August is typically a quiet month for the entertainment industry, but Netflix didn’t get that memo. The popular streamer has stacked its schedule for the month with enough original new series, returning fan favorites, and compelling licensed content to keep you glued to your television. One big highlight that streams right at the beginning of the month is *A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder*, a BBC co-production that stars *Wednesday*’s Emma Myers. Other notable premieres include Lee Daniels’ new film *The Deliverance*, the teen comedy *Incoming*, and new seasons of *Emily in Paris* and *The Umbrella Academy*.
Check out the list below for everything coming to Netflix in August 2024.
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder
— NETFLIX SERIES: Five years after the murder of a 17-year-old girl in a sleepy English town, one student is determined to uncover the truth and find the real killer.*
Love is Blind: Mexico (MX)
— NETFLIX SERIES (new episodes weekly): These singles have to put a ring on it… without ever seeing one another. The Emmy-nominated experiment that ponders if love is blind arrives in Mexico.*
Unstable: Season 2
— NETFLIX SERIES: Ellis pushes his reluctant son toward the spotlight at Dragon Industries as the biotech company’s success means new blood — and fresh rivalries.*
The Influencer (KR)
— NETFLIX SERIES: Numerous influencers in Korea compete to determine who has the utmost influence on social media. Who will reach the pinnacle of power and status?*
Reminiscence Rising Impact: Season 2 (JP)
— NETFLIX ANIME: Golf prodigy Gawain and Camelot Academy’s Japan team take on gifted young golfers from the U.K. and U.S. schools in the coveted Camelot Cup.*
Love Is Blind: UK (GB)
— NETFLIX SERIES: Emma and Matt Willis host a social experiment where British singles look for love and get engaged before meeting in person. But who will say “I do”?*
The Umbrella Academy: Season 4
— NETFLIX SERIES: The Hargreeves siblings have scattered after the climactic showdown at the Hotel Oblivion led to a complete reset of their timeline. Stripped of their powers, each is left to fend for themselves and find a new normal — with wildly varying degrees of success. Yet the trappings of their uncanny new world prove too hard to ignore for very long. Their father, Reginald, alive and well, has stepped out of the shadows and into the public eye, overseeing a powerful and nefarious business empire. A mysterious association known as The Keepers holds clandestine meetings believing the reality they’re living in is a lie and a great reckoning is coming. As these strange new forces conspire around them, the Umbrella Academy must come together one last time — and risk upsetting the shaky peace they’ve all endured so much to secure — to finally set things right.*
Blue Ribbon Baking Championship — NETFLIX SERIES:
Blue-ribbon-winning bakers from state fairs across the U.S. face off for the first time in an epic baking showdown to win top honors and $100,000.*
Romance in the House (KR)
— NETFLIX SERIES: After his business crashes, a man disappears from his family for 11 years. But when he makes a return as their wealthy landlord, a messy reunion ensues.*
Emily in Paris: Season 4: Part 1
— NETFLIX SERIES: Emily’s life in Paris may have beaucoup drama, but she’s ready to make bold choices to get everything she wants from the city — and man — of her dreams.*
Love Next Door (KR)
— NETFLIX SERIES: A woman attempting to reboot her life returns to Korea and becomes entangled with her childhood friend — with whom she shares a complicated history.*
CoComelon Lane: Season 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY:
The Melon Patch Academy kids want to surprise their teacher Ms. Appleberry with a special musical! But can the show go on when plans unexpectedly change?*
Represent: Season 2 (FR)
— NETFLIX SERIES: Stéphane Blé’s presidency is off to a rocky start as he faces death threats, protests, international gaffes, and some troublesome domestic affairs.*
Breathless (ES)
— NETFLIX SERIES: A passionate medical team is devoted to saving lives in a bustling public hospital where tensions — and romance — keep their pulses racing.*
Chastity High (JP)
— NETFLIX SERIES: When an ultra-elite high school enforces a strict “No Romance” rule that expels anyone caught dating, a student secretly helps her classmates for cash.*
KAOS (GB)
— NETFLIX SERIES: As discord reigns on Mount Olympus and almighty Zeus spirals into paranoia, three mortals are destined to reshape the future of humankind.*
Baby Fever: Season 2 (DK)
— NETFLIX SERIES: Fertility doctor Nana tries to balance life as a single mother with the complicated web of lies she has spun — but the past catches up to her.*
GG Precinct (TW)
— NETFLIX SERIES: Facing a trail of murders staged as chilling word games, a rookie police captain and a goofy detective race to solve a serial killer’s deadly puzzles.*
Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY:
The series follows 20 contestants from around the world over a year-long journey as they compete to become KATSEYE, a one-of-a-kind global girl group formed using KPOP methodologies. With unprecedented access, unfolding over eight episodes, the result is a compelling portrayal of the road to international stardom, including insight into the unique training and development program developed by HYBE and Geffen Records.Movies
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Borderless Fog (ID)
— NETFLIX FILM: A big-city detective investigates a series of gruesome murders along the Indonesia-Malaysia border — forcing her to confront ghosts from her past.*
The Deliverance — NETFLIX FILM:
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. Inspired by a true story, *The Deliverance* is directed by Academy Award nominee Lee Daniels and stars Andra Day, Glenn Close, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, and Mo’Nique in a genre-defying take on darkness, possession, and finding a higher power.*
Mon Laferte, te amo (CL)
— NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY: In this intimate documentary, Chilean artist Mon Laferte recounts her life in Mexico as she navigates a global tour, motherhood, and her deepest wounds.*
Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli (IN)
— NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY: This engrossing documentary throws light on the roaring success of filmmaker S.S. Rajamouli with interviews from family and famous friends.*
Rebel Moon — Part One: Director’s Cut
— NETFLIX FILM: Zack Snyder’s sci-fi saga expands with Chapter One: Chalice of Blood, a hardcore director’s cut about a search for warriors to defend a peaceful moon.*
Rebel Moon — Part Two: Director’s Cut
— NETFLIX FILM: Rebels on a remote moon make an impossible stand in Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness, director Zack Snyder’s bigger, bloodier cut of his sci-fi saga.*
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
— NETFLIX FAMILY: When Bikini Bottom is scooped from the ocean, scientific squirrel Sandy Cheeks and her pal SpongeBob SquarePants saddle up for Texas to save their town.*
Lolo and the Kid (PH)
— NETFLIX FILM: A hustler and the child he took in routinely con the wealthy — but a life-changing opportunity could end their inseparable bond.*
Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough (GB)
— NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY: Advanced audio technology captures the sound of nature like you’ve never heard it before, in this riveting docuseries narrated by Sir David Attenborough.*
Mission: Cross (KR)
— NETFLIX FILM: In the ultimate test of marriage, an agent-turned-househusband gets tangled in a perilous mission with his detective wife, who’s clueless about his past.*
Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba (IN)
— NETFLIX FILM: While evading the cops in Agra, Rani and Rishu scheme to run away together. But when their plans go awry, Rani asks a mild-mannered admirer for help.*
I can’t live without you (AR)
— NETFLIX FILM: When a workaholic ruins a family event, his wife issues an ultimatum. Now, he has to choose between his two loves: his phone or his 20-year marriage.*
The Union — NETFLIX FILM:
Mike (Mark Wahlberg) is happy living a simple life as a construction worker in his native New Jersey — until his long-lost high school sweetheart, Roxanne (Halle Berry), shows up with more on her mind than romance. Knowing he’s the right man for the job, she recruits Mike on a dangerous intelligence mission in Europe that thrusts them back together into a world of spies and high-speed car chases, with sparks flying along the way. Directed by Julian Farino, *The Union* also stars Mike Colter, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jessica De Gouw, Alice Lee, Jackie Earle Haley, and J.K. Simmons.*
Incoming — NETFLIX FILM:
Their first week of high school. The biggest party of the year. Mistakes will be made as four teenage boys navigate a night of mayhem and debauchery.*
Tòkunbọ̀ (NG)
— NETFLIX FILM: An ex-car smuggler is given three hours to deliver a government official’s daughter to her captor — or else his family will suffer the consequences.*
Untamed Royals (MX)
— NETFLIX FILM: A group of uber-wealthy teens exploits their social status to commit increasingly serious crimes. Yet the fallout hits the vulnerable, not the fortunate.*
Nice Girls (FR)
— NETFLIX FILM: A vengeful cop with a big personality and a German detective with opposing methods team up to save Nice from disaster in this female-led buddy film.*
The Accident (MX)
— NETFLIX FILM: When a birthday party takes a tragic turn, its ripples shatter a close-knit, wealthy community — tearing families, friendships, and hearts apart.*
Back to 15: Back to 18 (BR)
— NETFLIX SERIES: After a photoblog glitch, Anita is transported to 2009 and must navigate university life while realizing she’s not the only time traveler in town.*
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY:
This documentary tracks the rise of legendary NFL quarterback Steve McNair and the perplexing details surrounding his shocking murder in 2009.*
Untold: Sign Stealer — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY:
This documentary reveals how Connor Stalions, a Michigan football staffer with a talent for decoding opponents’ signs, became embroiled in a major cheating scandal.*
Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY:
The legendary feud between Wyatt Earp and Ike Clanton unfolds through vivid reenactments in this gritty docudrama about the gunfight that defined an era.*
Secret Lives of Orangutans (GB)
— NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY: Follow a multi-generational orangutan family through their treetop triumphs and travails in this immersive documentary narrated by David Attenborough.*
Daughters — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY:
Four girls prepare to reunite with their fathers through a special dance at a DC prison in this moving documentary about the healing power of love.*
Worst Ex Ever — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY:
From chilling betrayals to murder plots, this true-crime docuseries dissects the dark side of love through eyewitness testimonies.*
Inside the Mind of a Dog — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY:
Embark on a delightful journey into the world of dogs in this documentary that reveals scientific and emotional insights about our lovable BFFs.Anime
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From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke: Season 3 (JP)
— NETFLIX ANIME: As a new couple, Sawako and Kazehaya experience their first date, first school trip, and more. Meanwhile, their friends’ love stories also begin to unfold.*
Shahmaran: Season 2 (TR)
— NETFLIX SERIES: As a powerful darkness reawakens, Şahsu and Maran face a series of trials that will determine the fate of humanity — and their own.*
Pokémon Horizons: The Series Part 3 (JP)
— NETFLIX FAMILY: The daring adventurers add new members as they soar through the skies and beyond, unlocking mysteries in their search for the Six Heroes.*
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie (JP)
— NETFLIX ANIME: One by one, Sailor Moon’s friends and loved ones are targeted by a formidable new enemy who threatens to destroy everything and rule over the cosmos.*
TERMINATOR ZERO (JP)
— NETFLIX ANIME: A soldier from a postapocalyptic future travels back to 1997 to protect an AI scientist being hunted by an unrelenting cyborg assassin.Comedy Specials
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Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL:
Renowned comedian and podcast host Joe Rogan delivers a live stand-up set at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, Texas, for his third Netflix special.*
Langston Kerman: Bad Poetry — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL:
Comedian Langston Kerman talks parenting a top-tier baby, teaching mean teens and managing his mother-in-law’s dating apps in this hilarious special.*
Matt Rife: Lucid – A Crowd Work Special — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL:
In Netflix’s first-ever crowd work special, Matt Rife gets up close and personal with an unpredictable Charlotte audience to riff on all things dreams.Family
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Gabby’s Dollhouse: Season 10 — NETFLIX FAMILY:
Come celebrate special holidays with Gabby and her friends, from a birthday to Family Day to Opposite Day. Every day is a celebration at the Dollhouse!Other
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Terror Tuesday: Extreme (TH)
— NETFLIX SERIES: Inspired by the Thai horror radio show Angkhan Khlumpong, this series presents eight stories based on real-life experiences shared by listeners.*
A-List to Playlist (KR)
— NETFLIX SERIES: With a 20-year acting career, Cho Jung-seok takes on the challenge of debuting as a singer in 100 days, mobilizing his entire network against the clock!This is just a taste of what’s coming to Netflix in August. So grab your popcorn and get ready for a month of entertainment!
