The Best TV Shows And Movies Leaving Netflix In June 2023

Like sands through the hourglass, so too pass titles from the catalog of streaming services. Netflix, according to the handy resource website JustWatch, has only 3,600 movies at any given moment, and about 1,800 TV shows. That is, of course, plenty of entertainment and could keep a single person occupied for the better part of two years, but is frustrating when compared to what the average video store had back in the day. For instance, CineFile Video, a store still operating out of Los Angeles, has about 45,000 titles in its library. That's about 8.3 Netflixes worth of movies. 

As such, one has to be nimble when finding films to watch on Netflix. Throughout the month of June 2023, some exciting and notable films and TV shows will be taken off the service in order to make room for new shows and movies. However frustrating it may be to have one's home video store possess an ephemeral catalog, /Film is here to alleviate the frustration with a plan of action. 

Below is a list of the best films and TV shows that Netflix subscribers would to well to prioritize, as well as a full list of what will be leaving the service in June. Write these down, set alerts, and do whatever you need to in order to catch these before they are once again disseminated elsewhere. 

In 2013, Stephen Frears, working with a script by Steve Coogan and Bill Pope, made a small-scale but big-hearted film about cynicism vs. hope. In "Philomena," Coogan plays a bitter reporter who says things like "I don't believe in God, and I think He knows." He is approached by the kindly title character (Judi Dench) about her missing son. It seems that Philomena's mother gave her child to the Irish Catholic Church, against her wishes decades prior. Philomena was now eager to find out what happened to her son. 

The film is partly a condemnation of brazen sexism, abuse, and opacity within the Catholic Church, but is presented like a whimsical road trip comedy featuring two mismatched characters. Coogan and Dench play surprisingly well off of one another, with her brightness and tenacity cutting handily through the cynical armor that Coogan constantly wears. He doesn't become sentimental by the end but comes to realize that all stories have a human face, and that justice is about serving human hearts, not constructing punchlines. 

Frears has always been a workmanlike director, often letting his scripts and performances guide where he puts the camera. Luckily, Frears has such good instincts as a filmmaker, that he tends to come out with striking pieces of art. "Philomena" is sweet, thoughtful, bitter, and ultimately somewhat hopeful. 

In a small, all-American town, a mysterious cloud has descended. Mist shrouds everything, and no one knows where it came from. Afraid, a small group of citizens huddles inside a local grocery store, not sure if the mist is poisonous. Within the mist are monsters. Octopdes, giant spiders, carnivorous flies, and goodness knows what else. If someone steps outside, a beast may very well eat them alive. Inside the grocery store, a proud Christian woman (Marcia Gay Harden) declares that the beasts are demonic in nature, and that ... well, it seems a sacrifice must be made. A local man (Thomas Jane) can barely convince others that this is insanity. 

Frank Darabont's "The Mist" is part "Twilight Zone"-style morality fable, and modern treatise on the dangers of groupthink. It's intense, scary, and very, very dour. It seems that insanity to destined to reign, and the world offers no solace. It's a film about growing up in a small town and finding the locals to be small-minded and frustrating. Without revealing anything, "The Mist" ends on a particularly bleak note. 

While the premise seems more fitting for an hour-long TV show, Darabont does a wonderful job of expanding on the characters, elaborating on the crisis, and keeping the mist mysterious. Both the color and black-and-white versions are great. 

To state it up front: the "Resident Evil" movies are trash. They are clunky, badly written, contain action scenes of intermittent quality, and sport stories that are impossible to follow. That said, sometimes one is in the mood for silly trash, and the "Resident Evil" movies fit that mold perfectly. 

Frustratingly, only a few of the "Resident Evil" movies are leaving Netflix in June, meaning one can only have a proper — well, partial — marathon until June 30. "Resident Evil" will remain on Netflix, the second film "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," is leaving. The third film, "Resident Evil: Extinction," is now only available for rent. The fourth film, "Afterlife," is leaving Netflix. The fifth film, "Retribution," will remain on Netflix, and the sixth and final film in the continuity, "The Final Chapter" is on Starz. Why, oh why are they scattered around so? 

The films all star Milla Jovovich as Alice a badass assassin who becomes embroiled in a zombie-related armageddon plot enacted by the evil Umbrella Corporation. There is an evil virus that can turn people into zombies, but also sometimes mutants, but also sometimes vampires maybe? It's all unclear. These are films best consumed while intoxicated. Not that I would recommend that. 

Leaving 6/1/23

"Garth Brooks: The Road I'm On" Season 1

"The DUFF"

Leaving 6/8/23

"Bathtubs Over Broadway"

Leaving 6/13/23

"Marlon" Seasons 1 and 2

"The Mole" Seasons 3 and 4

Leaving 6/14/23

"Cold Case Files" Season 1

Leaving 6/15/23

"The Darkness"

Leaving 6/19/23

"Philomena"

Leaving 6/20/23

"Shooter" Seasons 1, 2 and 3

Leaving 6/21/23

"The Mist"

Leaving 6/29/23

"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"

Leaving 6/30/23

"Chappelle's Show" Seasons 1 and 2 (a relief, some might say)

"The Garfield Show" Seasons 1 and 2

"How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days"

"Jerry Maguire"

"LOL"

"Puss in Boots"

"Resident Evil: Afterlife"

"Resident Evil: Apocalypse"

"The Stepfather" (the remake)

"The Taking of Pelham 123" (the remake)

"World War Z"