July Expirations: Let's Call It a Massacre

Well, this was unexpected. After June's list of more-than-could-be-processed expiring titles, it was natural to assume the bulk of the damage was done and we could go ahead and discuss July's new arrivals. But Netflix had other ideas. Perhaps trying to keep everyone from noticing exactly how many titles it's eliminating, the service saved a large chunk of its vanishing catalog for July 5—giving no prior notice until the last couple of days (the fact that it's July 4th weekend may also have been part of their plan, if you're conspiracy-minded).

Thanks to all the eagle-eyed readers out there who have been diligently posting their findings (and making my humble Expirations page look like a sub-Reddit forum!), we can gauge just how much will be gone as of Sunday at midnight. Granted, much of it is obscure genre fare and some is downright crappy, but there are also a few genuinely notable older titles—including the early John Boorman flick, Leo the Last (1970), and Jim McBride's seminal David Holzman's Diary (1967)—not to mention a whole slew of silents, many by that era's most distinguished filmmakers. There are too many for me to provide links, but here are all the silent films and pre-1982 titles (so far) that are viewable through July 5:

SILENTS
Anna Boleyn (1920)
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
Cabiria (1914)
The Doll (1919)
Earth (1930)
Fantômas II: Juve vs. Fantômas (1913)
Fantômas III: The Murderous Corpse (1913)
Fantômas IV: Fantômas vs. Fantômas (1914)
Fantômas V: The False Magistrate (1914)
The Hands of Orlac (1924)
Happiness (1935)
Harakiri (1919)
Orphans of the Storm (1921)
Strike (1925)
The Struggle (1931)
Sumurun (1920)
Tempest (1928)
A Throw of Dice (1929)
Warning Shadows (1923)
The Wildcat (1921)

CLASSICS
Brotherhood of Death (1976)

Canyon Crossroads (1955)
The Ceremony (1963)
Checkpoint (1956)

Dangerous Exile (1957)
David Holzman's Diary (1967)

Deadly Hero (1975)
Egypt by Three (1953)
Escape from Hell Island (1963)

For the Love of It (1980)
Gentlemen in White Vests (1970)

Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
It Rains in My Village (1968)
Killers Three (1968)
Knives of the Avenger (1966)

The Last Mile (1959)
Leo the Last (1970)

The Mugger (1958)
Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)
Primitive London (1965)
Rhodes of Africa (1936)
September Storm (1960)
Simba (1955)
The Boss (1956)

The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)
The Music Box Kid (1960)
The Rocking Horse Winner (1950)

And then there are these (less notable) titles, also expiring at end of day Sunday:

A Demon in My View (1991)
A Not So Silent Night (2009)
A Silent Britain (2006)
Assassin of the Tsar (1991)
Beautiful People (1999)
Bright Leaves (2003)
Camera Afrique (1983)
Chinese Boxes (1984)
Chuck & Buck (2000)
Cold Feet (1989)
Condor (1986)
Dead Beat (1994)
Dead Sleep (1990)
Destination Vegas (1995)
Fighter (2000)
Film Geek (2005)
Frogs for Snakes (1998)
Go for Zucker (2004)
Good Chemistry (2008)
Hammer Down (1992)
Helena from the Wedding (2010)
Honeymoon (1997)
Hourglass (1996)
Incident in an Alley (1962)
Independent America: Rising from Ruins (2008)
Intangible Asset No. 82 (2008)
Intimate Stranger (1991)
La France (2007)
Laila's Birthday (2008)
L'iceberg (2005)
Liverpool (2008)
Lost in New York (1989)
Marked for Murder (1989)
Men at Work (2006)
Midnight Mass (2003)
Mind the Gap (2004)
Ministry of Vengeance (1989)
Momma's Man (2008)
Monumental: David Brower's Fight (2004)
Nénette (2010)
Never on Tuesday (1988)
Nobody's Business (1996)
Nollywood Babylon (2008)
Pete's Meteor (1998)
Primary Motive (1992)
Rain Without Thunder (1992)
Relative Evil (2001)
Revolt (1986)
Son of Man (2006)
Supernatural Activity (2012)
Take Out (2004)
The Camden 28 (2007)
The Deserted Station (2002)
The Family Album (1988)
The Last of England (1988)
The Roe's Room (1997)
The Sweetest Sound (2001)
This Revolution (2005)
Times and Winds (2006)
Tony Manero (2008)
Videocracy (2009)
Virgil Bliss (2001)
Where is Parsifal? (1984)
Where Truth Lies (1996)
Wide Awake (2006)
Wildflowers (2000)

Exhausted yet? I sure am. But that's still not all. There are also those titles already noted earlier, including a few that will be vanishing even sooner (although I won't be surprised if Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon reappears to help promote its Netflix-produced sequel):

July 3

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
No God, No Master (2012)

July 4

The Yankles (2009)

July 5

Stuck in Love (2012)

And when you're done frantically sorting through all of this weekend's departures, start preparing your goodbyes to the following, which include yet more classic TV shows (leaving on the 14th and 29th), continuing where Netflix left off in June:

July 6

The Last Stand (2013)

July 8

Mary and Max (2009)
My Best Enemy (2011)

July 14

Discover Planet Ocean: Season 1 (2009)
Dragnet (1967-1970)
Manhunter (1986)
Miami Vice (1984-1988)
The New Woody Woodpecker Show (1999-2002)

July 15

An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster (1999)

July 24

The Inbetweeners (2008-2010) - Renewed

July 29

Adam-12 (1968-1975)
Leave It to Beaver (1957-1962)
Magnum P.I. (1980-1988)
Quincy, M.E. (1976-1983)

Not pretty. And possibly unprecedented. Oh, and here are a bunch more taken from reader contributions, including a number of Korean TV shows (if that's your thing):

July 6
Backyard Dogs (2000)
Emile (2003)
The Greenskeeper (2002)
Sekirei (2008-2010)

July 7
Birds of a Feather (2012)
Luster (2010)
Whores' Glory (2011)

July 8
Pastorela (2011)

July 9
Absentia (2011)

July 11
Son of a Lion (2007)

July 12
Painted Skin: The Resurrection (2012)

July 13
The Big Rig Bounty Hunters (2013)
Double Divas (2013)
How Sex Changed the World (2013)
Mankind: Decoded (2013)
Obsessed (2009-2010)
Shipping Wars (2012)
Wahlburgers (2014)

July 14
Harry and His Bucket Full of Dinosaurs (2005)
WWE: Falls County Anywhere (2012)

July 31
Aerial America (2010)
Air Disasters (2012)
Catching Killers (2012-13)
Mysteries of the Bible (2006)
Rocket City Rednecks (2011-2012)
World War II: Final Days (2011)
Zhong Wu Yan (2010)

KOREAN TV
Autumn's Concerto (2009-2010)
Easy Fortune Happy Life (2009)
The Fierce Wife (2010-2011)
Invincible Shan Bao Mei (2008)
Love, Now (2012-2013)
My Queen (2009)
Princess' Stand In (2013)

Apologies for the rushed nature of this post, but I wanted to make this info available as soon as possible for anyone who won't be spending the weekend outside celebrating the 4th. And if seeing this many titles leaving so unexpectedly gets you angry [Edit: there are now many more below], then consider taking a few minutes to call Netflix and tell them you're mad as hell and aren't going to take it anymore (or some such thing). They're apparently very responsive to customer feedback, especially in large numbers, so it can only help. And while you've got them on the phone, tell them they better not discontinue labeling their expiring titles, which I hear they're considering—or else!

As mentioned earlier, from this point forward all further expiring titles for July should be noted in this page's comment section, as the Expiration page is now locked. Thanks again to everyone out there for sharing your lists with us. Let the mourning being...