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15 best films streaming and in cinemas this June, from F9 and Disney’s Luca to Netflix’s Fatherhood and Good on Paper

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F9, Fatherhood, and False Positive are all coming out this summer. Photo: handout, @MensHealthUBC, @Polygon/ Twitter
F9, Fatherhood, and False Positive are all coming out this summer. Photo: handout, @MensHealthUBC, @Polygon/ Twitter
American cinema

  • Lin-Manuel Miranda’s NYC musical goes head-to-head with Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy and Vin Diesel and Co. as reopened cinemas gear up for a monster movie season
  • Big screen names Kevin Hart and Liam Neeson star in Netflix’s anticipated drops Fatherhood and The Ice Road, while Pierce Brosnan leads Hulu’s False Positive

Fast cars, big stars, snack bars: the summer movie season is back.

After a severely depleted year for film, blockbusters are finally returning to cinemas, and they’re bringing the familiar sights and sounds of summer with them.

Things start to rev up again with sequels, superhero films and slam dunks on the big screen and, since we live in a changing moviegoing world, at home on streaming services, too.

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Enough talk. Here are June’s biggest films releases …

F9 – out now in Hong Kong, June 25 in the US

Dom (Vin Diesel) and Jakob (John Cena) in F9 directed by Justin Lin. Photo: Handout
Dom (Vin Diesel) and Jakob (John Cena) in F9 directed by Justin Lin. Photo: Handout

Vin Diesel and crew return for the ninth adventure in the never-ending Fast & Furious series which, 20 years on, still shows no signs of running out of gas.

In the HeightsJune 11 in US theatres and on HBO Max

Upcoming movie In the Heights. Photo: @CinemaBlend/Twitter
Upcoming movie In the Heights. Photo: @CinemaBlend/Twitter
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical about life in Washington Heights, New York, stars A Star is Born’s Anthony Ramos and is directed by Crazy Rich Asians’ Jon M. Chu.
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