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While there are daily drops of new material on Netflix, everything from crazy reality shows to classic rom-coms, there’s also a constant churn of content dropping off the global streaming service.

So although you might think a movie or TV show will be available to watch on there forever, the truth is that’s very much not the case, some available for only a few months at a time.

In a bid to assist those keen to get the most out of their subscription, and to help with your viewing priorities, Stuff to Watch has come up with a list of six superb flicks you have only a few days left to catch.

Chicago (2002, final day March 14)

This Oscar-winning tale is based on the 1970s Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb musical, which was itself taken from the 1926 Maurine Dallas Watkins play. Inspired by Watkins’ time as a Chicago Tribune reporter during the “trial of the century” of accused murderess Roxie Hart, Rob Marshall’s daring and inventive showstopper is the tale of two women – Roxie (Renee Zellweger) and Velma (Catherine Zeta-Jones).

While embracing Chicago’s theatrical roots through elaborate set-pieces, stunning footwork, brassy singing and glittering costumes, Marshall also created something distinctly cinematic.

Dark Waters (2019, final day March 14)

Based on the brilliantly titled 2016 New York Times magazine article The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare, Todd Haynes (Carol) delivered a stunning and rage-inducing real-life environmental courtroom drama. This Erin Brockovich-meets-JohnGrisham-esque drama will make you look at your Teflon cookware in a whole new, chilling light.

Playing it with same understated compellingness he brought to 2015 Oscar-winner Spotlight, Mark Ruffalo is outstanding as a man willing to risk his career and life to expose the truth about perfluorooctanoic acids and the ongoing effects they can have on livestock and human health.

Sherpa

(2015, final day March 11)

If you thought Touching The Void was the last word in mountaineering tales, be prepared to be shocked by this breathtaking and jawdropping Australian documentary that doesn’t need to resort to dramatic recreations. Director

Jennifer Peedom had heard about the unrest between the local guides and European climbers in the 2013 Everest season and so went to investigate the following year. Initially she intended to focus on Phurba Tashi and his 22nd summit of the world’s highest peak, as well as the life and frustrations of his fellow sherpas, but what she captured was a terrifying tragedy which also had tumultuous implications for the whole country and those visiting it.

Sleeping Beauty (2011, final day March 11)

Emily Browning (American Gods) headlines this Australian erotic drama about a young university student who takes up a high-paying, part-time job with a mysterious group that caters to rich men who like the company of sleeping women.

“It’s a startlingly poised, modern-day fairy tale, a strange marriage of Jane Campion and Lars Von Trier that titillates, terrifies and haunts in equal measure,” wrote The Daily Telegraph’s Sukhdev Sandhu.

Tracks (2013, final day March 11)

Robyn Davidson’s nine-month, 2700km, trek across the deserts of Western Australia comes to life in this impressive retelling by American director John Curran. Evoking memories of classic 1970s and 80s Australian tales such as Picnic At Hanging Rock and Walkabout, Tracks succeeds magnificently in capturing the daunting atmosphere of the vast and harsh Australian outback. Viewers of a certain age may see similarities between this tale and that of “Alexander Supertramp’s” adventures in 2007’s Into The Wild, but this is a far more solitary journey. Davidson (a stunning, windblown and sunburnt looking Mia Wasikowska) gains a new perspective from the places, rather than the people, she encounters.