What’s New on Paramount+ in August 2026

Conflict and people punching each other in the face are the recurring themes of the new releases on Paramount+ in August, headlined by Season 3 of Taylor Sheridan’s military drama Lioness. Lioness is one of five active Sheridan-created shows original to Paramount+ and stars Zoe Saldaña, Michael Kelly, and Nicole Kidman as CIA agents operating top-secret counterterrorism missions. UFC is also big this month, with multiple matches and a new season of Dana White’s Contender Series, which looks for new talent to enter the Octagon.

Also new this month is Season 2 of Average Joe — Deon Cole’s crime dramedy that moved over to Paramount+ after BET+ was shuttered.    

Here’s everything coming to Paramount+ in August.

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Everything coming to Paramount+ in August

*Available on the Paramount+ Premium subscription plan
**Available to stream live on the CBS feed as part of the Paramount+ Premium subscription plan; available the next day on Paramount+

Aug. 1
10 Cloverfield Lane
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
As They Made Us*
Babel
Basic Instinct
Best in Show
Blade Runner 2049
Body Cam
Brave the Dark*
Cloverfield
Clue
Coneheads
Congo
Cop Land
Crawl
Crawlspace
Dead Man Walking
Disturbia
Don Jon
Duplex
Equilibrium
Escape From Alcatraz
For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada
Frankie & Johnny
From Dusk Till Dawn
From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money
From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman’s Daughter
Get Hard
Gravity
He’s Just Not That Into You
Hustle & Flow
Indecent Proposal
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
Katy Perry The Movie: Part of Me
Labor Day
Machine Gun Preacher
Million Dollar Baby
My Boss’s Daughter
On the Line
Organ Trail
Overlord
Risky Business
Sabrina
School Ties
Shaft
She’s the Man
Sliver
Some Kind of Wonderful
The Bodyguard
The Doors
The Hangover
The Hangover Part II
The Hangover Part III
The Heartbreak Kid
The Hunted
The Lego Movie
The Lovely Bones
The Perfect Score
The Saint
The Sandlot
The Score
The Spiderwick Chronicles
The Time Traveler’s Wife
The Vault*
The Yards
Vampire in Brooklyn
Varsity Blues
What Women Want
Where The Wild Things Are
Wild Wild West
You’re Dating a Narcissist!*
You’ve Got Mail

Aug. 2
Lioness (Season 3) — Paramount+ Original Series

Aug. 4
Dana White’s Contender Series (Seasons 1-4)
Special Ops TRUE (Season 1) — Paramount+ Original Docuseries

Aug. 5
The Challenge: Cutthroat (Season 42) — Paramount+ Original Series

Aug. 11
Dana White’s Contender Series (Season 10) — Paramount+ Original Series

Aug. 19
Average Joe (Season 2) — Paramount+ Original Series

Aug. 22
The Harvest*
The Run For A Million** (CBS Special)