The Best Movies And Shows Coming To Netflix In August 2021
As summer continues and the weather heats up, odds are you’re going to find yourself wanting to relax, take shelter from the heat, and chill out by watching something onNetflix. Good news: there’s a whole new barrage of #content coming to the streamer in August. Even better news: we’ve sifted through it and are offering a few recommendations, along with the full list of the shows and movies coming to Netflix in August 2021.
Like Crazy
One of the best movies ever made about long-distance relationships,Drake Doremus’s heart-wrenchingLike Crazyis a soulful, beautiful, and occasionally painful look at the challenges of keeping a flame lit when your partner is halfway across the world. Jennifer Lawrence played a supporting role before she became an A-lister, but this movie belongs toFelicity Jonesand the lateAnton Yelchin, the couple at the center of the story. This one hits onAugust 19.
You’ve seen the memes, now watch the show itself.Tina FeyandRobert Carlock’s highly entertaining comedy set in the world of show business has one of the highest joke-per-minute ratios I’ve ever seen, and it also makes pitch-perfect use of both Fey andAlec Baldwinas actors. If you don’t have time to watch the whole series, here aresix episodesyou shouldn’t miss when it drops onAugust 1.
The Edge of Seventeen
One of the most underrated and underseen teen movies of the past several years,The Edge of Seventeenis a modern classic in the genre.Hailee Steinfeldis aces in the lead role, and directorKelly Fremon Craigshows a remarkable ability to craft the perfect tone considering this is her debut movie. Don’t sleep on this one: check it out onAugust 1.
For a hilarious look back at what the world was like as the internet wasjustbeginning to inch its way into the mainstream, check out this goofy but earnest 1995 tech thriller starringSandra Bullock. It’s ridiculous and laughable, but it’s worth watching for the time capsule aspect, and Bullock gives it her all to try to sell every scene she’s in, no matter how ludicrous. It hits NetflixAugust 1.
Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami
I normally like to watch something myself before I recommend it in these articles, but this one seems like it will be worth checking out. FilmmakerBilly Corbendirected an excellent documentary 15 years ago calledCocaine Cowboys(seek that out if you haven’t seen it), and this is clearly him returning to subject matter with which he is deeply familiar. I’m just wondering if he’ll be able to bring anything new to this type of drug kingpin story, which has proliferated greatly in the past decade. This one hitsAugust 4.
30 Rock: Seasons 1-7
BeethovenBeethoven’s 2nd
Catch Me If You Can
Darwin’s Game
Deep Blue Sea
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Five Feet Apart
Friday Night Lights: Seasons 1-5
Good Luck Chuck
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia
Hunter X Hunter (2011): Seasons 5-6
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Losers
The Machinist
Major Payne
The Original Kings of Comedy
Pineapple Express
Seabiscuit
Space Cowboys
Team America: World Police
August 3Pray Away
Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord
Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified
American Masters: Inventing David Geffen
Control Z: Season 2
Car Masters: Rust to Riches: Season 3
Cooking with Paris
Hit and Run
Shaman King
Gabby’s Dollhouse: Season 2
Phil Wang: Philly Philly Wang Wang
Untold: Malice at the Palace
Bake Squad
The Kissing Booth 3
Misha and the Wolves
AlRawabi School for Girls
Lokillo: Nothing’s the Same
Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild
Brand New Cherry Flavor
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 5: South Pacific
Gone for Good
The Kingdom
Valeria: Season 2
Mother Goose Club: Season 3-4
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai: Season 1Winx Club: Season 6August 16
Walk of Shame
Go! Go! Cory Carson: Season 5
Untold: Deal with the Devil
The Defeated
Memories of a Murder: The Nilsen Tapes
Out of My League
The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student
Everything Will Be Fine
The Loud House Movie
Sweet Girl
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed
John of God: The Crimes of a Spiritual Healer
Motel Makeover
The November Man
The Old Ways
Open Your Eyes
Post Mortem: No One Dies in Skarnes
Rainbow High: Part 2
Really Love
The River Runner
Tayo the Little Bus: Season 4
The Water Man
Edens Zero
Family Reunion: Part 4
He’s All That
I Heart Arlo
Titletown High
August 28Bread Barbershop: Season 2
Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha
Sparking Joy
Untold: Crimes and Penalties
