Best new movies and TV series on Disney+ Australia: August 2024

Each month, new films and TV shows are added to Disney+‘s Australian library. Here’s Eliza Janssen’s recommendations for the titles most worth watching. Scroll down for the full list of everything arriving on the platform.

Top picks

FX’s A Teacher (August 7)

Released in 2020 but dropping on Disney+ this month, this incisive drama explores the threat of grooming from an underrepresented angle, starring Kate Mara as a Texas high school teacher who falls for one of her underaged students. It’s based on creator Hannah Fidell’s film of the same name, enjoying a little more emotional sprawl and space over 10 anxious episodes. Nick Robinson is bruising as the vulnerable object of desire for someone meant to protect him, and the pair’s chance encounter in this limited series’ finale gives viewers the cathartic release they’ll come to crave.

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The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat (August 23)

You might not hear “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” or “Love Child” in this sweet hangout film, but you’ll certainly get to enjoy three strong characters trying to sink back into their perfect harmony. Sanaa Lathan, Uzo Aduba, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor play lifelong friends who have weathered love, loss, and regret together, and who now—in their middle age—find their bond tested more than ever before. Facing each other at a dinky diner, the characters should make you keen to text that mate you haven’t caught up with in ages. Or to bust out some Motown hits.

Only Murders in the Building: Season 4 (August 27)

“Now a major murder picture”, the latest season of this sweet and starry comedy series heads to Hollywood, where our trio of unlikely podcasting buddies are seeing their story get adapted into a feature film. Meryl Streep, hilariously cast as a bad actress in season three, is back, plus new famous faces Zach Galafianakis, Molly Shannon, Eugene Levy and Eva Longoria—but nothing can beat the chemistry of the show’s triple act, Martin, Short, and Gomez. Bizarrely, Only Murders has somehow wound up inhabiting a niche of its own when it comes to contemporary comedy TV; grown-up but not too stuffy, broad but specific in its characterisations.

All new titles arriving on Disney+ Australia in August

August 2

Elway to Marino
Four Days in October
Guru of Go
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
The Legend of Jimmy The Greek
Muhammad and Larry
Rodman: For Better or Worse
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures: Season 2 (Shorts)
Tommy

August 7

FX’s A Teacher
Grown-ish: Season 6
Science of Stupid: Seasons 1-8
ZOMBIES: The Re-Animated Series
The Zone: Survival Mission: Season 3

August 8

Are You Sure?!

August 9

Clotilda: The Return Home
Protecting Paradise: The Story of Niue

August 12

Solar Opposites: Season 6

August 14

American Crime Story: Impeachment: Season 3
Grand Cayman: Secrets in Paradise
Macross Dynamite 7
The Tyrant
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures: Season 2