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The Best New Things To Watch On Netflix In July 2020

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Netflix’s July 2020 lineup is built around one immortal-mercenary blockbuster, with a stacked supporting cast of new originals and classic reruns behind it.

Summer streaming just got a serious upgrade. Netflix’s July slate leans on one marquee action release to anchor the month, then backs it up with a run of buzzy originals and a stretch of beloved catalog titles pulled out of storage for anyone stuck at home. Here’s the breakdown of what’s actually worth clearing a night for.

• Charlize Theron’s The Old Guard drops July 10, adapted by Greg Rucka from his own Image Comics miniseries, with Rucka writing the screenplay himself.
• New original programming rolling out includes Down to Earth with Zac Efron, the rebooted Unsolved Mysteries, season two of The Umbrella Academy, and The Baby-Sitters Club.
• Catalog additions cover the Karate Kid trilogy, Airplane!, and two Nicholas Sparks-style romances: The Notebook (arriving July 18) and A Walk to Remember.

The Old Guard Leads the Original Slate

The centerpiece of July is The Old Guard, a superhero-flavored sci-fi actioner about a covert squad of mercenaries who don’t die — at least not permanently. Theron plays Andy, short for Andromache of Scythia, the centuries-old leader of the crew, whose restorative abilities have kept her fighting through eras most people only read about in textbooks. When the group’s secret gets exposed, they suddenly become targets for anyone looking to weaponize their genetics.

KiKi Layne co-stars as Nile Freeman, a Marine who discovers she’s the newest member of this immortal club, alongside Marwan Kenzari, Luca Marinelli, Matthias Schoenaerts, and Chiwetel Ejiofor. Rucka’s history writing women-led action stories — including titles like Whiteout and Queen and Country — carries over into the screenplay, and fans wanting a preview of the fight choreography can check out the combat training footage Netflix released or the film’s second trailer ahead of the July 10 drop.

The Old Guard, based on Greg Rucka’s own Image Comics miniseries, hits Netflix July 10 with Charlize Theron leading a squad of mercenaries whose immortality has just become everyone else’s problem.

New Original Series and Seasons Round Out July

Beyond the action front, Netflix is loading July with high-profile original programming across genres. Down to Earth with Zac Efron brings a travel docuseries angle, while the Unsolved Mysteries reboot revives the true-crime investigative format for a new generation of armchair detectives. Superhero fans get the long-awaited second season of The Umbrella Academy, and families get The Baby-Sitters Club, a fresh adaptation of the beloved book series.

Catalog Classics Return

July also brings back a run of licensed favorites. The full Karate Kid trilogy lands on the platform, giving subscribers a chance to rewatch Daniel LaRusso’s arc from scratch, and the slapstick classic Airplane! joins the lineup for anyone craving a rewatch of one of comedy’s most quoted films.

Romance and Rewatches

For the romance crowd, The Notebook arrives July 18 — Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams’ love story is one of those movies you’ve probably seen a dozen times and will still watch again — alongside A Walk to Remember, another Sparks-style tearjerker joining the July catalog additions.

Mark July 10 on the calendar — that’s when The Old Guard actually drops, and with Theron, Layne, and Ejiofor all in the mix, it’s the one release this month built to hold its own against anything else streaming that week.