Emma Stone black comedy The Favourite – and everything leaving Netflix in July

As any Netflix viewer knows, with one hand the streamer may giveth movies and series, but with the other it taketh away… Steve Newall lets you know what’s leaving Netflix this month, so you can arrange some last-chance viewing accordingly.

Craig Mathieson’s 50 best movies on Netflix always requires a few adjustments each month—and July is no exception. He’ll figure out suitable replacements soon enough, but for now, consider watching Best 50 selections Boy (July 4), Galaxy Quest (July 8), Carol (July 18) or TÁR (July 29) before they leave Netflix.

Also on Mathieson’s list and bidding farewell: It took five years for director Yorgos Lanthimos to follow The Favourite, the director’s first collaboration with Emma Stone before recent superb Oscar contender Poor Things. Now, of course, he can’t get enough of Stone, with Poor Things itself followed in rapid succession by Kinds of Kindness and the upcoming Bugonia, both starring Stone alongside Jesse Plemons.

Back in 2018, in a sign of things to come perhaps, some Flicks readers who got an early look at black comedy The Favourite were a little unprepared for the language and sex on offer, perhaps not what some would have expected from Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.

If you’re the sort of pearl-clutcher that walks out of a preview screening because it’s too risqué (as at least one couple did), maybe steer clear. For those of us who like to be more challenged, this tale of women at court vying for the attention/affection of Queen Anne has plenty to offer—from bawdy laughs to excellent performances (Colman won a BAFTA, an Oscar and more) and a wonderfully-crafted tone.

As Katie Parker’s review at the time observed, The Favourite is a rare period drama that goes beyond merely re-hashing a sensationalised past: “Instead, Lanthimos uses this fascinating, and apparently forgotten, moment in history to create a strange, twisted and darkly funny love story that is truly one of a kind.”

The Favourite leaves Netflix on July 23. Read on for the full list of departing titles.

Leaving Netflix July 1

Yolngu Boy
Masha’s Tales: Season 1
Learning Songs by Little Baby Bum: Nursery Rhyme Friends: Season 1
Masha and the Bear: Season 2
The Revenant
War Against Women
The Layover
Omo Ghetto: the Saga
The Warriors: Season 1
Asinamali
Octonauts: Season 3
Masha’s Spooky Stories: Season 1
Sausage Party
Sing
Shazam!
Leprechaun Returns
Rock Dog
Aquaman
Spider-Man
Elf
Christmas with the Kranks
Paprika
Bride Wars
50 First Dates
Cult of Chucky
Woody Woodpecker
Scorpion King 5: Book of Souls
Mortal Engines
Suicide Squad
Skyscraper
Acts of Violence
Samurai 7: Season 1
Octonauts: Season 2
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
46: Season 1
Hellboy
The Next Karate Kid
Marley & Me
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Man of Steel
Gone Girl
Open Water
Pororo – The Little Penguin: Season 5
American Made
The Running Man
The Karate Kid Part II
Unfaithful
Night School
An Easy Girl
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Made in Chelsea: Season 19
David Foster: Off the Record
Identity
Daddy Day Care
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
6 Bullets

Leaving Netflix July 2

10 Minute Workouts: Volume 1
30 Minute Workouts: Volume 2
Kickstart Fitness with the Basics: Volume 1
Yoga with Xochilt: Volume 1
RattleSnake – The Ahanna Story
High Intensity Training: Volume 1
Fitness for Runners: Volume 1
Bodyweight Burn: Volume 1
20 Minute Workouts: Volume 1
20 Minute Workouts: Volume 2
Abs & Core: Volume 1
Lower-Body Workouts: Volume 1
Two Weeks to a Stronger Core: Volume 1
Football-Inspired Workouts for All: Volume 1
Ignite & Inspire with Kirsty Godso: Volume 1
Fire & Flow: Volume 1
10 Minute Workouts: Volume 2
Kick Off with Betina Gozo: Volume 1
30 Minute Workouts: Volume 1
Bodyweight Burn: Volume 2
Yoga: Volume 1
Feel-Good Fitness: Volume 1
Fall in Love with Vinyasa: Volume 1
High Intensity Training: Volume 2
HIT & Strength with Tara: Volume 1
Upper-Body Workouts: Volume 1

Leaving Netflix July 3

Oh My Baby: Season 1
Infinite

Leaving Netflix July 4

Don’t Worry Darling
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Boy
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Good Burger

Leaving Netflix July 7

Transporter 2
Ghosts of War

Leaving Netflix July 8

Galaxy Quest
The Proposal
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Leaving Netflix July 12

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Leaving Netflix July 13

Warrior

Leaving Netflix July 15

A 2nd Chance
Hancock
The Prince
Bastille Day
Long Shot
Disquiet
Jessica Darling’s It List
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
First Daughter
Legend
True Story
Just Go With It
HELL DRIVER
Layer Cake
Step Brothers
Jersey Girl
A Boy Called Christmas
What’s Your Number?
Murder on The Orient Express
Abducted in Plain Sight
Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders
What a Girl Wants
You’ve Got Mail
Man on Fire
Long Story Short
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island