Everything leaving Netflix UK in August 2023 from Cloverfield to I Tonya

Fan favourite horrors and an anime giant leave Netflix this month

Elysium, Cloverfield, and I Tonya are all leaving Netflix in August 2023. (Sony Pictures/Paramount/Neon)
Elysium, Cloverfield, and I Tonya are all leaving Netflix in August 2023. (Sony Pictures/Paramount/Neon)

Shakespeare once wrote “Parting is such sweet sorrow”. And so, as we prepare to say farewell to the 70-odd movies and TV shows leaving Netflix UK this August, we will try to look back with fond memories on the good times we had watching them.

On the film side of things, major departures include found footage horror Cloverfield and Saw spin-off Jigsaw. The two film night fright-fests are checking out of Chateau Tudum with the likes of Matt Damon’s sci-fi star vehicle Elysium, noughties comedy classic I Love You, Man, and Scorsesean sports bio-fic I Tonya, starring none other than Barbie herself, Margot Robbie.

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Also headed to the great watchlist graveyard in the sky this month are three big Gs, Denzel Washington’s 1989 war epic Glory, 1999’s groundbreaking Girl, Interrupted, and Robert Altman’s seminal 2001 murder mystery Gosford Park.

THE LITTLE PRINCE, (aka LE PETIT PRINCE), from left: The Little Girl (voice: Mackenzie Foy), The Aviator (voice: Jeff Bridges),
The Little Prince was released in 2016, and distributed by Netflix. (Alamy)

Perhaps most devastatingly, stunning Netflix original animation The Little Prince, starring Jeff Bridges and Rachel McAdams alongside an A-List ensemble, is dropping off too. With no UK Blu-ray release (the French one however is region-free and has an English friendly disc) or alternative streaming options, if you don’t watch it now you just might not get a chance to again.

Over on the TV side of things, there are mercifully fewer cuts, but one major exit comes in the shape of anime favourite Yu-Gi-Oh! All available of the 90s kid favourite, inspired by Kazuki Takahashi’s iconic manga series, leave the streamer early in the month. So, if you want a binge, then now really is the time to d-d-d-duel!

As always, most of these removals will take place at the beginning of the month, so if anything mentioned here is still on your virtual watchpile, then dust off the TV remote and get ‘em seen while you still can.

With thanks to What’s On Netflix, here’s everything we know is leaving Netflix UK this month…

Movies and TV shows leaving Netflix UK in August 2023

1 August

Alfie (2004)

Anaconda – Silent Killer (2014)

Angel Eyes (2001)

Annie (2014)

Bad Grandpa .5 (2014)

Bama and the Lost Gorillas (2011)

Battlefield Behemoth: A History of the Tank – The World Wars (1 Season)

Being Napoleon (2018)

Big Bang in Tunguska (2008)

Bountiful Blessings (2011)

Buddy Games (2019)

Cheetah Mom (2013)

Cloverfield (2008)

Come Play (2020)

Crocodiles – The Private Life of Primeval Reptiles (2011)

Cuba’s Long Shadow of Remembrance (2018)

Dark Side of Light (2009)

Deep in the Rainforest (1 Season)

Destination White House – Battles for the Presidency (2016)

Dream Routes (2017)

Elysium (2013)

Encounter in Space (2014)

Entangled (2014)

Expedition Wallaces – The Cradle of Marine Life (2007)

Eye in the Sky (2015)

Four Good Days (2020)

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie in 1999's Girl, Interrupted. (Alamy)
Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie in 1999's Girl, Interrupted. (Alamy)

Glory (1989)

The Good Shepherd (2006)

Gosford Park (2001)

The Greater Caucasus (2008)

The Hidden Trail: Tracking Canada’s Coastal Wolves (2006)

The Hitman’s Apprentice (2012)

Hurricane (2018)

I Love You, Man (2009)

I Tonya (2017)

Immortal Pompeii (2019)

The In-Laws (2011)

The Interview (2014)

It Could Happen to You (1994)

Ivan the Terrible (2014)

Jigsaw (2017)

Journey to the Amazon: The Forgotten Warriors of Carthage (2016)

Jungleland (2020)

The Lesser Caucasus – Between Mount Ararat and the Caspian Sea (2016)

Lions – Mothers’ Fight for Survival (2016)

Mom’s Gotta Go (2012)

Mozambique’s Minesweeper Rats (2008)

The Mysterious Mummified Dogs of Ancient Egypt (2019)

Nazis in the CIA (2012)

Needle in a Timestack (2021)

The Next Step (2018)

No Strings Attached (2011)

NO STRINGS ATTACHED 2011 Paramount film with Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher
Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher in 2011's No Strings Attached. (Alamy)

ONCE (2006)

Opening Night (2011)

Patong Girl (2014)

Rainforest Pixies: The Mysterious Rhynchocyon Shrew of Arabuko (2008)

The Secret Lives of Guinea Pigs (2013)

The Silicon Valley Revolution: How a Few Nerds Changed the World (2017)

Sleepless Society: Nyctophobia (2019)

SNITCH (2013)

Spell (2020)

Stalin’s Daughter (2015)

Trekking the Great Wall (2012)

Wild Germany (2013)

Wild Italy (S1)

Wild Oats (2016)

Wild Planet (2009)

Wild Switzerland (1 Season)

Wilder Iran (1 Season)

The Women Saving Our Seas (1 Season)

World War A: Aliens Invade Earth (2017)

Yu-Gi-Oh (1 Season)

3 August

Ije: The Journey (2010)

No One Will Ever Know (2017)

4 August

Chennai Express (2013)

Everything for My Mother (201)

Inspection (2018)

The Iron Bridge (2019)

Jarocin (2016)

Jerzy Popieluszko: Messenger of the Truth (2013)

Jurek (2014)

Jutro idziemy do kina (2007)

Karski (2014)

Of Animals and Men (2019)

Zenek (2020)

5 August

A Fog’s Purpose (2017)

The Little Prince (2015, Original)

6 August

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Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in 2011's The Iron Lady. (Alamy)

The Iron Lady (2011)

Nasha Natasha (2020)

Quam’s Money (2020)

Slay (2021)

The Wedding Date (2005)

7 August

Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story (2018)

8 August

Pretty Man (1 Season)

Vendetta (2013)

10 August

The Birth Reborn (2013)

Kongsuni and Friends (2 Seasons)

11 August

Brother Jekwu (2016)