11 movies to check out on Netflix this July

Titanic, The Karate Kid, a sequel to Bird Box, and the ensemble crime comedy The Out-Laws highlight Netflix's July offerings

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11 movies to check out on Netflix this July
Clockwise from top left: Titanic (Paramount), The Out-Laws (Netflix), Bird Box Barcelona (Netflix), The Karate Kid (Columbia Pictures) Image: The A.V. Club

So you’ve adjusted to Netflix’s new pricing plans and added your out-of-household members for an additional charge? Great! With that settled, it’s time to check out what Netflix is offering this month for subscribers who didn’t jump ship altogether. Speaking of ships, one of the titles added to Netflix this July is 1997's Titanic, a subject on everyone’s mind since the tragic loss of the Titan submersible and its five passengers in June. Other new additions this July are the original The Karate Kid, the ensemble crime comedy The Out-Laws starring Pierce Brosnan and Ellen Barkin, a sequel to the hit Netflix post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box, a documentary on the pop group Wham!, and much more.

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Everyone’s been thinking about the Titanic this summer after the catastrophic implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible, which was on its way—with five people on board—to the wreckage of the doomed luxury liner. Netflix suffered some backlash after adding James Cameron’s 1997 epic to its service for July, with subscribers arguing it was taking advantage of a terrible tragedy. While the timing is certainly a bad look for Netflix, given the lead time needed to license any movie title for any service, Titanic was scheduled to return to the Red Envelope before the Titan launched. Maybe out of respect they could have pressed “pause” on making it available; you’ll have to vote with your remote on that one. As if you need reminding, Titanic won 11 Oscars, including Best Picture, and is one of the highest-grossing films of all time.

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