Top 5 Titles Leaving Hulu in December 2023: ‘Elf,’ ‘The Rocky Horror Picture Show,’ More
It’s the final month of 2023, and Hulu is just saying goodbye not just to the year but also to dozens of its top film titles. This December, the streamer will lose multiple franchise collections, including “Men in Black,” “The Matrix,” the “Bourne” collection.
At the end of the month, Hulu is wasting no time and will also clear out many of the titles in its holiday collection, meaning Dec. 31 will be your last opportunity to watch favorites such as “The Muppet Christmas Carol,” “National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation,” and “The Polar Express” on the streamer.
Bid farewell to 2023 by watching The Streamable’s Top 5 picks for what’s leaving the streamer this month, and check out the full list to make sure you catch your favorites one last time before they leave!
What are the 5 Best Shows and Movies Leaving Hulu in December 2023?
“An Education” | Sunday, Dec. 31
“Maestro” leading lady Carey Mulligan stars in the Oscar-nominated coming-of-age drama as Jenny, a 16-year-old schoolgirl whose life is upended as she’s pursued by unsuitable suitor David (Peter Sarsgaard), a 30-something teacher who introduces her to the glamorous life, threatening her safety and sense of being along the way. Alfred Molina, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper, Olivia Williams, Emma Thompson, Sally Hawkins, Ellie Kendrick, Matthew Beard, and Cara Seymour make up the supporting cast of the drama.
Watch the trailer for “An Education” below:
“Elf” | Sunday, Dec. 31
Hulu will lose several Christmas titles when the clock strikes midnight and the ball drops, but the most heartbreaking might be the semi-recent feel-gooder, which celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Will Ferrell plays Buddy, a human raised by Santa’s elves, who learns about his origins and heads to New York City to meet his biological father (James Caan), a publishing executive on the Naughty List. The unlikely duo lead an all-star ensemble led by Zooey Deschanel, Daniel Tay, Mary Steenburgen, Edward Asner, Bob Newhart, Peter Dinklage, Andy Richter, Amy Sedaris, and more.
Watch the trailer for “Elf” below:
“Into The Woods” | Sunday, Dec. 31
It’s time to leave the woods, and fittingly enough, [Disney]’s 2014 adaptation of the Tony-winning musical makes its exit at the stroke of midnight. Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullman, Christine Baranski, Lilla Crawford, Daniel Huttlestone, MacKenzie Mauzy, Billy Magnussen, and more take on the Sondheimian challenge as a childless couple desperate for a baby set out to collect a cow, a cape, some hair, and a slipper to reverse the curse placed on them by a vengeful witch, crossing paths with fairy tale friends and foes (and the butterfly effect of all of their actions) along the way. Ever after, journey over.
Watch the trailer for “Into the Woods” below:
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show ” | Sunday, Dec. 31
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show” was once the stuff of nightmares, but history has been kind to the cult classic, correctly recognizing the “Rocky Horror Show” adaptation as one of the best movie musicals of all time. Head out with Brad and Janet to the Frankenstein Place, where, if you’ve timed your “Time Warp” correctly ahead of the film’s Dec. 31 removal, mad scientist/sweet tranvestite Dr. Frank N. Furter just might have enough time to make you a man. Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O’Brien, Patricia Quinn, Little Nell, Jonathan Adams, Peter Hinwood, Meat Loaf, and Charles Gray star.
Watch the trailer for “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” below:
“The Matrix” | Sunday, Dec. 31
Bad news comes in threes, and the first three films in the Wachowskis’ classic sci-fi trilogy, “The Matrix,” “The Matrix Reloaded,” and “The Matrix Revolutions” will all leave Hulu at the end of the month. Start with 1999’s flagship film, which stars Keanu Reeves as Thomas Anderson, a.k.a. Neo, a computer programmer-hacker who discovers humanity is trapped inside a simulated reality that intelligent machines have created to use their bodies as an energy source and joins a rebellion with other people who have been freed. Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, and Joe Pantoliano co-star in the culture-shifter.
Watch the trailer for “The Matrix” below:
What Shows and Movies Are Leaving Hulu in December 2023?
December 7
- Proximity (2020)
December 14
- In the Fade (2017)
- Serena (2014)
December 27
- Guns Akimbo (2020)
- The Accountant (2016)
Guns Akimbo
An ordinary guy suddenly finds himself forced to fight a gladiator-like battle for a dark website that streams the violence for viewers. In order to survive and rescue his kidnapped ex-girlfriend, he must battle Nix, a heavily armed and much more experienced fighter.
December 31
- Abduction (2011)
- After Earth (2013)
- Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
- An American Citizen (1992)
- An Education (2009)
- Beyond JFK: The Question Of Conspiracy (1991)
- Billy Madison (1995)
- Blackthorn (2011)
- Blade (1998)
- Blade 2 (2002)
- Blade: Trinity (2004)
- Body At Brighton Rock (2019)
- The Boston Strangler (1968)
- The Bourne Identity (2002)
- The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
- The Bourne Legacy (2012)
- Bogus (1996)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
- Christmas Cupid (2010)
- Conan the Barbarian (2011)
- Crash Pad (2017)
- Crush (2002)
- The Deep End Of The Ocean (1999)
- D.E.B.S. (2005)
- Dark Shadows (2012)
- Daybreakers (2010)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Death on the Nile (2022)
- Devil’s Due (2014)
- Die Hard 2 (1990)
- Don’t Say A Word (2001)
- Double Platinum (1999)
- Driven (2019)
- Elf (2003)
- Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
- The Experiment (2010)
- Fat Albert (2004)
- Fighting (2009)
- Flight Of The Phoenix (2004)
- Ford v Ferrari (2019)
- Four Christmases (2008)
- Fred Claus (2007)
- Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
- Funny People (2009)
- Garfield (2004)
- Godzilla (1998)
- The Gospel According To André (2017)
- Guess Who’s Coming to Christmas (2013)
- Hanna (2011)
- Hell or High Water (2016)
- Holiday In Handcuffs (2007)
- Hollywood Homicide (2003)
- Horses of McBride (2012)
- Interview With the Vampire (1994)
- Into The Woods (2014)
- It’s Christmas Carol! (2012)
- Jack Frost (1998)
- Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
- Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011)
- Man on a Ledge (2012)
- The Magic Crystal (2011)
- The Matrix (1999)
- The Matrix Reloaded (2003)
- The Matrix Revolutions (2003)
- Men In Black (1997)
- Men In Black II (2002)
- Men In Black 3 (2012)
- A Merry Friggin’ Christmas (2014)
- The Mistle-Tones (2012)
- The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
- National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
- Nativity 3: Dude Where’s My Donkey?! (2014)
- Nativity 4: Nativity Rocks! (2018)
- The New Age (1994)
- Night at the Museum (2006)
- The Nutcracker And The Four Realms (2018)
- Oblivion (2013)
- The Other Woman (2014)
- Pain & Gain (2013)
- Parental Guidance (2011)
- Phone Booth (2003)
- The Polar Express (2004)
- The Possession (2012)
- Q&A (1990)
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
- Rudy (1993)
- The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
- Saving Silverman (2001)
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
- Space Jam (1996)
- Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine (2015)
- Stoker (2011)
- Stripper (1986)
- Sunchaser (1996)
- Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
- Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
- That Night (1993)
- Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
- To The Wonder (2012)
- Todo Cambia (2000)
- Tower Heist (2011)
- Tropic Thunder (2008)
- Turtle Beach (1992)
- The Village (2004)
- The Wedding Singer (1998)
- 3 Idiotas (2017)
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