Summer is in full swing, and with it comes a heated update to what’s new on Netflix. Several long-running shows from the streamer are getting hotly-anticipated new seasons, including the Emmy-nominated Cobra Kai, hit reality dating series Too Hot to Handle, Spanish-language teen soap Elite, and the recently-resurrected Unsolved Mysteries, which digs into true crime’s most confounding cold cases.
Speaking of stories rooted in real life, an intriguing lineup of new documentaries are headed for the platform. Skywalkers: A Love Story chronicles the career and romance of a daredevil couple who traverse the globe and scale the world’s last super skyscraper in an unforgettable life-or-death stunt. The checkered history of Lou Perlman, the music mogul behind ‘90s groups like the Backstreet Boys and N’SYNC, gets the docuseries treatment in Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam. And ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, Netflix is delving further into the world of sports with projects about Simone Biles and NFL receivers, on the heels of the last year’s successful Quarterback series.
Here’s what else is coming to Netflix in July:
Lost Seasons 1-6
Just as Sex and the City’s arrival on Netflix drummed up discourse from a younger generation who had yet to experience the show, expect a similar welcome for Lost. The Emmy-winning ABC drama, which premiered in the fall of 2004 and ran for six seasons, has been a source of contention since its divisive finale. But it introduced stars including Evangeline Lilly, Daniel Dae Kim, Ian Somerhalder, and perhaps most importantly showrunner Damon Lindelof—who has since made Watchmen and The Leftovers—to a wider TV audience. All 121 episodes hit the streamer on July 1.
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
It has been 40 years since Eddie Murphy brought intrepid Axel Foley to the screen in 1984’s Beverly Hills Cop. Decades later, the comedy giant teams up with co-stars old (Judge Reinhold reprises his role as police detective Billy Rosewood) and new (Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays relative rookie Bobby Abbott) for a fourth film in the action-comedy franchise, which debuts on July 3.
Simone Biles Rising
Ahead of her highly-anticipated return to the Olympics after withdrawing from the 2020 Tokyo Games, the greatest gymnast of all time is allowing viewers into her training process. Biles, who holds a record-breaking 37 Olympic and World Championship medals, balances her forthcoming competition with married life and public pressures in the two-part series. As she told Vanity Fair earlier this year, “I think everyone wants to be famous, and then when it happens, you almost hit a wall and you have an identity crisis. You’re like, Am I made out for this? Why did I wish for this?” Both episodes premiere on July 17.
Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 4
Since its 2020 resurrection by Netflix, Unsolved Mysteries has unearthed four seasons’ worth of mystifying cases. The latest iteration, which follows an original 15-season run on network TV, boasts another collection of cold cases worth reheating on July 31.
The full list of what’s coming to Netflix in July:
Coming Soon
LALIGA: All Access (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
July 1
About Antoine: Season 1
Amazing Antoine
American Hustle
American Psycho
Annabelle
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Big Daddy
The Blind Side
Call Me by Your Name
Captain Phillips
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Easy A
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (Batch 3)
The House Bunny
Jigsaw
The Karate Kid
Lost: Seasons 1-6
Magic Mike XXL
Matilda
The Nun
Paw Patrol: The Movie
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 3
Star Trek: Prodigy: Season 2
Suits: Season 9
The Sweetest Thing
Uncle Buck
The Wiz
Zombieland
July 2
SPRINT (NETFLIX SPORTS SERIES)
July 3
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F (NETFLIX FILM)
Love Is Blind: Brazil: Season 4 (NETFLIX SERIES)
The Man with 1000 Kids (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
July 4
Barbecue Showdown: Season 3 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Rhythm + Flow France: Season 3 (NETFLIX SERIES)
July 5
Desperate Lies (NETFLIX SERIES)
Goyo (NETFLIX FILM)
The Imaginary (NETFLIX FAMILY)
The Secret of Skinwalker Ranch: Season 3
July 7
Boruto: Naruto the Movie
The Last: Naruto the Movie
Road To Ninja: Naruto the Movie
July 8
Bad Boys
Bad Boys II
July 9
The Boyfriend (NETFLIX SERIES)
Hannah Berner: We Ride at Dawn (NETFLIX COMEDY)
July 10
Eva Lasting: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Receiver (NETFLIX SPORTS SERIES)
Sugar Rush: The Baking Point: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Wild Wild Punjab (NETFLIX FILM)
July 11
Another Self: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Vanished into the Night (NETFLIX FILM)
Vikings: Valhalla: Season 3 (NETFLIX SERIES)
July 12
Blame the Game (NETFLIX FILM)
The Champion (NETFLIX FILM)
Exploding Kittens (NETFLIX SERIES)
Lobola Man (NETFLIX FILM)
July 15
Midnight Sun
Trolls Band Together
Wonderoos (NETFLIX FAMILY)
July 16
The Boy Next Door
Chad Daniels: Empty Nester (NETFLIX COMEDY)
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Freed
Homicide: Los Angeles (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
July 17
The Green Glove Gang: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
T . P BON: Season 2 (NETFLIX ANIME)
Simone Biles Rising (NETFLIX SPORTS SERIES)
July 18
Cobra Kai: Season 6 Part 1 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Master of the House (NETFLIX SERIES)
July 19
Find Me Falling (NETFLIX FILM)
Skywalkers: A Love Story (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Sweet Home: Season 3 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Too Hot to Handle: Season 6 (NETFLIX SERIES)
July 23
All American: Season 6
July 24
Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Love of my life (NETFLIX SERIES)
Resurrected Rides (NETFLIX SERIES)
July 25
The Decameron (NETFLIX SERIES)
Kleo: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Tokyo Swindlers (NETFLIX SERIES)
July 26
The Dragon Prince: Season 6 (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Elite: Season 8 (NETFLIX SERIES)
House of Ga’a (NETFLIX FILM)
Non Negotiable (NETFLIX FILM)
July 27
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
July 31
Mountain Queen: The Summits of Lhakpa Sherpa (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 4 (NETFLIX SERIES)
What’s leaving Netflix in July 2024:
As the summer season rolls on, Netflix will be sunsetting several titles, including films from Sofia Coppola, Tim Burton, Nancy Meyers, and M. Night Shyamalan. Consider this your last call to fire up a rewatch of Shrek or shirk in terror at Fatal Attraction—both films will be exiting the platform alongside films like The Matrix trilogy.
July 7
War Dogs
July 14
Abducted in Plain Sight
July 15
The Beguiled
July 23
Big Eyes
July 31
American Graffiti
Anaconda
Enough
Fatal Attraction
Glass
Hulk
King Richard
Knocked Up
Lucy
Moneyball
Public Enemies
Resident Evil
Resident Evil: Retribution
Role Models
Shrek
Smokey and the Bandit
Smokey and the Bandit II
Something’s Gotta Give
The Great Wall
The Matrix
The Matrix Reloaded
The Matrix Revolutions
The Other Boleyn Girl
The Theory of Everything
Top Gear: Seasons 29-30
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For more, check out VF’s list of the best shows on Netflix.
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