The Netflix contract expired. We've reached out asking them to flip the switch back on.

Netflix Chantal
That is a great question and one that i will be happy to answer,

50 seconds ago Netflix Chantal
How it works actually is that the rights and licenses to Atlas Shrugged may have been expired and we would have to obtain the licenses again which may take a while

19 seconds ago You
"may have been".. is this a guess?

Netflix Chantal
Our content are always trying to keep our customers up to date and i would love to take a feed back from you and send it to my content team, it was definitely expired

You
This is TERRIBLE timing. What can the 'content' team do with my feedback?

(This conversation is ridiculously slow.)

Netflix Chantal
We are a feed back company and we definitely appreciate our customers feed back, they will look into trying to obtain the licenses again because we definitely want our customers to be happy streamers and hopefully we will have it again in the future

20 seconds ago You
Who determines the when a license expires? How does this work?

Netflix Chantal
Great question, it is based on the studio who granted the licenses and the rights owner to a particular tv show or movie, what i can do is to provide you with a link that will provide you with a wealth of information on how we h=get contents
Click Here
https://help.netflix.com/en/node/4976

This is why I purchase every movie I like. I don't like depending upon streaming content providers or the internet in general. I like to have the movie sitting on my shelf, ready whenever the mood to watch it strikes me.

I always used my Amazon Prime membership to view the movie.

Doing a live chat with a netflix rep right now.....

Wow...that is really really BAD! I just watched it a couple weeks ago..my son was going to watch it tonight...WHAT THE HELL?

It is so sad that these never were put back on Netflix streaming. A lot of people I know found Atlas and were inspired by the ideas by happening by it on Netflix and the longer it is off there, the more people we are not reaching. I can only tell so many people to watch it, netflix can tell a lot more people then I can.

It's available to rent on iTunes.

I dumped Netflix last year. (What the heck happened to my Ice Road Truckers damn it?!) Amazon Prime is your new best friend. Don't be scared.