What’s coming to Netflix in August: ‘GLOW’ and the ‘Dark Crystal’ prequel

The end of summer is usually a time when things wind down, but August is likely to be a banner month for Netflix. We'll finally find out what happens to the ragtag crew of professional female wrestlers in Las Vegas with a new season of GLOW. A sophomore season of Derry Girls, the rollicking comedy about a gang of high school girls growing up in conflict-ridden Northern Ireland, will also drop this month. New seasons of Dear White People and Mindhunter -- also Netflix Originals -- will debut in August.

Viewers will return to the world of Thra in Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a star-studded prequel series to the classic by Jim Henson and Frank Oz. The ten-episode series will include talents like Mark Hamill, Eddie Izzard, Helena Bonham Carter, Keegan-Michael Key, Simon Pegg and Andy Samberg. The show will star Taron Egerton (Rocketman), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) and Nathalie Emmanuel (Game of Thrones) taking on the trio of Gelflings Rian, Brea and Deet.

The dog days of summer will have plenty of laughs in store, thanks to comedy specials from Tiffany Haddish and Simon Amstell. Meanwhile, Marlon Wayans will play six different roles in Sextuplets, a Netflix feature film that will also include Molly Shannon and Bresha Webb.

Also new in August is a timely array of action flicks and thrillers, including all the Rocky films, Jackie Brown and Gangs of New York. Fans of romantic comedies will enjoy Four Weddings and a Funeral, the latest season of Jane the Virgin, Why Do Fools Fall in Love and the Sex and the City movie.

For a full list of movies and shows coming to Netflix in August and their release dates, see below:

August 1

Are We Done Yet?

Boyka: Undisputed

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Groundhog Day

Horns

Jackie Brown

Jupiter Ascending

Now and Then

Panic Room

Rocky

Rocky II

Rocky III

Rocky IV

Rocky V

Sex and the City: The Movie

Something's Gotta Give

The Bank Job

The House Bunny

The Sinner: Julian

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

Why Do Fools Fall in Love

August 2

Ask the StoryBots: Season 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY

Basketball or Nothing — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Dear White People: Volume 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Derry Girls: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Otherhood — NETFLIX FILM

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Season 3 — NETFLIX FAMILY

August 4

Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj: Volume 4 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

August 5

Enter the Anime — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

No Good Nick: Part 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY

August 6

Screwball

Sebastian Maniscalco: Why Would You Do That

August 8

Dollar — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Jane The Virgin: Season 5

Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer

The Naked Director — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Wu Assassins — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

August 9

Cable Girls: Season 4 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

The Family — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

GLOW: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

The InBESTigators — NETFLIX FAMILY

iZombie: Season 5

Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling — NETFLIX FAMILY

Sintonia — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Spirit Riding Free: Pony Tales — NETFLIX FAMILY

August 13

Knightfall: Season 2

Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

August 14

The 100: Season 6

August 15

Cannon Busters — NETFLIX ANIME

August 16

45 rpm — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Apache: La vida de Carlos Tevez — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Better Than Us — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Diagnosis — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Frontera verde — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus — NETFLIX FAMILY

The Little Switzerland— NETFLIX FILM

MINDHUNTER: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

QB1: Beyond the Lights: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Selfless

Sextuplets — NETFLIX FILM

Super Monsters Back to School — NETFLIX FAMILY

Victim Number 8 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

August 17

The Punisher (2004)

August 20

Gangs of New York

Simon Amstell: Set Free — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

August 21

American Factory — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Hyperdrive — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

August 22

Love Alarm — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

August 23

El Pepe: Una vida suprema — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

HERO MASK: Part II — NETFLIX ANIME

Rust Valley Restorers — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

August 27

Million Pound Menu: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Trolls: The Beat Goes On!: Season 7 — NETFLIX FAMILY

August 29

Falling Inn Love — NETFLIX FILM

Kardec — NETFLIX FILM

Workin' Moms: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

August 30

The A List — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

CAROLE & TUESDAY — NETFLIX ANIME

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

Droppin' Cash: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

La Grande Classe — NETFLIX FILM

Mighty Little Bheem: Season 2 — NETFLIX FAMILY

Styling Hollywood — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

True and the Rainbow Kingdom: Wild Wild Yetis — NETFLIX FAMILY

Un bandido honrado — NETFLIX ORIGINAL

August 31

Luo Bao Bei: Season 1