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For the final week of August, OTT platforms are bringing a packed line-up of Hollywood blockbusters, Indian films, returning series and documentaries. From Michael Jackson’s biopic and the animated Batman: Knightfall to Dark Matter Season 2, Beauty in Black Season 3, Prithviraj Sukumaran’s I, Nobody and Anurag Kashyap’s Bandar, there is plenty arriving across Netflix, Prime Video, JioHotstar and other streaming platforms.
Set in 1970s Detroit, the action drama follows factory worker John Miller (Alan Ritchson), who falls in love with Sophia (Shailene Woodley), the girlfriend of gangster Reynolds (Ben Foster). After Reynolds frames John for a crime, John spends years in prison and returns to Detroit determined to settle the score with the man who destroyed his life.
Release date: August 25, 2026
Where to watch: Prime Video
The animated film adapts the first part of the 1993-94 Knightfall comic arc, with Bane (voiced by Jensen Ackles) freeing Batman's entire rogues' gallery from Arkham Asylum to exhaust Bruce Wayne (voiced by Jason O'Mara) before their eventual confrontation. Batman pushes himself through one villain after another, becoming physically and mentally depleted as Bane prepares to face him at his weakest.
Release date: August 25, 2026
Where to watch: rent on Prime Video and Apple TV
The Malayalam crime thriller follows Rajeevan (Prithviraj Sukumaran) as he gets caught in a criminal investigation around a bank heist that forces him to confront violence and betrayal. The film arrives on OTT this week after its theatrical run.
Release date: August 25, 2026
Where to watch: Platform to be confirmed
College student Ry Pera (Maia Reficco), who lives with a chronic illness, travels to Mallorca with her protective mother Isolde (Eva Longoria). There she falls for Julián García (Fernando Lindez), whose family owns the docks Isolde is attempting to acquire for business, while Ry's worsening health and secrets within both families complicate their relationship.
Release date: August 26, 2026
Where to watch: Prime Video
The Australian drama follows airport chaplain Tobias Wallace (Hugo Weaving), who regularly bends regulations to help passengers and airport workers dealing with personal crises. His new boss Mira (Shabana Azeez) considers his methods a liability and tries to remove him, setting up a conflict that upends the lives of the people working and travelling through the terminal.
Release date: August 26, 2026
Where to watch: Netflix
The documentary marks the retirement of the MiG-21 after 62 years of service with the Indian Air Force. Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh and pilots who flew the fighter jet across different generations recount their experiences with the aircraft, including previously unseen footage and personal stories surrounding the end of its operational era.
Release date: August 26, 2026
Where to watch: Netflix
The second season continues the story of Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physicist who discovers alternate versions of his life after being abducted into another reality. As Jason and Daniela (Jennifer Connelly) attempt to protect their family from the consequences of the multiverse, new versions of people they know create further threats and force Jason to confront the lives he could have lived.
Release date: August 27, 2026
Where to watch: Apple TV+
Kimmie (Taylor Polidore Williams) has secured the position of Chief Operating Officer at the Bellarie family's hair-care empire, but her new power now puts her in the middle of a family conflict. Forced to work with former rival Mallory (Crystle Stewart), Kimmie confronts blackmail and buried secrets as members of the Bellarie family slowly turn against one another.
Release date: August 27, 2026
Where to watch: Netflix
When crime writer Alex North's young son is abducted, he turns to his estranged father, retired detective Frank Carter (Robert De Niro), for help. Their investigation connects the kidnapping to a decades-old case involving convicted serial killer Pete Willis (Michael Keaton), also known as the Whisper Man.
Release date: August 28, 2026
Where to watch: Netflix
This Telugu comedy follows two mismatched women (Thanuja Puttaswam and Gnaneswari Kandregula) who are forced to become roommates despite being able to barely tolerate each other. Their constant clashes become more complicated as they work towards the same dream of launching a successful start-up amidst their messy home life.
Release date: August 28, 2026
Where to watch: JioHotstar
The dark thriller draws from a Korean folktale about a rat that eats human fingernails and takes on a person's appearance. When an isolated novelist loses his identity and life to an entity known as the Rat, he joins forces with a loan shark and a detective to expose the creature and reclaim what is his.
Release date: August 28, 2026
Where to watch: Netflix
Amidst the ongoing CyberLeek leaks, this Netflix presentation offers an extended preview of Grand Theft Auto VI, giving players a sneak peak of the fictional state of Leonida and its criminal underworld. It also explores the game's two protagonists, Jason and Lucia, and provides a deeper look at Rockstar Games' next entry in the blockbuster franchise.
Release date: August 28, 2026
Where to watch: Netflix
The family comedy revolves around five families living next to each other in a Mumbai row-house neighbourhood, where every celebration, argument and personal crisis quickly becomes everyone's business. With their lives increasingly intertwined, the families gradually become more like one large extended household, creating a comedy of errors that spans across generations.
Release date: August 28, 2026
Where to watch: Netflix
The Anurag Kashyap-directed drama follows former television and pop star Samar Mehra (Bobby Deol), whose career is already fading when his former girlfriend Gayatri (Sanya Malhotra) accuses him of rape. Samar maintains that the accusation is false, but the allegation quickly becomes a media spectacle, destroying his public reputation before the legal process reaches a verdict.
Release date: August 28, 2026
Where to watch: ZEE5
Suspended police officer Babita Singh, known as Baby (Nimisha Sajayan), returns to her in-laws' home in a small Indian town after being removed from active duty. When her childhood friend is murdered, Baby begins investigating the case without official authority, leading her into a web of buried memories and unresolved relationships that forces her to confront parts of her own past.
Release date: August 28, 2026
Where to watch: Prime Video
The Tamil romantic drama follows athletics coach CSK (Pari Elavazhagan), who has secretly loved his neighbour Diana D'Souza (Ramya Ranganathan), an Anglo-Indian woman, since their school days. When Diana finally returns his feelings, their relationship runs into opposition from their families, cultural differences and old neighbourhood rivalries, while CSK's mother Sarala (Roja) strongly objects to the romance.
Release date: August 28, 2026
Where to watch: SonyLIV
The biographical drama follows Michael Jackson (Jaafar Jackson) from his early years as a performer through his transformation into one of the world's biggest music stars. The film explores his rise to global fame as part of the Jackson Five, his early life, and his journey into becoming a solo artist.
Release date: August 29, 2026
Where to watch: JioHotstar