Summer is coming to an end but it’s still very hot outside, which means it’s the most productive time to watch a smart movie. The month of August features a slew of notable new videos streaming across various services, and we’ve put together a list of the best ones to watch this month. From Netflix to Prime Video to Hulu, we have a variety that offers everything for everyone. And we’ve curated a handful of new videos streaming on Peacock so you can put this free trial to smart use once the Olympics are over.
Check out our list of new videos streaming in August 2024 below.
Netflix – August 1
First of all, let’s make this clear: this movie used to be called “Horrorscope. “”Horrorscope” is a much larger denomination than “Tarot”. In fact, you could simply say, it’s one of the most productive titles in recent horror movies. It’s hard to take a look at “Tarot” and not think, man, it’s possible that it was simply called “Horrorscope”. Tarot” is a fun little horror movie. It follows an organization of young people who join very dark forces while practicing their tarot. The film then follows a fun formula that is part of “Final Destination” (with characters incorporated into increasingly artistic tactics that can only make for elaborate accidents) and the “Nightmare on Elm Street” component (as they are stalked through a dark figure known as “A Nightmare on Elm Street”). The Astrologer). It also features a perfectly placed Howard Jones needle drop (“Things can only get bigger”). Recommended. – Drew Taylor
Netflix – August 1
Weeks after the unprecedented theatrical release of “Godzilla Minus One” began, culminating in a giant box office and the first Oscar in the franchise’s 70-year history, a trade-in edition of the film was released. This edition, dubbed “Godzilla Minus Color,” a black-and-white presentation of Takashi Yamazaki’s masterpiece, which brought it even more firmly into line with the original 1954 film “Godzilla. “”Simply cutting out the color alone wouldn’t evoke the same kind of emotion we were looking to instill in the audience. So we went back to the colorist and masked other parts of each shot and adjusted the contrast by hand. Just by pressing the Remove Color button,” Yamazaki told TheWrap earlier this year. I haven’t noticed it at all, this might be a fun way to get started.
Netflix – August 2
Netflix is making a series of spin-off films based on the old characters of “SpongeBob SquarePants,” the long-running animated series that just celebrated its 25th anniversary. Next year we will see the premiere of “The Plankton Movie” on Netflix. This year? Sandy Cheeks, SpongeBob’s most productive squirrel friend, is in the spotlight. In “Save Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie,” she teams up with SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny) to stop an evil CEO from exploiting their idyllic underwater community. Carolyn Lawrence returns as Sandy, along with new characters voiced by Johnny Knoxville and Craig Robinson. Once again, the characters are rendered with 3D computer animation and will interact with human characters and live-action environments. We’re sure it’ll be fun. How can it be any other way?–Drew Taylor
Netflix – August 2
That’s right, Bavaria. “Luna Rebelde” is back. And this time he is excessively adult. Netflix released Zack Snyder’s two-part opera in the winter of last year and the spring of this year. And they were relatively simple, streamlined affairs, a sort of cross between “Seven Samurai” and “Star Wars” about a young woman (Sofia Boutella) who recruits warriors from across the cosmos to save her nonviolent planet from an evildoer. Government entity. But they definitely felt restricted, especially by Snyder’s standards, so it’s great that we’re now getting the off-leash director’s cuts of either film. (They even have new titles!) And honestly, they’re amazing. The first film is almost 3 and a half hours long; at the moment almost 3. But there is a genuine expansion of scope, and the more excessive embellishments (including a couple of graphic sex scenes and more exploding heads than you can count) contribute to a sense of verisimilitude while still moving away from properties better known and familiar. It’s cooler, weirder, sexier and funnier. Set aside some time and go on an adventure through a galaxy filled with exploding gremlins, sentient engines, sex robots, and more. This is the Snyder verse we desperately want to continue. –Drew Taylor
Hulu – August 2
“Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” takes place about three hundred years after the “War for the Planet of the Apes”, with apes being the dominant species on Earth (they still don’t wear sweaters). a young monkey named Noa (Owen Teague), whose extended family is devastated by outsiders. He teams up with an “intelligent human” named Mae (Freya Allen) to locate his missing extended family and discovers an ape warlord, Proximus Caesar (Kevin Durand). (Nuke-armed apes, what could go wrong?) Director Wes Ball has the unenviable task of taking over the franchise from Matt Reeves, who directed the last two “Apes” movies, however, he does The film is its own: there is a wonderful atmosphere, with remarkable visual effects and some truly fantastic emotional moments. And more than that, he hints at the long run of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise, which, honestly, has never been brighter. – Drew Taylor
Peacock – August 9
One of the most productive films of last year is now one of the most productive films of this year. After betting on the fall festivals and securing the best spots in the awards season at the end of the year, New Regency and Disney will release the film, and Focus Features agreed to distribute it, with a juicier summer date. Array ended up a sleeper hit. “The Bikeriders,” written and directed by Jeff Nichols and based on the photo book of the same title by Danny Lyon, follows the Vandals Motorcycle Club, a fictional motorcycle gang from the 1960s. The film progresses as we see a young member (Austin Butler) deal with the interpersonal dynamics of the organization (led through Tom Hardy) and his affection for a hot-headed young woman (Jodie Comer). Both a respite movie and a lament for a bygone era (we watch the clubs become increasingly seedier and more dangerous), “The Bikeriders” is wildly entertaining and wildly satisfying, ending with possibly the most productive final shot of all. movies this year. . If you missed its brief theatrical release, we recommend you catch up now. Look for. Rev those engines. –Drew Taylor
Apple TV – August 9
Doug Liman’s second direct-to-video movie of the year is just as entertaining as his first (Prime Video’s “Road House” remake). In “The Instigators,” Matt Damon and Casey Affleck play lovable thugs recruited for a task for which they are no longer prepared: they will rob the mayor (Ron Perlman) on election night. Of course, things go wrong, secrets are revealed, and one thing leads to another in a series of increasingly damaging escalations. It’s wonderful fun, the kind of light, frothy caper that Hollywood used to produce fairly regularly, but is now rare. The entire cast knows what kind of movie they’re in and acts appropriately, from Michael Stuhlbarg and Alfred Molina as the mid-level thugs to Ving Rhames as the tenacious detective trying to solve the case. But Hong Chao steals the movie as Damon’s psychiatrist, who ends up being the duo’s unwilling hostage. The action sequences are staged temporally, the Boston location photography adds plenty of texture and life, and Damon and Affleck make an extremely fun odd couple. This is a delight. –Drew Taylor
Main Video – August 15
Filmmaker Paul Feig is guilty of some of the funniest comedies of the 21st century, from “Bridesmaids” to the highly playable “Spy,” which is already giving way to “Jackpot!”on radars. This one has a lofty premise: Awkwafina plays a woman who wins the Los Angeles Grand Lottery, only to realize that regulations state that whoever kills her before sunset can win the prize. John Cena stars in this action-packed adventure. –Adam Chitwood
Netflix – August 16
Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry form a duo in this Netflix action comedy. “The Union” uncovers a structure that is drawn into the world of espionage through its former friend from the best school. Simmons, Mike Colter, and Lorraine Braco star in this spy movie. –Adam Chitwood
Hulu – August 16
Incredibly, two films about the possession of young nuns were released in 2024. And even more incredible: they were both great. They are also on Hulu right now. “The First Omen” is joined by “Immaculate,” which reunites Sydney Sweeney with her “Voyeurs” filmmaker Michael Mohan. The film, like “The First Omen,” follows a young novice (Sweeney) who travels to Italy to attend a convent that cares for dying nuns. There, she begins to realize things are happening that culminate (pun intended) with the revelation that she is pregnant, despite being a virgin. This is considered a miracle but also something much more sinister. Mohan knows how to ramp up the terror, creating an almost unbearably terrifying atmosphere, and the film ends with one of the most productive final shots of the year. Your jaw will be on the floor. Although it was a minor hit when it was released earlier this year, it may become a slumber party favorite, the kind of movie young women put on to scare their friends. And more than that, it’s a spectacular double feature with “The First Omen. ” –Drew Taylor
Netflix – August 23
The premise of “Incoming” is rarely very unique — it follows four new freshmen attending their first big school party — but the film’s pedigree is exciting. Although the screen is filled with newcomers, the film is produced by “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “Neighbors” filmmaker Nicholas Stoller and directed by “The Mick” auteur Dave Chernin. If it’s as clever as school comedy classics like “Superbad,” “Clueless” and “Can’t Hardly Wait,” we’re in for a laugh. –Adam Chitwood
Peacock – August 23
John Woo remakes one of his immortal classics. And you know what? He’s pretty amazing. An Americanized edition of “The Killer” has been in the works since at least 1992, when Walter Hill and David Giler, co-architects of the “Alien” franchise, made the decision to adapt Woo’s original in Hong Kong. Several iterations happened over the years, and Woo eventually came aboard the project, with a script co-written by Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland. In the lead role, reserved first for Lupita Nyong’o, is Nathalie Emmanuel from “Game of Thrones. ” Omar Sy plays the smart detective who is on his trail. And Sam Worthington and Saïd Taghmaoui play members of the underworld. (Diana Silvers plays the woman Emmanuel accidentally blinds. ) Here’s Woo in “heroic bloodshed” mode again. And while one might wish it had a slightly larger budget, the film’s European setting and the committed attendance of the foreign cast balance the balance. The action sequences are truly dazzling, with enough familiar elements from the original and new elements to impress even the most jaded viewer. (It helps, to some extent, that the original film was so difficult to watch in those days. It alleviates a point of microexamination that would have been unbearable. ) More than anything else, Woo’s new “Killer” is just a ton of fun. – A super entertaining adventure from one of the most talented filmmakers of his generation. He covers his own hit. But man, what a cover. –Drew Taylor
Hulu – August 23
Filmmaker Tina Babry’s film “The Supremes at Earl’s All You Can Eat” follows three friends who have fallen on hard times, but now find their dates put to the test. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Sanaa Lathan, and Uzo Aduba play the titular Supremes, while the film also looks back at their formative years in a “once in a while” style. Mekhi Phifer, Russell Hornsby and Julian McMahon also star. –Adam Chitwood
Paramount – August 26
This is, no joke, one of the strangest movies you’ll ever see. But it’s still worth it. “Sasquatch Sunset,” which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, follows a circle of sasquatch (bigfoot?) relatives who live their lives somewhere in the Pacific Northwest. They get into trouble, argue and try to survive. And it should be noted that there is no discussion in “Sasquatch Sunset. ” It’s just a lot of grunting and growling. This makes the whole thing more fun and absurd, especially when you realize that Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg are two of the sasquatches, who are highly unlikely to identify themselves under tons of makeup and prosthetics. There’s a softness to “Sasquatch Sunset” and a sly undercurrent of environmentalism, gorgeously photographed by cinematographer Mike Gioulakis, obviously indebted to the paintings of Terrence Malick. Hear. This may not be suitable for everyone. There were some walkouts at the Sundance screening. But the adventurous viewer will be rewarded. And then he talks about this movie at the next cocktail party you go to and no one will believe you. Think about it. –Drew Taylor
Peacock – August 30
“The Fall Guy,” based on the 1980s television series created by Glen A. Larson, is a resource that Hollywood has been looking to turn into a big-screen spectacle for years. But it took someone like David Leitch, a filmmaker who began his career in the stunt industry, to finally make it a reality. The result is the definitive David Leitch film: a love letter to stunts that never feels too alienating or too internal. Ryan Gosling plays a stuntman who, after a stunt goes horribly wrong, retires from the business, only to be lured back when his former love interest (Emily Blunt) gets into trouble on the set of the first movie. he. The film is action-packed, of course, but the genuine pyrotechnics occur between Gosling and Blunt, who create an endearing romantic comedy core for all that stunt work. A supporting cast for the game (including Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Winston Duke, Stephanie Hsu and Hannah Waddingham) further enriches the material. The extended cut adds an extra 20 minutes to the runtime (take that, Zack Snyder!) and includes full sequences, like a nightclub chase and more character moments. If you’re watching “The Fall Guy” for the first time, we’ll probably point you toward the theatrical cut. But if you have already fallen in love with “The Fall Guy”. Why don’t you check out the expanded edition: Drew Taylor?
Netflix – August 30
Filmmaker Lee Daniels returns with “The Deliverance,” a supernatural horror mystery starring Andra Day as the mother of a Pennsylvania family whose children possessed. Glenn Close, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Mo’Nique, Caleb McLaughlin and Omar Epps star in the film, which marks a departure for the “Precious” director. –Adam Chitwood
Netflix – August 1
Before Tom Cruise and Christopher McQuarrie directed four “Mission: Impossible” films together, their first star-and-director collaboration on Lee Child’s 2012 adaptation of “Jack Reacher. “This is a thrilling edition of the Child with Cruise eBook that demonstrates the intensity and ethical compass of the main character as he navigates a mystery involving a mass shooting. A lackluster sequel made without McQuarrie as director and the franchise was finally rebooted on television with the very smart Alan Ritchson, but this film is still a wonderful film and a glimpse into a truth of exchange in which Cruise and McQuarrie directed four “Jack Reachers” films. –Adam Chitwood
Maximum – August 1
Tim Burton’s classic comedy is wonderful to watch anytime, especially as Burton’s long-awaited sequel, “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” hits theaters in September. “Beetlejuice” revolves around a couple who die in a twist of automobile fate (played by Alec and Geena Davis) and become ghosts trapped inside their house, where they are forced to witness its sale and renovation through a circle of left-handed relatives in the city. They enlist the help of a “bioexorcist” named Beetlejuice (played by Michael Keaton). , and all hell breaks loose. The film is a colorful and creative spin on the afterlife, providing a dark and comedic spin on the undead. –Adam Chitwood
Maximum – August 1
One of the kindest and most compassionate animated films of the century, 2010’s “How to Train Your Dragon” is a sweet delight. Set in a Viking village, the film follows a boy named Hiccup (voiced by Jay Baruchel), the son of the gruff village leader (voiced by Gerard Butler), who befriends an injured dragon who is opposes everyone’s wishes. In this world, dragons are considered enemies, but Hiccup’s relationship with his new friend, whom he calls Toothless, paves the way for greater empathy. –Adam Chitwood
Peacock – August 1
After director Paul Feig made “Bridesmaids,” he put Melissa McCarthy front and middle with Sandra Bullock in a buddy cop movie called “The Heat. “The chemistry between Bullock and McCarthy is delightful: Bullock is the tense FBI agent sent to help on a case, and McCarthy is the wildcard cop who will do anything to catch the bad guy. Neither has a successful private life and they start out as antagonistic opposites, their bond developing as they work together on the central case. It’s funny. –Adam Chitwood
Peacock – August 1
David Fincher’s 2007 masterpiece, “Zodiac,” ostensibly talks about the hunt for the zodiac killer in the Bay Area in the 1960s and 1970s, but it’s a movie about obsession. Jake Gyllenhaal plays cartoonist Robert Graysmith, who intensely follows the Zodiac case and becomes convinced that he can solve it. Fincher helps maintain better control of tone and pacing because the film has some literally scary moments and offers the “serial killer hunt” facet while also serving a themed meal. Gyllenhaal is fantastic and is flanked through a phenomenal cast that includes Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. , Anthony Edwards, Chloe Sevigny and Brian Cox. –Adam Chitwood
Peacock – August 1
One of the most productive Jane Austen adaptations ever made and a ’90s vintage, all in one film. “Clueless” is loosely animated by Austen’s “Emma,” and transported to one of the best schools of the ’90s. Alicia Silverstone is the popular (and rich) matchmaker Cher, while Brittany Murphy plays the new student Tai, whom Cher takes under her wing as her “project. ” Written and directed by Amy Heckerling, “Clueless” spawned a host of buzzwords and catchphrases that are still in the lexicon today. However, the film also lives on thanks to its winning cast (a young Paul Rudd is ace) and timeless themes, despite the very aesthetic, time-capsule soundtrack. –Adam Chitwood