The popular online video streaming service Netflix offers a full slate of new movies and TV shows, including Netflix originals, in August — plenty of selections to keep any viewer occupied throughout the remainder of the summer and into the post-Labor Day back-to-school season.
Sci-fi buffs will delight in the latest season of Doctor Who , starring 57-year-old Scottish actor Peter Capaldi as the 12th incarnation of the character who has become an institution on U.K. television — and an icon for science fiction fans worldwide. The new Doctor Who debuts on August 8.
Also in the fantasy realm , the fourth season of the hit ABC TV series Once Upon A Time appears on Netflix on August 28, barely leaving time to take in all 23 episodes before Labor Day rolls around and the summer season comes to a close.
But perhaps the most exciting offering on Netflix in August is not a fantasy at all. The 10-episode original Netflix series Narcos recreates the bad old days of the 1980s when Colombia cocaine cartels held their own country in a reign of terror and flooded the United States with the drug, setting off a crime wave and drug epidemic that devastated many of America’s cities.
At the top of the drug pyramid was Colombia kingpin Pablo Escobar, the central figure in Narcos , a series that the Independent newspaper calls, “one of hottest – and most original – TV offerings to grace the small screen for some time.”
Narcos also goes online August 28. Of course, the new Netflix comedy Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp , featuring a lineup of top Holywood comedy stars, is also available in August, hitting Netflix on July 31.
Here is the complete list of everything new on Netflix in August 2015.
August 1 Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (1999) Asylum (2005) Back in Time/Cong Cong Na Nian (2014) Beneath the Helmet (2014) Breakup Buddies/ Xin Hau Lu Fang (2014) Bride and Prejudice (2004) Casting By (2012) Dancing on the Edge: Season 1 Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Season 2 Dear Frankie (2004) Dogs on the Inside (2014) Electric Slide (2014) Enemy at the Gates (2001) Flex is Kings (2013) Lost and Love/ Shi Gu (2015) Masha and the Bear: Season 1 November Rule (2015) Odd Squad: Season 1 Outcast (2014) Pants on Fire (2014) Reading Rainbow: Volume 1 Russell Brand: End the Drugs War (2014) Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery (2012) Somewhere Only We Know/ You yi ge di fang zhi you wo men zhi dao (2015) Sorority Row (2009) The Code: Season 1 The Golden Era/Huang Jin Shi Dai (2014) The Hurt Locker (2008) The Living (2014) The Mind of a Chef: Season 3 Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (2008) Utopia: Season 1 Vexed: Season 12 War (2007) Wing Commander (1999)
August 3 ChronicCon, Episode 420: A New Dope (2015)
August 4 Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2015)
August 5 Yellowbird (2014)
August 6 Kill Me Three Times (2014) My Amityville Horror (2012) The Look of Love (2013) Welcome to Me (2014)
August 7 Club de Cuervos: Season 1 Motivation 2: The Chris Cole Story (2015) Project Mc2 (2015) Transporter: The Series: Season 2
August 8 Doctor Who: Season 8
August 11 Fred: The Movie (2010) Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred (2011) Fred 3: Camp Fred (2012) Two Days, One Night (2014)
August 12 For a Good Time, Call… (2012) Leap Year (2010) The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)
August 14 DinoTrux Ever After High Way too Wonderland (Season 3) Ship of Theseus (2012)
August 15 Alex of Venice (2014)
August 16 Being Flynn (2012) Pariah (2011) Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
August 17 Lord of War (2005)
August 19 Jerk Theory (2009) Real Husbands of Hollywood: Season 3
August 20 30 for 30: Angry Sky (2015) As Cool As I Am (2013) Strange Empire: Season 1
August 21 Grantham & Rose (2014) Transcend (2014)
August 23 Girl Meets World: Season 1
August 27 Byzantium (2012) White God (2014)
August 28 Inspector Gadget: Season 2 Narcos: Season 1 Once Upon a Time: Season 4 Revenge: Season 4
August 29 Ride (2015)
August 30 Muffin Top: A Love Story (2014)
There should be enough in those new Netflix offerings to take any viewer the dog days of August into the Labor Day weekend and the fall season.
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