Netflix June 2023: The 10 best things you can stream right now
The dreaded evening scroll. You get comfy on the couch or bed, and you spend up to a half-hour or longer scrolling and scrolling and scrolling for something to watch until your eyes get heavy — and you just give up.
Let us help you narrow it down tonight. Netflix has a lot to offer in June, from exciting action sequels to brand new rom-coms. There’s something for everyone, so pop some popcorn and settle in for a good stream with these 10 picks you can watch right now.
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Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact
In her latest standup special, the “Trainwreck” and “Inside Amy Schumer” star muses about lasering her face, postpartum sex, her baby-naming disaster and chewable Viagra.
Arnold
This three-part docuseries chronicles never-before-seen footage and stories of Hollywood icon and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s journey from rural Austria to the heights of bodybuilding, movie stardom and politics. Interviews include Schwarzenegger himself, his friends, foes, co-stars and others.
Black Mirror, Season 6
From Netflix: “Twisted tales that span eras — and terrors — deliver a myriad of surprises in this game-changing anthology series’ most unpredictable season yet.” The sixth and newest season features Salma Hayek, Michael Cera, Josh Hartnett, Rob Delaney,
Break Point
In part two of Netflix’s original sports doc series, the most promising players in tennis see dreams realized and hopes dashed as the second half of the 2022 season takes them from Wimbledon to the US Open.
Extraction 2
Back from the brink of death, highly skilled commando Tyler Rake takes on another dangerous mission: Saving the imprisoned family of a ruthless gangster. Chris Hemsworth kicks butt. Again.
The Five-Year Engagement
Jason Segel and Emily Blunt star as a likable couple in this underrated romantic comedy about an engagement that, well, lasts five years. Alison Brie, Chris Pratt, Kevin Hart, Mindy Kaling, Chris Parnell and many others co-star. Re-teams Segel with “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” director Nicholas Stoller.
Heat
Michael Mann’s operatic crime sage pits Al Pacino’s slick detective against Robert De Niro’s cerebral bank-robber in one of the best films of the 1990s, and maybe Mann’s finest work overall. Crackling suspense and a masterfully staged shootout surround one of the biggest acting showdowns in movie history, when Pacino and De Niro shared the screen for the first time in their legendary careers.
The Mule
The old man’s still got it. At 88, Clint Eastwood showed all the young punks out there how it’s done. Despite a bit of the requisite Eastwood clunkiness, this thriller about a retired lily farmer-turned-drug mule hits enough of the right notes, at its best depicting a man fueled by his regrets and failures as a parent and husband.
The Perfect Find
After a high-profile firing, a woman’s (Gabrielle Union) fashion career comeback hits a snag when she falls for a much younger coworker (Keith Powers) — who happens to be her boss’s son. Based on the book by Tia Williams, directed by Numa Perrier.
Slap Shot
The gold standard in R-rated sports comedies (until “Major League” in 1989) finds Paul Newman reuniting with “Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid” and “The Sting” director George Roy Hill for, pound-for-pound, one of the funniest movies ever made. Newman plays a minor league hockey captain whose team resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town.
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