Netflix Canada has officially revealed its comprehensive lineup of movies, television series, documentaries, and live events arriving on the platform in August 2026. Departing from the historical industry trend where August was considered a "dead month" for entertainment, Netflix is maintaining a robust release schedule throughout the month.
Original Film and Series Highlights
Original Film and Series Highlights
The streaming service’s August slate features a variety of highly anticipated original productions. Among the major releases is The Last House, a thriller starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura. The film follows a family mysteriously trapped inside their home for months, struggling to find a way out. Also arriving is The Whisper Man, a thriller starring Robert De Niro and Adam Scott, which centers on the hunt for a serial killer.
Original series returning with new seasons include My Life With the Walter Boys (Season 3), which arrives on August 6, and Outer Banks (Season 5), set for release on August 20. Other notable series premieres include:
- 1670: Season 3 (Poland) — August 5
- Badly in Love: Season 2 (Japan) — August 4
- Death Inc.: Season 4 (Spain) — August 7
- Operation Safed Sagar (India) — August 7
- Our Sticky Love (South Korea) — August 7
- Tires: Season 3 — August 13
- Love Is Blind UK: Season 3 — August 19
Documentary programming remains a focus for the service, with the release of Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy (Great Britain) on August 5, as well as Inside The Trustor Scandal (Sweden) and an investigative aviation documentary titled Freefall: A Reckoning for Boeing on August 19.
Live Events and International Additions
Live Events and International Additions
A major highlight for the month is the live broadcast of WWE SummerSlam: 2026, which will stream on August 1. International additions also bolster the catalog, including One Hundred Years of Solitude: Part 2 (Colombia) on August 5 and the Japanese film The Ribbon Hero on August 8.
Expanded Library and Licensed Content
Expanded Library and Licensed Content
The August 1 influx of licensed content is extensive, bringing a wide variety of viewing options to the platform. The list includes:
- Action and Thrillers: Anaconda, Elysium, The Hitman’s Bodyguard, The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Mile 22, Nightcrawler, Sicario, Speed, Speed 2: Cruise Control, and Tears of the Sun.
- Franchise Collections: The Fast and the Furious, 2 Fast 2 Furious, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Fast Five, Fast & Furious, Fast & Furious 6, and Furious 7. The Chucky horror collection also joins the library, featuring Bride of Chucky, Child’s Play 2, Child’s Play 3, Cult of Chucky, Curse of Chucky, and Seed of Chucky.
- Classics and Dramas: About Last Night…, Annie, Are We Done Yet?, Clueless, Daddy Day Camp, Daddy Day Care, Field of Dreams, Marie Antoinette, Party Girl, Selma, Something’s Gotta Give, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and Zero Dark Thirty.
- Additional Licensed Titles: Blackwater Lane, Bye Bye Birdie, Chicago PD (Seasons 1-5), Driven (Seasons 1-3), Kim’s Convenience (Seasons 1-5), Looper, 17 Again, Deep Impact, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Green Book, Piece by Piece, and Reality Bites.
Virgin Media Hardware
Accessing Netflix
For users utilizing Virgin Media hardware, the platform provides multiple ways to navigate to the Netflix app. Users of the 360 or Stream boxes can use voice commands by pressing the voice button and saying “Netflix,” or navigate via the Apps section on the Home screen. For those with a 360 box, tuning to channel 204 automatically launches the app. Subscribers can also transfer existing billing to Virgin Media to consolidate their accounts into a single bill.
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