What's on Paramount+ in August 2025? Full List of New Movies, Shows
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Fall officially kicks off, bringing with it a whole load of exciting new movies and shows.
"Sonic the Hedgehog 3" is the biggest release on Paramount + this month.
August 7 marks its streaming debut, so set a date if you want to catch the speedy blue hedgehog join forces with Keanu Reeves' Shadow and take on Jim Carey's Dr Robotnik.
Michael Keaton stars in Goodrich
Michael Keaton stars in Goodrich
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Before then, however, don't miss out on an underrated Michael Keaton movie. "Goodrich" released to an underwhelming reception in cinemas earlier this year, but its layered tale of an art dealer thrust into modern parenthood deserved more.
If that wasn't enough, August 1 alone sees the release of 57 movies on Paramount+. The list features the likes of "Zodiac", "The Truman Show", "Shutter Island", and six "Paranormal Activity" movies, so they're far from filler.
From "Migration" to "Murder 360", read on to see what else is coming to Paramount+ in August 2025.
Paramount+ Releases in August 2025
August 1, 2025
Every Little Thing
Goodrich
A Time to Kill
Adaptation
Adventureland
Aeon Flux
American Hustle
An Invisible Sign
Annihilation
Blazing Saddles
Captive
Case 39
Coming to America
Crawl
Death at a Funeral
Double Jeopardy
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Event Horizon
Georgetown
Gone Baby Gone
Good Mourning
Love and Monsters
Masterminds
Milk
Miss Congeniality
Monster Trucks
Mother!
New Jack City
One the Line
Paid in Full
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity 2
Paranormal Activity 3
Paranormal Activity 4
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Primal Fear
Project Almanac
Rat Race
Red Eye
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse
Sexterior Motives
Shutter Island
Snake Eyes
The Assistant
The Brothers Grimm
The Ledge
The Little Rascals
The Ruins
The Sense of an Ending
The Town
The Truman Show
The United States of Leland
The Yards
Wayne's World
What Lies Beneath
Zodiac
August 3, 2025
Migration
Don't Knock Twice
August 5, 2025
Man With No Past
Murder 360 (season 1)
August 6, 2025
Ridiculousness – Season 40
Jersey Shore Family Vacation (season 7, part 2)
Blaze and the Monster Machines (season 8)
August 7, 2025
Sonic the Hedgehog 3
August 10, 2025
Night Swim
August 13, 2025
Playing Gracie Darling
PAW Patrol: Jungle Pups special
August 14, 2025
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August 20, 2025
Baby Shark's Big Show! (season 3)
August 24, 2025
Eileen
The Killer
August 27, 2025
Stans
Liberation: D-Day to Berlin (season 1)
August 29, 2025
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