Ready for another month of Netflix goodness from our friends across the pond? We’re deep in winter here in Australia and Netflix US does not disappoint with the addition of new release movies and some new series to enjoy.
First up, a new Netflix Original series, Friends from College, begins streaming from July 14. Starring Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother) and Keegan-Michael Key (Playing House) as a late-30’s couple who reunite with some old college friends, the series was created by writer/actress Francesca Delbanco and her writer/director husband, Nicholas Stoller (Forgetting Sarah Marshall). Season 1 of the comedy explores relationships, nostalgia and being almost-forty over 8 half-hour episodes.
Also new in July is the Oscar-nominated film, Lion. The 2016 film stars Dev Patel as Saroo and Nicole Kidman as his adoptive mum, Sue. Saroo is separated from his family as a young boy in Calcutta, India and unable to identify himself, struggles to live on the street before being adopted by an Australian family. This is the story of adult Saroo’s quest to find the family he lost. It may not have won any of the 6 Oscars it was nominated for but Lion is a film where tissues are strongly advised. Streams from July 9.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is the first in a series of spin-offs for George Lucas’ mega franchise. The movie is not part of the original story but a stand-alone film set in the same world fans have come to know and love. Starring Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything) as criminal turned ally of the Rebel Alliance, Jyn Erso, and Diego Luna (Blood Father) as Alliance Intelligence officer, Captain Cassian Andor. Begins streaming July 18.
But maybe you think they just don’t make movies like they used to, in which case, you can check out retro flicks like family tearjerker E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, comedy classic Police Academy or even blockbuster sensation Titanic which (scarily) celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.
For a dose of quirk with your comedy, also consider Punch-Drunk Love. The 2002 film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood) represented quite the departure for its star, Adam Sandler, who had gained celebrity through his wildly popular but ultimately infantile brand of humour in films like Happy Gilmore. This film is much darker but earned Sandler critical praise. Streaming from July 1.
And finally, a new offering in the way of crime drama/thriller series, Ozark. Jason Bateman (Arrested Development) has been the go-to guy for clever comedy in recent years but here he is Marty Byrde, a financial advisor forced to move his family from urban Chicago to the decidedly more rural Missouri Ozarks after his dealings with a Mexican drug cartel go sour. You can stream the series from July 21.
Also worth watching, To The Bone, starring Lily Collins (The English Teacher) and Keanu Reeves (Point Break). The film, which centres around the treatment of a young woman dealing with an eating disorder, has attracted criticism in the media for promoting anorexia. Others claim it’s a story that must be told. Make up your own mind when it begins streaming July 14.
Read on for a full list of new additions as well as what’s leaving this July.
Available July 1
Albion: The Enchanted Stallion
Are We Done Yet?
Are We There Yet?
The Astronaut Farmer
Best in Show
Boat Trip
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Capo El Amo Del Tunel (Season 1)
Caramel
Code Name: The Cleaner
Dad
Deep Water (Season 1)
Delicatessen
Emma
El Barco (Season 1)
E.T. the Extra Terrestrial
Free Willy
Here Alone
Hostages (Israel) (Season 2)
The Invisible Guest (Contratiempo)
Jackass: Number Two
The Land Before Time
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
Last Night
Liar’s Dice
The Longest Yard
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
Matchstick Men
The Mighty Ducks
Mixed Signals
Offspring (Season 6)
The Originals (Season 4)
Out of Thin Air
Police Academy
Proof of Life
Punch-Drunk Love
Spawn: The Movie
Spice Up (Season 1)
Taking Lives
Titanic
The Truth Is In The Stars
Unriddle
Unriddle II
Witnesses (Season 2)
World at Your Feet (Season 1)
Yes We Can! (Season 1)
Yours Fatefully (Season 1)
Zip & Zap and the Marble Gang
July 2
El Chema (Season 1)
July 3
Diamond Cartel
Extraordinary: The Stan Romanek Story
July 4
The Standups (Season 1)
July 5
iZombie: Season 3
July 6
Butter
Speech & Debate
The Void
July 7
1 Mile to You (Life At These Speeds)
Castlevania (Season 1)
Dawn of the Croods (Season 4)
Degrassi: Next Class (Season 4)
Luna Petunia (Season 2)
July 8
Bad Santa 2
Horse Dancer
July 9
Lion
July 11
Gabriel Iglesias Presents The Gentleman Jerry Rocha
July 14
Buddy Thunderstruck: The Maybe Pile
Chasing Coral
Friends From College (Season 1)
To the Bone
July 15
Rake (Season 4)
West Coast Customs (Season 4)
July 17
A Cowgirl’s Story
Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness
Uncertain Glory
July 18
Aditi Mittal: Things They Wouldn’t Let Me Say
Ari Shaffir: Double Negative: Collection
Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce (Season 3)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
July 20
Pretty Little Liars (Season 7B)
July 21
Last Chance U (Season 2)
Ozark (Season 1)
The Worst Witch (Season 1)
July 22
Railroad Tigers
July 24
Victor
July 25
Joe Mande’s Award-Winning Comedy Special
Munroe Island
July 28
The Adventures of Puss in Boots (Season 5)
Daughters of Destiny (Season 1)
The Incredible Jessica James
July 31
After the Reality
Being Mary Jane: The Series (Season 4)
Checkpoint
Dark Night
Taking Earth
Leaving July 1
9/11: Stories in Fragments
America’s Secret D-Day Disaster
American Pie Presents: Band Camp
American Pie Presents: Beta House
American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile
An Unmarried Woman
Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging
Batman
Black Wings
Blazing Saddles
Blondie’s New York
Bombs, Bullets and Fraud
Day of the Kamikaze
Death Beach
El Dorado
Flicka 2
Futurama (Season 6)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Ghost Whisperer (Seasons 1-5)
Hello, Dolly!
Hip Hop: The Furious Force of Rhymes
History in HD: The Last Bomb
Hugo
The Hunt for Bin Laden
The Incredible Bionic Man
Kate & Leopold
MacGyver (Seasons 1-7)
Mystery Files: Hitler
Mystery Files: Leonardo da Vinci
Nazi Temple of Doom
Secrets: A Viking Map
Secrets: Richard III Revealed
Secrets: The Sphinx
Shuttle Discovery’s Last Mission
Titanic’s Final Mystery
While You Were Sleeping
Working Girl
July 3
The Last Samurai
Two Weeks Notice
July 6
Los Heroes del Norte (Seasons 1-2)
July 11
Opposite Field
July 12
Adventures of Pepper and Paula
In the Basement
Sleeping Beauty
July 13
Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain
July 15
All That Glitters
Lessons for a Kiss
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Angie Maddison is a contributor for Streambly. You can follow Angie on Twitter.
