Netflix has unveiled its August 2026 slate. The big drop hits August 1, when six Chucky movies and the first seven Fast & Furious films land at once. A week later, on August 7, Ricky Gervais brings Alley Cats, a six-part adult animated sitcom. Then, on August 28, Netflix adds the crime thriller The Whisper Man.
This month leans harder on familiar names than on prestige fare. The Chucky run arrives at a pretty smart moment, with the recent TV adaptation still in the mix and horror already getting a lift from the noise around Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 and M3GAN. Fast & Furious works just as neatly for Netflix: 25 years of franchise nostalgia, bundled into one very easy binge.
There are also a couple of Netflix originals pulling in different directions. Alley Cats looks like the oddball comedy play. The Whisper Man goes after the thriller crowd, with Adam Scott and Robert De Niro attached, Alex North’s novel as the source, and AGBO, the Russo Brothers-backed production company, behind it.
So if horror, action, comedy, and thrillers scattered across the month sounds good, this lineup is probably worth a look. Still, it’d be fair to want a little more on the international side, and a closer sense of how The Whisper Man stacks up against North’s book.
The August slate streams on Netflix, and the main licensed titles arrive first, on August 1.
