Netflix is heating up August with a pair of its most beloved series. Emily in Paris, which everyone feels compelled to watch rather than wants to watch, it seems, kicked off Part 1 of its fourth season in the middle of the month, with lots of drama in store after the revelations from the Season 3 finale. Will Emily finally find love so that she can just lounge around in a pair of sweatpants and an oversized t-shirt? If only things were that easy. Plus, the superhero drama The Umbrella Academyreturned for its final season, bringing to a close four seasons of dysfunctional family drama and seriously psycho superpowers.
Is the Netflix bump real? AMC hopes so. The network has arranged for several of its shows — including Fear the Walking Dead, Interview with the Vampire, and Dark Winds — to join Netflix's library, and it's a treasure trove of quality television that you may have missed over the last several years.
Scroll on for more on the month's highlights, plus the full list of everything coming to and leaving Netflix in August 2024.
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The best new Netflix movies and shows in August
The Umbrella AcademySeason 4 (Aug. 8)
Everything has changed for the Brellies, and that's not an exaggeration. At the end ofThe Umbrella AcademySeason 3, the Hargreeves siblings lost their superpowers. It happened after their father, Reginald (Colm Feore), tried to reprogram the universe by extracting their bodily particles but was stopped by Allison (Emmy Raver-Lampman) — whom he had struck a secret deal with. We're expecting the fourth and final season ofThe Umbrella Academyto answer our burning questions, the biggest among them being: Will the Brellies get their powers back? -Kat Moon[Trailer] [Everything we know aboutThe Umbrella AcademySeason 4] [More shows likeThe Umbrella Academy]
Emily in ParisSeason 4 Part 1 (Aug. 15)
The only summer games Emily (Lily Collins) is in Paris for are loooooooooove games. Netflix's stylish stalwart returns for a two-part fourth season (Part 2 will be released on Sept. 12), with Emily's heart eyes set on Gabriel (Lucas Bravo) now that they're both single following the Season 3 finale's bombshells — among those being that Camille (Camille Razat) is pregnant and Gabriel is the father. Like, totally sacre bleu! Also: Rumor has it that Emily will be in Rome for at least part of this season.[Trailer] [Everything we know about Emily in Paris Season 4] [More shows like Emily in Paris]
The Union (Aug. 16)
I don't quite understand the appeal of Mark Wahlberg as a movie star, but the rest of America does, so I feel obligated to let you know that Mark Wahlberg is starring in an algorithmically generated Netflix film. The Union is an action romantic comedy starring Wahlberg as an everyman who gets recruited into the world of espionage by his high school sweetheart (Halle Berry), and yeah, that checks all the boxes. Great job, AI! I just hope J.K. Simmons, who plays Berry's boss, got paid well for this one.[Trailer]
Interview with the Vampire, The Terror, Dark Winds, Gangs of London, Monsieur Spade(Aug. 19)
Even though there is such a thing as AMC+ — which nobody subscribes to — children of the streaming era might not be too familiar with AMC's wares, which is a damn shame because the network that once dominated cable during the Peak TV era is still putting out quality stuff. Well, get to know some of the networks' recent shows, because Netflix is showcasing select AMC series that were previously only streaming on AMC+. Among the highlights are the excellent adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, the incredible first season of the historical horror anthology The Terror (one of my personal favorite seasons of television ever), and Clive Owen's detective series Monsieur Spade. Other AMC series coming to Netflix include Dark Winds, Gangs of London, Fear the Walking Dead, Into the Badlands, andPreacher. Slightly related: Also heading to Netflix the same day is Hulu's enticing drama about reality TV,UnREAL.[The Terror Trailer]
KAOS(Aug. 29)
Jeff Goldblum as Zeus? Can I just stop there? I might need to, because the description on this dark comedy about Greek mythology is rather vague. As Zeus fears the end of his reign and an apocalypse on Earth, three humans discover they are part of a prophecy that can hopefully stop it all. Come for Goldblum, stay for David Thewlis as Hades. KAOSwas created by The End of the F***ing World's Charlie Covell, so expect things to be delightfully messed up.[Teaser]
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Everything coming to Netflix in August
Country of origin shown in parentheses
Coming Soon
The Frog (KR) — Netflix Series
Kengan Ashura: Season 2: Part 2 (JP) — Netflix
Aug. 1
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder — Netflix Series
Borderless Fog (ID) — Netflix Film
From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke: Season 3 (JP) — Netflix Anime
Love Is Blind: Mexico (MX) — Netflix Series (New Episodes Weekly)
Mon Laferte, Te Amo (CL) — Netflix Documentary
Unstable: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Bride of Chucky
Child's Play 2
Child's Play 3
Cult of Chucky
Curse of Chucky
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition: Batch 4
Fire Country: Season 1
Fury
Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color
Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Monster House
Mr. Deeds
The Next Karate Kid
Not Another Teen Movie
Pawn Stars: Season 15
RED
RED 2
Room
Save the Last Dance
Seed of Chucky
The Spectacular Now
Tarot
White Chicks
World War Z
Aug. 2
Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli (IN) — Netflix Documentary
Rebel Moon — Part One: Director's Cut — Netflix Film
Rebel Moon — Part Two: Director's Cut — Netflix Film
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie — Netflix Family
Aug. 3
Joe Rogan: Burn the Boats — Netflix Comedy Special
Aug. 5
Gabby's Dollhouse: Season 10 — Netflix Family
Aug. 6
The Influencer (KR) — Netflix Series
Reminiscence
Rising Impact: Season 2 (JP) — Netflix Anime
Aug. 7
Lolo and the Kid (PH) — Netflix Film
Love Is Blind: UK (GB) — Netflix Series
Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough (GB) — Netflix Documentary
Aug. 8
The Emoji Movie
Shahmaran: Season 2 (TR) — Netflix Series
The Umbrella Academy: Season 4 — Netflix Series
Aug. 9
Blue Ribbon Baking Championship — Netflix Series
Inside the Mind of a Dog — Netflix Documentary
Mission: Cross (KR) — Netflix Film
Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba (IN) — Netflix Film
Pokémon Horizons: The Series Part 3 (JP) — Netflix Family
Aug. 10
Romance in the House (KR) — Netflix Series
Aug. 11
Night School
Aug. 13
Matt Rife: Lucid - A Crowd Work Special — Netflix Comedy Special
Aug. 14
Daughters — Netflix Documentary
Aug. 15
Average Joe: Season 1
Backyard Wilderness
Emily in Paris: Season 4: Part 1 — Netflix Series
Aug. 16
I Can't Live Without You (AR) — Netflix Film
Pearl
The Union — Netflix Film
Aug. 17
Love Next Door (KR) — Netflix Series
Aug. 19
A Discovery of Witches: Seasons 1-3
Anne Rice's Mayfair Witches: Season 1
CoComelon Lane: Season 3 — Netflix Family
Dark Winds: Seasons 1-2
Fear the Walking Dead: Seasons 1-8
Gangs of London: Seasons 1-2
Interview with the Vampire: Season 1
Into the Badlands: Seasons 1-3
Kevin Can F**k Himself: Seasons 1-2
Migration
Monsieur Spade: Season 1
Preacher: Seasons 1-4
That Dirty Black Bag: Season 1
The Terror: Season 1
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: Season 1
UnREAL: Seasons 1-4
Aug. 20
Langston Kerman: Bad Poetry — Netflix Comedy Special
Terror Tuesday: Extreme (TH) — Netflix Series
Untold: The Murder of Air McNair — Netflix Documentary
Aug. 21
The Accident (MX) — Netflix Series
Back to 15: Back to 18 (BR) — Netflix Series
Nice Girls (FR) — Netflix Film
Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE — Netflix Documentary
Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War — Netflix Documentary
Aug. 22
Baby Fever: Season 2 (DK) — Netflix Series
GG Precinct (TW) — Netflix Series
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Cosmos The Movie (JP) — Netflix Anime
Secret Lives of Orangutans (GB) — Netflix Documentary
Aug. 23
Incoming — Netflix Film
Tòkunbọ̀ (NG) — Netflix Film
Aug. 27
Untold: Sign Stealer — Netflix Documentary
Aug. 28
Untamed Royals (MX) — Netflix Film
Worst Ex Ever — Netflix Documentary
Aug. 29
Chastity High (JP) — Netflix Series
KAOS (GB) — Netflix Series
Represent: Season 2 (FR) — Netflix Series
Terminator Zero (JP) — Netflix Anime
Aug. 30
A-List to Playlist (KR) — Netflix Series
Breathless (ES) — Netflix Series
Everything leaving Netflix in August
Aug. 3
Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
Aug. 12
The Woman King
Aug. 13
Paddington
Aug. 15
Dumb and Dumber To
Walk of Shame
Aug. 22
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Aug. 23
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Aug. 24
Berlin Syndrome
Aug. 26
The Accountant
Aug. 31
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
American Hustle
Beverly Hills Ninja
The Blind Side
Burn After Reading
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
The Edge of Seventeen
First Knight
First Sunday
The Gift
Liar Liar
Miami Vice
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Pineapple Express
Spider-Man
Spider-Man 2
Spider-Man 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
That's My Boy
Total Recall
Unthinkable
