Netflix is removing a large selection of titles, including most underrated TV show
Streaming service is taking down more than 200 releases in January 2025
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Your support makes all the difference.Netflix is removing more than 200 films and TV shows in January, including its most underrated original title.
The streaming service, as well as adding a bunch of new releases, takes down a large number of titles each month due to the expiration of licencing deals – but it’s now the norm for things that that were released as “Netflix Originals” to be removed, also.
One such casualty in January 2025 is cult British romantic comedy series Lovesick, which was picked up by Netflix in 2018 after being dropped by Channel 4, where it started life as Scrotal Recall.
The high-concept sitcom, created by Tom Edge, centres on a group of English pals living in Scotland, and follows sees Dylan (Johnny Fynn) as he contacts all of his previous sexual partners after being diagnosed with chlamydia
Each episode focuses on a past love interest of Dylan’s and viewers learn of their encounter via flashbacks.
Below is a full list of everything being removed from Netflix in both the UK and US, compiled with assistance from What’s on Netflix.
1 January
Movies
The Aftermath – UK
Alfie (2004) – US
Along Came Polly – US
American Gangster – UK/US
American Psycho – US
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy – US
Aruna & Her Palate – UK/US
As Above, So Below – US
Bad Boys – UK/US
Bad Boys II – US
Before Sunset – US
Being Julia – US
The BFG (2016) – UK
Big Daddy – US
A Biltmore Christmas – US
The Birds – US
Boundaries – UK
The Bounty Hunter – US
The Boy Next Door – US
Bridesmaids – US
Brüno – US
The Butterfly Effect – US
Call Me by Your Name – US
Captain Phillips – US
Chicken Run – US
Christmas in Notting Hill – US
Christmas Island – US
Christmas on Cherry Lane – US
Christmas with a Kiss – US
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 – US
Collateral – US
Couples Retreat – US
The Covenant – US
Daddy Day Care – UK
The Deer Hunter – US
The Divergent Series: Allegiant – Part 1 – UK
The Divergent Series: Insurgent – UK
Dragnet – US
Easy A – US
8 Mile – US
Ella Enchanted – US
Ender’s Game – US
Enough – UK
Escape Plan – US
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – US
EuroTrip – US
The Family Man – US
Fast & Furious – US
Fast Times at Ridgemont High – US
Field of Dreams – US
Fireproof – US
First Daughter – US
Friday Night Lights (2004) – US
Funny People – US
The Girl Next Door – US
Goosebumps – US
The Great Waldo Pepper – US
H – UK/US
Haikyu!! Movie 3: Genius and Sense – UK/US
Haikyu!! Movie 4: Battle of Concepts – UK/US
Halloween (2018) – US
Haul Out the Holly – US
Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up – US
A Heidelberg Holiday – US
Here Comes the Boom – US
Hero (2002) – US
The House Bunny – US
House of Flying Daggers – US
How High 2 – US
How to Train Your Dragon 2 – UK
In Good Company – US
In Secret – UK
In the House – UK
Jarhead – US
Jaws – US
Jaws 2 – US
Jaws 3 – US
Jersey Girl – US
Just Go With It – US
The Karate Kid (2010) – US
Kung Fu Panda – US
Kung Fu Panda 3 – US
The Last Dragon – US
The Legend of Hercules – US
Life (1999) – US
The Little Rascals – US
Long Story Short – US
Loving – UK
Matilda (1996) – US
Maudie – UK
The Mechanic – US
A Merry Scottish Christmas – US
Midnight Run – US
Midnight Sun – US
Midway – US
Million Dollar Baby – US
Miracle in Bethlehem, PA – US
The Money Pit – US
My Sunshine – US
Non-Stop – US
The Notebook – US
The Other Guys – UK
Pacific Rim Uprising – UK
Paul Blart: Mall Cop – US
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 – US
Paw Patrol: The Movie – US
Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief – UK
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters – UK
Posesif – UK/US
Predestination – US
The Prince & Me – US
The Prince of Egypt – US
Psycho II – US
Red Dragon – US
Redemption – US
Robin Hood (2010) – US
Roger Corman’s Operation Rogue – UK
Safe House – US
Salt – US
Scarface (1983) – US
The Sentinel (1977) – US
Shark Tale – US
Shot Caller – US
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow – US
The Snowman (2017) – UK
Spy Game – US
Starsky & Hutch – US
Step Up 4: Miami Heat – US
Superbad – US
The Sweetest Thing – US
The Take – US
Take Shelter – US
The Tale of Despereaux – US
Tangerine – US
300 – US
300: Rise of an Empire – US
Transformers – US
Transformers: Age of Extinction – US
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – US
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – US
Twisted – US
2 Guns – US
U-571 – US
Unfriended – US
Van Helsing – US
Vera Drake – US
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit – US
Wimbledon – US
Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! – US
You’re Next – US
Zathura: A Space Adventure – US
Zombieland – US
Zookeeper – US
2 January
Jigsaw – US
Living – UK
4 January
Quartet – UK
5 January
El Potro: Unstoppable (Netflix Original) – US
7 January
Binti – UK/US
Mamma Mia! – UK
8 January
65 – US
Sew the Winter to My Skin – UK/US
10 January
Focus – US
The Wedding Year – US
13 January
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – UK
14 January
Fatuma – UK
15 January
A Rigato JaruJaruTower – UK
16 January
Boyhood – UK
Bridget Jones’s Diary – UK
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason – UK
Cats – US
Last Christmas – UK
Selma – US
Truth or Dare: Extended Blumhouse Director’s Cut – UK
18 January
Blitz Patroillie – UK
Harold and Kumar Get the Munchies – UK
21 January
The Gift (2015) – US
26 January
The Babadook – US
The Rental – US
27 January
FullMetal Alchemist – US
Mr & Mrs Smith – US
TV
1 January
Black & White (Pi zi ying xiong) – UK/US
Boss & Me – UK/US
Friday Night Lights season one to five – US
The Glamorous Imperial Concubine – UK
The Hospital – UK/US
Larva season one to three – UK/US
Longmire season one to six (Netflix Original) – US
Lovesick season one to three (Netflix Original) – UK/US
Memories of Love – UK/US
Pasión de Gavilanes season one and two – UK/S
Survivor season seven and season 33 – US
The Thundermans – UK
6 January
Cuckoo – UK
10 January
Undercover season one to three – UK/US
12 January
Last Tango in Halifax season one to four – US
15 January
The Magicians season one to five – US
Monk season one to eight – US
16 January
New Amsterdam season one to five – US
Partners for Justice – UK
Rita season one to five (Netflix Original) – US
Documentary
1 January
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind – US
Comedy
10 January
Andrew Santino: Cheeseburger – UK/US
23 January
Iliza Shlesinger: Freezing Hot (Netflix Original) – US
Kids
1 January
ABC Playlist – US
Animal Playlist – US
Arpo – UK/US
Beyblade Burst Rise – UK/US
Birthday Playlist
Blippi’s School Supply Scavenger Hunt – US
Blippi’s Spooky Spell Halloween – UK/US
Blippi The Musical – UK
Blippi Wonders – UK/US
Blue’s Clues & You! – US
Dinosaur Playlist – US
Elf Pets: Santa’s Reindeer Rescue – UK
Elf Pets: Santa’s St Bernards Save Christmas – US
An Elf’s Story: The Elf on the Shelf – US
Fireman Sam – UK
Gecko’s Garage – 3D – UK/US
Henry Danger – UK
iCarly – UK
Inspector Gadget – UK
Johnny Test –UK
Kid-E-Cats – UK
The Legend of Korra – UK
Miniforce – US
Music Playlist – US
Luccas Neto in: Children’s Day – UK/US
Oddbods – UK/US
Power Rangers Beast Morphers – US
Power Rangers Dino Fury – UK
Power Rangers Ninja Steel – UK/US
Santiago of the Seas – UK
Science Playlist – US
Spookley the Square Pumpkin – UK/US
Transformers Prime – UK
Transformers Cyberverse – UK
Transformers: Robots in Disguise – UK
T-Rex Ranch – UK/US
Truck Playlist – US
Vehicle Playlist – US
16 January
LEGO Friends: Heartlake Stories – UK
LEGO Friends: The Power of Friendship (Netflix Original) – UK/US
Anime
1 January
Pokémon: Indigo League – UK
9 January
Bakugan – UK
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