43 New Shows and Movies on Netflix in August

Are you getting your money’s worth out of your Netflix subscription? How do you know?

The ever-popular streaming service has a dizzying array of comings and goings each month. Keeping tabs on the latest shows and movies can give you something to look forward to — or an excuse to save a few bucks by canceling until the arrival of something worth checking out.

Here’s a list of specials, films and series arriving on Netflix in August, listed by availability date. (If no date is listed, the program is available now.)

New specials

1. Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (Documentaries) — Aug. 9
2. Choose Love (Comedies) — Aug. 31

New films

1. Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child (Documentaries) — Aug. 1
2. Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food (Documentaries) — Aug. 2
3. Mark Cavendish: Never Enough (Documentaries) — Aug. 2
4. Soulcatcher (Horror/Thrillers) — Aug. 2
5. Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (Horror/Thrillers) — Aug. 3
6. Head to Head (Horror/Thrillers) — Aug. 3
7. Untold: Johnny Football (Documentaries) — Aug. 8
8. The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2 (Adventure) — Aug. 8
9. Marry My Dead Body (Comedies) — Aug. 10
10. Heart of Stone (Dramas) — Aug. 11
11. Untold: Hall of Shame (Documentaries) — Aug. 15
12. The Monkey King (Children & Family) — Aug. 18
13. 10 Days of a Bad Man (Horror/Thrillers) — Aug. 18
14. Love, Sex and 30 Candles (Dramas) — Aug. 18
15. Squared Love Everlasting (Comedies) — Aug. 23
16. You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah (Comedies) — Aug. 25
17. Killer Book Club (Horror/Thrillers) — Aug. 25

New series

1. Heartstopper (Dramas) — Aug. 3
2. The Last Hours of Mario Biondo (Documentaries) — Aug. 3
3. The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge (Reality Programming) — Aug. 4
4. The Hunt for Veerappan (Documentaries) — Aug. 4
5. Gabby’s Dollhouse (Children & Family) — Aug. 7
6. Zombieverse (Horror/Thrillers) — Aug. 8
7. Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (Documentaries) — Aug. 9
8. Mech Cadets (Children & Family) — Aug. 10
9. Painkiller (Dramas) — Aug. 10
10. Down for Love (Documentaries) — Aug. 11
11. At Home With the Furys (Reality Programming) — Aug. 16
12. DEPP V HEARD (Documentaries) — Aug. 16
13. The Chosen One (Fantasy) — Aug. 16
14. My Dad the Bounty Hunter (Children & Family) — Aug. 17
15. The Upshaws (Comedies) — Aug. 17
16. Mask Girl (Horror/Thrillers) — Aug. 18
17. Guns & Gulaabs (Horror/Thrillers) — Aug. 18
18. LIGHTHOUSE (Variety & talk shows) — Aug. 22
19. Untold: Swamp Kings (Documentaries) — Aug. 22
20. The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On (Reality Programming) — Aug. 23
21. Who Is Erin Carter? (Horror/Thrillers) — Aug. 24
22. Ragnarok (Mysteries) — Aug. 24
23. Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones (Documentaries) — Aug. 30
24. ONE PIECE (Adventure) — Aug. 31

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