We're almost at the end of the month and that means a lot of comings and goings on all the major streaming platforms. And while there will be plenty of exciting movies on the way in October, with plenty of fantastic and spooky options to choose from, we're here to make sure you don't miss out on the gems coming out at the end of September.
To help you close out the summer with the best movies possible, we've put together a list of the best movies leaving streaming services at the end of the month, including A Unique Ghost Story, One of the Strangest Video Game Adaptations You'll Ever See . you've ever seen, and some authentic classics from directors like Michael Mann, Brian De Palma and David Fincher.
Here are the best movies that will stop streaming at the end of August.
Editor's Choice: Marrowbone
Director: Sergio G. Sánchez
Cast: George MacKay, Mia Goth, Anya Taylor-Joy
Leaving Hulu: September 30
One of the most underrated horror films of the last decade. Marrowbone It's a slow process that has more to do with mood and vibes than direct scares.
The film follows a group of siblings who move to their mother's ancestral home in Maine in the 1960s. But as soon as they arrive at the house, the father they tried to escape from returns. The film then moves forward in time and shows the brothers still living in the house, but terrified by a ghostly presence they believe they have trapped in the house's boarded up attic.
To say much more about the film would be to spoil some of its surprises, but suffice it to say that it is a beautiful and haunting little ghost story, dark, moody and tender in just the right amount. Add to that the film's fantastic cast, including George MacKay, Mia Goth, Anya Taylor-Joy and Charlie Heaton, and you have the makings of a hidden horror gem worth tracking down. —Austen Goslin
Image: Columbia Pictures/Everett Collection
Director: Steve E. de Souza
Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raúl Juliá, Ming-Na Wen
Leaving Netflix: September 30
If you want a movie that faithfully recreates the vibes of the Street Fighter franchise, check out Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie. If you want a tournament fighting movie, watch one of the Undisputed movies or the original. mortal kombat. But if you want a guaranteed good time with an absolutely crazy movie, there's nothing like street fighter.
More of a strange pastiche of the Vietnam War than a fighting movie. street fighter follows American Colonel William Guile (Belgian star Jean-Claude Van Damme) as he leads a ragtag team of fighters on an operation against the totalitarian regime of General M. Bison (Raúl Juliá) in Shadaloo City.
street fighter It is a film of contradictions. It has one of the best performances you'll ever see (Juliá is absolutely transcendent), and some of the worst (Juliá seems to be the only person who knows what movie she's in). It has fantastic costumes and set design that feel perfect for the setting and source material, but the problematic production shows in the beleaguered editing, and the slow, plodding fight scenes are unrecognizable to die-hard fans of the franchise.
It will make you wonder what it means for a movie to be good. Now that is cinema. –Pete Volk
Image: Columbia Photos
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake
Leaving Max: Soon
An undisputed modern classic; there's really no need to sell him on the fact that The Social Network It's excellent. But even if you've seen the movie before, the real reminder here is that you should watch it again. I promise it's a lot better than you remember, even if you remember it was great.
David Fincher's excellent pacing turns the film into more of a thriller than a dialogue-rich drama, and Eisenberg and Garfield's central performances remain two of the best of this century so far. Even Sorkin's script has aged with prophetic grace, showing the nascent stages of our strange modern world. Everything from the interpersonal disconnections spurred by social media to the reckless abandonment of Silicon Valley is there for all to see in its earliest, and perhaps least damaging, stages.
Unfortunately, Max doesn't make it entirely clear when the movies will be leaving the service, so while this one will likely only be here until the end of September, your best bet for sneaking in a Social Network to look again is to jump immediately. —AG
Movies leaving Prime Video
Director: michael mann
Stars: William Petersen, Dennis Farina, Brian Cox
Leaving Prime Video: September 30
Long before Jonathan Demme The silence of the lambs or Bryan Fuller's Hannibal After engraving the characters of Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham in the collective imagination of audiences around the world, Michael Mann attempted to adapt the novels of Thomas Harris with his 1986 film. man hunter.
Based on Harris's 1981 novel red dragonThe film follows retired profiler Graham (William Petersen), recruited to help in the search for a serial killer known only as the “Tooth Fairy.” With no other recourse, Graham is forced to resort to consulting with Dr. Lecter (Brian Cox), the infamous serial killer he stopped years ago. Although it features a trio of terrific performances from Petersen, Cox and Tom Noonan as the Tooth Fairy killer, man hunter was panned upon its initial release, only to be re-evaluated years later as one of Mann's best early films. If you've ever wondered what an extravagantly lit, unabashedly '80s version of Harris's iconic characters and stories would be like, man hunter It's the movie for you. —Toussaint Egan
Movies Leaving Criterion Channel
Director: Brian DePalma
Stars: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
Leaving the Criterion channel: September 30
Brian De Palma is one of the greatest directors of his generation, and Burst It might be the best movie he's ever made. Directly inspired by the 1966 film by Michelangelo Antonioni. BurstThe film stars John Travolta as Jack Terry, a sound effects technician who records foley for trashy horror films. While filming late at night in a park, Jack inadvertently witnesses a car accident in a nearby creek. After rescuing Sally (Nancy Allen), a young woman who was traveling in the vehicle and the only survivor of the accident, Jack becomes involved in a conspiracy that endangers both their lives.
A spiritual contemporary of people like Francis Ford Coppola The conversation and Alan J. Pakula The parallax view, Burst is an impeccably well-shot, paranoia-inducing thriller with a final act guaranteed to last long after the credits roll. And yes, it goes without saying that a film focused on recording sound effects would have great sound design in itself, but seriously, the sound design and the score Burst It's amazing. —TEA