Every month, streaming services add movies and TV shows to its library. Here are our picks for some of June’s most promising new titles. (Note: Streaming services occasionally change schedules without giving notice. For more recommendations on what to stream, sign up for our Watching newsletter here.)
New to Amazon Prime Video
‘The Boys’ Season 4
Starts streaming: June 13
After a two-year break, this over-the-top action series returns for a fourth season of gleefully vulgar, wickedly satirical riffs on the superhero genre. Based on a comic book franchise created by the writer Garth Ennis and the artist Darick Robertson, “The Boys” is ostensibly about the bitter rivalry between a popular, powerful, government-backed superteam and a band of cynical vigilantes. But following the lead of the Ennis-Robertson source material, the show’s writer-producer Eric Kripke has built this premise into a riotous commentary about the dangers of charismatic leaders. In Season 4, the roguish antihero Bill Butcher (Karl Urban) has to resort to drastic measures to thwart the political ambitions of the authoritarian supe Homelander (Antony Starr), even if he and his cohorts have to splatter the city with superhero blood.
Also arriving:
June 4
“Marlon Wayans: Good Grief”
June 6
“Counsel Culture”
June 18
“Power of the Dream”
June 20
“Federer: Twelve Final Days”
June 25
“I Am: Celine Dion”
June 27
“My Lady Jane” Season 1
New to AMC+
‘Orphan Black: Echoes’ Season 1
Starts streaming: June 23
Set 37 years after the events in the cult favorite science-fiction TV series “Orphan Black,” this spinoff introduces an entirely new heroine, with a new mystery to unravel about the nature of her existence. Krysten Ritter plays Lucy, an amnesiac who escapes from a medical facility and builds a new life off the grid — until an accident draws unwanted attention, sending her back on the run. Then she crosses paths with a teenager, Jules (Amanda Fix), who looks remarkably familiar. Gradually, Lucy begins to piece together her past and the bizarre connection she shares with a handful of other women. A few surprise “Orphan Black” characters return for “Echoes,” as Lucy and Jules start a dangerous investigation into a secret science project gone tragically wrong.
Also arriving:
June 3
“The Babadook”
“Family History Mysteries: Buried Past”
June 14
“Exhuma”
June 17
“Inspector Rojas”
“My Life Is Murder” Season 4
“Tin Star” Season 2
June 24
“Frankie Drake Mysteries” Season 1
June 28
“The Devil’s Bath”
New to Apple TV+
‘Presumed Innocent’
Starts streaming: June 12
Scott Turow’s 1987 best seller, “Presumed Innocent,” is one of the most gripping legal thrillers of all time; and its popularity helped kick off the 1990s boom in blockbuster books, movies and television shows about ethically compromised lawyers. The novel has already been adapted into a hit 1990 film, but the prolific TV writer-producer David E. Kelley and the producer J.J. Abrams are now giving it the prestige mini-series treatment. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Rusty Sabich, a politically ambitious Chicago prosecutor who looks awfully guilty to his colleagues after the his co-worker and secret lover Carolyn Polhemus (Renate Reinsve) is found sexually assaulted and murdered. While suffering the disapproving looks of his wife, Barbara (Ruth Negga), and sorting through the mounting evidence against him — much of it compiled by his chief office rival, Tommy Molto (Peter Sarsgaard) — Rusty uses every trick he has learned from his years in criminal law to defend himself.
Also arriving:
June 14
“Camp Snoopy” Season 1
June 26
“Land of Women” Season 1
June 28
“Fancy Dance”
“WondLa” Season 1
New to Disney+
‘The Acolyte’ Season 1
Starts streaming: June 4
The latest “Star Wars” TV project ventures further back into the franchise’s lore than any live-action movie or television series has before, telling a story set a century before “The Phantom Menace.” Lee Jung-jae (an Emmy-winner for “Squid Game”) plays Sol, a Jedi Master leading a criminal investigation that takes him around the galaxy and into conflict with Mae (Amandla Stenberg), a powerful warrior he knew well many years ago. “The Acolyte” creator Leslye Headland (an indie film writer-director who also cocreated “Russian Doll”) is aiming for a different kind of “Star Wars” adventure here, pulling from elements of detective fiction and martial arts epics while also exploring what this universe looked like in the pre-Empire era.
Also arriving:
June 4
“Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color”
“The Real Red Tails”
June 7
“Big City Greens the Movie: Spacecation”
June 28
“Disney Jr.’s Ariel” Season 1
June 29
“Zombies: The Re-Animated Series” Season 1
New to Hulu
‘The Bear’ Season 3
Starts streaming: June 27
It looked as if the writers’ and actors’ strikes in Hollywood were going to rob TV viewers of what has been a tart summer treat for the past two years: a new season of the culinary dramedy “The Bear.” Fortunately, the show’s creator, Christopher Storer, and his cast were able to come together in time to hit their usual June release date. That’s a relief, because fans of “The Bear” have been on edge ever since last year’s intense Season 2 finale, which saw the Chicago restaurateur Carmen Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) and his chef partner, Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri), host a soft opening for their new bistro that was a triumph for the guests but mentally and emotionally draining for the staff. Viewers have a lot invested in these characters and are eager to see if they can make this demanding business a success — and if so, if they can handle the pressure.
Also arriving:
June 4
“Clipped”
June 6
“Perfect Days”
June 7
“Beautiful Wedding”
“Becoming Karl Lagerfeld”
“Queenie” Season 1
June 10
“Origin”
June 12
“From Tomorrow” Season 1
June 13
“Brats”
June 14
“Blood Free” Season 1
June 17
“Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown”
“Mission: Yozakura Family” Season 1
June 20
“Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance of Sherri Papini”
June 21
“Marmalade”
“Shoresy” Season 3
June 24
“Breakin’ on the One”
June 25
“Diane von Furstenberg: Woman in Charge”
New to Max
‘Ren Faire’
Starts streaming: June 2
A succession crisis at a long-running Texas Renaissance Festival becomes fodder for a riveting backstage drama in this three-part docuseries, which blends in-depth journalism with cinematic fantasy. At the center of the story is King George Coulam, who founded this fair in the 1970s and has since become the millionaire mayor of the small town surrounding its fairgrounds. Now in his 80s and preoccupied with death and sex — along with libertarian politics and conspiracy theories — George is ready to retire but unsure which of his trusty underlings should get the keys to the kingdom. Directed by Lance Oppenheim (known for his films “Some Kind of Heaven” and “Spermworld”), “Ren Faire” is a vivid portrait of a communal subculture that has developed into a gold mine, and also a sharp study of how idealism and commercialism can clash.
‘Fantasmas’ Season 1
Starts streaming: June 7
The conceptual comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” staff writer Julio Torres — who also cocreated the wild HBO comedy “Los Espookys” — writes, directs and stars in his own whimsical version of a sketch series with “Fantasmas.” The episodes all tell a story of sorts, about a sensitive and creative young man named Julio, who drifts through a surreal city, eking out a living by sharing his deeply felt ideas about crayons, the alphabet and any other part of everyday life he thinks could be improved. There are digressions galore in “Fantasmas,” which take the form of comic vignettes, guest-starring the likes of Steve Buscemi and Paul Dano. The show is also shot on a big set that looks deliberately artificial and theatrical, reflecting Torres’s love of a gently warped reality.
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2
Starts streaming: June 16
This “Game of Thrones” prequel had a strong first season, despite a high degree of difficulty for the series’ cocreators, Ryan Condal and George R.R. Martin. They and their writers (plus a Season 1 showrunner, Miguel Sapochnik) had to cover decades in the saga of the dragon-riding Targaryen family, to set up the civil war that eventually leads to the Targaryens losing control of their multiple kingdoms. In Season 2, these battles have fully begun. The death of King Viserys has left multiple parties with a claim to his title. Among them are his daughter, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy); his brother Daemon, (Matt Smith); and the depraved Prince Aegon, the child Viserys had with Rhaenyra’s former best friend, Alicent (Olivia Cooke). Family loyalties and old alliances — plus the destructive power of fire-breathing dragons — complicate this messy war of succession.
Also arriving:
June 6
“Am I OK?”
June 13
“Hannah Einbinder: Everything Must Go”
June 18
“Here to Climb”
June 20
“Slave Play. Not a Movie. A Play.”
June 22
“Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple”
June 25
“One South: Portrait of a Psych Unit”
June 27
“Breaking New Ground”
June 28
“Problemista”
New to Paramount+
‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3
Starts streaming: June 2
One of TV’s pulpiest shows returns, picking up in the immediate aftermath of a Season 2 finale that saw explosive violence, betrayals and the death of a major character — all pretty much par for the course for a “Mayor of Kingstown” episode. Cocreated by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, this series combines elements of prison, mob and political drama, while following the efforts of one family to keep the peace and hold onto power in a city built on crime and punishment. Jeremy Renner returns as Mike McClusky, an ex-con who serves as a liaison between Kingstown’s police force and the big prison that employs many of the locals … and who finds himself at the center of a brewing war between the gangs and the cops.
Also arriving:
June 3
“I.S.S.”
June 4
“Let the Canary Sing”
June 6
“Criminal Minds: Evolution” Season 2
June 7
“Transformers: EarthSpark” Season 2
June 11
“How Music Got Free”
June 24
“Out of Darkness”
New to Peacock
‘Queer Planet’
Starts streaming: June 6
Arriving just in time for Pride Month, this nature documentary features insights from naturalists, biologists and science historians into the many ways that animals and plants can exhibit behavior that defies conventional notions of sexuality. The Broadway and TV star Andrew Rannells serves as the film’s narrator, adding a cheeky tone to anecdotes about penguins, lions, flamingos and various primates who enjoy homosexual partnerships. While the subject matter is more risqué than usual, “Queer Planet” still has all the hallmarks of a modern nature doc, with lots of stunning high-definition images of creatures in their habitats, mounting each other.
Also arriving:
June 11
“Love Island USA” Season 6
June 13
“The Dirty D” Season 3
June 25
“TikTok Murders”
