The 10 Best New Movies On Netflix In June 2025

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Georgina Campbell stars in the 2022 horror film 'Barbarian.'
I had a strange reaction as I sifted through Netflix's movie lineup for June. Because while there aren't many 'big' blockbuster movies I expect to dominate the cultural conversation in the coming months, there are quite a few films that piqued my interest more than usual. Several great selections are part of the mix, including a brand new melodramatic picture from one of Hollywood's most prolific auteurs, an animated biopic that's unlike anything you've ever seen before, and a new-ish horror film that took the genre world by storm a few years ago but is still waiting to entice a broader audience. Yes, rock legend documentaries, gritty and goofy B-pictures and unfairly maligned high-concept comedies are on the menu this month for Netflix subscribers—guys, this is a good month.
So where do you start with such a glorious mess of options? I've got ten recommendations to kickstart your Netflix watchlist for June. Below, I will list all ten movies, along with plot descriptions, trailers, release dates and reasons why you should watch them. Then at the bottom of the article, I've got a full list of every single movie that will be dropping on Netflix in the month of June. Hopefully you can find you next movie night movie in this bunch. Hsppy watching!
Tyler Perry, who's in the middle of a multi-year deal with Netflix that recently gave us movies like A Jazzman's Blues, Mea Culpa and (most recently) The Six Triple Eight, has been on quite a tear as of late, writing and directing several movies and TV series per year. And he's not slowing down in 2025, with the mystery-thriller Duplicity releasing on Amazon Prime earlier this year and Madea's Destination Wedding due on Netflix in July. And just yesterday, the heavy drama Straw starring Taraji P. Henson dropped as well. Henson stars as Janiyah, a single mother who is trying everything imaginable to care for her sick daughter, despite life throwing every possible obstacle in her way. When a desperate visit to the bank turns into an unintentional hostage situation, the day spirals out of control, drawing attention from police, media and a community that never seemed to notice her until this very unfortunate moment. Expect, per usual, a powerhouse performance from the ever-dedicated Henson.
Straw will be available to stream on Netflix starting June 6, 2025.
Given the home invasion genre's success over the years, it seemed inevitable that Airbnb horror stories would leak their way into movies. And that was certainly the case with Barbarian, a film directed by Zach Cregger that reinvents itself at every turn and constantly keeps you guessing. Our main character Tess (Georgina Campbell) starts out in a situation immediately coded with danger: she arrives at a rental house late at night, only to find it's already occupied by a stranger named Keith (Bill Skarsgård). From there…well, it's best not to spoil anything. But just know that they're not alone in, or around, or underneath that house—look, it's safe to say you won't expect what's coming next. Just know the film is split into three distinct movements, each shifting in tone and perspective, yet all rooted in the same thematic core: the unchecked violence of patriarchy, and the quiet ways women have been conditioned to endure and survive it.
Barbarian will be available to stream on Netflix starting June 1, 2025.
High-concept comedy is all the rage these days, but one fantastically funny movie that's managed to slip under everybody's radar (plus the film was torn to shreds by critics) has been Get Hard—a truly hilarious play on racial and class stereotypes that uses its absurd premise to create a string of escalating situations that constantly push the fine line between harsh reality and exaggeration. Directed by Etan Cohen, this buddy comedy is built around a fish-out-of-water premise: a wealthy, sheltered hedge fund manager named James (Will Ferrell) is sentenced to prison and hires a working-class car washer, Darnell (Kevin Hart), to prepare him for incarceration—despite Darnell having never actually been to prison. The commentary is biting, for sure, but at the end of the day you come and stay for the real foundation of the film: the chemistry between Ferrell and Hart, who operate on two entirely comedic poles yet never miss a beat with one another.
Get Hard will be available to stream on Netflix starting June 9, 2025.
Ever since the box-office-busting release of The Lego Movie, the Lego brand has been prolific with follow-ups, from The Lego Batman Movie to The Lego Ninjago Movie. But the company took its biggest creative risk yet with Piece by Piece, a biopic of music superstar Pharrell Williams' life that, surprisingly, didn't get much love at the box office. But critics did love this unique bend on the biopic formula (the movie currently owns an 83% rating on Rotten Tomatoes), so it is probably worth your while. This unconventional 'documentary' directed by Morgan Neville reimagines Pharrell's rise from a musically curious kid in Virginia Beach to a multi-hyphenate powerhouse as a colorful, blocky adventure. You can look forward to (voiced) appearances from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Gwen Stefani, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, Snoop Dogg, Jay-Z, Justin Timberlake—and more, if you can believe it.
Piece by Piece will be available to stream on Netflix starting June 7, 2025.
I was absolutely ecstatic about the announcement of a third Now You See Me movie—especially because this time Lionsgate fixed the second movie's fatal error and finally went with the title Now You See Me: Now You Don't. While I thought the second film of the trilogy, Now You See Me 2 (which is also available on Netflix, by the way), was fine, I'm hoping the third movie can live up to the original—a rather campy, tongue-in-cheek film that has fantastic fun with the heist movie formula. This modern day Robin Hood story directed by Louis Letterier centers on four magicians—J. Daniel Atlas (Jesse Eisenberg), Merritt McKinney (Woody Harrelson), Henley Reeves (Isla Fisher) and Jack Wilder (Dave Franco)—who perform a series of public illusions that rob the rich and redistribute the wealth. Leterrier is the true star here, as his direction is sleek and showy, full of whip-pans, swirling steadicam shots and glowing stage lights that constantly make you feel like you're on the inside of the giant con.
Now You See Me will be available to stream on Netflix starting June 1, 2025.
There are lots of great auteurs working in the horror genre today, but none of them have gotten off to a stellar start on the level of Jordan Peele, who premiered with Get Out in 2017 and dropped his third film Nope in 2022. And pocketed between those two high-concept horror takes was the film many believe to be his best: Us. This genre-bending, sci-fi-horror, doppelgänger-filled extravaganza follows a family—Adelaide Wilson (Lupita Nyong'o), her husband Gabe (Winston Duke) and their two children, Zora (Shahadi Wright Joseph) and Jason (Evan Alex)—that gets caught up in a living nightmare: after arriving at their beach house in Santa Cruz, intruders soon break in—and are revealed to be the family's exact doubles. At that point, every waking moment becomes a battle for survival. These doppelgängers are known as "The Tethered,' and, as part of Peele's ever-present social commentary on race relations in America, represent those who have been ignored, repressed or discarded by society, and their uprising in the Wilsons' known universe becomes a twisted reclamation of agency.
Us will be available to stream on Netflix starting June 1, 2025.
Even though she's made enormously popular movies like It's Complicated, The Holiday and The Parent Trap, it still feels like Nancy Meyers has never gotten the respect she deserves. For she doesn't just direct box-office-busting romances, but tender, life-affirming tales about the human condition that are decorated with painterly compositions—carefully curated sets that make you feel part of the experience; soft and natural lighting that creates a warm glow; and restrained, sophisticated color palettes that often pop with color. And, as of this moment, the final feature film she's written and directed is just as wonderful as anything else she's released: The Intern. The film follows Ben Whittaker (Robert De Niro), a 70-year-old widower who becomes a senior intern at an online fashion startup run by Jules Ostin (Anne Hathaway), a driven and overworked CEO. Meyers uses Ben as a symbol of quiet competence and grace in a world Jules occupies, which is often overwhelmed by noise and speed. Ultimately, Meyers uses Jules to show that sharp determination in a capitalistic world doesn't shield us from existential turmoil, and at some point we must all confront the emptiness.
The Intern will be available to stream on Netflix starting June 22, 2025.
I've said it before and I'll say it again: long live the B-movie. Ever since I was introduced to Plan 9 from Outer Space in my film class back in college, I've been obsessed with this strange pocket of cinema infused with such spirited innovation and raw energy that compensates for its clear limitations. B-movies, with their unfiltered creativity and charming imperfections, operate with fewer rules and fewer eyes watching, allowing them to take bold risks and embrace genre conventions without apology—exactly the way I like it. And Plane is a perfect example of how modern films continue that tradition. Directed by Jean-François Richet, the story follows a commercial pilot named Brodie Torrance (Gerard Butler) who must land a storm-damaged passenger plane in hostile territory, only to then lead a rescue mission when his passengers are taken hostage by violent separatists. Butler, as you could probably guess, plays Brodie as an everyman with grit—not invincible or cocky, but calm, resourceful and heroic in an almost superhuman way.
Plane will be available to stream on Netflix starting June 12, 2025.
I have a strange history with Led Zeppelin. I grew up hating classic rock because my dad would constantly blast it in the family car, and Led Zeppelin was by far his favorite group—naturally, I rebelled, refusing to ever listen to them. Years later, however, they've become an important band in my life, and their music speaks to me in a different way. And their formation story is certainly worthy of a documentary, meaning I will definitely be tuning into Becoming Led Zeppelin. Directed by Bernard MacMahon (who gave us the musical documentary American Epic), this two-hour film offers a detailed portrait of the iconic British rock band, charting their rise from post-war childhoods and early days in the 1960s music scene to their explosive success in 1969. It combines never-before-seen concert footage with personal archives, archival interviews with the late John Bonham and narration from surviving band members Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Paul Jones. Yeah, I'll tune in to hear from those guys.
Becoming Led Zeppelin will be available to stream on Netflix starting June 7, 2025.
When I saw Netflix was going to host a collection of Alfred Hitchcock films—a lineup that includes some of my favorite movies ever, like The Birds, Vertigo and Rear Window—I got super excited. Mostly because one of those movies, Frenzy, is such a subversive pick; a complete departure for Hitchcock, a director who had always subdued his sick and twisted characters for the sake of the average moviegoer, but finally decided to indulge the hideous tendencies of the wicked with the goriest, most twisted picture of his entire filmography. The story centers on Richard Blaney (Jon Finch), a down-on-his-luck former RAF officer wrongly accused of being the 'Necktie Murderer,' a serial killer targeting women in London. Where earlier Hitchcock films imply violence merely through suggestion, here he confronts it directly, lingering on the brutality in an effort to make you as uncomfortable as possible—but in the wonderfully provocative ways movies are capable of achieving. If you've got a strong stomach and don't mind dry British humor, this penultimate film from Hitchcock is a great watch.
Frenzy will be available to stream on Netflix starting June 1, 2025.