Huge finale for Squid Game and another Marvel spin-off: here are the top shows to stream in June

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With a farewell to one of the biggest hits of recent years, the return of an Emmy-winning powerhouse and a couple of quality homegrown dramas, there's something for everyone on the streaming services in June
APPLE TV+
STICK
JUNE 4
Could Stick do for golf what Ted Lasso did for football? It's certainly being positioned in the same feel-good sporting comedy landscape, with Owen Wilson as former pro golfer Pryce 'Stick' Cahill, who has fallen on hard times after a spectacular on-course meltdown with the world watching, losing his job and a failed marriage. But when he stumbles on a troubled 17-year-old 'who swings a golf club like a dream', Stick senses a shot a redemption and takes him under his wing to try to qualify him for the US Amateur Championship – and he might just rediscover his love of the game in the process.
SMOKE
JUNE 27
Inspired by true events and the acclaimed Firebug podcast, this nine-part crime drama has been given the small screen treatment by author Dennis Lehane (of Mystic River and Gone Baby Gone fame) and executive produced by Taron Egerton. The Golden Globe winning UK actor also stars as arson investigator Dave Gudson, who teams up with a difficult detective (played by Emmy-nominated Lovecraft Country star Jurnee Smollett) to take down a pair of serial arsonists before they strike again.
Echo Valley – June 13
The Buccaneers Season 2 – June 18
BINGE
MIX TAPE
JUNE 5
Anyone who remembers the analog joy of making a mix tape to impress that special someone – or its modern equivalent the Spotify playlist – will recognise the language of love brought to bear in this four-part romantic drama that recently won the TV Spotlight Audience Award at this year's SXSW Festival. Switching between a teenage romance in 1989 Sheffield, in northern England, and the present day on opposite sides of the world, it follows Alison (the prolific Teresa Palmer) and Daniel (Jim Sturgess) as they reconnect through a song from the past that makes them rethink what they want from love and life.
JUNE 13
Based on the comic series of the same name, this horror drama puts a fresh spin on the well-worn zombie genre. In a rural Wisconsin town, the recently dead suddenly return to life – but just as they had been before they died rather than slavering, mindless monsters. But they are soon subject to prejudice and suspicion, especially when some theorise that 'the gates of hell' might have opened and uncertainty arises as to whether they can be killed again. In the midst of the mystery, a local cop is investigating a murder and both the living and the dead are suspects.
ALSO SHOWING
Mr Loverman – June 4
Great Canadian Bake Off Season 8 – June 3
Below Deck Season 12 – June 10
Love It Or List It NZ – June 25
Eva Longoria: Searching For Mexico – June 27
JUNE 25
Set after the events of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (and with that movie's director Ryan Coogler on board as executive producer), Dominique Thorne reprises her character of tech genius Riri Williams. She takes up the metal suited-superhero mantle vacated by Tony Stark/Iron Man with her own spin, and is determined to make her mark on the world. While juggling her studies, she encounters the mysterious Parker Robbins – aka the Hood – (Anthony Ramos) whose costume allows him to tap into the Dark Arts, setting up a showdown between her tech and his magic.
THE BEAR
JUNE 26
Season three of the acclaimed comedy drama left viewers with a 'to be continued' cliffhanger with Jeremy Allen White's brilliant but volatile chef Carmy digesting the review of The Bear's chaotic opening. Eleven Emmy Awards later, Carmy and his culinary crew are back to deal with the fallout of that review, not to mention the restaurant's financial strife and disgruntled staff. Long-suffering Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) is still pondering an outside offer and there are still unresolved issues between Carmy and his cousin Richie and ex-girlfriend Claire. Expect plenty more spice, with guest appearances from John Cena and Josh Harnett. Yes, Chef!
ALSO SHOWING
Predator: Killer of Killers – June 6
Ocean With David Attenborough – June 8
Call Her Alex – June 10
To Catch a Smuggler: Tropical Takedown – June 25
MAX
JUNE 2
Bizarre, macabre and fascinating, this HBO documentary examines the career of David Sconce, who took over his family's funeral home in early 1980s California and turned it into a money-making machine. Unfortunately for the families who had entrusted him with their late loved ones, he did it through years of morally questionable and inhumane practices. The unrepentant Sconce took the view that what happens to a body after death doesn't really matter – unsurprisingly many of those affected took a different view as his grisly misdeeds came to light.
MY MOM JAYNE
JUNE 28
Best known for her role on Law and Order: SVU, American actor Mariska Hargitay was just three years old when the car she was in slammed into a truck and killed her mother, actor Jayne Mansfield. Nearly 60 years later, she's directed and produced this HBO documentary in an attempt to know, understand and embrace the Hollywood bombshell she barely knew. Through emotional interviews, archival footage and never-before-seen film and photos, she unpacks her mother's legacy as well as facing up to a few secrets of her own.
ALSO SHOWING
Mountainhead – June 1
Sherri Papini: Caught In the Lie – June 20
Enigma – June 25
When No One Sees Us – June 30
NETFLIX
JUNE 6
Adapted from Aussie author Jane Harper's (The Dry, Force of Nature) 2020 bestseller of the same name, this Tasmania-shot mystery thriller focuses on a small coastal town that is torn apart after three people die in a fierce storm. Fifteen years later, young father Kieran (Charlie Vickers of Rings of Power fame), a friend of those killed, returns to the town to find the tight-knit community still traumatised. And when a young woman is murdered both he and the community have to finally reckon with their unresolved issues.
SQUID GAME
JUNE 27
After the season two cliffhanger and Gi-hun's (Lee Jung-jae) failed attempt to overthrow the treacherous Front Man (who was hiding in plain sight as Player 001) and the other organisers of one of the nastiest games to ever grace our screens, there is a lot to wrap up in the third and final season of the hit Korean drama. We know from the trailer that the long-suffering and vengeance-driven Gi-hun finds himself back in the game for a third time, so count on new and inventive ways for players to die as he again tries to survive long enough to bring the whole enterprise down from within.
ALSO SHOWING
Power Moves With Shaquille O'Neal – June 4
Ginny and Georgia Season 3 – June 5
Titan: The Oceangate Disaster – June 11
Fubar Season 2 – June 12
America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Season 2 – June 18
PARAMOUNT+
THE INSPIRED UNEMPLOYED (IMPRACTICAL) JOKERS
JUNE 9
With Jack and Falcon back from their ridiculous jaunt around the world performing random tasks on The List, the pair have reunited with other mates Liam and Dom to get back to doing what they do best – being idiots in front of cameras and pranking strangers and each other. With a promise of awkward encounters, more cringe-worthy moments, and more unfiltered mayhem – no one will be safe.
THE GILDED AGE
JUNE 23
Last seen engaging in drunken shenanigans in The White Lotus, the versatile Carrie Coon pulls on the corsets again for her Emmy-nominated role of Bertha Russell in another season of the historical drama set in the world of the filthy rich residents of 1880s New York. This season Bertha is determined to use her riches to make further inroads into the high society that still sees her as new-money interloper and assure the future of her children, while husband George is looking to add to their massive pile of cash by revolutionising the railroad industry.
ALSO SHOWING
Watchmen Chapter 1 and 2 – June 4
The 78th Annual Tony Awards – June 9
Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards – June 24
Survivor Season 48 – June 20
PRIME VIDEO
WE WERE LIARS
JUNE 18
E. Lockhart's young adult novel We Were Liars was a hit when it was released in 2024, winning that year's Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fiction. Now the psychological thriller is getting the TV treatment starring Emily Alyn Lind (from the rebooted Gossip Girl) as 17-year-old Cadence Sinclair Eastman, who returns to her family's secluded private island after a traumatic accident leaves her with amnesia. As she grapples with memory loss, she uncovers dark secrets within her privileged family as the eight-episode series explores themes of wealth, trauma, and betrayal.
COUNTDOWN
JUNE 25
With Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, Chicago Justice and FBI International on his resume, Countdown creator Derek Haas has some serious runs on the board in the TV drama department. This new crime drama stars Jensen Ackles (famed for Days of Our Lives but so good as Soldier Boy in The Boys) as LAPD detective Mark Meachum who helps undercover a deep conspiracy that puts millions of lives in danger after being brought into a covert task force to solve the murder of a Department of Homeland Security officer.
ALSO SHOWING
ICC World Test Championship Final – June 11
American Thunder: Nascar To Le Mans – June 12
Beyond After – June 24
Countdown – June 25
Marry My Husband – June 27
STAN
THIS CITY IS OURS
JUNE 4
Fans of the outstanding MobLand will want to check out this BBC crime drama also set in the gritty world of English gangsters, thieves and villains. The ever-reliable Sean Bean plays veteran crime boss Ronnie Phelan, who is looking to get out of the game, triggering a power struggle between his long-serving 2IC Michael (hardman specialist James Nelson Joyce) and his son Jamie (Time's Jack McMullen), who is rising fast in the ranks and thinks the job should be his. And with millions of pounds in the drug trade at stake, it ain't gonna be pretty.
HAL & HARPER
JUNE 26
Indie darling Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth) is the driving force behind this family comedy drama, as creator, writer, director and star alongside Riverdale's Lili Reinhart. The pair play the titular co-dependent siblings with a mix of bitter and sweet as the show jumps back and forth through time to show them as slightly clueless adults as well the childhood events that made them that way. Mark Ruffalo is their closed off, grief-stricken dad doing his best to parent them, and the three-time Oscar nominee's son Keen also appears as Hal's roommate.
ALSO SHOWING
The Last Man On Earth – June 4
BMF – June 6
The Gold – June 9
The Surfer – June 15