It’s a new month, so it’s time for some new movies! We here at For The Win have a bunch of viewing recommendations if you’re looking for some good movies to watch on Netflix.
The streaming service has some new items, some classics and some wackier choices, depending on what kind of mood you’re in.
And! Here’s how to hack Netflix using category codes to find every movie and series offered in a specific genre, down to very specific categories.
But if you’re not a Netflix user and are still looking for something good to watch, we can help with that too. Check out some of our other viewing recs:
- The 45 best movies streaming on Amazon Prime
- The 24 best movies streaming on Hulu
- 26 great free video games to play
Away we go with what to watch on Netflix in August:
1
The Gray Man
When the CIA’s most skilled operative-whose true identity is known to none-accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins. (IMDB)
2
Quantum of Solace
James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organisation from eliminating a country’s most valuable resource. (IMDB)
3
Murder Mystery
A New York cop and his wife go on a European vacation to reinvigorate the spark in their marriage, but end up getting framed and on the run for the death of an elderly billionaire. (IMDB)
4
I Am Legend
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure. (IMDB)
5
Troy
An adaptation of Homer’s great epic, the film follows the assault on Troy by the united Greek forces and chronicles the fates of the men involved. (IMDB)
6
Tower Heist
When a group of hard-working guys find out they’ve fallen victim to their wealthy employer’s Ponzi scheme, they conspire to rob his high-rise residence. (IMDB)
7
Rumor Has It...
Sarah Huttinger is a woman who learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film “The Graduate” — and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event. (IMDB)
8
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite what the Principal thinks of that. (IMDB)
9
Mission Impossible
An American agent, under false suspicion of disloyalty, must discover and expose the real spy without the help of his organization. (IMDB)
10
The Age of Adaline
A young woman, born at the turn of the 20th century, is rendered ageless after an accident. After many solitary years, she meets a man who complicates the eternal life she has settled into. (IMDB)
11
The Power of the Dog
Charismatic rancher Phil Burbank inspires fear and awe in those around him. When his brother brings home a new wife and her son, Phil torments them until he finds himself exposed to the possibility of love. (IMDb)
12
Big Eyes
A drama about the awakening of painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s, and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s. (IMDB)
13
Sorry To Bother You
In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success, propelling him into a universe of greed. (IMDb)
14
The Imitation Game
During World War II, the English mathematical genius Alan Turing tries to crack the German Enigma code with help from fellow mathematicians while attempting to come to terms with his troubled private life. (IMDB)
15
42
In 1947, Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play in Major League Baseball in the modern era when he was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and faces considerable racism in the process. (IMDB)
16
Always Be My Maybe
Everyone assumed that Sasha and Marcus would wind up together, except for Sasha and Marcus. Reconnecting after 15 years, the two start to wonder–maybe? (IMDb)
17
Don't Look Up
Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth. (IMDb)
18
tick, tick...BOOM!
On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City. (IMDb)
19
Red Notice
An Interpol agent successfully tracks down the world’s most wanted art thief, with help from a rival thief. But nothing is as it seems, as a series of double-crosses ensue. (IMDB)
20
Vice
The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that is still felt today. (IMDB)
21
The Dark Knight Rises
Eight years after the Joker’s reign of anarchy, Batman, with the help of the enigmatic Catwoman, is forced from his exile to save Gotham City from the brutal guerrilla terrorist Bane. (IMDB)
22
Dolemite Is My Name
Eddie Murphy portrays real-life legend Rudy Ray Moore, a comedy and rap pioneer who proved naysayers wrong when his hilarious, obscene, kung-fu fighting alter ego, Dolemite, became a 1970s Blaxploitation phenomenon. (IMDB)
23
Zero Dark Thirty
A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L.s Team 6 in May 2011. (IMDB)
24
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Ron Burgundy is San Diego’s top-rated newsman in the male-dominated broadcasting of the 1970s, but that’s all about to change for Ron and his cronies when an ambitious woman is hired as a new anchor. (IMDB)
25
We Are Marshall
When a plane crash claims the lives of members of the Marshall University football team and some of its fans, the team’s new coach and his surviving players try to keep the football program alive. (IMDB)
26
Spider-Man
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family. (IMDB)
27
Roma
A year in the life of a middle-class family’s maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s. (IMDB)
28
The Trial of the Chicago 7
The story of 7 people on trial stemming from various charges surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. (IMDb)
29
Titanic
A seventeen-year-old aristocrat falls in love with a kind but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic. (IMDB)
30
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man’s life, family, and American society. (IMDB)
31
Steel Magnolias
A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold. (IMDB)
32
Casino Royale
After earning 00 status and a licence to kill, secret agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007. Bond must defeat a private banker funding terrorists in a high-stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, Montenegro. (IMDB)
33
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before
A teenage girl’s secret love letters are exposed and wreak havoc on her love life. (IMDb)
34
Argo
Acting under the cover of a Hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film, a CIA agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six Americans in Tehran during the U.S. hostage crisis in Iran in 1979. (IMDb)
35
Dirty Harry
When a madman calling himself “the Scorpio Killer” menaces the city, tough-as-nails San Francisco Police Inspector “Dirty” Harry Callahan is assigned to track down and ferret out the crazed psychopath. (IMDb)
36
Hustle
A basketball scout discovers a phenomenal street ball player while in Spain and sees the prospect as his opportunity to get back into the NBA. (IMDB)
37
Something's Gotta Give
A swinger on the cusp of being a senior citizen with a taste for young women falls in love with an accomplished woman closer to his age. (IMDb)
38
Bonnie and Clyde
Bored waitress Bonnie Parker falls in love with an ex-con named Clyde Barrow and together they start a violent crime spree through the country, stealing cars and robbing banks. (IMDb)
39
Les Miserables
In 19th-century France, Jean Valjean, who for decades has been hunted by the ruthless policeman Javert after breaking parole, agrees to care for a factory worker’s daughter. The decision changes their lives forever. (IMDb)
40
Passing
“Passing” follows the unexpected reunion of two high school friends, whose renewed acquaintance ignites a mutual obsession that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities. (IMDB)
41
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle
Two stoner friends embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers. (IMDB)
42
The Tinder Swindler
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online, then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback. (IMDB)
43
Dunkirk
Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Commonwealth and Empire, and France are surrounded by the German Army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II. (IMDB)
44
Nightcrawler
When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. (IMDb)
45
Monty Python and The Holy Grail
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a surreal, low-budget search for the Holy Grail, encountering many, very silly obstacles. (IMDb)
46
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Born on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah. (IMDb)
47
Once Upon a Time in America
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan 35 years later, where he must once again confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life. (IMDb)
48
The Hateful Eight
In the dead of a Wyoming winter, a bounty hunter and his prisoner find shelter in a cabin currently inhabited by a collection of nefarious characters. (IMDB)
49
Molly’s Game
The true story of Molly Bloom, an Olympic-class skier who ran the world’s most exclusive high-stakes poker game and became an FBI target. (IMDB)
50
Dumb and Dumber
After a woman leaves a briefcase at the airport terminal, a dumb limo driver and his dumber friend set out on a hilarious cross-country road trip to Aspen to return it. (IMDB)
