The month of July has started and that is traditionally the kick-off of the summer season. Traditional TV viewing is no longer what it used to be and video streaming services such as Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime, ViaPlay or Apple TV+ are experiencing golden times. Every day more and more subscribers are added and together they approach an audience of millions.
We at appletips have also had a Netflix subscription for a few years. Due to the abundance of content, it is sometimes difficult to discover a good new film or series. Therefore, some summer Netflix series that are worth your while. Want to read more viewing tips? Then take a look at this page.
White Lines
🇪🇸 Drama, Crime, Mystery
IMDB Score: 6.7/10
1 Season First Release: 2020
White Lines is set on Ibiza, the party island of Spain and guarantees a summer atmosphere. Zoe Walker leaves her quiet life behind and returns to Ibiza to solve the murder of her brother that took place twenty years ago. He was a successful DJ and Zoe never trusted the case and that shows, both her brother’s friends and the police on the island cannot be trusted.
White Lines is the brainchild of Álex Pina, a Spanish television producer, writer, series creator, screenwriter and film director known for Sky Rojo, Vis a vis and La casa de papel.
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Dark Tourist
🇦🇺 Action & Adventure, Documentary
IMDB Score: 6.6/10
1 Season First Release: 2018
Not going on holiday this summer? Let Netflix show you the way to discover new worlds. In this unique documentary, New Zealand journalist David Farrier travels the world to discover ‘dark tourism’. This is a phenomenon where people consciously choose to go on holiday to places that are initially associated with death, danger and destruction.
Each episode focuses on a different country and he experiences three ‘dark’ destinations. For example, he visits the disaster site of the nuclear power plant in Fukushima, meets a hitman of Pablo Escobar, takes a real-life tour to cross the border illegally, comes face to face with a gruesome Voodoo session and visits the most dangerous township in Africa.
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Summertime
🇮🇹 Drama, Comedy
IMDB Score: 6.9/10
3 Seasons First Release: 2020
Ready to crack the enamel on your teeth? This romantic Netflix series has you covered this summer. Based on the book ‘Tre metri sopra il cielo’ by Federico Moccia, Summertime is a modern love story set during the summer on the Adriatic coast of Italy. During sizzling summer days, Ale and Summer, two young people from very different worlds, fall in love.
Ale is a bit rebellious, but at the same time determined to lead his life in the right direction. Summer is a headstrong girl, who does not want to conform to the masses. She would love to discover faraway destinations, away from her family, but she also knows that she is the glue that keeps her family members together. Love blossoms as soon as the first summer days on the beach are a fact. The longer the summer lasts, the stronger this love becomes.
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Coyotes
🇫🇷 Drama
IMDB Score: 6.4/10
1 Season First Release: 2021
Kevin is a young lonely scout member of the 46th Sainte-Eulalie who falls for Maria, the most beautiful girl in the group. During summer camp, Kevin finds a dead body, as well as some diamonds.
Together with his friend from the Coyotes party, Ferret, he decides to hide the body, sell the diamonds and divide the money with the rest of the Coyotes. However, they have not counted on the intervention of a corrupt customs agent and member of the Indian mafia who are both looking for the diamonds. A wild adventure follows that puts their friendship heavily on the pro and puts their lives in danger.
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Ozark
🇺🇸 Crime, Drama
IMDB Score: 8.2/10
4 Seasons First Release: 2017
The successful Marty Byrde is a financial advisor and has set up an agency together with his partner Bruce. Unfortunately, Bruce turned out to be a bit too ambitious and embezzled money that should normally have been laundered for a Mexican drug cartel. Marty must now do everything he can to make up the difference and launder additional money (8 million dollars) for the cartel.
In order to make the deal happen and bring his family to safety, Marty takes his family to the Ozarks in Missouri. A popular vacation destination during a sultry summer. The family tries to integrate during the high season and pretend to be normal citizens. Unfortunately, the resort is home to a number of shady characters who do not trust his business, which only makes it more difficult for Marty to launder the money. The crime series Ozark is a real cat and mouse game of life and death and contains many exciting twists.
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Knokke Off
🇧🇪 Drama
IMDB Score: 7.0/10
2 Seasons First Release: 2023
Twentysomethings Louise and Alexander experience a seemingly carefree summer with their friends in the luxurious Knokke. However, due to the high expectations of their parents, they are in danger of losing themselves in luxury and partying and they desperately search for something they can’t find: true friendship, love and above all… themselves.
Their world is also thoroughly disrupted by the arrival of Daan and his mother Melissa. They are also searching, but mainly for the truth behind the masks… No Netflix subscription? Then you can also watch this series for free via VRT Max.
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Welcome to Eden
🇪🇸 Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
IMDB Score: 7.0/10
2 Seasons First Release: 2022
Are you happy? With this question, Zoa and four other attractive young people, very active on social networks, are invited to the most exclusive party in history on a secret island, organized by the brand of a new drink. What starts as an exciting journey quickly becomes the trip of a lifetime. But paradise is not really what it seems – Welcome to Eden.
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