<p id=”par-1_80″>Summer is winding down, but <a href=”https://cheatsheet.com/tag/netflix”>Netflix</a> is keeping things hot with its slate of upcoming releases for August 2025. Subscribers can binge movies like <em>Clueless, The Departed, Jurassic Park, </em>and <em>Dazed and Confused </em>when they join the streamer’s library on August 1. And while Netflix’s own list of <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/must-watch-netflix-shows-july-2025.html/”>original new releases</a> isn’t as long as in some months, there are still some major highlights, including the much-anticipated return of <em>Wednesday </em>and a new season of guilty-pleasure reality show <em>Perfect Match. </em></p>
<p id=”par-2_14″>Keep reading for Showbiz Cheat Sheet’s picks for must-watch Netflix shows in August 2025. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-perfect-match-season-3″>‘Perfect Match’ Season 3 </h2>
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<p id=”par-3_69″>Looking to fill the <em>Love Island-</em>sized hole in your heart? The third season of Netflix’s hit <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/perfect-match-season-3-cast-singles-couple-found-love.html/”>reality dating series <em>Perfect Match</em></a><em> </em>might do the trick. Single stars from some of your favorite reality shows (including <em>Love Is Blind, Love Island, The Ultimatum, The Bachelor, </em>and <em>Too Hot to Handle</em>) shack up together in a tropical paradise, where they compete to find love and earn the title of “perfect match.” </p>
<p id=”par-4_15″><em>Perfect Match </em>Season 3 premieres August 1. New episodes release on Fridays through August 15. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-wednesday-season-2″>‘Wednesday’ Season 2 </h2>
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<p id=”par-5_73″>Everyone’s favorite goth anti-heroine Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) finally returns to Netflix for the second season of her hit show this month. In <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/wednesday-season-2-unfinished-business-dark-new-powers.html/”><em>Wednesday </em>Season 2</a>, Ortega’s character heads back to Nevermore Academy to confront fresh foes and woes. She’ll have to navigate family, friends, and old adversaries while also finding herself plunged into a bone-chilling mystery. Notable guest stars this season include Lady Gaga, Christopher Lloyd, Fred Armisen, and Haley Joel Osment. </p>
<p id=”par-6_19″><em>Wednesday </em>Season 2 Part 1 (Episodes 1-4) premieres Wednesday, August 6. Part 2 (Episodes 5-8) premieres Wednesday, September 3. </p>
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<p id=”par-7_51″>Just in time for the kickoff the 2025-26 NFL season, Netflix is rolling out a new docuseries about the league’s most famous team: the Dallas Cowboys. <em>America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys </em>explores how Jerry Jones shaped the modern NFL and built the <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/americas-sweethearts-dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders-400-percent-pay-increase.html/”>most valuable sports franchise</a> in the world. </p>
<p id=”par-8_10″><em>America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys </em>premieres August 19. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-hostage”>‘Hostage’ </h2>
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<p id=”par-9_60″>Expect to be on the edge of your seat when you binge <em>Hostage, </em>Netflix’s new political thriller about the kidnapping of the British Prime Minister’s (Suranne Jones) husband. The incident takes place during the French president’s (Julie Delpy) visit to the U.K., and both women face unimaginable dilemmas as they navigate choices that will affect their personal and political futures. </p>
<p id=”par-10_4″><em>Hostage </em>premieres August 21. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-my-life-with-the-walter-boys-season-2″>‘My Life With the Walter Boys’ Season 2 </h2>
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<p id=”par-11_63″>The next chapter of soapy YA drama <em>My Life With the Walter Boys </em>drops on Netflix this month. In season 2, Jackie (Nikki Rodriguez) returns to Colorado after spending the summer in Manhattan. She wants to mend her relationship with Alex (Ashby Gentry) and set boundaries with Cole (Noah LaLonde). But fitting back in in Silver Falls will be harder than she anticipated. </p>
<p id=”par-12_9″><em>My Life With the Walter Boys </em>Season 2 premieres </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-more-new-releases-coming-to-netflix-in-august-2025″>More new releases coming to Netflix in August 2025</h2>
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<p id=”par-13_21″>What other shows and movies are coming to Netflix in August 2025? Here’s a list of the streamer’s upcoming new releases. </p>
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<li><em>My Oxford Year</em>: August 1 </li>
<li><em>Stolen: Heist of the Century: </em>August 8</li>
<li><em>Songs From the Hole</em>: August 13</li>
<li><em>Love Is Blind: UK: </em>August 13</li>
<li><em>Saare Jahan Se Accha</em>: August 13</li>
<li><em>Young Millionaires</em>: August 13 </li>
<li><em>Fixed</em>: August 13</li>
<li><em>In the Mud</em>: August 14 </li>
<li><em>Mononoke The Movie Chapter II: The Ashes of Rage</em>: August 14 </li>
<li><em>The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea’s Tragedies</em>: August 15 </li>
<li><em>Night Always Comes</em>: August 15 </li>
<li><em>Fit for TV: The Reality of the Biggest Loser: </em>August 15 </li>
<li><em>Rivers of Fate: </em>August 20 </li>
<li><em>Death Inc.</em>: August 22</li>
<li><em>Aema</em>: August 22 </li>
<li><em>Abandoned Man</em>: August 22</li>
<li><em>Long Story Short</em>: August 22 </li>
<li><em>The Truth About Jussie Smollett?</em>: August 22 </li>
<li><em>Fantasy Football Ruined Our Lives</em>: August 27</li>
<li><em>Barbie Mysteries: The Great Horse Chase</em>: August 28</li>
<li><em>Millionaire</em>: August 28</li>
<li><em>The Thursday Murder Club</em>: August 28</li>
<li><em>Two Graves</em>: August 29<em> </em> </li>
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