# Why does Netflix not list the movie "Wild"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 18, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536 "2014-12-18T00:35:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EdwardLost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@EdwardLost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdwardLost)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/1 "2014-12-18T00:35:08Z")
Always before, Netflix has quickly had listings for movies I’ve looked for – even before the movies have been released. However, the new Reese Witherspoon movie, “Wild”, is not showing up when I search for it on Netflix. This movie is all over the media; it’s not exactly obscure. Any idea why Netflix doesn’t seem to know about it? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/2 "2014-12-18T01:01:41Z")
The studio has not yet agreed to sell the streaming rights to netflix or netflix is not interested in it at the price the studio is currently charging. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/3 "2014-12-18T01:15:02Z")
I think the OP means it’s not offered by disk either. ---
**Author:** ![EdwardLost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@EdwardLost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdwardLost)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/4 "2014-12-18T01:49:27Z")
True: not the DVD either. I have movies (mostly obscure) that have been at the bottom of my queue for years, movies that apparently Netflix cannot or does not intend to offer. But still they showed up in the search. Is there a new policy at Netflix where they don’t put new movies in the database until they get the rights? ---
**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 18, 2014, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/5 "2014-12-18T02:13:06Z")
**Wild** is still in theaters. Movies never show up on Netflix until after the movie leaves theaters, and there`s no DVD yet. They can’t promise a DVD until a release date is set. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/6 "2014-12-18T05:28:23Z")
It’s not true that movies don’t show up until after they leave theaters; I just added _The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies_ to the saved section of my queue. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/7 "2014-12-18T12:47:24Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **Wild** is still in theaters. Movies never show up on Netflix until after the movie leaves theaters, and there`s no DVD yet. They can’t promise a DVD until a release date is set. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It’s not true that movies don’t show up until after they leave theaters; I just added _The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies_ to the saved section of my queue. Yeah, **RealityChuck** , that’s definitely wrong. I currently have _Interstellar_ and _The Imitation Game_ in my DVD saved titles queue. If I see a promo for a movie I like, I’ll add it to my queue just so I can remember it later. _Wild_, for some reason, isn’t showing up. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/8 "2014-12-18T14:51:48Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It’s not true that movies don’t show up until after they leave theaters; I just added _The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies_ to the saved section of my queue. Yes, I’ve put movies in my queue _before_ they hit theaters. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/9 "2014-12-18T20:43:58Z")
Maybe North Korea threatened them if they carried that movie. Probably not, but you never know. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/10 "2014-12-18T21:42:06Z")
Yeah, I don’t see a lot of consistency about when a movie can be seen on NetFlix. I have also added some movies to my “save” list as soon as I saw the first promos, even before a theatrical release date, and yet other movies might not show up in searches until a DVD is released. I would love to know how this happens. My best speculation is that NetFlix is relying on some kind of industry publication/database for available and upcoming DVDs. If that list were published, say, quarterly, it could explain why some movies show up relatively early and others don’t. But that’s all a wild guess based on 25-year-old experiences with book publication listings. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-netflix-not-list-the-movie-wild/707536/11 "2014-12-20T21:37:08Z")
Perhaps Wild has an exclusive streaming arrangment with a competitor? I could imagine Netflix blacklisting movies that have deals like that in place. My other guess (maybe more likely) is similar to **dracoi** : maybe they only list stuff they have an expected release date for internally. Blockbusters like The Hobbit have their DVD dates way ahead of time, but I’m under the impression smaller films often play it much more by ear.