Summer is almost over, which means only so much time to catch up on your streaming. Welcome to io9’s latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones that we like most.)
As always, we’re including the best new films and TV coming to Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, and Max—as well as Paramount+, Shudder, and Peacock, including several new releases.
Here’s the best of what’s streaming in August 2024.
What’s coming to Netflix in August 2024?
What’s available on Netflix on August 1?
Bride of Chucky
Child’s Play 2
Child’s Play 3
Cult of Chucky
Curse of Chucky
Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Godzilla Minus One/Minus Color
Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Monster House
Mr. Deeds
The Next Karate Kid
Not Another Teen Movie
RED
RED 2
Seed of Chucky
Tarot
World War Z
What’s available on Netflix on August 2?
Rebel Moon — Part One: Director’s Cut
Rebel Moon — Part Two: Director’s Cut
Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
What’s available on Netflix on August 6?
Reminiscence
What’s available on Netflix on August 8?
The Emoji Movie
The Umbrella Academy: Season 4
What’s available on Netflix on August 16?
Pearl
What’s available on Netflix on August 19?
A Discovery of Witches: Seasons 1-3
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches: Season 1
Dark Winds: Seasons 1-2
Fear the Walking Dead: Seasons 1-8
Interview with the Vampire: Season 1
Into the Badlands: Seasons 1-3
Migration
Preacher: Seasons 1-4
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: Season 1
UnREAL: Seasons 1-4
What’s available on Netflix on August 29?
Kaos
Terminator Zero
What’s available on Netflix on August 30?
The Deliverance
What’s coming to Prime Video in August 2024
What’s available on Prime on August 1?
Batman: Caped Crusader (2024)
The Crow (1994)
Dante’s Peak (1997)
Darkman (1990)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Face/Off (1997)
Ghost (1990)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
Howard The Duck (1986)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Looper (2012)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Losers (2010)
Monster Trucks (2017)
MouseHunt (1997)
Passengers (2016)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Southland Tales (2007)
Stardust (2007)
Superman II (1981)
Superman III (1983)
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987)
Superman Returns (2006)
Superman (1978)
21 Jump Street (2012)
22 Jump Street (2014)
The War of The Worlds (2005)
The Warriors (1979)
Troll (1986)
Troll 2 (1990)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
What’s available on Prime on August 13?
Night Swim (2024)
What’s available on Prime on August 15?
Paddington (2015)
What’s available on Prime on August 24?
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
What’s available on Prime on August 29?
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2 (2024)
What’s coming to Hulu in August 2004?
What’s available on Hulu on August 1?
The Beach (2000)
Eragon (2006)
Flubber (1997)
Garfield (2004)
Garfield: A Tail Of Two Kitties (2006)
In Time (2011)
John Carter (2012)
The Mask of Zorro (1998)
Muppets from Space (1999)
Night at the Museum (2006)
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Night At The Museum: Secret Of The Tomb (2014)
Race To Witch Mountain (2009)
Robots (2005)
Tron: Legacy (2010)
What’s available on Hulu on August 2?
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)
What’s available on Hulu on August 3?
Suitable Flesh (2023)
What’s available on Hulu on August 27?
Chaos Walking (2021)
What’s coming to Disney+ in August 2024?
What’s available on Disney+ on August 2?
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures (Shorts) – Season 2
What’s available on Disney+ on August 14?
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures – Season 2
What’s coming to Max in August 2024?
What’s available on Max on August 1?
Amelie (2001)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Hercules (2014)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
Rio (2011)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Taken (2009)
Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
What’s available on Max on August 16?
Rick and Morty: The Anime (Adult Swim)
What’s available on Max on August 18?
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
What’s available on Max on August 19?
The Official DC Podcast (2024)
What’s coming to Paramount+ in August 2024?
What’s available on Paramount+ on August 1?
Aeon Flux
Barbarella
Whose
Face/Off
The Faculty
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
Garfield: The Movie
Hardcore Henry
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Jacob’s Ladder
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
The Little Rascals
Monster Trucks
The Net
Pulp Fiction
Season of the Witch
Shaft (2000)
Shaft (2019)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)
The Time Machine
The War of the Worlds (1953)
The Warriors
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Unforgettable
Zodiac
What’s available on Paramount+ on August 12?
Cabin Fever
What’s coming to Shudder in August 2024?
What’s available on Shudder on August 1?
Dawn of the Dead (2004)
The Dead Mother
Faces of Death
In the Mouth of Madness
Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
Wes Craven’s New Nightmare
What’s available on Shudder on August 2?
Divinity
What’s available on Shudder on August 5?
Luz
What’s available on Shudder on August 6?
Dancing Village: The Curse Begins
What’s available on Shudder on August 19?
The Deeper You Dig
What’s available on Shudder on August 23?
Hell Hole
What’s available on Shudder on August 27?
Horror’s Greatest
What’s coming to Peacock in August 2024?
What’s available on Peacock on August 1?
Battleship
Bee Movie
Beethoven (’92)
Beethoven’s 2nd
Blair Witch
The Blair Witch Project
The Book of Eli
Book of Shadows: The Blair Witch 2
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Casino
Clueless
Doom
Exodus: Gods and Kings
F9: The Fast Saga
Faster
Field of Dreams
The Heat
Hesher
The Hulk
Kindergarten Cop
King Richard
Lucy
Mean Girls
Moonrise Kingdom
Old
The Other Guys
Over the Hedge
Push
Puss in Boots
R.I.P.D.
Self/Less
Shazam!
Shrek
Space Jam
Waterworld
Zodiac
What’s available on Peacock on August 9?
Renfield
What’s available on Peacock on August 12?
2 Fast 2 Furious
Fast & Furious
Fast & Furious 6
The Fast and The Furious
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
Fast Five
The Fate of the Furious
Furious 7
What’s available on Peacock on August 16?
Polite Society
What’s available on Peacock on August 21?
The 355
What’s available on Peacock on August 23?
The Killer (2024)
What’s available on Peacock on August 30?
The Fall Guy
The Fall Guy: The Extended Cut
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