# Netflix: Movies in my queue no longer offered **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 2, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123 "2014-12-02T14:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![randwill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a3d4f5/32.png) [@randwill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/randwill)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/1 "2014-12-02T14:54:35Z")
When I logged into Netflix today I noticed a box at the top of my Queue that had never been there before. It was a list of movies that had been, in some cases, on my Saved Titles list for years that they will never have for rental. Here’s mine. Want to show us yours? * * * The following movies have been removed from your Queue: We no longer offer these movies for rental. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope you find many other movies to enjoy at Netflix. ``` Streetwise Looking for Mr. Goodbar The Fox Cavalcade Lili The Last Mistress The Stranger In Search of a Midnight Kiss The Bullet Vanishes Adrift in Tokyo The Bride Wore Black Cyborg She Middle of Nowhere Hadewijch Beyond the Hills Disco and Atomic War The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm ``` ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/2 "2014-12-02T16:05:43Z")
Cavalcade got pulled from mine as well, and a couple of others that slip my mind. Which is annoying, because I was using it as a kind of “I need to track this down even if it’s never on Netflix” list, but now I can use Letterboxd for that, so, eh. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/3 "2014-12-02T17:56:58Z")
> [@randwill](#): > > ``` > Looking for Mr. Goodbar > > ``` This is the movie that was nixed from my queue as well. It seems to be available… absolutely nowhere. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/4 "2014-12-02T18:10:21Z")
My were: Ishtar Alatriste (which I have seen somehow, and which is kind of terrible) Remaining are such crowd pleasers as: From Beijing With Love Biggles: Adventures in Time Quatermass and the Pit ---
**Author:** ![DrForrester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@DrForrester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrForrester)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/5 "2014-12-02T18:13:58Z")
Rubicon: Season 1 Jake Johannsen - I Love You ---
**Author:** ![Corner\_Case](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corner_case/32/234_2.png) [@Corner\_Case](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corner_Case)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/6 "2014-12-02T18:30:13Z")
My Saved List has: Quatermass and the Pit UFO: Vol. 1 The other UFO discs are available, just not disc 1. Quatermass and the Pit is still in my Saved List. I vaguely remember seeing The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm - {Joe Piscopo} Once! {/ Joe Piscopo} ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/7 "2014-12-02T18:37:49Z")
Since this is about movies I’ll move it over to CS where it fits better. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/8 "2014-12-02T19:07:01Z")
What often happens is that the DVD wears out and is impossible to replace, since it’s not being made any more. We’re returning to the pre-TV days, where movies – even classics – just vanished. James Agee had to write an article in 1941 to tell people about the silent comedians – just over a decade after sound came in. Most younger people had never seen Buster Keaton in his prime. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/9 "2014-12-02T19:11:10Z")
My list of never-to-be-seen movies includes: [ul] [li]The Escapist[/li][li]The Offence[/li][li]The Agony and the Ecstasy of Phil Spector[/ul] [/li] I don’t remember adding these to my queue, so I guess I’ll be alright (although the Phil Spector one sounds interesting – I’ve been on a Wall of Sound kick lately, so I might miss not seeing that one). I’ve got 118 movies in my queue, and 24 titles in the “Saved” section (either a very long wait or release date unknown). ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/10 "2014-12-02T19:47:31Z")
> [@CandidGamera](#): > > Cavalcade got pulled from mine as well, and a couple of others that slip my mind. Which is annoying, because I was using it as a kind of “I need to track this down even if it’s never on Netflix” list, but now I can use Letterboxd for that, so, eh. I lost _Calvacade_ as well. If you find it available somewhere in the world, let me know. _Quatermas and the Pit_ sat on my wanted list for a very long time, but I wound up buying it recently on a Region 2 DVD along with some other stuff to go with my new region-free player; I just had to see those fascist Martian grasshoppers taking mind-control over London again. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/11 "2014-12-02T19:49:27Z")
I just watched Ishtar last month and could have sworn that I did so via Netflix. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/12 "2014-12-02T19:53:09Z")
Mine were: ``` The Door Stars in Shorts The Mourning Forest Prague ``` ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/13 "2014-12-02T19:59:30Z")
It seems to be happening also with movies that aren’t even that obscure. I had “Point Break” fall into the saved section last year. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/14 "2014-12-02T20:03:09Z")
I believe Looking for Mister Goodbar was never made available on DVD or if it was it is long long out of print. There is some kind of rights issue no one feels motivated to resolve. ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/15 "2014-12-02T20:07:30Z")
> [@Miss\_Mapp](#): > > I lost _Calvacade_ as well. If you find it available somewhere in the world, let me know. It’s kind of sad that a movie that won the 1932/33 Academy Award for Best Picture can’t be seen – I saw it perhaps five or six years ago, but I’m almost certain that it was obtained through the Denver library and equally almost certain that it was on VHS. (Ranked among Best Picture winners, \*Cavalcade \*wasn’t all that great – but it should be able to be seen, nonetheless.) ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/16 "2014-12-02T20:10:07Z")
The only ones in my box were already in the “Saved” list anyway, so Netflix evidently just never got them. Anthony Zimmer The Wrecking Crew ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/17 "2014-12-02T22:49:44Z")
I’ve had Woody Allen’s “ **Everyone Says I Love You** ” in my saved queue for years. Not sure why it’s so impossible to obtain. mmm ---
**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2014, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/18 "2014-12-02T23:28:47Z")
Some cases it must be just a contract problem e.g. the Woody Allen mentioned above is for sale at Amazon. ---
**Author:** ![WreckingCrew](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wreckingcrew/32/4080_2.png) [@WreckingCrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WreckingCrew)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/19 "2014-12-03T02:26:24Z")
Quatermass and the Pit is on [Archive.org](http://Archive.org) for those of you who just have to see it. ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123/20 "2014-12-03T18:15:56Z")
> [@janeslogin](#): > > Some cases it must be just a contract problem e.g. the Woody Allen mentioned above is for sale at Amazon. There’s no reason Netflix couldn’t just buy copies from Amazon and rent them out. It’s possible that they’ve made some kind of deal with the rights owner of the movie where they agree not to do so, but I’m having trouble coming up with a good reason why such a deal would be made. I think this is a business decision on the part of Netflix. They want their DVD business to die so they can focus on streaming, so they’re just not replacing movies as they fall out of circulation. It does appear that the DVD/early Netflix era was a golden age for movie availability. Nearly any movie ever made was on DVD because the production cost was cheap enough, and Netflix rented just about all of them. Now we’re descending into a morass of individual streaming fiefdoms that each want to reserve rights and require a separate subscription for each. Sad. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/netflix-movies-in-my-queue-no-longer-offered/706123.md?page=2)