Every month, Netflix Australia adds a new batch of movies and TV shows to its library. Here are our picks for August, broken down by release date.



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TV Series New to Netflix

‘Derry Girls’ Season 2

Starts streaming: August 2

In the second season of this winning British sitcom, the Catholic teens from Derry, Northern Ireland, deal with typical adolescent crises such as finding a date for prom or procuring concert tickets. But, as with season one, the “Derry Girls” characters handle all this while facing the mounting tensions and violence between various Irish and Northern Irish factions in the mid-1990s. The show’s creator Lisa McGee (who wrote every episode) and director Michael Lennox continue to balance lighthearted, well-observed secondary school high jinks with the political concerns from McGee’s own childhood.

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‘Wu Assassins’

Starts streaming: August 8

The thrilling Indonesian martial artist Iko Uwais — best-known for “The Raid” and “The Raid 2” — plays a San Francisco chef turned superhero in “Wu Assassins,” an English-language series with the bone-crunching action and special effects of classic ‘90s kung fu movies. Gifted with superpowers, the hero embarks on a world-saving quest. The simple plot here is primarily an excuse to pack in spectacular fight sequences set in colorful urban locations, all choreographed and shot with flair.

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