From gripping new originals to thrilling sports coverage, there’s something for everyone this August on Paramount+. Subscribers can check out a star-powered selection of new content joining the library, including the streaming premiere of The Friend* with Naomi Watts and Bill Murray and The Infernal Machine* starring Guy Pearce. Young adventurers can enjoy a new PAW Patrol: Jungle Pups special available exclusively on Paramount+. Plus, fans can catch a powerhouse lineup of elite women’s sports including the WNBA, NWSL and every moment of the Women’s Rugby World Cup. European soccer also takes center stage with the UEFA Super Cup and start of the Serie A and English Football League seasons.

ORIGINALS, EXCLUSIVES, PREMIERES & EVENTS

8/1: The Infernal Machine*
A reclusive and controversial author (played by Guy Pearce) is drawn out of hiding when he begins to receive endless letters from an obsessive fan. What ensues is a dangerous labyrinth as he searches for the person behind the cryptic messages. 

8/25: The Friend* 
Based on the bestselling novel, writer and teacher Iris (Naomi Watts) finds her comfortable, solitary New York life thrown into disarray after her closest friend and mentor (Bill Murray) bequeaths her his beloved 150 lb. Great Dane, named Apollo. As Iris finds herself unexpectedly bonding with Apollo, she begins to come to terms with her past, and her own creative inner life. 

LIBRARY SHOWS

August 5

Murder 360 (season 1)

August 6

Jersey Shore Family Vacation (season 7, part 2)
Blaze and the Monster Machines (season 8) 

August 13 

PAW Patrol: Jungle Pups special

August 20 

Baby Shark’s Big Show! (season 3) 

August 27 

Liberation: D-Day to Berlin (season 1) 

LIBRARY MOVIES

With summer winding down, why not get a head start on the thrills and chills? Get your heart racing and your spine tingling with this lineup of movies arriving on Paramount+ next month including Paranormal Activity, Paranormal Activity 2, Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones, Project Almanac, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse, Shutter Island, The Brothers Grimm, The Ledge and more.  

August 1

A Time to Kill
Adaptation 
Adventureland 
Aeon Flux
American Hustle
An Invisible Sign*
Annihilation 
Blazing Saddles
Captive
Case 39
Coming to America
Crawl
Death at a Funeral
Double Jeopardy 
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Event Horizon
Georgetown
Gone Baby Gone
Good Mourning*
Love and Monsters
Masterminds*
Milk
Miss Congeniality 
Monster Trucks
Mother!
New Jack City
One the Line 
Paid in Full
Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity 2 
Paranormal Activity 3 
Paranormal Activity 4
Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones 
Primal Fear
Project Almanac
Rat Race
Red Eye 
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse 
Sexterior Motives*
Shutter Island
Snake Eyes
The Assistant*
The Brothers Grimm
The Ledge
The Little Rascals 
The Ruins
The Sense of an Ending*
The Town
The Truman Show
The United States of Leland
The Yards
Wayne’s World
What Lies Beneath
Zodiac

August 3 

Don’t Knock Twice*

August 29

Halloween II*

SPORTS

8/1: EFL League One – Luton Town vs. AFC Wimbledon
8/1: NWSL – Seattle Reign FC vs. Angel City FC
8/1: Women’s World Rugby – USA Eagles vs. Canada
8/2: BIG3 Basketball*
8/2-8/3: PGA Tour – Wyndham Championship (Third and Final Round Coverage)* 
8/3: SBD World’s Strongest Man*
8/8: EFL Championship – Birmingham City vs. Ipswich Town
8/9: EFL Championship – Southampton vs. Wrexham
8/9: Formula E – London E Prix*
8/9: SBD World’s Strongest Man Final* 
8/9: BIG3 Basketball*
8/9: WNBA – Chicago Sky at Indiana Fever*
8/10: Professional Bull Riders*
8/10: NWSL – Chicago Stars vs. Bay FC*
8/10: NWSL – Portland Thorns vs. Seattle Reign*
8/12: Carabao Cup – Wrexham vs. Hull City 
8/12: PULISIC episodes 8-9 premiere
8/13: UEFA Super Cup – PSG vs. Tottenham
8/13: US Open Cup Quarterfinal – Philadelphia Union vs. New York Red Bulls
8/16: We Need to Talk*
8/16: WNBA – New York Liberty at Minnesota Lynx*
8/16: NWSL – Kansas City Current vs. Orlando Pride*
8/17: Coppa Italia Frecciarossa – AC Milan vs. Bari 
8/17: Professional Bull Riders*
8/17: BIG3 Basketball Celebrity Game & Playoffs*
8/18: Coppa Italia Frecciarossa – Torino vs. Modena 
8/19: Concacaf W Champions Cup – Alianza Women FC vs. Washington Spirit
8/20: Concacaf W Champions Cup – NJ/NY Gotham FC vs. CF Monterrey
8/22: NFL ON CBS Preseason – Minnesota at Tennessee 
8/22: Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 – England vs. USA Eagles
8/23: Serie A – AC Milan vs. Cremonese
8/23: Major League Pickleball Finals*
8/23: WNBA – New York Liberty at Atlanta Dream*
8/23: NWSL – Bay FC vs. Washington Spirit*
8/23: College Football on CBS – Stanford at Hawaii* 
8/24: Professional Bull Riders*
8/24: Serie A – Juventus vs. Parma 
8/24: BIG3 Basketball All-Star Game & Championship*
8/24: LPGA – CPKC Women’s Open*
8/25: Serie A – Inter vs. Torino
8/29: Serie A – Lecce vs. AC Milan
8/30: Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025 – USA Eagles vs. Australia 
8/30: CBS Sports Confidential: Big Ten Football 2025*
8/30: Big Ten on CBS – Nevada at Purdue*
8/30: Serie A – Napoli vs. Cagliari
8/31: Serie A – Inter vs. Udinese
8/31: Professional Bull Riders*
8/31: Sail Grand Prix*
8/31: AVP Volleyball
8/31: NWSL – Washington Spirit vs. Chicago Stars* 
Throughout August: Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025
Throughout August: Pacific Nations Cup Men’s Rugby
Throughout August: English Football League competition 
Throughout August: Serie A competition
Throughout August: Coppa Italia Frecciarossa competition 
Throughout August: NWSL competition 
Throughout August: Scottish Professional Football League competition
Throughout August: Concacaf W Champions Cup competition 
Throughout August: UEFA Champions League qualifiers