
All TV Shows Premiering in 2025: Complete Release Calendar
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Imagine if you could find a list of every single TV show releasing throughout 2025 in one handy place.
Imagine no longer, because in this article you'll find the complete release calendar for TV across the entire year still to come. Starting from July, here's the full schedule of both new and returning shows set to premier.
We've included every major streaming service and platform too, such as Paramount+, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Prime Video, and Peacock.
The cast of Stranger Things Season 5
The cast of Stranger Things Season 5
Netflix
Whether you're looking for the release dates of "Stranger Things Season 5" and "F1: Drive to Survive Season 2", need a reminder of all the great reality shows waiting in the wings, or just want to know when the next big Marvel series are dropping on Disney+, read on below for every confirmed release date.
All TV Shows Premiering in 2025: Complete Release Calendar
July 2
Tour de France: Unchained (Netflix)
July 3
The Sandman (Netflix, final season part one)
July 4
All the Sharks (Netflix)
Macy's 4th of July Fireworks (NBC)
A Capitol Fourth (PBS)
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular (The CW)
July 5
Investigation Shark Attack (Nat Geo)
Super Shark Highway (Nat Geo)
July 7
Such Brave Girls (Hulu)
The Madame Blanc Mysteries (Acorn TV)
Bachelor in Paradise (ABC)
Christmas at Sea (Hallmark)
Survival Mode (NBC)
July 8
Quarterback (Netflix)
Renaissance: The Blood and the Beauty (PBS)
July 9
Ballard (Prime Video)
Building the Band (Netflix)
People & Places (Disney+)
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FXX)
July 10
Too Much (Netflix)
Suspicious Minds (Hulu)
Celebrity Family Feud (ABC)
Big Brother (CBS)
Back to the Frontier (Magnolia/Max)
Press Your Luck (ABC)
The Real Housewives of Orange County (Bravo)
July 11
Dexter: Resurrection (Showtime, new drama series)
Foundation (Apple TV+, Season 3)
The Wild Ones (Apple TV+, new docuseries)
One Night in Idaho: The College Murders (Prime Video, new limited docuseries)
Rage (HBO, new drama series)
The Great American Recipe (PBS, Season 4)
Last Cowboy Standing (Fox Nation, Season 2)
July 12
Buried in the Backyard (Oxygen, Season 6)
Mysteries from Above (History, Season 2)
48 Hours to Buy (FYI, Season 2B)
Oceanfront Property Hunt (FYI, Season 1B)
Betting on Beloit (A&E, new unscripted series)
July 13
The Institute (MGM+, new drama series)
Love Island: Beyond the Villa (Peacock, new unscripted series)
Live Aid: When Rock 'n' Roll Took on the World (CNN, new documentary miniseries)
Billionaire Boys Club (CNN, new documentary miniseries)
Kings Court (Bravo, new dating series)
Shark Quest: Hunt for the Apex Predator (National Geographic, new docuseries)
July 14
Sakamoto Days (Netflix, Season 1B)
A Killer Among Friends (ID, new docuseries)
Binge Queens (WOW Presents Plus, Season 11)
July 15
Her Last Broadcast: The Abduction of Jodi Huisentruit (Hulu, new docuseries)
The Big Fix (MHz Choice, Season 1 of Swedish drama series)
July 16
The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video, Season 3; final season)
Amy Bradley Is Missing (Netflix, new limited docuseries)
2025 ESPY Awards (ESPN, live awards special)
July 17
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (Paramount+, Season 3)
Untamed (Netflix, new drama series)
Catalog (Netflix, new dramedy series)
Community Squad (Netflix, Season 2)
Surf Girls: International (Prime Video, new docuseries)
The Furry Detectives: Unmasking a Monster (SundanceTV, new docuseries)
July 18
The Fixer (Fox, new business competition series)
The Nice Guy (Disney+, new drama series)
Superstar (Netflix, new drama series)
My Lottery Dream Home (HGTV, Season 17)
Zillow Gone Wild (HGTV, Season 2)
July 19
Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (National Geographic, Season 5)
Love & Marriage: Huntsville (OWN, Season 10)
Kaiju No. 8 (Crunchyroll, Season 2)
July 21
The Hunting Wives (Netflix, new drama series; moved from Starz)
Justice on Trial (Prime Video, new docuseries)
Mr. & Mrs. Murder (Hulu, new docuseries)
The Challenge Vets and New Threats (MTV, Season 41)
July 22
Hip Hop Was Born Here (Paramount+, new docuseries)
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+ (Disney Jr., new children's animated series)
Welcome to Plathville (TLC, Season 7)
Renovation Resort Showdown (HGTV, Season 2)
Alef (MHz Choice, Season 1 of Turkish drama series)
July 23
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (ABC, Season 11 in primetime)
Match Game (ABC, new game show series revival)
Washington Black (Hulu, new drama limited series)
Acapulco (Apple TV+, Season 4; final season)
Shiny Happy People: A Teenage Holy War (Prime Video, Season 2)
South Park (Comedy Central, Season 27; moved from July 9)
Digman! (Comedy Central, Season 2; moved from July 9)
July 24
The Sandman (Netflix, Season 2B; final season)
Hitmakers (Netflix, new docuseries)
Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks (Peacock, new documentary miniseries)
My Melody & Kuromi (Netflix, new animated series)
Code of Silence (BritBox, Season 1 of British drama series)
The Congregation: Bride of Christ (Viaplay, Season 2)
July 25
Trigger (Netflix, new drama series)
Solo Traveling with Tracee Ellis Ross (Roku Channel, new travelogue series)
July 27
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time (National Geographic, new docuseries)
Naked and Afraid: Apocalypse (Discovery, new competition series)
In the Eye of the Storm (Discovery, Season 2)
July 28
The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball (Hulu, new short‑form animated comedy series)
Adaptive (Peacock, new docuseries)
Animals on Drugs (Discovery, new docuseries)
July 29
Mud Madness (Discovery, Season 2)
Running with the Wolves (ESPN, new docuseries)
July 30
Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes (Netflix, Season 4)
July 31
Twisted Metal (Peacock, Season 2)
Leanne (Netflix, new comedy series)
Glass Heart (Netflix, new drama series)
Marked (Netflix, new drama series)
Project Runway (Freeform, Season 21; new network)
August 1
Stillwater (Apple TV+, Season 4)
Chief of War (Apple TV+, new drama series)
Perfect Match (Netflix, Season 3)
Built In Birmingham: Brady & the Blues (Prime Video, new docuseries)
Deadliest Catch (Discovery, Season 21)
Life After Lockup (We TV, Season 7)
August 2
Heart & Hustle: Houston (OWN, new unscripted series)
August 3
The Great Food Truck Race (Food Network, Season 18)
1000 Ways to Dine (A&E, new docuseries)
August 4
King of the Hill (Hulu, Season 14; new network)
Tim Rex in Space (Nickelodeon, new children's animated series)
Empire: The World's First Superpower With David Olusoga (PBS Passport, British documentary miniseries)
August 5
Hard Knocks: Offseason with the Buffalo Bills (HBO, new docuseries)
August 6
Wednesday (Netflix, Season 2A)
Platonic (Apple TV+, Season 2)
The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (Disney+, Season 3)
Eyes of Wakanda (Disney+, new drama series)
August 7
Necaxa (FXX, new docuseries)
Demascus (Tubi, new comedy series; moved from AMC)
August 8
Outlander: Blood of My Blood (Starz, new drama series)
PBR Friday Night Live (Fox Nation, new live sports series)
August 9
American Prince: JFK Jr. (CNN documentary miniseries)
August 10
The Chicken Sisters (Hallmark Channel, Season 2)
August 11
Marvel's Iron Man and his Awesome Friends (Disney Jr., new children's animated series)
August 12
Alien: Earth (FX/Hulu, new drama series)
Chef Grudge Match (Food Network, new competition series)
August 13
Butterfly (Prime Video, new drama series)
Sausage Party: Foodtopia (Prime Video, Season 2)
Fixed (Netflix, new animated comedy series)
August 14
And Just Like That ... (HBO Max, Season 3)
Miss Governor (Netflix, Season 1B; fka She the People)
August 15
The Rainmaker (USA, new drama series)
Magic City: An American Fantasy (Starz, new docuseries)
August 18
Lego Masters Jr. (Fox, new competition limited series)
August 19
America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys (Netflix, new docuseries)
August 20
Katrina: Come Hell and High Water (Netflix, new docuseries)
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox (Hulu, new drama limited series)
August 21
Peacemaker (HBO Max, Season 2)
Hostage (Netflix, new drama limited series)
August 22
Invasion (Apple TV+, Season 3)
Long Story Short (Netflix, new animated comedy series)
August 24
Masterpiece: Unforgotten (PBS, Season 6 of British drama series)
Masterpiece: The Marlow Murder Club (PBS, Season 2 of British drama series)
Professor T (PBS, Season 4 of British drama series)
August 25
Upload (Prime Video, Season 4; final season)
August 27
The Terminal List: Dark Wolf (Prime Video, new drama series)
My Funeral (MHz Choice, Season 1 of Icelandic drama series)
August 29
Two Graves (Netflix, new drama miniseries)
August 30
Big Noon Kickoff (Fox, Season 5)
Big Noon Saturday (Fox, new season)
Pac‑12 College Football (ESPN, new season; games on The CW & CBS)
August 31
Let the Devil In (MGM+, new docuseries)
August TBA
Dinner Time Live with David Chang (Netflix, Season 3)
September 4
Sunday Night Football (NBC, Season 20 on network & 39 overall; kickoff game)
Sunday NFL Countdown (NBC, Season 31)
Thursday Night Football (Prime Video, Season 20)
Wednesday (Netflix, Season 2B)
NCIS: Tony & Ziva (Paramount+, new drama series)
September 7
Sunday Night Football (NBC, Season 39 time‑slot premiere)
Sunday NFL Countdown (NBC, Season 31 time‑slot premiere)
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (AMC, Season 3)
September 8
Monday Night Football (ESPN/ABC, Season 565)
Monday Night Countdown (ESPN, Season 33)
Monday Night Football with Peyton and Eli (ManningCast, ESPN+/ESPN2, Season 5)
Scrambled Up (Syndication, new game show series)
September 11
Diary of a Ditched Girl (Netflix, new drama series)
Beauty in Black (Netflix, Season 2)
September 13
Notre Dame Football (NBC, Season 35)
September 14
Emmy Awards (BritBox, live awards special)
September 17
The Morning Show (Apple TV+, Season 4)
Gen V (Prime Video, Season 2)
Human (PBS, new docuseries)
September 18
Reasonable Doubt (Hulu, Season 3)
September 19
Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy – Pieces of the Past (Disney+, new animated series)
September 20
Pac‑12 College Football (CBS, Season 2)
September 22
Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen (CBS, re‑airing syndicated stand‑up comedy series)
September 23
The Lowdown (FX/Hulu, new drama series)
September 24
Survivor (CBS, Season 49)
Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent (The CW, new drama series)
Slow Horses (Apple TV+, Season 5)
Hotel Costiera (Prime Video, new drama series)
September 25
The Amazing Race (CBS, Season 38)
Alice in Borderland (Netflix, Season 3)
The Paper (Peacock, new comedy series)
September 27
48 Hours (CBS, Season 39)
Big Ten Saturday Night (NBC/Peacock, new season)
September 28
60 Minutes (CBS, Season 58)
September 30
Chad Powers (Hulu, new comedy series)
September TBA
Most Wanted: Teen Hacker (HBO Max, new docuseries)
The NFL Playback (Vice TV, new docuseries)
Summer TBA
Elle (Prime Video, new comedy series)
Plastic Surgery Rewind (E!, new docuseries)
Ballard (Prime Video, new drama series)
Untitled Birmingham City Football Club Project (Prime Video, new docuseries)
My Life with the Walter Boys (Netflix, Season 2)
Untitled SEC Project (Netflix, new docuseries; working title)
Is It Cake? Halloween (Netflix, new competition limited series)
Untitled Mike Williams Murder Docuseries (Hulu, new docuseries)
Billy Joel: And So It Goes (HBO, new documentary miniseries)
Everything on the Menu with Braun Strowman (USA, new drama series)
Condemned (HGTV, new docuseries)
They Know What They Did (ID, new docuseries)
Untitled Vanity Fair/Dick Wolf Series (ID, new docuseries)
Sister Boniface Mysteries (BritBox, Season 4 of British drama series)
The Cleaner (BritBox, Season 3 of British comedy series)
Silent Witness (BritBox, Season 28 of British drama series)
October 5
Masterpiece: The Gold (PBS, Season 1 of British drama series)
Masterpiece: Maigret (PBS, new drama series)
October 12
Matlock (CBS, Season 2; sneak preview)
Elsbeth (CBS, Season 3; sneak preview)
October 13
The Neighborhood (CBS, Season 8)
DMV (CBS, new comedy series)
FBI (CBS, Season 7)
Watson (CBS, Season 2)
October 14
NCIS (CBS, Season 22)
NCIS: Sydney (CBS, Season 3)
NCIS: Origins (CBS, Season 2)
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (Peacock, drama series)
October 16
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage (CBS, Season 2)
Ghosts (CBS, Season 4)
Matlock (CBS, Season 2 time‑slot premiere)
Elsbeth (CBS, Season 3 time‑slot premiere)
October 17
Fire Country (CBS, Season 4)
Sheriff Country (CBS, new drama series)
Boston Blue (CBS, new drama series)
October 19
Tracker (CBS, Season 3)
The Road (CBS, new competition series)
October 22
The Monster of Florence (Netflix, new drama limited series)
October 23
Nobody Wants This (Netflix, Season 2)
October 24
Fire Country (CBS, Season 4 time‑slot premiere)
Sheriff Country (CBS, new drama series time‑slot premiere)
Boston Blue (CBS, new drama series time‑slot premiere)
October 29
Star Wars: Visions (Disney+, Season 3)
October TBA
Marvel Zombies (Disney+, new drama series)
Anne Rice's Talamasca (Prime Video, new drama series)
My Hero Academia (Crunchyroll, Season 8; final season)
To Your Eternity (Crunchyroll, Season 3)
Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill (Crunchyroll, Season 2)
Fall TBA
Dancing with the Stars (ABC, Season 33)
High Potential (ABC, Season 2)
Shifting Gears (ABC, Season 2)
Abbott Elementary (ABC, Season 4)
The Golden Bachelor (ABC, Season 2)
Shark Tank (ABC, Season 7)
9‑1‑1 (ABC, Season 9)
9‑1‑1: Nashville (ABC, new drama series)
Grey's Anatomy (ABC, Season 22)
Celebrity Wheel of Fortune (ABC, Season 6)
20/20 (ABC, Season 48)
America's Funniest Home Videos (ABC, Season 36)
Mission Unstoppable (CBS, Season 7)
The Visioneers with Zay Harding (CBS, Season 2)
The Voice (NBC, Season 27)
Brilliant Minds (NBC, Season 2)
Law & Order: SVU (NBC, Season 27)
Law & Order (NBC, Season 25)
Chicago Med (NBC, Season 11)
Chicago Fire (NBC, Season 14)
Chicago P.D. (NBC, Season 13)
The Hunting Party (NBC, Season 2)
Saturday Night Live (NBC, Season 51)
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom (NBC, Season 6)
On Brand with Jimmy Fallon (NBC, new unscripted series)
The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins (NBC, new comedy series)
Surviving Earth (NBC, new docuseries)
Name That Tune (Fox, Season 6)
Celebrity Weakest Link (Fox, new game show series)
99 to Beat (Fox, new game show series)
The Floor (Fox, Season 4)
Doc (Fox, Season 2)
The Simpsons (Fox, Season 37)
Family Guy (Fox, Season 24)
Bob's Burgers (Fox, Season 16)
Special Forces: World's Toughest Test (Fox, Season 3)
Hell's Kitchen (Fox, Season 24)
Kitchen Nightmares (Fox, Season 3)
Murder in a Small Town (Fox, Season 2)
Best Medicine (Fox, new comedy series)
Memory of a Killer (Fox, new drama series)
The Diplomat (Netflix, Season 3)
With Love, Meghan (Netflix, Season 2)
Physical: Asia (Netflix, Season 3; fka Physical: 100)
Next Gen Chef (Netflix, new competition series)
Young Jedi Adventures (Disney+, Season 3)
Solar Opposites (Hulu, Season 6; final season)
All's Fair (Hulu, new drama series)
The Savant (Apple TV+, new drama limited series)
Shape Island (Apple TV+, Season 2)
Faceoff: Inside the NHL (Prime Video, Season 2)
Spartacus: House of Ashur (Starz, new drama series)
Extra (Syndicated, Season 32)
The Kelly Clarkson Show (Syndicated, Season 7)
Tamron Hall (Syndicated, Season 7)
The Drew Barrymore Show (Syndicated, Season 6)
The Jennifer Hudson Show (Syndicated, Season 4)
Sherri (Syndicated, Season 4)
Funny You Should Ask (Syndicated, Season 9)
Tribunal Justice (Syndicated, new courtroom series)
The Braxtons (We TV, Season 2)
Studio C (BYUtv, Season 20)
Karen Pirie (BritBox, Season 2 of British drama series)
Beyond Paradise (BritBox, Season 3 of British drama series)
November 4
Squid Game: The Challenge (Netflix, Season 2)
November 7
Maxton Hall – The World Between Us (Prime Video, Season 2)
November 16
The American Revolution (PBS, new docuseries)
November 26
Stranger Things (Netflix, Season 5A; final season)
November TBA
Last Samurai Standing (Netflix, new drama series)
December 25
Stranger Things (Netflix, Season 5B; final season)
December 31
Stranger Things (Netflix, Season 5C; final season)
December TBA
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+, Season 2)
Wonder Man (Disney+, new drama series)
Kimora: Back in the Fab Lane (E!, new unscripted series)
The Twelve Dates of Christmas (Hallmark Channel, new comedy limited series; working title)
TBA
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But her carefully planned-out life derails when she meets Jamie Davenport (Corey Mylchreest), a charming local with a passion for literature who whisks Anna into a complicated romance, made only more poignant once Anna learns Jamie is terminally ill and has chosen to forgo treatment. An almost trashed project (inspired by the novel of the same name by Julia Whelan) that was later optioned and revived by Netflix, this tender story from BAFTA-nominated director Iain Morris (who brought a unique comic sensibility to British television when he created the coming-of-age sitcom The Inbetweeners) seems to be the kind of romance that's for fans of movies that deliver a similar blend of romance and emotional upheaval, like Me Before You and One Day. My Oxford Year became available to stream on Netflix starting Aug. 1, 2025. It's not easy to recommend a box office bomb that was trashed by critics. But when we take a deeper dive into the details behind the now-practically forgotten action comedy Freelance, we see that this movie might just find the audience it desperate desired with more exposure on Netflix. The film follows Mason Pettits (John Cena), a restless and emotionally scarred lawyer who quit his job as a U.S. Army Special Forces operative after a failed mission. But he comes back into fold to protect journalist Claire Wellington (Alison Brie) on her trip to interview the dictator Juan Venegas (Juan Pablo Raba) of the fictional country Paldonia. What begins a standard security detail becomes violent when a coup erupts mid-interview, forcing Mason to guide Claire and Venegas out of the jungle, all the while facing Colonel Jan Koehorst (Marton Csokas) and his mercenaries. With a budget of $40 million, Freelance only grossed $10.2 million at the worldwide box office, largely thanks to the movie's abysmal 10% showing on Rotten Tomatoes. But the audience score hovered around 70%, with many viewers who enjoy light, escapist action-comedies reminiscent of '90s blockbusters claiming the movie hits all the right spots. Freelance will be available to watch on Netflix starting Aug. 2, 2025. Netflix sure hasn't been shy about bolstering its animated lineup. But outside of the Big Mouth series, most of the streaming giant's animated offerings have been kid-focused—which is what makes Fixed such an adult-focused departure. This raunchy, R-rated comedy follows a cocky, quick-witted bloodhound named Bull (voiced by Adam Devine) who finds out he's going to be neutered the next day. Faced with this existential crisis, Bull gathers his best pals—Rocco, a gruff boxer (Idris Elba); Lucky, a dopey but loyal beagle (Bobby Moynihan); and Fetch, a wannabe influencer dachshund (Fred Armisen)—for one final night of canine mischief. And before the night is over, he wishes to confess his love to Honey (Kathryn Hahn), the glamorous show dog next door. This project from director Genndy Tartakovsky (the Emmy-winning creator of Samurai Jack, Dexter's Laboratory and Primal who cites Young Frankenstein, Anchorman, and Dumb and Dumber as inspirations) was dead-but-revivied after Netflix acquired it at the Annecy Animation Film Festival. Fans of movies like Strays and Sausage Party would be smart to check out this foul-mouthed flick. Fixed will be available to stream on Netflix starting Aug. 13, 2025. Here we have another case where Netflix isn't deterred by a low critical score. Despite just achieving 45% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the audience gave Kandahar an 82% approval rating—a trend I've noticed in Netflix's offerings later, with the streaming service banking more on public opinions than critical ones. This addition to the Gerard Butler action movie canon stars the B-movie champion as Tom Harris, a veteran CIA black-ops agent who successfully sabotages an Iranian nuclear facility. But after his identity is unfortunately exposed, Tom escapes, only to be drawn into a covert mission in Afghanistan. After that operation is compromised, he and his Afghan-American interpreter Mohammad "Mo" Doud (Navid Negahban) are chased by Iranian Revolutionary Guards led by the ruthless Colonel Farzad Asadi (Bahador Foladi) and Pakistani ISI agent Kahil Nasir (Ali Fazal) as they race their way toward Kandahar to be rescued. Directed by Ric Roman Waugh (who gave us other Butler vehicles like Angel Has Fallen and Greenland), this spy action thriller is loosely based upon screenwriter Mitchell LaFortune's real-life experience as a U.S. intelligence officer in Afghanistan. Kandahar will be available to stream on Netflix starting Aug. 9, 2025. When Vanessa Kirby and Netflix come together, awards usually follow suit. The last time Kirby fronted a Netflix feature, Pieces of a Woman, it earned her an Academy Award nomination (she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress), and The Crown landed her a BAFTA win for Best Supporting Actress. We'll see if the trend continues with Night Always Comes, a crime thriller that follows Lynette (Kirby) during a night in Portland. Lynette, desperate to secure a future for her developmentally disabled brother (Zack Gottsagen), aims to raise money so she can buy her family's home before it's bought from underneath them. After her mother backs out of a financial agreement, Lynette plunges into a tense, noir-tinged odyssey through the city's seediest corners, encountering drug dealers, ex-lovers and buried trauma all the while. With a cast outfitted by the likes of Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephan James, Julia Fox, Eli Roth, Randall Park and Michael Kelly, this atmospheric thriller from director Benjamin Caron (who worked closely with Kirby to shape Lynette as a fiercely human, unpredictable lead character) appears to have Safdie brother energy (think Good Time and Uncut Gems). Night Always Comes will be available to stream on Netflix starting Aug. 15, 2025. The Thursday Murder Club has two genres I love meeting at a crossroads: murder-mystery whodunnits where detectives must solve a murder before time is up, and ensemble pieces starring veteran actors who know how to navigate such juicy material. This particular gem has quite the cast, with Helen Mirren, Ben Kingsley, Pierce Brosnan and Celia Imrie making up the main four detectives: Elizabeth, a former spy; Ibrahim, a retired psychiatrist; Ron, a once-feared labor activist; and Joyce, a kind but underestimated former nurse. These four meet weekly to solve cold cases over tea—but when a real murder rocks their community, the group suddenly finds itself in the middle of a deadly mystery that directly affects their lives. The cast, made up of characters ranging from hard-nosed detectives to concerned relatives to slippery suspects, features several great overseas actors, including Naomi Ackie, David Tennant, Jonathan Pryce, Daniel Mays, Richard E. Grant and Tom Ellis. To boot, you can practically guarantee this film will be entertaining as heck given it's directed by Chris Columbus, who gave us the first two Home Alone movies, Mrs. Doubtfire and the first two Harry Potter films. The Thursday Murder Club will be available to stream on Netflix starting Aug. 28, 2025. Every New Movie On Netflix In August 2025