Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 lands on Netflix today from Crunchyroll, plus a French GIGN thriller and the Ultimatum finale

Eight titles arrive on Netflix US this Wednesday, led by the anime juggernaut's third season jumping from Crunchyroll exclusivity with 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. A French tactical-unit thriller from the Ganglands team, a true-crime doc about a US Marshal who framed his ex-girlfriend, a Palme d'Or-winning Kore-eda film returning to the catalog, and the Ultimatum Season 4 finale and reunion round out the drop, while Saturday Night leaves this weekend.

The pick of the day: Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3

Jujutsu Kaisen arrives on Netflix today with its third season, subtitled The Culling Game Part 1, completing the main series on the platform. Seasons 1 and 2 and the prequel film Jujutsu Kaisen 0 are already streaming there. Season 3 aired on Crunchyroll from January 9 to March 27, 2026, and Netflix confirmed the worldwide pickup via its Netflix Anime account, bringing the 12-episode run over with English dub.

The critical consensus is strong. Rotten Tomatoes lists 88% across 3 critic reviews, and But Why Tho gave it 9/10, calling it "the best the series has ever looked" and "one of the finest battle shonen adaptations in ages." Polygon called Netflix nabbing the season "a big boon," singling out Maki's battle against the Zenin clan as one of the best-animated action scenes in a long time.
The angle for Netflix is clear. Crunchyroll (owned by Sony) held exclusive streaming rights through the simulcast, and Netflix only licensed Season 2 worldwide on May 1, 2026, nearly three years after its debut. Season 3 closes that gap to six months. Season 4, covering the Culling Game's second half, is already in production.
For anime fans who already watched it on Crunchyroll, this is a rewatch. For everyone else, it is the easiest way to catch up on one of the biggest battle shonen of the decade without a second subscription. MAPPA's animation quality is the draw here, elevating a source-material arc that critics concede is overwrought in its plotting.

Elite Force: a French GIGN thriller from the Ganglands team

Elite Force is a new Netflix Original French action series about France's elite tactical police unit, the GIGN. It arrives with a recognizable creative pedigree: director Julien Leclercq previously made The Assault (2011), about the real 1994 Air France hijacking and GIGN rescue, and created Netflix's two-season crime drama Ganglands. Tomer Sisley (Largo Winch) stars as David, a unit chief on the verge of retirement who is pulled back into the field when an invisible enemy attacks his team with stolen military-grade explosives. The six-episode first season (confirmed on the Netflix page) was produced with the direct support of the real GIGN unit, which lent authenticity to the training and tactical sequences. No Rotten Tomatoes consensus exists yet, but French outlet VL Media published a review today calling it "redoutablement efficace" (remarkably efficient) with impressive action set-pieces in every episode, while noting it trades depth for pace. For fans of Lupin, Ganglands, or Jack Ryan, this is the streamer's next bid in that lane.

A Toxic Love Story: true crime about a US Marshal who framed his ex

A Toxic Love Story is a Netflix Original documentary, about 90 minutes, directed by Alexandra Lacey and produced by Curious Films. It revisits the case of Michelle Hadley, who was arrested in 2016 in an affluent Anaheim, California suburb and spent 88 days in jail, accused of stalking her ex-boyfriend's new wife with threatening emails and Craigslist rape-fantasy ads. The truth, as The Independent detailed, was that the new wife Angela Diaz and the ex-boyfriend Ian Diaz, a deputy US Marshal, had fabricated the entire campaign themselves. Angela was sentenced to five years in prison. Ian was convicted of cyberstalking and perjury in 2023 and sentenced to 10 years and one month. InSession Film reviewed it positively today, calling it "a confident addition to Netflix's ever-growing catalogue of true crime documentaries" that is "refreshingly more interested in understanding people than simply delivering shocking moments." For true-crime viewers, this is the day's most compelling new offering.

Also arriving today

Shoplifters (2018) returns to Netflix US. Hirokazu Kore-eda's Palme d'Or-winning Japanese drama about a makeshift family of petty thieves on the margins of Tokyo, starring Lily Franky, Sakura Ando, and the late Kirin Kiki. It was Japan's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and ran 2h1m. Previously available on Netflix US and removed in January 2022, now back per whats-on-netflix. For anyone who missed it the first time, this is the prestige film add of the week.
Elize: Shadows of a Woman is a Netflix Original Brazilian psychological thriller based on one of Brazil's most notorious true-crime cases. Lorena Comparato stars as Elize Matsunaga, who murdered and dismembered her husband in their Sao Paulo apartment in 2012. Directed by Felipe Vellas (Criminal Code), written by Raphael Montes (Good Morning, Veronica). TV-MA. Netflix already hosts the four-part documentary series Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime for viewers who want the nonfiction account alongside the dramatization. No critic reviews yet.
My Daughter's Father is a Netflix Original Mexican drama series, 10 episodes, starring Silvia Navarro as a doctor whose search for a kidney donor for her daughter exposes a secret affair and a DNA test that could shatter two families. Also starring Manolo Cardona and Erik Hayser. Created by Roberto Stopello. TV-MA, telenovela-style family-secret thriller for the Spanish-language audience.
The Taste Test (Season 1) is a new food series from America's Test Kitchen, where experts taste and review popular supermarket foods and ingredients to help home cooks make informed choices. Listed on Netflix Tudum under July 22. For the Cook's Country and ATK audience, a lighter watch alongside the heavier fare.
Sniper: No Nation is the 12th installment in the long-running Sniper action franchise, arriving via Netflix's Sony first-window deal. Chad Michael Collins returns as Brandon Beckett alongside Tom Berenger, who reprises his role as Thomas Beckett after sitting out the previous three films. R-rated, digital release was April 7, 2026. Already hit number 5 on Netflix's global top 10 movies chart before its US arrival per CBR. For action-franchise completists.

New episodes today

The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On Season 4 drops its finale and reunion today (episodes 9 and 10), one week after the first eight episodes premiered on July 15. The Las Vegas-set season follows four remaining couples who must decide whether to get engaged to their original partners, leave with someone new, or walk away single. Swooon reports the reunion was filmed about three to four weeks ago. Jessica Grace and Edris already got engaged early, opting out of the trial marriages. Who among the remaining four couples actually got engaged is the reveal today.

Thunder 3 (episode 103) also drops a new episode today. The anime series was added to Netflix on July 8.

Leaving soon

Three titles depart Netflix US this week and next. Saturday Night (2024), Jason Reitman's film about the 90 minutes before the first SNL broadcast on October 11, 1975, leaves this Saturday, July 25. It sits at 77% on Rotten Tomatoes and stars Gabriel LaBelle, Dylan O'Brien, and Finn Wolfhard. Sliding Doors (1998), the Gwyneth Paltrow alt-reality Tube-train romance, leaves July 27 per Netflix Tudum. Tallulah (2016), Sian Heder's feature debut before CODA, starring Elliot Page and Allison Janney as a drifter who takes a neglected toddler, leaves July 29.