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Get ready to Netflix and chill like you’ve never chilled before!
The streaming giant is about to unleash a cinematic tidal wave of drama, action, comedy, romance, and maybe even a few talking animals. So grab your popcorn, put on your comfy pants, and prepare to be entertained by some of the hottest titles coming soon only on Netflix!
May
The Mother
Genre: Action
Summary: While evading dangerous guys, an assassin emerges from hiding to safeguard the daughter she abandoned years earlier.
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Joseph Fiennes, Omari Hardwick, Gael García Bernal, Paul Raci and Lucy Paez
Coming May 12
June
Extraction 2
Genre: Action
Summary: Extraction 2 is a sequel to the popular action-packed film, starring Chris Hemsworth again as Tyler Rake. Rake, the Australian black operations mercenary who barely made it through the events of the first film, is back and assigned a new, deadly mission: rescuing the wounded family of a brutal Georgian mobster from the prison where they are being imprisoned.
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Golshifteh Farahani, Adam Bessa, Daniel Bernhardt and Tinatin Dalakishvili
Watch on June 16
The Perfect Find
Genre: Romance-Comedy
Summary: The Perfect Find takes you on a ride with a 40-year-old woman who may or may not sacrifice everything for a secret affair with the one guy who has the potential to ruin her comeback for good despite having everything on the line, including her high-stakes job, ticking biological clock, and her bank.
Cast: Gabrielle Union, Keith Powers, Aisha Hinds, DB Woodside, Janet Hubert, Alani “La La” Anthony and Gina Torres
Watch on June 23
July
They Cloned Tyrone
Genre: Mystery, Action, Thriller
Summary: In this pulpy detective caper, a sequence of unsettling occurrences leads an unlikely trio onto the trail of a sinister government plot.
Cast: John Boyega, Jamie Foxx and Teyonah Parris
Coming on July 21
Happiness For Beginners
Genre: Romance-Comedy
Summary: Helen (Ellie Kemper) has consistently avoided the brink whenever feasible. Helen, who has just gone through a divorce and is feeling a little adrift, decides she needs a reset and enrolls in the “Adventure of a Lifetime!” The journey consists of an Appalachian Trail hike with a group of eccentric strangers while taking a backcountry survival course.
Happiness for Beginners is based on the well-known book by Katherine Center and serves as a helpful reminder that sometimes you have to go lost before you can be found.
Cast: Ellie Kemper, Luke Grimes, Nico Santos, Blythe Danner, Ben Cook, Shayvawn Webster, Esteban Benito, Gus Birney and Julia Shiplett
On Netflix: July 27
August
Heart of Stone
Genre: Action
Summary: Intelligence agent Rachel Stone (Gal Gadot) is the only woman standing between her strong, international peacekeeping organization and the loss of its most important and dangerous asset.
Cast: Gal Gadot, Jamie Dornan, Alia Bhatt, Sophie Okonedo, Matthias Schweighöfer, Jing Lusi and Paul Ready
Watch on August 11
Lift
Genre: Action
Summary: To stop a terrorist strike, an international heist squad must carry out the theft on a plane while it is in the air.
Cast: Kevin Hart, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Vincent D’Onofrio, Úrsula Corberó, Billy Magnussen, Jacob Batalon, Jean Reno and Sam Worthington
Coming on August 25
September
Love At First Sight
Genre: Young Adult Romance-Comedy, Drama
Summary: After missing her trip from New York to London, Hadley, and Oliver run into each other by coincidence at the airport, and their contact immediately ignites a connection. A long night spent together in the air goes by in the blink of an eye, but when the plane lands at Heathrow, the two become separated, and it appears impossible for them to find one another amid the turmoil.
Now the ball is in destiny’s court to make these seatmates, soulmates.
The film is based on Jennifer E. Smith’s book The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight.
Cast: Haley Lu Richardson, Ben Hardy, Jameela Jamil, Rob Delaney, Sally Phillips and Dexter Fletcher
Official release date is not out yet, so keep a close eye…
October
Damsel
Genre: Action, Adventure
Summary: A devoted damsel accepts a lovely prince’s proposal of marriage only to learn that the royal family has enlisted her as a sacrifice to pay off a long-standing debt. Trapped in a cave with a fire-breathing dragon and must use her wits and determination to live.
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Angela Bassett, Robin Wright, Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Brooke Carter and Shohreh Aghdashloo
Releasing on October 13
Pain Hustlers
Genre: Drama
Summary: After losing her job, a blue-collar mother who is trying to support her daughter accepts a position at a failed pharmaceutical startup, only to become embroiled in a risky extortion conspiracy.
Cast: Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy Garcia, Catherine O’Hara, Jay Duplass, Brian d’Arcy James and Chloe Coleman
Watch on October 27
November
The Killer
Genre: Thriller
Summary: After a tragic near-miss, an assassin fights both himself and his employers while on a global manhunt, which he swears isn’t personal.
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Charles Parnell, Arliss Howard, Sophie Charlotte and Tilda Swinton
Coming on November 10
A Family Affair
Genre: Romance-Comedy
Summary: As a young woman, her mother, and her movie star employer deal with the difficulties of love, sex, and identity, a startling romance sets off humorous consequences for them all.
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Zac Efron, Joey King, Liza Koshy, and Kathy Bates
November 17
Leo
Genre: Animation
Summary: In this coming-of-age animated musical comedy about the final year of elementary school, as seen through the eyes of a class pet, actor and comedian Adam Sandler delivers characteristic laughs.
Cast: Adam Sandler, Bill Burr, Cecily Strong, Jason Alexander, Rob Schneider, Sadie Sandler
Coming on November 22
December
Leave The World Behind
Genre: Thriller
Summary: Two strangers arrive on Long Island during a family vacation to report a weird blackout. Both families must make decisions about how to deal with a potential disaster as it becomes near, all the while trying to figure out where they fit within the crumbling world.
Cast: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke, Myha’la, Farrah Mackenzie, Charlie Evans, and Kevin Bacon
December 8
Rebel Moon
Genre: Action
Summary: When the soldiers of the oppressive Regent Balisarius threaten a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy, they send Kora, a young lady with a secret past, to enlist warriors from nearby worlds to aid them in taking a stand.
Cast: Sofia Boutella, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Michiel Huisman, Bae Doona, Ray Fisher
Coming on December 22
Get your snacks and drinks ready, because these Netflix movies are sure to keep you entertained for hours on end! So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ultimate movie marathon with the best titles that Netflix has to offer!