‘OMITB,’ ‘Justified: City Primeval’ & More Must-See Streaming Titles to Watch in August
Choosing what to watch should be a breeze. But sometimes, you just want someone to make those decisions for you. Allow TV Insider to alleviate your decision-making fatigue with this curated list of the best things to stream in August 2023.
Top of the list this month is Hulu‘s Only Murders In the Building, making its much-anticipated Season 3 return on Tuesday, August 8. Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short return in the true crime-inspired comedy, this time joined by the series’ most exciting guest stars to date (more on that below). Making its fourth and final return to Disney+ is High School Musical: The Musical: The Series, which also boasts an exciting list of guest stars that’s sure to delight Millennials looking for a dose of nostalgia.
Also arriving soon on the Mouse House’s streaming platform is Ahsoka. The beloved animated character leads the latest Star Wars live-action series (played by Rosario Dawson), which features the live-action debuts of several more beloved characters from the Star Wars animated universe (and one Big Bad Villain). On the network side, FX continues to churn out solid episodes of the gripping Justified spinoff, Justified: City Primeval, this month.
Here are TV Insider’s top 25 streaming shows and movies for August 2023.
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1. Only Murders in the Building Season 3
Tuesday, August 8, Hulu
Here comes the…killer guest star! Meryl Streep joins Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Selena Gomez for Season 3 of the mystery comedy. Even cooler: This year’s victim is played by Paul Rudd!
2. A Perfect Story
Recently available, Netflix
It’s My Big Fat Greek Romance. An heiress (Anna Castillo) and a pauper (Álvaro Mel) fall in love, Mykonos-style. Opa!
3. Justified: City Primeval
Recently available, Hulu
Timothy Olyphant is making cowboy hats hot again as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in this limited series. One costar: his real-life daughter, Vivian.
4. Harry Wild
Monday, August 28, Acorn TV
Jane Seymour once again cozies up to crime-solving in the second season of this wildly cheeky series. She plays a retired literature professor starting a new chapter as a private investigator in Dublin.
5. The Winter King
Sunday, August 20, MGM+
Camelot looks a lot different! The legend of King Arthur (Iain De Caestecker) gets a brutal retelling in this 10-part adaptation of Bernard Cornwell’s historical novels.
6. The Fabelmans
Available now, Paramount+
Michelle Williams stars in this 2022 Oscar-nominated drama inspired by director Steven Spielberg’s younger years.
7. The Last Tycoon
Recently available, Freevee
Old Hollywood and Nazi Germany collide in the lavish 2016 series adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s final unfinished novel.
8. The Lake
Available now, Prime video
Soak in the bittersweet dysfunction of this comedy starring Orphan Black’s Jordan Gavaris and Natalie Lisinska, plus Julia Stiles (The Bourne Identity).
9. Berlin Station
Available now, MGM+
Your next mission is to binge this crackling spy drama about CIA agents (including Leland Orser) working to find out who is leaking info to the German press. Keke Palmer is recruited for Seasons 2 and 3!
10. Run Rabbit Run
Recently available, Netflix
Enjoy a spooky new ghost story.
11. Star Wars: Ahsoka
Wednesday, August 23, Disney+
The Force is strong with this one!
12. SummerSlam
Saturday, August 5, Peacock
Bianca Belair and Becky Lynch are ready to throw down at the WWE event!
13. This Fool Season 2
Recently available, Hulu
Heaven help us. Michael Imperioli is a minister all fired up about rehabilitating Los Angeles gang members in Hulu’s dark comedy.
14. The Full Monty
Available now, Hulu
The Brits who bared all in the 1997 hit movie charm the pants off of us with this poignant follow-up series.
15. Almost Paradise
Recently available, Freevee
A retired DEA agent tries to find his zen in the Philippines, but arms dealers, former colleagues and more keep drawing him back in.
16. Toast of London
Available now, Britbox
Come for What We Do in the Shadows’ Matt Berry as a cluelessly egotistical actor, stay for the parade of guest stars with last names like Rudd, Hamm, Hader, and Law.
17. High School Musical: The Musical: The Series Season 4
Wednesday, August 9, Disney+
Wildcats in the house! Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu, and Monique Coleman drop by.
18. American Nightmare: Becoming Cody Rhodes
Recently available, Peacock
He may be known as “The American Nightmare,” but this doc about the dashing WWE star is every wrestling fan’s dream.
19. The Good Fight
Available now, Paramount+
The Good Wife spinoff starring Christine Baranski is an open-and-shut case of a legal drama so watchable, it’s criminal.
20. Inside No. 9
Friday, August 25, BritBox
Black Mirror meets Monty Python in this anthology. Be warned: The comedy is dark.
21. Shining Girls
Available now, Apple TV+
A traumatized newspaper staffer (Elisabeth Moss) realizes her reality isn’t the same as everyone else’s.
22. CMA Fest: 50 Years of Fan Fair
Recently available, Hulu
If you’ve ever wondered how country music’s star-studded party evolved from a Nashville hootenanny to the hottest ticket in town, this doc is for you!
23. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Available now, Paramount+
Chris Pine, Hugh Grant, and Michelle Rodriguez go medieval on the classic role-playing game.
24. They Cloned Tyrone
Recently available, Netflix
Teyonah Parris, Jamie Foxx, and John Boyega expose a government conspiracy that has them seeing double.
25. Good Omens Season 2
Recently available, Prime Video
The comedy about an angel and his demonic bestie blesses us with Season 2!
