August has been a great month for Netflix, and September is looking to match that. However, the best streaming services' libraries don't stay the same forever, which means this is your last chance to catch these five movies before they're removed from Netflix's library.
I'm surprised to see that Netflix is removing some of its best movies that could do wonders for pulling in more viewers, and yes, I'm mainly talking about George Miller's action epic Mad Max: Fury Road (2015). But there seems to be a common theme this month, as there are quite a few action and horror movies leaving the platform, which isn't ideal given how close we are to spooky season.
Below you'll find our five picks with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes, which will all be leaving Netflix very soon, so you've been warned. We'd also suggest reading our full list of everything leaving Netflix in September 2025, just in case there are other titles you don't want to miss.
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
![Mad Max: Fury Road - Official Main Trailer [HD] - YouTube](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hEJnMQG9ev8/maxresdefault.jpg)
RT Score: 97%
Age rating: R
Runtime: 120 minutes
Director: George Miller
Leaving on: September 9
After 30 years, Miller resurrected his Mad Max series of action movies in 2015 – and he came back stronger than before with Mad Max: Fury Road. I have to admit, it didn't quote appeal to me when I first streamed it, but a rewatch humbled me and it's now one of my favorite action movies.
In this non-stop chase across a scorching desert wasteland, warlord named Immortan Joe (Hugh Keays-Byrne) enslaves survivors of the apocalypse, which include Max (Tom Hardy), who Joe uses as a universal donor for his army of War Boys. In the meantime, Joe sends his most-trusted lieutenant Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron) on a trade mission, but when he discovers she has smuggled five of his wives who are being held captive, he sends his entire army to search for them.
Max gets caught up in the chase, but frees himself after crash where he teams up with Furiosa to outrun Joe and his army of War Boys, but it won't be as easy as they think.
Us (2019)
![Us - Official Trailer [HD] - YouTube](https://img.youtube.com/vi/hNCmb-4oXJA/maxresdefault.jpg)
RT Score: 93%
Age rating: R
Runtime: 116 minutes
Director: Jordan Peele
Leaving on: September 1
Jordan Peele has had a successful run of horror movies as a director and writer, starting with Get Out in 2017. The suspense and uncertainty of his psychological horror Us (2019) keeps you engaged from start to finish, and it's easily one of my favorite horror movies of the century so far.
Adelaide (Lupita Nyong'o) reluctantly agrees to spend summer vacation in Santa Cruz, California where she experienced a traumatic event as a child. Though she tries to put on a happy face, there's something eerie about the area she can't seem to shake off, but things get more sinister when a strange masked family appears in their driveway one night.
The lives of her husband and children are threatened when the intruders break into the house, who happen to look exactly like them.
Barbarian (2022)
RT Score: 92%
Age rating: R
Length: 102 minutes
Director: Zach Cregger
Leaving on: September 1
Joining Us among my favorite modern horror movies is Zach Cregger's Barbarian, a movie that packs twists and turns you won't expect. It's had a short course on Netflix after only being added in June, so it's definitely one to catch before it's removed.
A young woman Tess (Georgina Campbell) arrives in a sketchy area of Detroit for a job interview, only to discover that her AirBnb has been double-booked and a man named Keith (Bill Skarsgård) is currently staying there. With no where else to stay, she reluctantly agrees to spend the night, but comes to discover that there's a dark secret that lurks beneath the – one that nobody is prepared to encounter.
Sicario (2015)
RT Score: 92%
Age rating: R
Length: 121 minutes
Director: Denis Villeneuve
Leaving on: September 1
The second major action flick leaving Netflix this month is Sicario from Denis Villeneuve, which packs a stacked cast featuring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, and Jon Berthnal – 2015 really was the year of the action movie.
FBI agent Kate Macer (Blunt) leads a team through a raid of a known drug den. Shortly after, she's approached and recruited to work for an anti-drugs task force, which involves the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice. Their mission is to track down the leader of a Mexican drug cartel and, despite having little information about the task's methods, she agrees to the assignment.
When she arrives in El Paso to conduct the mission, Kate finds that the methods of the mission are highly illegal and the aim of the raid isn't what it seems on the surface. Stuck between her professional commitments and moral boundaries, Kate learns the truth to why she was recruited in the first place.
American Graffiti
RT Score: 95%
Age rating: PG
Runtime: 112 minutes
Director: George Lucas
Leaving on: September 1
There are some great coming-of-age movies out there, but what American Graffiti does differently is showcase a variety of experiences young people from small towns have when transitioning into young adulthood. It doesn't subject itself to one perspective.
American Graffiti takes place on a summer evening in real time. Set in the early 1960s, four high school friends spend one last night together in their small town before they go their separate ways. Each of them has their own issue, whether that's with dating or second-guessing their choice to move from home for college.
Over the course of one night, the group enjoy one last escapade in their home town, cruising the local drive-in and other classic hotspots of the era. By the morning, we see them make their final decisions about their future.
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