By Stacy Lee Kong

There are plenty of TV shows and movies coming to all our favourite streaming services in the coming month, including Never Have I Ever’s third season and the premieres of Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, A League of Their Own and Drag Race Philippines. Here’s what else we’re recommending on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, CBC Gem, Crave, Disney+ and Netflix Canada in August 2022.

Prime Video

Thirteen Lives (Premieres August 5) 

In Thirteen Lives, twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm trap them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.

The Outlaws, Season 2 (Premieres August 5) 

The Outlaws is a comedy thriller about a disparate group of lawbreakers thrown together to complete a community service sentence. Seven strangers from different walks of life are forced to work together to renovate a derelict community center. When one of their numbers gets dragged into a dangerous world of organized crime, they unite in ways none of them thought possible. Picking up a few months after the climax of Season One, in Season Two, the Outlaws still have time to serve on their sentences, but quickly realize the criminal underworld isn’t done with them yet—not by a long shot. This ragtag group of misfits’ shared past comes back to haunt them, in the shape of a terrifying London drug lord out for blood—The Dean.

A League of Their Own (Premieres August 12) 

A League of Their Own evokes the joyful spirit of Penny Marshall's beloved classic while widening the lens to tell the story of an entire generation of women who dreamed of playing professional baseball, both in and outside of the AAGPBL. The show follows Carson (Abbi Jacobson) and Max (Chanté Adams) and a new ensemble of sharp and hilarious characters as they carve their paths toward the field, along the way finding their teams and themselves.

Cosmic Love (Premieres August 12) 

Cosmic Love is Prime Video’s upcoming reality TV dating show, where four singles—each of whom represents one of the four astrological elements: fire, earth, air and water—are matched with prospective spouses based on their zodiac signs. The show is set at a romantic retreat run by a mystical and mysterious guide known as the Astro Chamber. Astrologers and bestselling authors, Ophira and Tali Edut (also known as The AstroTwins to their tens of thousands of readers), serve as the matchmakers for the singles, who date (and eliminate) a series of astrological matches with the hopes of finding The One. In the end, the contestants are faced with a choice of whether to marry their final match or leave single.

Making the Cut, Season 3 (Premieres August 19) 

Making the Cut is once again a mission to find the next great global fashion brand. Season Three of the fashion-competition series is hosted and executive produced by Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn. Actress and House of Harlow 1960 creative director Nicole Richie and fashion pop icon and Moschino creative director Jeremy Scott will return as judges, with pop superstars Chloe x Halle, A-List stylist Jason Bolden, and fashion Tik Toker and model Wisdom Kaye making appearances as guest judges throughout the season.

Apple TV+

Luck (Premieres August 5) 

The story of Sam Greenfield, the unluckiest person in the world. Suddenly finding herself in the never-before-seen Land of Luck, she must unite with the magical creatures there to turn her luck around.

Five Days at Memorial (Premieres August 12) 

Chronicling the impact of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath on a hospital. When the floodwaters rise, power fails and heat soars, exhausted caregivers at a New Orleans hospital are forced to make decisions that will follow them for years to come.

See, Season 3 (Premieres August 26) 

See is set in a brutal and primitive future, hundreds of years after humankind has lost the ability to see. In season three, almost a year has passed since Baba Voss (Jason Momoa) defeated his nemesis brother Edo and bid farewell to his family to live remotely in the forest. But when a Trivantian scientist develops a new and devastating form of sighted weaponry that threatens the future of humanity, Baba returns to Paya in order to protect his tribe once more.

CBC Gem

Freeup! Emancipation Day 2022 (Premieres August 1)

A celebration of Emancipation Day, this one-hour special was shot around Canada where Emancipation Day celebrations have been celebrated for years, including in St. Catharines, Owen Sound, Halifax and in Toronto’s Little Jamaica, as well as in St. Lawrence Hall, site of the 1851 North American Convention of Coloured Freemen, and the Buxton National Historic Site, an endpoint on the underground railroad. The special will also feature and honour Canadian Jazz Legend with Africville roots, Joe Sealy, as this year’s recipient of the Rosemary Sadlier award. The honour is named for Rosemary Sadlier, the president of the Ontario Black History Society from 1993 to 2015 who pushed for recognition of Black history through education and worked toward — and achieved — national recognition of Black History Month.

Freeup! Freedom Talks (Premieres August 1)

Expanding from the FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2022 special, this one-hour program will be an energetic exploration of freedom featuring moving insights and roundtables punctuated by heartfelt performances from Jully Black, TiKA, and Measha Brueggergosman.

Monkey Beach (Premieres August 13)

Lisa Hill (Grace Dove, The Revenant) has supernatural powers that foretell death and allow her to see mythical creatures and talk to dead people. But of course, she’d rather be “normal” so tries to party the visions away. At Monkey Beach, Lisa goes on a journey to the Land of the Dead where she realizes her powers are actually a gift. This is a story of both joy and tragedy, grief and survival, and a family on the edge of heartbreak. It is a rich celebration of life in the Native settlement of Kitamaat, on the coast of British Columbia. Based on Eden Robinson’s first award-winning novel. 

Paraíso (Premieres August 19)

Levante, 1992, the end of summer in a coastal town. Sandra (Júlia Frigola, Ladrona de Bicicletas), Eva (Elena Gallardo, Dos Vidas) and Malena (Irina Bravo, High Seas), all 15 years old, disappear from a club without a trace. The police don't seem to be looking in the right place, so Javi (Pau Gimeno, Amar Es Para Siempre), Sandra’s younger brother, starts his own investigation alongside Quino (León Martínez, Super Lopez) and Álvaro (Cristian López, La Chica De Nieve), his best friends, and Zeta (Héctor Gozalbo, Nada Será Igual. La Película), the class bully. Together, they discover that those who have his sister aren't of this world. In parallel to Costa (Macarena García, Blancanieves [Snow White]), a tenacious Civil Guard officer, the gang will have to uncover these supernatural beings’ plans if they want to find the girls before it’s too late.

Through Black Spruce (Premieres August 20)

When beautiful Suzanne Bird disappears, her sister Annie (Tanaya Beatty, Yellowstone), a loner and hunter, is compelled to search for her, leaving behind their uncle Will (Brandon Oakes, Diggstown), a man haunted by loss. While Annie travels from Toronto to New York, from modelling studios to A-list parties, Will encounters dire troubles at home. Both eventually come to painful discoveries about the inescapable ties of family. Based on Joseph Boyden's award-winning novel.

 Highlife (Premieres August 22)

Featuring a cast of unique characters, Highlife presents a nuanced, entertaining and engaging look at each individual's story and offers unprecedented access as they navigate entangled love lives, family dramas, cultural differences and career success.

Splinters (Premieres August 27)

Two decades after his inspired feature debut The Hanging Garden won best Canadian Feature at TIFF, Thom Fitzgerald again explores interconnections of sexual identity, family, and small-town Nova Scotia life, in this intimate drama about a young woman reassessing her relationship with her mother following the death of her father.

Diana: The Ultimate Truth (Premieres August 31)

Marking the 25th anniversary of the tragic car crash that killed her, this new ground-breaking documentary will examine the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Twenty five years on, many questions around what happened, and who is responsible, still remain. Featuring exclusive never-before-heard interviews, former Detective and award-winning Investigative Journalist Mark Williams-Thomas, will examine some of the theories that have emerged since Diana’s death and will set out to answer key questions: could Diana have actually survived the crash if she had been treated differently at the scene? And what impact did Diana’s explosive BBC interview have on the final years of her life? Did it set off a chain of events that actually led to her death?

Crave Canada

Industry, Season 2 (Premieres August 1)

In Season 2 of Industry, the grads are no longer allowed to hide behind their graduate status. The market is ripping, and Pierpoint's back to work or else mandate, has the trading floor more charged up and paranoid than ever. New U.S. management, led by new series regular Jay Duplass (THE CHAIR, TOGETHERNESS), will be gasoline on the flames - an injection of cross Atlantic energy that lights a fire under each and every employee. Now Harper (Myha'la Herrold), Yasmin (Marisa Abela), and Robert (Harry Lawtey) must drive new business, and make new alliances both in and out of the office as Pierpoint and its junior bankers seek to take every advantage in a post-COVID world.

Nightmare Alley (Premieres August 5) 

The neo-noir psychological thriller set in 1940s New York, sees down-on-his-luck Stanton Carlisle (Bradley Cooper) endear himself to a clairvoyant, and her mentalist husband at a traveling carnival. Using newly acquired knowledge, Carlisle crafts a golden ticket to success by swindling the elite and wealthy. Hoping for a big score, he soon hatches a scheme to con a dangerous tycoon with help from a mysterious psychologist who might be his most formidable opponent yet.

Parallel Mothers (Premieres August 5)

Two women, Janis (Penélope Cruz) and Ana (Milena Smit) cross paths in a hospital room as they wait to give birth. Both are single and became pregnant by accident. Janis, middle-aged, doesn’t regret it and is exultant. Ana, an adolescent, is scared, repentant, and traumatized. Janis tries to encourage her while they move like sleepwalkers along the hospital corridors. The few words they exchange in these hours create a very close link between the two, which develops and complicates, and changes their lives, in a decisive way.

RuPaul’s Secret Celebrity Drag Race (Premieres August 12)

In this limited event series, three RuPaul’s Drag Race fan favourites give three different A-listers drag makeovers, then the celebs battle it out in classic Drag Race competitions. Featuring Brooke Lynn Hytes, Jujubee, and Monet X Change as Queen Supreme mentors.

Canada’s Drag Race (Premieres July 14)

Welcome back to the mother-pucking runway! Repping Canada from coast-to-coast-to-coast, and featuring the first-ever competitors from Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador, the award-winning Crave Original series returns for its nine-episode, third season. Returning to preside over the queens this season are the Queen of the North herself, Brooke Lynn Hytes, who also hosts the Crave Original series 1 Queen 5 Queers; celebrity stylist and TV personality Brad Goreski; and ETALK senior correspondent Traci Melchor.

Belfast (Premieres August 12)

Recipient of the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award, and Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, Belfast is a semi- autobiographical coming-of-age drama written and directed by Kenneth Branagh, and set during the tumult of late-1960s Northern Ireland. The film follows young Buddy (Jude Hill) as he navigates a landscape of working-class struggle, sweeping cultural changes, and sectarian violence. Buddy dreams of a glamorous future that whisks him far from the Troubles, but, in the meantime, he finds consolation in his charismatic Pa (Jamie Dornan) and Ma (Caitríona Balfe), and his spry, tale-spinning grandparents (Ciarán Hinds and Judi Dench).

The Princess (Premieres August 13)

Commemorating the 25th anniversary of Princess Diana's death on August 31, The Princess tells Princess Diana's story through contemporaneous archival footage, creating a bold and immersive narrative of her life, and death. Turning the camera back on the viewers, the film illuminates the profound impact she had, and how the public’s attitude to the monarchy was, and still is, shaped by these events. Directed by Ed Perkins.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Season 2 (Premieres August 14)

Set in the early 1990s, the third series in the "Power" Universe, tells the origin story of fan favorite character Kanan Stark, and his entry into the criminal world through his mother, who ruthlessly runs the family’s drug empire. Starring MeKai Curtis in the titular role of Kanan, and Tony® Award winner Patina Miller as his mother, Raquel "Raq" Thomas. As the second season begins, Raq has gained control over the city’s drug trade, but her son is slipping away. Kanan Stark returns to Queens, uncertain of his future with the family business, and because of Detective Howard's lingering secret, even more uncertain of his past. Kanan searches for the truth, while Raq boldly expands the business into hostile Mafia territory. Lou-Lou has other plans that revolve around his emerging record label, but Raq isn't about to let his side hustle get in the way of her expansion. Although Marvin remains Raq's loyal soldier, he struggles to earn Jukebox’s forgiveness, and become the father she deserves. The ties that bind this family are becoming undone, but Raq will stop at nothing to hold them together.

Drag Race Philippines (Premieres August 17)

In this hotly awaited version of the worldwide hit, 12 iconic queens slay and race to the finish line to be crowned the first Drag Race Superstar from the Philippines. On the starting line is this season’s host, Paolo Ballesteros. Known as the face of one of the longest-running noontime shows in the Philippines, the multi-awarded actor, model, and drag artist well-known for his stunning makeup transformations, steers contestants as they battle it out to the end.

The Eyes of Tammy Faye (Premieres August 19)

An intimate look at the extraordinary rise, fall, and redemption of televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker, played by Jessica Chastain, who won the Academy Award® for Best Actress for the role. In the 1970s and 80s, Tammy Faye and her husband, Jim Bakker (Andrew Garfield), rose from humble beginnings to create the world's largest religious broadcasting network and theme park, and were revered for their message of love, acceptance and prosperity. Tammy Faye was legendary for her indelible eyelashes, her idiosyncratic singing, and her eagerness to embrace people from all walks of life. However, it wasn't long before financial improprieties, scheming rivals, and scandal toppled their carefully constructed empire.

House of the Dragon (Premieres August 21)

Based on George R.R. Martin's Fire & Blood, and co-created by co-showrunners Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik, the 10-episode series, set 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones, tells the story of House Targaryen (House of the Mother of Dragons, Daenerys Targaryen). Executive produced by George R.R. Martin, Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapochnik, the show stars Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, Fabien Frankel, Sonoya Mizuno, and Rhys Ifans.

Star Trek: Lower Decks, Season 3 (Premieres August 25)

Season 3 of the half-hour animated comedy challenges the S.S. Cerritos ensigns in (hilarious) ways they could never imagine, starting with a shocking resolution to Season 2's epic cliffhanger finale. The Starfleet crew residing in the "lower decks" of the U.S.S. Cerritos includes Ensign Beckett Mariner, (Tawny Newsome); Ensign Brad Boimler, (Jack Quaid); Ensign Tendi, (Noël Wells); and Ensign Rutherford, (Eugene Cordero). The Starfleet characters that comprise the U.S.S. Cerritos' bridge crew include Captain Carol Freeman, (Dawnn Lewis); Commander Jack Ransom, (Jerry O'Connell); and Doctor T'Ana, (Gillian Vigman).

Disney+ Canada

I Am Groot (Premieres August 12) 

There’s no guarding the galaxy from this mischievous toddler! So get ready as Baby Groot takes center stage in his very own collection of shorts, exploring his glory days growing up—and getting into trouble—among the stars.

The Bear (Premieres August 3) 

A young chef from the fine dining world comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death in his family. A world away from what he's used to, Carmy must balance the soul-crushing realities of small business ownership, his strong-willed and recalcitrant kitchen staff and his strained familial relationships, all while grappling with the impact of his brother's suicide. As Carmy fights to transform both the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew that ultimately reveals itself as his chosen family.

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (Premieres August 17) 

In She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany)—an attorney specializing in superhuman-oriented legal cases—must navigate the complicated life of a single, 30-something who also happens to be a green 6-foot-7-inch superpowered hulk. The nine-episode comedy series welcomes a host of MCU vets, including Mark Ruffalo as Smart Hulk, Tim Roth as Emil Blonsky/the Abomination, and Benedict Wong as Wong, as well as Jameela Jamil, Josh Segarra, Ginger Gonzaga, Jon Bass and Renée Elise Goldsberry.

Netflix Canada

Partner Track (Coming Soon)

Ingrid Yun fights to make partner — and keep her moral compass — at an elite New York City law firm while balancing love, friendships and family duties.

Clusterf**k: Woodstock ‘99 (Premieres August 3)

Woodstock 1969 promised peace and music, but its '99 revival delivered three days of rage, riots and real harm. Why did it go so horribly wrong?

Wedding Season (Premieres August 4)

Under parental pressure to find spouses, Asha and Ravi pretend to date during a summer of weddings — but their ruse goes awry when feelings turn real.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (Premieres August 5)

The teen turtles and their mystic ninja powers are put to the ultimate test when ruthless creatures from another universe look to unleash extreme chaos.

The Sandman (Available August 5)

After years of imprisonment, Morpheus — the King of Dreams — embarks on a journey across worlds to find what was stolen from him and restore his power.

I Just Killed My Dad (Premieres August 9)

I Just Killed My Dad is an unprecedented documentary series, which tells the unbelievable, never-been-told-before true story of the Templet family. Anthony Templet shot his father and never denied it. But why he did it is a complex question with profound implications that go far beyond one family. This three-episode documentary series explores the psyche of Anthony leading up to the events of June 3, 2019 and the journey of his mental and emotional aftermath.

Indian Matchmaking, Season 2 (Premieres August 10)

Sima Taparia, everyone's favorite matchmaker, returns for another season of helping eligible, eccentric and eager clients find their future spouses.

Locke & Key, Season 3 (Premieres August 10)

In the thrilling final chapter of the series, the Locke family uncovers more magic as they face a demonic new foe who's dead-set on possessing the keys.

Day Shift (Premieres August 12)

Jamie Foxx stars as a hard working blue collar dad who just wants to provide a good life for his quick-witted daughter, but his mundane San Fernando Valley pool cleaning job is a front for his real source of income, hunting and killing vampires as part of an international Union of vampire hunters.

Never Have I Ever, Season 3 (Premieres August 12)

Devi and her friends may finally be single no more. But they're about to learn that relationships come with a lot of self-discovery — and all the drama.

Look Both Ways (Premieres August 17)

On the night of her college graduation, Natalie's life splits into parallel realities after she takes a pregnancy test. What will life and love bring?

Echoes (Premieres August 19)

Identical twins Leni and Gina have secretly swapped lives since they were children. But their world is thrown into disarray when one sister goes missing.

Mo (Premieres August 24)

In Texas, Mo straddles the line between two cultures, three languages and a pending asylum request while hustling to support his Palestinian family.

Queer Eye: Brazil (Premieres August 24)

The uplifting makeover series hits Brazil with a new Fab Five and more courageous journeys of transformation — along with lots of tears and laughs.

Selling the OC (Premieres August 24)

The Oppenheim Group expands to Orange County, where an all-new real estate team shows off lavish oceanfront listings and big personalities make waves.

That’s Amor (Premieres August 25)

After her job and relationship implode on the same day, Sofia starts from scratch — and meets a dashing Spanish chef who might be her missing ingredient.

Me Time (Premieres August 26)

When a stay-at-home dad finds himself with some “me time” for the first time in years while his wife and kids are away, he reconnects with his former best friend for a wild weekend that nearly upends his life.