Netflix to Remove 18 Movies & Shows In 10 Days: The 3 to Watch

By Phillip Swann
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Netflix will remove 18 TV shows and movies from its streaming lineup on February 1, 2026. Here are the three to watch (or rewatch) before they leave, in my humble opinion.

Licorice Pizza (2021)
The brilliant 2021 comedy/drama from director Paul Thomas Anderson stars Cooper Hoffman (Philip Seymour Hoffman’s son) and rock queen Alana Haim (pictured above) as two oddly connected young souls trying to find their place amid the weirdness of Southern California’s San Fernando Valley in the mid-1970s. Bradley Cooper chews the delicious scenery as the real-life movie producer, Jon Peters, who seems obsessed with being Barbra Streisand’s boyfriend (he was) while engaging in rants and rages over every trivial matter. And Sean Penn plays Jack Holden (a William Holden cut-out), a whiskey-swilling veteran actor who never knows when to get off the stage. Licorice Pizza is Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood, The Master) at his best and it should have won the 2022 Academy Award for Best Picture. (It was nominated.) PTA shows once again that he’s the Robert Altman of this era, weaving a tale of joy and heartbreak featuring some of the most interesting characters you’ll ever see on screen.

Parasite (2019)
The winner of the 2020 Oscar for Best Picture. The film, which is based in South Korea, is the story of a lower-class family that tricks a wealthy family into hiring them as their personal assistants. However, the scam backfires when the lower-class family encounters an unexpected turn of events once inside the luxurious house. Parasite is a suspenseful and thrilling look at class warfare disguised as a crime drama.

Groundhog Day (1993)
The classic Bill Murray comedy about a local weatherman who relives a certain February holiday – every single day! The farcical premise aside, this is peak Murray whose deadpan delivery and surprising vulnerability makes his character one to laugh at and root for. Andie MacDowell is sweet as Bill’s love interest and the supporting cast includes such zanies as Harold Ramis (who also directed), Chris Elliott and Murray real-life bro, Brian Doyle-Murray. And we can’t forget Stephen Tobolowsky as Ned!

Movies & Shows Leaving Netflix On February 1, 2026

28 Days Later
Charlie’s Angels
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
Dr. Dolittle
Dr. Dolittle 2
Forever My Girl
Groundhog Day
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Kath & Kim: Seasons 1–4
Licorice Pizza
Memoirs of a Geisha
Parasite
Radio
RV
The Patriot
The Terminator
What Lies Beneath

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