The 4th of July may be a great time to celebrate the birth of the nation with family and friends, but it’s also an excellent time to catch up on your binge-watching.
The Watch With Us team has a few suggestions for the must-watch shows to watch on Netflix, Hulu and more streamers.
Admittedly, our selections are very heavy with action and action comedies because they play very well in the summer.
But if you want something different, our first selection is one of this year’s best TV thrillers.
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‘Paradise’ (2025 – Present)
Paradise doesn’t waste any time killing off the President of the United States, Cal Bradford (James Marsden). The promos for the series give that away, but there are plenty of twists that you won’t see coming. Sterling K. Brown stars in the series as Secret Service agent Xavier Collins. Once, Xavier and Bradford were very close and shared a bond. But that bond has been fractured in the present.
That may be why Xavier is one of the primary suspects in the murder of President Bradford. But it’s going to take some time to understand what really happened on the final night of Bradford’s life, and that’s time that Xavier may not have as he attempts to get answers.
Paradise is streaming on Hulu.
‘Duster’ (2025 – Present)
Lost‘s Josh Holloway is back on TV this summer with Duster, a throwback action crime thriller that takes place in 1972. Rachel Hilson stars as Nina Hayes, the first Black female agent in the FBI. And she’s made it her mission in life to take down Ezra Saxton (Keith David), a ruthless crime lord in the Southwest.
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What Nina needs is a man on the inside, and that’s where Jim Ellis (Holloway) comes in. Jim doesn’t initially have a personal stake in what happens with Ezra, and he’s the best getaway driver in his criminal organization. But once Jim is convinced to help Nina, they form an unconventional partnership that’s irresistible.
Duster is streaming on Max.
‘Fubar’ (2023 – Present)
If you’ve ever seen True Lies, then you’re going to be very familiar with the premise of the action comedy FUBAR. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Luke Brunner, a CIA agent who has hidden his real job from his family for decades. That makes things really awkward when Luke discovers that his daughter, Emma Brunner (Monica Barbaro), is also a highly-trained CIA agent — and no one in the agency told him.
Despite the lingering anger and tension between father and daughter over years of lies, they make a pretty good team. FUBAR season 2 debuted earlier this summer, and it introduced Carrie-Anne Moss as the show’s new villain, Greta Nelson. She’s hilarious and makes the new season worth watching.
FUBAR is streaming on Netflix.
‘Countdown’ (2025 – Present)
Supernatural‘s Jensen Ackles gets back to his action roots with Prime Video’s new series, Countdown. Ackles plays Mark Meachum, an LAPD detective who is on loan to a special task force. Someone murdered a Department of Homeland Security officer in plain sight, and the government has put together a team to hunt down the killer.
What started as a simple murder investigation quickly escalates into a plot that may lead to a terrorist attack against the people of Los Angeles. If Mark and his new team can’t stop this in time, then the casualties will be immense.
Countdown is streaming on Prime Video.
‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ (2025 – Present)
Money isn’t everything for Andrew “Coop” Cooper (Jon Hamm), but it’s more than enough to drive him to a life of crime in Your Friends & Neighbors. In this darkly funny series, Coop used to be wealthy, but his divorce from Mel (Amanda Peet) and the loss of his high-paying job put that to an end.
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To keep his family afloat, Coop begins stealing from his rich neighbors as long as he can get away with it. It turns out that he has a knack for being an underhanded thief. He’s also got an on-and-off again relationship with Samantha “Sam” Levitt (Olivia Munn), his wife’s former best friend. But Coop can’t let Sam get too close, especially if it would jeopardize his newfound criminal activities.
Your Friends & Neighbors is streaming on Apple TV+.
