If you’re considering subscribing to or switching to Netflix inventory in the US, you should know that some titles are blocked due to licensing agreements. Below is a list of titles that will no longer be available for streaming in Netflix ad inventory as of October 2024. This is a slight increase from 150 titles in September to 155 titles.
Netflix’s ad tier, which launched in November 2022, had some drawbacks in particular. The biggest one was that many big titles, including Netflix originals, were no longer available or blocked.
When inventory was first launched, 5.1% of titles were unavailable (326 of 6,324 available titles). Then, a few months later, in February 2023, it was 5.4% of the library (348 out of 6,444 titles available). As of February 7, 2024, only 175 titles were unavailable in the Netflix US library, a 50% decrease over the year. Year-over-year, in August 2024, that number was only 160 (2.2%) titles unavailable.
Who is still a big holdover? The two most important companies are Universal and Sony, as they were last year. In Universal’s case, that’s TV output, most of which is a vast library of DreamWorks TV shows available exclusively on Netflix. In Sony’s case, it’s their own movies that aren’t available. This includes first window titles that are distributed to Netflix after their theatrical release, as well as titles that are distributed from our vast back catalogue.
September 2024 Note: As part of recent deals with AMC and Netflix – the walking deadwas previously not available in Netflix inventory, but is now available.
List of Netflix originals that cannot be viewed with Netflix advertising
There are several threads common to the titles below. First, the largest number of blocked Netflix originals is due to a deal with DreamWorks Television that has been in place since 2013. All are blocked, as are all Universal Television titles (at least those added before 2022). Additionally, early Netflix originals such as House of Cards and Peaky Blinders are blocked, as well as some international pickups.
- 3 Bottom: Tales of Arcadia (Season 1-2)
- Archibald’s Next Big Thing (Season 1-2)
- Captain Underpants Epic Choice O Rama (Special)
- Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas (Special)
- Dawn of the Croods (seasons 1-4)
- Gigolo Diary (Season 1)
- Dinotrux (seasons 1-5)
- Dinotrux Supercharged (Season 1-3)
- Dragons: Rescue Riders: Chase the Golden Dragon (Special)
- Dragons: Rescue Riders: Hatsgalor Holiday (Special)
- Dragons: Rescue Rider: Songwing’s Secret (Special)
- El Marginal (seasons 1-4)
- Fast and Furious Spy Racers (Season 1-6)
- Harvey Girls Forever! (Season 1-4)
- High: Confessions of an Ibiza drug mule (miniseries)
- House of Cards (seasons 1-6)
- Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous: Hidden Adventure (Special)
- Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (seasons 1-3)
- Kung Fu Panda: Dragon Knight (Season 1-2)
- Peaky Blinders (seasons 1-6)
- Rhyme Time Town (Season 1-2)
- Lime Time Town Singalongs (Season 1)
- Spy Kids: Mission Critical (Season 1-2)
- Stateless (mini series)
- Team Zenko Go (Season 1-2)
- Boss Baby: Back in the Crib (Season 1-2)
- Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (Special)
- Boss Baby: Catch That Baby! (Interactive Special)
- The Epic Story of Captain Underpants in Space (Season 1-2)
- The Spooky Story of Captain Underpants Hack-A-Ween (Special)
- Voltron: Legendary Defender (Seasons 1-8)
- Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (Season 1)
List of licensed movies that are not available on Netflix US advertising slots
- 21 Jump Street (2012)
- 22 Jump Street (2014)
- 65 (2023)
- A Man Called Otto (2022)
- Ali (2001)
- Aloha (2015)
- Anyone But You (2023)
- Baby Driver (2017)
- Bad Boys (1995)
- Bad Boys II (2003)
- Big Daddy (1999)
- Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of the Former World Heavyweight Champion (2023)
- Bliss (1997)
- Boyz n the Hood (1991)
- Burnt (2015)
- Call Me by Your Name (2017)
- Captain Phillips (2013)
- Carol (2015)
- Cloudy Sometimes Meatballs 2 (2013)
- Danpil (2022)
- Documentary Now! (2022)
- Hard Time (2004)
- Download Low (2023)
- Downtown Owl (2023)
- Dumb Money (2023)
- Easy A (2010)
- Eat, Pray, Love (2010)
- Elysium (2013)
- Freud’s Last Session (2023)
- Friends with Benefits (2011)
- Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
- Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story (2023)
- Hands of Stone (2016)
- Hellboy (2019)
- The boom has arrived (2012)
- How do you know (2010)
- Insidious: Red Door (2023)
- It’s not the end (2022)
- It Follows (2015)
- Journey to Bethlehem (2023)
- Jumanji (1995)
- Knights of the Zodiac (2023)
- Legends of the Fall (1994)
- Legion (2010)
- Little Man (2006)
- Living (2022)
- Love Again (2023)
- Madame Web (2024)
- Matilda (1996)
- Repair the Line (2022)
- Missing (2023)
- National Security (2003)
- No Escape (2015)
- No Hard Feelings (2023)
- Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
- One More Shot (2024)
- Resident Evil: Death Island (2023)
- Robin Hood (2018)
- Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
- Disadvantages (2023)
- Sing Street (2016)
- Sniper: GRIT – Global Response and Intelligence Team (2023)
- Southpaw (2015)
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
- Stand By Me (1986)
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- Still Alice (2014)
- Swan Princess: A Fairy Tale Is Born (2023)
- Swan Princess: For Longer Than Eternity (2023)
- Takers (2010)
- Tarot (2024)
- Thanksgiving (2023)
- Angry Birds movie (2016)
- Book of Clarence (2023)
- Bounty Hunter (2010)
- The Commuter (2018)
- Devil’s Own (1997)
- Equalizer 3 (2023)
- Garfield movie (2024)
- The Hateful Eight (2015)
- The Hateful Eight: Extended Version (2015)
- House Bunny (2008)
- Karate Kid (1984)
- Karate Kid (2010)
- Karate Kid Part II (1986)
- Karate Kid Part III (1989)
- The Machine (2023)
- Miracle Club (2023)
- The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
- The Next Karate Kid (1994)
- The Other Guys (2010)
- Farmers (2023)
- Persian version (2023)
- Pope’s Exorcist (2023)
- The Quick and the Dead (1995)
- Son (2022)
- The Sweet Thing (2002)
- Swan Princess: A Fairy Tale Is Born (2023)
- Teachers Lounge (2023)
- Wedding Planner (2001)
- Young Victoria (2009)
- There’s Something in the Barn (2023)
- They Shot the Piano Player (2023)
- Vikings (2019)
- White Chicks (2004)
- White House Down (2013)
- Whitney Houston: I want to dance with someone (2022)
- Evil Little Letter (2023)
- Woman in Gold (2015)
- Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)
- Zombieland (2009)
List of licensed series not available in Netflix inventory
- Dare Me (Season 1)
- Dirty John (2 seasons)
- Documentary now! (4 seasons)
- Great News (2 seasons)
- happy! (2 seasons)
- House of Anubis (1 season)
- Patron Saint Malverde (1 season)
- Nightflyers (Season 1)
- Pasion de Gavilanes (2 seasons)
- Playing with Fire (1 season)
- Queen of the South (5 seasons)
- The Magicians (5 seasons)
- Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Season 1)
- Van Helsing (5 seasons)
- Vikings (6 seasons)
- Can’t Hide (Season 1)
- Wynonna Earp (4 seasons)
Netflix UK titles are not available at advertising level
Finally, how do the unavailable titles on Netflix US compare to titles from other countries? At Netflix UK, the situation for Netflix is even brighter. Only 55 titles are not available in Netflix’s advertising space in the UK. Most of them are the aforementioned Universal TV Netflix original titles (whether live-action or DreamWorks) and a few other shows. These 55 titles represent 0.7% of Netflix UK’s 8,247-title strong library.
Other notable titles not available in Netflix UK ad space include: It’s always sunny in Philadelphia, homeland, and Ash vs. Evil Dead.
Are there any titles you’re disappointed to not be able to watch due to Netflix advertising? Let us know in the comments.