We know what you’re thinking: summer weather is too nice to be spent indoors with a weekend Netflix binge. But you can only have so many bevs in the park before you need to chill for a couple of hours with the TV on and the windows wide open. Plus, the World Cup is inching ever closer, and we’ve got some (light) homework to get you ready. Netflix is bringing the goods this sunny June.
There are a bunch of soccer docuseries to sink your teeth into—one looking back to a tournament of the past, another looking forward to the big one drawing closer. Alternatively, the live-action remake of Avatar: The Last Airbender returns for its second season after a two-year wait, Michael B. Jordan steps into the ring and behind the camera for Creed III, and Paul Mescal vacations in Turkey in tender drama Aftersun. Here are our picks for what to watch on the streamer.
Creed III (2023) The formidable director-actor pairing of Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan is right up there with some of the all-time greats: Martin Scorsese and Robert de Niro, Paul Thomas Anderson and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Before Sinners there was Creed, the spin-off of the Rocky franchise which followed Adonis Creed (Jordan) as he falls under the mentorship of his father’s rival-turned-ally Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone). Jordan took the reins for the movie series's third installment in his directorial debut, which sees Adonis enter the ring once again to face a former friend.
USA 94: Brazil’s Return to Glory (2026) Talk about a turnaround. Morale was a little low in the Brazil camp ahead of the 1994 World Cup, having endured a dramatic run in the qualifiers, while facing massive pressure to win it all after 24 trophy-less years. And then, spoiler alert: the team made up of such legends as Romário, Bebeto, and Márcio Santos—among the names interviewed for this splashy new documentary—indeed took home the spoils, returning Brazil to the top of the international footballing hierarchy. Helped by those aforementioned interviews and unseen archive footage from ‘94, USA 94: Brazil’s Return to Glory recounts how they won it all.
Norway: The Dark Horse (2026) Norway has not won an international tournament, least of all qualified for one at all, for 26 agonizing years. But now, Valhalla beckons in the form of the World Cup in June, the men’s national team’s first major tournament in a generation. This new Netflix doc tracks the triumphant return of the Vikings, bolstered by the talents of such world-class superstars as Man City monster Erling Haaland and Arsenal’s creative wizard Martin Ødegaard. Aftersun (2022) Yearning for two weeks by the pool at an all-inclusive resort?
Charlotte Wells’s sumptuous debut film might just be the next best thing. Paul Mescal rightly earned an Oscar nomination for his heartbreaking turn as a young Scottish father on vacation in Turkey with his 11-year-old daughter. In this devastating coming-of-age drama, all the familiar hallmarks of a summer getaway are filtered through the reflections of a daughter coming to terms with the depths of her father’s inner turmoil. Perfect viewing for a melancholic summer.
I Will Find You (2026) The Harlan Coben novel to Netflix miniseries pipeline is still going strong with this adaptation of his 2023 novel. This one has a starry cast including Sam Worthington, Severance breakout Britt Lower, and Milo Ventimiglia, and follows a father serving life in prison for the murder of his son. When he discovers evidence to suggest his child is still alive, he stops at nothing to prove his innocence. Expect intrigue, mystery, and a fair number of jaw-dropping plot twists.
Avatar: The Last Airbender season 2 (2026) Expectations were rock bottom when Netflix announced a live-action remake of the beloved Nickelodeon animated series. The track record wasn’t stellar — lest we forget M. Night Shyamalan’s disastrous attempt at bringing elemental manipulation to the big screen.
But in a surprising turn, the show’s first season got the thumbs up from OG fans for staying largely faithful to the source material. Season two will adapt the animated show’s second book, which follows Aang and the gang’s travels to the fortress city of Ba Sing Se (where there is no war, of course) in their quest to master the four elements and take on the Fire Nation. Little Brother (2026) Here’s something a little lighter: John Cena is back to flexing his comedy chops in this film co-starring Eric André. Cena plays a famous real estate agent whose seemingly perfect life is thrown into disarray when an oddball guy (played by André) who he mentored in high school reappears to sow some chaos.
Unexpected pairings make for some of the best comedies, and the trailer, which shows André pissing out of a car and falling out of a window promises a delightfully unhinged time at the movies. This article originally appeared in British GQ.