What's leaving Netflix in December 2024: “Ali”, “Royal Pains”, “Trolls”, and lots more animation
Say goodbye to all eight seasons of "Voltron: Legendary Defender," prestige pics like "Darkest Hour," and a bevy of interactive specials as well.
This coming December on Netflix is defined by the buzzy arrival of highly-anticipated titles like Pablo Larraín's Maria, season 2 of Squid Game, and the first post-Bobby Berk season of Queer Eye. But pay close attention to what's leaving, because it's a sleigh full of goodness.
Netflix is mainly bringing the axe down on movies this December. There are the prestige pictures, like the Academy Award-nominated 1992 adaptation of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross; Joe Wright's 2017 historical drama Darkest Hour, which won Gary Oldman the Oscar for his Winston Churchill; and The Devil's Own, Alan J. Pakula's police thriller starring Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt.
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Will Smith in 'Ali', Greta Gerwig in 'Frances Ha', and 'Trolls'There are several notable action films leaving the platform, as well, including Michael Mann's Ali; Doing Hard Time, the Boris Kodjoe prison thriller; and Oldman again in the Gerard Butler-costarring Hunter Killer. Martin Lawrence's National Security tempers the action-exodus with some comedy, and What To Expect When You're Expecting goes full froth, with the ensemble onslaught of Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, and Anna Kendrick.
Parents of children for whom Netflix's animated catalog takes on a kind of nannying role, pay attention to this part: A host of animated films, series, and interactive specials are departing in December. All eight seasons of Voltron: Legendary Defender are among the marked, as well as last year's popular coming-of-age film Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, and the first of the Trolls film trilogy.
A good chunk of the animated titles on the leaving list are interactive specials. That includes Battle Kitty, the Boss Baby universe's answer to the interactive craze, Boss Baby: Get That Baby!, Captain Underpants Epic Choice-o-Rama, and Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal.
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Finally, the entirety of the Hamptons-set medical dramedy Royal Pains is on its way out, so get your Hank Lawson kick while you can. And for the trivia-party set, both Triviaverse and the first season of Trivia Quest are goners.
Here are the rest of the titles leaving Netflix in December 2024.
Dec. 1
Ali
Battle Kitty: Season 1
Blood and Bone
The Boss Baby: Get That Baby!
Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile
Captain Underpants Epic Choice-o-Rama
Carmen Sandiego: To Steal or Not to Steal
Cat Burglar
Choose Love
The Devil's Own
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
Doing Hard Time
Escape The Undertaker
Frances Ha
Glengarry Glen Ross
Headspace: Unwind Your Mind
Hunter Killer
It Chapter Two
Johnny Test's Ultimate Meatloaf Quest
The Last Kids on Earth: Happy Apocalypse to You
The Little Things
National Security
Point Break
Space Jam: A New Legacy
Spirit Riding Free: Ride Along Adventure
Stretch Armstrong: The Breakout
To Leslie
Trivia Quest: Season 1
Triviaverse
Troy
We Lost Our Human
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Dec. 2
White Girl
Dec. 3
The Commuter
Dec. 6
Reminiscence
Dec. 7
Trolls
Voltron: Legendary Defender: Seasons 1-8
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Dec. 16
Darkest Hour
Mortal Kombat
Dec. 20
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken
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Dec. 25
The Flash
Dec. 31
Royal Pains: Seasons 1-8
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