The best movies leaving Netflix, Hulu, Prime, and Max at the end of August 2023
Summer is ending, and fall is around the corner.
It’s been a wild summer at the movies, with Barbenheimer making cultural waves (and a ton of money), seemingly revitalizing public interest in The Movies. Cinema’s back, baby! Don’t worry about the subpar movies that followed Barbenheimer in theaters. Cinema’s back, baby!!!
Each month, we round up some of the best movies leaving streaming services, so you can catch them before they depart. This month, it’s a great group. We’ve got masterpieces from each of the last three decades, including two all-time classic blockbusters, groundbreaking animated movies, and a deeply felt romantic drama from one of our great new voices in film.
Enjoy!
Year: 2018
Genre: Romantic drama
Run time: 1h 57m
Director: Barry Jenkins
Cast: KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris
Barry Jenkins’ follow-up to his Oscar-winning Moonlight is this tender adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel.
Set in Harlem in the early 1970s, the film follows young Black couple Tish (KiKi Layne) and Fonny (Stephan James), who are simply trying to live their lives: apartment hunting, dealing with squabbling families with a child on the way, and looking toward the future. When Fonny is arrested for a crime he could not have possibly committed, their lives are thrown into turmoil.
Featuring terrific supporting performances from an all-star cast including Regina King, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Aunjanue Ellis, and Brian Tyree Henry, Beale Street is an instant masterpiece, with a transcendent score to match. Watch it before it leaves Netflix. —Pete Volk
If Beale Street Could Talk leaves Netflix on Sept. 1.
Year: 2022
Genre: Heist comedy
Run time: 1h 40m
Director: Pierre Perifel
Cast: Sam Rockwell, Marc
