Netflix Today Added 33 New Shows & Movies – Here Are the 3 to Watch

By Phillip Swann
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Netflix today (July 1, 2025) has added 33 new TV shows and movies to its streaming lineup. Here are the three to watch, in my humble opinion:

Friday Night Lights (2004)
The TV show starring Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton gets all the love, but the original 2004 movie starring Billy Bob Thornton as a Texas high school football coach in mythical Dillon, Texas is just as good. (And guess who plays his wife? That’s right. Connie Britton.) Peter Berg, the showrunner for the TV show, directed the movie and co-wrote the screenplay.

V For Vendetta (2006)
Hugo Weaving (and a Guy Fawkes mask, pictured above) stars as a revolutionary terrorist in the future who plans to overthrow a fascist government. The 2006 film, which is beautifully photographed, stirred some controversy as well for seemingly embracing violence as a means of protest. But you be the judge. V For Vendetta also stars Natalie Portman as the revolutionary’s reluctant sidekick.

Portlandia – Seasons 1-8
Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live) and Carrie Brownstein play multiple characters (and, boy, are they characters!) in this satirical skewering of the hipster side of Portland. Portlandia, which also features guest appearances from a slew of sketch geniuses including Jason Sudeikis, Kristen Wiig, Aubrey Plaza, Parker Posey and Ed Begley, Jr., among dozens of others, is one of the funniest shows of this century. No comedy has done a more effective job of capturing the weird, tribal vibe of identity politics in today’s culture. If you haven’t seen it, and you love satire, start watching. I guarantee you’ll be hooked.

Bonus Pick: Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel, a new doc on the dark side of once bright fashion empire.

New Releases Added Today to Netflix
Attack on London: Hunting The 7/7 Bombers
Trainwreck: The Cult of American Apparel
17 Again
Annie (1982)
Blow
Born on the Fourth of July
Captain Phillips
The Deer Hunter
Friday Night Lights
Here Comes the Boom
The Hitman’s Bodyguard
The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard
Horrible Bosses
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid Part III
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible III
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
Mom: Seasons 1-8
The Notebook
Pacific Rim
PAW Patrol Seasons 2-3
Portlandia: Seasons 1-8
The Sweetest Thing
Tangerine
V for Vendetta
White Chicks
Yellowjackets: Season 2
Zathura: A Space Adventure

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