These New Netflix Originals Will Make The Perfect Summer 2021 Movie Marathon

Led by Amy Adams, the delayed release of this highly anticipated thriller was a casualty of the pandemic — we first saw the trailer all the way back in 2019, and it was supposed to premiere last May. Now, you can finally kick off your summer movie lineup with the story of a woman, Anna, whose agoraphobia keeps her largely secluded from the world outside until she witnesses a violent crime. The Falcon and The Winter Soldier fans will be excited to see both Anthony Mackie and Wyatt Russell in the cast.

Co-written and directed by Justice League’s Zack Snyder, Army of the Dead follows a group of heisters on a mission in zombie-stricken Las Vegas. The packed cast lineup includes Marvel’s Dave Bautista and Sweetbitter’s Ella Purnell.

After her boyfriend very publicly cheats on her, an influencer and her friends head to Salvador, Brazil, to celebrate Carnaval. This looks like the kind of colorful, carefree trip you and your friends always talk about taking together — and even if you don’t have your travel plans down just yet, this vibrant movie should tide you over until then.

Skater Girl is not an Avril Lavigne documentary — what it is, though, looks to be a seriously feel-good film. It tells the story of Prerna, a teenager from rural India who develops a passion for skateboarding and even takes her talents to the national championship.

Starring and written by Iliza Shlesinger, Good on Paper centers the story of a stand-up comic who meets the ideal man — or at least, that’s what he seems like. As the streamer asks, “On paper, he checks all the boxes but is he everything he appears to be?” Only a Netflix session will reveal the answer to that one.

Beloved queen of the Netflix rom-com Christina Milian stars in this charming film as Erica, who is tasked with performing at her ex’s wedding in Mauritius and later realizes she might still have feelings for him. “It’s funny, it has heart, and it’s different from any rom-com that I’ve seen,” Milian recently told Bustle. “It has such a diverse cast and showcases a place that some people may have never even heard of.”

Past and present love stories connect in this sweet romance starring Felicity Jones as a journalist who finds old love letters and works to piece them together. Based on a novel by Jojo Moyes (Me Before You), the film also features faves like Shailene Woodley, Callum Turner, Nabhaan Rizwan, Joe Alwyn, and Ncuti Gatwa.

The final chapter in the love story between Elle and Noah drops this August and will see Elle grapple with a tricky decision: Is she joining Noah at Harvard or accompanying Lee to Berkeley? The third installment was secretly filmed alongside The Kissing Booth 2, as reported by Variety.

You know the story — in this gender-swapped spin on 1999’s She’s All That, influencer Addison Rae is tasked with turning an unpopular classmate (Cobra Kai’s Tanner Buchanan) into prom king. Fans of the original will enjoy seeing several returning faves, including Rachael Leigh Cook herself.

John David Washington is back on Netflix for Beckett, joining Alicia Vikander in this story about a couple on vacation who fall into “a violent conspiracy with tragic consequences,” according to the streamer.