Psychological Thriller That Broke A Major Oscars Record Is About To Leave Netflix

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The critically acclaimed Korean film Parasite, which won an Oscar for Best Picture, will soon be removed from Netflix. Released in 2019, this thrilling and thought-provoking movie swept the Academy Awards, also winning for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best International Feature Film, and earning nominations for Best Film Editing and Best Production Design.

Netflix has announced that the acclaimed film Parasite will no longer be available on their service after February 1st. Subscribers have until January 31st to watch it.

At the beginning of the month, a number of movies will no longer be available on Netflix, including popular titles like 28 Days Later, Anaconda (1997), Charlie’s Angels (2000), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Dr. Dolittle (1998), Groundhog Day, I Know What You Did Last Summer, Memoirs of a Geisha, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Terminator, and Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas.

Like every month, Netflix is updating its selection of movies and shows. Throughout February, several titles will be leaving the platform, including Election, the 2004 film Mean Girls, Spencer, Ouija, The A-Team, the 1974 classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.

Before Parasite really blew everyone away, Bong Joon Ho had already made some incredible films. I’d seen Barking Dogs Never Bite, Memories of Murder, and Snowpiercer – each one was totally unique and showed how talented he is.

Okay, so I just finished watching Parasite, and wow. It’s a brilliantly unsettling film about a family down on their luck who cleverly infiltrates the home and lives of a very wealthy family. But things aren’t what they seem, and as they get more comfortable in their new positions, they stumble upon some seriously disturbing secrets. It’s a wild ride, and I highly recommend it.

The film Parasite stars Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Jang Hye-jin, Lee Jung-eun, Park Myung-hoon, Jung Ji-so, Jung Hyeon-jun, Park Keun-rok, Park Seo-joon, and Jung Yi-seo.

When Parasite came out in theaters, it was a critical success, earning a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Reviewers particularly liked how the thriller explored important issues like wealth disparity and capitalism. Despite being made with a budget of just $11 million, the film went on to make over $250 million worldwide.

Beyond its historic Oscar win as the first non-English language film to earn Best Picture, Parasite received major recognition at several other awards shows. It won Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film at the Critics’ Choice Awards, Best Foreign Language Film at the Golden Globes, and Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture at the SAG Awards.

Bong then went on to direct the Robert Pattinson film Mickey 17, which was released in 2025.

For the last six years, the director has been working with Adam McKay, known for Anchorman, to create a TV series based on the movie Parasite.

In early 2015, Bong announced the writing team was actively developing scripts for the series. However, there haven’t been many updates about the project since that time.

While fans wait for Bong Joon-ho’s new film, they can still enjoy his award-winning movie, Parasite, which is available on Netflix until the end of January.

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2026-01-23 21:48