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If you think you are going to need a "Top Gun" or "Titanic" fix from Netflix soon, you better get it out of the way before Wednesday.

Those titles are among dozens of movies and TV shows scheduled to be purged from the movie rental site's list of instant streaming offerings on January 1, according to a Reddit post this week. As opposed to purges past, this house-cleaning doesn't appear to threaten any uber classics, although "Roman Holiday," "Serpico," and "The Odd Couple" will be checking out from the streaming service in the new year, according to the post. TV shows such as the original "Dark Shadows" and "The Kids in the Hall" are also on the list.

The company regularly adds and deletes titles from its streaming service due to licensing contracts for exclusive content. CNET has contacted Netflix for confirmation of the purge list and will update this report when we learn more. It wasn't immediately clear where the list came from, but a quick review of the site confirmed that streaming for each of the titles listed above will vanish on Wednesday.

In the wake of what some in the media dubbed "streamaggedon" earlier this year, Netflix made alterations to its API that made it harder for third-party tools such as InstantWatcher.com to determine when titles will expire. However, the service promised that users will still have access to each movie's streaming expiration date via each individual title's page.

The complete list posted on Reddit:

TV shows expiring January 1, 2014:

• Dark Shadows (original from late 1960s)


• Saturday Night Live The 2000s


• Mr Bean


• The Kids In The Hall


• Perfect 10 Model Boxing (Volume 1)

• Transformers Dark Of The Moon

• Alice In Wonderland (1951 Disney)


• Immortals


• Dynamite Warrior

• The Rundown


• Brick


• Being John Malkovich


• Back To School


• Battle Of Britain


• Born On the Fourth Of July


• Braveheart


• Body Of Evidence


• Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo


• Man On The Moon


• Lionheart


• 1492: Conquest Of Paradise


• Killer Klowns From Outer Space


• Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind


• FX


• Do The Right Thing


• Desperado


• Up In Smoke


• Can't Hardly Wait


• Capote


• Biloxi Blues


• Seed Of Chucky


• Jarhead


• As Good As It Gets


• In The Name Of The Father


• Inside Deep Throat (documentary)


• I'm Gonna Get You Sucka


• In Like Flint


• Hard Target


• Foxy Brown


• Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell


• Gallipoli


• Half Baked


• Flashdance


• 50 First Dates


• For Love Of The Game


• The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas


• The Bad News Bears


• The Russia House


• The Secret Of Nimh


• Revenge OF The Ninja


• Roman Holiday


• Rob Roy


• Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back


• Remo Williams


• Requiem For A Dream


• Quigley Down Under


• Pumpkinhead


• Platoon


• Once Upon A Time In Mexico


• October Sky


• Mystery Men


• The Skulls


• Titanic


• Ronin


• Romeo And Juliet (1968)


• Tales From The Crypt: Bordello Of Blood


• Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight


• The Woman In Red


• Top Gun


• Street Fighter


• TNT Jackson


• Serpico


• Seed Of Chucky


• Scary Movie


• Running Scared


• Troll II


• True Grit (1969)


• War And Peace


• Talk Radio


• War Games


• We Were Soldiers


• What Dreams May Come


• Windtalkers


• World Trade Center


• The Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes


• The Odd Couple (1968)


• The Mask Of Zorro


• The Great Train Robbery


• The Faculty


• The Dream Team


• Best Of Times


• Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot


• Species