All 135 Movies and TV Series Blocked On Netflix’s Advertising Tier (December 2025)

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If you’re considering signing up for or switching down to Netflix’s advertising tier in the US, be aware that 135 titles are blocked (1.74% of the total library of 7,751 titles), making them unavailable to watch. Below is the list of titles you won’t be able to stream on Netflix’s advertising tier as of December 2025.

Launched in November 2022, Netflix’s ad tier notably had a few drawbacks. The biggest issue was that many major titles, including Netflix Originals, remained unavailable to watch and were still blocked. When the ad tier first launched, 5.1% of titles were unavailable (326 out of the 6,324 available). A few months later, in February 2023, it was 5.4% of the library (348 titles out of 6,444 available). On February 7, 2024, only 175 titles were unavailable in the Netflix US library, representing a 50% decrease from the previous year. As of December 2024, the percentage has decreased again, to 151 titles, representing 2% of the overall library of 7,381 titles (a fall from 2.1% in November 2024). 

Why the drop in December 2024? The majority of the interactive specials from DreamWorks were unavailable in the ad tier and were all pulled on December 1st.

House of Cards is unavailable on the Netflix ad tier.

List of Netflix Originals Unavailable on Netflix’s Advertising Tier

Let’s begin with the Netflix Originals first that are blocked on the ad-tier. Until 2025, Peaky Blinders was on this list, although it is now available on all Netflix tiers.

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The big holdouts in this category are the DreamWorks Animation titles, although interestingly, Gabby’s Dollhouse is not impacted. House of Cards is an early Netflix title from MRC, and they still don’t have the rights to show it with ads. 

The remaining Netflix Original titles unavailable include:

• 3Below: Tales of Arcadia (Seasons 1-2)
• Captain Underpants Mega Blissmas (Special)
• Diary of a Gigolo (Season 1)
• Dragons: Rescue Riders: Hunt for the Golden Dragon (Special)
• Dragons: Rescue Riders: Huttsgalor Holiday (Special)
• Dragons: Rescue Riders: Secrets of the Songwing (Special)
• El marginal (Seasons 1-4)
• Fast & Furious Spy Racers (Seasons 1-6)
• High: Confessions of an Ibiza Drug Mule (Mini-series)

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• House of Cards (Seasons 1-6)
• Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (Seasons 1-3)
• Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight (Seasons 1-2)
• Rhyme Time Town (Seasons 1-2)
• Rhyme Time Town Sing-alongs (Season 1)
• Spy Kids: Mission Critical (Seasons 1-2)
• Team Zenko Go (Seasons 1-2)
• The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist (2024)

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• The Bad Guys: Breaking In (2025)
• The Boss Baby: Back in the Crib (Seasons 1-2)
• The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (Special)
• The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants in Space (Seasons 1-2)
• The Spooky Tale of Captain Underpants Hack-a-ween (Special)
• Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (Season 1)

List of Licensed Movies Unavailable on Netflix US Advertising Tier

Most of the movies on this list are ultimately controlled by Sony (and its subsidiaries, including Columbia, TriStar, Screen Gems, and Stage 6), which is especially bruising since that’s the company Netflix has a first window deal with in the US (meaning new theatrical movies stream on Netflix first).

The other biggest consistent blockers are titles tied to The Weinstein Company, as well as smaller distributors like StudioCanal, Canal+, and IFC Films. 

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• 28 Years Later (2025)
• Afraid (2024)
• Aloha (2015)
• Anaconda (1997)
• Anger Management (2003)
• Annie (2014)
• Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024)
• Ballerina (2016)
• Becoming Led Zeppelin (2025)
• Between the Temples (2024)
• Bliss (1997)
• Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
• Blue Streak (1999)
• Boyhood (2014)
• Boyz n the Hood (1991)
• Burlesque (2010)
• Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)
• Broke (2025)
• Captain Phillips (2013)
• Caught Stealing (2025)
• Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
• Clown (2014)
• Daddio (2023)
• Daddy Day Care (2003)
• Deadstream (2022)
• Dear Santa (2020)
• Downtown Owl (2023)
• Elysium (2013)
• Frances Ha (2012)
• Friends with Benefits (2011)
• Fury (2014)

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• Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
• Glory (1989)
• Gold (2016)
• Groundhog Day (1993)
• Hands of Stone (2016)
• Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)
• Heart Eyes (2025)
• Here (2024)
• Here Comes the Boom (2012)
• Hudson Hawk (1991)
• I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)
• I’m Still Here (2024)
• It Ends With Us (2024)
• Jane Austen Wrecked My Life (2025)
• Karate Kid: Legends (2025)
• Kill ‘Em All 2 (2024)
• Kneecap (2024)
• Kraven the Hunter (2024)
• Life in a … Metro (2007)
• Lion (2016)
• Money Monster (2016)
• Official Secrets (2019)
• Oh, Hi! (2025)
• On Swift Horses (2024)
• One of Them Days (2025)
• Paddington in Peru (2024)
• Pineapple Express (2008)
• Prevenge (2016)
• Radio (2003)
• Red Joan (2019)
• Saturday Night (2024)
• Sex Tape (2014)
• Sing Street (2016)
• Sniper: Reloaded (2010)
• Sniper: The Last Stand (2025)
• Stand by Me (1986)
• Still Alice (2014)
• Tarot (2024)
• That’s My Boy (2012)
• The 5th Wave (2016)
• The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
• The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
• The Call (2013)
• The Forge (2024)
• The Founder (2016)
• The Garfield Movie (2024)

The Hateful Eight

• The Hateful Eight (2015)
• The Hateful Eight: Extended Version (2015)
• The Karate Kid (1984)
• The Karate Kid (2010)
• The Karate Kid Part II (1986)
• The Karate Kid Part III (1989)
• The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)
• The Night Before (2015)
• The One (2001)
• The Other Guys (2010)
• The Outrun (2023)
• The Peasants (2023)
• The Penguin Lessons (2024)
• The Room Next Door (2024)
• The Secret of the Greco Family (2022)
• The Sweetest Thing (2002)
• The Teachers’ Lounge (2023)
• The Wretched (2019)
• They Shot the Piano Player (2023)
• Think Like a Man Too (2014)
• Tulip Fever (2017)
• Until Dawn (2025)

• Venom: The Last Dance (2024)
• Viral (2016)
• We Grown Now (2023)
• Whiplash (2014)
• White Chicks (2004)
• White House Down (2013)
• Wicked Little Letters (2023)
• Wind River (2017)
• Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

List of Licensed Series Unavailable on Netflix’s Advertising Tier

• Dare Me (Season 1) – Leaving Soon!
• Dirty John (2 Seasons)
• Documentary Now! (4 Seasons)
• Playing with Fire (1 Season)

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• Queen of the South (5 Seasons)
• Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Season 1)
• Van Helsing (5 Seasons)
• You Cannot Hide (Season 1)

Were there any titles you were disappointed to find that weren’t available on Netflix’s advertising tier? Let us know in the comments.