There are some great movies coming to UK streaming services this month, including Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 on Disney+, Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves on Now TV and Paramount+, and Heart Of Stone on Netflix.
Below is a rundown of all the biggest movie releases that are available to stream this August
Let us know which movies you will be watching in the comments below.
Guardians Of The Galaxy: Vol 3
Release Date: August 2
Where To Watch: Disney+
You might want to have your handkerchief’s at the ready because Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 may be the last time we see our band of space heroes together.
This latest entry in the MCU sees our titular band of space heroes go up against the diabolical High Evolutionary who has a long-standing connection to Rocket that (just in case you haven’t seen the movie) we aren’t going to reveal here.
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3 is certainly one of the most emotional movies in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe with one particular heartbreaking scene that may well make you cry. Don’t worry though – it’s not all doom and gloom, as there is plenty of comedy and action in the movie too, so while you might need a hanky, you will still be entertained by the Guardians’ latest (and possibly final) adventure.
Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead (2023)
Release Date: August 3
Where To Watch: Netflix
This live-action adaption of the manga series written by Haro Aso (Alice in Borderland) is centered around a weary office worker named Akira who ironically starts to feel more alive when a zombie apocalypse ravages his town. He sets himself a mission to complete all 100 items on his bucket list before he…well, kicks the bucket!
Kandahar (2023)
Release Date: August 4
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Angel Has Fallen director Ric Roman Waugh reteams with that movie’s star, Gerard Butler, for this new action thriller about a CIA operative and his translator who flee from special forces in Afghanistan after exposing a covert mission.
Maggie Moore(s) (2023)
Release Date: August 4
Where To Watch: Now TV
When two women with the same name are murdered in a small town, Police Chief Sanders (Jon Hamm) unravels a web of small-town lies when he investigates the case with the help of a nosey neighbour named Rita (Tina Fey).
Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021)
Release Date: August 10
Where To Watch: Netflix
This enjoyable continuation of the Ghostbusters franchise isn’t quite as good as the movies that preceded it but it’s an entertaining piece of nostalgia all the same. It’s also a worthy tribute to the late Harold Ramis who makes an unexpected comeback towards the end of the film.
A Man Called Otto (2022)
Release Date: August 11
Where To Watch: Now TV
Tom Hanks takes the title role of Otto Henderson in this second adaptation of the 2012 novel, A Man Called Ove. Otto is grumpy and intolerant of his neighbours but when a young family moves into his neighbourhood, this irascible old man starts to soften.
A Man Called Otto is a humourous and heartwarming movie but it’s not quite as good as the 2012 Swedish adaptation that came before it.
Heart of Stone (2023)
Release Date: August 11
Where To Watch: Netflix
Gal Gadot stars in this new action thriller that is expected to be one of the biggest Netflix movies of the year. The Wonder Woman star takes on the role of an intelligence operative for a shadowy global peacekeeping agency who is tasked with stopping a hacker from stealing its most valuable and dangerous asset.
Love In Taipei
Release Date: August 11
Where To Watch: Paramount+
Based on the New York Times bestseller ‘Loveboat, Taipei’ by Abigail Hin Weng, this new romance movie tells the story of a young American woman who finds love when on an exchange trip in the Taiwanese city of Taipei. There’s only one problem for the lovestruck student, or rather two, as she falls for two wildly different boys who are both vying for her attention.
Miguel Wants To Fight (2023)
Release Date: August 16
Where To Watch: Disney+
Coming-of-age comedy about a high school junior named Miguel who enters into a series of hilarious misadventures with his three best friends as he tries to get into his first-ever fight.
Dungeons And Dragons: Honour Among Thieves (2023)
Release Date: August 18
Where To Watch: Now TV/Paramount+
Based on the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, this recent fantasy action adventure focuses on a charming thief and a band of unlikely adventurers who embark on an epic quest to retrieve a lost relic.
Chris Pine leads the cast as a bard named Edgin and he is joined by Michelle Rodriguez (Holga the Barbarian), Justice Smith (Simon the Sorcerer), and Sophia Lillis (Doric the Druid).
She Said (2022)
Release Date: August 19
Where To Watch: Now TV
In 2017, New York Times reporter Jodi Kantor received a tip-off that a Hollywood actress had been sexually assaulted by movie producer Harvey Weinstein. Her decision to break the story with reporter Megan Twohey shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood and it sparked the #MeToo movement which gave people the courage to talk about their experiences of sexual assault and harassment.
This movie tells the story of the two reporters and the news story that caused waves within all aspects of the movie industry.
Greatest Days (2023)
Release Date: August 25
Where To Watch: Amazon Prime Video
Based on the hit stage show The Band, this Take That-inspired movie follows a group of boy band-obsessed friends who reunite as adults to see their heartthrobs perform one last time. Could it be magic?
M3GAN (2022)
Release Date: August 25
Where To Watch: Now TV
A grieving young girl named Cady (Violet McGraw) is partnered up with an artificially intelligent new playmate in this surprisingly decent horror movie about the titular killer doll.
We have seen movies like this one before, most notably Child’s Play and its various sequels, but this stands out as one of the best due to the impressive performances and the disturbingly life-like robot that is one of the best horror antagonists of recent years.
Vacation Friends 2 (2023)
Release Date: August 25
Where To Watch: Disney+
Picking up a few months after the end of the last movie, this sequel finds newly married couple Marcus (Lil Rel Howery) and Emily (Yvonne Orji) inviting their uninhibited best friends Ron (John Cena) and Kyla (Meredith Hagner) to an all-expenses paid trip to a Caribbean resort. It’s not long before the couple’s best-laid plans descend into chaos when Kyla’s incarcerated father (Steve Buscemi) turns up on the island after being released from prison.
You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah! (2023)
Release Date: August 25
Where To Watch: Netflix
Adam Sandler and members of his own family star in this new comedy based on the novel by Fiona Rosenbloom. The movie follows Stacy (Sunny Sandler) and Lydia (Samantha Lorraine), two BFFs whose plans for an epic Bat Mitzvah go comically awry when a popular boy at their middle school threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.
Which movies are you most looking forward to this August? Let us know in the comments below.