Netflix is constantly renegotiating its deals with content providers. Each month Netflix adds a slate of fresh content, but it also nixes a bunch of movies that it can’t come to terms about. The familiar names that appear each month on the Netflix nix-list give you a pretty good idea why the company is eager to develop its own content.
A bunch of famous movies are scheduled to go Netflix-dark on March 1 (though last minute deals can always change the story). The March 1 list includes classics like The Graduate (1967) and the 1980 Best Picture winner Ordinary People
, along with popular comedies like Dumb and Dumber (1994) and Grosse Pointe Blank (1997). Another notable loss–especially with the splash its star has been making lately–is the culture-shaking smash of 1977, Saturday Night Fever
, which launched the unique career of John Travolta. Come March 1, if you’re trying to watch Saturday Night Fever on Netflix all you’ll get is a regretful tinkling of the Bee Gees in your head, saying “You Should Be Dancing.”