If you’ve been binging the Harry Potter series on Netflix weekly in an effort to hide yourself from the fact it’s been nearly 10 years since the last movie came out, we have bad news.
The entire Harry Potter series was on Netflix’s regular chopping block for January 2020, as licenses they can’t keep expire and the streaming giant clears them out. While some sites had reported that Harry Potter was on the way out for 2020, Netflix themselves hadn’t warned users, ending some binges midway through.
just finished watching the deathly hallows part 2 and exited to watch order of the phoenix AND IT’S ALL GONE
— caitlin mulder (@caitlinmulderr) January 14, 2020
After the series was given the ol’ Depulso from Netflix’s libraries, Netflix was made well aware of their mistake by users, leading them to post an apology, pointing users to the complications of maintaining high-profile licenses like the Wizarding World.
I solemnly swear that I'm sorry for not letting you know that Harry Potter was leaving @NetflixANZ. Licensing fantastic movies is a beast and we wish we could keep them all. (Especially Azkaban, the best one, don't @ me).
More info on licensing is here: https://t.co/cpM9RiDbqg pic.twitter.com/niUYQO9U8F
— Netflix ANZ (@NetflixANZ) January 16, 2020
The two Fantastic Beasts movies are still available to stream, but we haven’t been able to find if the original 8 films will be returning to an Australian streaming platform any time soon. Perhaps its time to bust out your DVDs and watch them like it’s 2011 all over again?
Here’s the full list of shows departing Netflix this January (some will still be on the service for a few more days);
- Alien Contact
- The Lights Between Oceans
- Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
- Ghostbusters
- Little Sister
- Face 2 Face
- Gulliver’s Travels
- Max Rose
- One More Shot
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Restrepo
- Teenage Cocktail
- Tierra de Reyes
- Twisted Trunk, Big Fat Body
- The Vault
- The Rezort
- Happy Death Day
- Enlighten Us – deleted on January 17
- Legends of Strength – deleted on January 17
- Juana Ines – deleted on January 17
- Strongland – deleted on January 17
- Juana Ines – deleted on January 27
- The Lady in Dignity – deleted on January 29
- The Lady in Dignity – deleted on January 29
- LoliRock – deleted on January 31
- American Horror Story – deleted on January 31
- Spartacus – deleted on January 31
- LoliRock – deleted on January 31
- Pioneers of African-American Cinema – deleted on January 31