One of Netflix’s most anticipated movies finally hits the streamer this week, but if you don’t want to drive to Beverly Hills to see some police action, there are still plenty of movies you can watch on the streamer.
Every week, we take a look at the Netflix Originals hitting the streamer over a seven-day period and bring you the best titles you’ll want to watch. This week, we’ve combed through the release schedule from Saturday, June 29th to Friday, July 5th to find the titles you’ll want to watch.
Aside from the aforementioned Eddie Murphy films, there’s also a revival of a popular animation studio, the third series of a sexy cooking show (literally sexy, since it’s all about barbecue), a sports documentary, a South American romantic comedy, an investigative documentary series, and more. So there’s something for everyone on my list.
So read on: we’ve got the top new titles on Netflix this week that are worth watching.
Sprint
- The athletics documentary series hits the streamer on Tuesday, July 2
The latest sports documentary to hit Netflix looks set to be a hit. Sprint This is the story of sprinters who aim to be the fastest in the world.
In these episodes, following the lead up to the 2023 World Athletics Championships, which took place last August, we take a look at how these fast runners train and push themselves to achieve speed.
Sprint The series will be available on Netflix on Tuesday, July 2nd and will help get you in the mood for the 2024 Paris Olympics starting later this month.
Beverly Hills Cop 4: Axel F
- The action comedy film hits theaters on Wednesday, July 3rd.
40 Years Later Beverly Hills Cop Thirty years after it hit the big screen and its “final film” disappointed audiences around the world, Netflix is reprising Eddie Murphy’s iconic role in another film.
Beverly Hills Cop 4: Axel F The film sees Eddie Murphy reteaming with veteran actors from the original series alongside newcomers Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Kevin Bacon as Axel Foley (Murphy) investigates a threat to his daughter’s life, and we can expect a film in the same style as the original trio: an action comedy with Murphy playing a cool cop.
You can watch it Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F. It will be available on Netflix from Wednesday, July 3. Unlike many other big-budget, highly anticipated Netflix films, it will not have a theatrical release.
The man with 1000 children
- The investigative documentary series will premiere on Netflix on Wednesday, July 3rd
Netflix’s latest “crime documentary” (I put the word “crime” in awkward quotation marks because it’s more fraud than crime, but the plot unfolds the same) focuses on a man who has had too many children.
The investigative documentary series follows a Dutch YouTuber and conman who conned mothers into having his children through fertility clinics (he that It’s busy. It also follows affected parents trying to understand the women who give birth to globetrotting babies, and advocating for reform of birth laws and regulations around the world.
There are three episodes The man with 1000 children All of these will be available on Netflix on Wednesday, July 3rd.
BBQ Showdown Season 3
- The cooking competition show will be held in style on Thursday, July 4th.
Netflix’s latest series Barbecue Showdown,Previously American BBQ Showdownwill be available on Netflix this week.
This cooking competition show brings together various super chefs, especially those who specialize in barbecue cooking, to compete in various challenges to impress the judges and determine who is truly the best.
You can watch it Barbecue Showdown Season 3 will be available on Netflix from Thursday, July 4th.
Goyo
- The Argentinian romantic comedy hits theaters on Friday, July 5th
Netflix has had a few romantic comedies in recent months, the latest being the Argentine-made Goyo.
The film follows a man named Goyo who works at the Rijksmuseum and loves Van Gogh. He falls in love with a security guard named Eva who has a troubled past, but their meeting ends up helping each of them learn more about themselves.
Goyo Available on Netflix Friday, July 5th.
Desperate Lies
- The Brazilian drama series will premiere on Friday, July 5th
Desperate Lies The show, which Netflix is calling “the first Brazilian soap opera series,” is a dramatic romance series that tells the story of a woman named Liana who suffers from an extremely rare condition called “heteropaternal hyperfertilization” and becomes pregnant with twins fathered by two people.
Lianna must wrestle with the events that led her to have two partners in the first place, while also deciding whether she wants to be a mother to children with both men.
You can watch it Desperate Lies Starting Friday, July 5th.
Imagination
- Animation studio Ponoc’s film will be released on Friday, July 5th
Studio Ponoc, the famed animation company founded by the lead producer of Studio Ghibli, is set to release its next film this week. Mary and the Witch’s Flower.
Imagination Set in a world where imaginary friends and creatures come to life, The Guardian follows the friendship between a girl named Amanda and a boy of her imagination named Rudger. But to combat the dark destiny that faces these fantastical creatures, Rudger journeys to a secret town to find answers.
meanwhile Imagination It will be released in Japan later in 2023, and will be available in all other regions on Netflix on Friday, July 5th.
