What's on Netflix in August

Here's what's streaming on Netflix in August 2026.

The Whisper Man (August 28)

DIRECTOR: James Ashcroft

WRITERS: Ben Jacoby and Chase Palmer

BASED ON THE NOVEL BY: Alex North

PRODUCERS: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Angela Russo-Otstot, Michael Disco, Kassee Whiting

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Marcus Viscidi, Tim Connors, Alex Leb

CAST: Robert De Niro, Michelle Monaghan, Adam Scott, Hamish Linklater, Owen Teague, Acston Luca Porto, Will Brill

Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Alex North. When his eight-year-old son is abducted, a widowed crime writer looks to his estranged father, a retired former police detective, for help, only to discover a connection with the decades-old case of a convicted serial killer known as "The Whisper Man."