movies, but those deals come with expiration dates. When the window closes, the titles pack their virtual bags and head right out the digital door—sometimes popping up on rivals, sometimes falling into the void. This May, the list is both random and stacked: classic blockbusters, cult favorites, and a few deep-cut oddities.

Main Event: The Big Farewell

Below is the full exit lineup for May 2026. Read it and weep—or speed-watch:

• Friday, May 1: 12 Years a Slave, Annie, Bliss, Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland, Bruno, Call Me Kate, Conan The Destroyer, Darkest Hour, Dawn of the Dead, Dune, Erin Brockovich, Focus, Fury, Gunslingers, Harry and the Hendersons, Hell or High Water, Homefront, How to Train Your Dragon, How to Train Your Dragon 2, Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3, Joy Ride, Lee Daniels' The Butler, License to Wed, Lone Survivor, Mission: Impossible (1-3, Ghost Protocol, Rogue Nation), Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Moonrise Kingdom, Over the Hedge, Priscilla, Rooster Cogburn, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Sicario, The Brothers Grimsby, The Secret: Dare to Dream, The Story of Us, Whiplash, You've Got Mail
• Saturday, May 2: Lola, Peninsula, Train to Busan
• Sunday, May 3: Just Buried, The Humans and the Mongoose
• Monday, May 4: The Joneses
• Tuesday, May 5: AY: Spotting The Difference, The Order of Things, Wish Upon
• Wednesday, May 6: 30 for 30: Broke, 30 for 30: Deion's Double Play, 30 for 30: The Two Escobars, Overboard
• Thursday, May 7: The Infiltrator, Super Me
• Friday, May 8: All I See Is You, Kill Your Friends, Manodrome, The Emoji Movie
• Saturday, May 9: Sing Street
• Monday, May 11: ABBA: Against the Odds, Teetotaler
• Wednesday, May 13: INKSYLAND Concert, Wave of Cinema: Filosofi Kopi
• Thursday, May 14: The Marksman
• Friday, May 15: Love or Money
• Saturday, May 16: Kumiko: The Treasure Hunter, Peter Rabbit, Widow Clicquot
• Sunday, May 17: Romeo & Juliet
• Tuesday, May 19: Ile Owo
• Wednesday, May 20: North Hollywood, The Addams Family, The Addams Family 2
• Thursday, May 21: Crossroads, Marry Christmas, Phil, The Family Holiday
• Tuesday, May 26: Pig
• Thursday, May 28: AfrAId
• Saturday, May 30: Subservience

Some You’ll Miss, Some...Maybe Not

This batch has some serious heavy hitters—'12 Years a Slave' (Oscar bait in the best way), a whole run of 'Mission: Impossible' flicks, Spielberg’s 'Jaws', and crowd-pleasers like 'Over the Hedge' if you’re feeling nostalgic or five years old inside (no shame). Horror fans, 'Train to Busan' is leaving too—arguably your last excuse to cry at zombies for a while. And if you were planning a Monty Python rewatch or catching up on 'How to Train Your Dragon', this is not a drill.

Some of these movies will inevitably bounce back onto Netflix, or hop to Hulu, Peacock, or even prime channels you forgot existed. But if you have favorites on this list, don’t assume they’ll land where you can actually stream them for free.

Why the Shuffle?

This whole purge is just business as usual—the streaming rights have a shelf life. Once the deals are up, Netflix rotates movies out for new (and sometimes worse) options to keep the library feeling 'fresh.' Yes, it’s annoying. No, they’re not doing it out of spite, but it can sure feel personal when your comfort movies disappear overnight.

Final Heads-Up

If anything on this list is a must-see for you, get watching. In other words: your procrastination window is closing fast.

'Here’s your friendly reminder: Netflix giveth, and Netflix taketh away.'