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New on Netflix in August 2020: Every movie and TV show coming this month

Full list of titles you'll be able to add to your watchlist

Jacob Stolworthy
Tuesday 04 August 2020 08:00 BST
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Another month, another busy four weeks for Netflix.

The streaming service has a string of new television shows and films that users will be able to add to their watchlist over the coming weeks.

While somewhat lower on the high-profile original releases, August has plenty of titles people will no doubt be discussing.

These range from the long-awaited return of Lucifer – the show’s first batch of episodes following its cancellation by Fox – and the third season of US property series Selling Sunset.

Netflix has also acquired hit YouTube series Cobra Kai, a beloved Karate Kid spinoff, and will also release documentary Rising Phoenix, which sees elite athletes and insiders reflect on the Paralympic Games for an examination of how they impact a global understanding of disability and diversity.

Available to stream as part of the streaming service’s licenced content will be American History X, starring Edward Norton, Shia LaBeouf film The Peanut Butter Falcon and sci-fi horror Upgrade, a sci-fi horror from The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell.

Find a full list of every movie and TV show being added to Netflix in August below.

Original Content

TV shows

3 August

Immigration Nation

4 August

Mystery Lab season 1

6 August

The Rain season 3

7 August

High Seas season 3

Nailed It! Mexico season 2

The New Legends of Monkey season 2

Selling Sunset season 3

Sing On! Germany

12 August

Greenleaf season 5

14 August

Dirty John season 2

The Great Heist season 1

21 August

Lucifer season 5 – Part 1

Tom Ellis in ‘Lucifer’
Tom Ellis in ‘Lucifer’ (Fox)

25 August

Trinkets season 2

28 August

Cobra Kai season 1-2

​Movies

4 August

Malibu Rescue: The Next Wave

7 August

Berlin, Berlin: Lolle on the Run

Work It

13 August

An Easy Girl

14 August

Project Power

17 August

Crazy Awesome Teachers

28 August

Unknown Origins

Documentary

1 August

Connected: The Hidden Science of Everything

5 August

Anelka: Misunderstood

6 August

World’s Most Wanted

7 August

Tiny Creatures

12 August

​(Un)well season 1

20 August

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens

26 August

Rising Phoenix

Comedy

4 August

Sam Jay: 3 In the Morning

Kids and Animation

1 August

Super Monsters: The New Class

4 August

A Toot-Toot Cory Carson Summer camp

7 August

The Magic School Bus Rides Again: Kids in Space

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia

Word Party Song

Anime

6 August

The Seven Deadly Sins season 4

20 August

The Great Pretender season 1

27 August

Aggretusko season 3

Licensed Content

TV shows

1 August

The Fall series 1-3

Friday Night Dinner series 1

The Governor season 1

Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea season 1

The Next Step season 6

Petit Ours Brun season 1

Toradora season 1

2 August

Good Girls season 3

8 August

Killer Women with Piers Morgan season 2

Serial Killer with Piers Morgan

15 August

Ojo’s in d’House

Takki

19 August

Million Pound Menu series 2

Movies

1 August

American History X

Breaking the Bank

Brick Mansions

Bulletproof

The Call

The Guys

Deep Impact

Duplicity

Flipped

How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days

The Imitation Game

Jesus Christ Superstar: 2000

The Judge

The Mask

Out of Sight

Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney in ‘Out of Sight’
Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney in ‘Out of Sight’ (Rex Features)

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure

Rise of the Legend

Rumour Has It...

The Saint

Tammy

Where’s the Money

3 August

The Peanut Butter Falcon

6 August

Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

Nasha Natasha

7 August

Action Point

Superfly

Upgrade

15 August

Jackass: The Movie

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