What’s New on Netflix in August: The Best Shows, Movies, and Originals to Stream This Month
What’s New on Netflix in August: The Best Shows, Movies, and Originals to Stream This Month
Katie Couric Media Wed, July 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM UTC
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What’s New on Netflix in August: The Best Shows, Movies, and Originals to Stream This Month
Sometimes, the pressures to pay for a million streaming services can feel like a drag. Especially when some apps don't necessarily update their libraries each month, leaving you to spend whole evenings skimming tired content you've already seen. Luckily, Netflix is devoted to constant refreshes, and this month, they've outdone themselves with a bevy of new titles, including thrilling documentaries, films, new seasons of your favorite shows, and exciting live events.
This month, Netflix has outdone itself with a wide variety of content — whether you need some laughs or want to get serious, you'll find the perfect pick on this list. First, fans of the Netflix dating show universe are in for a treat with a new matchmaking series. Then, the next big haunted house movie premieres. And you can't miss a chilling mystery starring Robert De Niro and Adam Scott as a father and son searching for a missing child.
Best New Movies and Shows Coming to Netflix in AugustLet's Marry Harry (Avail. 8/5/26)
Heartthrob Harry Jowsey (of Netflix dating shows Too Hot to Handle and Perfect Match) is done playing the field. After years of dating in the spotlight — and getting it wrong — his closest confidants are stepping in to make the tough calls. From a carefully selected pool of potential matches, they’ll decide who stays and who goes, guiding Harry toward what he truly wants: authentic love and marriage.
The Last House (Avail. 8/7/26)
In this harrowing thriller, a family is suddenly sealed inside their home with no way out and must work together to survive against both their dwindling resources and the mysterious, looming threat that is keeping them trapped. Greta Lee stars.
Don't Say Good Luck (Avail. 8/14/26)
Craving something a little less scary? In this coming-of-age dramedy, Sophie Birenbaum (Sunny Sandler) is excited to star as the lead in her high school musical until she’s suddenly living with even more drama at home.
Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing (Avail. 8/19/26)
If you've been disturbed by the ongoing Boeing drama, it's time for a deeper dive. In this must-watch documentary, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rory Kennedy continues her urgent investigation into the once-iconic aviation giant, uncovering startling new revelations and capturing voices from the inside.
The Whisper Man (Avail. 8/28/26)
When his eight-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as "The Whisper Man." Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan, and Adam Scott star in this unmissable mystery.
Everything Coming to Netflix in August 2026
Avail. 8/1/26
3 Ninjas: Kick Back
About Last Night…
Anaconda
Annie
Are We Done Yet?
Bride of Chucky
Child's Play 2
Child's Play 3
Clueless
Cult of Chucky
Curse of Chucky
Daddy Day Camp
Daddy Day Care
Elysium
The Fast and the Furious
2 Fast 2 Furious
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Fast Five
Fast & Furious
Fast & Furious 6
Furious 7
Field of Dreams
The Hitman’s Bodyguard
The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Holmes & Watson
Marie Antoinette
Mile 22
MinionsNational Security
Nightcrawler
Party Girl
Seed of Chucky
Selma
Something's Gotta Give
SpeedSpeed 2: Cruise Control
Tears of the Sun
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Zero Dark Thirty
Avail. 8/2/26Ingrid Goes West
Avail. 8/3/26Eighth Grade
Five Nights at Freddy's 2
Sing
Spoiler Alert
Avail. 8/4/26Badly in Love: Season 2
Best Medicine: Season 1
Beyond the Lights
The Cocktail Lab: Season 1
Avail. 8/5/261670: Season 3
Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy
Inside The Trustor Scandal
Let's Marry Harry
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part 2
Soul Surfer
Avail. 8/6/26My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 3
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Tortilla Soup
Avail. 8/7/26Death Inc.: Season 4
The Last House
Operation Safed Sagar
Our Sticky Love
Ricky Gervais Alley Cats
Avail. 8/8/26THE RIBBON HERO
Avail. 8/9/26Lazareth
Avail. 8/10/26Dr. Seuss’s Red Fish, Blue Fish: Season 3
Midwinter Break
Avail. 8/11/26MOURINHO
Rory Scovel: Show Must Go On
What's Eating Dan?: Season 1
Avail. 8/12/26Nando Between Two Worlds - A Sintonia Film
Avail. 8/13/26A Child of My Own
Immaculate
MLB Field of Dreams: Phillies vs. Twins
My Brilliant Career
This, That and Everything in Between
Tires: Season 3
Avail. 8/14/26Don't Say Good Luck
Moria
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
To the Max
Umthetho
Avail. 8/15/26Firehouse Dog
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Shallows
Smurfs: The Lost Village
Avail. 8/18/26Kelsey Cook: Happy Hour
On the Road: Season 1
Seal Team: Seasons 1-7
Take a Hike!
Avail. 8/19/26Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing
Here the Whole Time
Love Is Blind: UK: Season 3
Swiss Army Man
Avail. 8/20/26Blood Sacrifice
Chompoo: Lost & Forgotten
Outer Banks: Season 5
S&X
Avail. 8/21/26Facing El Chapo
Avail. 8/23/26Talamasca: The Secret Order: Season 1
Avail. 8/24/26Danny Go!: Season 2
M3GAN
Revival: Season 1
Avail. 8/25/26Martha Cooks: Season 1
Stamptown
Untold: The Testimony of Vince Young
Avail. 8/26/26Mom Knows Best?
One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part 2: Grand Finale
Avail. 8/27/26Leanne: Season 2
Avail. 8/28/26All the Truth in My Lies
Graveyard: Season 3
The Secret Woman
The Whisper Man
Avail. 8/29/26Four Hands, Two Sonatas
Avail. 8/31/26Sex Lives of College Girls: Seasons 1-3
Sheriff Labrador: Season 2
Next, find out what's leaving Netflix this month.
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