New on Netflix in June 2016: The Big Short, Spotlight among new movies arriving this summer

The US version is freshening up its archive

Netflix has addressed the thousands of tweets it receives from users calling for more content by announcing a barrage of new movies form summer 2016, and there’s some great ones in there.

Netflix usually refreshes its film catalogue in time for summer, and this year it’s struck deals to get a few major movies as subscription streaming service exclusives.

A trailer it posted highlights Oscar winners The Big Short and Spotlight, along with gleefully terrible McConaughey romcom The Wedding Planner and John Hughes classic Sixteen Candles.

Other films include Hotel Transylvania 2, Goosebumps, the Back to the Future trilogy, The Fundamentals of Caring, The Fast and the Furious, Minions, Jurassic Park, The Lost World & Jurassic Park 3, Hush, The Do-Over, The Sandlot, Home, Lethal Weapon 1, 2, 3 and 4. Man Up and St. Vincent.

Netflix also announced a big money deal that will see it get pay-TV exclusivity on the latest Disney, Marvel, Lucasfilm and Pixar films.

The list as per Netflix blog post:

June:

Sci-fi adventure classics Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park: The Lost World, Jurassic Park 3 (June 1)

Academy Award Best Picture winner, Spotlight (June 22), the true story of how the Boston Globe uncovered long-standing child abuse at the Catholic Archdiocese, featuring Mark Ruffalo and Rachel McAdams.

Sundance hit and Netflix Original film The Fundamentals of Caring (June 24), follows Paul Rudd playing Ben, a writer-turned-caregiver, and his charge, a foul-mouthed British teen with muscular dystrophy played by Craig Roberts, as they take an impromptu road trip.

July:

The Big Short (July 6) with Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale, brings to life the collapse of the U.S. mortgage bubble in an unforgettable and amazingly entertaining way.

Brahman Naman (July 7), another Netflix Original film, brings the ribaldry of American Pie and takes it to India in the 1980s.

Tallulah (July 29), another Sundance breakout and Netflix Original, unites Allison Janney and Ellen Page, in the story of a dissatisfied Beverly Hills housewife and the babysitter she hires.

Also arriving in July for the first time are such classic family favorite franchises such as Back to The Future & Lethal Weapon.

August:

Netflix will premiere The Little Prince, a stunning animated film based on the beloved children’s book, featuring the voices of Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Ricky Gervais, Marion Cotillard and James Franco.

Also appearing: The Fast & The Furious, The Wedding Planner and St. Vincent

September onwards: We’re excited to be bringing you new and exclusive Netflix Original movies including Mascots from the master of low-key comedy Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind) and War Machine, from acclaimed Australian director David Michod and starring Brad Pitt, in the serio-comic tale of the U.S. military adventure in Afghanistan.