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It is happening. Again. Just weeks after the Twilight saga returned to Netflix like an old flame texting “hey” at midnight, the films are already marked for departure. If you blinked, you probably missed it. If you waited, thinking you had time to “get around to it”, you do not. The vampires are packing their bags, and the glitter is fading fast.

All five films of the Twilight saga (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn: Part 1 & 2) were added to Netflix in May 2025, causing a minor meltdown across the fandom. Nostalgia kicked in, the memes resurfaced, and suddenly, everyone remembered that Twilight is not just a love story. It is a cultural moment. An internet relic. A chaotic fever dream we all collectively survived.

And now, in a move that feels borderline cruel, the films are already scheduled to leave the platform by July 1. That is less than two months of availability. For a saga with immortal vampires, their streaming lifespan sure feels heartbreakingly short.

Fans, understandably, are not thrilled. This is not the first time the Twilight movies have disappeared from Netflix. And if history is any indication, it won’t be the last. They vanish, they return, and they disappear again. Like Edward Cullen himself, they ghost you, only to return when you have finally moved on. It is emotional whiplash. And the fandom is tired.

But let’s set the chaos aside for a second. Here is the truth: you need to watch Twilight, or rewatch it, while you still can. Not because it is perfect or cinematic genius. But because Twilight is a beautifully flawed time capsule. It is awkward and earnest, filled with weird camera angles and questionable dialogue, and somehow, all of that makes it iconic.

Where else will you find a teen love triangle that spans five movies and includes a werewolf falling in love with a baby? Where else do you get vampires that sparkle, stare, and awkwardly play baseball during a thunderstorm? Where else can you scream “Hold on tight, spider monkey” and have everyone know exactly what you mean?

Twilight is unhinged, intense, unintentionally hilarious, and oddly comforting. It is a cinematic genre of its own. Equal parts teen romance, horror-lite, and melodramatic poetry. And despite all its flaws, it captured something. The longing and confusion and the sheer absurdity of being 17 and convinced you will die without the person who sits next to you in biology class.

It is also a shared language. Watching Twilight means entering a universe where the rules do not always make sense, but the emotional stakes are always sky-high. You laugh, you cringe, and you quote lines you forgot you remembered. You remember being younger, or dumber, or just more dramatic. And you forgive it all because, somehow, it still feels good.

So if you are one of the many who thought, “I’ll rewatch them next week,” consider this your final warning. Your next week is now. Because come July, the Cullens will vanish once again into that rainy Washington fog, and no amount of online outrage will bring them back.

Don’t say we didn’t warn you.