9 New Movies on Netflix This June You Can't Miss

9 New Movies on Netflix This June You Can't Miss

This month on Netflix, catch Taraji P. Henson in Straw, plus a documentary about OceanGate and more.

The 7 Best New Movies on Netflix in June 2025

There are some months when movies are not the primary benefit of having a Netflix subscription. This is not one of those months. June 2025 sees the streaming giant adding a cornucopia of classic and modern films to its repertory library, headlined by a series of Alfred Hitchcock classics that are accompanied by screenings in Netflix-owned theaters in both New York and Los Angeles. There are also plenty of recent hits to choose from, including ar…

Straw review – Taraji P Henson rises above Tyler Perry’s tortured Netflix thriller

The Oscar nominated actor gives a powerhouse performance as a woman pushed to the edge but the punishing film around her does a disserviceTyler Perry is not beating the allegations. For decades, the content-creating studio chief has been roundly criticized for making the traumatization of Black women a persistent theme in his work. In Straw, his latest exercise in misogynoir for Netflix, he pulls out all the stops to break the camel’s back.The g…

‘Tyler Perry’s Straw’ Review: Taraji P. Henson Plays a Woman Well Past the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Even diehard fans of the tireless Tyler Perry sometimes wish he’d slow down a bit to focus on quality over quantity. But Netflix feature “Straw” has a cultural pulse-taking urgency that lifts it above his usual run of comedies and melodramatic potboilers, flawed as it is. Starring Taraji P. Henson as a single mother loaded […]

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