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Netflix Is About to Say Goodbye to the 1994 Classic That Changed Movies Forever
Unlike some of its biggest streaming rivals, Netflix doesn’t have a back catalog of studio releases that will always pad out its roster. Sure, the service has deals in place with most studios to license their films and TV shows, but the classics will always end up exiting the lineup at one point or another. Many popular films will go through cycles on Netflix and other streamers, appearing for a few months before heading off to another service. The end of February will see one of these all-time great films leave Netflix’s lineup, and subscribers are already hoping it won’t be gone for long.
Pulp Fiction, the 1994 film that made Quentin Tarantino a household name, will no longer be available to stream on Netflix in just a couple of weeks’ time. Sadly, Pulp Fiction is one of the movies that has been handed the dreaded “Leaving Soon” banner by Netflix, meaning that users don’t have much longer to stream it on the service.
‘Pulp Fiction’ Leaving Netflix Soon
Pulp Fiction has been available to stream on Netflix for some time, but Tarantino’s instant classic is going to disappear from the lineup at the end of this month. Netflix hasn’t released its newsletter for March just yet, but the service has started marking the films set to exit on March 1st, meaning that the final day to watch them will be on February 28th. The game-changing film, which won Tarantino his first Academy Award, isn’t the only great movie exiting Netflix’s lineup when February comes to a close.
February 28th is going to be a big day for Netflix exits, with several awesome movies set to leave the streamer at the same time. Some of the major departures at the end of the month include A League of Their Own, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Amazing Spider-Man, As Good As it Gets, Bottoms, Boyz n the Hood, Braveheart, Dante’s Peak, Double Team, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Snatch, Stand By Me, Stripes, This Is the End, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, and The Wolf of Wall Street.
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Streaming ‘Pulp Fiction’ After Netflix
Despite leaving Netflix’s lineup at the end of the month, Pulp Fiction is still set to be readily available across the streaming landscape. In fact, the film can be found on both subscription and free services, giving movie lovers a few different options if they want to check it out.
Of those streaming homes, only Paramount+ is going to cost money. Pulp Fiction is currently streaming on Paramount’s service and there has been no indication that will change once the month of March rolls around. There’s always a chance we could see rivals like Peacock or HBO Max add Pulp Fiction once it leaves Netflix, but we won’t know if that’s the case until the various streamers release their newsletters for March.
For those looking to watch Pulp Fiction without paying for streaming subscriptions, Tarantino’s hit is currently on two different free services — both of which can be accessed through most public libraries. Streamers Hoopla and Kanopy are both free-to-use services that allow folks to sign up with their library cards and receive a certain number of rental credits each month. Those credits are used to “check out” movies and TV titles that you can stream without experiencing any ads.
Of course, there’s always the option to simply buy a copy of Pulp Fiction, which is easily the best bet if you’re a fan of the movie. By owning your own copy, you never have to worry about where something is streaming, and you don’t have to pay for new services or rentals in order to watch it.
- Release Date
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September 10, 1994
- Runtime
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154 minutes
- Producers
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Bob Weinstein, Danny DeVito, Harvey Weinstein, Lawrence Bender, Michael Shamberg, Richard N. Gladstein