New Netflix Instant Releases: June 2015
Next month brings a whole new batch of streaming content to Netflix Instant, including the Wachowskis’ new original series Sense8, as well as Orange Is the New Black Season 3, and the Netflix Original documentary on the life of the legendary Nina Simone. In addition, some new seasons of your favorite television shows, as well as beloved classic films and recent favorites. Read on for your guide to the new Netflix Instant releases arriving in June.
June 1
The Aviator (2004): Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett and Kate Beckinsale. A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes’ career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s.
June 3
The Best of Me (2014): Starring James Marsden, Michelle Monaghan and Luke Bracey. A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014): Starring Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike and Tracy Ann Oberman. A psychiatrist searches the globe to find the secret of happiness.
June 5
Sense8 (2015): Starring Jamie Clayton, Max Riemelt and Anupam Kher. A group of people around the world are suddenly linked mentally, and must find a way to survive being hunted by those who see them as a threat to the world’s order.
June 8
Grace of Monaco (2014): Starring Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth and Andre Penvern. The story of former Hollywood star Grace Kelly’s crisis of marriage and identity, during a political dispute between Monaco’s Prince Rainier III and France’s Charles De Gaulle, and a looming French invasion of Monaco in the early 1960s.
June 10
Nightcrawler (2014): Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo and Bill Paxton. When Lou Bloom, a driven man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
Pretty Little Liars Season 5 (2014): Starring Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale and Troian Bellisario. Four friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while unraveling the mystery of the murder of their best friend.
Rosewater (2014): Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Kim Bodnia and Dimitri Leonidas. Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari is detained by Iranian forces who brutally interrogate him under suspicion that he is a spy.
June 11
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 (2014): Starring Clark Gregg, Ming-Na Wen and Chloe Bennet. The missions of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
June 12
Champs (2015): A documentary on boxing greats Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield and Bernard Hopkins examines their lives in and out of the ring.
The Cobbler (2014): Starring Adam Sandler, Dan Stevens and Dustin Hoffman. A disenchanted shoemaker discovers the magical ability to literally live life in someone else’s shoes.
Orange Is the New Black Season 3 (2015): Starring Taylor Schilling, Laura Prepon and Danielle Brooks. The story of Piper Chapman, a woman in her thirties who is sentenced to fifteen months in prison after being convicted of a decade-old crime of transporting money for her drug-dealing girlfriend.
June 13
Scandal Season 4 (2014): Starring Kerry Washington, Darby Stanchfield and Katie Lowes. A former White House Communications Director starts her own crisis management firm only to realize her clients are not the only ones with secrets.
June 15
Bindi’s Boot Camp Season 1 (2012): A children’s game show hosted by Bindi Irwin.
Danger Mouse Seasons 1–10 (1981–1992): The adventures of Danger Mouse, a secret agent mouse.
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013): Three female musicians are faced with seven years in a Russian prison following a controversial performance in Moscow.
June 16
The Butler (2013): Starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey and John Cusack. As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man’s life, family, and American society.
June 17
Point and Shoot (2014): An American sets out with his motorbike to find both adventure and his sense of manhood, leading him on an extraordinary journey he could not have imagined, including fighting in the Libyan Revolution.
June 19
Some Assembly Required (2015): Starring Kolton Stewart, Harrison Houde and Charlie Storwick. When a teenager becomes the new owner of a toy company, he hires a bunch of his high school friends to help him design new toys.
June 20
Cake (2014): Starring Jennifer Aniston, Adriana Barraza and Anna Kendrick. Claire becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group while grappling with her own, very raw personal tragedy.
June 23
Advantageous - Netflix Exclusive (2015): Starring Jacqueline Kim, James Urbaniak and Freya Adams. In a near-future city where soaring opulence overshadows economic hardship, Gwen and her daughter Jules do all they can to hold on to their joy together, despite the instability surfacing in their world.
June 24
Beyond the Lights (2014): Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nate Parker and Minnie Driver. The pressures of fame have superstar singer Noni on the edge, until she meets Kaz, a young cop who works to help her find the courage to develop her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be.
June 26
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015): A documentary about the life and legend Nina Simone, an American singer, pianist, and civil rights activist labeled the “High Priestess of Soul.”