Summer is finally in full swing, bringing with it blockbuster season and plenty of reasons to stay entertained. While moviegoers are counting down the days until highly anticipated theatrical releases like Spider-Man: Brand New Day and Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey, streaming services are refreshing their own libraries. As new titles arrive, others are preparing to make their exit, and that means some incredible movies won’t be available for much longer.
Whether you’re looking for a classic feel-good rom-com, a nostalgic comedy, a sun-soaked romance, or a musical biographical drama that perfectly captures the carefree spirit of the season, now is the perfect time to revisit a few fan favorites before they disappear. To help you make the most of the season, we’ve rounded up a selection of movies that practically scream “summer.”
‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (2018)
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Freddie Mercury, played by Rami Malek, sings at Live Aid in Bohemian Rhapsody.Image via 20th Century Studios
We kick off this list with one of the most influential music biopics of the modern era. Bohemian Rhapsody, the Oscar-winning film chronicling the life of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, will soon leave Netflix, giving audiences only a limited time to revisit the movie that helped usher in Hollywood’s recent wave of music biopics.
The film follows Mercury’s extraordinary journey from working as a baggage handler at London’s Heathrow Airport to becoming one of the most iconic performers in music history. Along the way, it explores the formation of Queen, the band’s rise to global fame, and their unforgettable performance at Live Aid. The film proved to be a phenomenon both commercially and during awards season. It earned an astonishing $911 million at the worldwide box office, making it the highest-grossing music biopic ever released at the time. At the 91st Academy Awards, Bohemian Rhapsody also dominated the competition, taking home four Oscars, including Best Actor for Rami Malek, along with Best Film Editing, Best Sound Editing, and Best Sound Mixing.
Whether you consider it an award-worthy triumph or a divisive take on Mercury’s legacy, there’s no denying this film changed the landscape for music biopics. Its massive success proved audiences were hungry for stories about legendary musicians, paving the way for recent hits like Michaeland Deliver Me From Nowhere.
‘Hellboy’ (2004)
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Hellboy (Ron Perlman) points his gun offscreen in 2004’s Hellboy.Image via Sony Pictures Releasing
Guillermo del Toro and the superhero genre don’t exactly sound like a match. And yet, it works. Del Toro’s Hellboy, the supernatural action-adventure that introduced audiences to Ron Perlman‘s iconic take on Mike Mignola’s demon hero, will soon leave Netflix, making now the perfect time to revisit one of the genre’s most unique films. The movie follows the titular demon after he is summoned to Earth by the Nazis during World War II, only to be raised by Professor Trevor Bruttenholm (John Hurt) as a force for good. As an adult, Hellboy works alongside the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, protecting humanity from monsters, ancient gods, and occult threats while struggling against the dark destiny that threatens to consume him.
While it never reached the box office heights of today’s superhero blockbusters, Hellboybecame a fan favorite thanks to del Toro’s unmistakable visual style, stunning practical effects, world-building, and Perlman’s unforgettable performance. Its success spawned a sequel and eventually inspired multiple reboots, cementing its place as one of comics’ most enduring heroes. More than two decades later, Hellboy remains a refreshing reminder of an era when superhero movies embraced practical effects, horror influences, and smaller-scale stories that made them feel imaginative and, above all, fun.
American Hustle follows con artists Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) and Sydney Prosser (Adams) as they’re forced to work with an ambitious FBI agent to expose corruption among politicians and members of the criminal underworld. As the operation spirals out of control, shifting loyalties, dangerous romances, and increasingly elaborate deceptions blur the line between who’s running the con and who’s being conned. The movie earned widespread critical acclaim for its razor-sharp screenplay, great performances, and gorgeous ’70s style. More than a decade later, American Hustle proves a great cast, clever dialogue, and irresistible charisma never go out of style.
‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ (1997)
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Michael (Dermot Mulroney) and Jules (Julia Roberts) in ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’Image via Sony Pictures Releasing
My Best Friend’s Weddingnot only somehow perfectly meets the summery vibes of this streaming guide, but it’s also one of those movies that’s so iconic, it would be impossible to skip. The movie follows Jules Potter (Julia Roberts), a successful food critic who realizes she’s in love with her lifelong best friend, Michael (Dermot Mulroney), just days before he’s set to marry someone else. Determined to win him back before it’s too late, Jules embarks on a series of increasingly desperate and often hilarious schemes that force her to ask herself if what she feels for Michael is actually true love.
My Best Friend’s Wedding still stands out all these years later because it dares to challenge the typical tropes of the romance genre. Julia Roberts delivers a charismatic performance as a flawed heroine who doesn’t always make the right choices, making her compelling and relatable.
Collider Exclusive · Horror Survival Quiz Which Horror Villain Do You Have the Best Chance of Surviving? Jason Voorhees · Michael Myers · Freddy Krueger · Pennywise · Chucky
Five killers. Five completely different ways to die — if you’re not smart enough, fast enough, or self-aware enough to avoid it. Only one of them is the villain your particular set of instincts gives you a fighting chance against. Eight questions will figure out which one.
🏕️Jason
🔪Michael
💤Freddy
🎈Pennywise
🪆Chucky
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Something feels wrong. You can’t explain it — you just know. What do you do? First instincts are the difference between the survivor and the first act casualty.
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Where are you most likely to find yourself when things go wrong? Setting is everything in horror. Where you are determines which rules apply.
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What is your most reliable survival asset? Every survivor has a quality the villain didn’t account for. What’s yours?
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What kind of fear is hardest for you to fight through? Knowing your weakness is the first step to not dying because of it.
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You’re with a group when things start going wrong. What’s your role? Horror movies are brutally clear about who survives group situations and who doesn’t.
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What’s the horror movie mistake you’re most likely to make? Honest self-assessment is a survival skill. Denial is not.
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What’s your best weapon against something that can’t be stopped by conventional means? Every horror villain has a weakness. The survivors are always the ones who find it.
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It’s the final scene. You’re the last one standing. How did you make it? The final survivor always has a reason. What’s yours?
Your Survival Odds Have Been Calculated Your Best Chance Is Against…
Your instincts, your strengths, and your particular way of thinking under pressure point to one villain you actually have a fighting chance against. Everyone else — good luck.
Camp Crystal Lake · Friday the 13th
Jason Voorhees
Jason is relentless, but he is also predictable — and that is the gap you would exploit.
He moves in straight lines toward his target. He doesn’t strategise, doesn’t adapt, doesn’t outsmart. He simply pursues.
Your ability to keep moving, use the environment, and resist the panic that freezes most victims gives you a genuine edge.
The Crystal Lake survivors were always the ones who stopped running in circles and started thinking about terrain, water, and distance.
You think like that. Which means Jason, for all his indestructibility, would face someone who simply refused to be where he expected.
Haddonfield, Illinois · Halloween
Michael Myers
Michael watches before he moves. He is patient, methodical, and almost impossible to detect — until it’s too late for anyone who isn’t paying close enough attention.
But you are paying attention. You notice the shape in the window, the car parked slightly wrong, the silence where there should be sound.
Michael’s power lies in the invisibility of ordinary suburbia — the fact that nothing ever looks wrong until it already is.
Your spatial awareness and instinct to map every room, every exit, and every shadow before you need them is precisely the quality Laurie Strode had.
You are not a victim waiting to happen. You are someone who already suspects something is wrong — and acts on it.
Elm Street · A Nightmare on Elm Street
Freddy Krueger
Freddy wins by getting inside your head — using your own fears, your own memories, your own subconscious as weapons against you. That strategy requires a target who can be destabilised.
You are harder to destabilise than most. You’ve faced uncomfortable truths about yourself and you haven’t looked away.
The survivors on Elm Street were always the ones who understood what was happening and chose to face it rather than flee from it.
Freddy’s greatest weakness is that his power evaporates in the presence of someone who refuses to give him the fear he feeds on.
Your psychological resilience — the ability to stay grounded when reality itself becomes unreliable — is exactly the quality that keeps you alive here.
Derry, Maine · It
Pennywise
Pennywise is ancient, shapeshifting, and feeds on terror — but it has one critical vulnerability: it cannot function against someone who genuinely stops being afraid of it.
The Losers Club didn’t survive because they were braver than everyone else. They survived because they faced their fears together, and faced them honestly.
You ask the questions others avoid. You look directly at what frightens you rather than turning away.
That directness — the refusal to let fear fester in the dark — is Pennywise’s worst nightmare.
It chose the wrong target when it chose you. You are exactly the kind of person whose fear tastes like nothing at all.
Chicago · Child’s Play
Chucky
Chucky’s greatest advantage is that nobody takes him seriously until it’s already too late. He exploits the gap between how something looks and what it actually is.
You don’t have that gap. You take threats seriously regardless of how they present — and you never make the mistake of underestimating something because of its size or appearance.
Chucky relies on surprise, on the delay between recognition and response. You close that delay faster than almost anyone.
Your instinct to treat every unfamiliar thing with appropriate scepticism — rather than dismissing it because it seems absurd — is the exact quality that keeps you breathing.
Against Chucky, not laughing is already winning. You are very good at not laughing.
‘Night of the Living Dead’ (1968)
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Johnny (Russell Streiner) talks to Barbara (Judith O’Dea) in a cemetery in ‘Night of the Living Dead’Image via Continental Distributing
Every zombie movie you’ve ever seen owes a debt to Night of the Living Dead. George A. Romero‘s groundbreaking horror classic is the perfect watch if you’re chasing those early Halloween vibes. Set over the course of one terrifying night, the story follows a group of strangers who barricade themselves inside a remote farmhouse as the dead begin to rise and overrun the countryside. With tensions mounting inside the house and the undead closing in from every direction, the film becomes as much a study of human nature as it is a relentless exercise in suspense.
Romero’s innovative take on zombies reshaped pop culture, inspiring everything from The Walking Dead and 28 Days Laterand countless other films, shows, and video games. More than 50 years later, its haunting atmosphere, social commentary, and unforgettable ending remain just as powerful as ever.
‘Saw’ (2004)
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Cary Elwes laying on the floor in distress, reaching for a phone in ‘Saw’ (2004)Image via Lions Gate Films
Keeping up with the horror theme, Saw is another horror classic that is soon leaving Netflix. Before it became one of horror’s biggest franchises, Saw was another low-budget film that completely changed the genre. The movie begins with two strangers waking up chained inside a grimy bathroom, forced to play one of Jigsaw’s (Tobin Bell) twisted games if they hope to survive. As they race to uncover why they’ve been chosen, a larger mystery unfolds, revealing a killer who believes his deadly traps are designed not to punish, but to make his victims appreciate life. What follows is a tense, claustrophobic thriller packed with shocking revelations and a brutal ending.
Saw became a surprise box office sensation, grossing more than $100 million worldwide and launching one of the most successful horror franchises ever made. Other movies in the franchise are also leaving the streamer soon, so now is the perfect time for a bloody marathon.
‘Just Go with It’ (2011)
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Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler hugging eachother in Just Go With ItImage via Sony Pictures Releasing
For our final pick, we’re headed to Hawaii. Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston have teamed up for several comedies over the years, but few are as endlessly rewatchable as Just Go With It. The film follows plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee (Sandler), who convinces his loyal assistant Katherine (Aniston) to pose as his soon-to-be ex-wife in order to impress a girl he likes. What begins as a harmless lie quickly spirals into an elaborate charade involving a fake divorce and a family vacation to Hawaii that spirals hilariously out of control.
This movie might not be an award-winning one. Yet, the effortless chemistry between Sandler and Aniston, its breezy humor, and a cast clearly having the time of their lives make it for a fun watch.
