7 best movies to stream on Showmax in August

Stumped and not sure what to watch? Yes, we’ve all been there but hopefully the below from Showmax will go along way to solving that who have presented a list of great movies to enjoy both this and next month.

WEEK ONE: 29 July-4 August

MR MONK’S LAST CASE | Stream now

Mr Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie is up for Outstanding Television Movie at the 2024 Emmy Awards, with four-time Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) nominated for Critics Choice and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Actor as the beloved and brilliant OCD detective Adrian Monk.

Based on the hit 2000s comedy series Monk – which ran for eight seasons and won eight Emmys – the film sees Monk tackling one last, very personal case involving his stepdaughter Molly, a journalist preparing for her wedding.

WEEK TWO: 5-11 August

EVIL DEAD RISE | Stream from Monday, 5 August

Moving Sam Raimi’s iconic horror franchise out of the woods and into the city, Evil Dead Rise tells the twisted tale of two estranged sisters whose reunion is cut short by the rise of flesh-possessing demons, thrusting them into a primal battle for survival as they face the most nightmarish version of family imaginable.

WEEK THREE: 12-18 August

TALK TO ME | Stream from Thursday, 15 August

Named Best Horror Movie at the 2024 Critics Choice Super Awards, Talk To Me follows a group of friends who discover how to conjure spirits using an embalmed hand. They soon become hooked on the new thrill, until one of them goes too far and unleashes terrifying supernatural forces.

As The Wrap says, “Talk To Me is, unquestionably, the horror movie of the year… A fast, funny, very scary campfire story.”

WEEK FOUR: 19-25 August

THE BLACKENING | Stream from Thursday, 22 August

Horror fans know the Black character is always the first to die. But what if the entire cast is Black? The Blackening is out to skewer the genre tropes, centring on a group of Black friends who reunite for a weekend getaway, only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer.

JOIKA | Stream from Monday, 19 August

Joika (aka The American) is based on the true story of Joy Womack’s attempt to become the first American woman to graduate from Russia’s Bolshoi Ballet Academy – the most competitive dance school in the world.

WEEK FIVE: 26 August-1 September

MAY DECEMBER | Stream from 29 August

Oscar winners Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore star in May December, which follows married couple Gracie and Joe, whose 23-year age gap sparked a tabloid scandal two decades ago. Their marriage comes under renewed strain when Hollywood actress Elizabeth Berry comes to spend time with the family to better understand Gracie, who she’s set to play in a film.

THE MIRACLE CLUB | Stream from Thursday, 29 August

Oscar winners Dame Maggie Smith and Kathy Bates co-star with Oscar nominee Laura Linney in The Miracle Club, a story of friends who win the trip of a lifetime – a pilgrimage from Dublin to Lourdes that seems like the personal miracle they all need. But when they are joined by Chrissie, returning to Dublin after decades in America, deep wounds from the past are re-opened.

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