Amazon Prime New Releases: The Best Shows & Movies to Watch in August

If you’re growing tired of all the mystery shows, romantic comedies and haunted flicks that are currently occupying your streaming queue, then you’re in for a real treat. Prime Video is teasing a complete list of new shows and movies that will hit Amazon in August 2023.

The slate is full of classic movies, like Charlie St. Cloud, Dirty Harry, Saw, The Addams Family and When Harry Met Sally. There are also loads of new releases that might pique your interest, like Red, White & Royal Blue and Shelter.

Keep reading for our top four picks from Amazon Prime’s new releases, followed by a complete list of TV shows and movies that are coming to the streaming service beginning August 1.

• Premiere date: August 1

The film hit theaters in 2021, but if you didn’t get a chance to watch it (or want to see it again), be sure to tune in. The movie is a sequel to The Sopranos, and it takes place during the Newark riots in the ’60s. The role of young Tony Soprano is played by James Gandolfini’s son, Michael.

• Premiere date: August 4

If you love Heartland, you need to watch this heartwarming miniseries about a girl who’s sent to live with her grandmother on a farm after the sudden death of her parents.

• Premiere date: August 11

Based on the best-selling book by Casey McQuiston, the story revolves around America’s First Son (Taylor Zakhar Perez) as he meets and falls for a prince (Nicholas Galitzine). The question is: How will their families react?

• Premiere date: August 18

Meet Mickey (played by Jaden Michael), a teenager who’s begrudgingly living with his aunt while his mom is in rehab. Mickey begins to question his own reality when a mysterious woman claims his father isn’t dead after all.