Best Movies Streaming in June 2025: 'A Minecraft Movie' Debuts on Max
As the summer movie season continues in theaters this month with expected blockbusters like Brad Pitt's 'F1,' the live-action 'How to Train Your Dragon' remake, the 'John Wick' spinoff 'Ballerina' and more, one of the year's biggest movie sensations will actually be available to watch from home. Enter 'A Minecraft Movie' on Max. The Warner Bros. release dominated the spring box office with $940 million worldwide and caused a social media frenzy thanks to rowdy screenings in which popcorn buckets were thrown and the phrase 'chicken jockey!' was chanted by millions. Some screenings got so out of control that the police were called.
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'It's weird when you're having too much fun and the cops get called,' director Jared Hess told Entertainment Weekly during the height of 'A Minecraft Movie' madness. 'It's funny because I think it's just literally cheering and throwing popcorn, which is so funny to me that cops are getting called for popcorn. Yeah, it's hilarious. I've seen so many funny videos.'
'It's great, especially when people are climbing on their friends' shoulders and standing up and cheering for those moments,' he added. 'It's like this crazy anticipation. But, man, I'm just glad people are making memories with their friends and families.'
Will kids start throwing popcorn at home? 'A Minecraft Movie' is one of several high profile titles debuting on streaming in June. Check out the list below for more titles.While Max has not yet revealed the exact date 'A Minecraft Movie' hits streaming, it has confirmed a June launch. So yes, get ready to scream 'chicken jockey!' and throw some popcorn at your TV from home as the blockbuster hit is bound to be the month's biggest streaming sensation. Starring Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Emma Myers, Danielle Brooks, Sebastian Hansen and Jennifer Coolidge, 'A Minecraft Movie' powered to $940 million worldwide to become the biggest box office hit of 2025 so far.Robert De Niro's mob drama 'The Alto Knights' was a huge box office disappointment for Warner Bros. earlier this year, but perhaps it will find a larger audience when it has its streaming debut on Max this month. De Niro plays two characters, the mob bosses Vito Genovese and Frank Costello, in the movie from director Barry Levinson and the writer of 'Goodfellas.'Netflix is bringing a collection of Alfred Hitchcock films to the streaming service this month. Starting June 1, a collection of classic Hitchcock films will be available to stream in the U.S. Those include 'Vertigo,' 'Rear Window,' 'Frenzy,' 'The Man Who Knew Too Much,' 'Family Plot' and 'The Birds.' These titles join Hitchcock's genre-defining masterpiece 'Psycho,' which had already been available on the streaming platform. In addition, Netflix's Hitchcock collection will include fan-favorite films inspired by the iconic director, such as Jordan Peele's 'Us' and Zach Cregger's 'Barbarian.'As part of Netflix's June celebration of Alfred Hitchcock (see above), the streaming giant is adding a few recent hit movies inspired by the legendary director. Zach Cregger's 'Barbarian' is one such movie. The twist-packed 2022 horror movie was a word-of-mouth sensation at the box office with $45 million grossed worldwide on a production budget in the $4 million range. The timing of 'Barbarian's' arrival on Netflix also couldn't be more perfect as Cregger's new horror movie, 'Weapons,' opens in theaters Aug. 8 from Warner Bros.Jordan Peele's 'Us' arrives on Netflix this month as part of the streamer's Alfred Hitchcock celebration (see above). Peele was vocal during the 2019 release of 'Us' that Hitchcock was one of his biggest inspirations, specifically movies like 'Vertigo' which also explored the theme of doppelgängers. Lupita Nyong'o gives a tour-de-force performance in 'Us' as a mother trying to protect her family against their sinister doubles known as the 'Tethered.'Taraji P. Henson headlines Tyler Perry's latest Netflix original movie, 'Straw.' The official synopsis reads: 'A single mother's world unravels in chaos as her day goes from bad to worse to catastrophic as she struggles to care for her ill daughter. Pushed to the brink by a world that seems indifferent to her existence, she's forced to confront impossible choices in a society that offers her no safety net.' The supporting cast includes Sherri Shepherd, Teyana Taylor, Sinbad, Rockmond Dunbar, Ashley Versher, Mike Merrill and Glynn Turman.After an exclusive Imax theatrical release earlier this year, Sony Pictures Classics' exhilarating documentary 'Becoming Led Zeppelin' arrives on Netflix this month. The doc explores the group's origins with never-before-seen footage and commentary from the notoriously private band, consisting of Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham. Described as a 'hybrid docu-concert' movie, the film also includes rare, unseen performances from concert halls of Led Zeppelin's nascent tours. 'Becoming Led Zeppelin,' as the title suggests, does not include the band's entire career but focuses on its formation in the 1960s.Netflix is likely to have one of the biggest streaming hits of June with the premiere of the new documentary 'Titan: The OceanGate Disaster,' which investigates the submersible explosion that became a global news story in June 2023. Per Netflix, the documentary 'delves into the psyche of billionaire OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush and explores his relentless quest to bring oceanic exploration to the masses — at any cost. Through exclusive access to whistleblower testimony, audio recordings and footage from the company's early days, the film provides an unprecedented look at the technical challenges, moral dilemmas and poor decisions that culminated in the catastrophic expedition.'David Attenborough draws on 'a lifetime of experience to reveal Earth's most spectacular underwater habitats, showing that we're in the greatest age of Ocean discovery and highlighting its vital importance,' reads Disney+'s synopsis for Attenborough's latest nature documentary. 'While exposing the Ocean's biggest challenges, Attenborough's message is one of hope: the opportunity for marine life recovery on an unprecedented scale is within reach.'Emmy-winning director Cristina Costantini is behind the original Disney+ Sally Ride documentary 'Sally.' The official synopsis reads: 'Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure, she carried a secret. Revealing the romance and sacrifices of their 27 years together, Sally's life partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, tells the full story of this complicated and iconic astronaut for the first time.'Julianne Moore already has one summer streaming hit courtesy of Netflix's limited series 'Sirens.' Can she deliver a second for Apple TV+? Moore stars opposite Sydney Sweeney and Domhnall Gleeson in the thriller 'Echo Valley' from director Michael Pearce and writer Brad Ingelsby (creator of 'Mare of Easttown'). Moore stars as Kate and Sweeney is her troubled daughter Claire, who shows up unexpected at her mother's house one night covered in someone else's blood. Kate is forced to go to great lengths to figure out what happened to her daughter and protect her from more danger.'Bono: Stories of Surrender' is now streaming on Apple TV+ after a splashy world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Andrew Dominik ('The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,' 'Blonde'), the film reimagines the 'U2' frontman's one-man stage show for the screen. Per Apple: 'As Bono pulls back the curtain on a remarkable life and the family, friends and faith that have challenged and sustained him, he also reveals personal stories about his journey as a son, father, husband, activist and rock star.'Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino is behind 'Parthenope,' which A24 released in theaters earlier this year but is hopefully going to gain some more traction when it arrives on Max this month. Per the studio's synopsis: 'Parthenope, born in the sea of Naples in 1950, searches for happiness over the long summers of her youth, falling in love with her home city and its many memorable characters.' From Variety's review: ''Parthenope' is an exquisite treatise on cinematic beauty. Chronicling her birth, her youthful teenage summers and the years she spends adrift as a young adult, the film is an intoxicating reflection on the way people and places are seen, and the way they see themselves.'Daisy Ridley headlines 'Cleaner,' the latest action tentpole from James Bond director Martin Campbell ('GoldenEye,' 'Casino Royale'). Per the official synopsis: 'Set in present-day London, a group of radical activists take over an energy company's annual gala, seizing 300 hostages in order to expose the corruption of the hosts. Their just cause is hijacked by an extremist within their ranks, who is ready to murder everyone in the building to send his anarchic message to the world. It falls to an ex-soldier turned window cleaner, played by Ridley, suspended 50 stories up on the outside of the building, to save those trapped inside, including her younger brother.'In a full-circle moment, the acclaimed Looney Tunes movie 'The Day the Earth Blew Up' arrives on Max this month after originally being produced exclusively for the streaming platform. Plans changed and Ketchup Entertainment rescued the movie and gave it a theatrical release to the tune of $15 million worldwide. The sci-fi comedy centers on Porky Pig and Daffy Duck as they become the unlikely saviors of the planet during an alien invasion.Steven Soderbergh's 'Presence' arrives on Hulu this month after a January theatrical release from Neon. Marking the filmmaker's first foray into supernatural horror, the movie puts a twist on the genre by telling a haunted house story from the ghost's perspective, with the camera representing its first-person view as it haunts a suburban family as they crack under the pressure of internal and external forces. Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, Eddy Maday and Julia Fox star.Duke Johnson's 'The Actor' follows Paul (André Holland), an actor who wakes up one day in a small town in Ohio and can't remember the first thing about who he is. As he begins investigating and questioning the people in his life, he falls in love with a costume designer, Edna (Gemma Chan), and gets wrapped up in a mind-bending odyssey. Which of his many identities are truly his?Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom and 'Ted Lasso' favorite Nick Mohammed join forces for the original Amazon Prime Video action comedy 'Deep Cover.' Howard plays an improv comedy teacher beginning to question if she's missed her shot at success. When an undercover cop (Sean Bean) offers her the role of a lifetime, she recruits two of her students (Bloom and Mohammed) to infiltrate London's gangland by impersonating dangerous criminals.Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun's romance 'Love Me' centers on a buoy and a satellite who meet online long after humanity's extinction. As they learn what life was like on Earth, they discover who they are and what it means to be alive and in love. Blending live-action and animation, 'Love Me' tells an intimate romance story on an epic scale as the characters evolve from animatronic machines to human beings across billions of years.
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