Our picks for what to watch this month

All this rain is the perfect excuse to curl up on your couch with all the comforts in reach and watch good films and TV. Don’t know where to start? Here are our selections. 

1/7 Clusterf**k: Woodstock ‘99

Premieres on August 3 on Netflix

The original Woodstock held in 1969 was a pivotal moment in music history, a festival with 32 acts and an audience of 450,000. The year 1999 wanted to replicate the success of iconic festival. However, the four-day Woodstock ’99 turned out to be a disaster.

2/7 Thirteen Lives

Premieres on August 5 on Prime Video

Director Ron Howard helms this film based on the harrowing true story of the Tham Luang cave rescue. After twelve kids and their coach get stuck in a cave due to heavy rainfall, an international effort to get them out before the cave floods. The film stars Viggo Mortensen, Colin Farrell, and Joel Edgerton. 

3/7 The Sandman

Premieres on August 5 on Netflix

Based on Neil Gaiman’s critically acclaimed graphic novel, the series follows Morpheus, or Dream, one of the seven powerful beings known as Endless. After being captured for hundreds of years, he is finally able to escape and sets out to reclaim the kingdom that was stolen from him. 

4/7 Look Both Ways

Premieres on August 17 on Netflix

Natalie is about to graduate, but in a magical turn of events, her life splits into parallel realities: one where she gets pregnant and stays in her hometown, and one where she moves to LA to pursue the career of her dreams. Which will she end up choosing? 

5/7 Queenpins

Premieres on August 20 on HBO GO

Homemaker Connie Kaminski is bored of her suburban life. Along with her vlogger best friend JoJo, the two decide to spice up their life in the best/worst way possible: running a multi-million dollar counterfeit coupon business.

6/7 House of the Dragon

Premieres on August 22 on HBO GO

Set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, the Iron Throne is once again the driving force behind family drama and violence, this time in the Targaryen line. Who survives, who triumphs, and more importantly, who gets the throne? 

7/7 See

Premieres on August 26 on Apple TV+

The final season of one of Apple TV+’s first shows sees Jason Momoa’s Baba Voss living a solitary life in the forest after his victory over his brother and nemesis. However, when a scientist develops a new weapon that could be devastating in the wrong hands, he returns to society to do what he does best: protect his tribe.