Never a month goes by without some big ructions in the world of big streaming, but regardless of what plans the likes of Prime Video and Netflix are making in the background, they know they have to keep pumping out new content or risk losing subscribers. That means each month brings a tide of new shows and movies to watch – and July 2026 is no exception!
I've taken the time to go through everything coming to Prime Video this month, to pick out five new original additions that I think could be worth watching. You'll find those listed below, with trailers and the day they'll release, so that you can start to get a sense of what your month might look like.
Elle
- Streaming from: 1 July
This one's been highly anticipated, and a long time coming – a prequel series to the beloved movie Legally Blonde, starring Lexi Minetree, who looks almost improbably similar to a young Reece Witherspoon. She's playing the title role of Elle, but with the clock rewound so that she's still at high school in LA.
Her life gets turned upside down when she's told by her parents that they're moving to Seattle, though, leaving behind sun-bleached California for the rainy Pacific Northwest. She's going to have to completely readjust how she presents herself to fit in – or is she? This looks like a fun story of staying true to yourself and discovering just what it is that you're passionate about.
Ride or Die
- Streaming from: 15 July
The biggest and best streaming services all seem to have a fascination with spies and assassins living regular lives, and this looks like another fun take on that mini-genre. It stars Hannah Waddingham and Octavia Spencer as two best friends who've known each other for a couple of decades.
What Spencer's character doesn't realise is that her mate happens to be an international assassin, something that comes tumbling out when they're attacked one evening. From there, we can expect some fun action scenes balanced against comedy, a classic genre mashup that will most likely ensure this is a popular new movie for Prime Video.
Murder 101
- Streaming from: 13 July
I have mixed feelings about true crime as a genre, but this documentary series looks like it might have a really interesting approach to the topic. It takes as its focus an inventive teacher at a Tennessee high school who's been using his sociology class as an opportunity to get teens helping with cold cases.
As much as the series charts the discoveries that a series of these classes makes in some shocking cases, it's also about how disconnected we can feel from tragedies, and how this sort of interesting teaching approach can help students find a spark in themselves. It's a three-part series and could be really valuable when it arrives in mid-July.
Young Farts Trailer Parts
- Streaming from: 17 July
Another reality series, this one takes a much more light-hearted approach, taking us into the lives of some happy-go-lucky mechanics who are frankly larger than life. The Young Farts part shop is full of interesting characters that we'll clearly get to learn more about as we watch, and as they come up with new harebrained schemes.
It seems pretty clear that caravans and trailers are under huge threat in the series, too, since the trailer sees some get their doors blown off, others being dropped from great heights, and various other indignities being inflicted. It's a fun-looking little series that might just build up a cult following.
Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2
- Streaming from: 31 July
My final pick is an animated one and could be a great hit if you have kids who're into DC superheroes, because it's the return of the best in that whole roster – Batman. After a great first season, Caped Crusader returns for more prettily animated stories about just how he's going to semi-violently destroy the criminal underbelly of Gotham.
The first season was a really pleasant surprise, with a more vintage, golden-age setting that pulls back on some of the techiness that Batman can rely on. Instead, it's all about biffing people on the head and socking them in the jaw, the good old-fashioned way. We'll get another ten episodes right at the end of July, a boon for any Batman fans.
