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14 Movies to revisit before they leave Netflix in January 2018

A legit reason to binge-watch

18.12.2017

By Su Fen Tan

14 Movies to revisit before they leave Netflix in January 2018

New year, new shows to look forward to on Netflix. In January itself, we will see the premiere of 31 new Netflix original shows and movies, alongside a handful of classics (Godfather, The Shawshank Redemption) and recent silver screen numbers (Love Actually, Midnight in Paris). However, with the new additions, we’ll have to bid farewell to some old favourites.

 

Before they take their leave from Netflix, here are 14 must-watch films to revisit before the New Year rolls around. We’ve taken the liberty to put them in the following categories:

 

For family movie nights

Forrest Gump 


The Parent Trap


E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial


The Mighty Ducks

 

Cult favourites

Pulp Fiction


Mean Girls


To sing along with:

Chicago


Grease


Tickle your funny bone:

Miss Congeniality


White Chicks


Comedy with a dark touch:

The Addams family


Gremlins


Can be disturbing — watch at your discretion:

Saw


Requiem for a Dream

 

The complete list of shows leaving Netflix next month:

Chicago

Daddy Day Care

Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Dressed to Kill

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Fantasia

Fantasia 2000

Forrest Gump

Four Brothers

Free Willy

Futurama: Seasons 7-10

Grease

Gremlins

I Am Sam

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Fifteenth Year

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Fourteenth Year

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Seventeenth Year

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Sixteenth Year

License to Drive

Lost: Seasons 1-6

Made of Honor

Mean Girls

Miss Congeniality

Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous

Mona Lisa Smile

Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction

Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages

Pokémon: Indigo League: Season 1

Pokémon: XY: Seasons 1-2

Police Academy

Pulp Fiction

Requiem for a Dream

Saw

Saw II

Saw III

Saw IV

Saw V

Saw VI

Saw: The Final Chapter

Sirens: Seasons 1-2

Someone Like You

The Addams Family

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

The Day the Earth Stood Still

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Host

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Man with One Red Shoe

The Manhattan Project

The Mighty Ducks

The Parent Trap

The Secret Garden

The Switch

Three Coins in the Fountain

VHS

White Chicks

Young Mr. Lincoln

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