August is packed with heart spine-chilling horrors, suspense-building thrillers, addictive K-dramas, and heartwarming romances. Instead of spending hours scrolling through different platforms trying to find your next watch, let us do the hard work for you. We’ve collected the month’s releases, with plot summaries, so all that’s left to do is decide what to watch first.
A Shop For Killers Season 2
Finale premieres on August 12th
Goblin star Lee Dong Wook and Kingdom star Kim Hye Jun will be returning for round two in A Shop For Killers. Jeong Ji An is the newly appointed CEO for the secretive shopping mall Murthehelp. Her uncle, Jeong Jin Man has returned for good, and the two team up to counterattack against Babylon, the elite antagonist organisation. This shop gives impressive action with a warm uncle-niece dynamic. If you have not watched the first season yet, now’s the time to binge both seasons back-to-back.
House of the Dragon Season 3
Finale premieres on August 10th
House of the Dragon’s third season is based around the events that occur in the prequel novel Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin. The Dance of Dragons war continues, as alliances disintegrate and dragons continue to dominate the skies. The final episode will be airing on August 10th, so decide whether you want to do a full-fledged marathon or have an episode a day as a treat.
Insidious: Out of The Further
Premieres 20th August
A routine dental appointment quickly turns into a terrifying nightmare when Gemma discovers she can travel into The Further, alongside the supernatural power to bring the undead into the present. Avid Insidious fans will be happy to hear that we will be seeing Elise Rainier once more on the screen, despite her character’s passing. Perhaps Halloween came early this August, expect plenty of heart-racing jump scares before the credits roll.
Our Sticky Love
Premiers 7th August
When a prosecutor wakes up in a hospital bed with amnesia after a crime-related incident, she is met with Jang Tae Ha, a boxing coach who insists that he is her boyfriend. Unable to remember her past, she believes him without question and moves in with the former boxing champion, setting the stage for a romance built on a string of lies. The female lead is played by Ahn Ha Young, best known for her role in the 2025 series The Trauma Code: Heroes on Call.
The Last House
Premieres 7th August
The star of Past Lives and Beef, Greta Lee, will be returning in a survival thriller as a family of four gets unexpectedly trapped in their home. With no way out, many questions arise about the mystery that lies beneath the house. With limited resources and essentials, the family must work hard to figure out how to survive the unexplained force that trapped them in the house. Is the entity supernatural? Is it a monstrous creature? We’ll have to tune in to find out.
Don’t Say Good Luck
Premieres 14th August
With Julia Hart directing, Sunny Sandler acts as Sophie Birenbaum, a high school musical star in the coming-of-age comedy Don’t Say Good Luck. As family drama begins spilling into rehearsals, Sophie must decide whether she is able to separate life behind the scenes from life on stage. This might just be summer’s best comedy, we are ready to laugh out loud.
Moria
Premieres 14th August
Argentine entertainment icon Moria Casán takes centre stage in this Netflix documentary series, telling the true story of her decades-long career, larger-than-life personality, and the controversies that made her one of Latin America’s most talked about celebrities.
My Best Friend, His Girlfriend and Me
Premieres 14th August
Olli thinks his best friend Matze has changed, and that his girlfriend is to blame for it. The two have planned a boys’ trip, and Olli makes it his goal to have his old friend back in time for the trip. Scheming with another friend, Schmitty, they try to stop the girlfriend’s influences from ruining their friendship and trip. However, the girlfriend herself is prepared with her own tricks.
Blood Sacrifice
Premieres 20th August
In this Swedish mystery, a detective is desperately forced to team up with his estranged ex-police officer father to find the serial killer who has been targeting policemen. Amidst the detective work, the two have to face their differences in order to work together.
The Whisper Man
Premiers 28th August
Following his son’s mysterious abduction, a grieving father turns to his own veteran detective father for help, only to uncover a chilling connection to the infamous Whisper Man. Are the rumours correct regarding the Whisper Man having assistance for his deadly crimes?
Mousetrap
Premieres 28th August
This show is an adaptation of the webtoon Field Mouse, where the main character, a writer, wakes up to his identity being stolen by an unknown man who is only known under the name “The Rat.” He must cleverly figure out how to reclaim his identity through an alliance with a loan shark.
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