23 great movies leaving Netflix, Hulu, Prime, and HBO Max at the end of March 2023
It’s the end of the month, and you know what that means: a suite of movies leaving streaming services as the calendar flips over to April. There are hundreds of movies for you to choose from, but only some of them are worth your while. That’s where we step in, picking out the best of the best when it comes to good movies leaving streaming services.
This month is a doozy, with a higher quantity and quality of movies leaving streaming platforms at the end of March. There are major franchises like the Lord of the Rings trilogy and Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, new classics like Minority Report and The Prestige, all-time great movies like The Apartment and Before Sunrise, multiple Denzel bangers, and so much more.
Let’s get into it.
Year: 2001; 2002; 2003Genre: Fantasy/adventureRun time: 2h 58m (The Fellowship of the Ring); 2h 59m (The Two Towers); 3h 21m (The Return of the King)Director: Peter JacksonCast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen
Peter Jackson’s game-changing trilogy leaves Netflix at the end of the month — all three movies, for nine and a half hours of your viewing pleasure, with as many intermissions as you want (although time is starting to run out, so get on it). Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, and Ian McKellen (though we could go on) star in the best cinematic adaptation of high fantasy ever created.
The story of Frodo Baggins and the One Ring is of course timeless, and the Lord of the Rings movies have also aged phenomenally well from their 2001-03 debuts, especially for how groundbreaking their special effects were. Beyond blockbusters, Jackson and his crew — including screenwriters Philippa Boyens and Fran Walsh — made each film deeply personal. The love for J.R.R. Tolkien’s
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