Is Goodfellas leaving Netflix? Here’s how to stream the Martin Scorsese crime thriller

Goodfellas is a biographical gangster film helmed by Martin Scorsese, which was released on September 19, 1990. Produced by Irwin Winkler, the film is written by Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi. It's an adaptation of Pileggi's nonfiction book Wiseguy, which came out in 1985 and was about the real-life criminal Henry Hill.

Here's the official synopsis:

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighborhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

The film is leaving Netflix soon, and here are the details.

Is Goodfellas leaving Netflix?

Goodfellas has been streaming on Netflix, where fans have been enjoying it for quite some time. However, the crime drama will be leaving the streaming platform on June 1, 2025, which means fans won't be able to watch it on the streamer after that date.

But viewers do not need to worry as the film will be available on platforms like HBO Max and the TCM channel on Amazon. The film can be rented or bought for a one-time viewing on platforms like Apple TV, YouTube, Microsoft, and Amazon Prime Video.

Goodfellas premiered at the 1990 Venice Film Festival and was released on September 19. Scorsese bagged the Golden Lion at the festival. It ended up grossing $47.1 million at the box office. The film received six Oscar nominations in different categories, like Best Director and Best Picture. Joe Pesci ended up winning in the Best Supporting Actor category. Here's a list of its cast members:

Ray Liotta as Henry Hill
Robert De Niro as James Conway aka Jimmy
Joe Pesci as Tommy DeVito
Lorraine Bracco as Karen Hill
Paul Sorvino as Paulie Cicero
Tony Darrow as Sonny Bunz
Frank Sivero as Frankie Carbone
Tony Darrow as Sonny Bunz
Chuck Low as Morris Kessler
Frank DiLeo as Tuddy Cicero

In an interview with EW, Scorsese recalled that Goodfellas' test screening saw 70 people walking out of the theatre. He said,

“It was an angry reaction. It became very difficult. It was a constant battle until a few weeks before release … [the film] terrified Warner Bros. executives at the time.”

The director continued,

“We noticed the moment Joe took out the knife people started laughing, they were outraged. When he stabbed Billy Batts in the trunk, after the first two [stabs], people started leaving. And then he did it a third time and more people left. And then I asked [editor Thelma Schoonmaker], ‘How many more we got left?’ And she says: ‘Seven.’ So okay. We didn’t need them leaving this soon, okay? We see the knife, we get it.”

The studio executives were also concerned about the film's length and asked Scorsese to cut it down. They particularly wanted him to remove a scene of the gangsters meeting and the mother of DeVito.

“They said, ‘It’s way too long, Marty, it’s gotta go, its gotta go. Then they read these [preview screening cards]. People hated the picture, but the thing everybody liked was the scene with my mother. So we kept that! That’s why I thank those screenings.”

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