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August is finally here, which means we're winding down to the final weeks of summer as we head into the fall season. There are so many exciting new releases to look forward to this month, including M. Night Shyamalan's latest horror film Trap, Borderlands, the horror thriller Cuckoo with Hunter Schafer, Fede Álvarez's Alien: Romulus and much more.

If you're looking for the best movies you can stream from home this month right now, don't worry. We've done the hard work of separating the chaff from the wheat so you don't have to, and compiled a list of the best new movies to stream this August. We have a classic comedy starring the legendary Leslie Nielsen, the streaming premiere of the latest installment in the Planet of the Apes franchise, an inimitable Paul Thomas Anderson classic, and just to name a few!