Netflix is getting more than a dozen new shows and movies next week – only one is a must-watch

Next week is a lighter week for Netflix as far as new releases go, with only a little more than a dozen new series and movies to enjoy from the streaming giant. Moreover, most of the new releases are international titles like Elite Season 8 that I’m not sure will interest the vast majority of American Netflix subscribers — that is, outside of one giant exception that I can’t recommend highly enough, especially if you love stylish, taut-as-a-wire espionage dramas.

That title I’m referring to is the highly anticipated second season of Kleo , which hits Netflix on July 25 . I’ve described it before as sort of like a cross between The Americans and Killing Eve , with a mix of drama and black comedy, and I’d even go so far as to say it’s the only must-watch Netflix title coming next week. But you don’t have to take my word for it:

“What a breath of fresh air!” raved Stephen King on X/Twitter back in 2022, after he checked out the first season. “Suspenseful and also very funny.” From The Guardian , Kleo is “an entertaining, highly stylised and cinematic adventure,” while Decider very astutely opines that the Netflix series “isn’t trying to be anything more than a fast-paced spy thriller.”

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I’ve written more about the series here , but by way of a brief summation let me state one important thing right off the bat: Kleo , a Cold War-era drama about an ex-Stasi killer with a vendetta, is one of the few really good spy series available on Netflix.

East German spy Kleo Straub spent Season 1 mainly trying to figure out who or what was responsible for sending her to prison after a mission in which she killed a man inside a nightclub. By the end of the season, she’s figured out why she was arrested — but her problems have only multiplied.

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In Season 2, Kleo is on the hunt for a red suitcase — the contents of which will play a role in the reunification of Germany as well as the post-Cold War reorganization of Germany and Europe, which is why Kleo is racing to find the suitcase before the KGB and CIA get their hands on it. The result is a six-episode season of spies and killers racing from Belgrade to Moscow, with Kleo once again dodging the predations of other spooks as the fast-paced story gets kicked up a notch.

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