Thanks to the success of Cobra Kai, Netflix feels like a natural destination for all things Karate Kid. The sequel series was a massive hit over the course of its six seasons, and it made sense that The Karate Kid could often be found on the same service, allowing fans to check out the story of Daniel and Johnny in its entirety. That endeavor got a lot more difficult when the calendar flipped from March to April and Netflix lost all three of the original Karate Kid films.
The first three Karate Kid movies, all of which focus on Ralph Macchio’s Daniel LaRusso, have been on Netflix for some time now. That changed on April 1st, and now Cobra Kai stands alone on the streaming service. Fortunately for fans of The Karate Kid, you can still find all of those films easily (and on the same service), you just have to hop over to a different provider.
After leaving Netflix, all three of the original Karate Kid films went over to Hulu, where they’re actually streaming on both English and Spanish. It’s awesome that the trilogy remains intact on another streamer, but it is admittedly frustrating for fans of the franchise to need two separate subscriptions to watch those films and the sequel TV series that they inspired.
Since Cobra Kai is a Netflix original, the chances of it ever streaming anywhere else are incredibly slim. So to have all of the Karate Kid titles together again, it will require the movies to return to Netflix.
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What’s New on Hulu?
The Karate Kid and its sequels are among dozens of movies that were added to Hulu’s streaming lineup at the start of the month. Below, you can check out the full list of the service’s April 1st additions.
Arrival
Arrival En Espanol
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Black Swan
Boys on the Side
Concussion
Concussion En Espanol
Copycat
Enough Said
The Equalizer
The Equalizer En Espanol
Gifted
The Good Thief
Gone Girl
Gulliver’s Travels
The History of the World Part I
I Heart Huckabees
Interstellar
Interstellar En Espanol
Jumanji
Jumanji En Espanol
Jurassic Park
Jurassic Park III
The Karate Kid (1984)
The Karate Kid En Espanol (1984)
The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid: Part II En Espanol
The Karate Kid Part III
The Karate Kid Part III En Espanol
Little Man
Little Man En Espanol
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Made in America
Me, Myself and Irene
Mrs. Doubtfire
Oddity
Red Sparrow
The Revenant
Runaway Jury
Sexy Beast
Shark Tale
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Superbad
Superbad En Espanol
Tombstone
True Story
21 Jump Street (2012)
22 Jump Street
Wall Street
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
War of the Worlds (2005)
Widows
Wild
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf Of Wall Street En Espanol
Year One
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger
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