The return of Charlize Theron’s band of immortals; another behind the scenes glimpse at the lives of NFL quarterbacks; a brand-new music talent series featuring one of Liam Payne’s final TV appearances; the conclusion of The Sandman‘s story; a potential breakout Korean thriller; and the long-awaited return of Happy Gilmore are some of the highlights among the new films and series hitting Netflix in July.
One of Netflix’s big movie plays for July is the sequel to its very silly but very fun action fantasy film The Old Guard. Debuting on July 2, the Victoria Mahoney-directed film once again sees Charlize Theron playing Andromache of Scythia, aka Andy, the leader of a band of vigilante immortals. In The Old Guard 2, following on from the climax of the first film, Andy must come to terms with her newfound mortality while preparing to face a mysterious foe (played by Uma Thurman). The cast includes returnees KiKi Layne, Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Matthias Schoenaerts and Chiwetel Ejiofor, and newcomers Thurman and Henry Golding.
Quarterback, the sports docuseries, is back for its second season this month, debuting on July 8. The show, produced by Netflix in partnership with NFL Films, 2PM Productions, and Peyton Manning’s Omaha Productions, is in the vein of the streamer’s phenomenally successful Drive to Survive docuseries. Season one of Quarterback followed Patrick Mahomes, Kirk Cousins, and Marcus Mariota through the 2022 season. Season two will see Cousins return, this time as a member of the Atlanta Falcons, with Joe Burrow of the Cincinnati Bengals and Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions.
On July 9, Netflix debuts its new music competition series, Building the Band. The show was notably the last television appearance of the late One Direction singer Liam Payne, who died tragically in October 2024. Before his death, Payne recorded episodes as a guest judge on the series that is hosted by Backstreet Boys’ AJ McLean, with Nicole Scherzinger (The Pussycat Dolls) serving as mentor-judge and Destiny’s Child’s Kelly Rowland also serving as a guest judge. Following Payne’s death, the show’s producers and Payne’s family were weighing his inclusion in the series. Ultimately, they have decided to move forward with Payne remaining in the show.
Launching in three parts over the month of July is the second and final season of The Sandman, the fantasy series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s iconic graphic novels. Despite stellar reviews and decent ratings for season one, the followup and indeed the very existence of a second season hung in the balance as Gaiman was accused of sexual assault by five women in July 2024, and by four more women in January 2025. The second season will conclude the story for Dream (played by Tom Sturridge), the show’s central character and part one will debut on July 3, with part two on July 24 with a special episode concluding things on July 31. Season two will feature a number of fan-favorite characters reprising their roles, including Mason Alexander Park as Desire, Gwendoline Christie as Lucifer, Vivienne Acheampong as Lucienne, and Patton Oswalt as the voice of Matthew the Raven. Jenna Coleman, Donna Preston, Esmé Creed-Miles, Adrian Lester, Barry Sloane, Ferdinand Kingsley, Stephen Fry, Asim Chaudhry, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Razane Jammal, Ruairi O’Connor, Freddie Fox, Clive Russell, Laurence O’Fuarain, Ann Skelly, Douglas Booth, Jack Gleeson, Indya Moore, and Steve Coogan also appear.
A potential breakout film for Netflix this month could be the Korean psychological thriller Wall to Wall, which debuts on July 18. In demand filmmaker Kim Tae-joon, who wrote and directed the disturbing tech thriller Unlocked for the streamer, is back with another feature that is sure to linger with its audience. According to the logline, Wall to Wall is about “Woo-sung, a financially burdened homeowner who struggles to find sleep and peace in what should be his dream home. When all his neighbors accuse him of being the source of the noise, he sets out to find the source himself and prove his innocence.”
The other big Hollywood film release for Netflix in July, and the feature most likely to shoot up the top 10 list and dominate social media, is the sequel to Adam Sandler’s classic and endlessly quotable golf comedy Happy Gilmore. The first film, released all the way back in 1996, featured Sandler as a failed hockey player with a knack for booming golf drives, and the Kyle Newacheck-directed sequel sees Happy picking up his clubs once more to pay for his daughter’s school fees. As well as Sandler, Julie Bowen, Christopher “Shooter McGavin” McDonald, and Ben Stiller reprise their roles from the original film while Benny Safdie and Bad Bunny are newcomers. Happy Gilmore 2 debuts on July 25.
Movies added to Netflix in July include Blow, Born on the Fourth of July, Captain Phillips, The Deer Hunter, Friday Night Lights, Here Comes the Boom, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Horrible Bosses, The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid, The Karate Kid Part II, The Karate Kid Part III, Mission: Impossible, Mission: Impossible II, Mission: Impossible III, Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, The Notebook, Pacific Rim, The Sweetest Thing, Tangerine, V for Vendetta, White Chicks, Jaws, Jaws 2, Jaws 3 and Jaws: The Revenge.
Read on for the complete list of titles hitting Netflix in March.
July 1
Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers (GB)
Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel (GB)
17 Again
Annie (1982)
Blow
Born on the Fourth of July
Captain Phillips
The Deer Hunter
Friday Night Lights
Here Comes the Boom
The Hitman’s Bodyguard
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Horrible Bosses
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid Part III
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Mom: Seasons 1-8
The Notebook
Pacific Rim
PAW Patrol Seasons 2-3
Portlandia: Seasons 1-8
The Sweetest Thing
Tangerine
V for Vendetta
White Chicks
Yellowjackets: Season 2
Zathura: A Space Adventure
July 2
The Old Guard 2
Tour de France: Unchained: Season 3 (GB)
July 3
Countdown: Taylor vs. Serrano
Mr. Robot: Seasons 1-4
The Sandman: Season 2 Volume 1
July 4
All the Sharks
July 5
The Summer Hikaru Died (JP)
July 8
A Star Is Born (2018)
Better Late Than Single (KR)
Nate Jackson: Super Funny
Quarterback: Season 2
Sullivan’s Crossing: Seasons 1-2
Trainwreck: The Real Project X (GB)
July 9
Building The Band
The Gringo Hunters (MX)
Mad Max: Fury Road
Under a Dark Sun (FR)
Ziam (TH)
July 10
7 Bears (FR)
Brick (DE)
Leviathan (JP)
Off Road (IL)
Sneaky Pete: Seasons 1-3
Too Much (GB)
July 11
Aap Jaisa Koi (IN)
Almost Cops (NL)
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Destination Wedding
July 14
Apocalypse in the Tropics (BR)
SAKAMOTO DAYS: Season 1 Part 2 (JP)
July 15
Entitled: Season 1
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Jaws: The Revenge
Trainwreck: Balloon Boy (GB)
July 16
Amy Bradley Is Missing
Mamma Mia!
Wanted
July 17
Catalog (EG)
Community Squad: Season 2 (AR)
UNTAMED
July 18
Almost Family (BR)
Delirium (CO)
I’m Still a Superstar (ES)
Superstar (ES)
Vir Das: Fool Volume (IN)
Wall to Wall (KR)
July 19
Eight for Silver
July 21
The Hunting Wives: Season 1
The Steve Harvey Show: Seasons 1-6
July 22
Trainwreck: P.I. Moms (GB)
July 23
Critical: Between Life and Death (GB)
Hightown: Seasons 1-3
House of Lies: Seasons 1-5
Letters From The Past (TR)
July 24
A Normal Woman (ID)
Hitmakers
My Melody & Kuromi (JP)
The Sandman: Season 2 Volume 2
July 25
Happy Gilmore 2
Trigger (KR)
The Winning Try (KR)
July 28
The Lazarus Project: Seasons 1-2
July 29
Dusty Slay: Wet Heat
Trainwreck: Storm Area 51 (GB)
WWE: Unreal
July 30
Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes
Unspeakable Sins (MX)
July 31
An Honest Life (SE)
Glass Heart
Leanne
Marked (ZA)
The Sandman: Season 2: Special Episode
