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Netflix is seriously sizzling with their list of new content available this July that will make for a spectacular month of summer streaming. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix, you won’t be feeling down for long once you get a good look at the impressive array of Netflix Original series coming to the platform to take their place. With everything from brand new titles to long-awaited continuations of fan favorites, Netflix’s diverse and delightful July 2022 premieres is sure to have something for everyone.
The streamer is set to help you celebrate the new month with premieres from highly-anticipated new episodes of hit shows across several different genres (so there’s truly something for everyone) like Stranger Things and Virgin River.
While the list of July’s top shows features these exciting continuations of more established titles, the majority of our list consists of brand new shows streaming exclusively on Netflix for the first time starting this month. Keep an eye out in particular for Boo Bitch, Resident Evil, Uncoupled, and Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight, all very different shows that are united by their high likelihood of being major stand-outs for the summer streaming season.
So what makes the cut for our top 11, and which of them have what it takes to be in the Netflix Top 10? Keep reading to bask in the greatness that is the list of streaming standouts for July 2022.
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'Stranger Things': Season 4, Volume 2
Released July 1
CAST: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Joseph Quinn, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Joe Keery, Natalia Dyer, David Harbour, Winona Ryder, Charlie Heaton, Noah Schnapp, Maya Hawke, Brett Gelman, Jamie Campbell Bower, Eduardo Franco, Priah Ferguson
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: The wait is finally over as Volume 2 of this fan-favorite Netflix Original sci-fi horror-drama series is now available. Though it’s only two episodes, they’re going to be jam-packed with action and answers regarding everything from the mystery of Vecna to who lives and who dies thanks to a one-hour penultimate episode and hefty two and a half hour-long season finale. Get your tissues ready, people, because Volume 2 seems poised to deliver a whole spectrum of emotion as the lauded series closes off Season 4 with a bang (and maybe also some epic electric guitar playing).
'Boo, Bitch'
Released July 8
CAST: Lana Condor, Zoe Colletti, Mason Versaw, Aparna Brielle, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Jason Genao
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: In this Netflix Original mini-series, two BFFs (Condor and Colletti) make a last-ditch attempt to be seen and known by those around them while in their senior year of high school after being dissed, undermined, and ignored for most of their time at school. But when one of them becomes a ghost (as one does), she’ll especially need to live her best life… while she can.
'Resident Evil'
Released July 14
CAST: Ella Balinska, Lance Reddick, Adeline Rudolph, Siena Agudong, Tamara Smart, Paola Núñez, Mpho Osei Tutu, Turlough Convery, Anthony Oseyemi
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: 14 years after a viral outbreak called T-virus caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker (Balinska and Smart) swears that she will bring down those responsible, all whilst fighting for her life to survive against the Infected. Based on the popular Japanese video game series of the same name, this Netflix Original action-horror reminds us that while the coronavirus pandemic sure is awful, it could always be worse (which is perhaps weirdly comforting? You tell us).
'Virgin River': Season 4
Released July 20
CAST: Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, Colin Lawrence, Lauren Hammersley, Tim Matheson, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Grayson Gurnsey, Sarah Dugdale, Annette O’Toole, Kai Bradbury, Mark Ghanimé
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: It has been a year of waiting, but the latest installment of Virgin River is finally here. In the fourth season of this Netflix Original romantic-drama series, midwife and nurse practitioner Mel (Breckenridge) navigates her new reality in the wake of her husband Mark’s (Daniel Gillies) death and her uncertainty over whether Mark or Jack (Henderson) is the father of her baby. Additionally, Jack’s past threatens his future, and new faces (including a handsome, single, and ready to mingle new doctor) arrive to stir things up in the remote Northern California small town of Virgin River.
'Uncoupled'
Released July 29
CAST: Neil Patrick Harris, Tisha Campbell, Tuc Watkins, Marcia Gay Harden, Emerson Brooks, Brooks Ashmanskas
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Michael Lawson (Neil Patrick Harris) seems to have it all: He’s a successful New York City real estate agent with a thriving career, a supportive family, close friends, and a loving relationship with his partner of 17 years, Colin (Watkins). But when Colin unexpectedly moves out the night before his 50th birthday, Michael is completely caught by surprise and his whole world is turned upside down as he’s forced to confront losing the man he thought was The One, in addition to having to figure out how to start over as a single gay middle-aged man. Heartbreak and humor have never been a sweeter pair than in this Netflix Original romcom.
'Keep Breathing'
Released July 28
CAST: Melissa Barrera, Jeff Wilbusch, Florencia Lozano, Juan Pablo Espinosa, Austin Stowell
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: When a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a lone New York lawyer named Liv (Barrera) has no choice but to battle the elements in order to survive. As if that isn’t hard enough, on top of coming up against the unforgiving wilderness around her, Liv must also face her personal demons if she wants any sliver of a chance of making it out of this horrific situation alive in the engrossing and gripping survival thriller that is Keep Breathing.
'Farzar'
Released July 15
CAST: Lance Reddick, Kari Wahlgren, Dana Snyder, David Kaye, Grey Griffin, Jerry Minor
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Farzar is an outrageous Netflix Original sci-fi animated comedy series about Renzo (Reddick), an egotistical human warrior who liberated the planet Farzar from the evil alien Bazarack, and then when on to establish a dome-covered human settlement where he crowned himself Czar. Years later, Farzar is under attack by the evil aliens once again and it’s up to Renzo’s dim-witted son Prince Fichael (Snyder) and his Special Hostile Assault Team (AKA… S.H.A.T.) to fight them. Things become even trickier, though, when Fichael learns that he’s living a lie, and that his own father may just be the most dastardly foe of all.
'Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight'
Released July 14
CAST: Jack Black, Rita Ora, James Hong, Chris Geere, Della Saba, Rahnuma Panthaky, Ed Weeks, Amy Hill
RATING: TV-Y7
DESCRIPTION: When a mysterious pair of weasels stir up trouble trying to acquire a collection of four powerful weapons, Po (Black) must leave his home to embark on a world-wide mission in order to stop them. Through the course of his quest, Po is forced to work with a no-nonsense English knight named Wandering Blade (Ora), creating a mismatched yet strong pair of warriors who just might have what it takes to locate the magical weapons first, save the world from destruction, and maybe even learn a thing or two from each other along the way. Don’t miss out on this delightful continuation of the beloved Kung Fu Panda film and TV franchise streaming exclusively on Netflix starting this month.
'The Most Hated Man on the Internet'
Released July 27
CAST: N/A
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: If you’d rather watch a hard-hitting real story than some whimsical fictional series, then The Most Hated Man on the Internet is the title for you. This Netflix Original docu-series tells the emotional and inspiring story of a mother’s mission against the self-proclaimed “King of Revenge Porn” and “professional life ruiner” Hunter Moore after he’d posted nude photos of her daughter online without her consent. Featuring moving exclusive interviews with multiple women and men who fell victim to Moore, as well as from the crusaders and members of law enforcement who worked to take the titular most hated man on the internet down, this incredible three-part series shows that in the end, true revenge is best served by a mother fighting tooth and nail to protect her child.
'How to Change Your Mind'
Released July 12
CAST: Michael Pollan
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Inspired by Michael Pollan’s 2018 book of the same name, How to Change Your Mind is a four-part Netflix Original docu-series that focuses on various mind-altering substances like LSD, MDMA, and mescaline. Pollan, himself, acts as host and guide for this series, taking viewers on a journey through the current landscape of psychedelic while also examining their complex histories and original contexts in order to show the potential that these substances have to heal our minds and change our culture for the better.
'Uncle From Another World'
Released July 20
CAST: Takehito Koyasu, Jun Fukuyama, Mikako Komatsu, Haruka Tomatsu, Aoi Yūki, Aki Toyosaki, Nobuhiko Okamoto
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Based on the Japanese manga series of the same name, Uncle from Another World follows a 17 year-old named Takafumi (Fukuyama), whose uncle (Koyasu) has just awoken from a 17-year-long coma, and immediately starts speaking in an unfamiliar language, claiming that he has just returned from another world. While Takafumi (and everyone everyone him) initially finds his uncle to be crazy or merely confused, he soon realizes that his uncle really has come back from another dimension after demonstrating some newfound magic powers. But even with Takafumi on his side, Ojisan has a steep uphill battle when it comes to re-integrating into and being able to survive in a version of Japan he no longer recognizes or understands.
