Get your popcorn ready—Netflix is serving up a high-stakes local drama, hit international returning series, and heart-pounding thrillers all month long!
From local Mzansi crime sagas to the epic final adventure of Outer Banks, here is your ultimate guide to what is dropping on the stream in August.
Mzansi Spotlight: High-Stakes Local Drama
- Umthetho (14 August): Heading up the local slate is Umthetho, an intense South African crime drama starring Nqobile Nunu Khumalo, Sindi Dlathu, Tony Kgoroge, and Lorcia Cooper-Khumalo. When an idealistic state prosecutor finds out her brother is running a ruthless prison syndicate, she is forced into a dangerous double-agent life to keep her youngest brother alive.
Hot International Drops
- Badly in Love: Season 2 (4 August): Yankiis gather at a seaside campus in Okinawa to navigate love, drama, and unexpected chaos.
- Let’s Marry Harry (5 August): Reality TV icon Harry Jowsey goes on a quest for true love and marriage with a guiding hand from Alex Cooper.
- 1670: Season 3 (5 August): Jan Paweł’s obsession with noble status blinds him to rising trouble among his family and local villagers.
- The Last House (7 August): A psychological thriller following a family mysteriously trapped inside their own home, fighting to survive against dwindling supplies and an unknown force.
- Kelsey Cook: Happy Hour (18 August): A candid stand-up comedy special tackling everything from “hangxiety” to dating blunders.
- Outer Banks: Season 5 (20 August): The Pogues return for one last adventure! Driven by revenge and redemption after a tragic loss, the crew hunts down a stolen artifact.
- Chompoo: Lost & Forgotten (Coming Soon): A gripping true-crime documentary following a missing girl investigation that turned into a media circus.
