In August 2021, Netflix will welcome the final installment in a rom-com trilogy, an animated movie from the universe of The Witcher, the gender-swapped remake of a rom-com from the late 1990s, a movie following the adventures of the Loud family, and a bunch of licensed content. Although cinemas around the world are now open and studios are finally releasing those movies that had to be delayed, streaming services continue to be the main source of entertainment for many. Netflix always makes sure that its subscribers have something to watch and continues adding new content - licensed and original - every month.
July saw the arrival of the Fear Street trilogy, the final season of Atypical, the animated series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, season 2 of Biohackers, the movie Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, and the romantic drama The Last Letter From Your Lover. On the licensed content front, Netflix brought the movies The Karate Kid (along with Part II and Part III), Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Snowpiercer, Midnight Sun, and Django Unchained, along with season 17 of Grey’s Anatomy, all seasons of Sailor Moon Crystal, and season 3 of Charmed. August will welcome movies like Steven Spielberg’s Catch Me If You Can, Christopher Nolan’s Inception, the comedy dramas My Girl and My Girl 2, John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and the drama Like Crazy.
As for original content, the streaming platform will add the final movie in The Kissing Booth trilogy, an animated movie exploring the backstory of Vesemir, the gender-swapped remake of the 1999 rom-com She’s All That, and new seasons of some of the platform’s original TV series. Here’s everything releasing on Netflix in August 2021.
August 1
30 Rock
Beethoven
Beethoven’s 2nd
Beowulf
Catch Me If You Can
Darwin’s Game
Deep Blue Sea
The Edge of Seventeen
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Five Feet Apart
Friday Night Lights
Good Luck Chuck
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Hunter X Hunter (2011) (seasons 5-6)
Inception
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Losers
The Machinist
Magnolia
Major Payne
My Girl
My Girl 2
The Net
The Original Kings of Comedy
Pineapple Express
Poms
Seabiscuit
Space Cowboys
Team America: World Police
August 3
Pray Away – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- Survivors and ex-leaders of the so-called "conversion therapy" movement speak out about its harm to the LGBTQ community and its devastating persistence.
Shiny Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- Max S. reveals how he built a drug empire from his childhood bedroom as a teen in the real story behind the series How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast).
Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified – NETFLIX SERIES
- Though claims of extraterrestrial encounters have long been dismissed, many believe the existence of UFOs is not just likely but a certainty.
August 4
Aftermath
American Masters: Inventing David Geffen
Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- Two childhood friends go from high school dropouts to the most powerful drug kingpins in Miami in this true story of a crime saga that spanned decades.
Control Z: Season 2 – NETFLIX SERIES
- Someone intent on seeking vengeance for Luis starts targeting students and teachers at the high school as Sofía rushes to solve the latest mystery.
Car Masters: Rust to Riches: Season 3– NETFLIX SERIES
- As Gotham Garage's star rises, Mark broadens his business strategy beyond "upgrade and trade" as he courts clients with big ideas and deep pockets.
Cooking With Paris – NETFLIX SERIES
- With an anyone-can-cook attitude, Paris Hilton adds her own flair to every dish.
August 6
Hit & Run – NETFLIX SERIES
- A man searching for the truth behind his wife's death becomes caught up in a dangerous web of secrets and intrigue stretching from New York to Tel Aviv.
Navarasa – NETFLIX SERIES
- From amusement to awe, the nine human emotions of Indian aesthetic theory are explored in this anthology series.
The Swarm – NETFLIX FILM
- A single mother breeds locusts as a high-protein food but has trouble getting them to reproduce — until she finds they have a taste for blood.
Vivo – NETFLIX FILM
- A music-loving kinkajou embarks on the journey of a lifetime to fulfill his destiny and deliver a love song for an old friend.
August 8
Quartet
August 9
SHAMAN KING – NETFLIX ANIME
- Medium Yoh Asakura enters a battle tournament held every 500 years, competing with other shamans in a bid to become the all-powerful Shaman King.
August 10
Gabby's Dollhouse: Season 2 – NETFLIX FAMILY
- More fun awaits as Gabby and her dollhouse friends find new ways to learn, create and celebrate in a whimsical world of joy.
Phil Wang: Philly Philly Wang Wang – NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
UNTOLD: Malice at the Palace
- Directed by Floyd Russ and featuring never-before-seen footage, the famous Pacers-Pistons brawl is unraveled by those who lived it.
August 11
Bake Squad – NETFLIX SERIES
- In each episode, four individually brilliant bakers will battle it out to see whose dessert will be chosen for someone’s extra special big day. These bakers have been personally selected by Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi, who built an empire on delicious cookie dough. For her next trick, Tosi has built this squad of bakers who have one mission and one mission only: make dessert dreams come true.
The Kissing Booth 3 — NETFLIX FILM
- It’s the summer before Elle heads to college, and she’s facing the hardest decision of her life: whether to move across the country with her dreamy boyfriend Noah or fulfill her lifelong promise to go to college with her BFF Lee. Whose heart will Elle break?
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Misha and the Wolves– NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- As a little girl, she escaped the Holocaust and lived among wolves. Or did she? An extraordinary story elicits sympathy — then draws scrutiny.
August 12
AlRawabi School for Girls – NETFLIX SERIES
- The bullied outcasts at the prestigious Al Rawabi School for Girls plot a series of risky takedowns to get back at their tormentors.
Lokillo: Nothing's the Same – NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild – NETFLIX ANIME
- In a world where humans and fearsome monsters live in an uneasy balance, young hunter Aiden fights to save his village from destruction by a dragon.
August 13
Beckett – NETFLIX FILM
- Following a tragic car accident in Greece, Beckett, an American tourist, finds himself at the center of a dangerous political conspiracy and on the run for his life.
Brand New Cherry Flavor – NETFLIX SERIES
- A filmmaker heads to Hollywood in the early '90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge... and kittens.
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 5: South Pacific – NETFLIX FAMILY
- When Tony, the heart of the Spy Racers family, is captured by Russian arms dealers, the team travels to the South Pacific to save him and foil a plan to take over the world in the process.
Gone for Good – NETFLIX SERIES
- Ten years after losing the two people he loved most, a man finds himself plunged into another dizzying mystery when his girlfriend suddenly vanishes.
The Kingdom – NETFLIX SERIES
- After his running mate's murder, a controversial preacher ascends as Argentina's presidential candidate. But nothing about him is as holy as he seems.
Valeria: Season 2 – NETFLIX SERIES
- The four friends support and lift each other up as they each make momentous decisions that will affect their respective careers and love lives.
August 15
Mother Goose Club (seasons 3-4)
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (season 1)
Winx Club (season 6)
August 16
Walk of Shame
August 17
Go! Go! Cory Carson: Season 5 – NETFLIX FAMILY
- Whether helping out his friends or making new ones, Cory is always on the move and ready for any adventure that comes his way.
UNTOLD: Deal with the Devil – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- Directed by Laura Brownson, boxer Christy Martin opens up about her battles in and out of the ring.
August 18
The Defeated – NETFLIX SERIES
- In the summer of 1946, an American cop arrives in Berlin to help create a police force in the chaotic aftermath of the war.
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- British serial killer Dennis Nilsen narrates his life and crimes via a series of chilling audiotapes recorded from his jail cell.
Out of my league – NETFLIX FILM
- Tired of swiping through the dating scene with her besties in tow, a charming yet awkward woman with a rare genetic disorder sets her sights on love.
The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student – NETFLIX FILM
- Looking to shake things up, two best friends embark on a life-changing adventure abroad as exchange students.
August 19
Like Crazy
August 20
The Chair – NETFLIX SERIES
- At a major university, the first woman of color to become chair tries to meet the dizzying demands and high expectations of a failing English department.
Everything Will Be Fine – NETFLIX SERIES
- After falling out of love, a husband and wife create unconventional rules to keep their family together for the sake of their daughter.
The Loud House Movie – NETFLIX FAMILY
- As the middle child and only boy in the large Loud family, Lincoln struggles to feel special, but this all changes when the family travels to Scotland.
Sweet Girl – NETFLIX FILM
- Devoted family man Ray Cooper (Jason Momoa) vows justice against the pharmaceutical company responsible for pulling a potentially life-saving drug from the market just before his wife (Adria Arjona) dies from cancer. But when his search for the truth leads to a deadly encounter that puts Ray and his daughter, Rachel (Isabela Merced), in harm’s way, Ray’s mission turns into a quest for vengeance in order to protect the only family he has left.
August 23
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf – NETFLIX ANIME
- The world of The Witcher expands in this 2D anime film that explores a powerful new threat facing the Continent through the story of Vesemir, Geralt’s mentor.
August 24
Oggy Oggy – NETFLIX FAMILY
- Oggy is an adorable baby kitten who has silly adventures near and far with all of his friends.
UNTOLD: Caitlyn Jenner – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- Directed by Crystal Moselle and told with an extraordinary collection of never-before-seen archival footage, including reels of newly discovered Olympic footage and home videos from the Jenner family, Caitlyn Jenner traces her life with new insight from winning gold to making the decision to transition to her relationship with her children.
August 25
The November Man
The Old Ways
Rainbow High: Part 2
Really Love
The River Runner
Tayo the Little Bus (season 4)
The Water Man
Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- The never-before-seen story behind the prolific landscape artist and host of "The Joy of Painting," Bob Ross.
Clickbait – NETFLIX SERIES
- In this thriller series, eight different points of view provide tantalizing clues to the perpetrator of a gruesome crime fueled by social media.
John of God: The Crimes of a Spiritual Healer – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- Claiming to perform miracles, medium João Teixeira de Faria rises to international fame before horrifying abuse is revealed by survivors and prosecutors.
Motel Makeover – NETFLIX SERIES
- Two budding hospitality entrepreneurs look to expand their empire by renovating an old motel in Ontario just as the COVID-19 pandemic hits.
Open Your Eyes – NETFLIX SERIES
- In the aftermath of tragedy, a teen finds herself at a memory disorder center, where she bonds with other patients who have experienced similar traumas.
Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes – NETFLIX SERIES
- She's back from the dead and has a newfound thirst for blood. Meanwhile, her family's funeral parlor desperately needs more business.
August 26
EDENS ZERO – NETFLIX ANIME
- Aboard the Edens Zero, a lonely boy with the ability to control gravity embarks on an adventure to meet the fabled space goddess known as Mother.
Family Reunion: Part 4 – NETFLIX FAMILY
- The McKellans are continuing their extended reunion with more laughs, joy, and Black family magic.
August 27
He's All That – NETFLIX FILM
- He's All That reimagines the original plot of the 1999 teen classic She’s All That. The contemporary story follows an influencer (Addison Rae) who accepts a challenge to turn the school’s biggest loser (Tanner Buchanan) into prom king.
I Heart Arlo – NETFLIX FAMILY
- Optimistic Arlo and his eclectic group of pals learn how to live together in a community, where everyone has their own idea of what's fun.
Titletown High – NETFLIX SERIES
- A sports reality series chronicling the lives, both on and off the field, of members of the Valdosta High School football team.
August 28
Bread Barbershop (season 2)
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha – NETFLIX SERIES
- At a crossroads, a woman moves to a seaside village where she meets a handyman intent on helping his neighbors.
August 31
Sparking Joy – NETFLIX SERIES
- Global organization icon and author Marie Kondo is back to help people transform their homes while transforming their lives in surprising and emotional ways. Marie takes her life-changing method a step further to help three deserving businesses organize their workplace along with an emotional tidy up of one employee's life whether it's in the home, work, personal life and/or relationships.
UNTOLD: Crime and Penalties – NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
- Directed by Chapman Way and Maclain Way, UNTOLD reveals the story of a misfit band of hockey players known as the Trashers, who were taking orders from the teenage son of an alleged mob boss.