Netflix UK July 2020 releases – best new series and films out next month

LOST for a new movie to watch or a great series to binge? Worry not, a new selection of films and TV shows will be landing on Netflix in July.

The streaming site will be adding a whole array of content to view and here are some of our top picks.

• The best documentaries on Netflix
• The best films on Netflix to watch right now

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What is new on Netflix UK in July 2020?

The Kissing Booth 2

Elle Evans (Joey King) just had the most romantic summer of her life with her reformed bad-boy boyfriend Noah Flynn (Jacob Elordi). But now Noah is off to Harvard, and Elle heads back to high school for her senior year.

She’ll have to juggle a long-distance relationship, getting into her dream college with her best friend Lee (Joel Courtney), and the complications brought on by a close friendship with a handsome, charismatic new classmate named Marco (Taylor Zakhar Perez).

When Noah grows close to a seemingly-perfect college girl (Maisie Richardson-Sellers), Elle will have to decide how much she trusts him and to whom her heart truly belongs.

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What will be released on Netflix in July 2020?

Unsolved Mysteries (Season 1)

True crime lovers will be excited for the release of Netflix’s new docu-series Unsolved Mysteries. Every episode will focus on one mystery that has been left unsolved. It is produced by 21 Laps Entertainment, who were behind Stranger Things.

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Cable Girls (Season 5B)

Fans will be sad to see the end of Spanish series Cable Girls. The period drama, set in 1920s Madrid, follows four women at the National Telephone Company as they manage romance, friendship and the modern workplace. Actresses Blanca Suárez, Maggie Civantos, Nadia de Santiago, Ana Fernández and Ana Polvorosa are fantastic and the show has had a very successful run on Netflix.

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The Baby-Sitters Club

The series follows a group of girlfriends and their homegrown babysitting business.

It is based on Ann M. Martin’s famous books.

Netflix announced in 2019 that they would be adapting the books for TV in a series starring Alicia Silverstone. There has been a 1995 film version of the books made already, but Netflix is planning a reboot.

Netflix July releases:

Here’s a full rundown of EVERYTHING you can expect in June.

July 1

• Cleo & Cuquin (Season 1) – Children’s animated series.
• Shattered Memories (2018) – Crime thriller, after waking up next to the body of a former lover, a woman must race against time to uncover the real killer.
• The Courier (2019) – Action thriller starring Olga Kurylenko and Gary Oldman
• The Nut Job 2014 – Children’s Animated film about an exiled Squirrel who comes up with incredible heist to provide food for his former colony.
• The Truman Show (1998) – Comedy-drama featuring Jim Carrey as the world-famous Truman Burbank, star of a reality series about his life, except Truman doesn’t know the world is watching him 24 hours a day.
• Under the Riccione Sun (2020)  – Italian romantic-teen drama.
• Unsolved Mysteries (Season 15)  – Reboot of the famous paranormal and mystery docuseries.
• Wrecked (2011) – Candian Thriller starring Adrian Brody.

July 3

• Cable Girls (Season 5) – The fifth and final season of the Spanish period drama series.
• Desperados (2020) – Romantic comedy which sees a woman taking a spur of the moment vacation to Mexico, and enlisting the help of her friends to remove a damning email from her new boyfriend’s account.
• JU-ON: Origins (Season 1) – Japanese horror series based on the iconic JU-ON “The Grudge” franchise.
• The Baby-Sitters Club (Season 1) – Comedy-drama series reboot of the 90s HBO television series.

July 8

• Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend of Walter Mercado (2020)  – Spanish documentary
• Stateless (Season 1) – The lives of four strangers collide when they meet at an immigration center in the middle of the Australian desert.

July 9

• Japan Sinks: 2020 (Season 1) – Japanese anime based on the novel of the same, directed by Masaaki Yuasa.

July 10

• The Old Guard (2020) – Superhero drama featuring Charlize Theron as an immortal mercenary, who, along with the other immortals must fight to keep their secret hidden.

July 24

• The Kissing Booth 2 (2020) – Romantic teen-drama. Noah and Elle’s relationship faces its toughest challenge yet when they have to contend with a long-distance relationship.

July 31

• The Umbrella Academy (Season 2) – Netflix subscriber’s favourite superhero family returns for the highly anticipated second season of The Umbrella Academy!