2025 Watch List: The Best New Movies and TV Shows Returning This Year 🎬 🍿☀️

Summer possesses a unique charm: warm evenings, refreshing drinks, and the perfect excuse to cozy up and dive into a new movie or binge-watch an engaging series. Personally, my favourite genre is romance, and this summer's selection of

movies and shows is filled with some thrilling options.

Here's my handpicked Summer Watchlist, featuring four releases I'm eagerly awaiting. New Movies, Returning Shows! Drama, romance, and a touch of wanderlust? Absolutely.

🎬 Prepare for 2025's biggest entertainment sensations! From eagerly awaited new movie premieres to the comeback of beloved TV shows, this ultimate watch list has everything you need to stay ahead. Don't miss out on the most buzzed-about titles everyone will be binge-watching this year!

🎬 1. The Materialist – Premieres June 13

This glossy new drama dives into the world of high fashion, ambition, and the emotional cost of climbing the luxury ladder. Think The Devil Wears Prada but darker, edgier, and dripping in designer guilt.

Why I’m Watching: I live for glamorous chaos. And if the trailer is any indication, this show will be full of iconic one-liners, moral dilemmas, and mood board-worthy fashion moments.

🌊 2. The Buccaneers – Season 2 Returns June 18

Our favorite rebellious girls are back! After the cliffhanger from Season 1, I’ve been dying to know what happens next. The mix of 1870s elegance, forbidden romance, and sharp wit makes this period drama totally binge-worthy.

Why I’m Watching: Strong female friendships, corset-era scandal, and beautifully messy love stories? Count me in. Again.

💕 3. The Summer I Turned Pretty – Season 3 Arrives July 16

No summer is complete without a return to Cousins Beach. Belly, Conrad, and Jeremiah are back for more love triangles, emotional growth, and heart-tugging soundtracks.

Why I’m Watching: It’s nostalgic, emotional, and lowkey therapeutic. Whether you're Team Conrad or Team Jeremiah, it’s the kind of show that makes you feel all the feels.

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📚 4. My Oxford Year – Debuts August 1

Based on the beloved novel, this film follows a young American scholar navigating academia, ambition, and an unexpected love story during her time at Oxford. Equal parts dreamy and devastating (in the best way).

Why I’m Watching: I read the book, cried through the last third, and have been emotionally preparing for this adaptation ever since. Bring tissues.

✨ Ready, Set, Stream

This summer is giving us elegance, emotions, and escape. From fictional friendships to real tears (I see you, My Oxford Year), I’ll be soaking up every moment. I’ll be updating my journal, lighting a candle, and pressing play.

What’s on your summer screen-time list?

Let’s swap recommendations in the comments. 💌

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