The dog days of summer are upon us, but if you can’t stand the heat, there’s always the company of air conditioning and Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime. August is coming up fast, and it’s another fairly quiet month on the streaming front. However, there are a handful of original series that have caught our eye. Before we go over the complete lineup for each of the three major services, we’re singling out a few of August’s best streaming options.
VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENDER
Are you tired of Voltron: Legendary Defender grouping together six or seven episodes and calling them a season? Well, then you may be happy to hear that season seven actually runs 13 episodes. Now, that’s a season! And where will the show pick up with our faithful Paladins now that Lotor is defeated and the Castleship is gone? It’s a long trip back to Earth, and it won’t be smooth sailing for anyone. On Friday, August 10, on Netflix, Voltron: Legendary Defender is taking viewers through hostile territory as the Paladins make some shocking discoveries about the fate of their world.
STAN AGAINST EVIL
We may have lost Ash vs. Evil Dead, but there’s at least one comedy horror series that’s still on the air. The third season of Stan Against Evil is heading to IFC, but Hulu subscribers will get a chance to catch up on season two starting on Thursday, August 16. This is a very, very funny show that deserves a much bigger audience. That makes this the perfect opportunity to recruit new fans for the series.
DISENCHANTMENT
Look, we all miss Futurama, but we are very excited about Matt Groening’s new Netflix series, Disenchantment. This is kind of a Simpsons-meets-Game of Thrones fantasy comedy that reunites several of the Futurama cast members and creative team. But the new core trio is a hard drinking princess named Bean (Abbi Jacobson), her elf friend Elfo (Nat Faxon), and a demon called Luci (Eric Andre). The first season of Disenchantment will hit Netflix on August 17.
JACK RYAN
After conquering the box office with A Quiet Place earlier this year, John Krasinski is stepping up his action game as the titular role of Jack Ryan. On August 31, Amazon Prime is exploring the early days of Tom Clancy’s iconic hero as he finds himself thrust into an international mission to prevent a terrorist plot. Amazon is so bullish on this series that a second season of Jack Ryan has already been ordered.
And now for the full list of new streaming options!
NETFLIX
Available on August 1- Batman Begins
- Chernobyl Diaries
- Clerks
- Constantine
- Dreamcatcher
- Edge of Fear
- Eraser
- Gran Torino
- House of Deadly Secrets
- Los tiempos de Pablo Escobar: Season 1
- Million Dollar Baby
- No Reservations
- Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Moby
- Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Nile Rodgers
- Once in a Lifetime Sessions with Noel Gallagher
- Once in a Lifetime Sessions with TLC
- P.S. I Love You
- Secretariat
- Silverado
- Steel Magnolias
- Stripes
- Switched
- The Aviator
- The Golden Compass
- The Informant!
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
- Emelie
- Brij Mohan Amar Rahe
- Cocaine Coast
- Dinotrux Supercharged: Season 3
- I Am a Killer
- Like Father
- Marching Orders
- +Flavors of Youth: International Version
- Paid in Full
- Perdida
- The Originals: Season 5
- 72 Dangerous Animals: Asia
- Afflicted
- All About the Washingtons
- Demetri Martin: The Overthinker
- Insatiable
- La casa de las flores
- Million Pound Menu
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
- The Package
- The Ponysitters Club
- Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 7
- Zion
- No Country for Old Men
- Alexander: The Ultimate Cut
- Splash and Bubbles: Season 2
- The Nut Job
- Adventures in Public School
- Hostiles
- The 100: Season 5
- Evan Almighty
- Wish I Was Here
- Disenchantment
- Magic for Humans
- Pinky Malinky
- Spirit Riding Free: Season 6
- Stay Here
- The Motive
- To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before
- Ultraviolet
- The Investigator: A British Crime Story: Season 2
- Year One
- Deadwind
- Follow This
- Great News: Season 1
- Ask the StoryBots: Season 2
- Bert Kreischer: Secret Time
- Ghoul
- The After Party
- The Innocents
- Trolls: The Beat Goes On!: Season 3
- Young & Hungry: Season 5
- The Good Place: Season 2
- Inequality for All
- Inside the Criminal Mind
- Ozark: Season 2
- Paradise PD
- The Comedy Lineup: Part 2
- The Laws of Thermodynamics
- Ultimate Beastmaster: Survival of the Fittest
- Undercover Law
HULU
Available on August 1- A Conspiracy to Rule: The Illuminati
- American Gigolo
- American Ninja
- American Ninja III: Blood Hunt
- Babe
- Be Cool
- The Beatles: Made on Merseyside
- Black Hawk Down
- Black Mask
- Black Rain
- Bluefin
- Boomerang
- The Brady Bunch Movie
- Bratz: The Movie
- Bring It On: In It to Win It
- Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
- Cheri
- Cold War
- CSNY/Deja Vu
- Curse of the Starving Class
- Double Whammy
- The Elephant Man
- Extract
- Fled
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Get Shorty
- Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- Heartbreakers
- Heartland: Complete Season 10
- Hidalgo
- High Noon
- Hoosiers
- The Hunt for Red October
- The Hurricane
- The Hurt Locker
- I Went Down
- In & Out
- Jackie Brown
- Jacob’s Ladder
- Joe
- John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
- Kazaam
- Loser
- The Nasty Girl
- The Ninth Gate
- No Way Out
- Original Sin
- Out of Time
- Point Break (1991)
- Pretty Woman
- Private Parts
- The Rock
- Scary Movie 3
- Shanghai Knights
- Shaun of the Dead
- Sheep and Wolves
- Species
- Species II
- Species III
- Stir of Echoes
- Stir of Echoes 2: The Homecoming
- The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale
- The Swan Princess: Princess Tomorrow, Pirate Today
- Swan Princess: Royally Undercover
- Teen Wolf
- Teen Wolf Too
- The Time Machine
- True Colors
- The Usual Suspects
- Young Guns
- Young Guns II
- All at Once
- America Divided: 201 Part 1
- The China Hustle
- Ismael’s Ghost
- En Otra Piel Complete Series
- Sharp Edges
- Dating My Mother
- Perfect Bid: The Contestant Who Knew Too Much
- Wraith
- Bachelor in Paradise Season 5 Premiere
- Castaways Series Premiere
- Blood Ties
- America Divided: 202 Part 2
- Baskin
- Desolation
- Terminal
- Rosa Diamante Complete Series
- Tim & Eric Bedtime Stories Complete Season 2
- Borg Vs McEnroe
- The Cage Fighter
- Very Good Girls
- The Powerpuff Girls Complete Season 2
- The Actors
- America’s Sweethearts
- Duplex
- The Monkey King 3
- 11 Minutes
- America Divided: 203 Part 3
- Marrowbone
- Role Models
- Minding the Gap
- Perro Amor Complete Series
- Stan Against Evil Complete Season 2
- Eva La Trailera Complete Series
- To The Moon and Back
- America Divided: 204 Part 4
- Jiro Dreams of Sushi
- Crime & Punishment
- Gangs of New York
- Mother!
- Pasion Pohibida Complete Series
- The Terminator
AMAZON PRIME
Available on August 1- A Cinderella Story
- American Gigolo
- American Ninja
- American Ninja III: Blood Hunt
- Be Cool
- Black Mask
- Black Rain
- Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
- Boomerang
- Cold War
- CSNY/Déjà Vu
- Curse of the Starving Class
- Double Whammy
- Fat Man and Little Boy
- Fled
- Flight of the Intruder
- Freedom Writers
- Frequency
- G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
- Get Shorty
- Heartbreakers
- High Noon
- Hoosiers
- Hurt Locker
- I Went Down
- In & Out
- Jacob’s Ladder
- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
- Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child
- Joe
- John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
- King Corn
- Kingpin
- #MeToo: Now What?: Season 1
- Nick of Time
- No Way Out
- Original Sin
- Out of Time
- Private Parts
- Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
- Species
- Species II
- Species III
- Stir of Echoes
- Stir of Echoes 2: The Homecoming
- Teen Wolf
- Teen Wolf Too
- The Blair Witch Project
- The Elephant Man
- The Ninth Gate
- The Prince and Me
- The Soloist
- The Time Machine
- The Usual Suspects
- True Colors
- Tunnel Rats
- Vegas Vacation
- Watchmen
- America Divided: 201
- Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams
- Having Our Baby
- It Takes Guts
- All I See Is You
- Blood Ties
- America Divided: 202
- Agatha Christie: Season 1
- Bleed for This
- Avoiding Apocalypse: Season 1
- I Am Not Lorena
- The Stinky & Dirty Show: Season 2B
- America Divided: 203
- Gringo
- Ambassadors of the Sky
- Two of a Kind
- America Divided: 204
- Disobedience
- The Escape of Prisoner 614
- Woman Walk Ahead
- Mother!
- Billy the Exterminator: Season 1
- Hangar 1: The UFO Files: Season 1
- Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Season 1
- True Tori: Seasons 1-2