The romantic dramedy Sliding Doors follows a woman named Helen (Gwyneth Paltrow) as she navigates two possible realities: one in which she misses a train, and another in which she narrowly makes it. The latter timeline sees Helen befriending James (John Hannah), a fellow passenger who just might change her life.
“Sometimes we are plonked into people’s lives when they just need to be cheered up and reassured,” he tells her. “We don’t know why. In your case, it’s my job.”
May this 1998 release — as well as the other movies and shows leaving Netflix in July — bring you similar comfort. The departing batch also includes the psychological thrillers Side Effects and Wild Things, the action-packed comedies Money Talks and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, the animated adventure Paw Patrol: The Movie, and the horror classic Night of the Living Dead.
You can still get on board with these films and series before they leave the station, so to speak. Bring on the action with Zoe Saldaña in Colombiana and Ron Perlman in Hellboy. Queue up a Julia Roberts marathon with My Best Friend’s Wedding, Runaway Bride, and Steel Magnolias. Stream all five seasons of The Bernie Mac Show or the entire eight-installment Saw franchise. To quote James in another Sliding Doors scene, “You’ll never know if you don’t try.”
Make sure to watch all these titles — and plenty more — before they leave Netflix in the US in July.
Two crooks planning a bank heist wind up abducting a pizza delivery driver and forcing him to commit the robbery — with a strict time limit.
In this film loosely based on a true story, an ambitious FBI agent manipulates two con artists to help him expose corruption in Congress in the 1980s.
Seasons 1–5. Bernie McCollough (Bernie Mac) and his wife have a comfortable life. Then Bernie’s sister goes into rehab — and her three kids wind up on Bernie’s doorstep.
Seasons 1–2. After a mysterious disease kills every Pretty Lake resident over the age of 21, the survivors must fend for themselves amidst a government quarantine.
A shy misfit transforms into iconic Queen singer Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek) in this biopic inspired by the band’s tumultuous rise to fame and personal struggles.
After seeing Bogotá gangsters murder her parents, Cataleya Restrepo (Zoe Saldaña) turns herself into a ruthless assassin dedicated to tracking down their killers.
This fast-paced action flick tells the story of Hellboy (Ron Perlman), a charismatic demon who uses his fearsome powers to help America fight Earth’s darkest evils.
In this installment in the popular horror franchise, a bachelor party in Las Vegas turns into a hellish bloodbath for all involved.
In a future ruled by corporations, a courier transports data stored in his brain. But when his mission gets intercepted, he must race to save his mind.
Four high school students get sucked into the jungle setting of a video game, where they embark on a quest as their comically mismatched adult avatars.
After spending years pretending to be married, an unattached plastic surgeon meets the one — and enlists his assistant to pose as his soon-to-be ex-wife.
A motormouthed hustler on the run after a prison break teams up with the ambitious TV reporter who helped put him away.
Food critic Julianne (Julia Roberts) does her sneaky best to sabotage her pal Michael’s (Dermot Mulroney) wedding to a wealthy college student after realizing she wants him for herself.
During a summer of profound changes, a spirited 11-year-old girl turns to her best friend for support when her widowed dad falls for someone new.
A group of mixed martial arts fighters stars in this action thriller that follows a quartet of brawlers as they prepare for a major underground event.
No city’s too big, no bark’s too small! Ryder (Will Brisbin) and the fearless pups head to Adventure City after greedy Mayor Humdinger (Ron Pardo) takes over and starts trouble.
Sparks fly after a newspaper columnist writes a one-sided, sexist story about a commitment-averse bride who abandoned three men at the altar.
Six women in a small Southern town share gossip and solve problems at the local beauty parlor, anchoring each other through life’s ups and downs.
Desire, greed, and manipulation swirl around two teens and a high school guidance counselor during a twist-filled police investigation in a resort town.
As dead bodies return to life and feast on humans, a woman joins a band of survivors in a farmhouse trying to save themselves from the zombie hordes.
While acclimating to campus life, college freshman Sara (Minka Kelly) begins to realize that her new roommate, Rebecca (Leighton Meester), is becoming obsessed with her.
After getting trapped in her family’s moldering summer home, a young woman finds herself being stalked by a dark figure — and a secret from her past.
When a young woman’s new prescription antidepressant seemingly leads to a shocking tragedy, she and her psychiatrist are drawn into a twisty conspiracy.
Would you kill to live? That’s what two men have to ask themselves when they’re abducted by a serial killer and paired up in a deadly situation.
When Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) kidnaps eight strangers and locks them in a house, Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg) must find the victims before the killer’s bloody plan is done.
A grieving father faces a harrowing twist in Jigsaw’s (Bell) grisly survival game, while a kidnapped doctor finds her fate tied to the murderous mastermind.
Jigsaw (Bell) may be dead, but when an autopsy unearths a tape in his stomach, the police learn that his evil legacy has just begun.
When a forensics detective learns his secret will be exposed, he embarks on a hunt to eradicate everything that connects him to a disturbed killer.
Agent Strahm is long gone, and Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) is now the heir to Jigsaw’s (Bell) terrifying legacy. Meanwhile, FBI Agent Erickson (Mark Rolston) is hot on his trail.
Caught in Jigsaw’s (Bell) twisted game, a self-help author must navigate a series of deadly traps and make horrific sacrifices to save those he cares about.
A string of murders shocks investigators when all the evidence points to a killer who’s been dead for years in this installment of the Saw franchise.
Two different universes unfold in this fantasy about alternate realities, the reliability of subway schedules, and fate’s role in shaping lives.
While searching for her ex-boyfriend, a young drifter impulsively kidnaps a baby from a neglectful mother and pretends the child is her own.
