The 25 Best New Movies to Stream in August 2022

Parks and Recreation actress Aubrey Plaza has found her next starring role in Hollywood legend Francis Ford Coppola's new movie Megalopolis. The highly-anticipated project is independently financed by Coppola from his own script and will follow an architect trying to rebuild New York City as his idealistic utopia in the wake of a tragic disaster. Deadline reports it is unclear precisely what role Plaza will play in the movie, but she joins a star-studded cast that includes Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jon Voight and Laurence Fishburne.

is off to a flying start. HBO's prequel — set 200 years before Daenerys Targaryen's quest for the Iron Throne — scored nearly 10 million viewers in its Sunday night debut, making it the most highly-rated original new series premiere in the history of HBO. Officially, the cable network reports 9.986 million viewers across both linear and HBO Max streaming platforms in the United States on Sunday night -- even as the streaming app crashed on Amazon Fire TV devices, leaving a portion of potential viewers in the dark. A press release from HBO indicates that Sunday's viewership is expected to make up just a small portion — 20 to 40 percent — of the show's total gross audience. While a direct comparison would be impossible to nail down -- due in part to shifting landscapes in streaming and evolving fandoms — the and both note that first season premiered to 4.2 million viewers in 2011, while its eighth and final season premiere was watched by a record-setting 17.9 million people in 2019. brings to life George R.R.

revealing archival footage of Princess Diana, a coming-of-age drama surrounding an Irish family in the 1960s and a cult classic about basketball and romance are only some of the notable films that made their debut on HBO Max in August.This month also sees the release of a slew of A24 movies onto the streaming service, including Jenny Slate’s “Obvious Child” and Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley’s “The Spectacular Now.” “Ex Machina” enters HBO Max this month as a part of A24’s big collection release on the platform. The sci-fi award-winner follows a computer programmer, named Caleb, played by Domhnall Gleeson, who is chosen to evaluate the human qualities of an advanced A.I.

“The Gray Man.” Netflix will also be rolling out classic contemporary romantic comedies starring some of TV’s biggest names.As one of the greatest recent romantic comedies, “Bridget Jones’s Diary” is coming back to Netflix this month. Renée Zellweger’s Bridget Jones has become such an important fixture in popular culture as one of the many reinterpretations of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice.” As the “imperfect” protagonist, Zellweger develops Bridget from the pages of Helen Fielding’s book onto the screen.

Amandla Stenberg has been stirring up controversy due to a DM she sent to a film critic who wrote that her new horror flick “doubles as a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage.”

Emma Roberts and Thomas Mann find themselves in similar predicament in the first trailer for their new movie, About Fate.

Zack Sharf Jonah Hill has released an open letter in which he announced that he will no longer promote his own movies for the foreseeable future in order to continue working on his mental health. Hill’s upcoming projects include a new documentary he directed titled “Sputz” and Netflix’s comedy movie “You People,” which Hill co-wrote with director Kenya Barris.

“Where the Crawdads Sing” , Mark Greaney’s spy thriller “The Gray Man” and in series form “Paper Girls” on Prime Video starring Ali Wong and Jason Mantzoukas.August also has a slate of book adaptations landing in theaters and on streamers. Two of them came from graphic novels, and one might sound familiar to fans of George R. R.

“Day Shift” almost made the list), there is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to new library titles on the streaming service.In August there’s something for everyone on Netflix, from Keanu Reeves as a paranormal detective (“Constantine”) to a controversial Tom Cruise classic (“Eyes Wide Shut”) to a 1980s favorite that only gets better with age (“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”). Plus so much!If you’ve watched the new Netflix adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman,” you undoubtedly took notice of Jenna Coleman’s Johanna Constantine, a paranormal investigator.

Netflix, from the impossible gravity-defying stunts of “Inception” to Tom Cruise dramatically dangling, running, and gunning in the “Mission: Impossible” films, and maybe a few action flicks you haven’t seen before. Relive the thrills of Ethan Hunt’s precarious hacking-while-hanging from the first film in the franchise and one of our favorite installments of Tom Cruise Running Away From Things, in this case, a deadly wave of water after a huge fish tank at a restaurant is blown up.

Sequels are usually highly anticipated, but not always necessarily worthy successors to the original – especially when it comes to the horror genre.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNew movies from directors Claire Denis, Park Chan-wook, Ruben Östlund, Kelly Reichardt and Paul Schrader will play at the 60th New York Film Festival, which is running from Sept. 30 through Oct.

“Licorice Pizza” starring the Haim sisters as well as “The Lost City,” which is loaded with stars like Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe and Brad Pitt.Those looking for older classic films won’t be disappointed either as Meryl Streep-studded “The Devil Wears Prada,” and “Mamma Mia! ”will also head to the streamer (with the musical gracing Freevee’s catalog). Nicholas Cage’s “Face/Off” and the late James Caan’s “Thief” arrive August 1 along with “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion,” which stars the late Paul Sorvino’s daughter Mira.

There are big movies, and there are box office behemoths.

Holidays might be on people’s minds, but there’s no rest for the hospitality folk, with a raft of new openings coming this month. Here are some of the best new places to check out in August...

The Mummy trilogy, School Ties, and Journey to the Center of the Earth, hasn't had the ubiquitous big screen presence in the past few years that he's had in the past – but a moment with his beloved horse gave him the realization it was time to come back to movies, and the Brenaissance was born. Now, after A24 dropped its first look at Frasier’s new movie The Whale, fans already think The Academy should already just give this American-Canadian actor his Oscar trophy.

is sending the Wildcats off to camp to put on a high-stakes production of the musical  with some help from alum Corbin Bleu., a thrilling new series, arrives at the end of the month, and the latest Marvel series,, premieres on the platform on August 17.Still not sure on what you should stream next? Keep reading to check out the highlights of what’s new on Disney+ in August, and be sure to check out everything new coming to Apple TV+, Hulu, Paramount+ and more this month. What time is it? Summertime! Season 3 of  is sending the Wildcats to Camp Shallow Lake to enjoy the great outdoors, the taste of freedom and the musical .  Season 3 stars Joshua Bassett, Sofia Wylie, Matt Cornett, Julia Lester and more, with guest stars including Corbin Bleu, JoJo Siwa, Jason Earles and Olivia Rodrigo.Watch Now Jennifer Walters is a super attorney, and a 6-foot-7-inch superpowered hulk. Tatiana Maslany and Mark Ruffalo star in this new Marvel comedy series, premiering August 17 on Disney+. Watch on August 17Set five years before the events of , the newest  series stars Diego Luna, reprising his role as rebel spy Cassian Andor.

August 1“Boruto: Naruto Next Generations: Season 1” (DUBBED) (Viz)“Cinderella and Four Knights: Season 1” (SUBBED) (Viki)“Uncontrollably Fond: Season 1” (SUBBED) (Viki)“21” (2008)“Akeelah and the Bee” (2006)“American Assassin” (2017)“Aqui Entre Nos” (2012)“Big Momma’s: Like Father, Like Son” (2011)“Black Swan” (2010)“The Blair Witch Project” (1999)“Blast from the Past” (1999)“Blazing Saddles” (1974)“Book of Shadows: The Blair Witch 2” (2000)“Bucky Larson Born to Be a Star” (2011)“Bugsy” (1991)“Cast Away” (2000)“The Chronicles of Riddick” (2004)“Dan in Real Life” (2007)“Despicable Me” (2010)“Despicable Me 2” (2013)“Detroit” (2017)“The Devil Wears Prada” (2006)“Fantastic Mr.

Hulu has released the list of movies and television shows that are set to debut on the streamer beginning today and running through the rest of August.

What’s Alfonso Cuarón been up to since his 2018 Netflix film “Roma“? Well, he’s working on his Apple TV+ thriller series “Disclaimer” at the moment, about a TV journalist who discovers that a book that features her as a character also reveals a secret she’s tried to keep hidden. That sounds excellent, especially with Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, and Sacha Baron Cohen starring.