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Here's Everything Leaving Netflix In May, So Watch While You Still Can

by Ani Bundel
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As the rush of new monthly releases arrives on Netflix, the ebb of old titles leaving always follows. So what's leaving Netflix in May 2021? Let's check out what to watch shows and movies to watch before they all head out the door.

Like its list of new arrivals, Netflix's exits are not limited to the final day of the month. There are a few heading out early in May, like the World War I drama War Horse. The middle of the month will see the exit of all four seasons of Sherlock, a blow for fans of Benedict Cumberbatch and British mysteries.

But the main exits are reserved for May 31, which will see the exit of several popular films, including the Drew Barrymore romcom 50 First Dates and the found-footage horror film The Blair Witch Project. Several Academy Award nominees will also be put out to pasture, including the Amy Adams/Meryl Streep delight Julie & Julia, the Viola Davis film The Help, and Ang Lee's Brokeback Mountain, which was famously snubbed in 2006 for the Best Picture Oscar.

So what's leaving Netflix in May 2021? Here's the full list of what to watch ahead of their exits:

May 1

  • Hoarders: Season 10

May 3

  • War Horse

May 5

  • Hangman

May 6

  • City of God: 10 Years Later
  • Lockout

May 7

  • The Chosen Ones
  • House at the End of the Street

May 10

  • Quartet

May 14

  • Sherlock: Series 1-4

May 18

  • Trumbo

May 29

  • American Crime: Seasons 1-3
  • My Week with Marilyn
  • The One I Love

May 31

  • 50 First Dates
  • Act of Valor
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven
  • The Blair Witch Project
  • Brokeback Mountain
  • The Boy
  • Deliver Us from Eva
  • The Help
  • I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
  • Julie & Julia
  • Marauders
  • Milk
  • Miracle
  • National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
  • Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
  • The Pursuit of Happyness
  • The Scorpion King 2: Rise of a Warrior
  • The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
  • Soul Surfer
  • Striptease
  • Waiting...

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