11 Best New Movies on Netflix: June 2022’s Freshest Films to Watch

Stanley Sugarman (Adam Sandler) is a down-on-his-luck basketball scout who stumbles upon Bo Cruz (Juancho Hernangómez), an extremely talented player, while he is in Spain and sees the gifted athlete as his ticket back into success and acceptance in the NBA. Things get hairy, however, when Stanley brings Bo back to play on his team without the players’ or organization’s approval. Hustle is a slam dunk of a sports comedy-drama that stars Sandler, Hernangómez, Queen Latifah, Robert Duvall, and Ben Foster, in addition to featuring actual current NBA players like Anthony Edwards, Kyle Lowry, and Trae Young.

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Based on George Saunders’ 2010 dystopian short story “Escape From Spiderhead”, this sci-fi thriller film follows inmates Jeff (Miles Teller) and Rachel (Jurnee Smollett) as they form a connection in the midst coming to grips with their pasts in a state-of-the-art penitentiary run by brilliant visionary Steve Abnesti (Chris Hemsworth). Jeff and Rachel get their sentences reduced in return for volunteering to be test subjects in Steve’s experiments involving mind and emotion-altering drugs, but the closer the get, the more desperate they become to escape the facility and its experiments.

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In this Netflix Original action comedy-thriller, a case of mistaken identity arises when a New York screw-up sales consultant named Teddy (Kevin Hart) and the world’s deadliest assassin (Woody Harrelson) known as “The Man from Toronto” run into each other at an Airbnb holiday rental. When Teddy is unwittingly pulled into The Man From Toronto’s dangerous world, the two are forced to team up in order to make it out of this life-threatening mix-up alive.

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Based on Jenna Evans Welch’s 2017 bestselling novel of the same name, Love & Gelato follows recent high school graduate Lina (Susanna Skaggs) as she makes good on a final promise to her ailing mother that she’ll spend her last summer before college in Rome getting to know her father. While Lina initially would rather be prepping for school than taking a solo trip halfway across the world to reacquaint herself with a father she hasn’t seen for 16 years, it doesn’t take long for her to fall for Italy’s ambiance, people, and, of course, the gelato.

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In this Netflix Original action-drama film, Army captain JJ Collins (Elsa Pataky) is forced to rely on her years of military expertise and tactical training after a simultaneous coordinated attack threatens the missile interceptor base she is in charge of. To make matters worse, during the attack, Collins comes face-to-face with the charming yet corrupt former US military intelligence officer Alexander Kessel (Luke Bracey), who is intent on carrying out a twisted and terrible plan. The pressure is on for Collins to save the day—sounds like a pretty epic and heart-pounding way to kick off your summer streaming!

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A gifted young singer on the brink of a promising career struggles to stay true to herself and her voices as she finds herself torn between a domineering family, industry pressures, and her love for her girlfriend. The Netflix Original romantic-drama stars Gracie Marie Bradley, Aleyse Shannon, Niecy Nash, Giancarlo Esposito, Kyle Bary, Micheal Ward, and Sharon Stone, so keep an eye out for their striking work in Beauty on Netflix later this month.

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Take a mini-vacation from the comforts of your own home with Centauro. While the Spanish-language action-crime adventure film isn’t exactly a relaxing watch, it is an absolute thrill that’ll transport you from your couch and into the intense, high-adrenaline world of Rafa (Àlex Monner), who gets a natural high from his pure love for superbike speed racing. Rafa is soon forced to risk his chances of going pro, however, by becoming a drug courier in order to pay off his baby mama’s debt, putting his life on the line in the process.

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In this drama film inspired by true events, it is April of 1994 and four women from different backgrounds and beliefs are trapped in a hiding spot during the genocide in Rwanda. Their fight for survival unites them, leading the women to form an unbreakable sisterhood that holds them all together even in the face of such tragedy. Keep an eye out this heart-wrenching, deeply human story (and get your tissues ready).

Stream Trees of Peace on Netflix

Stand-up comedian and actor Joel Kim Booster makes his Netflix comedy special debut with his Catch One in Los Angeles-filmed hour Psychosexual. In a uniquely and purposefully crafted three set act, Booster talks about everything from learning the cultural nuances of being Asian as he gets older to sharing his preference for threesomes to why cats are better than dogs, and much much more. Celebrate summer with the smart, delightful fun that is Booster’s comedy (and self!) in Psychosexual.

Stream Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual on Netflix

This Juneteenth, watch Civil, a Netflix Original documentary that follows the trailblazing and maverick civil rights lawyer Ben Crump as he goes to trial to seek justice for the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. The feature doc also pulls back the curtain on Crump, himself, educating viewers about the lawyer’s past and current cases, the significance of his work for civil rights and racial justice in America, and what it takes for him and his family to walk a path so fully dedicated to fighting against injustices towards black people in America.

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In this family-friendly Netflix Original animated adventure-comedy film, a brave young explorer born half chicken and half hare teams up with his two trusty friends to find a powerful artifact before his greedy uncle can get his paws on it. Our hero Chickenhare is eager both eager to fit in and be loved in spite of his differences, and attempts to embrace his unique qualities that he tried for so long to hide as he embarks on an epic quest to save the world.

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