17 great movies new to streaming to watch in July 2022

polygon.com:

July’s selection of new movies being added to streaming is one of the most exciting groups this year. Mad Max: Fury Road’s return to streaming is the highlight, to be sure, but there are plenty of great movies for you to watch at home that have just been added on Netflix, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, and more.

In addition to George Miller’s remarkable blockbuster achievement, there are new, underseen recent gems like Dark Waters and Leave No Trace, critical darlings like Goodfellas and Lincoln, and fun genre romps like John Wick and Jennifer’s Body.

Here are 17 of the best movies new to streaming platforms in July 2022.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s 1997 comedy-drama Boogie Nights charts the rise and fall of the “golden age” of pornography through the story of Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg), a young porn star who rises through the industry under the alias “Dirk Diggler” only to be undone by drugs and egotism. Blending real-life historical accounts and fiction, Anderson’s fascinating period film catapulted his career into stardom and earned three Academy Award nominations. With scene-stealing performances by Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, and long-time collaborator Philip Seymour Hoffman, Boogie Nights inarguably ranks as one of Anderson’s best films to date. —Toussaint Egan

Boogie Nightsis available to stream on Netflix.

I’ve already spoken several times at length about how much Richard Linklater’s Before trilogy mean to me. All three of the films have been added to Criterion Channel this weekend, so I feel compelled to again reiterate my recommendation back in February:

Had the story of Celine (Julie Delpy) and Jesse’s (Ethan Hawke) whirlwind Vienna romance simply concluded with Before Sunrise’s bittersweet ending, it alone would