The Best TV Shows And Movies Leaving Netflix In April 2023

Nothing lasts forever, except maybe impermanence itself. Then again, if impermanence lasts forever, then it's not really impermanence. It's that kind of brain teaser that exhausts our noggins so much that we just want to sit back, konk out, and watch something on streaming. But just when you thought you were free from the stress of pondering the nature of impermanence, it turns out that some of the movies and TV shows you loved are suddenly not on Netflix anymore.

The good news is, you can avoid these kinds of catastrophes by preparing yourself accordingly. Instead of being taken off guard because your favorite sitcom or horror movie aren't available anymore, you can read article like this one — yes, the one you're reading right now! — and find out which films and series are leaving Netflix, so you can watch them now while you have the chance.

Because sadly, there's no guarantee that every single one of these films and TV shows will be available for streaming elsewhere, at least not right away. And if they do pop up elsewhere, well, look at this article you're reading right now. Nothing lasts forever. All we can do is steel ourselves for the inevitable. So pull up a sofa, turn on your TV, and watch these great films and shows before a new roster of titles comes in to replace them.

Mike Flanagan may be a household name to horror fans now, thanks to hit Netflix shows like "The Haunting of Hill House" and "Midnight Mass," but his first Netflix movie (kinda), was a low-budget Blumhouse thriller starring Kate Siegel as a deaf author fending off a serial killer with a crossbow during a suspenseful home invasion.

"Hush" may have been exclusively available on Netflix ever since its debut in 2016, but apparently that deal is ending, because it's vanishing from the service on April 7, 2023. Hopefully, it will be made available elsewhere, on physical media and/or other streaming services, because "Hush" is one of Flanagan's best films. Inspired by the suspenseful classic Audrey Hepburn classic "Wait Until Dark," where she played a blind woman menaced by a homicidal Alan Arkin, "Hush" is smart, efficient, stylish horror filmmaking. Siegel is a formidable protagonist, thinking her way out of a series of deadly situations, and John Gallagher Jr. is creepy as hell as the mysterious villain who views his latest quarry as an irresistible challenge.

Flanagan would go on to direct the Netflix original Stephen King adaptation "Gerald's Game," which mercifully doesn't seem to be going anywhere (it's amazing), and the ambitious "The Shining" sequel, "Doctor Sleep," but this early thriller shows the horror luminary at the height of his powers, even with a lower budget. "Hush" has long been one of the best horror movies available exclusively on Netflix. It'll be one of the best horror movies wherever it turns up next, too.

"The Mandalorian" wasn't the first American media to take the classic samurai manga series "Lone Wolf & Cub" and throw it against an all-new backdrop. In Sam Mendes's follow-up to the Academy Award-winner "American Beauty," Tom Hanks stars as Michael Sullivan, a hitman for the Irish mafia during The Great Depression, working for aging gangster John Rooney, played by an Oscar-nominated Paul Newman. Rooney treats Michael like the son he never had, to the lifelong humiliation of his actual son, Connor, played by Daniel Craig. When Michael's son, played by future "Superman & Lois" star Tyler Hoechlin, witnesses one of his father's executions, Connor takes the opportunity to wipe up the entire Sullivan family, sending Michael and Michael Jr. on the run, guns a-blazing.

Stunningly photographed by Conrad L. Hall, one of the most respected cinematographers in the history of the medium, "Road to Perdition" straddles the line between action movie thrills and classy drama. The addition of a rival hitman, played creepily by Jude Law, who wasn't in the original comic adds tension to the proceedings but the emphasis is always on the two Michaels, and the irony that losing everyone else in their lives, and embracing the criminal lifestyle the elder Michael wanted to shield them from, is bringing him closer than ever to his child.

This excellent crime thriller leaves Netflix on April 30, 2023.

Edgar Wright's adaptation of Bryan Lee O'Malley's award-winning comic book series "Scott Pilgrim" may have flopped at the box office, but it quickly gained a massive cult following thanks to its masterful contemporary style. This acclaimed film may have aged weirdly in some regards — it's not a story about healthy relationships, making it hard for some folks to root for any of the romantic pairings in this supposedly "romantic" comedy (in the original or the deleted ending) — but from a filmmaking perspective, "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" is practically the apotheosis of Wright's career.

From the early days of the cult TV series "Spaced," to the three films in his vaunted "Cornetto Trilogy" — "Shaun of the Dead," "Hot Fuzz" and "The World's End" — Wright had been infusing the language of modern pop culture into the cinematic realm, with stories incorporating elements of video games, music videos, and meta-humor. In "Scott Pilgrim" the filmmaker tells the story of youngsters in Canada who have no other filter through which to view their lives, leading to a story where commonplace romantic baggage, like expecting your new significant other to be better than your various exes, takes the literal form of a fighting game/kung fu movie. Scott (Michael Cera) has to literally beat up everyone who used to date his new girlfriend Ramona (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) in order to prove his love, in sequences full of CGI monsters, Bollywood dance numbers, and competitive guitar riffs.

"Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" literalizes the world in which so many of us feel like we live, simultaneously making it seem awesome and kinda pathetic. The arguably wonky story aside, it's a stunning cinematic achievement. It leaves Netflix on April 30, 2023.

Hey, did you know that Zooey Deschanel from the legendary musical duo "She & Him" also starred in a hit sitcom that lasted for seven seasons and was nominated for a bunch of Emmy Awards and apparently everybody really liked it a lot? Well, if you wanted to watch her sitcom "New Girl" — co-starring Jake Johnson and Max Greenfield — on Netflix, your window is closing. The series leaves the service on April 9, 2023.

While we're at it, if you're trying to catch up on the history of the "Evil Dead" series and you wanted to include the television series "Ash vs. Evil Dead," you've only got until April 28, 2023, to get groovy on Netflix.

Those are just a couple of the shows that are disappearing on Netflix in April, along with animated series like "The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show," the British sitcom "The IT Crowd," and the telenovela "Señora Acero." Here is the complete list of films and TV shows that are departing the service next month.

Leaving April 1, 2023

• "Turbo FAST" Seasons 1-3

Leaving April 3, 2023

• "What Lies Below"

Leaving April 7, 2023

• "Hush"

Leaving April 9, 2023

• "New Girl" Seasons 1-7

Leaving April 11, 2023

• "Married at First Sight" Season 10

Leaving April 12, 2023

• "The Baker and the Beauty" Season 1

Leaving April 18, 2023

• "Cuckoo" Seasons 1-5

Leaving April 20, 2023

• "The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show" Seasons 1-4
  

Leaving April 23, 2023

• "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks"

Leaving April 24, 2023

• "Bill Nye: Science Guy"

Leaving April 25, 2023

• "The IT Crowd" Series 1-5

Leaving April 27, 2023

• "Señora Acero" Seasons 1-5

Leaving April 28, 2023

• "Ash vs. Evil Dead" Seasons 1-3

Leaving April 30, 2023

• "Den of Thieves"
• "Empire State"
• "Leap Year"
• "Road to Perdition"
• "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"