A heat wave is upon us, and so are Netflix's August arrivals. With temperatures high enough to make a walk around the block truly miserable, slip out of your sandals and post up next to a window. The streaming service has you covered with a bevy of new titles.
The good news: We're getting more Olivia Benson and more Law and Order: SVU! Also watch out for Young@Heart, a documentary about a chorus of senior citizens in New England, and The Fast and the Furious, because who doesn't want to see where it all began? The bad news: The future of our planet in in peril as climate change escalates, according to Al Gore's Oscar-winning Inconvenient Truth. The ugly? See: Javier Bardem's No Country For Old Men bowl cut.
Here's the full list of everything coming to the streaming service this month.
The American Side(2016)
A detective searches for inventor Nikola Tesla’s missing design and stumbles upon a conspiracy to build it.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of One Horse Shy Productions.
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Al Gore’s 2006 explainer about the impact of climate change, and how the planet’s fate is in our hands.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Participant Media.
APEX: The Story of the Hypercar(2016)
Everything you wanted to know about hypercars, a.k.a. the “exotic sports cars” coming soon to a bougie garage near you.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of NBC Sports.
Beethoven's Christmas Adventure (2011)
Your favorite St. Bernard hitches a ride on Santa’s sleigh.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Universal International Pictures.
Big Daddy(1999)
Remember when Adam Sandler was funny? And when the Sprouse twins were too young for Twitter?
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Jack Giarraputo Productions.
Black Widow(1987)
There’s a serial killer on the loose, and she’s marrying rich men and murdering them for their money. Sounds peak Joanne the Scammer to us.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of 20th Century Fox.
Critical Condition(1987)
Richard Pryor is a comedian posing as an MD. Also featured: a young Bob Saget.
Arriving August 1
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Deadfall (2012)
Olivia Wilde and Eric Bana are siblings who get separated while running away from a robbery. She shacks up with a boxer she meets along the way, and he gets caught up with a family he rescues from their abuser.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of StudioCanal.
Destination: Team USA (2016)
A group of athletes with Olympic dreams prepare for the Rio games.
Arriving August 1
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Funny or Die Presents: Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie(2016)
Make comedy great again! Crooked Johnny Depp stars as Trump. Sad!
Arriving August 1
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The Family Man (2000)
In this It’s a Wonderful Life remake, Nicholas Cage plays an ambitious businessman who wakes up one morning in an alternate life with the woman he should’ve married.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
The Fast and the Furious(2001)
Chances are, you know exactly what this movie is about: fast cars and furious gangs. So here’s an important analysis that’s worth repeating: “Go on and laugh your Benetton, Kumbaya, Kashi, quinoa laugh, but it’s true: The most progressive force in Hollywood today is the Fast and Furious movies,” wrote now- NYT critic Wesley Morris for the Boston Globe in 2011.
Arriving August 1
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
More from Wesley Morris: "[These films are] loud, ludicrous, and visually incoherent. They’re also the last bunch of movies you’d expect to see in the same sentence as ‘incredibly important.’ But they are — if only because they feature race as a fact of life as opposed to a social problem or an occasion for self-congratulation."
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Final Destination 3(2006)
The teens you remember are cheating death via a roller-coaster crash in the third installment of this slasher franchise.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of New Line Cinema.
From the Terrace (1960)
Classic Hollywood #RelationshipGoals: Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward star in this 1960s drama about a World War II vet struggling to regain his conscience.
Arriving August 1
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Holding the Man (2015)
An Australian adaptation of Timothy Conigrave's 1995 memoir about love and an AIDS-related illness.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Goalpost Pictures.
How to Win the U.S. Presidency(2016)
Sad!
Arriving August 1
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In the Shadow of the Moon (2007)
The story of NASA’s iconic mission is told through archival footage and interviews in this documentary. Take a deep dive into the Space Race that led Neil Armstrong to take mankind’s first steps on the moon.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Discovery Films.
Masha and the Bear : Season 2 (2010)
Catch up with this Russian animated TV series about an ambitious little girl and her careful bear friend. So basically, it’s like the animated inverse of The Revenant.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix.
Memoria (2015)
Teenage melancholy is at its height in this drama about a boy struggling with a crush and his dysfunctional family.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Elysium Bandini Studios.
The Naked Prey (1966)
An African tribe hunts the greedy white safari-goers who antagonize them. When all are killed except for the safari’s guide, he tries to outrun the tribesmen.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Sven Persson Films.
NCIS: Season 13 (2015)
Think of it as another season’s worth of chances to see whether Mark Harmon even compares to John Slattery.
Arriving August 1
Pay It Forward(2000)
A young student makes a theory about kindness and reciprocity that tugs at his single mother’s heartstrings.
Arriving August 1
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The Real Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2003)
Based on a real-life serial killer who skinned human bodies and made furniture out of them.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of New Line Cinema.
Roseanne Collection : Collection 3 (1995)
Pre-presidential run, revisit the show that brought Roseanne to our living rooms.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Paramount Television.
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Johnny Depp stars as an investigator trying to get to the bottom of the Headless Horseman’s mischief.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
Sliding Doors (1998)
Gwyneth Paltrow plays a woman whose life forks into two paths: In one, she catches the train and her boyfriend cheating, and in the other, she doesn’t.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Miramax.
Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
The galaxy-goers encounter a personal foe when they try to reach peace with the Romulans.
Arriving August 1.
Photo: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Clark Gable is a crotchety newspaper editor who falls for a college journalism professor.
Arriving August 1
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The Verdict(1982)
More Paul Newman! This time he plays a lawyer taking on the Catholic establishment in Boston, Spotlight -style.
Arriving August 1
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The Wedding Planner (2001)
Remember that few-year span when J.Lo played the same character in every movie? How glorious. In this installment, she’s the wedding planner who catches feelings for a groom played by Matthew McConaughey during the first peak of his career.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Columbia Pictures.
What Women Want(2000)
Mel Gibson is a man who can hear what women are thinking, more specifically, one he falls for played by Helen Hunt.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Paramount Pictures.
Young@Heart (2007)
Let this chorus of New England senior citizens take over your heart.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
A pair of cash-strapped friends collaborate on some adult entertainment.
Arriving August 1
Photo: Courtesy of The Weinstein Company.
Beat Bugs : Season 1 (2016)
These childlike bugs embark on adventures in a backyard. It’s like Bug’s Life for kids too young to remember it.
Arriving August 3
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David Cross: Making America Great Again (2016)
The Arrested Development funnyman is back on tour. Expect lots of Trump jokes this time around.
Arriving August 5
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E ver After High: Epic Winter (2016)
Preteen princesses battles a cartoon Snow King.
Arriving August 5
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The Little Prince(2016)
The Antoine de Saint-Exupéry classic gets a big-screen adaptation.
Arriving August 5
Photo: Courtesy of Onyx Films.
Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2(2016)
A road trip to a punk show is life changing for a somber guy.
Arriving August 5
Photo: Courtesy of Liberty Spikes Productions.
Slow TV: National Firewood Evening(2016)
A Norwegian television trend of watching “slow TV,” or hours of mundane happenings. This time, it’s firewood at night.
Arriving August 5
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Slow TV: National Firewood Morning (2016)
When was the last time you watched an early-morning fireplace for an hour?
Arriving August 5
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Slow TV: National Firewood Night (2016)
The real takeaway here is that “firewood night” and “firewood evening” are not the same thing.
Arriving August 5
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Slow TV: National Knitting Evening (2016)
Isn’t it your dream to watch someone knit in the evening?
Arriving August 5
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Slow TV: National Knitting Morning(2016)
What are the chances we’ll learn how to make some kitten mittens?
Arriving August 5
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Slow TV: National Knitting Night (2016)
Knit at night!
Arriving August 5.
Photo: Courtesy of DRG.
Slow TV: Northern Passage(2016)
A condensed look at a 134-hour nautical journey.
Arriving August 5
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Slow TV: Northern Railway(2016)
The first of the Slow TV phenomenon. According to the producers, it’s a seven-hour train ride in real time.
Arriving August 5.
Photo: Courtesy of DRG.
Slow TV: Train Ride Bergen to Oslo (2016)
Keep in mind that approximately 1.6 million Norwegians watched this when it aired, according to the NRK.
Arriving August 5
Photo: Courtesy of DRG.
Slow TV: The Telemark Canal(2016)
A boat trip on the canal.
Arriving August 5
Photo: Courtesy of DRG.
The Confirmation (2016)
An alcoholic dad takes his son on a trip to find the thieves who stole his tools.
Available August 6
Photo: Courtesy of Lighthouse Pictures.
Real Husbands of Hollywood : Season 4(2015)
In this Real Housewives spoof, male celebs live lavish (and dramatic) married lives.
Arriving August 9
Photo: Courtesy of BET.
TRex(2015)
A female boxer struggles against an establishment that doesn’t want her to win an Olympic gold medal in the sport.
Arriving August 9
Photo: Courtesy of Tribeca Film.
St. Vincent(2014)
A single mother lets Bill Murray care for her son, and the two develop an unlikely bond
Arriving August 10
Photo: Courtesy of Goldenlight Films.
Flight of the Butterflies(2012)
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about the migration of the monarch butterfly.
Arriving August 11
Photo: Courtesy of SK Films.
No Country for Old Men(2007)
Revisit the Coen brothers’ Oscar-winning thriller.
Arriving August 11
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Ask the StoryBots: Season 1 (2012)
A kids’ series based on the popular creatures who “track down the answers to kids' biggest questions, like how night happens or why we need to brush our teeth,” according to Netflix.
Arriving August 12
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Project Mc2: Season 2(2016)
STEM genius girls are here to stop tween mansplainers.
Arriving August 12
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The Get Down: Part 1 ( 2016)
Baz Luhrmann’s Netflix original series about a gaggle of South Bronx teens, music, and the 1970s.
Arriving August 11
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13 Cameras(2016)
A young couple goes up against a voyeuristic landlord.
Arriving August 13
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Louis CK: Live at the Comedy Store (2015)
Because “Louis Louis Louis Louis!”
Arriving August 15
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Let's Go to Prison(2006)
Dax Shepard and Will Arnett experience the prison industrial complex.
Arriving August 16
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Our Last Tango(2015)
A look into the lives of an Argentinean tango dancing couple.
Arriving August 16
Photo: Courtesy of YouTube.
The Curse of Sleeping Beauty (2016)
There’s a good chance it’s not the curse you’re thinking of.
Arriving August 17.
Photo: Courtesy of 2B Films.
The Last Heist(2016)
A serial killer targets bank thieves, so maybe the crimes just cancel each other out? That’s how double jeopardy works, according to Michael Scott.
Arriving August 17
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Puffin Rock : Season 2 ( 2016)
Young puffins explore the neighborhood.
Arriving August 17
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Bottersnikes and Gumbles: Season 1 (2015)
Based on the Australian kids’ book of the same name.
Arriving August 19
Photo: Courtesy of YouTube.
Fearless : Season 1 (2016)
Not the Taylor Swift album of the same name.
Arriving August 19
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix.
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead (2016)
The story of Steve Aoki.
Arriving August 19
Photo: Courtesy of SteveAoki.com.
Maz Jobrani: I'm Not a Terrorist, But I've Played One on TV (2015)
The comic talks politics, kids, and stereotyping.
Arriving August 21
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Seventeenth Year (2015)
More Olivia Benson, more crime, more “these are their stories.”
Arriving August 22
Photo: Courtesy of NBC.
Septembers of Shiraz(2015)
A Jewish family is forced to leave their successful life in Iran.
Arriving August 23
Photo: Courtesy of Eclectic Pictures.
The Road (2009)
Viggo Mortensen shepherds his son through a postapocalyptic America.
Arriving August 25
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Blue Is the Warmest Color(2013)
French teens fall in love.
Arriving August 26
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Dawn of the Croods : Season 2 (2016)
See the life of an animated, caveman-era family.
Arriving August 26
Photo: Courtesy of Netflix.
Glitter Force: Season 2 (2016)
A Japanese animated show about teen girls with superpowers.
Arriving August 26
Photo: Courtesy of Toei Animation.
Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy: We’ve Been Thinking...(2016)
What’s the over-under we’ll see some mansplaining here?
Arriving August 26
Photo: Courtesy of RedTV.
Once Upon a Time : Season 5(2015)
King Arthur, Merlin, Hercules, and Zeus join the cast.
Arriving August 26
Photo: Courtesy of ABC.
XOXO (2016)
Sarah Hyland stars in this Netflix original about a hip EDM festival.
Arriving August 26
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Rams (2015)
Brothers who live next door to each other but haven’t spoken in years weather an animal disease that threatens their ancient flock of sheep.
Arriving August 27
Photo: Courtesy of Film Farms.
The State of Marriage(2015)
The struggle to get same-sex marriage recognized in Vermont.
Arriving August 29
Photo: Courtesy of Floating World Pictures.
Ku'damm 56 : Season 1 (2016)
A Berlin dance school debutante listens to rock-n-roll and starts to rebel.
Arriving August 31
Photo: Courtesy of ZDF.
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