Hulu is clearing out 146 titles on October 1, 2026 — a single-day drop that touches everything from Best Picture winners to cult comedies. Every departure date below is verified against Hulu's catalog data, not rumored or rounded. If something you've been meaning to watch is on this list, October 1 is your hard cutoff. Here's what's going, starting with the titles most people will actually miss.

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The Ones You'll Actually Miss

• Rain Man (1988) — Dustin Hoffman's Oscar-winning performance opposite Tom Cruise.
• Gladiator (2000) — Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott's Best Picture-winning epic.
• The Substance (2024) — Demi Moore's body-horror comeback that dominated 2024.
• Stand by Me (1986) — Rob Reiner's enduring Stephen King coming-of-age classic.
• Happy Gilmore (1996) — Adam Sandler's golf comedy that never left the culture.
• The Bourne Identity (2002) — The Matt Damon thriller that launched a franchise.
• Looper (2012) — Rian Johnson's time-travel hit with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis.
• The Da Vinci Code (2006) — Tom Hanks in the Dan Brown blockbuster.
• It's Complicated (2009) — Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin's romantic comedy.
• The Mummy (2017) — Tom Cruise's big-budget monster reboot.
• War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) — The acclaimed finale of the modern Apes trilogy.
• Clue (1985) — The cult board-game comedy with three endings.

Everything Leaving Hulu on October 1

All 146 titles below depart Hulu on October 1, 2026.

• 13 (2010)
• 21 Jump Street (2012)
• 22 Jump Street (2014)
• 4Play (2014)
• A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
• A Cowgirl's Story (2017)
• A Life of Her Own (1950)
• A Most Violent Year (2014)
• A.R.C.H.I.E. 2: Mission Impawsible (2018)
• Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952)
• Above the Rim (1994)
• Alien Files: Reopened (2024)
• All About the Benjamins (2002)
• Army of One (2016)
• Asher (2018)
• Babel (2006)
• Baby Mama's Club (2010)
• Bad Santa (2003)
• Bad Santa 2 (2016)
• Barbarian (2022)
• Beast of Burden (2018)
• Big Trip 2: Special Delivery (2022)
• Birds of Paradise (2010)
• Black Snake Moan (2006)
• Blood Father (2016)
• Blowback (2000)
• BMF (2021)
• Bonjour Tristesse (2025)
• Boomerang (1992)
• Boricua's Bond (2000)
• Brimstone (2016)
• Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)
• C.I.Ape (2022)
• Cake (2005)
• Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
• Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004)
• Chocolate City (2015)
• Clawfoot (2024)
• Clue (1985)
• Cocktail (1988)
• Dead Man Walking (1995)
• Desire Me (1947)
• Disturbia (2007)
• Down in the Valley (2024)
• Empire (2002)
• Eulogy (2004)
• Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
• Fire with Fire (2012)
• Flight of Black Angel (1991)
• Game Changers (2024)
• Gangs of New York (2002)
• Gladiator (2000)
• Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
• Goodbye World (2013)
• Happy Gilmore (1996)
• Hard Night Falling (2019)
• Highlander: The Source (2007)
• Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
• House Arrest (2012)
• Hustle & Flow (2005)
• I Heart Shakey (2012)
• Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
• Indecent Proposal (1993)
• Instant Family (2018)
• Intruder in the Dust (1949)
• Inventing David Geffen (2012)
• It's Complicated (2009)
• Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
• Jenny's Wedding (2015)
• Joey and Ella (2021)
• John Q (2002)
• Labor Day (2013)
• Last Weekend (2014)
• Lawyer Man (1932)
• Legally Blonde (2001)
• Life (1999)
• London Heist (2017)
• Looper (2012)
• Maniac (2012)
• Masterminds (2016)
• Men, Women & Children (2014)
• Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
• Monstrous (2022)
• Montana (1998)
• My Dog the Champion (2013)
• My Dream Is Yours (1949)
• On the Case with Paula Zahn (2009)
• One Golden Summer (2025)
• Pororo: Treasure Island Adventure (2019)
• Race To Win (2016)
• Rain Man (1988)
• Red Dog: True Blue (2016)
• Road House (1989)
• Road Trip (2000)
• Romance on the High Seas (1948)
• Santa Fe Trail (1940)
• Shaft (2000)
• Shelby: The Dog Who Saved Christmas (2014)
• Siberian Education (2013)
• Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
• Smokin' Aces (2006)
• Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball (2010)
• Snowflake, the White Gorilla (2011)
• Son of Rambow (2007)
• Stand by Me (1986)
• Star Kid (1997)
• Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie (1999)
• Strike Up the Band (1940)
• Survive (2022)
• Terminator Woman (1992)
• The Academy of Magic (2020)
• The Adventure of A.R.I.: My Robot Friend (2022)
• The Band Wagon (1953)
• The Bourne Identity (2002)
• The Da Vinci Code (2006)
• The Equalizer (2014)
• The Equalizer 2 (2018)
• The Evil Dead (1983)
• The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
• The Heartbreak Kid (2007)
• The Housemaid (2025)
• The Liability (2012)
• The Man with a Cloak (1951)
• The Mean One (2022)
• The Minus Man (1999)
• The Mummy (2017)
• The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)
• The Perfect Score (2004)
• The Post (2017)
• The Reluctant Debutante (1958)
• The Rundown (2003)
• The Scorpion King (2002)
• The Seven Five (2015)
• The Strangers (2008)
• The Substance (2024)
• The Terror Experiment (2010)
• The Yearling (1946)
• Turbulence (2025)
• Waist Deep (2006)
• War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)
• Warcraft (2016)
• Waterloo Bridge (1940)
• Waterworld (1995)
• Welcome to Acapulco (2019)

Don't Want to Miss the Next One

Streaming libraries turn over every month, and the next round of departures is already on the calendar. Coming and Going tracks what's leaving across every major service with real, verified dates — so you catch it before it's gone, not after. And many of these are available to rent or buy if you'd rather hold onto them.