Last year, Universal Studios released Bros, widely touted as the first mainstream queer romantic comedy, and it flopped…hard. Co-writer and star Billy Eichner blamed straight audiences “in certain parts of the country” and “homophobic weirdoes” for its failure, but I was in neither of those demos (you know what parts of the country he was talking about, and New York City isn’t one of them) and I didn’t see it because I didn’t think it looked very good.
I did eventually stream it, and I was kinda right—it was funny, but clung so fervently to its goal of being a classic rom-com in every plot point (except gay) that I spent half the movie debating whether it was supposed to be a parody.
I’m much more optimistic about Prime Video’s own stab at the formula, Red, White, & Royal Blue, which drops straight-to-streaming on Aug. 11, not only because I won’t have to leave the house to watch it, or because the premise is classic rom-com gold (the questioningly queer son of the president falls for the closeted queer son of the British royal family), but because I read the bestselling Casey McQuiston novel it’s based on, and I thought it was perfect fluff.
Meanwhile, if you’re a masochist looking forward to the debut of Saw X in theaters on Sept. 29, you can prepare by bingeing the first six films in the exponentially unhinged horror franchise when they drop on Prime Video on Aug. 1. Other film highlights from this month’s surprisingly stacked schedule: recent theatrical releases Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (Aug. 25), Women Talking (Aug. 29), and Cocaine Bear (Aug. 15).
Here’s everything else coming to Prime Video and Amazon-owned, ad-supported Freevee in August, including Puppy Love (Aug. 18 on Freevee), which is somehow not the first film based on a viral BuzzFeed video.
What’s coming to Prime Video in August 2023
Arriving Aug. 1
- L.A. Law (1987)
- Matlock (1987)
- Minuto para Ganar (Minute to Win It) S1 (2012)
- Primate S2 (2023)
- 3 Idiotas (2017)
- A Shot in the Dark (1965)
- Amadeus (1984)
- American Gigolo (1980)
- Behind the Sun (2001)
- Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988)
- Cahill: U.S. Marshall (1973)
- Cantinflas (2014)
- Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
- Chato’s Land (1972)
- City of Men (2008)
- City Slickers (1991)
- Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)
- Dirty Harry (1971)
- Filth (2004)
- Frost/Nixon (2009)
- Galaxy Quest (1999)
- Gonzo (2008)
- Hazlo Como Hombre (2017)
- Hollywood: The Great Stars (1963)
- I Wish (2011)
- I’m Still Here (2010)
- Killers (2010)
- MacGuyver, S1-5 (2016)
- Me, Myself and Irene (2000)
- Missing In Action (1984)
- Missing In Action II: The Beginning (1985)
- Monster’s Ball (2002)
- One for the Money (2012)
- Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
- Pinero (2001)
- Posse (1993)
- Punisher: War Zone (2008)
- Red 2 (2013)
- Red Dawn (2012)
- Rio (2011)
- Rio 2 (2014)
- Road to El Dorado (2000)
- Rumor Has It (2005)
- Saw (2004)
- Saw II (2005)
- Saw III (2006)
- Saw IV (2007)
- Saw V (2008)
- Saw VI (2009)
- Stealth (2005)
- Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine (2015)
- Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
- Swordfish (2001)
- The Addams Family (2019)
- The Black Stallion (1979)
- The Day of the Jackal (1973)
- The Goonies (1985)
- The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
- The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
- The Punisher (2004)
- The Watch (2012)
- Things To Do In Denver When You’re Dead (1995)
- Traffic (2001)
- Un Padre No Tan Padre (2017)
- Valentina’s Wedding (2018)
- Walking Tall: The Payback (2007)
- What a Girl Wants (2003)
- When Harry Met Sally (1989)
- Ya veremos (2018)
- Yes Man (2008)
Arriving Aug. 4
- The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
Arriving Aug. 8
- Bones and All (2022)
- Destination NBA: A G League Odyssey (2023)
Arriving Aug. 10
Arriving Aug. 11
- 2 Guns (2013)
- Red, White & Royal Blue (2023)
Arriving Aug. 15
- Cocaine Bear (2023)
- Of an Age (2023)
Arriving Aug. 18
- New Bandits (2023)
- Harlan Coben’s Shelter (2023)
- Unseen (2023)
Arriving Aug. 22
Arriving Aug. 24
- Thursday Night Football (2023)
Arriving Aug. 25
- Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023)
- Red (2010)
- Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity (2023)
Arriving Aug. 29
- Champions (2023)
- Snowpiercer (2014)
- Women Talking (2023)
Arriving Aug. 31
- Camino A Marte (2017)
- Honor Society (2022)
- Volverte a ver (2022)
What’s coming to Freevee in August 2023
Arriving Aug. 1
- Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
- Damsels in Distress (2011)
- Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
- Death Becomes Her (1992)
- Death Rides a Horse (1967)
- Death Warrant (1990)
- F9: The Fast Saga (2021)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
- Here Comes the Boom (2012)
- In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- Inferno (2016)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- Jurassic Park III (2001)
- Jurassic World (2015)
- Little Man Tate (1991)
- Madagascar (2005)
- Madea’s Witness Protection (2012)
- Murphy’s Law (1986)
- Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
- Old (2021)
- Parenthood (1989)
- Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
- Picture This (2008)
- Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)
- Running with the Devil (2019)
- Shaft (2000)
- Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
- The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
- The Darkest Minds (2018)
- The Green Hornet (2011)
- The Hot Chick (2002)
- The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
- The Magnificent Seven (1960)
- The Nut Job (2014)
- The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
- The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
- The Revenant (2015)
- The Woman in Red (1984)
- The Wonderful Country (1959)
- Tombstone (1993)
- Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
Arriving Aug. 8
Arriving Aug. 10
Arriving Aug. 18
Arriving Aug. 23
- Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)