JustWatch Streaming Charts: August 2026

Movie and TV show fans have never had it so good when it comes to the content options available for the consumer market: there are currently more than a dozen different streaming services delivering all kinds of movies or series straight to their TV sets, literally at the touch of a button. With that amount of new content being released every month, though, which films or TV shows are more likely to be worth each viewer’s precious time? Which movies or series are most people interested in knowing about?

That’s where JustWatch comes in. It’s a Web service designed to collect and present information on every film or TV show featured in practically all streaming services operating around the world today, in one place. Visitors can create a free account, pick their country of residence – content is often different in various regions – select the streaming services they are interested in and get recommendations based on their preferences and searches. Consumers can then use the JustWatch apps available for their Smart TV, streaming device, smartphone or tablet so as to always have new suggestions available on what’s hot on every streaming platform.

Based on user interest – as dictated by searches and recommendations – JustWatch is able to put together Top Ten charts of movies and TV shows across all streaming services operating in each country, every month. These are the films that consumers in the United States have been more interested in over the past few weeks.

Based on the same information, these are the TV shows that consumers in the United States have shown the most interest in over the same period of time.

Taking a look at the Top Ten Movies chart makes one thing crystal clear: truly good films have no trouble attracting interest for months and months on end, like Obsession, Project Hail Mary and The Sheep Detectives do this year. Others, like Drama or Michael or The Devil Wears Prada 2, will probably retreat to the shadows as soon as more talked-about films become available to stream, but that’s how things go for most movies these days. For others, such as Normal or Spider-man: No Way Home, it’s basically the audience attention their successors currently command that got them there… but that’s OK too. Better that than having films like The Last House taking up slots for some reason, no?

Things are decidedly less predictable in terms of TV shows, as Hulu’s Furious goes straight for the top spot appearing seemingly out of nowhere – as do Lanterns and Sterling Point further down the ladder. Apple TV claims no less than four out of the ten slots available for its own shows – Ted Lasso, Silo, Widow’s Bay and Lucky all deserve it – barely leaving established series such as Reacher, Lioness and House of the Dragon room to breathe. Not bad for a subscription service that’s a confirmed money loser for Apple and supposedly only there as a prestige booster, no bad at all!