Last updated: August 28, 2026.

This is the StreamingBeam guide to what to watch on Netflix right now, verified against current US Netflix availability and refreshed each month. The standouts this time around are the final season of Outer Banks, the Harlan Coben adaptation I Will Find You, and the conclusion of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Every title below is streaming on Netflix in the US as of publication. We check availability against Watchmode and drop anything that has left the service, so the list stays current without you having to wonder what is still actually there. "Right now" means August 2026; we re-verify and re-publish this post each month rather than letting it go stale. We do not pad the list with titles that are no longer on the service, and we do not include anything we could not confirm against a live source. For what is arriving next, see our guide to what's new on Netflix in September 2026, and for what is disappearing, see what's leaving Netflix in September 2026.

Shows Worth Starting

Outer Banks (Season 5)

Outer Banks returns for its fifth and final season, with all 10 episodes released on August 20, 2026. The show follows a tight-knit group of teenagers in a sun-soaked coastal community who get pulled into a dangerous treasure hunt, and the final season picks up with the Pogues back in the Outer Banks dealing with the aftermath of JJ's death, with no money and no home to return to. The class tensions and the friendships that made the early seasons work are still the engine here, only now the stakes are final. The series has drawn nearly 200 million views across its first four seasons and has appeared on Netflix's Top 10 English TV list 25 times, which makes it one of the platform's most durable originals. If you have been waiting for the end to binge it all at once, this is the moment. The final season is built to reward longtime viewers, and the treasure-hunt structure that carried the first four seasons is still running.

I Will Find You

I Will Find You is the latest Harlan Coben adaptation, premiering on June 18, 2026. Sam Worthington plays David Burroughs, a man imprisoned for his young son's murder who receives information that the boy may still be alive, and sets out to find the truth. The cast also includes Britt Lower, Milo Ventimiglia, and Erin Richards. It runs eight episodes. The series pulled 24 million views in its first week and another 34 million in its second, which put it at the top of Netflix's English TV list through the back half of June. Coben has become one of Netflix's most reliable suppliers of limited series, and this one rests on a single question that sustains the runtime: is the boy alive, and what actually happened the day he was supposed to have died. It is a clean hook executed at scale, and the easiest entry point on this list if you want a thriller you can finish in a weekend.

Tires (Season 3)

Tires returned for its third season on August 13, 2026. Shane Gillis's character and his cousin Will now co-own the West Chester branch of the family auto-repair chain, and the season follows their attempt to keep the struggling shop running while a mismatched crew causes most of the problems. The cast includes Thomas Haden Church, Chris O'Connor, Kilah Fox, and Stavros Halkias. It is a workplace comedy that runs short and fast, which makes it an easy watch between heavier titles. The third season widens the scope from one branch to the business itself, and the dynamic between Shane and Will as co-owners gives the show a new engine. Gillis's style is loose and improvisational, and the episodes are built around that rather than against it. If you want something that does not ask much of you, this is the one.

For the Prestige Crowd

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Part 2)

One Hundred Years of Solitude concludes with Part 2, the final installment of the Garcia Marquez adaptation filmed in Colombia. Part 1, eight episodes covering the first 50 years of the Buendia family in the mythical town of Macondo, premiered on December 11, 2024. Part 2 arrived on August 5, 2026 with seven episodes covering the last 50 years of the family, followed by a near-two-hour Grand Finale on August 26. Colombian director Laura Mora, alongside co-director Carlos Moreno, guided the final installment. The series is the first screen adaptation of the novel, and it treats the source material with the patience it requires, letting Macondo accumulate across generations rather than condensing it into a single film. It is a Spanish-language production that does not streamline the book for a wider audience, which is a large part of why it works. If you have not started, watch Part 1 first, because Part 2 picks up the timeline without retreading it. This is the rare prestige release that earns the label, and the one to prioritize if you want something that will still matter in a year.

Movies

The Whisper Man

The Whisper Man premiered globally on Netflix on August 28, 2026, directed by James Ashcroft and adapted from Alex North's novel. Per Netflix's own synopsis, when his eight-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer turns to his estranged father, a retired detective who put away the serial killer now linked to the case. The cast includes Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan, Adam Scott, and Michael Keaton, with a screenplay by Ben Jacoby and Chase Palmer. It is Netflix's sixth project with AGBO. We have a fuller treatment of the film, including why Ashcroft's approach to dread fits the material, in our new movies streaming in August 2026 post. The short version: the cast and the hook make it the title to watch this week if you want a film rather than a series.

The Last House

The Last House premiered on August 7, 2026, directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Greta Lee and Wagner Moura. A family is sealed inside their home and has to survive on dwindling resources while an unseen threat waits outside. The film has been in the Netflix Top 10 since release. It is a contained thriller, which means the tension lives or dies on the writing and the two leads, and Leterrier keeps the space tight and the premise intact rather than expanding past it. The setup is simple, the execution is restrained, and the runtime does not overstay. Lee and Moura are both actors who can carry a quiet scene, which matters in a film that spends most of its time in one room. If you want a single-sitting watch with a clear premise and no wasted runtime, this is it.

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The Bottom Line

The Netflix library moves fast, and a list like this only stays useful if it is checked and refreshed. We verify availability against Watchmode and update this post monthly, dropping titles that have left and adding new ones worth your time. If you subscribe to more than Netflix, the same approach applies across every service you pay for. For the full picture of what is coming and going across every service, not just Netflix, bookmark streamingbeam.com and check back before your next session.