Streaming Shake-Up: Netflix’s September 2025 Overhaul Marks the End of Comfort Classics
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 3: When Netflix makes the decision to break up with “clean-out-the-closet” fashion, it seems like dumping your favorite ex—hurts, is messy, but somehow freeing. This September, the streaming giant is saying goodbye to dozens of titles in both the US and UK catalogues. Some departures hurt (The Notebook, The Good Place), while others leave you grumbling, “Eh, won’t miss it.”
The Good, the Bad… and the “Seriously, Netflix?”
The Negative Headlines (Or, Why This Feels Like a Breakup)
Farewell, comfort classics: From The Notebook to V for Vendetta, The Holiday to Sicario, beloved cinematic staples are ghosting us by September 1.
Iconic TV wanders off: The Good Place (all four seasons), Chappelle’s Show—gone, just like that.
Genre variety: Horror (Sinister, Us), comedy (Anchorman, Bee Movie), action (Mad Max: Fury Road), plus animations and more, the purge is broad, brutal, and kinda Bono.
No warning bells in the UK: While US viewers see removal notices, UK users often face the mysterious vanishing-of-content hustle without warning.
The Silver Linings (Because Every Cloud Has… PR Spin)
Streaming evolution, baby: Netflix isn’t just making room for your next binge-worthy obsession, they’re refining their library so your algorithm has fresh fodder.
Revisiting hidden gems: This is your cue to revisit underrated delights like Burn After Reading or Red Eye before they slip into the ether.
Curated detox: Ask a streamer: “Why remove content?” Netflix might answer: “More new originals coming… soon.” And yes, we believe them (mostly).
Full September 2025 “What’s Leaving Netflix” Breakdown
(Presented exactly as in the source, because accuracy is key, even when PR is being snarky.)
Movies Leaving Netflix
September 1
After Earth – US
Airport – US
Airport ’77 – US
Airport 1975 – US
American Gangster – US
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy – US
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues – US
The Autopsy of Jane Doe – UK
Barbarian – US
Bee Movie – UK/US
Black Hawk Down – US
Blood and Bone – US
Burn After Reading – US
Caliphate (Netflix Original) – UK
Charlie Wilson’s War – US
The Croods – UK
Darkness Falls – UK
Deliver Us from Evil – UK
Diary of a Mad Black Woman – UK
The Dilemma – US
Dumb and Dumber To – US
The End of the Tour – UK
Exorcist: The Beginning – UK
50 First Dates – US
Flushed Away – US
Hanna – US
The Holiday – US
Home – US
The Jerk – US
Killers – UK
The Last Witch Hunter – US
Legend of The Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen – US
MacGruber – US
The Match (Netflix Original) – UK/US
Mercy – UK
Midnight in the Switchgrass – US
Midway – US
Minions – UK
Money Monster – UK
The Mule – US
National Security – US
The Notebook – US
The Nutty Professor (1996) – US
One Piece Episode of East Blue – US
One Piece Episode of Skypiea – US
One Piece Film: Gold – US
One Piece: Heart of Gold – US
The Other Boleyn Girl – UK
Paul – US
The Polar Express – US
Red Eye – US
The Shallows – UK
See No Evil, Hear No Evil – US
17 Again – US
Sicario – US
Trainwreck – US
Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club – UK
Vampires – US
Us – US
V for Vendetta – US
Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit – US
When the Bough Breaks – UK
September 2
Collision Course – UK
Frida – UK
How I Became a Gangster (Netflix Original) – UK
Sky Tour: The Movie – UK/US
The Unholy – UK
September 3
Ave Maryam – UK/US
September 4
Kandasamys: The Wedding – UK/US
Sinister – UK
Sinister 2 – UK
September 5
Four Daughters – US
September 6
The Back-Up Plan – UK
Fist Fight – UK
I Kill Giants – UK
Scream VI – UK
Witch at Court – UK
September 7
80 for Brady – UK
Two Lovers – US
September 8
Animal – UK/US
Blood Diamond – UK
Cargo – US
The Champion – US
Dampyr – UK
Parker – UK
The Shadow – UK/US
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – UK
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – UK
September 9
Kaagar – US
Mad Max: Fury Road – US
September 11
AXL – UK
Butterfly – UK
Cobweb – UK
Hell or High Water – UK
Mad Dog – UK
Mohammed Ali Road – UK/US
Sisu – UK
September 12
Tag – UK
September 13
The Bling Ring – UK
London Has Fallen – US
September 14
Book Club: The Next Chapter – UK
Chosen – UK
The Stronghold (Netflix Original) – UK/US
Unlucky Ploy – UK/US
September 18
The Children Act – UK
Memory – UK
Yardie – UK
September 19
Kabir Singh – UK
Kountry Wayne: A Woman’s Prayer (Netflix Original) – UK/US
September 20
The Persian Version – US
September 21
Mom Is Pregnant – UK
No Hard Feelings – UK
The Island – UK/US
September 25
Capital – UK
September 27
The Miracle Club – US
September 29
Battle (Netflix Original) – US
What We Leave Behind – US
September 30
Chappelle’s Show – US
TV Shows Leaving Netflix
September 1
Beyblade Burst Surge – UK
Celebrity Gogglebox – UK
Costa: How Do They Do It? – UK
Final Fantasy XIV: Dad of Light (Netflix Original) – UK/US
Heartland, seasons 1–16 – US
A House of Blocks – UK/US
My Perfect Landing – US
Ray Winstone’s Sicily – UK
Shameless US – UK
Story Time Book: Read-Along – UK/US
Supernatural Academy – UK
Thomas and Friends, season 24 – UK
Why Do Men Earn More Than Women – UK
Wipeout – US
September 3
RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars (Netflix Original) – UK/US
September 4
Breeders – UK
Prison Break – UK
The Resident – US
RuPaul’s Drag Race – UK
The Walking Dead: Dead City – US
September 12
Michelle Wolf: It’s Great to Be Here (Netflix Original) – UK/US
September 26
The Good Place – US
September 30
Chappelle’s Show – US
Final Word
Netflix’s September cleanout is a love-hate soap: on the one hand, your binge queue has just lost some of its best and brightest; on the other, room is being cleared for newer originals. So grab the bucket of popcorn, watch your favorites again before you can’t, and get ready for the upcoming reorganisation.