The Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch on Netflix in July 2020

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

There’s a philosophy for athletes and creative folk, especially, where you want to quit while you’re ahead so that you can go out on top. Some athletes retire after winning the title at the end of the season.

Trolls World Tour, which premiered on Video on Demand platforms this spring and Disney's Artemis Fowl, which was set for a theatrical release in May before the pandemic, but ended up dropping on Disney+ in June instead. Taking a movie that was bound for theaters and sharing it with the world on streaming services in their living rooms first might seem like a downgrade, but the world (including the entertainment world) has been forced to adjust.

Peacock has entered the streaming game.The Comcast-owned NBCUniversal launched its streaming platform, Peacock, on Wednesday, with something for everyone: From originals like and to comfort food like (in January 2021) and.The service is already available to Xfinity customers, but new customers can choose from three options: a free tier or two paid tiers called Peacock Premium.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

want to watch. From potentially lawl-inducing comedies like Filthy Rich and Call Me Kat to sure-do-sound-gripping dramas like Big Sky and Clarice, the fall 2020 television schedule is packed with shows that actually seem worth watching going old and watching week-by-week.

You've Got Mailto beloved sports movies like The Mighty Ducks, the 1990s delivered more iconic movies than any other decade in history (please don't try to deny it).

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

The Office is playing all day on Comedy Central for all of your comedy needs, Below Deck on Bravo will scratch the trashy reality TV itch, and if you finally want to catch up on Westworld, there's a marathon for that, too. There are also some great movie blocks, like the entire Twilight saga on Freeform, a good chunk of the Fast and the Furious movies over on TBS, and, of course, AMC will be playing the holiday classic Independence Day on a loop well into the evening.

J. Kim Murphy editorWith HBO Max having launched in May and NBCUniversal’s Peacock looking to enter living rooms in July, the number of streaming platforms for consumers to choose from continues to multiply.

The Wedding Planner, slapstick comedies (of the Judd Apatow variety, especially), intense award-winning , and experimental films that are hard to place anywhere (looking at you, Napoleon Dynamite). In short, there's a lot to choose from—so we had to pick a lane. And with the world being such a tumultuous place, we decided to stick with from the 2000s.

The Office is playing all day on Comedy Central for all of your comedy needs, Below Deck on Bravo will scratch the trashy reality TV itch, and if you finally want to catch up on Westworld, there's a marathon for that, too. There are also some great movie blocks, like the entire Twilight saga on Freeform, a good chunk of the Fast and the Furious movies over on TBS, and, of course, AMC will be playing the holiday classic Independence Day on a loop well into the evening.

With a lineup of new additions coming to Netflix in July, the streaming platform will also say goodbye to scores of titles this upcoming month.

Every Tuesday, discriminating viewers are confronted with a flurry of choices: new releases on disc and on-demand, vintage, and original movies on any number of streaming platforms, catalog titles making a splash on Blu-ray or 4K. This weekly column sifts through all of those choices to pluck out the movies most worth your time, no matter how you’re watching.

came to an end Monday when he died at his home in Beverly Hills.But the Bronx-born 98-year-old’s legacy will live on forever.Born on March 20, 1922, to Jewish immigrants from Austria and Romania, Reiner, a true Renaissance man, made a permanent imprint on American comedy.The nine-time Emmy-winning and Grammy-winning entertainment icon acted in over 40 films, held countless TV roles – including the part of TV variety show host Alan Brady on the “The Dick Van Dyke Show” — directed 15 movies, and

Jaws 2. Child's Play 2.

ridiculously rad-looking series Warrior Nun, which premieres on Thursday, July 2; Charlize Theron's The Old Guard, which premieres on Friday, July 10; and Katherine Langford getting medieval for a new take on the Arthurian legend in Cursed, which drops on Friday, July 17.Netflix will also feature new takes on a couple of '90s classics, including Netflix's new version of Unsolved Mysteries, the first six episodes of which will drop on Wednesday, July 1, and a new adaptation of The Baby-Sitters

Will Ferrell.

Sex and the City 2 will be leaving this July—but you still have time to hang out with the girls again before it doesFifty-nine other titles will soon be unavailable to add to your queue, such as all three Back to the Future films, Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling’s Blue Valentine, Hitch, and E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.