Is this why you can never find a movie to watch on Netflix? Streaming firm under fire as study finds it only has 31 movies from IMDB's top 250.

Netflix boasts that its content keeps improving, but those living in the US may feel otherwise.

 

More than 50 percent of the shows and movies once online have been removed from the US streaming platform, leaving just 31 of the 250 top-rated titles on IMDB.

 

And Netflix has come under fire for its shrinking library, as numbers show available material is down 12 percent from 2014.

 

More than 50 percent of the shows and movies have been removed from the US streaming platform, leaving just 31 of the 250 top-rated titles on IMDB. And Netflix has come under fire for its shrinking library, as numbers show available material is down 12 percent from 2014.

 

Even though Netflix has slashed the number of top flicks, it has kept some classics including Jaws, The Princes Bride and Reservoir Dogs – but the rest do not seem to pique users' interest as many are unknown titles, reports Streaming Observer.

 

A big chunk of Netflix's budget in its early beginnings went towards buying older movies and shows, but the firm lost a few streaming deals that wiped out thousands of titles. 

 

One deal with Starz ended in 2012 that took 2,000 movies from the platform and just last year, Epix discontinued its agreement with the platform.

 

In 2013, Netflix released two original series, House of Cards and Orange is the New Black, both of which were hits among users.

 

 

 31 TITLES ON NETFLIX FROM IMDB'S TOP 250 MOVIES

 

1. Pulp Fiction	17. Amadeus
2. Forrest Gump	18. The Hunt
3. The Usual Suspects	19. Good Will Hunting
4. Saving Private Ryan	20. V for Vendetta
5. Back to the Future	21. Trainspotting
6. Gladiator	22. No Country for Old Men
7. Sunset Boulevard	23. Into the Wild
8. Cinema Paradiso	24. There Will Be Blood
9. Django Unchained	25. Spotlight
10. The Shining	26. The Princess Bride
11. American Beauty	27. Zootopia
12. Reservoir Dogs	28.The Truman Show
13. Braveheart	29. Jaws
14. Amélie	30. Ip Man
15. To Kill a Mockingbird	31. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
16 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind