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What’s new on Netflix and what’s leaving in August 2023

While July tends to be the most active month of the summer, Netflix isn’t slowing down its momentum as it heads into August. The live-action anime adaptation, One Piece, is arriving at the end of the month. But before that rolls around, The Lincoln Lawyer will wrap up its second season, Heartstopper will return, and The Chosen One will explore what happens when the Messiah is finally reborn in the modern era. Additionally, Wonder Woman star Gal Gadot will headline the Netflix original action film, Heart of Stone.

There’s a lot more than just those shows coming this month, so we’ve laid out everything that’s new on Netflix in August 2023, as well as everything that’s leaving at the end of the month. You have 31 days to make your plans, and the hot summer days and nights are a lot more fun when you have something to watch. Our picks for the month are in bold.

If you’re looking for some additional guidance on what to watch, we also have lists of the best movies on Netflix and the best shows on Netflix. If Netflix isn’t your only streaming service, we also have helpful articles on the best movies on Amazon Prime and the best TV shows on Amazon Prime, as well as plenty of guides for Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max.

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Everything new on Netflix in August

August 1

  • Bee Movie
  • Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
  • Coming to America
  • Cut the Rop Daily
  • Despicable Me 1 & 2
  • Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child
  • Eat Pray Love
  • Fast and Furious Films 1-5
  • Fatale
  • Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
  • Fisk (Season 1)
  • Friends with Benefits
  • It’s Complicated
  • Just Go With It
  • Lost In Translation
  • Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
  • No Strings Attached
  • Non-Stop
  • Pawn Stars
  • Poms
  • Terminator: Genisys
  • The Furnace
  • The Jerk
  • The River Wild
  • The Wife
  • Tiger 21
  • Trauma Center
  • Ugly Betty (Seasons 1-4)

August 2

  • Mark Cavendish: Never Enough
  • Poisoned: The Dirty Truth About Your Food
  • Choona (Season 1)
  • Soulcatcher

August 3

  • Heartstopper (Season 2)
  • Head to Head
  • Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead
  • The Last Hours of Mario Biono (Limited Series)
  • The Lincoln Lawyer (Season 2, Part 2)

August 4

  • Fatal Seduction (Volume 2)
  • The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge (Season 1)
  • The Hunt for Veerappan (Limited Series)

August 7

  • Gabby’s Dollhouse (Season 8)

August 8

  • Zombieverse (Season 1)
  • Untold: Johnny Football
  • The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2
  • Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop (Limited Series)
  • WrestleQuest

August 10

  • Painkiller (Limited Series)
  • Marry My Dead Body
  • Jagun Jagun
  • Merch Cadets (Season 1)

August 11

  • Heart of Stone
  • Down for Love (Season 1)

August 14

  • Paddington
  • The Wiggles: Ready, Steady, Wiggle (S4)

August 15

  • Untold: Hall of Shame
  • Ancient Aliens (Season 15)
  • Ballers (Season 1-5)
  • Eye of the Storm (Season 1)
  • Jared Freid: 27 and Single

August 16

  • At Home with the Furys (Season 1)
  • Depp v. Heard (Limited Series)
  • The Chosen One (Season 1)
  • OMG! Oh My Girl

August 17

  • The Upshaws (Part 4)
    My Dad the Bounty Hunter (Season 2)

August 18

  • The Monkey King
  • Mask Girl (Season 1)
  • 10 Days of a Bad Man
  • Carancho
  • Crane World
  • Elefante Blanco
  • Guns & Gulaabs (Season 1)
  • Love, Sex and Candles

August 22

  • Lighthouse (Season 1)
  • Untold: Swamp Kings
  • All the Queens Men
  • Sommore: A Queen With No Spades

August 23

  • Destined with You (Season 1)
  • Squared Love Everlasting
  • The Big Short
  • The Ultimatum: Marry or Move (Season 2)

August 24

  • Baki Hanma (Season 2, Part 2)
  • Ragnarok (Season 3)
  • Who is Erin Carter? (Limited Series)

August 25

  • Killer Book Club
  • You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah

August 28

  • Princess Power (Season 2)

August 30

  • Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zone
  • Miss Adrenaline: A Tale of Twins (Season 1)

August 31

  • Choose Love (Interactive Special)
  • One Piece (Season 1)
  • Karate Sheep (Season 2)

Leaving Netflix in August

August 4

  • Chennai Express
  • Honey Girls
  • Ije: The Journey

August 5

  • Nasha Natasha
  • Tango Feroz

August 6

  • Esperando la carroza
  • Quam’s Money
  • Slay

August 7

  • Stars in the Sky: A Hunting Story

August 9

  • Pretty Man

August 11

  • The Crowned Clown (Wang-i doin nam-ja) (Season 1)
  • Kongsuni and Friends (Seasons 1-2)
  • The Lost Husband

August 12

  • Brother Jekwu
  • Dope
  • Jim Gaffigan: Beyond the Pale
  • Jim Gaffigan: King Baby
  • Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe
  • Jim Gaffigan: Obsessed

August 13

  • Dunkirk

August 14

  • Colin Quinn: Unconstitutional
  • Knightfall (Seasons 1-2)

August 15

  • Les Misérables (2012)

August 16

  • Awara Paagal Deewana
  • Bombay
  • The Game (Seasons 1-3)
  • Seventh Son
  • Winx Club (Season 6 and Season 7)

August 17

  • Bakugan: Evolutions (Season 1)
  • Bhavesh Joshi Superhero
  • O Kadhal Kanmani

August 19

  • Undefeated

August 20

  • Bleach (2018) – Netflix Original Removal
  • Little Singham
  • Little Singham – Black Shadow
  • My Ex & Whys
  • Santiago of the Seas (Season 1)
  • The Breakup Playlist

August 21

  • A Second Chance
  • Beauty and the Bestie
  • Bride For Rent
  • Can’t Help Falling in Love
  • Four Sisters and a Wedding
  • It Takes a Man and a Woman
  • The Mistress
  • She’s Dating the Gangster

August 23

  • Septembers of Shiraz

August 24

  • The Creative Indians (Season 1)

August 25

  • Take My Brother Away (Season 1) – Netflix Original Removal

August 26

  • Jobs
  • The Water Man

August 31

  • A Knight’s Tale
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • InuYasha the Movie: Affections Touching Across Time
  • InuYasha the Movie 2: The Castle Beyond the Looking Glass
  • InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler
  • InuYasha the Movie 4: Fire on the Mystic Island
  • The Italian Job
  • Mean Girls
  • Moving Art (Seasons 1-3)
  • Open Season
  • Open Season 2
  • Paranormal Activity
  • The Ring
  • Salt
  • Scream (Seasons 1-3)
  • She’s Gotta Have It
  • Sister, Sister (Seasons 1-6)
  • Sleepless in Seattle

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