What’s new on Netflix in South Africa in June 2021

Looking for a new favourite series to see you through the cold month of June? Try Sweet Tooth, which is brand new, or start a popular show from the beginning before you get the latest season on Netflix, such as Riverdale, Summertime or Feel Good. There are also some must-see movies coming this month, including BFF comedy Carnaval, the fun local film Trippin With The Kandasamys, and Kevin Hart’s Fatherhood.

Here are our Plum Picks for the month of June, followed by a brief date listing for other highlights to look out for.

Riverdale Season 4 | 1 June

Daring adventure meets chilling darkness as Riverdale explores a new side of grief and the gang prepares for the ultimate test: senior year.

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Carnaval | 2 June

In this fun Brazilian movie, the digital influencer Nina discovers a video of her boyfriend’s betrayal going viral and, to help herself get over the breakup, she uses her contacts to travel to Salvador during Carnival, all-inclusive, together with her three best friends.

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Dancing Queens | 3 June

Meet Dylan Pettersson, a 23-year-old girl from a small island in the Bohuslän archipelago with big dancing aspirations. When she’s talked into cleaning at the struggling drag club Queens, the club’s star dancer and choreographer accidentally discovers Dylan’s talent. She desperately wants to be a part of the show, but she’s a girl – and it’s a drag show. But where there’s a will, there’s a way.

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Summertime S2 | 3 June

Let’s go back to Riviera on Italy’s Adriatic Coast, where our two protagonists fell in love last season, despite the differences between them. Exams might be over, but the true test is about to begin.

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Feel Good S2 | 4 June

Mae and George’s complicated love story continues as Mae struggles to come to terms with the ghosts from her past and George tries to reinvent her present. Can they grow together or will they grow apart?

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Trippin With The Kandasamys | 4 June

To rekindle their marriages, best friends-turned-in-laws Shanthi and Jennifer plan a couples’ getaway. But it comes with all kinds of surprises.

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Sweet Tooth | 4 June

Ten years ago, The Great Crumble wreaked havoc on the world and led to the mysterious emergence of hybrids — babies born part human, part animal. Unsure if hybrids are the cause or result of the virus, many humans fear and hunt them. After a decade of living safely in his secluded forest home, a sheltered hybrid deer-boy named Gus (Christian Convery) unexpectedly befriends a wandering loner named Jepperd (Nonso Anozie). Together they set out on an extraordinary adventure across what’s left of America in search of answers.

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Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet | 4 June

Narrated by Sir David Attenborough, this 75-minute movie follows the scientific journey of world-renowned scientist Professor Johan Rockström. It tells the story of the most important scientific discovery of our time – that humanity has pushed Earth beyond the boundaries that have kept Earth stable for 10 000 years, since the dawn of civilisation.

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Mary Queen of Scots | 5 June

Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie star in this lavish movie about Mary returning to rule her native Scotland and to battle her cousin, Elizabeth I, for the throne of England.

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Fresh Fried and Crispy | 9 June

Extra crispy pork chops in Birmingham, deep fried Oreos in San Diego, and jumbo lump crab cakes in Baltimore. Is your mouth watering yet? Daym Drops, the Grandfather of Food Reviews on YouTube with more than 250 million views, travels all around the country to find the best unknown fried dishes coming from the streets, fancy restaurants, and home kitchens. Come along for the ride as he hunts down the crispiest bite in town!

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Skater Girl | 11 June

When a teen in rural India discovers a life-changing passion for skateboarding, she follows a rough road as she reaches for her dream to compete.

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Lupin Part 2 | 11 June

This isn’t a game anymore. Assane’s quest for revenge against Hubert Pelligrini has torn his family to pieces. With his back to the wall, he now has to think of a new plan, even if it means putting himself in danger.

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Workin’ Moms S5 | 15 June

The moms are back at work after the highs and lows of maternity leave, and they now have to navigate bosses, love, kids and their social lives in modern-day Toronto.

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Penguin Town | 16 June

You’ve never met penguins like these before. Forget ice and snow, this rowdy colony of African penguins are hitting the sun-drenched beaches and breaking all the rules. Every summer, these tuxedoed birds vie for prime real estate on the sandy shores of Simon’s Town, south of Cape Town, and stir things up.

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Black Summer S2 | 17 June

Winter comes with cold-blooded new challenges during the zombie apocalypse as frantic scavengers and violent militias battle the dead and desperate.

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Fatherhood | 18 June

In this heartwarming, funny and emotional true story, Kevin Hart stars as a widower taking on one of the toughest jobs in the world: fatherhood.

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JIVA! | 24 June

A street dancer juggling a dead-end job, family duties and a rocky love life realises her moves are her ticket out of her working-class Durban township.

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What else is on?

Here are some of the other shows and movies to keep an eye out for in June.

3 June

Kim’s Convenience S5

Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon: The Movie

4 June

Human: The World Within S1

5 June

Kitty Love: An Homage to Cats

9 June

Awake

Selva Tragica (Tragic Jungle)

11 June

Our Ladies

Wish Dragon

15 June

Hysteria

The Bronze

Believe Me: The Abduction of Lisa McVey

Headspace: Unwind Your Mind

17 June

Katla

The Gift S3

18 June

Jagame Thandiram

Elite S4

23 June

Good On Paper

Too Hot to Handle S2

The House of Flowers: The Movie

24 June

The Naked Director

28 June

The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon’s Judgement

30 June

America: The Motion Picture

Somos

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