August is absolutely jam-packed with releases, and there’s something for everyone! There’s lots for the kids on summer hols, such as Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie and Momo and the Time Thieves, plenty for horror or drama buffs, including Insidious: Out of the Further and The Dog Stars, and a heck of a lot more in between! Get ready for a summer of movie magic!

Please note, all dates are UK release dates taken from IMDb along with the synopsis for each film. To see a further release schedule for each film, including other countries, click on its date to see more.

Fall 2: Deadpoint
Release date: 7th August
Directors: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig
Cast: Tom Brittney, Adam Rose, Virginia Gardner
Synopsis: Grieving her sister Shiloh’s death, Jax Hunter bonds with Shiloh’s bold friend Luce. They tackle Mount Kwan’s dangerous plank walk in Thailand. When a rockslide traps them on a narrow plank 3000 feet up, Jax must face her fears to survive.

Ice Cream Man
Release date: 7th August
Director: Eli Roth
Cast: Darrin Baker, Eli Roth, Ari Millen
Synopsis: An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.

Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie
Release date: 7th August
Director: Cal Brunker
Cast: Lucien Duncan-Reid, Rain Janjua, Nylan Parthipan, Carter Young, William Desrosiers, Hayden Chamberlen, Henry Bolan, Mckenna Grace, Jameela Jamil, Terry Crews, Snoop Dogg, Jennifer Hudson, Paris Hilton, Bill Nye
Synopsis: The Paw Patrol lands on a mysterious dinosaur island after a storm, where they meet Rex (Chamberlen), a stranded pup. When Humdinger’s reckless mining triggers a volcano, the team faces their biggest rescue mission yet to save the island.

The Summer Book
Release date: 7th August
Director: Charlie McDowell
Cast: Emily Matthews, Glenn Close, Anders Danielsen Lie
Synopsis: A young girl, Sophia spends the summer with her father and grandmother on a small island in the Gulf of Finland, as the family grapples with the recent death of Sophia’s mother.

Super Troopers 3
Release date: 7th August
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
Cast: Brian Cox, Lisa Gilroy, Chace Crawford, Jay Chandrasekhar
Synopsis: When Farva’s over-the-top Indian engagement to Thorny’s sister spirals into chaos, the Super Troopers must navigate Thorny’s schemes to break up the relationship, all while trying to bring down a pernicious new drug ring.

All Wishes Come True!
Release date: 14th August
Director: Zhengxing Mu
Cast: Hao Chen, Yuze Han, Yunqi Zhang
Synopsis: Eight grassroot mortals use their street smarts and hilarious schemes to defy powerful gods, earning their title as the “Eight Immortals.”

The End of Oak Street
Release date: 14th August
Director: David Robert Mitchell
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, P.J. Byrne
Synopsis: The Platt family bands together to navigate their new surroundings after a cosmic event transports their suburban neighborhood to someplace unknown.

Momo and the Time Thieves
Release date: 14th August
Director: Christian Ditter
Cast: Alexa Goodall, Araloyin Oshunremi, Jennifer Amaka Pettersson, Martin Freeman, Laura Haddock
Synopsis: Momo, an orphan girl must do battle with the soulless and grey men who stealthily take over her city and steal time.

The Pout-Pout Fish
Release date: 14th August
Director: Ricard Cussó, Rio Harrington
Cast: Grant Denyer, Nadine Bates, Nick Offerman
Synopsis: Two aquatic misfits embark on an impossible journey to save their home.

Sunny Dancer
Release date: 14th August
Director: George Jaques
Cast: James Norton, Bella Ramsey, Neil Patrick Harris, Jessica Gunning
Synopsis: As if conquering cancer wasn’t hard enough, 17-year-old Ivy’s parents sign her up to spend her summer at what she calls “chemo camp”, where she manages to find unexpected friends in a group of misfits and has a summer she’ll never forget.

Tony
Release date: 14th August
Director: Matt Johnson
Cast: Dominic Sessa, Antonio Banderas, Emilia Jones, Leo Woodall
Synopsis: A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic world of a restaurant kitchen, setting off a summer that will shape the course of his life.

& Sons
Release date: 21st August
Director: Pablo Trapero
Cast: Bill Nighy, Dominic West, George MacKay, Noah Jupe, Imelda Staunton, Johnny Flynn
Synopsis: A writer tries to reconnect with his sons. Based on the novel by David Gilbert.

Coyote vs. Acme
Release date: 21st August
Director: Dave Green
Cast: John Cena, Lana Condor, Will Forte, P.J. Byrne
Synopsis: A story set in the ACME warehouse, the manufacturer of anything and everything used by the Looney Tunes characters.

Mutiny
Release date: 21st August
Director: Jean-François Richet
Cast: Jason Statham, Annabelle Wallis, Ramon Tikaram, Chaneil Kular
Synopsis: After his billionaire industrialist boss is murdered in front of him, Cole Reed is set up to take the fall for the crime — leaving him on the run as he works to uncover an international conspiracy.

Insidious: Out of the Further
Release date: 21st August
Director: Jacob Chase
Cast: Sam Spruell, Lin Shaye, Joseph Lopez, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Brandon Perea
Synopsis: Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.

Spa Weekend
Release date: 21st August
Directors: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Cast: Anna Faris, Isla Fisher, Leslie Mann, Michelle Buteau
Synopsis: Three friends go on a spa weekend that descends into chaos when their trainwreck friend joins, leading to hilarious consequences.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Release date: 21st August
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Cast: Gillian Anderson, Patrick Fischler, Hannah Einbinder
Synopsis: A director making a slasher sequel becomes obsessed with casting the original film’s ‘final girl,’ leading both women into psychological and sexual chaos.

Bitter Christmas
Release date: 28th August
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Cast: Bárbara Lennie, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
Synopsis: In 2004, an ad director faces a turbulent Christmas weekend. In 2026, a filmmaker turns her story into a screenplay, blurring the lines between reality, fiction, and the people closest to him.

Colony
Release date: 28th August
Director: Yeon Sang-ho
Cast: Jun Ji-hyun, Koo Kyo-hwan, Ji Chang-wook
Synopsis: Professor Se Jeong attends a biotech conference, only to witness it spiral into catastrophe when a rapidly mutating virus is unleashed. As the outbreak spreads and the infected begin to transform, authorities seal off the entire facility.

Cliffhanger
Release date: 28th August
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Lily James, Nell Tiger Free
Synopsis: A mountain guide and his daughter’s alpine climbing business in the Italian Alps faces a tragic event, forcing them to confront and overcome adversity as dangerous foes emerge, unleashing chaos.

The Dog Stars
Release date: 28th August
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Josh Brolin, Jacob Elordi, Margaret Qualley, Guy Pearce, Benedict Wong
Synopsis: In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus wipes out humanity. Survivors face roaming scavengers called Reapers. Protagonist Hig (Elordi), a pilot, survived the flu but lost his wife.

I Want Your Sex
Release date: 28th August
Director: Gregg Araki
Cast: Olivia Wilde, Cooper Hoffman, Johnny Knoxville, Daveed Diggs, Mason Gooding, Chase Sui Wonders, Charli XCX
Synopsis: Elliot lands a job for Erika Tracy as her sexual muse.

Late Fame
Release date: 28th August
Director: Kent Jones
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Greta Lee, Jake Lacy
Synopsis: Legendary New York poet Ed Saxberger’s forgotten works captivate an eccentric group of young creatives, reigniting his artistic passion. Their intrigue intertwines with the bewitching presence of actress Gloria.

One Night Only
Release date: 28th August
Director: Will Gluck
Cast: Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner, Maya Hawke, King Princess, Julia Fox, Molly Ringwald, LeVar Burton, Este Haim
Synopsis: On the sole night when premarital sex is permitted, two strangers desperately search for partners in their restrictive society.

She Saw Us
Release date: 28th August
Director: James Night
Cast: Nad Sham, Anna Warke, Emma Hutchings, Eddie Manning
Synopsis: When four friends discover a cursed two-headed doll in a remote forest, they unleash a vengeful witch who traps them in a place from which no one has ever escaped.