16 great movies leaving Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Max at the end of June 2022
Summer continues to heat up, and so do the movies leaving streaming at the end of each month. There are plenty of great films leaving Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and others at the end of June or start of July, and we’ve picked out a few standouts for you to enjoy at home.
David Lynch’s psychological neo-noir thriller ranks among the director’s very best films, featuring iconic performances courtesy of frequent Lynch collaborators Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern, a terrifying turn for Dennis Hopper as the villainous Frank Booth, and a heart-wrenchingly memorable performance by Isabella Rossellini as the troubled lounge singer Dorothy Vallens. Surreal, sensuous, thoroughly captivating, and frequently disturbing, Blue Velvet is Lynch in his prime.—Toussaint Egan
Blue Velvet leaves the Criterion Channel June 30.
Todd Haynes’ (Carol, Safe) legal thriller was one of the best movies of 2019, dramatizing an incredible story of an attorney who uncovers corruption from a chemical company and fights for the citizens of the town the company contaminated.
Mark Ruffalo, who also produced the movie, stars as the lawyer Robert Bilott and gives a passionate performance as a man up against the system. Haynes brings life to the story through his attention to detail, especially the tactile way in which he depicts Bilott’s work — in a storage room surrounded by boxes and papers on all sides, digging through hoping to find anything helpful among the seemingly miles of data. The cast also includes some of the real people who were impacted by the events depicted in the film. —Pete Volk
Dark Waters leaves Peacock June 30.
An all-time classic for a reason, The Exorcist is just as terrifying now as when it caused a mild national panic on release in
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