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Netflix’s stock may be down, but the movies will never stop coming. The streaming service released the Netflix 2022 summer movie slate this morning, complete with a new film for every week of the summer.
While there weren’t many surprises in the announcement, the biggest reveal was that we finally got release dates for the big Netflix movies coming to a living room near you this summer.
From Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans beating up bad guys in The Gray Man, coming to Netflix on July 22, to Adam Sandler embodying the phrase “ball is life” in Hustle, coming to Netflix on June 8, there are a whole lot of movies to look forward to.
For your convenience, we’ve listed out the Netflix 2022 movies and release dates below, along with the cast, director, loglines, and available photos or teasers for every film.
MAY:
ALONG FOR THE RIDE
RELEASE DATE: May 6
STARS: Emma Pasarow, Belmont Cameli, Kate Bosworth, Dermot Mulroney, Andie MacDowell
DIRECTOR: Sofia Alvarez
The summer before college Auden meets the mysterious Eli, a fellow insomniac. While the seaside town of Colby sleeps, the two embark on a nightly quest to help Auden experience the fun, carefree teen life she never knew she wanted. Based on the book by Sarah Dessen.
OPERATION MINCEMEAT
RELEASE DATE: May 11
STARS: Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald, Matthew Macfadyen, Penelope Wilton, Johnny Flynn
DIRECTOR: John Madden
Hoping to change the course of World War II, and save tens of thousands of lives, two intelligence officers plot to break Hitler’s deadly grip on Europe by recruiting the most unlikely of secret agents: a dead man.
SENIOR YEAR
RELEASE DATE: May 13
STARS: Rebel Wilson, Alicia Silverstone, Justin Hartley
DIRECTOR: Alex Hardcastle
After a cheerleader falls off a pyramid and into a 20-year coma, she wakes up as a 37-year-old woman, ready to return to high school, regain her status and claim the prom queen crown that eluded her.
A PERFECT PAIRING
RELEASE DATE: May 19
STARS: Victoria Justice, Adam Demos
DIRECTOR: Stuart McDonald
To land a major client, a hard-driving LA wine company exec (Victoria Justice) travels to an Australian sheep station, where she ends up working as a ranch hand and sparking with a rugged local (Adam Demos).
JUNE:
INTERCEPTOR
RELEASE DATE: June 3
STARS: Elsa Pataky, Luke Bracey, Aaron Glenane, Mayen Mehta, Rhys Muldoon, Belinda Jombwe
DIRECTOR: Matthew Reilly
One Army captain must use her years of tactical training and military expertise when a simultaneous coordinated attack threatens the remote missile interceptor station she is in command of.
HUSTLE
RELEASE DATE: June 8
STARS: Adam Sandler, Queen Latifah, Robert Duvall, Ben Foster
DIRECTOR: Jeremiah Zagar
After discovering a once-in-a-lifetime player with a rocky past abroad, a down on his luck basketball scout (Adam Sandler) takes it upon himself to bring the phenom to the States without his team’s approval. Against the odds, they have one final shot to prove they have what it takes to make it in the NBA.
HALFTIME
RELEASE DATE: June 14
DIRECTOR: Amanda Micheli
HALFTIME offers an intimate peek behind the curtain revealing the grit and determination that makes Jennifer Lopez the icon she is. The documentary focuses on Lopez as she embraces the second half of her career and continues to inspire with her perseverance, creative brilliance and cultural contributions, set against the backdrop of her groundbreaking Super Bowl performance.
SPIDERHEAD
RELEASE DATE: June 17
STARS: Chris Hemsworth, Miles Teller, Jurnee Smollett
DIRECTOR: Joseph Kosinski
In a state-of-the-art penitentiary run by brilliant visionary Steve Abnesti (Chris Hemsworth), inmates wear a surgically attached device that administers dosages of mind-altering drugs in exchange for commuted sentences. There are no bars, no cells, or orange jumpsuits. In Spiderhead, incarcerated volunteers are free to be themselves. Until they’re not. At times, they’re a better version. Need to lighten up? There’s a drug for that. At a loss for words? There’s a drug for that, too. But when two subjects, Jeff (Miles Teller) and Lizzy (Jurnee Smollett), form a connection, their path to redemption take a twistier turn, as Abnesti’s experiments start to push the limits of free will altogether. Based on The New Yorker short story by George Saunders.
CIVIL
RELEASE DATE: June 19
STARS: Ben Crump
DIRECTOR: Nadia Hallgren
CIVIL, directed by award-winning filmmaker Nadia Hallgren, is an intimate vérité look at the life of maverick civil rights attorney Ben Crump.
JULY:
HELLO, GOODBYE, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN
RELEASE DATE: July 6
STARS: Jordan Fisher, Talia Ryder, Ayo Edebiri, Nico Hiraga
DIRECTOR: Michael Lewen
After making a pact to break up before college, Clare and Aidan retrace the steps of their relationship on one last epic date, revisiting familiar and unexpected places as they question: stay together or say goodbye forever?
THE SEA BEAST
RELEASE DATE: July 8
STARS: Karl Urban, Zaris-Angel Hator, Jared Harris, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Dan Stevens and Kathy Burke
DIRECTOR: Chris Williams
In an era when terrifying beasts roamed the seas, monster hunters were celebrated heroes – and none were more beloved than the great Jacob Holland. But when young Maisie Brumble stows away on his fabled ship, he’s saddled with an unexpected ally. Together they embark on an epic journey into uncharted waters and make history. From Academy Award winning filmmaker Chris Williams (Moana, Big Hero 6, Bolt), The Sea Beast takes us to where the map ends, and the true adventure begins.
PERSUASION
RELEASE DATE: July 15
STARS: Dakota Johnson, Richard E. Grant, and Henry Golding
DIRECTOR: Carrie Cracknell
Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth—the dashing one she let get away—crashes back into her life, Anne must choose between putting the past behind her or listening to her heart when it comes to second chances. Adapted from the Jane Austen novel.
THE GRAY MAN
RELEASE DATE: July 22
STARS: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick
DIRECTOR: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo
When the CIA’s most skilled mercenary—whose true identity is known to none—accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.
PURPLE HEARTS
RELEASE DATE: July 29
STARS: Sofia Carson, Nicholas Galitzine
DIRECTOR: Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum
In spite of their many differences, struggling singer-songwriter Cassie (Sofia Carson) and Luke (Nicholas Galitzine), a marine with a troubled past, agree to marriage solely for the military benefits. When tragedy strikes, the line between what’s real and what’s pretend begins to blur in this romantic drama.
AUGUST:
RISE OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: THE MOVIE
RELEASE DATE: August 5
STARS: Ben Schwartz, Omar Benson Miller, Brandon Mychal Smith, Josh Brener, Kat Graham, Eric Bauza, Haley Joel Osment
DIRECTOR: Ant Ward, Andy Suriano
In Nickelodeon’s Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, the Ninja Turtles are faced with their greatest challenge yet when a mysterious stranger arrives from the future with a dire warning. Leo is forced to rise and lead his brothers, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey in a fight to save the world from a terrifying alien species…the Krang!
13: THE MUSICAL
RELEASE DATE: August 12
STARS: Debra Messing, Rhea Perlman, Josh Peck
DIRECTOR: Tamra Davis
Following a move from New York City to small-town Indiana, Evan Goldman (12) grapples with his parents’ divorce, prepares for his impending Bar Mitzvah, and navigates the complicated social circles of a new school.
DAY SHIFT
RELEASE DATE: August 12
STARS: Jamie Foxx, Dave Franco, Karla Souza
DIRECTOR: JJ Perry
Jamie Foxx stars as a hard-working blue-collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income, hunting and killing vampires as part of an international Union of vampire hunters.
ME TIME
RELEASE DATE: August 26
STARS: Kevin Hart, Mark Wahlberg, Regina Hall, Jimmy O. Yang
DIRECTOR: John Hamburg
When a stay-at-home dad finds himself with some “me time” for the first time in years while his wife and kids are away, he reconnects with his former best friend for a wild weekend that nearly upends his life.
SEPTEMBER:
LOVE IN THE VILLA
RELEASE DATE: September 1
STARS: Kat Graham, Tom Hopper, Raymond Ablack, Laura Hopper, Sean Amsing, Emilio Solfrizzi
DIRECTOR: Mark Steven Johnson
A young woman (Kat Graham) takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, after a break up, only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked, and she’ll have to share her vacation with a cynical and very good-looking British man (Tom Hopper).
