Entertainment 23 July 2026

Netflix saves the end of Outer Banks and a De Niro thriller for August

Netflix's August 2026 premieres: the final season of Outer Banks, the thriller The Whisper Man with Robert De Niro, and more new series and films.

August is holiday season, and Netflix seems to know it: the catalogue fills up with premieres for hot afternoons and the nights when all you want is the sofa. There are emotional goodbyes, a heavyweight thriller and the usual batch of comedies and reality shows.

What is premiering on Netflix in August?

The headline is the return — and the farewell — of Outer Banks, whose fifth and final season lands on 20 August. For fans of the Pogues, it is the close of a treasure-hunt saga that became a phenomenon with younger viewers.

On the film side, the big one is The Whisper Man, on 28 August: a crime thriller with Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan and Adam Scott, about a writer teaming up with his detective father to find his son. There is also The Last House, a sci-fi horror piece directed by Louis Leterrier.

And if you want something lighter?

Plenty of options. The comedy Tires is back for a third season on 13 August, the reality show Love Is Blind: UK returns with a new round of blind dates, and the adult animation Alley Cats premieres on 7 August. There is also an Untold documentary about Vince Young, for lovers of sports stories.

Dates can shift at the last minute and not everything arrives at the same time in every country, so always check the service itself. We had already covered the return of “Little House on the Prairie” and Netflix’s bet on AI. The full calendar is on Netflix’s official site.

By Lucy Bennett

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