Don't miss 'Sing Street,' 'Mamma Mia!' and the other movies leaving Netflix and Hulu

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With the justified praise for “Wednesday” making it one of the most popular shows ever to stream on Netflix, some people have gone back to “The Addams Family” and “Addams Family Values,” two movies from the 1990s, to get more macabre laughs.

It makes sense. Plus, Christina Ricci, who has a crucial role in “Wednesday,” played Wednesday in both films.

(What people ought to do is go to the brilliant Charles Addams cartoons in the New Yorker magazine, but you can’t have everything.)

But if you want to check out “The Addams Family” and “Addams Family Values,” you better hurry. They’re leaving Netflix at the end of January.

Here are three more titles on streaming services that will be gone by the end of the month, as well.

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“Mamma Mia!”

I thought this goofy movie — Meryl Streep starring in the film adaptation of a musical built around ABBA songs — was only OK when it came out in 2008. But as with so much of life, my children have beaten me into submission. It’s harmless fun, Amanda Seyfried is in it and they can all sing at least passably. Except Pierce Brosnan. On that point, I will not waver.

How to watch: Streaming on Hulu; leaving Jan. 31.

“Sing Street”

A delightful musical, just delightful. In this 2016 film, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo stars as a 14-year-old boy growing up in a troubled home in Ireland in 1985. He finds salvation in the music of the time — his look changes depending on which band he favors at the moment — and through his own attempts to start a band. Plus, he wants to impress a girl (Lucy Boynton). It’s sweet and it’s sad and the music is great. So naturally Netflix is pulling the plug.

How to watch: Streaming on Netflix; leaving Jan. 31.

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“Say Anything…”

There was a time when John Cusack seemed like the coolest young actor on the planet. Times change, and here his single-minded pursuit of Ione Skye maybe plays a little differently than it did in 1989. But the entire cast, which includes Lili Taylor and John Mahoney, is great. As is Cameron Crowe's writing. There are so many great moments — “I gave her my heart and she gave me a pen,” Mahoney loudly singing “Rikki Don’t Lose That Number” off-key — but the most iconic, of course, is Cusack standing outside Skye’s window holding up a boombox playing “In Your Eyes” by Peter Gabriel.

How to watch: Streaming on Hulu; leaving Jan. 31.

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Reach Goodykoontz at bill.goodykoontz@arizonarepublic.com. Facebook: facebook.com/GoodyOnFilm. Twitter: @goodyk.

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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Leaving Netflix, Hulu in January: 'Addams Family,' 'Mamma Mia!'