Netflix Canada is matching August’s hot weather with equally hot content, just in time for the weekend.
There’s a little bit of everything this weekend, ranging from drama, action, family flicks, documentaries, animation, and some older titles from earlier this month.
Don’t say we didn’t warn you, it might be an air conditioner and Netflix Canada type of weekend.
Netflix and the AC chill…
The Chair
At a major university, the first woman of colour to become chair tries to meet the dizzying demands and high expectations of a failing English department.
Everything Will Be Fine
After falling out of love, a husband and wife create unconventional rules to keep their family together for the sake of their daughter.
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes
British serial killer Dennis Nilsen narrates his life and crimes via a series of chilling audiotapes recorded from his jail cell.
The Loud House Movie
As the middle child and only boy in the large Loud family, Lincoln struggles to feel special, but this all changes when the family travels to Scotland.
Sweet Girl
Devoted family man Ray Cooper, vows justice against the pharmaceutical company responsible for pulling a potentially life saving drug from the market just before his wife (Adria Arjona) dies from cancer. But when his search for the truth leads to a deadly encounter that puts Ray and his daughter Rachel (Isabela Merced) in harmâs way, Rayâs mission turns into a quest for vengeance in order to protect the only family he has left.Â
Out of My League
Tired of swiping through the dating scene with her besties in tow, a charming yet awkward woman with a rare genetic disorder sets her sights on love.
The Secret Diary of an Exchange Student
Looking to shake things up, two best friends embark on a life-changing adventure abroad as exchange students. But can they stay out of trouble?
In case you missed out, here’s what Netflix Canada released earlier this month:
Beckett
Following a tragic car accident in Greece, Beckett, an American tourist, finds himself at the center of a dangerous political conspiracy ââ and on the run for his life.
Brand New Cherry Flavor
A filmmaker heads to Hollywood in the early ’90s to make her movie but tumbles down a hallucinatory rabbit hole of sex, magic, revenge â and kittens.
Gone for Good
Ten years after losing the two people he loved most, a man finds himself plunged into another dizzying mystery when his girlfriend suddenly vanishes.
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 5: South Pacific
When Tony, the heart of the “Spy Racers” family, is captured by Russian arms dealers, the team travels to the South Pacific to save him and foil a plan to take over the world in the process.
Valeria: Season 2
The four friends support and lift each other up as they each make momentous decisions that will affect their respective careers and love lives.
AlRawabi School for Girls
The bullied outcasts at the prestigious Al Rawabi School for Girls plot a series of risky takedowns to get back at their tormentors.
Lokillo: Nothing’s the Same
WFH, homeschooling, hand-washing, no hugs. In this post-pandemic world, comic Lokillo Florez brings much-needed laughs about life as we now know it.
Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild
In a world where humans and fearsome monsters live in an uneasy balance, young hunter Aiden fights to save his village from destruction by a dragon.
Riverdale: Season 5
As senior year comes to a close, Archie, Betty, Veronica and Jughead navigate love, lust and loyalty â and even more mystery and mayhem.
Hit & Run
A man searching for the truth behind his wife’s death becomes caught up in a dangerous web of secrets and intrigue stretching from New York to Tel Aviv.
Navarasa
From amusement to awe, the nine human emotions of Indian aesthetic theory are explored in this anthology series.
The Swarm
A single mother breeds locusts as high-protein food, but has trouble getting them to reproduce â until she finds they have a taste for blood.
Vivo
A music-loving kinkajou embarks on the journey of a lifetime to fulfill his destiny and deliver a love song for an old friend.
The Last Mercenary
Twenty-five years after he made a deal with the French Secret Service to protect his son, an agent is forced out of hiding.
Glow Up: Season 3
In this competition show, aspiring makeup artists navigate colourful challenges to win a career-making opportunity in the beauty industry.
Myth & Mogul: John DeLorean
Combining exclusive access and interviews with never-before-seen footage shot by Oscar-winning director D.A Pennebaker (Bob Dylan: Don’t Look Back), this three-part documentary series explores the rise and fall of automotive icon John Delorean, the poster boy of late â70s corporate greed. Epitomizing these hubristic times with his grandiose vision of the car of the future, the series will show how John DeLorean came to captivate the world.
The Last Letter From Your LoverÂ
After finding a trove of love letters from the 1960s, a journalist sets out to solve the mystery of a secret affair. Based on the novel by Jojo Moyes.
A Second Chance: Rivals!
In this sequel, after a grown-up Maddy gets injured and canât qualify for the Olympics, she starts coaching a team of elite junior gymnasts as they go up against rival teams.
Bankrolled
Two directionless millennial bros get high and pitch a bold new social justice app that raises millions. Then they have to come up with the app.
Blood Red SkyÂ
Flying with her young son, a mysteriously ill woman is forced to unleash a dark secret when terrorists attempt to hijack their transatlantic flight.