A new era of streaming selections is here. For the past several years, our monthly column, the Nerd’s Watch, has been the place to find out all the best genre titles coming to the biggest streaming services. It wasn’t a complete list. We just posted the titles we think you’d care about, but it was still long, and frankly, it was hard to pick out the best of the best.
Anaconda (August 1 on Netflix)
Months before the new remake with Jack Black and Paul Rudd, revisit the iconic camp classic with Ice Cube and Jennifer Lopez. It wasn’t meant to be a camp classic, but it is now.
Groundhog Day (August 1 on Netflix)
Groundhog Day is one of those movies that just gets better and better the more you watch it. It’s so expertly put together, so funny, so heartfelt. Just a true modern classic.
The original Jurassic Park trilogy (August 1 on Netflix)
We’re onto our third Jurassic Park trilogy, but the original—Jurassic Park, The Lost World, and the underrated Jurassic Park III—are all reemerging on Netflix this month.
Weird Science (August 1 on Netflix and Peacock)
Just in time for its 40th anniversary, the John Hughes comedy about two nerds who create a woman in a computer is popping up on two streamers. It’s incredibly dated but also, thanks to John Hughes, still pretty delightful.
The Fast and the Furious 1-7 (August 16 on Netflix)
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