25 movies and series to watch this summer in streaming on Netflix, Max, Apple, Prime Video and Disney +
We have selected 25 films and series to watch in July and August 2024, on your platforms. From the return of Axel Foley to the sequel to The Lord of the Rings, from Emily’s comeback in Paris to Anthony Hopkins as a Roman Emperor.
July 3 : BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F. – movie – on Netflix
Eddie Murphy returns as the Detroit cop lost in California. Nearly 30 years after the end of the original trilogy, he will reunite with Taggart and Rosewood (Judge Reinhold and John Ashton) and face Kevin Bacon.
July 10: SUNNY – series – on Apple TV+
Studio A24 delivers this robotic, futuristic and poetic science fiction chronicle, carried by Rashida Jones. An interesting approach to mourning coupled with a thriller full of twists and turns.
11 July : VIKINGS: VALHALLAseason 3 – series – on Netflix
It’s the end for Vikings. The spin-off series about Leif Eriksson, his sister Freydis and Prince Harald Sigurdsson, will come to an end in this final season that promises to be epic.We find our heroes seven years after the end of Season 2. Freydis is now the undisputed ruler of Jomsborg, while Leif and Harald are enjoying glory in Constantinople. But greater challenges await them before each can fulfill their ultimate destiny.“
11 July : SAUSAGE PARTY: BOUFFLANDseason 1 – animated series – on Prime Video
Seth Rogen is having fun in this delirium for big kids. A sausage fair that comes almost 10 years after the trashy, slightly crappy animated film from 2016, which parodied Pixar.In the wake of the events of the film, Frank, Brenda, Barry and Sammy attempt to build their own society.”teases the official synopsis. We actually see in the video that the food has managed to push back the humans to start living freely. Except that a big storm and an epic downpour will ruin everything. How to rebuild?
July 12: DESCENDANTS: THE RISE OF RED – movie – on Disney +
Disney’s heroes are back in this American TV movie. Uma is now the headmistress of the school, open to all kingdoms, including the mysterious Wonderland.She personally invites Red, the rebellious daughter of the tyrannical Queen of Hearts. The latter has always hated Auradon, especially Cinderella, and therefore takes advantage of a ceremony in honor of a new royal baby to sow real chaos and attempt a coup d’état. To stop her mother’s Machiavellian plan, Red must ally herself with Chloe, Cinderella’s perfectionist daughter, and will have to go back in time via the magic watch created by Maddox, the Mad Hatter’s son…“
July 12: LAND OF BAD – movie – on Prime Video
Liam Hemsworth, Russell Crowe and Luke Hemsworth reunite in this action film. “Air Force drone pilot Reaper is engaged in a Delta Force special operations mission in the southern Philippines but the mission goes awry…”
July 14th : FAYE – documentary – about Max
A documentary about the career of actress Faye Dunaway, which was presented at the last Cannes Film Festival. The film traces her career, and her roles in Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown and Network. She is joined by her son Liam, colleagues and friends like Sharon Stone, Mickey Rourke, James Gray and a few others.
July 17: THE BEARseason 3 – series – on Disney +
Back in the kitchen.”Carmy is becoming increasingly exhausted at work and is becoming overly demanding of his team, who are doing their best to meet his expectations.“, after Carmy, Sydney and Richie”have successfully transformed their sandwich shop, The Bear, into a gourmet establishment”.
July 17: MAFIA SPIES – documentary series – on Paramount +
How real spies, gangsters, seductresses and mistresses participated in a secret plot involving the CIA and the Chicago Mafia to assassinate Fidel Castro at a critical moment in the Cold War when President Kennedy made it clear that there was no way he could live with a missile-armed Castro 90 miles from American soil.
July 17: MILLER’S GIRL – movie – on Prime Video
The star of WednesdayJenna Ortega, seduces her teacher played by Martin Freeman, in this sensual thriller.Creative writing assignment results in complex outcomes between a teacher and his talented student..”
July 18: COBRA KAIseason 6 – series – on Netflix
The end of the match is in sight. The first part of the final season will begin this summer. The dojo Cobrai Kai has been permanently banned, but Johnny Lawrence and Daniel LaRusso are preparing for the Karate World Championships with their young talents.
July 19: THE VOICE OF THE LAKE – series – on Apple TV+
Natalie Portman also makes the move to the small screen and a prestige mini-series, for this mystical thriller set in the 1960s.Thanksgiving 1966 – As Baltimore reels from the disappearance of a young girl, the lives of two women inevitably collide. Maddie Schwartz (Portman), a housewife, seeks to bury a mysterious past and reinvent herself as an investigative journalist. Cleo Johnson (Moses Ingram), a mother struggling to provide for her family, navigates the political underbelly of Baltimore’s black community. Their lives seem very different, but when Maddie becomes obsessed with Cleo’s shocking death, a chasm opens up, putting both women’s loved ones in danger..”
July 19: THOSE ABOUT TO DIE – series – on Prime Video
Anthony Hopkins plays Emperor Vespasian, who builds the famous Colosseum in Rome to calm a grumbling people. Games to avoid crisis are the method in Rome in 79 AD. Chariot races and gladiatorial combats will be on the menu of this great historical fiction by Roland Emmerich.
July 24: BANDITS BANDITS – series – on Apple TV+
Reboot of Terry Gilliam’s 1981 film directed by Taika Waititi, starring Lisa Kudrow (Friends) headlines. An epic, comic journey through time and space starring a ragtag group of thieves and their newest recruit: an eleven-year-old history buff. Together, they embark on a thrilling quest to save the boy’s parents—and the world.
July 25: THE MINISTRY OF THE DIRTY WAR – movie – on Prime Video
Henry Cavill wears the latest Guy Ritchie (Sherlock Holmes, Snatch, The Gentlemen…), unreleased in France (it was released in April in theaters in the USA). A historical action comedy based on recently declassified files from the British War Ministry and inspired by real events. The film is about “the first special forces organization created during World War II by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and a small group of military officials, including author Ian Fleming.”
July 26: ELITEseason 8 – series – on Netflix
It’s the end of an era at Las Encinas. The Spanish teen series will end with this last part marked by the return of Nadia.Omar and Nadia reunite, graduation approaches for the students of Las Encinas, and a final murder will push friends and enemies alike to the brink.“.
1st of August : BATMAN: CAPED CRUSADER – animated series – on Prime Video
The Knight of Gotham City returns to us in animated mode. In the vein of the famous cartoon of the 1990s, this new version will tell the first steps of Batman, and we will meet all the villains from Harley Quinn to Two-Face and The Penguin.
August 8: UMBRELLA ACADEMYseason 4 – series – on Netflix
The Hargreeves family returns for one last mission. A final attempt to save the world and their timeline. The cast includes new faces: Nick Offerman and Megan Mullaly, as two New Mexico teachers, and David Cross, a boss and father who is desperate to reconnect with his daughter.
August 14: BAD MONKEY – series – on Apple TV+
Novelist Carl Hiaasen is adapted for the small screen with a relaxed thriller, where Vince Vaughn plays a particularly cool Florida investigator. It is Bill Lawrence, creator of Ted Lasso And Scrubswho signs this new series.
August 15th : EMILY IN PARISseason 4 – series – on Netflix
Despite the Olympics, she’s still here! Lily Collins will return this summer for the first part of season 4. Emily now has an open relationship with Gabriel, even though her ex, Camille… is pregnant with Gabriel. The love triangle is far from over.
August 16: THE UNION – movie – on Netflix
Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry team up in this action-packed spy comedy.Mike, a New Jersey construction worker, finds himself thrust into the world of espionage and secret agents when his former high school sweetheart, Roxanne, recruits him for a high-stakes intelligence mission.“.
August 27: ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDINGseason 4 – series – on Disney +
Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez leave New York to investigate in Los Angeles, while their podcast is going to be adapted for the screen! Meryl Streep will be back in the cast, which will also see Zach Galifianakis, Melissa McCarthy, Molly Shannon, Eva Longoria, and Eugene Levy.
August 29: THE RINGS OF POWERseason 2 – series – on Prime Video
Sauron in the open. The return to Middle-earth will be more tense than ever, as the rings begin to rain down on Elves, Men, Dwarves and the Grand Master of Mordor. How will Galadriel Elrond and Durin stop him?
August 29: KAOS – series – on Netflix
Jeff Goldblum steps into the shoes of Zeus, King of the Gods, in this series from the creator of The End of the F… World. “LThe day he wakes up with a wrinkle on his forehead, a dangerous neurosis sets in for Zeus, followed by paranoia: he is convinced that the end is near and sees warning signs everywhere. As for Hades, master of the Underworld and brother of Zeus on whom the latter could once count, he is secretly losing his grip on the world of darkness: a slew of dead people are waiting to be taken care of and are starting to get impatient. Hera, queen of the gods, reigns over the Earth and Zeus… in her own way. But now her power and freedom are threatened by Zeus’ growing paranoia, and Hera is forced to act. As for the rebellious son of the king of the gods, Dionysus, he is unmanageable and on the verge of a cosmic collision with his father.”
August 29: TERMINATOR ZERO – animated series – on Netflix
James Cameron’s saga will take a never-before-seen animated twist at the end of the summer, in this variant that will take place between 2022 and 1997.Trapped between the future and the past, a soldier travels back in time to change the fate of humanity, to 1997 to protect a researcher named Malcolm Lee who is working on launching a new artificial intelligence system to ward off Skynet’s imminent attack on humanity..”
