It’s the first week of August, and that means there are tons of TV shows and movies new on Netflix.
At the beginning of every month, the large Netflix catalog gets an influx of new content. August is no different, and some of the titles that are available this month are some of our favorite movies ever. Our queues are currently too full, but it looks like they’re about to get even fuller.
The full selection of titles that are and will be new on Netflix will follow, but first we wanted to highlight a few selections.
The Killing was cancelled after its third season on AMC, but Netflix picked it up for its fourth and final season. The season consisted of only six episodes. This isn’t much, but it’s enough to tie up all loose ends.
Netflix has another new TV show this month. BoJack Horseman is Netflix’s first adult animated comedy, and it looks like something that will be as weird as it is delightful. Will Arnett stars as the titular BoJack who is “the failed legendary ’90s sitcom star from the favorite family sitcom Horsin’ Around, who has been trying to find his way through a muddle of self-loathing, whisky and failed relationships.” The series also stars Aaron Paul, Amy Sedaris, and Alison Brie. The series won’t be released until August 22, and we can’t wait.
We didn’t all jump on the Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey instantly, but now we’ll be able to watch all of the show instantly (see what we did there?). Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s revival of the 1980 Carl Sagan–hosted miniseries is a highly insightful documentary series, and we recommend it for anyone.
Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac got great reviews, and the critics that loved it the most called the two-part movie one of the most essential watches of the year. Of course, we can’t recommend it to everyone due its highly graphic subject matter, but if you’re truly a devourer of cinema this is not a movie you’ll want to miss.
Warner Bros. is very wisely making Mad Max a title available on Netflix streaming. After the stellar Mad Max: Fury Road footage that the debuted at Comic Con to rave reaction, the studio will be smart to get younger fans caught up on this series before the upcoming sequel/reboot’s May 15, 2015 release date.
Update: A previous version of this list had titles (via our below source) that actually haven’t been added to Netflix this month. We have updated the list to correctly reflect Netflix’s new additions.
New movies:
Air Bud (1997)
Air Bud: Golden Receiver (1998)
All Cheerleaders Die (2014)
Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses (2014) (Available August 14)
Barbershop 2: Back in Business (2004) (Available August 26)
Best Laid Plans (2012)
The Birdcage (1996)
Blown Away (1994)
The Cable Guy (1996)
Caveman (1981)
Christmas With the Kranks (2004)
D2: The Mighty Ducks (1994)
Dancing in Jaffa (2013) Available August 12)
Dead Silence (2007) (Available August 16)
Detective Dee: Mystery of Phantom Flame (2010)
Dhoom: 3 (2013) (Available August 20)
Ella Enchanted (2004)
Evacuate Earth (2012)
Evita (1996)
Face/Off (1997)
Freaky Friday (2003)
The Gabby Douglas Story (2014)
Goodbye World (2013)
Great Expectations (2012) (Available August 15)
Harlock: Space Pirate (2013)
Justin Bieber’s Believe (2014)
Kill Zombie! (2011) (Available August 9)
Kinky Boots (2005)
Lewis Black: Old Yeller: Live at the Borgata (2013)
Lizzie Borden Took an Ax (2014)
Mad Max (1979)
Mean Creek (2004)
The Mighty Ducks (1992)
Mission Blue (2014) (Available August 15)
A Monster in Paris (2011)
The Motel Life (2012) (Available August 26)
Not Waving But Drowning (2012)
The Nut Job (2014) (Available August 13)
Nymphomaniac: Volume I (2014) (Available August 7)
Nymphomaniac: Volume II (2014) (Available August 7)
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)
Prefontaine (1997)
Red Dawn (1984)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky II (1979)
Rocky III (1982)
Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky V (1990)
Rounders (1998)
Sabrina (1995)
Saints and Soldiers (2003)
The Samaritan (2012)
Shooter (2007)
A Short History of Decay (2014)
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
Spark: A Burning Man Story (2013)
Spice World (1998)
Switchfoot: Fading West (2013)
Thanks for Sharing (2012) (Available August 18)
Turner and Hooch (1989)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
TV shows:
BoJack Horseman season 1 (Available August 22)
Continuum season 3
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey (2014) (Available August 7)
From Dusk Till Dawn season 1 (Available August 19)
Haven season 4 (Available August 12)
The Killing season 4
Low Winter Sun season 1 (Available August 12)
Once Upon a Time season 3 (Available August 29)
Parenthood season 5 (Available August 25)
Revenge season 3 (Available August 29)
Southcliffe season 1
What titles that are new on Netflix will you be watching this month?
Source: Vulture.