Netflix’s Most Anticipated Originals Coming August 2024

From returning hits like Love is Blind to new films like Kaos there is sure to be something for everyone on Netflix this August!

Broaden your horizons this August with Netflix’s studded lineup of originals! From a book to screen adaptation to your favorite reality shows, Netflix Originals have everything you could want this month! Here are 7 Netflix Originals releasing this August!

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder 

There’s a new sheriff in town! Oh, no it’s just Pip Fitz-Amobi, played by Emma Myers, back on the case! The hit young-adult novel, A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder (AGGGTM) is hitting Netflix this August! BookTok, Bookstagram, and book lovers all around are in for a treat with this who-dunnit mystery novel turned series! 

The cold case of Sal Singh, or the gruesome murder of Andie Bell, still has a grip on Pip’s hometown and she believes there’s more to the story. Pip begins an investigation of her own as she looks into the case for her senior project, determined to get to the bottom of it! However, if Pip discovers that Sal didn’t do it this may open a whole new can of worms! Watch as this case unfolds on August 2nd!

Love is Blind: Mexico & Love Is Blind: UK

Get ready for huge drama from all over the world! This August we are getting Love is Blind from both Mexico and the United Kingdom! These lovers are ready to make connections that go beyond physical attraction! Can these new contestants find their forever partners from just a conversation?

Check out these love-struck pairings from Love is Blind: Mexico on August 1st! You can enjoy this season in Spanish with English subtitles, or even with an English dub! Heading across the great big, blue ocean, Love is Blind: UK premieres on August 7th with episodes releasing weekly!

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

Everyone’s favorite sponge is back in another wacky adventure for these iconic characters! When Bikini Bottom and all its denizens are suddenly scooped out of the ocean, Sandy Cheeks and SpongeBob SquarePants journey to Texas to save the town from a villainous plot! 

Incoming

If you are looking for your next comedy classic, Incoming should join your watch-list! This R-rated comedy tells the story of four freshmen heading to their first-ever high school party. If you have ever been in high school, then you know what they are going through. Watch as these precious, surely innocent teens navigate the terrors of adolescence in preparation for this big event! 

Directors Dave and John Chernin, known for their work writing and editing on It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia and The Mick, are sure to bring home many laughs! Watch this hilarious coming-of-age comedy on August 23!

Daughters

Get ready to have your heart strings pulled. Daughters is a documentary following the heart-warming story of four young girls preparing for the most special event of the year: a Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, which is allowed through a special program at their Washington, D.C., jail. 

Directors Angela Patton and Natalie Rae truly know how to make anyone cry. There is nothing short of special in this documentary as it has already received 2 awards at the Sundance Film Festival, an award at the Miami Film Festival as well as two other nominations at Sundance and the Cleveland International Film Festival! Watch this eye-opening documentary on August 14th!

Kaos

How would the world work if the Greek Mythological Gods ruled in our world? Starring Jeff Goldblum and Janet McTeer, Kaos takes a unique twist on Greek mythology. This series will retell the stories of long ago but through a modern lens! 

With creator Charlie Covell, a writer for The End of The F***ing World, Truelove, and Humans, this show is bound to be very, very clever! Watch as s*** gets real on August 29th!

The Deliverance

Though horror buffs are getting a feast this July with MaXXXine, Longlegs, and A Quiet Place: Day One, the fun does not stop there! The Deliverance is a horror/thriller film that follows a family living in a home in Indiana as they discover strange, demonic occurrences. These happenings convince them and the community that the house might just be a portal to hell! 

With stars such as Glenn Close, Andra Day, Caleb McLaughlin, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, this horrifying movie is sure to knock our socks off! Watch The Deliverance starting on August 30th!

Netflix has a jam-packed August for its subscribers and we are here for it! With other amazing titles such as The Union, Chastity High, Nice Girls, and so much more, you’ll probably end up binging them all! One thing is for sure, whether you’re a casual movie-goer or a film buff, Netflix this August will be the place to start on your end of summer binge!