Summer’s about halfway over, which means it’s time to start wringing all of the joy out of the remaining, snow-less weeks of the year. Your progress will impeded and aided by Netflix’s new arrivals and departures—which include a new David Cross special (coming!) and Teen Witch (going!)—which will alternately consume and free up your time.
August features a lot of Netflix original debuts, including the stop-motion The Little Prince. Mark Osborne’s screen adaptation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s novella was summarily dropped by Paramount from the distribution schedule earlier this year, but Netflix snapped it up in March. Still, the movie won over the Cannes Crowd, and features a star-studded voice cast, including Jeff Bridges (as the aging Aviator), Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Albert Brooks, Marion Cotillard, and Benicio Del Toro. You’ll get your first gander at the film on August 5.
August will also see David Cross: Making America Great Again, as well as the premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down. And if you missed Funny Or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s The Art Of The Deal: The Movie, here’s your chance to correct that mistake. There will also be a whole lot of Slow TV programming, which you can use as a kind of audio wallpaper (the knitting video’s fine, but it’s no oscillating fan). But just as we’ll soon be bidding farewell to clear skies, we’ll have to take our leave of Bowfinger, The Sandlot, and The Pursuit Of Happyness.
The complete list of arrivals and departures is below (Netflix originals are in bold).
Available August 1
The American Side
An Inconvenient Truth
APEX: The Story of the Hypercar
Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure
Big Daddy
Black Widow (1987)
Critical Condition
Deadfall
Destination: Team USA
Funny Or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s The Art Of The Deal: The Movie (Netflix exclusive)
The Family Man
The Fast And The Furious
The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift
Final Destination 3
From the Terrace
Holding The Man (Netflix exclusive)
How To Win The US Presidency
In The Shadow of the Moon
ISIS: Women Unveiled
Masha and The Bear: Season 2 (Netflix exclusive)
Memoria
The Naked Prey
NCIS: Season 13
Pay It Forward
The Real Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Roseanne Collection: Collection 3
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
Sliding Doors
Star Trek: Nemesis
Teacher’s Pet (1958)
The Verdict
The Wedding Planner
What Women Want
Young@Heart
Zack And Miri Make A Porno
Available August 3
Beat Bugs season 1
Available August 5
David Cross: Making America Great Again
Ever After High: Epic Winter
The Little Prince (2016)
Punk’s Dead: SLC Punk 2 (2016)
Slow TV: National Firewood Evening
Slow TV: National Firewood Morning
Slow TV: National Firewood Night
Slow TV: National Knitting Evening
Slow TV: National Knitting Morning
Slow TV: National Knitting Night
Slow TV: Northern Passage
Slow TV: Northern Railway
Slow TV: Salmon Fishing
Slow TV: The Telemark Canal
Slow TV: Train Ride Bergen to Oslo
Available August 6
The Confirmation (2016)
Available August 9
Real Husbands Of Hollywood season 4
T-Rex (2015)
Available August 10
St. Vincent
Available August 11
Flight Of The Butterflies
No Country For Old Men
Available August 12
Ask The StoryBots season 1
The Get Down: Part 1
Project Mc² season 2
Available August 13
13 Cameras
Available August 15
Louis CK: Live At The Comedy Store
Available August 16
Let’s Go To Prison
Our Last Tango
Available August 17
The Curse Of Sleeping Beauty
The Last Heist
Puffin Rock season 2
Available August 19
Bottersnikes And Gumbles season 1
Fearless season 1
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
Available August 21
Maz Jobrani: I’m Not a Terrorist, But I’ve Played One On TV
Available August 22
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: The Seventeenth Year
Available August 23
Septembers Of Shiraz
Available August 25
The Road
Available August 26
Blue Is The Warmest Color
Dawn Of The Croods season 2
Glitter Force season 2
Jeff Foxworthy And Larry The Cable Guy: We’ve Been Thinking…
Once Upon A Time season 5
XOXO
Available August 27
Rams
Available August 29
The State Of Marriage
Available August 31
Ku’damm 56 season 1
Last call!
Leaving August 1
Addams Family Values
The Best Man
Bowfinger
The Gabby Douglas Story
Jennifer 8
Johnny English
The Nutty Professor
The Replacements
Roseanne Collection: Collection 2
Rugrats Go Wild
The Sandlot
Suspect Zero
Teen Witch
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
Vampire in Brooklyn
Where The Red Fern Grows (1974)
The Wild Thornberrys Movie
Leaving August 11
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Leaving August 14
Clifford The Big Red Dog seasons 1-2
Clifford’s Puppy Days seasons 1-2
Leaving August 15
Charlie’s Angels (2000)
Wish Upon A Star
Leaving August 16
Inside Man
Leaving August 20
Harry The Bunny
Leaving August 23
Blitz
Leaving August 27
The Pursuit Of Happyness
Leaving August 30
A Nightmare On Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge
Leaving August 31
Death Note
Naruto Shippûden the Movie: Bonds
Naruto Shippuden: The Movie
Zathura