PlayStation Deletes 551 Purchased StudioCanal Movies From UK Libraries on September 1. No Refunds

Sony Removes 551 Previously Purchased StudioCanal Titles Including Terminator 2 and Paddington From PlayStation Libraries With No Refunds or Compensation Offered

PlayStation Deletes 551 Purchased StudioCanal Movies From UK Libraries on September 1. No Refunds. Sony Removes 551 Previously Purchased StudioCanal Titles Including Terminator 2 and Paddington From PlayStation Libraries With No Refunds or Compensation Offered.

Eurogamer reports that PlayStation users in the UK have been notified that all StudioCanal titles will be permanently removed from their video libraries on September 1, 2026, following the expiry of a licensing agreement, with Sony offering no refunds, store credits, or compensation of any kind.

The 551 Titles Being Deleted Include Terminator 2, Total Recall, Paddington, Pan’s Labyrinth, Rambo: First Blood, Hot Fuzz, and From Dusk Till Dawn

Sony is removing access to more than 550 StudioCanal movies and TV titles that customers previously purchased through the PlayStation Store, with the list including Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Total Recall, Rambo: First Blood, The Deer Hunter, Bridget Jones’s Diary, Hot Fuzz, From Dusk Till Dawn, and Cliffhanger.

Sony’s notice to users reads simply: “From September 1, 2026, due to our content licensing agreements, you will no longer be able to access your previously purchased content from Studio Canal, and it will be removed from your video library. Thank you.”

This Is Not the First Time — Germany and Austria Already Lost Their StudioCanal Purchases in 2022, and PlayStation Stopped Selling Movies in 2021

Players in Germany and Austria had already lost their StudioCanal purchased content in 2022. PlayStation Store discontinued movie and TV purchases and rentals entirely in August 2021, though PS5 and PS4 users can still buy video content through Sony Pictures Core.

You did not buy a movie. You bought a licence to watch it until Sony decides otherwise. That distinction now costs 551 films. Check out our previous coverage of technology and digital rights news here.