Netflix anchors the slate with three varied premieres
Thai action thriller "The Debt Collector" began streaming globally on Netflix on July 23, 2026, with Nadech Kugimiya starring as Num, a former debt collector who, after prison and a terminal diagnosis, seeks redemption by confronting illegal lending networks. Directed by Surapong Ploensang, with a screenplay co-written by Ploensang and Pun Homchuen, the 1 hour 47 minute film — rated A — also features Daou Pittaya Saechua as Poe, the son of a loan shark, and draws on real-life illegal lending issues in Thailand. Also released July 23 was "Kaulitz & Kaulitz" Season 3, the German-language Netflix reality series following twins Bill and Tom Kaulitz, the Tokio Hotel frontmen, across Los Angeles, Berlin, and their childhood hometown. All episodes of Season 3 are available simultaneously, with the official trailer promising "more feelings, more drama, and an iconic pool party."
The same day, Netflix added the true-crime documentary "A Toxic Love Story," which examines the case of Michelle Hadley, ex-girlfriend of US Marshal Ian Diaz, who married Angela Connell in 2016. Hadley was jailed for 88 days on 10 felony counts including stalking, criminal threats, and violating a protective order; the documentary includes her exclusive interview and traces the harassment campaign linked to the username "Lillithistruth."
HBO Max, Paramount+ and Prime Video round out the U.S. lineup
The HBO Max sci-fi spinoff "Stuart Fails to Save the Universe" began releasing episodes weekly starting July 23, with Kevin Sussman reprising his role as Stuart Bloom from "The Big Bang Theory." On Paramount+, the penultimate season of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" launched on July 23, while the Toronto-shot crime drama "The Westies" — set amid an Irish-American gang in 1980s New York and acquired from MGM+ — also reached the streamer in Canada. The cast includes J.K. Simmons as a minor mob leader, Tom Brittney as enforcer Jimmy Roarke, and Stanley Morgan as Vietnam veteran Mickey, with new episodes airing Mondays.
The theatrical release "Masters of the Universe," which bombed at the box office but earned positive reviews for its tongue-in-cheek take on the 1980s cartoon, is now streaming on Prime Video, featuring Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man and Jared Leto as Skeletor under director Travis Knight. AMC+ will add the third season of "The Walking Dead: Dead City" on July 26, with Morgan as a reformed Negan and Lauren Cohan as Maggie operating in Manhattan, joined by Lisa Emery as a mind-controlling ex-theatre critic.
Prime Video leads Indian and Korean streaming premieres
Prime Video announced the exclusive global streaming premiere of "Nagabandham," an Indian mythological fantasy adventure from NIK Studios, directed by Abhishek Nama and produced by Kishore Annapureddy and Nishitha Nagireddy. Starring Virat Karrna as Rudra, Nabha Natesh, Iswarya Menon, Jagapathi Babu, Murli Sharma, Mahesh Manjrekar, and Rishabh Sawhney, the film follows a treasure hunt linked to the mystical Nagabandham ritual and Brahma Kamalam beneath ancient Vishnu temples. "Nagabandham" streams in Telugu with Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada dubs from July 24, 2026.
The Korean revenge drama "Agent Kim Reactivated," which has topped Netflix's non-English charts globally for five weeks, continues releasing two episodes at a time on the streamer while airing on South Korea's SBS. The series stars So Ji-sub as widowed accountant and former North Korean double agent Kim Do-hyeon, alongside Seo Su-min as his daughter Min-ji.
Music, indie films and games fill out the week
Charli XCX's latest album "Music, Fashion, Film" features distorted guitars and processed vocals on a dance-floor-is-dead premise, with a collaboration with Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg on the closing track "No One Lasts Forever." The comedy "The Dink," starring Jake Johnson as a tennis pro who nearly beat Andy Roddick, takes a lighthearted look at pickleball, with Ben Stiller, Mary Steenburgen, Ed Harris, and Patton Oswalt in the cast. Kevin Hart's bachelor-party romp "72 Hours," featuring Marcello Hernández, Kam Patterson, Ben Marshall, and Mason Gooding, also joined the new-release slate.
The indie films "Blue Heron" — a hybrid documentary-fiction memory piece — and "Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie," a lo-fi comedy about two friends chasing a gig at Toronto's Rivoli, also arrived on streaming; "Nirvanna" begins streaming on Hulu on July 24. Nintendo's "Splatoon Raiders" extends the multiplayer franchise into a new combat arena direction.
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