What’s new on Netflix Canada, Shomi, CraveTV in August

A monthly look at what’s scheduled to be added to the catalogues of streaming services Netflix Canada, Shomi and CraveTV:

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Oscar-winning films “Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” and “Still Alice” highlight the new additions to Netflix this month. “Birdman,” which won the best film, director, screenplay and cinematography Academy Awards, just hit Netflix Canada. On Aug. 27, “Still Alice” — which earned Julianne Moore the best actress Oscar — begins streaming.

Netflix will also have the 2013 thriller “Prisoners,” helmed by Canadian director Denis Villeneuve and starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis, on Aug. 10.

For those who missed the first season of the breakout TV hit “Empire,” Shomi will be streaming the hip hop drama starting Aug. 24.

And for fans of classic TV, CraveTV will have all six seasons of Garry Shandling’s late night talk show drama “The Larry Sanders Show” on Aug. 7.

Here are the lists of movies and TV shows that were recently added or are expected this month:

NETFLIX

“50 First Dates” – Aug. 1

“As Good As It Gets” – Aug. 1

“Birdman” – Aug. 1

“Camp X-ray” – Aug. 1

“Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle” – Aug. 1

“Coming To America” – Aug. 1

“Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman” (season 4) – Aug. 1

“Flex Is Kings” – Aug. 1

“Hitch” – Aug. 1

“Locke” – Aug. 1

“Masha And The Bear” (season 1) – Aug. 1

“Mission Impossible III” – Aug. 1

“My Sister’s Keeper” – Aug. 1

“Obvious Child” – Aug. 1

“Oculus” – Aug. 1

“Paul” – Aug. 1

“Spider-man 2” – Aug. 1

“Stuart Little 3: Call Of The Wild” – Aug. 1

“We’re The Millers” – Aug. 1

“I Dream Of Wires” – Aug. 4

“A Most Violent Year” – Aug. 7

“Club De Cuervos” (season 1) – Aug. 7

“Project Mc2” (season 1) – Aug. 7

“The Rewrite” – Aug. 7

“Prisoners” – Aug. 10

“Dinotrux” (season 1) – Aug. 14

“Ever After High: Way Too Wonderland” (season 3) – Aug. 14

“Ballet 422” – Aug. 24

“From Dusk Till Dawn” (season 2) – Aug. 26

“Still Alice” – Aug. 27

“Narcos” (season 1) – Aug. 28

SHOMI

“Californication” (season 7) – Aug. 1

“Capitalism: A Love Story” – Aug. 1

“Doomsday” – Aug. 1

“Slackers” – Aug. 1

“Swingers” – Aug. 1

“The Meerkats” – Aug. 1

“The Road” – Aug. 1

“The Ultimate Fighter Nations: Canada vs. Australia” – Aug. 1

“Youth in Revolt” – Aug. 1

“Puff Puff Pass” – Aug. 2

“Bottle Rocket” – Aug. 7

“Finding Neverland” – Aug. 7

“Hobo with a Shotgun” – Aug. 7

“Murderball” – Aug. 7

“Remedy” (season 2) – Aug. 7

“Silent Hill” – Aug. 7

“The Grifters” – Aug. 7

“Web Therapy” (season 1-4) – Aug. 7

“Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain” – Aug. 12

“Arthur and the Revenge of the Maltazard” – Aug. 14

“Arthur 3: The War of Two Worlds” – Aug. 14

“Gracepoint” (season 1) – Aug. 14

“Hindsight” (season 1) – Aug. 14

“Lost Girl” (season 5) – Aug. 14

“Lost in Translation – Aug. 14

“The Hebrew Hammer” – Aug. 14

“Year One” – Aug. 14

“Anti-Viral” – Aug. 21

“Biutiful” – Aug. 21

“Houdini” (Part 1 & 2) – Aug. 21

“Made” – Aug. 21

“Pulse” – Aug 21

“Sinister” – Aug. 21

“The Eagle” – Aug. 21

“The Ninth Gate” – Aug. 21

“Y Tu Mama Tambien” – Aug. 21

“Empire” (season 1) – Aug. 24

“Brick” – Aug. 28

“Fresh Meat” (season 1-3) – Aug. 28

“Pokemon” (6 Features) – Aug. 28

“Session 9” – Aug. 28

“Stir of Echoes” – Aug. 28

“Texas Chainsaw Massacre” – Aug. 28

“The Collector” – Aug. 28

“The Last Exorcism” – Aug. 28

“The Protector” – Aug. 28

CRAVETV

“Temple Grandin” – Aug. 7

“The Larry Sanders Show” (seasons 1-6) – Aug. 7

“Engraved on a Nation” – Aug. 14

“On Freddie Roach” – Aug. 21

“Weight of the Nation” – Aug. 21

“Witness” – Aug. 21

“Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B” – Aug. 28

“Anger Management” (season 5) – Aug. 28

“True Crime with Aphrodite Jones” (seasons 1-2) – Aug. 28

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