11 Best New Shows on Netflix: August 2025’s Top Upcoming Series to Watch
This August, Netflix will help you finish the summer season strong with incredible content all month long. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix, you won’t feel down for long once you get a good look at the impressive array of Netflix Original series coming to the platform to take their place. With everything from premiering titles to long-awaited continuations of fan favorites, Netflix’s diverse and delightful August 2025 premieres are sure to have something for everyone.
The streamer is set to help you celebrate the new month with premieres from highly anticipated continuations of established hit series across several different genres (so there’s truly something for everyone), like Wednesday: Season 2, Part 1 and My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 2.
There are also plenty of exciting brand-new shows that will begin streaming exclusively on Netflix starting this month. Keep an eye out in particular for Hostage, Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser, and Saare Jahan Se Accha: The Silent Guardians, which are all already looking to be some of the most promising new releases out of August’s entire streaming lineup.
So what makes the cut for our top 11, and which of them have what it takes to be in the Netflix Top 10? Keep reading to treat yourself to the greatness that is the list of streaming standouts for August 2025.
Released August 6
CAST: Jenna Ortega, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Luis Guzmán, Isaac Ordonez, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, Victor Dorobantu, Hunter Doohan, Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo, Steve Buscemi, Billie Piper, Evie Templeton, Owen Painter, Noah B. Taylor, Jamie McShane, Fred Armisen,
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: After an almost three-year wait, the critically acclaimed Netflix Original supernatural mystery comedy series makes its highly anticipated return in early August with the first four episodes of its sophomore season. Wednesday: Season 2 sees the titular endearingly moody and psychic-powered teen Wednesday Addams (Ortega) return to Nevermore Academy amidst darker mysteries, more dangerous foes, and the scariest change of all: closer proximity to her family.
Released August 28
CAST: Nikki Rodriguez, Sarah Rafferty, Marc Blucas, Noah LaLonde, Ashby Gentry, Connor Stanhope, Johnny Link, Corey Fogelmanis, Jaylan Evans, Zoë Soul, Isaac Arellanes, Myles Perez, Alex Quijano, Ashley Tavares, Dean Petriw, Alix West Lefler, Lennix James, Alisha Newton, Ellie O’Brien, Kolton Stewart, Mya Lowe, Gabrielle Jacinto, Jesse Lipscombe, Nathaniel Arcand, Natalie Sharp, Carson MacCormac, Janet Kidder, Riele Downs, Jake Manley
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: After a finale that saw Jackie (Rodriguez) flee Silver Falls, leaving just a note and the broken hearts of Walter brothers Cole (LaLonde) and Alex (Gentry) in her wake, My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 2 sees Jackie return after a summer spent back in New York City. Now, Jackie tries to find her place in Silver Falls while navigating unresolved emotions, small-town drama, and the fallout of past decisions.
Released August 21
CAST: Julie Delpy, Suranne Jones, Corey Mylchreest, Lucian Msamati, Ashley Thomas, James Cosmo, Jehnny Beth
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Hostage is a Netflix Original political thriller miniseries set amidst international relations that go horribly wrong when French President Vivienne Toussaint (Delpy) is on an official visit with British Prime Minister Abigail Dalton. Over the course of their summit, Abigail’s husband is kidnapped, and Vivienne is targeted by a threatening blackmailer, forcing both world leaders to overcome their rivalry and join together to save their political and personal lives in the face of high-stakes drama and impossible decisions.
Released August 15
CAST: N/A
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: This three-part Netflix docuseries takes a deep dive into the good, bad, and controversial aspects of the once-beloved reality TV competition series, The Biggest Loser. Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser uses exclusive interviews with the show’s former trainers, contestants, producers, and more to break down the method behind The Biggest Loser‘s weight-loss madness, and how the show shaped the lives of everyone involved, even after its initial 2004 to 2016 run on NBC.
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Released August 13
CAST: Pratik Gandhi, Sunny Hinduja, Suhail Nayyar, Kritika Kamra, Tillotama Shome, Rajat Kapoor, Anup Soni
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Saare Jahan Se Accha: The Silent Guardians is a Netflix Original Hindi-language action thriller series that is set in the 1970s and follows a tough Indian spy who must push his crafty mind and resilient spirit to the limit in order to vanquish his counterpart across the border by sabotaging their nuclear program.
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Released August 20
CAST: Domithila Cattete, Marleyda Soto, Lucas Galvino, Ademara, Bruno Goya, Claudio Jaborandy, Luca Dan, Ricardo Teodoro, Sandro Guerra, Welket Bungué, Wesley Guimarães
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Get your heart pounding in August with this gripping and gritty Brazilian crime thriller miniseries that follows three very different strangers whose lives and fates unexpectedly collide in the Amazon. Together, kidnapped teen Janalice (Cattete), reluctant gang leader Preá (Galvino), and vengeance-hungry mother Mariangel (Soto) form an unlikely team to fight for justice and break the curse that they believe has been placed on them.
Released August 5
CAST: N/A
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Sports fans are sure to enjoy this new Netflix Original docuseries that takes viewers inside the locker room, team buses, and campuses of multiple Southeastern Conference Football squads. SEC Football: Any Given Saturday gives unprecedented access to depict the challenges, emotions, and high intensity of collegiate football’s most elite players and coaches throughout the 2024 SEC season.
Released August 29
CAST: Kiti Mánver, Álvaro Morte, Hovik Keuchkerian, Nadia Vilaplana, Joan Solé, Zoé Arnao, Nonna Cardoner, Carlos Scholz, Magdalena Tejado, Salva Reina
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Two Graves is a Netflix Original crime drama limited series from Spain that is set in the picturesque small coastal town of Frigiliana, where two 16-year-old girls disappear without a trace, rocking the entire town. Two years later, the case is deemed closed, leading one of the girls’ bereft grandmother (Mánver) to take matters into her own hands in order to find answers and get revenge.
Released August 19
CAST: N/A
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Over the course of eight episodes, this docuseries examines the profound impact that Jerry Jones had on both the Dallas Cowboys and the entire NFL after purchasing the Texas team in 1989 for $140 million. America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys paints a vivid picture of how Jones bet on the Cowboys and won in the form of three Super Bowl championships in the ’90s, as well as a lasting (and sometimes polarizing) legacy as a notable team owner and businessman.
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Released August 22
CAST: Lisa Edelstein, Paul Reiser, Ben Feldman, Abbi Jacobson, Max Greenfield, Angelique Cabral, Nicole Byer, Dave Franco, Michaela Dietz
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: From the brilliant minds of BoJack Horseman comes this Netflix Original animated comedy-drama series that spans multiple years in the lives of one dysfunctional family. Witness the talented voice cast, sharp writing, and vibrant visuals add depth and vitality to this story that follows siblings through childhood to adulthood in a humorous and heartfelt exploration of humanity.
Released August 22
CAST: Lee Ha-nee, Bang Hyo-rin, Jin Seon-kyu, Jo Hyun-chul
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Aema is a South Korean period comedy-drama series that revolves around the making of the hit 1982 erotic film Madame Aema, as well as how the project affects the lives of A-list actress Jung Hee-ran (Lee Ha-nee) and newcomer Shin Ju-ae (Bang Hyo-rin), and how its box office success shakes up the entire Korean film industry in the 1980s.
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