Like ogres, this roundup has layers
It’s not always easy to choose what to watch for your summer movie nights, especially when there are so many options among the best streaming services. I tend to look out for movies being removed to make the deciding process much smoother, and Netflix is due to remove five titles in July 2024 – all with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.
These five best Netflix movies include two sports dramas, a popular family animated feature, a crime thriller, and a ’70s entry from George Lucas. And luckily, you have a whole month to catch them before the movies get axed as part of everything leaving Netflix in July 2024, which gives you plenty of time to start ticking them off one by one.
Just as Netflix gears up to remove these movies, it’s also adding a wave of new titles to make up for the ones you’re losing. We’ve put all of them in one place, and you can read our list of everything new on Netflix in July 2024 to see what it has in store for you this month. American Graffiti (1973)
RT Score: 95%
Age rating: PG
Length: 110 minutes
Director: George Lucas
Leaving on: July 31
The oldest entry in our roundup comes from Star Wars director George Lucas, whose ’70s coming-of-age story has aged to become a classic. This 1960s-set story follows a group of teenage friends on their last night before going off to college. Told through a collection of vignettes in the backdrop of cruising and rock n’ roll, the movie has a cast of familiar names from Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, Cindy Williams, and Paul Le Mat in their breakout roles.
