If you’ve been planning a Netflix movie night, now’s the perfect time to press play. Several fan-favorite movies are leaving the streaming platform this November 2025 and once they’re gone you’ll have to wait who knows how long for their return.
From exciting dramas to heartwarming stories, here are 5 movies you should watch before they are gone.
The English Patient
“The English Patient” is a romantic war drama movie that came out in 1996. It was directed and written by Anthony Minghella, and the movie is based on a book written in 1992 by Michael Ondaatje. The producer of the film was Saul Zaentz.
In this film, a man named László Almásy is badly burned in a plane crash and has lost his memory. He can’t remember who he is or what happened in his past. A nurse named Hana takes care of him in an old monastery in Italy near the end of World War II. Through flashbacks, we learn about his love for a married English woman and his work mapping the deserts of Africa.
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche, Colin Firth, and Naveen Andrews.
Ali
If you love biographical sports drama films, then go and watch “Ali” on Netflix before it is removed from Netflix in November 2025. This 2001 movie, directed by Michael Mann, shows ten years of boxer Muhammad Ali’s life. It starts when he wins the heavyweight boxing title from Sonny Liston in 1964 and ends when he wins the title again from George Foreman in 1974, in the famous Rumble in the Jungle fight.
Cast: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight, Mario Van Peebles, Ron Silver, Jeffrey Wright, Jada Pinkett Smith, and many more.
The Running Man
This 1987 American action movie was directed by Paul Michael Glaser and is based on a book written by Stephen King under the name Richard Bachman. The story is set in a dystopian future, when America is controlled by a strict and oppressive government and people’s favourite TV show is called “The Running Man.” In this show, convicted criminals try to win their freedom by running for their lives and if they lose, they die horribly.
Ben Richards is wrongly accused of a crime and sent to prison. He is given a chance to earn his freedom by joining the deadly TV show. But the host, Damon Killian, secretly plans to make sure Richards never escapes or survives.
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Dawson, Erland Van Lidth, Mick Fleetwood, María Conchita Alonso, Jesse Ventura, and Yaphet Kotto.
La La Land
Another movie you should definitely watch right now is “La La Land”, released in 2016, as it will only stream on Netflix until October 31st, 2025. This musical rom-com drama film was one of the few modern movie musicals to make such a big impact when it came out.
The story is about Sebastian “Seb” Wilder and Amelia “Mia” Dolan, two aspiring artists living in Los Angeles. He’s a jazz musician, and she’s an actress trying to make it big. As they pursue their dreams, they fall in love. But as their careers take off, success and ambition start to come between them, testing whether love can survive.
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, John Legend, Rosemarie DeWitt, Finn Wittrock, Callie Hernandez, J. K. Simmons, Sonoya Mizuno, Jessica Rothe, Tom Everett Scott and more.
Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory
Directed by Mel Stuart, “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory” is a musical fantasy film that you shouldn’t miss if you’re planning a movie night. The script was written by Roald Dahl, based on his 1964 book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
The movie follows Willy Wonka, a chocolatier who invites five kids to visit his amazing chocolate factory. One of the kids, Charlie Bucket, is lucky enough to find a golden ticket, which allows him and his grandfather to join the tour. But they don’t realize that Willy Wonka is secretly testing everyone’s character, and most of the kids will fail his test.
Cast: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear, Julie Dawn Cole, Leonard Stone, Denise Nickerson, Dodo Denney, Paris Themmen, Ursula Reit, Michael Böllner and more.
