What’s Coming to Streaming in August 2020

Hollywood Reporter

Streaming services have become a great distraction. Every month they update new movies, TV shows, specials and more right into your own home.

Get ready, because when you click on, you will see some of the gems coming to some of your favorite streaming services in August 2020!

The Fugitive, Season 1 (2020)

Consequence of Sound

A man falsely pinned for a crime he did not commit, and is forced to take the investigation into his own hands to clear his name – all while a detective is on his tail.

Genre – Crime, Drama, Thriller

Coming to Quibi on August 3rd.

Sam Jay: 3 in the Morning (2020)

Sheen Magazine

Comedian and SNL writer Sam Jay does a stand-up special filmed live in Atlanta, GA.

Genre – Stand-Up Comedy

Coming to Netflix on August 4th.

The Rain, Season 3 (2020)

YouTube / Netflix

A Danish drama about two siblings who embark on a search for safety after a virus wipes out most of the population.

Genre – Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Coming to Netflix on August 6th.

The Seven Deadly Sins, Season 4 (2020)

The Buzz Paper

After a kingdom is taken over by tyrants, the ousted princess begins a quest to find a disbanded group of evil knights to help her take back her realm.

Genre – Anime, Action, Adventure

Coming to Netflix on August 6th.

Wizards: Tales of Arcadia, Limited Series (2020)

What’s on Netflix

Trolls, aliens, and wizards face off in Arcadia during a post-apocalyptic battle for their magical world.

Genre – Kids’ TV, Cartoons

Coming to Netflix on August 7th.

X-Men (2000)

Tom’s Guide

In a world where evolved super-powered humans, or mutants, exist and are discriminated against, two groups clash: the supremacist Brotherhood and the pacifist X-Men.

Genre – Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Coming to Disney+ on August 7th.

Selling Sunset, Season 3 (2020)

Daily Express

The Oppenheim Group is a real estate agency that sells the lush life to their buyers in LA. They also give their audiences a lot of drama.

Genre – Reality TV

Coming to Netflix on August 7th.

The Peanuts Movie (2015)

Los Angeles Times

Snoopy begins a mission of the sky to pursue his arch-nemesis, while on the ground Charlie Brown begins his own mission of winning the love of his life.

Genre – Animation, Comedy, Family

Coming to Disney+ on August 7th.

The New Legends of Monkey, Season 2 (2020)

What’s on Netflix

The Monkey King is liberated by a valiant girl while she is on a quest to find seven sacred scrolls and defend the world from evil.

Genre – Kids’ TV, Fantasy

Coming to Netflix on August 7th.

Work It (2020)

IMDb

A clumsy teenager’s admission to the school of her dreams depends on how she performs at a dance competition. But first, she needs to learn how to dance.

Genre – Teen Movie, Comedy

Coming to Netflix on August 7th.

About Face, Season 1 (2020)

Quibi

Star Rosie Huntington-Whiteley visits some of the icons of the beauty world.

Genre – Beauty, Self Improvement

Coming to Quibi on August 10th.

Mapleworth Murders, Season 1 (2020)

Quibi

A murder mystery writer solves homicides in her small town.

Genre – Comedy, Mystery

Coming to Quibi on August 10th.

The One and Only Ivan (2020)

Collider

A gorilla named Ivan joins forces with an elephant named Stella to help piece together his own past and hatch a plan to escape captivity.

Genre – Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Coming to Disney+ on August 14th.

El Robo Del Siglo or The Great Heist, Season 1 (2020)

Nación Flix

A Colombian TV drama that is based on the 1994 robbery of the US’s $33 million from Colombia’s central bank and the chaos that ensued in its aftermath.

Genre – Latin American TV Shows, TV Thrillers

Coming to Netflix on August 14th.

Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)

Insider

Ant-Man Scott Lang joins forces with the Wasp Hope van Dyne on an urgent mission that unveils secrets from the past.

Genre – Action, Adventure, Comedy

Coming to Disney+ on August 14th.

Boys State (2020)

Sundance Institute

A documentary about a thousand 17 year old boys from Texas who joined together to build a representative government from the ground up.

Genre – Documentary

Coming to Apple TV+ on August 14th.

Project Power (2020)

ComingSoon.net

In New Orleans, a teenager, a cop, and ex-soldier team up to figure out the group responsible for a pill that gives it users unpredictable super powers for five minutes.

Genre – Sci-Fi, Thriller

Coming to Netflix on August 14th.

The Greatest Showman (2017)

The Fandomentals

A musical about the life of PT Barnum and those who were involved in his show.

Genre – Biography, Drama, Musical

Coming to Disney+ on August 14th.

Ted Lasso, Season 1 (2020)

Deadline

An American soccer coach heads to the UK to manage a struggling London soccer team.

Genre – Comedy

Coming to Apple TV+ on August 14th.

World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji, Season 1 (2020)

ABC News

A team survival competition that puts contestants in grueling challenges.

Genre – Adventure, Reality TV

Coming to Amazon Prime on August 14th.

Lovecraft Country, Season 1 (2020)

Hollywood Reporter

In the 1950s, an African-American man travels across Jim Crow America in search of his missing father.

Genre – Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Coming to HBO Max on August 16th.

John Was Trying to Contact Aliens (2020)

Sundance Institute

A documentary short about a lonely man who broadcast radio signals into  space for 30 years so he could reach aliens.

Genre – Documentary Films, Social and Cultural Docs, and Biographical Documentaries

Coming to Netflix on August 20th.

Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Time Magazine

A prince is cursed to be a monster for his whole life and can only be freed by true love.

Genre – Family, Fantasy, Musical

Coming to Disney+ on August 21st.

Lucifer, Season 5A (2020)

Film Daily

After the devil becomes bored with being the Lord of Hell, he moves to Los Angeles, opens a nightclub, and forms a connection with a homicide detective.

Genre – Crime TV Dramas, Fantasy TV Shows, TV Shows Based on Comics

Coming to Netflix on August 21st.

Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, Season 1 (2020)

Deadline

Ravi Patel travels the world to seeking answers to life’s universal questions.

Genre – Documentary, Comedy

Coming to HBO Max on August 27th.

Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe (2020)

Entertainment Weekly

Two stepbrothers have to save their sister from aliens.

Genre – Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Coming to Disney+ on August 28th.

Unknown Origins (2020)

What’s on Netflix

A Spanish thriller where cops join forces with comic book and cosplay nerds to nab a killer who is basing their murders on super hero origin stories.

Genre – Movies Based on Books, Spanish Movies, Thriller Movies

Coming to Netflix on August 28th.

Fantastic Four (2005)

Inverse

Four astronauts gain super powers after being exposed to cosmic radiation and then have to use their powers against their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom.

Genre – Action, Adventure, Family

Coming to Disney+ on August 28th.

Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

Forbes

Alice returns to Wonderland and has to travel back in time to help the Mad Hatter.

Genre – Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Coming to Disney+ on August 28th.