We are again back with our monthly roundup of all the best films that Netflix will remove from its library early this summer. While you wait for a whole bunch of new titles to arrive on the streamer this summer, why not check out the ones that will be gone from the platform after July 2024? We have carefully curated a list of some of the best titles, ranging from critically acclaimed to box-office hits and globally popular.
This month’s top movies range from award-winning dramas likeMoneyballto legacy franchises likeThe Matrix, so there is something for everyone. As you prepare for the season, check out the best movies leaving Netflix this July and when you can last watch them.
‘War Dogs’
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June 09, 2025
Directed By
Todd Phillips
Jonah Hill, Miles Teller, Ana de Armas, Bradley Coope
114 minutes
If you like war films but with more satire and less drama, thenWar Dogsis something to add to your list. This 2016black comedy war film hails fromTodd Phillips(The Hangover,Joker), who co-wrote it withJason SmilovicandStephen Chin, based on the 2011 Rolling Stone article,Arms and the Dudes, byGuy Lawson. The article was later expanded into a novel of the same name.War DogsstarsMiles TellerandJonah Hillas two friends and arms dealers, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, respectively, who manage to land a contract worth $30 million with the U.S. Army to supply ammunition for the Iraq War.
Even though some of the film’s plot lines and characters arebased on true eventsand real people,War Dogsis portrayed more as a satire on the arms trade and war profiteering. Some of the events in the film’s storyline are also said to be inspired by screenwriterStephen Chin’s personal experiences. But apart from that, the film is essentially a darkly humorous take on ambitions, corruption, and how two average young men try to get it all.
Loosely based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a three hundred million dollar contract from the Pentagon to arm America’s allies in Afghanistan.
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‘Vivarium’
August 11, 2025
Lorcan Finnegan
Imogen Poots, Jesse Eisenberg, Jonathan Aris, Éanna Hardwicke
97 minutes
A must-watch for sci-fi fans, this 2019 psychologicalthriller hails from Irish director-writerLorcan Finnegan, who is best known for directing Nocebo and the latest Nicolas Cage film, The Surfer. Co-written by Finnegan andGarret Shanley,Vivariumfollows a young couple, Tom and Gemma, who are looking to buy a house and end up in Yonder – a sprawling suburban housing estate of identical, green homes. While looking around in one house, they find themselves stuck in a maze that also seems to be a time warp. As they try to figure out their escape plan, Tom and Gemma receive a package containing a child with instructions to raise him. What follows is a deep, confounding mystery that questions Tom and Gemma’s realities and existence.
Befitting its title,Vivariumsees the characters as subjects of study or observation from a higher, unseen authority. Also, it explores the psychological horror of self-isolation, which is shown with an intriguing narrative and intense visual effects. Academy Award-nominatedJesse Eisenberg(The Squid and the Whale)stars as TomwithImogen Poots(Frank & Lola) as Gemma, andÉanna Hardwicke(The Doll Factory) as the child they raise. Premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, Vivarium had mostly positive reviews owing to bothEisenberg and Poots’ performances.
A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.
‘Big Eyes’
June 09, 2025
Tim Burton
Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Jason Schwartzman, Krysten Ritter, Jon Polito
106 minutes
Following thesuccess ofAlice in WonderlandandFrankenweenie,Tim Burtondirected this 2014 biopic about American artistMargaret Keane, who achieved incredible success and fame in the 1950s and 1960s for painting portraits with big eyes.Big Eyesis written byScott AlexanderandLarry Karaszewski, and starsAmy Adamsas Margaret,withChristoph Waltzas her controlling second husband, Walter. The biographical filmalso starsDanny Huston,Terence Stamp, andJames Saitoin various roles.Big Eyesretells Margaret’s relationship with Walter in a dramatized narrative, where her husband takes credit for her art, leading to a major legal battle and the end of their marriage. Amy Adams won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Comedy or Musical for her convincing performance as the shy artist and wife trying to free herself from her husband’s shadows. Waltz received a Golden Globe nomination for performance, while artistLana Del Reyearned a Golden Globe nomination for the film’s title song, “Big Eyes.”
‘Moneyball’
July 17, 2025
Bennett Miller
Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt
133 minutes
In 2011,Brad Pittproduced and starred in this biopic thatrecounts the Oakland Athletics baseball team’s 2002 seasonand their general managerBilly Beane’s attempts to assemble a competitive team.Moneyballis directed byBennet Millerof (Capote), from a script bySteven Zaillian(Schindler’s List) andAaron Sorkin(The Social Network), based on the 2003 nonfiction bookMoneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair GamebyMichael Lewis. The biographicalsports dramafollows Pitt as Billy Beane, the general manager of the Oakland Athletics, faced with a limited budget for the players. He hires the Yale graduate Peter Brand, played byJonah Hill, as his assistant general manager to challenge the conventional selection method by “reinventing his team using a sabermetric model” and utilizing undervalued talent.
Philip Seymour Hoffmanreunites with Miller fromCapote, and stars in the biopic as former MLB playerArt Howe.Moneyballopened to great box office success and widespread critical acclaim and was praised for the screenplay and cast performance, earning six nominations for Academy Awards, including Best Actor for Pitt and Best Supporting Actor for Hill.
Oakland A’s general manager Billy Beane’s successful attempt to assemble a baseball team on a lean budget by employing computer-generated analysis to acquire new players.
‘The Matrix’
The Wachowskis
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Joe Pantoliano
136 minutes
The Matrixmarks the first entry in the eponymous film series that paved the way forThe Matrixfranchise, expanding to four sequels, animated films, video games, and comic books. The 1999 cyberpunk sci-fi film is written and directed byThe Wachowskis(V for Vendetta) in their second film project.The Matrixis set in a dystopian future where intelligent machines have trapped humans inside a simulated reality called the Matrix to harvest their bioelectric energy. Thomas Anderson, aka Neo, a computer programmer who has always questioned the world around him, befriends Morpheus, a rebel leader, and joins a rebellion against the machines. Thematically, the film references several cinematic and literary works and alludes to religious, mythological, andphilosophical concepts.Keanu Reevesgained widespread acclaim for his iconic performance as the story’s hero, Neo, which he reprised in the subsequent films.
Theslick action set piecesfeatured in the film are influenced by anime and martial arts.The Matrixis also credited for introducing the“bullet time” or “frozen moment” visual effectthat became a benchmark for future films in the genre. The film popularized pop culture terms like “red pill” and “blue pill”, metaphoring the concepts of awareness/knowledge and contentment from ignorance. The fourth highest-grossing film of that year,The Matrixwas a massive box office success during its release and became the highest-grossing Warner Bros. film of 1999.
The Matrix
When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth–the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.
‘The Theory of Everything’
James Marsh
Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, Charlie Cox, Emily Watson David Thewlis
123 minutes
Academy Award-winning British documentary filmmakerJames Marsh(Man on Wire) directed this 2014 biopic depicting the life of physicistStephen Hawking, adapted byAnthony McCarten. ATheory of Everythingis a biographical drama adaptation of the 2007 memoirTravelling to Infinity: My Life with StephenbyJane Hawkingthat details Jane’s relationship with her ex-husband, his illness, and his success in the field of physics.A Theory of Everythingfocuses on a significant phase in the lives of Stephen Hawking and his wife, Jane Wilde, as they “struggle to balance his advancing illness and rising fame with her search for a purpose beyond marriage.”
Eddie Redmayne(Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them)portrays the reel version of Hawkingin a stellar performance that earned him a BAFTA and an Academy Award.Felicity Jones(Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) plays the role of Jane Hawking, earning nominations for a BAFTA and Academy Award for Best Actress. Stephen Hawking himself provides his own Equalizer-computerized voice in the film.A Theory of Everythinghas beenwell-received by criticsand fans alike and praised for its sensitive and touching narrative, beautiful cinematography, music, and cast performance.
The Theory of Everything
Stephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.
Andrew Adamson
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow
90 minutes
More than 20 years ago, DreamWorks produced this animated fantasy comedy that would quickly evolve into one ofthe highest-grossing animated franchises. Loosely based onWilliam Steig’s eponymous 1990 children’s picture book,Shrekis directed byAndrew AdamsonandVicky Jensonin their directorial debut and written byTed Elliott,Terry Rossio,Joe Stillman, andRoger S. H. Schulman. The first film in the series,Shrekfollows the anti-social and highly resentful ogre named Shrek, who finds his home in the swamp teeming with various fairy-tale creatures banished by the villainous ruler, Lord Farquaad of Duloc. Shrek teams up with the talkative Donkey and makes a pact with Furquaad to rescue his potential wife, Princess Fiona, in exchange for regaining control of his swamp.
Mike Myersvoices Shrek withEddie Murphyas Donkeyamid an ensemble cast that featuresCameron Diaz,Vincent Cassel, andJohn Lithgow. Myers, Murphy, and Diaz reprise their roles in the following films, withAntonio Banderasjoining from the second film as another iconic character – Puss in Boots, among several new ones. Since its release in 2001,Shrekhas grown into a globally popular, multi-billion-dollar media franchise, spawning several spin-offs, television series, games, theme park attractions, and a musical. On its release, the film became a huge success, critically and commercially, and influenced several animated films of the following years that parodied fairy tales and folklore. Anew fifth filmis currently in development.
An ogre named Shrek finds his swamp invaded by banished fairy tale characters. To reclaim his peaceful solitude, Shrek strikes a deal with the diminutive tyrant Lord Farquaad to rescue Princess Fiona from a dragon-guarded castle. An unlikely friendship forms between Shrek, Fiona, and a talkative Donkey, leading to comedic adventures and lessons about true love and acceptance.
