There’s a lot more happening in the world of streaming. Checkout the latest from a few platforms.
Netflix
Netflix has a lot to offer this month. From the Oscar-nominated comedy drama The Disaster Artist to Baby Mama and The Silence of the Lambs Netflix is bringing in a wide variety of series and movies. Netflix also expects to see an uptick in viewers for this month with new seasons of many original series. Amongst the top picks for this month are: Fuller House, which will be ending with their final season June 2; 13 Reasons Why Season 4, Dark Season 3, and Spike Lee’s new war drama Da 5 Bloods.
Top 10 Currently Trending
Space Force | Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich | Fuller House | Sweet Magnolias | The Help Avatar: The Last Air Bender | Clueless | The Healer | Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs | Riverdale
Netflix June 2020 Releases:
June 1 – Act of Valor | All Dogs Go to Heaven | Bad News Bears | Cape Fear | Casper | Cardcaptor Sakura: Clow Card | Cardcaptor Sakura: Sakura Card | Clueless | Cocomelon: Season 1 | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | The Healer | Inside Man | Lust, Caution | Observe and Report | Priest | The Silence of the Lambs | Starship Troopers | The Boy | The Car (1977) | The Disaster Artist | The Help | The Lake House | The Queen | Twister | V for Vendetta | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | West Side Story | You Don’t Mess with the Zohan | Zodiac June 2 – Alone: Season 6 | Garth Brooks: The Road I’m On: Season 1 | Fuller House: The Farewell Season | True: Rainbow Rescue June 3 – Killing Gunther | Lady Bird | Spelling the Dream June 4 – Baki: The Great Raitai Tournament Saga | Can You Hear Me / M’entends-tu? June 5 – Hannibal: Season 1-3 | 13 Reasons Why: Season 4 | Choked: Paisa Bolta Hai | The Last Days of American Crime | Queer Eye: Season 5 June 6 – Queen of the South: Season 4 June 7 – Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: Volume 6 June 8 – Before I Fall June 10 – DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: Season 5 | Middle Men |My Mister: Season 1 | Curon | Lenox Hill | Reality Z June 11 – Pose: Season 2 June 12 – ONE PIECE: Alabasta | ONE PIECE: East Blue | ONE PIECE: Enter Chopper at the Winter Island | ONE PIECE: Entering into the Grand Line | Da 5 Bloods | Dating Around: Season 2 | F is for Family: Season 4 | Jo Koy: In His Elements | Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: Season 2 | Pokémon Journeys: The Series | The Search | The Woods June 13 – How to Get Away With Murder: Season 6 | Milea | Alexa & Katie Part 4 June 14 – Marcella: Season 3 June 15 – Underdogs | Baby Mama | Charlie St. Cloud | The Darkness | Frost/Nixon June 17 – An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn | Mr. Iglesias: Part 2 June 18 – A Whisker Away | The Order: Season 2 June 19 – Babies: Part 2 | Father Soldier Son | Feel the Beat | Floor Is Lava | Lost Bullet | Girls from Ipanema: Season 2 | One-Way To Tomorrow | The Politician: Season 2 | Rhyme Time Town | Wasp Network June 21 – Goldie June 22 – Dark Skies June 23 – Eric Andre: Legalize Everything June 24 – Athlete A | Crazy Delicious | Nobody Knows I’m Here / Nadie sabe que estoy aquí June 26 – Straight Up | Amar y vivir | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Home Game June 29 – Bratz: The Movie June 30 – Adú | BNA | George Lopez: We’ll Do It For Half
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Recommended
Action/Sci-Fi
Act of Valor | V for Vendetta | The Car (1977) | Starship Troopers
Comedy/Musical/Romance
Clueless | The Disaster Artist | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | West Side Story | Lady Bird | Baby Mama | Straight Up
Drama/Biography
The Help | The Queen | Goldie | Lust, Caution | Frost/Nixon
Family
All Dogs Go to Heaven | Bad News Bears | Casper | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Thriller/Horror
Cape Fear | The Silence of the Lambs | Twister | Zodiac
Netflix Trending Series/Movies
Fuller House: The Farewell Season (Airs June 2, 2020) The what seemed ludicrous spin-off series Fuller House is now coming to an end at Season 5, or at least until the next time it gets a reboot. The series finale will be focusing on DJ, Stephanie, and Kimmy for their weddings.
13 Reasons Why: Season 4 (Airs June 5, 2020) The highly controversial series 13 Reasons Why is back for it’s fourth season. Chronicling the lives surrounding Hannah Baker, season 4 will show her peers graduating high school, but before they do they will have to make sure to cover their tracks to keep their terrible past from impacting their futures.
Da 5 Bloods (Airs June 12, 2020) Netflix has brought in some of the best directors of all time and continues to do so by bringing in Ocsar-winner Spike Lee. Da 5 Bloods is a drama war movie about Four African American veterans who return to Vietnam to find the treasure buried by their fallen squad-leader.
Queer Eye: Season 5 (Airs June 5, 2020) The Queer Eye crew is here to bring some positivity in this world with fabulous style and healthy live advice to brighten your day and mood
Dark: Season 3 (Airs June 27, 2020) The German cult-series Dark is back for Season 3. It is often stated as the most underrated show on Netflix and since its beginnings in 2017 it has gained a following that continues to promote it’s binge-worthy premise.
The Politician: Season 2 (Airs June 19, 2020) Created by the people responsible for the series Glee, American Horror Story and more, The Politician has gained a similar cult following. In season 2 we will see Payton, along with some unexpected, candidates running for State Senate.
Spelling The Dream (Airs June 3, 2020) Spelling The Dream is Netflix’s latest documentary following the lives of four Indian-American students competing in the National Spelling Bee.
HULU
Hulu brings on the action with hits like The X-Files, I am Legend, Equilibrium, and The Tuxedo; along with fan favorites like Dirty Dancing, Joyride, oddball Zardoz,and classics like Casino and Kingpin. Hulu is also releasing the new highly-anticipated series Love, Victor that will explore the hardships of high school and finding your identity.
Top 10 Currently Trending
What We Do In the Shadows | The Great | Mrs. America | Solar Opposites | Normal People | Dave | Brockmire | Devs | Breeders | Party of Five
Hulu June 2020 Releases
June 1 –Celebrity Family Feud: Season 6 Premiere (ABC) | Press Your Luck: Season 2 Premiere (ABC) | Match Game: Season 5 Premiere (ABC) | Children’s Hospital: Complete Series (Adult Swim) | Mike Tyson Mysteries: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Adult Swim) | 10 Year Plan (2014) | 4th Man Out (2015) | Above & Beyond (2014) | Almost Adults (2016) | Born to be Wild (2011) | Casino (1995) | Charlie Wilson’s War (2007) | Cliffhanger (1993) | Constantine (2005) | Dave (1993) | Digging for Fire (2015) | Dirty Dancing (1987) | Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) | Equilibrium (2002) | Fair Game (2010) | Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) | Futureworld (1976) | Grown Ups (2010) | Happily N’Ever After (2007) | Happily N’Ever After 2 (2009) | Honey (2003) | Honey 2 (2011) | I Am Legend (2007) | I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009) | I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998) | Incident at Loch Ness (2004) | Joyride (1997) | Just Eat It: A Food Waste Story (2014) | Kingpin (1996) | Losing Isaiah (1995) | Meet Me In Montenegro (2014) | Meet the Fockers (2004) | Meet the Parents (2000) | Mo’ Money (1992) | My Girl (1991) | My Girl 2 (1994) | Nate and Hayes (1983) | October Sky (1999) | Quigley Down Under (1990) | Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) | Sex Drive (2008) | The American President (1995) | The Cookout (2004) | The Marine 3: Homefront (2013) | The Pawnbroker (1964) | The Scout (1994) | The Tuxedo (2002) | The Wood (1999) | The X-Files (1998) | Thelma & Louise (1991) | Trade (2007) | Treading Water (2013) | True Romance (Director’s Cut) (1993) | Undertow (2004) | Up in the Air (2009) | Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2007) | Women and Sometimes Men (2017) | Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007) | You Don’t Mess With The Zohan (2008) | Zardoz (1974) June 2 – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) June 4 – Miss Snake Charmer (2020) June 5 – We Are Freestyle Love Supreme: Documentary Premiere (Hulu Original) | Shirley (2020) | Intrigo: Dear Agnes (2019) June 6 – The Appearance (2018) June 7 – Where’s Waldo?: Complete Season 1 (Dreamworks) June 8 – My Absolute Boyfriend: Complete Season 1 (Rakuten) | Radiant: Complete Season 1 (Rakuten) | From Paris with Love (2010) June 9 – The Best of The Bachelor: Series Premiere (ABC) June 10 – Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots: Complete Season 7 (OWN) June 12 – Crossing Swords: Series Premiere (Hulu Original) | Into the Dark: Good Boy: New Episode Premiere (Hulu Original) | Don’t: Series Premiere (ABC) | Intrigo: Samaria (2019) | Child’s Play (2019) | Awakenings (1990) | Fools Rush In (1997) | Poetic Justice (1993) | Seven Pounds (2008) June 13 – Eye in the Skye (2015) | Dragonheart (1996) | Windtalkers (2002) June 15 – Pan (2015) | Breakup at a Wedding (2013) | Dustwalker (2020) | The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) | June 16 – Brockmire: Complete Season 4 (IFC) | Larry Crowne (2011) June 17 – Nostalgia (2018) June 18 – Buffaloed (2020) | Crawl (2019) June 19 – Love Victor: Series Premiere (Hulu Original) | Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi: Series Premiere (Hulu Original) | Bean (1997) | Gigli (2003) | Hart’s War (2002) | La Bamba (1987) | Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007) | Natural Born Killers (1994) | Out of Sight (1998) | The Peacemaker (1997) | Tears of the Sun (2003) | Zoom (2006) June 21 – The Chi: Complete Season 3 (Showtime) June 22 – Clemency (2019) | XX (2017) | June 25 – Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band (2020) | Charlie’s Angels (2019) June 29 – Carrion (2020) June 30 – The Gallows Act II (2019) | One For The Money (2012) | Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) | 6 Souls (2013) | That’s My Boy (2012)
Children’s Hospital: Complete Series (Adult Swim) | Mike Tyson Mysteries: Complete Seasons 1-3 (Adult Swim) | Dirty Dancing (1987) | Kingpin (1996) | Meet the Parents (2000) | Mo’ Money (1992) | Dave (1993) | Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993) | Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007) | Bean (1997) | Up in the Air (2009)
Drama/Biography
Casino (1995) | October Sky (1999) | The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) | Clemency (2019) | La Bamba (1987)
Family
Happily N’Ever After (2007) | My Girl (1991)
Thriller/Horror
Fair Game (2010) | Joyride (1997) | Child’s Play (2019) | Crawl (2019) | XX (2017)
Hulu Trending Series/Movies
We Are Freestyle Love Supreme: Documentary Premiere (Airs June 5)
Hulu’s documentary follows the members of Freestyle Love Supreme in 2005 beatboxing and rapping on the sidewalks. It’s members included Tony award-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda, director Thomas Kail, and performers Christopher Jackson and Anthony Veneziale.
Crossing Swords: Series Premiere (Airs June 12)
From the producers of Robot Chicken comes a new fantasy comedy that follows Patrick, a squire at the royal castle, as he learns that his dream job isn’t everything he hoped it would be.
Love, Victor: Series Premiere (Airs June 19)
From the people that brought us the movie Love, Simon (2018) comes a new series chronicling the life of Victor as he struggles with being a new student at Creekwood High School and his self-journey adjusting to a new city, his challenges at home, and his sexual orientation.
AMAZON PRIME
Amazon Prime brings out the laughs with You Don’t Mess With The Zohan, Sex Drive, and Wristcutters: A Love Story. With no new major releases this month for Amazon Prime, the focus is instead on the June 12th release of the oscar-nominated film Knives Out. Rian Johnson’s riotous new murder mystery comedy features some of the top names in Hollywood in a murder mystery like you’ve never seen before.
Amazon Prime June 2020 Releases
June 1 – Dirty Dancing (1987) | Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) | Fair Game (2010) | Frankenstein And The Monster From Hell (1974) | Futureworld (1976) | How To Train Your Dragon (2010) | Incident At Loch Ness (2004) | Joyride (1996) | Kingpin (1996) | Nate And Hayes (1983) | Sex Drive (2008) | Shrek Forever After (2010) | The Cookout (2004) | The Natural (1984) | Trade (2007) | Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007) | You Don’t Mess With The Zohan (2008) | Air Warriors: Season 1 (Smithsonian Channel Plus) Annie Oakley: Season 1 |Doc Martin: Season 1 (Acorn TV) | Dragnet: Season 1 | Finding Your Roots: Season 1 (PBS Living) | Forsyte Saga: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece) | Growing up McGhee: Season 1 (UP Faith & Family) | Liar: Season 1 (Sundance Now) | Professor T: Season 1 (PBS Masterpiece) | Roadkill Garages: Season 1 (Motortrend) | Saints and Sinners: Season 1 (Brown Sugar) | Super Why: Season 1 (PBS Kids) | SWV Reunited: Season 1 (Urban Movie Channel) | The Black Death: The World’s Most Devastating Plague (The Great Courses) | The L Word: Season 1 (Showtime) | The L Word: Generation Q: Season 1 (Showtime) | The Saint: Season 1 (Shout! Factory) | Wackey Races: Season 1 (Boomerang) | Work in Progress: Season 1 (Showtime) June 3 – Takers (2010) | Gina Brillon: The Floor is Lava (Amazon Original special) June 7 – Equilibrium (2002) June 12 – Child’s Play (2019) | Knives Out (2019) June 15 – The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) June 18 – Crawl (2019) June 19 – 7500 (2019) — Amazon Original movie June 21 – Life in Pieces: Seasons 1-4 | Pete the Cat: Season 2, Part 1 — Amazon Original series June 27 – Guns Akimbo (2020) June 30 – Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) | One for the Money (2012) | Spy Kids (2001) | Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003) | The Gallows Act II (2019) | Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Kingpin (1996) | Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007) | You Don’t Mess With The Zohan (2008)
Drama/Biography
The Natural (1984) | The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006) | Trade (2007)
Family
How To Train Your Dragon (2010) | Spy Kids (2001) | Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Thriller/Horror
Crawl (2019) | Fair Game (2010) | Joyride (1996) | Child’s Play (2019)
Disney+
Disney + continues with consistent young and nostalgia-seeking content, but will put a big focus on documentary series like Alaska’s Grizzly Gauntlet, America’s Greatest Animals, and Weird but True! this June along with the trending release of Artemis Fowl.
Top 10 Currently Trending
The Simpsons | The Mandalorian | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Marvel: Runaways | America’s Funniest Home Videos | Marvel: Agent Carter | Soy Luna | Gravity Falls | Marvel: Inhumans | X-Men
Disney+ June 2020 Releases
June 5 – Alaska’s Grizzly Gauntlet (S1) | America’s Greatest Animals | Chasing the Equinox + | Howie Mandel’s Animals Doing Things (S1-2) | Secrets of Wild India (S1) | The Greeks (S1) | Weird but True! (S1-2) | Wild Hawaii (S1) | Women of Impact: Changing the World June 12 – Artemis Fowl | Walt & El Grupo | Mighty Med (S1-2) | The Liberty Story | The Story of the Animated Drawing June 19 – Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy | 101 Dalmatians (S1) | Big Sur: Wild California | Muppet Babies Play Date (S1) | Schoolhouse Rock (S1) June 26 – Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Tarzan | Tarzan II | Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II | Manin Space | Mars and Beyond | Raven’s Home (S3)
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Alaska’s Grizzly Gauntlet (S1) | America’s Greatest Animals | Chasing the Equinox + | Secrets of Wild India (S1) | Artemis Fowl | The Story of the Animated Drawing | Tarzan | Tarzan II | Into the Unknown: Making Frozen II
CRITERION CHANNEL
Criterion Channel continues to push out more rare content with the complete release of Art House America Films and Czechoslovak New Wave, as well as Directed by Cheryl Dunye, Chantal Akerman, Bette Gordon, and Mike Leigh. This month’s focus will be on queer cinema with cult favorites My Own Private Idaho and But I’m A Cheerleader. Recommendations are in bold font.
Criterion Channel June 2020 Releases:
June 1 – Art-House America: Film Streams – City Lights (1931) | Seven Samurai (1954) |Cléo from 5 to 7 (962) | Black Girl (1966) | Don’t Look Back (1967) | Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) | Burden of Dreams (1982) | Zombi Child (2019) | And When I Die, I Won’t Stay Dead (2015) June 2 – Short + Feature: Italy Uncloseted – The Red Tree (2018) | A Special Day (1977) June 3 – Directed by Cheryl Dunye – The Watermelon Woman (1996), The Owls (2010) | Janine (1990) | She Don’t Fade (1991)| Vanilla Sex (1992) | An Untitled Portrait (1993) | The Potluck and the Passion (1993) | Greetings from Africa (1996) June 4 – My Own Private Idaho (1991) June 5 – Double Feature: A Pair of Jeans – The Talk of the Town | The Whole Town’s Talking June 6 – Spellbound (2002) June 7 – Directed by Chantal Akerman – Hotel Monterey (1972) | Je tu il elle (1975) | Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) | News from Home (1976) | Les rendez-vous d’Anna (1978) | Dis-moi (1980) | One Day Pina Asked . . . (1983) | Golden Eighties (1986) | Histoires d’Amérique: Food, Family and Philosophy (1989) | From the East (1993) | Chantal Akerman by Chantal Akerman (1997) | South (1999) | La captive (2000) | From the Other Side (2002) | Down There (2006) | Almayer’s Folly (2011) | No Home Movie (2015) | Saute ma ville (1968) | La chambre (1972) June 8 – The Eyes of Orson Welles (2018) June 9 – Synonyms (2019) | Call Your Father (2016) | Parting Glances (1986) June 10 – But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) June 11 – Husbands (1970) June 12 – The Naked City (1948) | In a Lonely Place (1950) June 13 – Into the West (1992) June 14 – Orpheus (1950) | Purple Noon (1960) | Querelle (1982) | My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) | Water Lilies (2007) June 15 – Mafioso (1962) June 16 – A Bundle of Blues (1933) | Anatomy of a Murder (1959) June 17 – Directed by Bette Gordon – Variety (1983) | Luminous Motion (1998) | Michigan Avenue (1973), I-94 (1974), The United States of America (1975), Empty Suitcases (1980), Anybody’s Woman (1981) June 18 – The Living End (1992), Totally F***ed Up (1993), Mysterious Skin (2004) June 19 – Another Country | Maurice June 20 – The Count of Monte Cristo June 21 – Directed by Mike Leigh – Meantime (1984) | High Hopes (1988) | The Short and Curlies (1987) | Life Is Sweet (1990) | Naked (1993) | Secrets & Lies (1996) | Career Girls (1997) | All or Nothing (2002) | Vera Drake (2004) | Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) | Another Year (2010) June 22 – Tarnation (2003) | Death in Venice (1971) June 23 – Black and Tan (1929) | St. Louis Blues (1929) | I Surrender Dear (1931) | A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932) | A Bundle of Blues (1933) | Sing, Bing, Sing (1933) | Cab Calloway’s Hi-De-Ho (1934) | Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935) | Artie Shaw’s Class in Swing (1939) | Hoagy Carmichael (1939) | The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer (1984) | Alice (1988) June 24 – Olivia June 25 – Scorsese Shorts (Martin Scorsese, 1963–78) June 26 – Museum Hours | Columbus June 27 – Born Free June 28 – Czechoslovak New Wave – Something Different (1963) | Black Peter (1964) | Courage for Every Day (1964) | Diamonds of the Night (1964) | Intimate Lighting (1965) | Loves of a Blonde (1965) | The Shop on Main Street (1965) | Closely Watched Trains (1966) | Daisies (1966) | Pearls of the Deep (1966) | A Report on the Party and Guests (1966) | The Firemen’s Ball (1967) | Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) | Capricious Summer (1968) | All My Good Countrymen (1969) | The Cremator (1969) | The Joke (1969) | The Ear (1970) | Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970) | Uncle (1959) | Footprints (1960) | The Hall of Lost Footsteps (1960) | The Junk Shop (1965) | A Boring Afternoon (1968) June 29 – Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World June 30 – Dirt Daughter | Red Road
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SHUDDER | Shudder continues to grow it’s niche audience by bringing in new series like Cursed Films and their vampire series NOS4A2. Shudder is bringing out Queer Horror with movies like Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street and Lyle this month and continues to bring in more classics and indie horror movies from all over the world. Recommendations are in bold font.
Top 10 Currently Trending
Creepshow | A Discovery of Witches | Channel Zero | NOS4A2 | Wolf Creek | Rillington Place | James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction | The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs | Stan Lee’s Lucky Man | Jordskott
Shudder June 2020 Releases
June 1 – Blacula | Scream Blacula Scream | Sugar Hill | House of 1,000 Corpses June 4 – Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street June 5 – The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Episode 207 June 8 – Lyle June 11 – Warning: Do Not Play June 12 – The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Episode 208 June 15 – The Bone Box | Mausoleum June 18 –Scare Package June 19 – Etheria 2020 Shorts Program | The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, Episode 209 June 22 – Ghost Killers vs. Bloody Mary | Psychotic! June 25 – YummyJune 29 – Dig Two Graves
