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Here’s what’s new on Netflix in July 2026: 10 best movies and shows to watch

Will Ferrell swings, Kevin Hart parties and 'Heartstopper' stops

Matthew Singer
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Are you ready to laugh? Maybe? Netflix’s two biggest new titles for July feature two of the biggest names in comedy: Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell. In The Hawk, Ferrell plays a washed-up golfer mounting a comeback, while in 72 Hours, Hart is a washed-up party animal trying to prove he’s still got something left in the tank by hanging with a trio of current Saturday Night Live cast members during a wild bachelor party weekend. Elsewhere, Millie Bobby Brown returns to the role of Enola ‘Sister of Sherlock’ Holmes for a third go-round, the tender queer romcom Heartstopper comes to a tearful end and beloved rural drama Little House on the Prairie gets a 21st century makeover. 

What’s new on Netflix July 2026 at a glance:

📍Movies: Enola Holmes 3 (July 1), Heartstopper Forever (July 17), 72 Hours (July 24)
📍Shows: Survival of the Thickest season 3 (July 2), Little House on the Prairie (July 9), Quarterback season 3 (July 14), The Hawk (July 16), Ransom Canyon season 2 (July 23)
📍Limited Series: Worst Neighbor Ever (July 1), Human Vapor (July 2) 

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Enola Holmes 3 

Millie Bobby Brown continues her adventures as the plucky younger sister of Sherlock Holmes. In this third instalment of the series, she’s on her way to Malta to marry handsome dweeb Lord Tewkesbury (Louis Partridge), only to have her nuptials interrupted by news that her famous detective brother has been kidnapped.

Premieres July 1

Worst Neighbor Ever 

Siphoning off the success of HBO’s Neighbors, this docuseries, from the creators of Worst Roommate Ever, recounts four tales of neighborly conflict that went too far. How far? A house explodes at one point.

Premieres July 1

Human Vapor

A gassy villain terrorises the world in this remake of the 1960s Japanese cult classic sci-fi film – or maybe ‘gaseous’ is the more appropriate adjective. A man discovers he has the ability to transform into an undetectable vapor, a power he puts to criminal use. Written by Train to Busan director Yeon Sang-ho, the limited series features visual effects from the team behind the awe-inspiring Godzilla Minus One – two very positive signs.

Premieres July 2

Survival of the Thickest season 3

The endearing journey of Mavis Beaumont comes to an end with an Emily in Paris-type final season, as the aspiring plus-sized fashionista is given the opportunity of a lifetime in the City of Lights – while also navigating a complicated love triangle.

Premieres July 2

Little House on the Prairie

In an era overflowing with rural dramas, the time is right for yet another adaptation of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book series. In the late 1800s, the Ingalls family leaves Wisconsin to settle in Kansas, confronting myriad troubles along the way. 

Premieres July 9

Quarterback season 3 

If you’re a high-level professional athlete these days, a camera crew is probably following you, even when you’re not at work. As the title makes clear, this docuseries keeps tabs on three NFL quarterbacks through the course of football season: Baker Mayfield of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jayden Daniels of the Washington Commanders, Cam Ward of the Tennessee Titans and Joe Flacco of the Cincinnati Bengals.

Premieres July 14

The Hawk 

Will Ferrell is funny in everything, but his sports comedies have some of the lowest rates of return (see: Semi-Pro, Kicking and Screaming). He’ll try again with this series, in which he plays a disgraced golf pro screaming his way to a comeback that puts him on a collision course with his ascendant nepo-baby son (Jimmy Tatro). Maybe one day someone will make a movie about a golfer who’s not a loud asshole, but today is not that day.

Premieres July 16

Heartstopper Forever 

Alice Oseman’s tender and uplifting teen love story Heartstopper won raves for its queer themes and sensitive handling of big issues including adolescent sex and mental health. In lieu of a final season, this feature-length finale wraps things up for Nick and Charlie (Kit Connor and Joe Locke) as they stand at the precipice of life beyond high school. 

Premieres July 17

Ransom Canyon season 2 

Apologies if this sounds condescending, but the easiest way to describe this rural romance is ‘Yellowstone for Women.’ Minka Kelly is a New York concert pianist who returns to her small Texas town to take over a local dancehall and falls for a rancher with a tragic past (Josh Duhamel). Can love blossom amid familial land battles, encroachment from outsiders and buried secrets coming to light? It’s been rocky so far!

Premieres July 23

72 Hours 

Kevin Hart does The Hangover, basically, as an unc-in-denial trying to prove he can hang with the young’uns when he joins a group of zoomers on a debauched bachelor party weekend. Sounds mid at best, but it’s another reminder of the raunchy, loud-and-dumb comedies that used to proliferate in cinemas before becoming exclusively forgettable streaming fodder.

Premieres July 24


Everything New Coming to Netflix in July 2026

Available July 1:

Enola Holmes 3

Summer ’36

Worst Neighbor Ever

A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

A Dog’s Journey

A Dog’s Purpose

A League of Their Own

Ali

Apollo 13

Baby Mama

The Beguiled

Born on the Fourth of July

The Boss Baby

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Donnie Brasco

Fargo

Gone Girl

Hellboy

Heroes: Seasons 1-4

High Fidelity

Krampus

Moneyball

Nomadland

Queen & Slim

Rebirth of Mothra

Rebirth of Mothra II

Rebirth of Mothra III

Ride Along

Ride Along 2

Sex Tape

Spider-Man: Homecoming

Talk to Me

U-571

The Vow

White Chicks

The Witch

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Available July 2:

Human Vapor

Hunting Housewives

Super Subbu

Survival of the Thickest: Season 3

Available July 3:

Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married?

Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?

Available July 4:

80 for Brady

Dark Winds: Season 4

Available July 5:

Memento

Sparks of Tomorrow

Available July 6:

Hamnet

My Sesame Street Friends: My Abby: Season 2

Available July 7:

Better Late Than Single: Season 2

Emeril Cooks: Season 1

Jeff Arcuri: Nice to Meet You

Available July 8:

I’m Not Afraid

Nothing to Lose

Salcedo, Leather, and Boogaloo

Thunder 3

The Tick: The Complete Series

Available July 9:

Little House on the Prairie

Available July 10:

Ikka

Miguel Ángel Blanco: The 48 Hours that Changed Spain

The Paradise Murders

Shipwrecked: Nightmare at Sea

Zola

Available July 11:

The Apartment Job

Available July 12:

Love is Blind: UK – After the Altar

Susana and Elvira: No Plan B

Available July 13:

Golden Kamuy -The Abashiri Prison Raid

Hot Ones: Extra Heat

Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning

Mile End Kicks

MLB Home Run Derby 2026

Available July 14:

The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

Quarterback: Season 3

Techniquely: Season 1

Available July 15:

Snowden

The Tick: Seasons 1-2

The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On: Season 4

Available July 16:

The Body in the Locker

Me Before Me

The Hawk

Available July 17:

23000 Lives

Desire

The East Palace

Heartstopper Forever

The Map of Longing

Available July 18:

Spooky in Love (KR)

Available July 19:

The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: Season 3

Available July 20:

Sesame Street Classics: Season 1

Wicked: For Good

Available July 21:

Bill Maher: The Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor

WWE: Unreal: Season 3

Available July 22:

A Toxic Love Story

Elite Force

The Taste Test: Season 1

Available July 23:

Kaulitz & Kaulitz: Season 3

Ransom Canyon: Season 2

The Debt Collector

Available July 24:

72 HOURS

Scream

Scream 2

Scream 3

The Truthers

Available July 27:

Hannibal: Season 1-3

TÁR

Available July 28:

The Exorcism

Mary Beth Barone: Galaxy Brain

Available July 29:

A Private Life

Final Project

Gear Heads: Season 1

Wrath

Available July 30:

The Bombing of Pan Am 103

Available July 31:

Terry McMillan Presents: His, Hers & Ours

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