As is the case every month, Netflix publishes on its social networks the list of new movies, series, documentaries available on the platform.
Fiction: Tom Cruise Collection (Vanilla Sky / Mission Impossible) – Available August 1
Recently celebrated at the Cannes Film Festival, the actor who just turned 60 has an impressive career filled with successes. For this month of August, Netflix has decided to pay tribute to Tom Cruise by adding 6 of his films: Top Gun (1986), Vanilla Sky (2001), and 5 installments of the Mission Impossible series (1996 – 2000 – 2006 – 2011 – 2015).
Comedy: Up for Love– Available August 1
Directed by Laurent Tirard, this comedy showcases a complicated love story between Virginie Efira and Jean Dujardin. Diane is a brilliant, recently divorced lawyer finally free to experience love again. One day, she meets Alexandre. She is charmed but hadn’t anticipated that the man of her dreams would only measure 1.36m…
Documentary: Chaos of Anthology: Woodstock 99 – Available August 2
This documentary traces the disaster of the 1999 edition of the Woodstock Festival. The event, organized to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the original Woodstock ’69, became a battleground of enraged youths more interested in violence and hatred than reviving the spirit of a festival renowned for its kindness and pacifism.
Romantic Series: Twenty Five Twenty One – Available August 5
It is one of the must-watch series this summer. Becoming increasingly popular on the platform, Netflix presents a new 100% South Korean series. It immerses us in the Korean crisis of 1998, following Na Hee Do, a member of the national fencing team, and Baek Yi Jin, who witnesses his father’s bankruptcy and must take on part-time jobs.
Dramatic Series: Sandman – Available August 5
11 episodes adapted from the comic of the same name, Sandman is a cosmic entity who controls dreams. Captured and held prisoner for over a century, he travels through different worlds and timelines to repair the chaos caused by his absence.
