Netflix has become an unbelievable source of entertainment for millions of Canadians. For the relatively cheap monthly subscription, users have access to countless films and television shows from various years, various genres and various cinematic tastes.
The only real problem with Netflix is deciding what to watch.
Luckily we’re here to let you know what new programs will be debuting this month and which ones are worth checking out.
Let’s take a look at what’s new on Netflix August 2018!
8 Mile
Directed by Curtis Hanson
Starring Marshall Mathers, Brittany Murphy, Kim Basinger
A young rapper, struggling with every aspect of his life, wants to make it big but his friends and foes make this odyssey of rap harder than it may seem. (via IMDB)
Along Came Polly
Director: John Hamburg
Stars: Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Phillip Seymour Hoffman
A buttoned up newlywed finds his too organized life falling into chaos when he falls in love with an old classmate. (via IMDB)
Dragonheart
Director: Rob Cohen
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Dina Meyer
The last dragon and a disillusioned dragonslaying knight must cooperate to stop an evil king who was given partial immortality. (via IMDB)
The Huntsman: Winter’s War
Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan
Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Jessica Chastain, Charlize Theron
Eric and fellow warrior Sara, raised as members of ice Queen Freya’s army, try to conceal their forbidden love as they fight to survive the wicked intentions of both Freya and her sister Ravenna. (via IMDB)
Julie & Julia
Director: Nora Ephron
Stars: Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Chris Messina
Julia Child’s story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell’s 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child’s first book. (via IMDB)
The Land Before Time
Director: Don Bluth
Stars: Pat Hingle, Gabriel Damon, Judith Barsi
An orphaned brontosaurus teams up with other young dinosaurs in order to reunite with their families in a valley.
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Director: Kenny Ortega
Stars: Michael Jackson, Alex Al, Alexandra Apjarova
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London. (via IMDB)
The Perfect Man
Director: Mark Rosman
Stars: Hilary Duff, Heather Locklear, Aria Wallace
A lonely mother begins receiving romantic e-mails from a secret admirer, unaware that this perfect man is really a creation of her daughter who is trying to cheer her up. (via IMDB)
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Directors: Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone
Stars: Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, Akiva Schaffer
When it becomes clear that his solo album is a failure, a former boy band member does everything in his power to maintain his celebrity status. (via IMDB)
Public Enemies
Director: Michael Mann
Stars: Christian Bale, Johnny Depp, Marion Cotillard
The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s. (via IMDB)
Rise of the Guardians
Director: Peter Ramsey
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Alec Baldwin, Isla Fisher
When the evil spirit Pitch launches an assault on Earth, the Immortal Guardians, including Santa, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy, team up to protect the innocence of children all around the world. (via IMDB)
Safe House
Director: Daniel Espinosa
Stars: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick
A young CIA agent is tasked with looking after a fugitive in a safe house. But when the safe house is attacked, he finds himself on the run with his charge. (via IMDB)
Touch of Evil
Director: Orson Welles
Stars: Charlton Heston, Orson Welles, Janet Leigh
A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. (via IMDB)
Wild Oats
Director: Andy Tennant
Stars: Shirley MacLaine, Jessica Lange, Demi Moore
Everything changes for Eva when she receives a life insurance check accidentally made out for $5,000,000 instead of the expected $50 thousand. She and her best friend take the money and head out for the adventure of a lifetime.
Like Father
Director: Lauren Miller
Stars: Kristen Bell, Seth Rogen, Kelsey Grammer
A workaholic woman who is left at the altar takes her honeymoon trip anyway with her overachieving father who left her mother because he believed his family was holding back his career. (via IMDB)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
Director: Kevin Smith
Stars: Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Ben Affleck
The comic “Bluntman and Chronic” is based on real-life stoners Jay and Silent Bob, so when they get no profit from a big-screen adaptation, they set out to wreck the movie. (via IMDB)
Sully
Director: Clint Eastwood
Stars: Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Laura Linney
The story of Chesley Sullenberger, an American pilot who became a hero after landing his damaged plane on the Hudson River in order to save the flight’s passengers and crew. (via IMDB)
A Hologram for the King
Director: Tom Tykwer
Stars: Tom Hanks, Alexander Black, Sarita Choudhury
A failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company’s product to a wealthy monarch. (via IMDB)
The Commuter
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Stars: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
An Insurance Salesman/Ex-Cop is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home. (via IMDB)
Don’t Breathe
Director: Fede Alvarez
Stars: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette
Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn’t as helpless as he seems. (via IMDB)
Made of Honor
Director: Paul Weiland
Stars: Patrick Dempsey, Michelle Monaghan, Kevin McKidd
A guy in love with an engaged woman tries to win her over after she asks him to be her maid of honor. (via IMDB)
Den of Thieves
Director: Christian Gudegast
Stars: Gerard Butler, Pablo Schreiber, O’Shea Jackson Jr.
A gritty crime saga which follows the lives of an elite unit of the LA County Sheriff’s Dept. and the state’s most successful bank robbery crew as the outlaws plan a seemingly impossible heist on the Federal Reserve Bank. (via IMDB)
Disenchantment – Netflix Series
Creator: Matt Groening
Stars: Eric André, Jeny Batten, Matt Berry
The medieval misadventures of a hard-drinking princess, her feisty elf, and her personal demon. (via IMDB)
Death at a Funeral
Director: Frank Oz
Stars: Matthew Macfadyen, Peter Dinklage, Ewen Bremner
Chaos ensues when a man tries to expose a dark secret regarding a recently deceased patriarch of a dysfunctional British family. (via IMDB)
The Sinner (Series)
Creator: Derek Simonds
Stars: Bill Pullman, Jessica Biel, Christopher Abbott
Follows the story of a young woman who commits a horrific act of violence and rage, and to her surprise, has no idea why. And the investigator who becomes obsessed with the case and is determined to dig into her past and figure out “why” this is happening. (via IMDB)
How to Get Away With Murder (Season 4)
Creator: Peter Nowalk
Stars: Viola Davis, Billy Brown, Jack Falahee
A group of ambitious law students and their brilliant criminal defense professor become involved in a twisted murder plot that promises to change the course of their lives. (via IMDB)
In Darkness
Director: Anthony Byrne
Stars: Natalie Dormer, Emily Ratajkowski, Ed Skrein
A blind musician hears a murder committed in the apartment upstairs from hers that sends her down a dark path into London’s gritty criminal underworld. (via IMDB)
Downsizing
Director: Alexander Payne
Stars: Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau
A social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor. (via IMDB)
The Accountant
Director: Gavin O’Connor
Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons
As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise. (via IMDB)
The Blacklist (Season 5)
Creator: Jon Bokenkamp
Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff
A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her. (via IMDB)
When the Bough Breaks
Director: Jon Cassar
Stars: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall, Romany Malco
A surrogate mom for a couple becomes dangerously obsessed with the soon-to-be father. (via IMDB)
Ozark (Season 2 – Netflix Series)
Creators: Bill Dubuque, Mark Williams
Stars: Trevor Long, Jason Bateman, Laura Linney
A Chicago-based financial advisor secretly relocates his family to the Missouri Ozarks when his dealings with a drug cartel go awry. (via IMDB)