11 Best New Shows on Netflix: August 2026’s Top Upcoming Series to Watch

This August, Netflix programming heats up with top-notch 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 2026 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 Outer Banks Season 5, One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two, and Tires Season 3.

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 Ricky Gervais Alley Cats, My Brilliant Career, and Mourinho, 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 2026.

1. Outer Banks Season 5 

   Released August 20

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   CAST: Chase Stokes, Madison Bailey, Madelyn Cline, Jonathan Daviss, Carlacia Grant, J. Anthony Crane, Drew Starkey, Austin North, Fiona Palomo, Tony Crane, Cullen Moss, Rudy Pankow

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Outer Banks comes to an end this month with a fifth and final season looking to finish the series on a high note with its last ten episodes. Season 5 of the action-adventure teen drama sees the Pogues at an all-time low after the loss of John B (Rudy Pankow), pushing them down a path towards vengeance and healing as they embark on a desperate, dangerous quest to secure a stolen artifact rumored to bring back the dead. Witness a conclusion six years in the making by streaming Outer Banks: Season 5 on Netflix this August.

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3. Ricky Gervais Alley Cats

   Released August 7

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   CAST: Ricky Gervais, Tom Basden, Andrew Brooke, David Earl, Kerry Godliman, Jo Hartley, Diane Morgan, Natalie Cassidy, Tony Way

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: This brand new Netflix Original animated comedy series by Ricky Gervais centers on the chaotic and entertaining adventures of feral British cats finding community in one another while wreaking havoc around town. Enjoy all of the hijinks, humor, and heart of this fun feline tale by catching Alley Cats as soon as it drops this month, only on Netflix.

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4. One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part Two

   Released August 5

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   CAST: Marleyda Soto, Claudio Cataño, Ángela Cano, Emmanuel Restrepo, Estefanía Piñeres, María Adelaida Puerta, Emiliano Pernía, Juanita Molina, Laura Taylor, Obeida Benavides, Julián Román, Carla Baratta

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Netflix’s adaptation of the renowned Gabriel García Márquez novel One Hundred Years of Solitude reaches its remarkable conclusion this month with a Part Two and finale episode dropping at the beginning and end of August. The Colombian fantasy epic drama series comes to a close as Aureliano Buendía (Claudio Cataño) proceeds through a tumultuous string of events that leads him to fulfill his family’s curse and witness the end of Macondo as he knows it.

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5. My Brilliant Career

   Released August 13

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   CAST: Philippa Northeast, Christopher Chung, Anna Chancellor, Genevieve O’Reilly, Kate Mulvany, Jake Dunn, Alexander England, Sherry-Lee Watson, Miah Madden

   RATING: TV-14

   DESCRIPTION: Based on Miles Franklin’s 1901 novel of the same name, My Brilliant Career is a Netflix Original period drama series set in 20th-century Australia, where plucky Sybylla (Philippa Northeast) aspires to leave her rural hometown behind to pursue life as a professional writer. However, things quickly grow complicated for Sybylla as her plans to eschew marriage to chase career ambitions and independence are thrown off course when she falls for an affluent young man named Harry (Christopher Chung).

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6. Tires Season 3

   Released August 13

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   CAST: Shane Gillis, Steve Gerben, Chris O’Connor, Kilah Fox, Stavros Halkias, Thomas Haden Church, Rachel Blanchard, Garret Dillahunt, Anjelica Bette Fellini, Matt Walsh, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Billy Magnussen, Taylor Misiak, Sofia Hasmik, Bobby Lee, Dan Soder

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Shane Gillis, Steve Gerben, and John McKeever’s workplace comedy Tires returns to Netflix this month, reuniting viewers with Shane (Gillis) and Will Jacobs (Gerben) as they continue to try to keep the struggling Valley Forge Automotive Center auto repair chain afloat. Season 3 sees the two cousins getting used to their roles as co-owners of the West Chester, Pennsylvania branch of the family business as they’re forced to confront their pasts, overcome their differences, and make changes in order to build a better future together, both professionally and personally.

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7. Operation Safed Sagar 

   Released August 7

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   CAST: Siddharth, Jimmy Shergill, Abhay Verma, Dia Mirza, Prajakta Koli, Adil Hussain, Mihir Ahuja, Taaruk Raina, Arnav Bhasin, Amrita Bagchi, Manu Rishi Chadha, Vinay Pathak

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Operation Safed Sagar is a Hindi-language historical action drama that explores the titular real-life military operation by the Indian Air Force during the 1999 Kargil War between India and Pakistan. This engrossing Netflix Original series shares the untold story of the Golden Arrows squadron that risked everything to carry out a perilous aerial mission behind enemy lines for the sake of their home country.

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8. My Life With the Walter Boys Season 3 

   Released August 6

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   CAST: Nikki Rodriguez, Noah LaLonde, Ashby Gentry, Marc Blucas, Sarah Rafferty, Connor Stanhope, Jaylan Evans, Corey Fogelmanis, Johnny Link, Isaac Arellanes, Myles Perez, Alisha Newton, Mya Lowe, Ellie O’Brien, Kolton Stewart, Natalie Sharp, Alex Quijano, Ashley Tavares, Dean Petriw, Alix West Lefler, Lennix James, Gabrielle Jacinto, Chad Rook, Naveen Paddock, Erin Karpluk, Moheb Jindran, Zoë Soul, Janet Kidder

   RATING: TV-14

   DESCRIPTION: Two years after its sophomore season dropped, My Life With the Walter Boys is back on Netflix with a brand new batch of episodes following Jackie Howard (Nikki Rodriguez) and the Walter family in rural Colorado. Season 3 of the teen drama series picks up after a shocking cliffhanger that saw Jackie and Cole (Noah LaLonde) confess their love for one another while Alex is in earshot, only for the charged moment to be interrupted when Walter family patriarch George (Marc Blucas) has to be rushed to the hospital. With everyone’s lives thrown off-balance, they’ll have to face fresh risks, feelings, goals, and challenges in order to move forward and establish a new status quo.

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9. Our Sticky Love 

   Released August 7

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   CAST: Jung Hae-in, Ha Young, Heo Sung-tae, Lee Jae-won, Lee Jun-young

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Our Sticky Love is a South Korean romantic-comedy series that follows ambitious prosecutor Go Eun-sae (Ha Young) as she loses her memory during an accident suffered while pursuing a powerful criminal organization. Shortly thereafter, an encounter with youth boxing champ turned gang member Jang Tae-ha (Jung Hae-in) changes the course of both their lives as Tae-ha recognizes Eun-sae as his first love and takes advantage of her amnesia to claim that he’s her boyfriend. The two then move in together, creating a sticky situation that could either lead to real love or end in total disaster.

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10. Mourinho

    Released August 11

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    CAST: José Mourinho

    RATING: TV-MA

    DESCRIPTION: This three-part Netflix documentary series delves into the life and work of legendary Portuguese football manager José Mourinho. Mourinho follows the titular man over two years, showcasing his efforts to lead top football clubs to victory, as well as exploring how Mourinho rose to become one of the best football managers in the world. Bolstered by exclusive interviews with football icons and Mourinho himself, this title will impress international soccer fans with a raw and layered look into the career and man behind his “Special One” moniker. 

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11. Badly in Love Season 2 

    Released August 4

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    CAST: MEGUMI, Nagano, Awich

    RATING: TV-14

    DESCRIPTION: This Japanese Netflix Original reality dating series returns to the platform with a fresh crop of rebellious youth “yankii” contestants looking for connection in Okinawa. Over the course of 10 episodes, Badly in Love follows nine young men and women through developing friendships, romances, and conflicts as they confront one another and open up about their struggles, past hurts, and true feelings. 

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12. Moria

    Released August 14

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    CAST: Moria Casán, Cecilia Roth, Griselda Siciliani, Sofía Gala Castiglione, Marco Antonio Caponi, Joaquín Ferreira, Rafael Ferro, Olivia Nuss

    RATING: TV-MA

    DESCRIPTION: Moria is a new Netflix Original biographical drama out of Argentina that reimagines and fictionalizes the life story of iconic Argentine actress and TV personality Moria Casán. This series uses Casán’s life as the jumping-off point for a titillating tale of stardom, spectacle, controversies, and constant reinvention.

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