12 Must-Watch Movies to Stream This August on Showmax

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From Cannes favourites and Oscar winners to animated adventures and chilling horror, here are the best new movies streaming this August.

If you’re looking to upgrade your watchlist, August is packed with top-tier entertainment. Showmax is bringing everything from Oscar powerhouses like Anora and Lee, to the chart-topping musical romance Joker: Folie à Deux, and crowd-pleasers like Dog Man and Flight Risk.

Here are 12 unmissable titles you’ll want to stream this month:

1. My Mom Jayne

Streaming from 6 August
A deeply personal HBO documentary from Law & Order SVU star Mariska Hargitay, uncovering the untold story of her mother, Jayne Mansfield. Premiered at Cannes, with a 100% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes.

2. The Weeknd: Live at SoFi Stadium

Streaming from 7 August
Relive the spectacle of The Weeknd’s Emmy-nominated concert, recorded live during his “After Hours Til Dawn” tour. A 90-minute sonic victory lap

3. Lee

Streaming from 11 August
Kate Winslet stars as WWII photojournalist Lee Miller in a gripping war drama alongside Marion Cotillard and Alexander Skarsgård. BAFTA-nominated and Golden Globe-nominated.

4. Babes

Streaming from 14 August
Ilana Glazer’s bold motherhood comedy explores friendship and fertility with irreverent laughs and emotional punch.

5. MaXXXine

Streaming from 14 August
The final, blood-soaked instalment in Ti West’s X horror trilogy. Starring Mia Goth, Kevin Bacon, Halsey, and Elizabeth Debicki.

Joker: Folie à Deux

Streaming from 18 August
Joaquin Phoenix returns as Joker, now joined by Lady Gaga’s dazzling Harley Quinn in this haunting musical sequel.

7. Anora

Streaming from 22 August
This Palme d’Or and five-time Oscar winner is a tender yet wild indie romance about a stripper who marries into the Russian oligarchy. From Tangerine director Sean Baker.

8. Flight Risk

Streaming from 25 August
Mark Wahlberg and Michelle Dockery lead this tense survival thriller across Alaskan skies, directed by Mel Gibson.

9. White Bird

Streaming from 25 August
The emotional prequel to Wonder stars Helen Mirren in a WWII-set story of courage, love, and kindness. Directed by Marc Forster.

10. Nosferatu

Streaming from 28 August
A gothic horror revival by Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse), starring Bill Skarsgård and Lily-Rose Depp. Oscar-nominated and hauntingly beautiful.

11. Flight 149: Hostage of War

Streaming from 28 August
A powerful documentary about the British Airways flight hijacked during Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.

12. Dog Man

Streaming from 31 August
From the creators of Captain Underpants, this animated action-comedy brings Dav Pilkey’s beloved graphic novel to life, with big laughs for the whole family.