Tobey Maguire in Spider-Man 3Screenshot: Columbia Pictures
If Netflix knows one thing, it’s that there’s nothing like a classic action trilogy. The streamer has announced what’s new on the docket for August, and Sam Raimi’s original Spider-Man trilogy and Men In Black I, II, and III are among the highlights.
Per Decider, Netflix will kick off next month with a bang, front-loading a long list of classic films for August 1 streaming debuts. It appears Netflix has a classic contribution for every genre-phile: Bridget Jones’ Diary and Miss Congeniality for the rom-com renaissance believers, Battle: Los Angeles and The Town for the bad action movie truthers, and Eyes Wide Shut and Dinner For Schmucks for the little freaks out there. Other August 1 highlights include: the original Space Jam, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, 28 Days, Love & Basketball, 8 Mile, the Footloose without Kevin Bacon, and Legends Of The Fall. Although most non-original cinema coming to the streamer will premiere at the top of the month, later additions Flight on August 2 and Skyfall on August 5 will be worth the wait.
As the month carries on, Netflix will ease up on it’s mid-budget nostalgia and laser in on pumping out original content. The German mafioso comedy Buba is the first original film on Netflix’s August slate, debuting August 3. Among others, Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie lands on August 5, with Jamie Foxx’s vampire-hunter comedy Day Shift sinking its fangs on August 12.
As far as original series go, the highly-anticipated first season of The Sandman drops on August 5; house favorites Never Have I Ever, Locke & Key and docuseries I AM A KILLER are also each getting third seasons.
The August slate also reflects a clear and concerted effort by Netflix to expand viewership into other countries, specifically in the reality/competition sphere. Netflix will introduce Brazilian versions of both Iron Chef and Queer Eye this month: Iron Chef Brazil premieres on August 10 followed by Queer Eye: Brazil on August 24.
Here’s everything coming to Netflix in August 2022:
August 1
Big Tree City– NETFLIX FAMILY 28 Days 8 Mile Above the Rim The Age of Adaline Battle: Los Angeles Bridget Jones’s Baby Bridget Jones’s Diary Constantine Dinner for Schmucks Eyes Wide Shut Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Footloose (2011) Hardcore Henry Legends of the Fall Love & Basketball Made of Honor Men in Black Men in Black 3 Men in Black II Miss Congeniality Monster-in-Law No Strings Attached Pawn Stars: Season 13 Polly Pocket: Season 4: Part 2: Tiny Taste Adventure She’s Funny That Way Space Jam (1996) Spider-Man Spider-Man 2 Spider-Man 3 Top Gear: Season 29-30 The Town Woman in Gold
August 2
Flight
Ricardo Quevedo: Tomorrow Will Be Worse — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
August 3
Buba — NETFLIX FILM Clusterf**k: Woodstock ’99 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY Don’t Blame Karma! — NETFLIX FILM Good Morning, Verônica: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
August 4
Lady Tamara — NETFLIX SERIES KAKEGURUI TWIN — NETFLIX ANIME Super Giant Robot Brothers — NETFLIX FAMILY Wedding Season — NETFLIX FILM
August 5
Carter — NETFLIX FILM Darlings — NETFLIX FILM The Informer Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie — NETFLIX FILM The Sandman — NETFLIX SERIES Skyfall
August 6
Reclaim — NETFLIX FILM
August 7
Riverdale: Season 6
August 8
Code Name: Emperor — NETFLIX FILM Team Zenko Go: Season 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY
August 9
I Just Killed My Dad — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY The Nice Guys
August 10
Bank Robbers: The Last Great Heist — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY Heartsong — NETFLIX FILM Indian Matchmaking: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES Instant Dream Home — NETFLIX SERIES Iron Chef Brazil — NETFLIX SERIES Locke & Key: Season 3 — NETFLIX SERIES School Tales The Series — NETFLIX SERIES
August 11
Dope DOTA: Dragon’s Blood: Book 3 — NETFLIX ANIME Stay on Board: The Leo Baker Story — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
August 12
13: The Musical — NETFLIX FILM A Model Family — NETFLIX SERIES Day Shift — NETFLIX FILM Never Have I Ever: Season 3 — NETFLIX SERIES
August 15
Ancient Aliens: Season 4 Deepa & Anoop — NETFLIX FAMILY Learn to Swim
August 16
Untold: Volume 2 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY (New episodes weekly)
August 17
High Heat — NETFLIX SERIES Junior Baking Show: Season 6 — NETFLIX SERIES Look Both Ways — NETFLIX FILM Royalteen — NETFLIX FILM Unsuspicious — NETFLIX SERIES
August 18
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY Inside the Mind of a Cat — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY Tekken: Bloodline — NETFLIX ANIME
August 19
The Cuphead Show!: Part 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY Echoes — NETFLIX SERIES The Girl in the Mirror (Alma) — NETFLIX SERIES Glow Up: Season 4 — NETFLIX SERIES Kleo — NETFLIX SERIES The Next 365 Days — NETFLIX FILM
August 20
Fullmetal Alchemist The Revenge of Scar — NETFLIX FILM
August 21
A Cowgirl’s Song
August 23
Chad and JT Go Deep — NETFLIX SERIES Untold: The Rise and Fall of AND1 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY (New episodes weekly)
August 24
Lost Ollie — NETFLIX SERIES Mo — NETFLIX SERIES Queer Eye: Brazil — NETFLIX SERIES Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY Selling The OC — NETFLIX SERIES Under Fire — NETFLIX SERIES Watch Out, We’re Mad — NETFLIX FILM
August 25
Angry Birds: Summer Madness: Season 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY History 101: Season 2 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure — NETFLIX ANIME That’s Amor — NETFLIX FILM
August 26
Disobedience Drive Hard: The Maloof Way — NETFLIX SERIES Loving Adults — NETFLIX FILM Ludik — NETFLIX SERIES Me Time — NETFLIX FILM Seoul Vibe — NETFLIX FILM
August 29
Under Her Control — NETFLIX FILM Mighty Express: Season 7 — NETFLIX FAMILY
August 30
I AM A KILLER: Season 3 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY (New episodes weekly)
August 31
Club América vs Club América — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY Family Secrets — NETFLIX SERIES I Came By — NETFLIX FILM
