What to Watch in August: 20 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – July 30, 2021

The month ahead will bring new shows like Marvel's What If, Reservation Dogs, Nine Perfect Strangers, and The Chair, plus returning favorites like Brooklyn Nine-Nine and streaming movies including a surprisingly good take on The Suicide Squad. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in the next month, listed in order by premiere date.

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BONUS: Top older titles coming to the streaming services in August

30 Rock Seasons 1-7 - Netflix, 8/1 pictured above
It's time to start working on your night cheese once again. The Emmy-winning comedy makes a welcome return to Netflix this month after it departed that streaming service and moved to Peacock earlier in the year. Sadly, Netflix still doesn't have the rights to The Rural Juror.

Aliens (1986) - Prime Video, 8/1

Apollo 13 (1995) - Peacock, 8/1

Attack the Block (2011) - Prime Video, 8/1

Best in Show (2000) - HBO and HBO Max, 8/1

Black Swan (2010) - Hulu, 8/1

Blue Ruin (2014) - HBO and HBO Max, 8/1

Borat (2006) - Prime Video, 8/1

Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Peacock, 8/1

Catch Me If You Can (2002) - Netflix and Prime Video, 8/1

Django Unchained (2012) - Peacock, 8/1

Drive (2011) - Peacock, 8/1

The Edge of Seventeen (2016) - Netflix, 8/1

Escape From Alcatraz (1979) - Paramount+ and Prime Video, 8/1

The Exorcist (1973) - Peacock, 8/1

Face/Off (1997) - Paramount+, 8/1

The Force (2017) - Hulu, 8/12

French Postcards (1979) - Paramount+, 8/1

Friday Night Lights Seasons 1-5 - Netflix, 8/1

The Fugitive (1993) - HBO Max, 8/1

The Hate U Give (2018) - Hulu, 8/15

Henry V (1989) - Hulu and Paramount+, 8/1

Hondo (1953) - Paramount+, 8/1

The Insider (1999) - Prime Video, 8/1

Jaws (1975) - Prime Video, 8/1

John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017) - Peacock, 8/1

Magnolia (1999) - Netflix, 8/1

Mean Streets (1973) - HBO Max, 8/1

A Mighty Wind (2003) - HBO and HBO Max, 8/1

Moneyball (2011) - Peacock and Prime Video, 8/1

Mr. Soul! (2020) - HBO Max, 8/1

Mud (2013) - Hulu and Prime Video, 8/1

The Naked Gun From The Files Of Police Squad! (1988) - Paramount+, 8/1

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Peacock, 8/1

Shane (1953) - Hulu and Paramount+, 8/1

The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - HBO Max, 8/1

Sideways (2004) - Prime Video, 8/1

Silver Linings Playbook (2012) - Peacock, 8/1

Spartacus (1960) - Peacock, 8/1

Stand and Deliver (1988) - HBO and HBO Max, 8/1

Thelma & Louise (1991) - Hulu and Paramount+, 8/1

The Thin Red Line (1998) - Hulu, 8/1

The Waiting Room (2012) - Hulu, 8/12

Woodstock (1970) [1994 director's cut] - HBO Max, 8/1

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