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What to Watch August 2024: The new movies and TV series are streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Max, and Hulu
August is a big month for streaming across the board, as highly-anticipated series beginning on or returning to their respective streamers
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August is a key month in the streaming wars of 2024. Your favorite subscription services are bringing out their big guns to go head-to-head this month, from a much-teased teen murder mystery to the animated return of a classic Dark Knight, to a tell-all about one of Hollywood's most revered names, to the continuing saga of Middle-Earth... and so, so much more. Popverse has compiled this list to provide you will all the major and original shows and movies enlisting in the streaming battles this month, so armor up and charge in.
Everything Coming to Netflix in August 2024
Let's start off with the service usually considered the heaviest hitter in streaming - Netflix. There's plenty of entertainment for emo kids this month on the platform, with A Good Girl's Guide to Murder debuting right at the top and the fourth and final season of The Umbrella Academy streaming just a week later. Then, fans of epic sagas will be treated to the director's cut of both chapters of Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon and the Olympian comedy KAOS starring Jeff Goldblum.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder | August 1 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Borderless Fog | August 1 | Live-action movie, Netflix original |
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke, season 3 | August 1 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Love is Blind: Mexico | August 1 | Reality series, Netflix original |
Mon Laferte, te amo | August 1 | Documentary, Netflix original |
Unstable, season 2 | August 1 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli | August 2 | Documentary, Netflix original |
Rebel Moon Part One: Director's Cut | August 2 | Live-action movie, Netflix original |
Rebel Moon Part Two: Director's Cut | August 2 | Live-action movie, Netflix original |
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie | August 2 | Animated movie |
The Influencer | August 6 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Rising Impact, season 2 | August 6 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Lolo and the Kid | August 7 | Live-action movie, Netflix original |
Love Is Blind: UK | August 7 | Reality series, Netflix original |
Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough | August 7 | Documentary, Netflix original |
Shahmaran, season 2 | August 8 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
The Umbrella Academy, season 4 | August 8 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Blue Ribbon Baking Championship | August 9 | Reality series, Netflix original |
Inside the Mind of a Dog | August 9 | Documentary, Netflix original |
Mission: Cross | August 9 | Live-action movie, Netflix original |
Romance in the House | August 10 | Live-action movie, Netflix original |
Matt Rife: Lucid - A Crowd Work Special | August 13 | Comedy special, Netflix original |
Daughters | August 14 | Documentary, Netflix original |
Worst Ex Ever | August 14 | Documentary, Netflix original |
Emily in Paris, season 4: Part 1 | August 15 | Reality series, Netflix original |
Love Next Door | August 17 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Langston Kerman: Bad Poetry |
August 20 |
Documentary, Netflix original |
Terror Tuesday: Extreme | August 20 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair | August 20 | Documentary, Netflix original |
The Accident | August 21 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Back to 15: Back to 18 | August 21 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Nice Girls | August 21 | Live-action movie, Netflix original |
Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE | August 21 | Documentary, Netflix original |
Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War | August 21 | Documentary, Netflix original |
Baby Fever, season 2 | August 22 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
GG Precinct | August 22 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie | August 22 | Animated movie, Netflix original |
Secret Lives of Orangutans | August 22 | Documentary, Netflix original |
Incoming | August 23 | Live-action movie, Netflix original |
Untold: Sign Stealer | August 27 | Documentary, Netflix original |
Untamed Royals | August 28 | Live-action movie, Netflix original |
Chastity High | August 29 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
KAOS | August 29 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Represent, season 2 | August 29 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Terminator: Zero | August 29 | Animated movie, Netflix original |
A-List to Playlist | August 30 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
Breathless | August 30 | Live-action series, Netflix original |
The Deliverance | August 30 | Live-action movie, Netflix original |
Everything Coming to Amazon Prime Video in August 2024
Prime Video is bookending its August with two of its most highly-anticipated series of 2024. Leading us off, we've got the JJ Abrams/Matt Reeves-produced Batman: Caped Crusader. And then taking us home, we've got the second season of The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power at the end of the month.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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Batman: Caped Crusader | August 1 | Animates series, Prime original |
Arthur the King | August 2 | Live-action movie, Prime original |
One Fast Move | August 8 | Live-action movie, Prime original |
The Mallorca Files, season 3 | August 8 | Live-action series, Prime original |
The Shakedown | August 8 | Live-action movie, Prime original |
Nadie Nos Va A Extrañar | August 8 | Live-action series, Prime original |
Jackpot! | August 15 | Live-action movie, Prime original |
Perfekt Verpasst, season 1 | August 15 | Live-action series, Prime original |
The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power | August 29 | Live-action series, Prime original |
Everything Coming to Max in August 2024
Don't say the Warner Bros-owned streaming platform doesn't feature entertainment of all varieties. From a juicy Elizabeth Taylor doc to the continuing power drama that is Industry to an anime spinoff of Rick and Morty (whew!), there's something on there for just about everybody. Except Batgirl. (Too soon?)
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes | August 3 | Documentary |
Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears | August 6 | Docuseries |
Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth? | August 8 | Docuseries, Max original |
Industry, season 3 | August 11 | Live-action series |
Rick and Morty: The Anime | August 16 | Animated series |
Chimp Crazy | August 18 | Docuseries |
City of God: The Fight Rages On | August 25 | Live-action series |
Everything Coming to Hulu in August 2024
Last but not by any means least is Hulu, which is bringing back smash hits Solar Opposites and Only Murders in the Building for new, exciting seasons this August. Also of note - the latest in the Planet of the Apes film franchise and holy horror Immaculate are both appearing on the streamer; great for anybody who wanted to see these two much-talked about 2024 flicks but missed them in theaters.
Title | Streaming Date | Type |
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Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | August 2 | Live-action movie |
Dance Moms: A New Era | August 7 | Reality series, Hulu original |
Solar Opposites, season 5 | August 12 | Animated series, Hulu original |
Immaculate | August 16 | Live-action movie |
Stress Positions | August 21 | Live-action movie |
Reasonable Doubt, season 2 | August 22 | Live-action series, Hulu original |
Lie to Fly | August 23 | Documentary, Hulu original |
Only Murders in the Building, season 4 | August 27 | Live-action series, Hulu original |
We'll be updating this list with more streaming selections as we learn about them, so keep an eye on Popverse for everything you can possibly binge this month.
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