Welcome to your preview of what’s coming to Netflix in August 2016 and once again, it’s mostly dominated by brand new or returning Netflix Originals. There’s plenty for everyone but given it’s now the school holidays, you can expect a strong children’s lineup to keep the young ones busy over the break. As always, we’re going to pick out some of the highlights from Augusts additions and then give you the full preliminary list of everything currently scheduled.
New Addition Highlights
New Netflix Originals
A lot of debuts this month for brand new Original content and we hope that some of it is to your liking. Let’s start off with the brand new Original movie that was picked up by Netflix after Paramount decided there wasn’t enough of an audience for it. The Little Prince, based upon the book of the same name stars Jeff Bridges as he narrates a young boys journey through multiple different art styles.
Keeping with the kids, Project MC2 is back for a second season after much love for the first. The big hitter next month without a doubt is The Get Down. The show which will no doubt be compared to HBO’s Vinyl, is all about the 1980’s in Brooklyn.
New Movies
Like most months, the majority of the big movie titles come on the first of the month and August is no exception. We’ve known about some of the big hitters such as the return of the Fast and Furious movies but we’ll also see the return of Sandler movie, Big Daddy and the third Final Destination movie. We’re also seeing more Star Trek in the form of the 2006 Star Trek: Nemesis movie content too which is never a bad sign particularly given the news of a brand new series exclusive to Netflix.
New TV Series/Documentaries
A much stronger lineup for the TV series with the updates to a few well-known shows. Starting off with the ABC hit sensation Once Upon A Time, which takes your favorite childhood Disney characters and plunges them into a dark reality setting, it’s been the subject to many awards in it’s lifetime and season 5 is scheduled to arrive very soon.
We’re also getting the first yearly update to NCIS, which will have its 13th season added on the first of the month. Documentary-wise, we’re getting three likely controversial documentaries next month, two of which are Netflix Originals. The Netflix Originals featured one on Donald Trump and one on Bullfighting called Fearless. Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth, which focuses on climate change, arrives on Netflix on the first of the month.
Complete List of New Additions – August 2016
August 1st
- The American Side (2016)
- An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
- APEX: The Story of the Hypercar (2016)
- Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure (2011)
- Big Daddy (1999)
- Black Widow (1987)
- Critical Condition (1987)
- Deadfall (2012)
- Destination: Team USA (2016)
- Funny or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie NETFLIX EXCLUSIVE
- The Family Man (2000)
- The Fast and the Furious (2001)
- The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
- Final Destination 3 (2006)
- From the Terrace (1960)
- Holding the Man (2015) NETFLIX EXCLUSIVE
- How To Win The US Presidency (2016)
- In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
- ISIS: Women Unveiled (2016)
- Masha and the Bear: Season 2 NETFLIX EXCLUSIVE
- Memoria (2015)
- The Naked Prey (1966)
- NCIS: Season 13
- Pay It Forward (2000)
- The Real Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- Roseanne Collection: Collection 3
- Sleepy Hollow (1999)
- Sliding Doors (1998)
- Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
- Teacher’s Pet (1958)
- The Verdict (1982)
- The Wedding Planner (2001)
- What Women Want (2000)
- Young@Heart (2007)
- Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
August 3rd
- Beat Bugs: Season 1 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
August 5th
- David Cross: Making America Great Again (2016) NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Ever After High: Epic Winter NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- The Little Prince (2016) NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Punk’s Dead: SLC Punk 2 (2016)
- Slow TV: National Firewood Evening (2016)
- Slow TV: National Firewood Morning (2016)
- Slow TV: National Firewood Night (2016)
- Slow TV: National Knitting Evening (2016)
- Slow TV: National Knitting Morning (2016)
- Slow TV: National Knitting Night (2016)
- Slow TV: Northern Passage (2016)
- Slow TV: Northern Railway (2016)
- Slow TV: Salmon Fishing (2016)
- Slow TV: The Telemark Canal (2016)
- Slow TV: Train Ride Bergen to Oslo (2016)
August 6th
- The Confirmation (2016)
August 9th
- Real Husbands of Hollywood: Season 4
- TRex (2015)
August 10th
- St. Vincent (2014)
August 11th
- Flight of the Butterflies (2012)
- No Country for Old Men (2007)
August 12th
- Ask the StoryBots: Season 1 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- The Get Down: Part 1 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Project Mc2: Season 2 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
August 13th
- 13 Cameras (2016)
August 15th
- Louis CK: Live at the Comedy Store (2015)
August 16th
- Let’s Go to Prison (2006)
- Our Last Tango (2015)
August 17th
- The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)
- The Last Heist (2016)
- Puffin Rock: Season 2 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
August 19th
- Bottersnikes and Gumbles: Season 1 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Fearless: Season 1 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead NETFLIX ORIGINAL
August 21st
- Maz Jobrani: I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One On TV (2015)
August 22nd
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Seventeenth Year
August 23rd
- Septembers of Shiraz (2015)
August 25th
- The Road (2009)
August 26th
- Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
- Dawn of the Croods: Season 2 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Glitter Force: Season 2 NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy: We’ve Been Thinking… NETFLIX ORIGINAL
- Once Upon a Time: Season 5
- XOXO (2016) NETFLIX ORIGINAL
August 27th
- Rams (2015)
August 29th
- The State of Marriage (2015)
August 31st
- Ku’damm 56: Season 1
What are you looking forward to in August? Let us know in our poll and the comments and as always, this isn’t the complete list, you’ll have to check back daily for the daily additions.
