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11 Must-See Netflix Movies That Expire in March
BY NICK SCHAGER
FEB 27, 2016
Nothing lasts forever”“a maxim that’s certainly true, on a monthly basis, when it comes to Netflix. Luckily, the movies scheduled to depart from the streaming service starting March 1 won’t be too hard to miss. Still, here’s 11 worth catching before they’re gone.
American Pie (March 1)
Jason Biggs has sex with a pie, as well as endures other similar humiliations alongside his high-school friends, in the first installment of this popular teen-comedy series.
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (March 1)
A screwy rich couple (Richard Dreyfuss and Bette Midler) has their ritzy life turned upside-down when a homeless bum (Nick Nolte) begins staying at their house in this absurd 1986 comedy.
Gone in 60 Seconds (March 1)
Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie are car thieves forced to steal fifty vehicles for a British gangster”“who’s holding Cage’s brother hostage”“in this flashy, high-octane 2000 remake of the 1974 original.
Hamlet (March 1)
Mel Gibson and Glenn Close headline this all-star (and somewhat abbreviated) adaptation of the Bard’s legendary play about the Prince of Denmark.
Hitch (March 1)
Will Smith is at his most amusingly charming in this romantic comedy about a professional matchmaker who soon finds his tricks put to the test by a new love interest (Eva Mendes).
Indecent Proposal (March 1)
Robert Redford offers to pay strapped-for-cash Woody Harrelson a boatload of money in order to spend a single night with Harrelson’s wife (Demi Moore) in this tawdry relationship drama from director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, 9 ½ Weeks).
Night Catches Us (March 3)
A member of the Black Panthers (Anthony Mackie) returns to his Philly hometown and strikes up an unlikely relationship with the wife (Kerry Washington) of a man upon whom he may have snitched in this mature, complex ’70s-set drama.
Cosmopolis (March 18)
Don DeLillo‘s novel about a young tycoon (Robert Pattinson) whose world is slowly falling apart is given a cool, mesmerizing, and thoroughly strange adaptation by director David Cronenberg.
Side Effects (March 18)
After her husband’s release from prison, a young suicidal wife is given an experimental new antidepressant, which only further complicates her relationship with her spouse and two psychiatrists in this thriller from director Steven Soderbergh, and starring Jude Law, Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Keep the Lights On (March 23)
Director Ira Sachs details the complex, increasingly troubled romance between a gay filmmaker and an attorney in this stellar relationship indie.
The Comedy (March 26)
Don’t believe its title”“this film from writer/director Rick Alverson and star Tim Heidecker, about a rich, aimless, unhappy New Yorker, is a drama of the most sobering, uncomfortable sort.
