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# Here Are the Movies and TV Shows Leaving Netflix in February

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by 

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## Sam Frizell


Jan 20, 2015 1:52 PM UTC

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'Batman Returns' is one of the movies leaving Netflix in Feb. 2015.

'Batman Returns' is one of the movies leaving Netflix in Feb. 2015. Warner Brothers

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## Sam Frizell


Jan 20, 2015 1:52 PM UTC

Netflix has announced its list of movies and TV due to disappear from its streaming service in February, and some of them will be badly missed.

A slew of Batman and James Bond movies won’t be renewed, [according to the Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/movies-expiring-netflix-february-764699), and a number of BBC television classics like _Fawlty Towers_ and _Blackadder_ are out, too.

But every end is a new beginning, and Netflix will be [adding titles](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/movies-coming-netflix-february-764711) next month as well. The company never rules out movies returning to its streaming services either.

**Leaving Feb. 1**

_Blackadder: Seasons 1-­4_ _A View to a Kill_ _Airheads_ _Apocalypse Now_ _Apocalypse Now Redux_ _Babes in Toyland_ _Batman & Robin_ _Batman Forever_ _Batman Returns_ _Cocoon: The Return_ _Dirty Rotten Scoundrels_ _Down Periscope_ _Fawlty Towers: Seasons 1­-2_ _For Your Eyes Only_ _From Russia with Love_ _Goldfinger_ _Hotel Babylon: Seasons 1-­4_ _Jane Eyre_ _Live and Let Die_ _Mad Max_ _MASH_ _MI­5: Seasons 1­-10_ _Nacho Libre_ _Never Say Never Again_ _Red Dwarf: Seasons 1­-9_  
_Revenge_ _School Daze_ _Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie_ _The Juror_ _Wishmaster_ _Zodiac_

**Leaving Feb. 2**

_Jem and the Holograms: S1-­3_ _My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: S1­-4_ _Pound Puppies: S1-­3_ _Transformers Prime: S1-­3_ _Transformers: Rescue Bots_

**Leaving Feb. 5**

_Arbitrage_

**Leaving Feb. 23**

_Dredd_

**Leaving Feb. 28**

_Ali_ _Monkey Trouble_ _Panic Room_

\[[_THR_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/movies-expiring-netflix-february-764699)\]

_Read next:_[_Here’s What’s Coming to Netflix in February_](http://time.com/3674575/netflix-february-house-of-cards/?xid=time%5Freadnext)

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