While we were all busy with our summers, it's easy to leave the Netflix watchlist on the long finger. However, the days are getting shorter, the skies darker and it's the perfect time to start cosying up on the couch a bit more often.
While Netflix is busy adding some excellent flicks to its repertoire, including these 12 huge movies this week, they're also taking some classics off their site in November.
So, if you have a free week between now and November 1, then it may be a good time to take a look below and catch up on all of these great flicks before they leaving Netflix on November 1.
[caption id="attachment_784402" align="alignnone" width="1280"] Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams in Red Eye - leaving Netflix on November 1.[/caption]
Movies leaving Netflix in November
Along Came a Spider (2001)
If you're into your late 90s/early 00s dark serial killer thrillers like The Bone Collector and Se7en, then this sequel to the equally dark Kiss the Girls will be right up your alley.
Starring Morgan Freeman who reprises his role as detective Alex Cross, the film centres around the case of a senator's daughter under Secret Service protection who is kidnapped from a private school.
The Hunger Games series
All four of the Hunger Games franchise movies to date are leaving the streamer, just a month before the new prequel The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes releases in cinemas.
That means you have a week to get through The Hunger Games (2012), Catching Fire (2013), Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014) and Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015) in preparation.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
One of the most interesting films to be leaving the streamer next month is this hidden gem starring two Irish powerhouses Colin Farrell and Barry Keoghan.
Inspired by the ancient Greek tragedy Iphigenia in Aulis, Yorgos Lanthimos directs this psychological horror about a cardiac surgeon (Farrell) who introduces his family to a teenage boy (Keoghan) with a connection to his past, after which they mysteriously begin to fall ill.
Keoghan plays up to his best acting traits - being both creepy but ridiculously charismatic at the same time and it's one of his best performances to date. Definitely worth the watch before it leaves Netflix in a few days.
You can also check out our interview with Colin Farrell about the film below.
The Lady in the Van (2015)
Maggie Smith was nominated for Best Actress at the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs for this comedy drama based on the true story from a memoir by Alan Bennett about an elderly woman called Mary Shephard who lived in a van on his North London driveway for 15 years.
Red Eye (2005)
Another flick starring one of the best Irish actors of a generation, Cillian Murphy, is leaving Netflix next month and what a performance!
Directed by the late, great Wes Craven (Scream, A Nightmare on Elm Street) Red Eye centres around a hotel manager, Lisa (Rachel McAdams) who is targeted by fellow passenger Jackson (Cillian Murphy), on her overnight flight who needs her to move a powerful politician into a different hotel room to make it easier for an impending assassination to be carried out.
Despite having one of the most maddening final lines in cinema history, it's a really fun watch and Murphy's role as an out and out villainous creep is extremely entertaining.
Check out our interview with Cillian Murphy about his film career below.
Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)
There's not much more to say about Sex and the City: The Movie, other than describing it as, well, Sex and the City... but a movie. As with most transitions from TV to the big screen, if you're a fan of the show, you'll like it. If you're not, it's not going to be for you. But SATC fans, get on it before it goes!
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
The second addition of films about creepy kids (see The Killing of a Sacred Deer above), this is an incredibly hard watch. Starring Tilda Swinton in an incredible performance as the mother of a psychopathic boy (Ezra Miller) who has committed heinous acts and how she looks back on their relationship throughout his childhood.
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Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams in Red Eye - leaving Netflix on November 1.[/caption]
