New Amazon Prime Video and Freevee Shows and Movies in August 2024

Want to know what half a billion dollars looks like? To Prime Video, it looks like its big-budget fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The show, based on J.R.R. Tolkien's popular books, heads into Season 2 with a lot to prove to both Prime Video and fans after the lukewarm reception to its first season. With a season of experience under its belt and a lot of setup for the whole series out of the way (and a whole lot of cash), there's reason for fans to be optimistic that they'll see some improvement. 

If elves and orcs aren't your thing, then tune into the action-comedy film JACKPOT!, starring Akwafina as a "lucky" lottery winner and John Cena as the man who protects her from an onslaught of opportunists who can claim her prize if they can kill her. The streamer's other big release this month is Batman: Caped Crusader, an animated series from the co-creator of Lost, the director of The Batman, and the creator of Batman: The Animated Series.

Below, you'll find our picks for the best shows and movies to watch on Amazon Prime Video in August, as well as the full list of everything coming to Prime Video and Freevee, the free service that's accessible through Prime Video but doesn't require Prime membership. 

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The best new movies and shows on Prime Video in August

Batman: Caped Crusader (Aug. 1)

How many Batman TV shows are there? Seven? 23? 172? Well, add one more, as this animated series about the Dark Knight hits Prime Video at the top of the month. Produced by J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves (director of The Batman), and Bruce Timm (creator of Batman: The Animated Series), Batman: Caped Crusader features Hamish Linklater as the voice of Batman, Christina Ricci as Catwoman, Jamie Chung as Harley Quinn, and Diedrich Bader as Two-Face. The series was originally set up at Max, but was scuttled and picked up by Prime Video, which has already renewed it for a second season. -Tim Surette [Trailer]

JACKPOT! (Aug. 15)

John Cena and Awkwafina seem to be in everything, so naturally they're both in this action comedy film from director Paul Feig. The premise is simple (and stupid): The winner of a California lottery (Awkwafina) can cash the prize as long as she stays alive from the threat of all the jackpot hunters, who can legally claim the prize if they kill her. Cena plays a "lottery protection agent," who tries to help her survive for a cut of the cash. I have so many questions about how this all works. -Tim Surette [Trailer]

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2 (Aug. 29)

Have you heard? Tom Bombadil is making his live-action debut. Despite being well known to fans of the books, the mysterious Lord of the Rings character has never appeared in a major TV or movie adaptation — until now. Rory Kinnear will debut his take on Old Tom in Season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, a show that already boasts a cast list even longer than its title (and the budget to match). And here's another piece of Middle-earth gossip: Sauron (Charlie Vickers) is getting a new look, assuming the guise of a blond elf. Here's everything else we know about The Rings of Power Season 2. -Kelly Connolly [Trailer]

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Everything coming to Prime Video and Freevee in August

Aug. 1
21 Jump Street (2012)
22 Jump Street (2014)
Adventureland (2009)
American Graffiti (1973)
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power (2017)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
Annie (1982)
Annie (2014)
Atomic Blonde (2017) - Available on Freevee for free with ads
Bad News Bears (2005)
Basic Instinct 2: Risk Addiction (2006)
Batman: Caped Crusader (2024)
Born On The Fourth Of July (1990)
Bowfinger (1999)
Breakdown (1997)
Cinema Paradiso (1990)
Dante's Peak (1997)
Darkman (1990)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Diary Of A Mad Housewife (1970)
Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Emma. (2020)
Face/Off (1997)
Fargo (1996)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Flight of the Intruder (1991)
Free State of Jones (2016) - Available on Freevee for free with ads
Frogs (1972)
From Beyond (1986)
Ghost (1990)
Ghostbusters (2016) - Available on Freevee for free with ads
Good Boys (2019)
Green Zone (2010)
How To Be A Latin Lover (2017)
Howard The Duck (1986)
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
Imitation of Life (1959)
Influenced (2024)
Invaders from Mars (1953)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
Jacob's Ladder (1990)
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2013) - Available on Freevee for free with ads
Last Vegas (2013) - Available on Freevee for free with ads
Little Women (1949)
Looper (2012)
Lover Come Back (1962)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008) - Available on Freevee for free with ads
Max Steel (2016) - Available on Freevee for free with ads
Monster Trucks (2017)
MouseHunt (1997)
Narc (2003)
No manches Frida 2 (2019)
Once Upon A Time In The West (1969)
Overboard (2018)
Passengers (2016)
Perfectos Desconocidos (Perfect Strangers) (2019)
Psycho (1960)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Road to Perdition (2002)
Ronin (1998)
Scarface (1983)
Sense And Sensibility (1996)
Showgirls (1995)
Southland Tales (2007)
Stardust (2007)
Sullivan's Travels (1942)
Superman II (1981)
Superman III (1983)
Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (1987)
Superman Returns (2006)
Superman (1978)
Terms of Endearment (1983)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) - Available on Freevee for free with ads
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
The Crow (1994)
The Dark Half (1993)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
The Firm (1993)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)
The Host (2013) - Available on Freevee for free with ads
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019) - Available on Freevee for free with ads
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
The Losers (2010)
The Naked Gun: From the Files (1988)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
The War of The Worlds (2005)
The Warriors (1979)
The Whale (2022)
The Wood (1999)
The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Traffic (2001)
Trauma Center (2019)
Troll (1986)
Troll 2 (1990)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
Windtalkers (2002)

Aug. 3
ONE Fight Night on Prime Video (2024)

Aug. 5
Judy Justice S3 (2024)

Aug. 6
French Girl (2024)

Aug. 8
The Mallorca Files S3 (2024)
One Fast Move (2024)

Aug. 9
Nadie nos va a extrañar (2024)

Aug. 13
Night Swim (2024)

Aug. 15
JACKPOT! (2024)
Paddington (2015)
WNBA on Prime Video (2024)

Aug. 22
Classified (2024)
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
Thursday Night Football (2024)
WNBA on Prime Video (2024)

Aug. 23
NWSL on Prime Video (2024)

Aug. 24
10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
Lethal Weapon S1-3 (2016) - Available on Freevee for free with ads

Aug. 26
No Gain No Love (2024)

Aug. 29
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power S2 (2024)

Aug. 30
NWSL on Prime Video (2024)