--- description: What's new to stream in August title: Rocky, Mighty Ducks, Mad Max and 7 Other New Movies on Netflix image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6b57addb0c8129c/69869e06361760180b90d4c5/rocky_win.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # What's New on Netflix in August? The First 5 _Rocky_ Movies  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 31, 2014 6:38 PM CUT  Metro-Goldwyn-Maye/MGM/UA Entertainment  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Jul 31, 2014 6:38 PM CUT A new crop of movies will be available on Netflix in August. Here are some of the highlights: * The first five _Rocky_ movies (1976-1990) * _Rounders_ (1998) * _Nymphomaniac_, volumes I and II (2013) * _The Mighty Ducks_ (1992) and _D2: The Mighty Ducks_ (1994) * _Freaky Friday_ (2003) * _The Birdcage_ (1996) * _Mad Max_ (1979) — just in time for the [_Mad Max: Fury Road_ trailer](http://time.com/3043050/mad-max-trailer/ "undefined") * _Spice World_ (1998) * _Kinky Boots_ (2005), which has since been turned into an award-winning Broadway musical * The entire _Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey_ series (2014) * _Airbud (1997)_ * _Red Dawn (1984)_ Get streamin’, folks. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3066056/netflix-rocky-mad-max-mighty-ducks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3066056/netflix-rocky-mad-max-mighty-ducks/"},"headline":"What's New on Netflix in August? The First 5 Rocky Movies","datePublished":"2014-07-31T18:38:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:27:10.055Z","description":"What's new to stream in August","url":"https://time.com/3066056/netflix-rocky-mad-max-mighty-ducks/","keywords":["movies","Netflix"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6b57addb0c8129c/69869e06361760180b90d4c5/rocky_win.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd6b57addb0c8129c/69869e06361760180b90d4c5/rocky_win.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"rocky_win","caption":"","creditText":"Metro-Goldwyn-Maye/MGM/UA Entertainment","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3066056/netflix-rocky-mad-max-mighty-ducks/","name":"What's New on Netflix in August? The First 5 Rocky Movies"}}]}] ```