10 Movies for August That You Should Definitely Not Worry About Wasting Your Time On

August’s new movies are perfect for both group and solo viewing, but we recommend organizing an outdoor movie screening before the summer is over. In any case, this applies to the movies that will be released on the platform. Blockbusters and action thrillers are best watched on the big screen in a cinema to share emotions with other viewers. In our list, you’ll find noir films as well as melodramas that will bring tears to your eyes.

By the way, we previously wrote about the most anticipated series of August 2024.

“The Raven”, dir. Rupert Sanders

Release date: August 22

A mystical thriller with a dark aesthetic, starring Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs. A remake of the cult film “The Crow” (1994), which ended with the tragic death of Brandon Lee. This time, the story is not about revenge, but about the heroes’ love and criminal past. In the story, Eric Draven and his lover die in the hands of bandits, but the spirit of the hero, who was supposed to be taken to the land of the dead by the raven, cannot find peace and returns to life to take revenge.

“Borderlands”, dir. Eli Roth

Release date: August 8

The film adaptation of the sci-fi film “Borderlands” starring Cate Blanchett is perhaps the most anticipated premiere of August. In the story, the red-haired bounty hunter Lilith has fallen into the clutches of her old enemy, the arms dealer Atlas, and is imprisoned. However, he is willing to make a deal with her and let her go if she saves her daughter from the bandits on her hated home planet of Pandora. During the gold rush, the planet became a magnet for all sorts of scum, but things got even worse when alien technology fell into the hands of the bastards. To complete the mission, Lilith assembles a team of beaten companions who can fight all sorts of fantastical creatures.

We wrote more about the game and the movie “Borderlands” in our material about future movie adaptations of games that have a high chance of becoming hits.

“The Stranger. Romulus”, dir. Fede Alvarez

Release date: August 14

The plot of the dark action-horror film with biopunk elements “Alien. Romulus” will unfold in the period between the first two films of the fantasy epic. A group of colonists will visit the abandoned Renaissance space station, where they will encounter an aggressive alien race of toothy xenomorphs. The name “Romulus” refers to the Roman legend about the founder of Rome Romulus and his brother Remus. This is the name of the secret laboratory. The roles in the film were played by Cailee Spaeny, Archie Reno, Isabela Merced, Eileen Wu, David Jonsson Frey.

“The Trap”, dir. M. Night Shyamalan

Release date: August 1

M. Night Shyamalan moves away from mysticism and towards realism this time, delivering a crime thriller that will definitely tickle your nerves and make you cower in fear. A completely ordinary situation: Father Cooper (Josh Harnett) accompanies his daughter (Ariel Joy Donohue) to her favorite singer’s concert, but notices something strange. It turns out to be a trap for a dangerous homicidal maniac that the police plan to catch. But as is often the case, not everything goes as planned.

“Everything will end with us”, says Justin Baldoni

Release date: August 7th

Blake Lively plays Lily Bloom, who finds the strength to start her own business despite a difficult childhood. She meets a cool guy named Ryle Kincaid, a neurosurgeon, but their relationship soon turns abusive. Suddenly, her first love Atlas Corrigan appears on the horizon and she must choose: repeat her parents’ script or find the strength to form a new, healthy relationship. The film is based on the book of the same name by Colleen Hoover.

“Cuckoo”, dir. Tilman Singer

Release date: August 8

Neon’s giallo-inspired art-horror film Cuckoo follows 17-year-old Gretchen (Hunter Schaffer), who is forced to move from the United States with her new family to live with her father in Germany. They move into a mansion in the picturesque Alps with a recreational area nearby. As Gretchen tries to connect with her little sister and cope with her longing for her mother, she finds herself caught up in a series of strange and frightening events: strange hotel guests, amnesia, and a frightening girl with glowing eyes who follows her manically.

“Give Me a Sign”, dir. Zoe Kravitz

Release date: August 21

Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut Give A Sign starts out as a typical comedy about the whims of rich people on a deserted island and evolves into a true survival horror thriller. The plot revolves around a young waitress who receives an invitation to a private party from philanthropist and IT mogul Slater King. At first everything goes great, but at some point the games go too far.

“Young People: First Love”, dir. Svyatoslav Podgayevsky

Release date: August 29

Oleg (Alexei Onezhen), an idle high school student who is involved in petty theft with a gang, falls in love with Olga (Alexandra Tikhonova), the daughter of a military man. Her father is against their relationship, but the young man is not going to give up and plans to prove that he can change and stand up for his lady love. The film about the new Romeo and Juliet also stars Nikita Kologrivy and Timofey Tribuntsev.

“Largo Crane: The Wrath of the Past”, dir. Olivier Masset-Depass

Release date: August 29

A new installment of the series about handsome billionaire Largo Vinch. The main character’s son is kidnapped during a family vacation and his rivals try to take over his business empire. Largo Winch realizes that there is a man behind all this and plans to find his son and fight against his enemies.

“Poplar Down”, dir. Artem Lempert, Kirill Klepalov

Release date: August 1

Anton Lapenko returns in the crime comedy Poplar Fluff, in which he will play poor Sasha, a security guard at a currency exchange. The hero is going through a personal crisis: there is no money and he is forced to share an apartment in Verkhnekamensk with his ex-wife and her boyfriend. Sasha plans to commit suicide and turns to a professional killer. At the appointed time, he unexpectedly falls in love with the stripper Yulia (Aglaya Tarasova) and changes his mind about death, but does not have enough time to explain this to the killer who is after him. He goes on the run with the girl of his dreams.