Biggest Series and Movies Coming to Netflix in Summer 2025

Summer is upon us, and we’re here to walk you through all the biggest upcoming Netflix Original titles that have been confirmed for release thus far. We’ll be covering each month’s new releases in more depth further down the line, but until then, here’s our picks of the Netflix Originals that should be on your radar for June, July, and into August 2025. 

Before we dive into the biggest new releases coming up this Summer, a reminder: you can now see all the May 2025 releases here. We also have your complete list of other 2025 arrivals still to come and 2026 release schedules in the provided links.

Note: We’ll update this again in June 2025 as soon as we get more dates for June, July, and August! All release dates are subject to change.

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One of the many shows we’ve been waiting for what feels like forever to return is fan-favorite Ginny & Georgia (which is also renewed for a fourth season and entering production later this year!), which returns for 10 brand new episodes early in June. Of course, we’ve known about this release date for a while, which has helped soften the wait somewhat. 

All your favorites are back with the season going into answer all our burning questions from season 2. Georgia has just been arrested for murder—right in the middle of her wedding—shattering her fairy tale ending and throwing the spotlight on the Millers like never before. 

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Returning two years after it initially aired, the Swedish drama series stars Alva Bratt, Tea Stjärne, Sarah Gustafsson, Tindra Monsen, and Sandra Zubovic. In the new season, we’ll be jumping from 1995 to the year 2000 as Lollo reunites with her friends—now restless and craving excitement—who, despite promises to stop stealing, set their sights on the lucrative art world in a bold new scheme.

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It’s going to be a busy Summer for Tyler Perry fans on Netflix with not one, not two, but three projects coming up, and that’s not even all that’s still to come this year either. While others feel like familiar territory, like the dramedy series She The People set to release in two parts beginning in May, or Madea’s Destination Wedding, coming up in July, Straw feels like a very fresh new project from the prolific creator. 

The new drama thriller headlined by Taraji P. Henson, Sherri Shepherd, and Teyana Taylor follows a single mother who’s struggling with everything that life has thrown at her thus far, and continues to, with her situation beginning to look desperate. 

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Quietly announced by Netflix in early April, FUBAR will be back for its second (and probably final) season with the return of Arnold Schwarzenegger and newcomer Carrie-Anne Moss. The action-comedy sees the beloved action star return to his role as Luke Brenner. 

Here’s what you can expect going into season 2: “After his last mission in saving another operative, who just so happened to be his daughter, he’s back and face to face with new villains. This one is an old flame from Luke’s past who threatens to destroy the world…if she doesn’t destroy his life first.”

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Here’s a definite one to watch. Putting together an impressive ensemble cast, The Waterfront is a good mix of several shows that have dominated in recent years. Combining the best bits from Ozark, Yellowstone, Succession, Dawson’s Creek, and a dash of Outer Banks, you’ve got a potential winner on your hands. Led by Mindhunter star Holt McCallany, the series is set in coastal North Carolina and inspired by true events. It follows the powerful but crumbling Buckley family as they fight to save their fishing empire and legacy through betrayal, addiction, and risky choices, in an eight-episode drama from showrunner Kevin Williamson.

Also on the cast roster for The Waterfront includes Maria Bello, Jake Weary, Melissa Benoist, Rafael L. Silva, Humberly González, with some of the guest stars including Topher Grace, Dave Annable, Michael Gaston, Gerardo Celasco, and Zach Roerig. 

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One of the biggest new animated features coming up in 2025 has set a June 2025 release, and from the first looks, it looks like it could be a winner, albeit it may struggle to break through to the mainstream. Originally due out much later in the year, the new movie comes from the same animation studio as Mitchells vs. The Machines and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse, with Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans directing. 

“When they aren’t selling out stadiums, K-pop superstars Rumi, Mira, and Zoey,” reads the synopsis, continuing, “use their secret identities as badass demon hunters to protect their fans from an ever-present supernatural threat. Together, they must face their biggest enemy yet — an irresistible rival boy band of demons in disguise.”

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What more can we say about Squid Game at this point? Netflix’s biggest show in history returned over the Christmas period. It will now be back to close out the main story (before the universe expands anyway!) with Sung Gi-hun continuing to play through the second round of games. Through various leaks and interviews we’ve read thus far, we can tell you this is going to be a bumper season full of unexpected twists and turns.  

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With The Old Guard 2, it closes out the MIA status of three movies we’ve been waiting for what feels like forever to release after they initially completed production. Rebel Ridge finally surfaced late last year and was utterly fantastic, and more recently, Gareth Evans’ Havoc stormed the Netflix charts and, by most accounts, is also pretty good. Can the long-awaited sequel to the Charlize Theron sci-fi action movie that first dropped in the Summer of 2020 round out the trio? We hope so!

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We’ve been reporting for quite some time that The Sandman would be making a big return this July, and that’s come true – with a slight twist. Like so many other final seasons, The Sandman will be released in two halves. It’s been a long wait for the return of this DC series, which unfortunately has a cloud hanging over it due to ongoing allegations against the comic’s creator and executive producer, Neil Gaiman. Returning with a huge cast and lots of surprises, the show will adapt all the remaining Sandman comics. 

Volume 1 premieres on July 3, 2025, with the first six episodes, while Volume 2 premieres two weeks later, on July 17, 2025, with the final five episodes. 

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New for kids over the summer holidays is 7 Bears, a new series created by showrunner Robert Vargas and director Guillaume Rio. The series provides a playful spin on the seven dwarves fairytale concept, swapping them out with seven mischievous bears. Based on the acclaimed graphic novels by Emile Bravo, with an award-winning animation studio, Folivari, behind the new series. 

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We’ve been beating the drum for Brick for quite some time, and it looks like it will continue Netflix Germany’s already impressive 2025 slate lineup. Cassandra is our favorite so far, but Brick could surpass it or come in a very close second based on what we’ve seen so far. Headlined by Matthias Schweighöfer and Ruby O. Fee, the sci-fi thriller from writer-director Philip Koch features a couple who become trapped when a mysterious brick wall suddenly surrounds their building and must work with their neighbors to find a way out. It has a similar feel to The Platform so far; we’ll see how it performs once it drops. 

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The second big Tyler Perry movie coming to Netflix this summer will see the writer/director return to one of his most iconic roles, which he has played now over a dozen times, in the form of a new Madea movie, which also is the second time we’ve seen Madea return in a Netflix Original. Here’s what you can expect in this new outing: “Brian and his ex-wife Debrah are shocked to learn their daughter Tiffany is engaged to a rapper she met on a yacht—and the wedding is in two weeks. Madea and her crew head to the Bahamas, stirring up chaos and heartwarming fun.”

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If you ask most people who tuned in to watch YouTuber Jake Paul take on Mike Tyson last year, many will tell you the entire thing was a farce, but that the actual fight worth following was some of the undercards, with the all-female bout being the best of the bunch. Hearing those praises, Netflix will be back on July 11th at the iconic Madison Square Garden in New York City to host Katie Taylor going face-to-face with Amanda Serrano. 

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How long do you have to wait to give a movie a sequel? It turns out, there doesn’t seem to be a time limit with Happy Gilmore now getting a cameo-filled follow-up, now close to 30 years since the original released, with many familiar faces from the original returning, proving that getting older doesn’t necessarily make you wiser. 

Netflix is very much keeping the plot close to its chest. Still, the cast includes (inhales) Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher McDonald, Ben Stiller, Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, Travis Kelce, John Daly, Sadie Sandler, Sunny Sandler, Conor Sherry, Ethan Cutkosky, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Philip Schneider, Blake Clark, Justin Thomas, Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, and Paige Spiranic. 

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Announced just recently following WrestleMania 41, this new documentary series takes you behind the scenes with 10 episodes following the runup  

The director of the series is Chris Weaver, with Erik Powers on showrunning duties. Peyton Manning, Jamie Horowitz, Ross Ketover, Keith Cossrow, Ken Rodgers, Jessica Boddy, Lee Fitting, Ben Houser, and Marc Pomarico are among the executive producers behind the docu-series, working with Omaha Productions, NFL Films, Skydance Sports, and the WWE. 

While this is one of the big documentaries planned for July, we’ve also got a list of other docs scheduled to drop throughout the Summer in the list below. 

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Netflix has given this new Japanese live-action drama some international press outside of Japan, meaning they believe it could translate well to other audiences. Set over the course of a decade, it follows the romance between two men that began when Ryu Narutaki, a Japanese expatriate, encounters Johan Hwang, a boxer, in a foreign country.

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After months of crumbs, we just recently got a full exposé on the second season, which will be split into two parts in August and September. Episodes 1 to 4 will debut in early August, with the remainder of the eight-episode season coming in early September. This season features a host of new faces, and from what we’ve seen thus far, it’s going to be a glorious return to Nevermore.

Wednesday Addams (played by Jenna Ortega) returns to roam the gothic halls of Nevermore Academy, where new enemies and troubles await her. She will have to deal with her family, friends, and old adversaries, dragging her into another year of delightfully dark and eccentric chaos. Armed with her trademark sharp wit and unshakable charm, Wednesday finds herself entangled in a chilling new supernatural mystery.

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It looked bleak for the animated film Fixed in recent years, as the movie was removed from the Sony Pictures slate. However, in April, it was revealed that Netflix had stepped in and rescued the R-rated comedy from Genndy Tartakovsky. 

The synopsis for the film reads, “Bull, an average, all-around good dog, who discovers he’s going to be neutered in the morning! As the gravity of this life-altering event sets in, Bull realizes he needs one last adventure with his best friends, as these are the last 24 hours with his balls! What could go wrong…?”

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Another show we’ve been waiting for what feels like a lifetime to return is My Life with the Walter Boys, which is eyeing a return with its 10-episode Season 2 in late August 2025. This new season continues where the first one left off, as we enter the Fall. This season will feature some brand new faces in addition to returning stars from season 1, including Natalie Sharp, Carson MacCormac, Janet Kidder, Riele Downs, and Jake Manley. 

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Chris Columbus, best known for directing fan-favorites like Harry Potter and The Christmas Chronicles 2, is going to be adapting the best-selling and award-winning novel by Richard Osman. Four retirees are at the center of the story, who unite every Thursday to solve a fictional mystery. On this exceptional occasion, however, they find themselves investigating a real-life criminal case. 

In addition to looking absolutely joyful, the movie features some British acting royalty with talents including Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, Celia Imrie, Naomi Ackie, Daniel Mays, Jonathan Pryce, David Tennant, and Henry Lloyd-Hughes, to name but a few. 

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Sofia Carson has become one of Netflix’s most important and biggest stars, having now appeared in several incredibly successful movies for the streamer, including The Life List, which is one of the most-watched of 2025, and Carry-On, one of Netflix’s most-watched of all time! Thankfully, the wait for catching Sofia Carson in her next rom-com, where she’ll appear alongside Corey Mylchreest, is just around the corner. Set in the University town of Oxford (in addition to other locations), we’ll follow Anna, an ambitious young American woman, who sets out for University to fulfill a childhood dream. Her plans at a perfect tenure at the university are flipped upside down, however, when she meets a local.

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One series we’ve been hyping ever since we saw an extended clip at Next on Netflix UK in 2025 is Too Much, the big new comedy from Lena Dunham, best known for her HBO series Girls. The ex-pat rom-com is about Jessica (Megan Stalter), a heartbroken New Yorker who escapes to London for solitude but finds herself tangled in a chaotic romance with charming disaster Felix (Will Sharpe), challenging her beliefs about love, connection, and cultural translation.

Last we heard, this was coming sometime in July 2025 – keep checking our full preview for the upcoming series for the latest updates. 

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Eric Bana, Sam Neill, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lily Santiago, Wilson Bethel, and William Smilie are among the cast for this brand new mystery thriller limited series. Bana will play a National Parks Service agent, Kyle Turner, as a brutal death investigation pulls him deep into the wilderness—and forces him to confront dark secrets hidden in the park and within himself.

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Originally scheduled to arrive in Fall 2025, it has now been reported that the new, highly anticipated Netflix Original animated series from BoJack Horseman creator Raphael Bob-Waksberg will premiere sometime this Summer with a big reveal planned for the Annecy Film Festival. ShadowMachine is handling the animation for the new series, with the cast yet to be unveiled and the plot largely kept under wraps. What we do know is that it will follow a dysfunctional family.

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New from the United Kingdom, Hostage is a long-awaited UK thriller limited series that’ll feature the talents of Suranne Jones, Julie Delpy, Corey Mylchreest, Lucian Msamati, Ashley Thomas, and James Cosmo. Previously known as The Choice, the series picks up where events follow the British Prime Minister’s husband being kidnapped and the French President being blackmailed. The two leaders are thrust into a deadly power struggle, where cooperation may be their only hope to survive a plot that could destroy them both.

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New K-Dramas on Netflix This Summer (Q3)

• Better Late Than Single – July 8th – Reality dating series centered on those unlucky in love and found themselves chronically single. With the help of some dating coaches, these hopeful singles will put what they’ve learned into practice as they spend nine days living with other participants, where they will go on dates, and hopefully find love by the end.
• Wall to Wall – TBD – Woo-seong is on a quest to own his apartment, but in doing so, exhausts all of his financial resources, putting him on a crash course with high-interest payments and the tormenting and disturbing noises of his neighbours every night. 
• Love Entangled – TBD – Throwback to the 90s, where high-school student Park Se-ri is unlucky in love, and believes that she has any hope of confessing her feelings to her crush, she must conquer her wild and unruly curls. She enlists the help of a transfer student, who gets swept up in her romantic quest.
• Mantis – TBD – The Kill Boksoon sequel will star Yim Si Wan as Mantis, an ace assassin who, after taking a break, returns to a chaotic and collapsed killer-for-hire industry, Park Gyu Young as Jae-yi, his rival and fellow trainee, and Jo Woo In as the assassin veteran Dok-go, who all realise they are against each other as they compete for the top spot amongst Korea’s assassins.
• Aema – TBD – Comedy drama set in the 1980s, where Jung Hui Ran reigns as South Korea’s top actress, but after her behaviour sees her dropped from a production of Madame Aema, the role is given to Sin Ju Ae, a nightclub dancer with big dreams of becoming an actress. Refusing to back down, a rivalry forms between the two actresses.
• You & Everything Else – TBD – Melodrama centered on two childhood friends, Rye Eun Jung and Cheon Sang Yeon, who have been terrible at keeping in contact with each other, but when Sang Yeon reveals her cancer diagnosis, the pair battle the cancer together as they each reflect on their lives, friendships, and the impact they’ve had on each other.
• The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies – August 15th – A documentary focused on some of the darkest chapters of Korean history, shedding light on the hidden truths.
• Trigger – TBD – South Korea is proud of its strict gun laws, which result in next to zero crimes involving firearms. But thanks to Moon Baek, a meticulous underground arms broker, illegal guns have made their way into the country, resulting in a string of gun-related crimes. It’s up to Detective Lee Do, a former sniper in the military, to chase Moon Baek and eradicate his black market.

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New Anime on Netflix This Summer (Q3)

• DanDanDan (Season 2) – July 4th – Momo Ayase, a believer of the occult, unexpectedly befriends Ken Takamura, who believes in the paranormal. However, the pair is determined to prove each other’s beliefs wrong, and in doing so, sends them on a journey where the occult and paranormal intersect in ways they could never have imagined.
• Sakamoto Days (Season 2) – July – Once the greatest hitman of all time, Tarou Sakamoto abandoned his life of crime for love, where he has settled down with his wife and daughter and now runs a local convenience store. However, when the demons of his past begin to catch up with him, Sakamoto will stop at nothing to preserve his peaceful family life.
• My Melody & Kuromi (Season 1) – July – In celebration of the 50th anniversary of My Melody, a cute stop-motion series from WIT Studio’s Toruku is coming to Netflix exclusively.
• The Summer Hikaru Died (Season 1) – July 5th – Best friends Yoshiki and Hikaru live in a rural Japanese village, and have been inseparable growing up. However, one day, when Hikaru returns from a hike in the mountains, Yoshiki is convinced his best friend is no longer himself and that an entity has taken over Hikaru’s body, memories, and feelings. 
• Pokémon Concierge (Season 2) – September – Brand new episodes of the cute stop motion series, which follows Haru, a concierge of a Pokémon resort, and her trusty Psyduck companion as they help the various needs of the guests and their Pokémon pals.

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Other New Documentaries Coming This Summer

• Apocalypse in the Tropics – TBA – Petra Costa
• Katrina – August TBA – Spike Lee is an executive producer on this new docu-series looking into the devastation of one of the most famous hurricanes in US history. 
• Kaulitz and Kaulitz (Season 2) – June 17th – German docu-reality series following the lives of Germany’s most famous twins.
• Quarterback (Season 2) – July TBD – Another season of the docu-series that grants you unprecedented access to players during the 2024–25 NFL season. Joe Burrow (Cincinnati Bengals), Jared Goff (Detroit Lions), and Kirk Cousins (Atlanta Falcons) are in the spotlight this season.
• Titan: The OceanGate Disaster – TBA – Mark Monroe is behind this new documentary feature that recaps the events that took the world by storm a couple of years ago, following the tragedy of the submarine that imploded underwater. 
• Tour de France: Unchained (Season 3) – July TBD – The final season of the sports docu-series that covers the world-famous cycling race. 
• Yolanthe – June 18th – Dutch reality docu-series following Yolanthe Cabau setting up shop in Los Angeles. 

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While this is what’s coming to Netflix in the summer, we’ll also be publishing soon a look ahead at what’s getting into production this Summer. Of course, Fall 2025 will then be just around the corner. Big returning titles like Emily in Paris, Stranger Things (expected in October and November), and Nobody Wants This (expected for Thanksgiving) will return alongside a slate of movies, including Frankenstein, The RIP, Train Dreams, and the elusive Kathryn Bigelow movie. 

What are you looking forward to watching in the coming months? Let us know in the comments down below.