The Best TV Shows And Movies Leaving Netflix In April 2024

Earlier this week, we all experienced the first day of spring 2024. We're now fully in the season of rejuvenation, of tossing out the old and bringing in the new, and literally nothing — not the most intense spring cleaning session, or even the most spectacular miracles of nature itself — better represents that than the churn of films and TV shows leaving the Netflix streaming service as its rotating library is partially shaken out and replenished with a fresh round of titles. (Look, we were all thinking it. Somebody just needed to be brave enough to say it.)

We know what movies and shows are arriving in April, but what about the projects that are getting the boot and being scattered into the digital ether, potentially disappearing for a while or perhaps popping up on some other streaming service altogether? Thankfully, we have that information at our fingertips as well. And with just a few days left in the month, consider this a ticking clock reminder to check out some movies and shows you never got around to watching.

This is it. This very article officially marks the moment where Shane Black's noir comedy "The Nice Guys" can no longer be considered a little underdog movie that no one really talks about. /Film has been hyping this film up since before its release in 2016, and while it did not perform well at the box office, there have since been so many articles singing its praises and positioning it as a great secret comedy you've never heard of that the movie has now officially risen out of underdog mode and graduated to one level above that in the cultural consciousness. Even if you've never seen it, chances are you've either read that sentiment about it or had a friend trying to spread the word about this hilarious L.A. mystery featuring a hilarious Ryan Gosling performance and Russell Crowe doing some of the best work of his career.

It's always a good time to check back in with these lovable doofuses, and if you're only familiar with Gosling as the guy from movies like "The Notebook" or "Drive," right now, post-"Barbie," now is the perfect time to revisit this Gosling performance specifically to see a glimmer of where his Oscar-nominated Ken performance came from.

Damien Chazelle's breakout classic came out ten years ago, and it's still as riveting as ever. J.K. Simmons is absolutely terrifying as Fletcher, the abusive, tough-as-nails band instructor who makes life a living hell for a young drummer named Andrew (Miles Teller). It'd be easy for a writer/director to portray this dynamic as clearly wrong, but instead, Chazelle makes a much more interesting choice with the legendary ending, which I won't spoil here but made /Film's list of the best movie moments of 2011-2020. As cringe-worthy as Fletcher's dehumanizing, epithet-laden take-downs can be, was it all worthwhile? That's the question this film asks, and because it's such a provocative one, we're still thinking about it a decade later.

As Chazelle finds himself in some dire straits as a filmmaker following the financial failure of his also-phenomenal Hollywood epic "Babylon," revisit the film that made him a household name.