10 Great Movies To Watch On Netflix Before They Come Out In Late July 2023

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It’s mid-July now, which means we’re already starting to find out which movies are leaving Netflix’s library in the coming weeks. Make sure you don’t miss any of the top 10 movies coming out of Netflix at the end of July.

If you’re looking for a full list of movies and TV shows, we’re keeping track of what’s coming out of Netflix in August 2023.

Please note: All of the movies below are curated from the US Netflix library and may not be available to stream in your country.

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Skyfall (2012)

Director: sam mendes
Gender: Action, Adventure, Suspense | execution time: 143 minutes
Cast: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris
Leaving Netflix: August 1, 2023

If it weren’t for Casino Royale, Skyfall would firmly rank as the best film of Daniel Craig’s time as the suave and handsome British super-spy. In addition to great performances from the likes of Javier Bardem, Judi Dench and Daniel Craig, it also features some of the best theme music in the franchise’s long and storied history.

When Bond’s latest assignment goes seriously awry and agents around the world are exposed, MI6 comes under attack and forces M to relocate the agency. These events cause his authority and position to be questioned by Gareth Mallory, the new chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee. With MI6 now compromised from within as well as without, M is left with an ally he can trust: Bond. 007 ventures into the shadows, aided only by Field Agent Eve, on the trail of the mysterious Silva, whose deadly hidden motives have yet to be revealed.


Five Feet Away (2019)

Director: justin baldoni
Gender: Drama, Romantic | Execution time: 116 minutes
Cast: Haley Lu Richardson, Cole Sprouse, Moises Arias, Kimberly Hebert Gregory, Parminder Nagra
Leaving Netflix: August 1, 2023

If you’re looking for a movie that will make you cry, then you can’t look much further than five feet away.

Seventeen-year-old Stella spends most of her time in the hospital as a cystic fibrosis patient. Her life is full of routines, limits and self-control, all of which are put to the test when she meets Will, an incredibly charming teenager who has the same disease. There is an instant flirtation, although restrictions dictate that they must keep a safe distance from each other. As their connection deepens, so does the temptation to throw the rules out the window and embrace that attraction.


Born on the Fourth of July (1989)

Director: oliver stone
Gender: Drama, War | Execution time: 145 minutes
Cast: Tom Cruise, Bryan Larkin, Raymond J. Barry, Caroline Kava, Josh Evans
Leaving Netflix: August 2, 2023

Tom Cruise earned a well-deserved Best Actor Oscar nomination, and had it not been for Daniel Day-Lewis’s performance in My Left Foot, then Cruise had a great chance to win. In all, the film was nominated for a total of 8 Academy Awards, winning two of them in the process for Best Director and Best Film Editing.

Ron Kovic’s Biography. Paralyzed in the Vietnam War, he becomes an anti-war and human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

Director: david fincher
Gender: Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Execution time: 166 minutes
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Julia Ormond, Faune Chambers Watkins
Leaving Netflix: August 2, 2023

This was the third time that director David Fincher and Brad Pitt worked together on a film after Se7en (1995) and Fight Club (1999). The film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, winning awards for Best Art Direction, Best Makeup, and Best Visual Effects.

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button becomes an old man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages backwards. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a girl who drifts in and out of his life as she grows up to become a ballerina. Although he has all sorts of unusual adventures throughout his life, it is his relationship with Daisy and the hope that they will reunite at the right time that drives Benjamin forward.


Hotel Transylvania (2012)

Director: Genndy Tartakovsky
Gender: Animation, Adventure, Comedy | Execution time: 91 minutes
Cast: Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Selena Gomez, Kevin James, Fran Drescher
Leaving Netflix: August 2, 2023

Outside of the two animated Spider-Man movies, Sony’s most successful animated movie franchise has been Hotel Transylvania.

Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s luxurious five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can enjoy themselves and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula invited all of his best friends to celebrate the 118th birthday of his beloved daughter Mavis. For Dracula, catering to all these legendary monsters isn’t a problem, but the party really starts when a regular guy walks into the hotel and changes everything.


Julia and Julia (2009)

Director: Nora Ephron
Gender: Biography, Drama, Romance | Execution time: 123 minutes
Cast: Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Chris Messina, Linda Emond
Leaving Netflix: August 2, 2023

Meryl Streep holds an incredible record for the most Academy Award nominations for any actor, having been nominated 21 times. She narrowly missed out on a third Academy Award for Sandra Bullock. Her third Oscar win came just two years after hers for her portrayal of Margaret Thatcher in Iron Woman.

Julia Child and Julie Powell, who wrote memoirs, find their lives intertwined. Though separated by time and space, the two women have no loose ends…until they discover that with the right combination of passion, bravery, and butter, anything is possible.


In Search of the Enchanted Valley (1988)

Director: don bluth
Gender: Animation, Adventure, Drama | Execution time: 69 minutes
Cast: Pat Hingle, Helen Shaver, Gabriel Damon, Bill Erwin, Candace Hutson
Leaving Netflix: August 2, 2023

One for the adults who grew up in the late ’80s and ’90s, The Land Before Time is an all-time classic. There may be a slew of movies in The Land Before Time franchise, but none of them will top the original.

An orphaned brontosaurus named Littlefoot sets off in search of the legendary Great Valley. A land of lush vegetation where dinosaurs can thrive and live in peace. Along the way he meets four other young dinosaurs, each a different species, and they encounter various obstacles as they learn to work together to survive.


Smokey and the Bandit (1977)

Director: Hal Needham
Gender: Action, Adventure, Comedy | Execution time: 96 minutes
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Paul Williams
Leaving Netflix: August 2, 2023

An all-time classic, Smokey and the Bandit, was made for $4.3 million and earned a staggering $300 million at the box office.

A race car driver attempts to transport an illegal shipment of beer from Texas to Atlanta in less than 28 hours, meeting a reluctant bride-to-be along the way.


We’re the Millers (2013)

Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Gender: Comedy, Crime | Execution time: 110 minutes
Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, Ed Helms
Leaving Netflix: August 2, 2023

A fun twist on the dysfunctional family road trip comedy, it was one of the highest-grossing movies of 2013, grossing $270 million at the box office.

A veteran marijuana dealer creates a fake family as part of his plan to move a large shipment of marijuana to the US from Mexico.


Flight (2012)

Director: Roberto Zemeckis
Gender: Drama, Suspense | Execution time: 138 minutes
Cast: Nadine Velázquez, Denzel Washington, Carter Cabassa, Adam C. Edwards, Tamara Tunie
Leaving Netflix: August 2, 2023

Denzel was at his dramatic best for Flight, which was evident from his Best Actor nomination at the Academy Awards.

An airline pilot saves nearly all of his passengers in his plane that malfunctions and eventually crashes, but an investigation into the crash reveals something troubling.


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