The end of the month means a new crop of interesting movies coming out on platforms like Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime – but it also means saying goodbye to all the great movies that you’ve forgotten or that you’ve always wanted to see but haven’t didn’t want. You’re looking for the good things and don’t have a lot of time. We get it; We have you covered.
We’ve combed the wave of outbound streaming releases to bring these platforms to life this twilight of the month. Here are 10 of the best movies leaving major streaming platforms by May 1st.
Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future trilogy is one of the classics of science fiction cinema of the 1980s, a master class in charismatic character, lively comedic writing and brilliant speculative storytelling. Michael J. Fox plays a career-defining role as Marty McFly, a California high school student who was accidentally sent 30 years back in time with the eccentric Doctor Emmett “Doc” Brown (Christopher Lloyd) ‘s time-traveling DeLorean. Stranded in the past, Marty must find a way to turn on the DeLorean and return home safely without accidentally wiping out his own existence in the process. -TO
Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III leave Amazon Prime Video on April 30th.
Come to America
At the top of his game after that Trading venues, two Beverly Hills Cop films and his legendary (if not controversial) stand-up concert film RawEddie Murphy turned to the story of a rich, famous young prince from the African nation of Zamunda who longs for a normal life. In contrast to his tough R-rated comedy Come to America
Come to America leaves Amazon Prime Video on April 30th.
Dazed and confused
Richard Linklater’s 1976 coming-of-age comedy set in the dwindling days of the senior class of a high school in Austin, Texas in 1976, follows a group of teenagers who find themselves in that awkward, short-lived crossing phase they are in Looking to the future and wanting to be stoned at the same time. drunk and happy in the here and now. It’s hilarious, and features a number of up-and-coming names who would deliver breakout performances, including Milla Jovovich and Matthew McConaughey. Haven’t you seen it yet? You’d be a lot cooler if you did that. -TO
Dazed and confused leaves Amazon Prime Video on April 30th.
The dark knight
So I didn’t want to see that movie, but then I found out that Eric Roberts, the star of The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside ”music video, played a villain in it and I just had to see what it was like. It turns out he’s great! Roberts really channels that brightside energy as Sal Maroni, a nervous Gotham City gangster who got into tough times after a man in a bat suit made it difficult for him to make a living. So he hires an independent contractor who dresses like a clown (this movie is not just about crime but the gig economy, which is similar) to solve his problem, and it turns out that freelancer don’t actually fret Good health insurance and paid free time – something the movie is a little on the nose about when the Joker (they really call him that! Wild.) threatens to blow up a hospital and some boats, but it does mostly works in context.
It’s really surprising how much Crackerjack director Christopher Nolan has done with The dark knightwhen you consider that no one is really having a good time in it. (Well, a person is, but we shouldn’t be referring to it.) If you are unsure about whether to check out this one, I would carefully recommend that you reconsider because you will likely enjoy it ! It’s true, the “Batman” is a little ridiculous to look at and his voice is incredibly silly, but also: this costume is probably extremely uncomfortable! I wouldn’t be very kind in that either! Something to think about. – –Joshua Rivera
The dark knight leaves Netflix on April 30th.
Crazy Max
In front of Fury Road, in front of the Thunderdome, before he became a Road Warrior … Max Rockatansky just went crazy. The 1979 original that sparked the groundbreaking post-apocalyptic action series George Miller Crazy Max plays Mel Gibson as a police officer who works on the dystopian future outskirts of Victoria, Australia. When his partner, wife and child are ruthlessly murdered by a group of marauding criminals, Max begins a revenge campaign to get revenge on their murderers. think Dirty Harrybut with a lot of explosions and a lot more sand. -TO
Crazy Max leaves Hulu on April 30th.
Once upon a time in the west
Sergio Leone defined the genre of the spaghetti westerns in the 1960s with his legendary “Dollars” trilogy with Clint Eastwood. Despite announcing his retirement from Westerns after his job in the 1966s The good, the bad, and the ugly, Leone accepted an offer from Paramount Pictures Once upon a time in the west. The film follows a mysterious stranger with a harmonica played by Charles Bronson, who teams up with a notorious desperado (Jason Robards) to protect a widow from the ruthless machinations of an assassin (Henry Fonda) who works for a railroad company. The film is now considered one of the greatest westerns ever made and was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the United States Nation’s film registry in 2009. -TO
Once upon a time in the west leaves Amazon Prime Video on April 29th.
The Omen
Two years before the 1978 comic film was defined SupermanDirector Richard Donner made one of the most important films in the horror genre: The Omen. Designed in the wake of The exorcistThe story revolves around the birth of the Antichrist … and the two parents who were assigned by fate to raise him. Starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick as two head-turning adults trying to understand their morbid situation, and young Harvey Spencer Stephens as the creepy, creepy one creepy Damian, Donner finds a way into almost every kind of horror pleasure. There are gruesome kills, menacing supernatural dangers, and a sense of cosmic decryption – thanks in large part to Jerry Goldsmith’s legendary score – that brings an existential cooling to the spine. Spirituality itself comes under attack The Omen
The Omen leaves Hulu on April 30th.
The prestige
Nolans 2006 The prestigeSimilar to a magic trick, it consists (roughly) of three parts or actions. The first part is the exhibition in which we are introduced to the protagonists of the film in the form of two rival illusionists played by Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale in order to become the greatest living magician of their time. The second part is the premise in which things turn sour after a devastating accident on stage and the two men find themselves on a lifelong collision course that turns their professional rivalry into a dangerous blood feud. The third part is the climax where the film captures everything we imagined knew about these characters and turning those assumptions upside down to create the greatest cinematic twist in Christopher Nolan’s career. Oh, and David Bowie is dressed up like Nikola Tesla here. Are you watching closely -TO
The prestige leaves Amazon Prime Video on April 30th.
wave
John Singleton’s 2000 action crime thriller Wave (a sequel to the 1971 blaxploitation classic that should not be confused with the unfortunate year 2019 Wave) is where it is. Samuel L. Jackson plays the NYPD detective (and nephew of the eponymous protagonist in the original) who launches a ruthless campaign to recruit the sociopathic yuppie son of a powerful real estate tycoon (perfectly played by the future) American psycho/.The dark knight Star Christian Bale) after a horrific racially motivated murder. Westworld Star Jeffrey Wright appears alongside Vanessa Williams as Detective Carmen Vasquez and rap legend Busta Rhymes as the fast-talking taxi driver Rasaan as the ruthless drug lord Peoples Hernandez. -TO
wave leaves Hulu on April 30th.
Snowpiercer
Before Bong Joon-ho won the coveted Oscar hat-trick of Best Director, Best International Film, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture at the 92nd Academy Awards for his black comedy thriller Parasite, he led the western audience into his taste for Trenchant a commentary on the class struggle with his 2013 science fiction action film Snowpiercer. Adapted from the French comic by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette The transperceneigeThe film stars the MCU’s lead actor Chris Evans as Curtis, a working class passenger who became a revolutionary aboard the Snowpiercer world. -TO
Snowpiercer leaves Netflix on April 30th.
Zodiac
Based on the book by Robert Graysmith (and with Jake Gyllenhaal as the author), Zodiac tells the story of the search for the infamous “Zodiac Killer”. The film follows Graysmith as he becomes increasingly obsessed with the investigation, starring Mark Ruffalo as proto-Columbo Dave Toschi and Robert Downey Jr. as journalist Paul Avery. The real case remains unsolved, and the film – slightly spicy take incoming – remains David Fincher’s best film.
Zodiac leaves Amazon Prime Video on April 29th.
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