New Shows & Movies To Watch This Weekend: Netflix’s ‘The Umbrella Academy’ + More

By Liz Kocan Twitter @lizburrito
Published Aug. 9, 2024, 8:00 a.m. ET

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Sadly this week, Netflix’s The Umbrella Academy is coming to an end, but while that show takes its final bow, we’ve got plenty of new shows and movies to stream, like Peacock’s Mr. Throwback, and Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Apple TV+’s The Instigators. You can also catch the streaming premiere of The Bikeriders on Peacock, and the season 3 premiere of Industry on Max.

Not sure which new releases to check out? Let us here at Decider help you figure out what to watch this weekend and where to stream it.

New Movies & Shows To Stream This Weekend: The Umbrella Academy, The Instigators, Mr. Throwback + more

This week on Netflix marks the arrival of the final season of the beloved series The Umbrella Academy; the six episodes of season 4 dropped on Thursday. On Apple TV+, you can catch the streaming release of The Instigators, the new action-heist movie starring Casey Affleck and Matt Damon. And on Peacock, catch Steph Curry, Adam Pally and Ego Nwodim in the new sitcom Mr. Throwback.

New on Netflix August 8: The Umbrella Academy (Season 4)

Season 4 of the superhero series The Umbrella Academy – which is also its last – sees the Hargreeves kids in a fresh and final timeline where they don’t have their powers but must still find a way to take down the new enemies who want to completely erase their existence. This season, in addition to OG cast like Elliot Page, Tom Hopper, and Emmy Raver-Lampman, new faces will include Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman who will star as married professors Doctors Gene and Jean Thibedeau.

WHERE TO WATCH THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY

New on Apple TV+ August 9: The Instigators

In The Instigators, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck play Rory and Cobby, two Boston ne’er-do-wells who team up to pull off a heist and rob a corrupt politician. As you can guess, the heist doesn’t go as planned, and the duo find themself on the run, with Rory’s therapist (Hong Chau) in tow. Affleck co-wrote the script and the film was directed by Doug Liman, who last teamed up with Damon for The Bourne Identity.

WHERE TO WATCH THE INSTIGATORS

New on Peacock August 8: Mr. Throwback

Is there anything Steph Curry can’t do? Not content to simply dominate sports, the NBA star and Olympian is attempting comedy with the new series on Peacock that he’s producing and starring in, Mr. Throwback. The mockumentary-style sitcom co-stars Adam Pally as a memorabilia dealer who asks his childhood friend, Steph Curry, playing “himself,” for some help as he gets back on his feet. The entire first season is available now on Peacock.

WHERE TO WATCH MR. THROWBACK

Full List of New Movies and Shows on Streaming This Weekend:

The options above only scratch the surface, so you know that this weekend’s full lineup will have amazing options for what to watch this weekend! For the full breakdown of the best movies and shows to stream now, or if you’re still undecided on what to stream this weekend, then check out the complete list below:

New on Netflix – Full List

Released Thursday, August 8

Shahmaran: Season 2 (TR) *NETFLIX SERIES

The Emoji Movie

The Umbrella Academy: Season 4 *NETFLIX SERIES

Released Friday, August 9

Blue Ribbon Baking Championship *NETFLIX SERIES

Inside the Mind of a Dog *NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Mission: Cross (KR) *NETFLIX FILM

Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba (IN) *NETFLIX FILM

Pokémon Horizons: The Series Part 3 (JP) *NETFLIX FAMILY

Released Saturday, August 10

Romance in the House (KR) *NETFLIX SERIES

Released Sunday, August 11

Night School

New on Prime Video – Full List

Released Thursday, August 8

One Fast Move (2024) *Prime Video Original Movie

The Mallorca Files:S3 (2024) *Prime Video Original Series

Released Friday, August 9

Nadie nos va a extrañar *Prime Video Original Series

New on Hulu – Full List

Released Thursday, August 8

Ancient Aliens Special Presentation: Complete Season 2

Blackout: Complete Season 1A

Escaping Evil: My Life In A Cult: Complete Season 1

Presidents at War: Complete Season 1

The World Wars: Complete Season 1

Top Shot: Season 3

Unsolved: Season 3

A Piece of Cake (2022)

Epic Tails (2022)

Food, Inc. 2 (2023)

Released Friday, August 9

Billy Wayne Davis: Testify

Eddie Pepitone: For The Masses

Greg Warren: The Salesman

Hari Kondabolu: Vacation Baby

Kelsey Cook: The Hustler

Chief of Station (2024)

Released Saturday, August 10

Greta (2019)

Released Sunday, August 11

Beautiful Disaster (2023)

New on Max – Full List

Released Thursday, August 8

Alien Encounters: Fact or Fiction (Season 1) (Discovery)

House Hunters: All Stars, Season 1 (HGTV)

Taken Together: Who Killed Lyric and Elizabeth? (Max Original)


Released Friday, August 9

Caught! (Season 2) (Discovery)

Released Saturday, August 10

Hoffman Family Gold, Season 3 (Discovery)

Released Sunday, August 11

Industry (Season 3 Premiere)

New on Disney+ – Full List

Released Thursday, August 8

SuperKitties: Su-Purr Adventures (Shorts) (S1, 6 episodes)

Are You Sure?!  (Two Episode Premiere)

New on Apple TV+ – Full List

Released Friday, August 9

The Instigators

Yo Gabba Gabbaland!

New on Starz – Full List

Released Friday, August 9

The Serpent Queen – Episode 205

Released Saturday, August 10

Don’t Breathe 2

Released Sunday, August 11

The Shallows

New on Paramount+ with Showtime – Full List

Released Friday, August 9

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Premiere)

Released Saturday, August 10

Together Together*

Released Sunday, August 11

SEAL Team (Final season premiere)

New on Peacock – Full List

Released Thursday, August 8

Mr. Throwback

Released Friday, August 9

The Bikeriders

Released Sunday, August 11

Olympic Highlights with Kevin Hart and Kenan Thompson

Marry Me

My Dreams of You

New on Britbox – Full List

Released Thursday, August 8

Dying For Revenge S1 | North America Premiere, BritBox Original, BritBox Exclusive | 8 x 45’ | All at Once

What Else Is Streaming New This August?

What you see above is just a portion of the new movies and shows you can watch this month if you’ve got more than one streaming service subscription. We update our guides to the new releases on the most popular streaming platforms every month, so you can stay on top of the freshest titles to watch. Here are full lists, schedules, and reviews for everything streaming:

Liz Kocan is a pop culture writer living in Massachusetts. Her biggest claim to fame is the time she won on the game show Chain Reaction.