August 2015 Movies

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Mar. 27, 2022

Best Movies Released August 2015

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Two years after Battle of Gods, Dragon Ball Z is back in a highly anticipated new film – featuring the return of one of the most iconic villains of all time, Frieza.

Tadayoshi Yamamuro, Akira Toriyama

Action Sequel Animation 1 hr, 45 mins

80%

  • 4.5
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Explores if bygones are really ever bygones.

Jason Bateman, Jason Blum, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, David Denman, Beau Knapp, Rebecca Yeldham, Couper Samuelson

Thriller Suspense

76%

  • 3.5
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A sheep named Shaun and his sheepdog friend Bitzer are forced to take their entire flock on an adventure to the big city to rescue the Farmer.

Mark Burton, Julie Lockhart, Richard Starzak, Paul Kewley

PG Adventure Comedy Family Animation Stop-Motion

83%

  • 3.4
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An origins Fantastic Four story with an all new cast. 20th Century Fox is the latest studio to start the process of overhauling one of its big Marvel Entertainment franchises, Fantastic Four, which has already hatched two films.

Michael B. Jordan, Matthew Vaughn, Jeremy Slater, Kate Mara, Tim Blake Nelson, Miles Teller, Josh Trank, Gregory Goodman

PG-13 Action Adventure Superhero Reboot 3D Comic Book 1 hr, 45 mins

79%

  • 3
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A woman abandons her family when she is younger to find fame and fortune as a rock star. Decades later, she decides to be a mother again to her estranged children, one of whom is going through a rough divorce.

Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Ben Platt, Jonathan Demme, Marc Platt, Diablo Cody, Sebastian Stan, Mamie Gummer

PG-13 Drama Music 1 hr, 37 mins

33%

  • 3.7
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Set in a Mediterranean sea-side village, Kamila (Salma Hayek) cleans house for exiled artist and poet Mustafa (Liam Neeson), but the more difficult job is keeping her free-spirited young daughter, Almitra, (Quvenzhané Wallis) out of trouble. The three embark on a journey meant to end with Mustafa’s return home – but first they must evade the authorities who fear that the truth in his words will incite rebellion. Featuring music from Damien Rice, Glen Hansard and Yo-Yo Ma.

Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek, John Krasinski, Quvenzhane Wallis, Frank Langella, Roger Allers, Alfred Molina

PG Adaptation Animation 1 hr, 25 mins

23%

  • 3.9
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Inspired by the beloved classic, Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet is a richly-animated story and celebration of Gibran’s book, created by artists, animators and musicians from around the world.

Liam Neeson, Salma Hayek, John Krasinski, Quvenzhane Wallis, Frank Langella, Roger Allers, Alfred Molina

Family Animation

79%

  • 4
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When two rebellious young boys stumble across an abandoned cop car hidden in a secluded glade they decide to take it for a joyride. When the small town sheriff (Kevin Bacon) goes looking for his missing car, the boys find themselves in the center of a deadly game of cat and mouse and the only way out is to go as fast as their cop car can take them.

Kevin Bacon, Jon Watts, Sheriff Kretzer, Camryn Manheim, James Freedson-Jackson

R Thriller 1 hr, 26 mins

78%

  • 2.9
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Set in the aftermath of the tragic 2010 BP oil spill, Colin Price, an idealistic but flawed New Orleans congressman, is forced to confront his dysfunctional life after his career is destroyed in a sex scandal.

Nicolas Cage, Sarah Paulson, Connie Nielsen, Austin Stark, Glenn Williamson, Peter Fonda, Bryan Bratt, Wendell Pierce

R Drama Thriller Political 1 hr, 30 mins

62%

  • 3.2
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Like most teenage girls, Minnie Goetze (Bel Powley) is longing for love, acceptance and a sense of purpose in the world. Minnie begins a complex love affair with her mother's (Kristen Wiig) boyfriend, "the handsomest man in the world," Monroe Rutherford (Alexander Skarsgård). What follows is an account of one girl's sexual awakening, without judgment.

Kristen Wiig, Marielle Heller, Bel Powley, Alexander Skarsgard, Christopher Meloni

R Drama

74%

  • 3.9
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Follows a woman who survived the brutal massacre of her family when she was seven-years old and testified against her own brother. Twenty-five years later, a secret society obsessed with crime-solving called the Kill Club brings her in for questioning to discover the truth of the horrific crime.

Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Peter Safran, Nicholas Hoult, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Stephane Marsil, Tye Sheridan, Christina Hendricks

R Drama Adaptation 1 hr, 53 mins

53%

  • 3.2
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An African 3D documentary. No other plot details have been announced.

Patrick Morris, Mike Newell, Idris Elba, Neil Nightingale, Nigel Williams

Documentary Nature 3D 1 hr, 27 mins

24%

  • 4.7
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The espionage adventures of Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, agents of United Network Command for Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) who fight the forces of T.H.R.U.S.H. (Technological Hierarchy for the Removal of Undesirables and the Subjugation of Humanity).

Guy Ritchie, Henry Cavill, Alicia Vikander, Hugh Grant, Basil Iwanyk, John Davis, David Dobkin, Armie Hammer

PG-13 Action Adventure Thriller Suspense Adaptation Based on TV 1 hr, 56 mins

59%

  • 4.3
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The story of a reluctant hero whose town is threatened when his long-time rival returns home to avenge an old grudge. When the players from his foosball table are magically brought to life, he recruits them to help him enter into the biggest underdog match ever, save the town and win back the love of his life.

Nicholas Hoult, Juan Jose Campanella, Matthew Morrison, Ariana Grande

PG Family Animation 1 hr, 22 mins

51%

  • 3.2
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A meticulous small-town nurse (Rosamund Pike) falls victim to a life-altering event after she goes on a blind date with a man (Shiloh Fernandez) who turns out not to be who he says he is. She must find the strength and courage to rebuild her life and return to her former self.

Nick Nolte, Rosamund Pike, Shiloh Fernandez, Fouad Mikati, Patricia Beauchamp, Joe Gossett

Suspense Psychological 1 hr, 35 mins

55%

  • 3.1
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Revolves around the rise and fall of the Compton, California rap group N.W.A., whose initials read Niggas With Attitude. The members include drug dealer turned label founder Eazy-E, young disc jockey Dr. Dre and the politically bent Ice Cube, plus MC Ren and DJ Yella.

Ice Cube, Matt Alvarez, David Engel, Bill Strauss, Andrea Berloff, Leigh Savidge, Alan Wenkus, Tomica Woods

R Drama Mystery True Story 2 hrs, 27 mins

79%

  • 4.4
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A Vermont teenager Jude moves in with his hippie dad in NYC after his best friend Teddy overdoses. There he falls in with the no drugs, no sex, no meat straight-edge hardcore punk scene of the East Village.

Hailee Steinfeld, Ethan Hawke, Emile Hirsch, Luca Borghese, Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini, Celine Rattray, Asa Butterfield

R Drama Adaptation Coming-of-Age 1 hr, 44 mins

68%

  • 3
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At an abandoned asylum, six teens tinker with the occult, causing a possession, a paranormal mystery and a bloody nightmare that no one could predict. From the director of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and producers of Paranormal Activity and Insidious.

Gage Golightly, Marcus Nispel, Kirsten McCallion, Kelly Blatz, Brittany Curran, Brett Dier, Nic Nicotera

Horror 1 hr, 31 mins

81%

  • 3.6
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Follows a man who wakes up in bed suffering from memory loss after being in an accident, only to begin to suspect that his wife may not be his real wife and that a web of lies and deceit deepen inside the house where he soon finds himself a prisoner.

Michael Polish, Kate Bosworth, Amy Kolquist, Wes Bentley

Thriller

65%

  • 3
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A newly single, under-employed graphic novelist navigates life, his young twin daughters, a case of writer's block, a classroom full of students, and a new love while letting go of the woman who left him.

Jemaine Clement, James C. Strouse, Michael Clark, Alex Turtletaub, Regina Hall, Stephanie Allynne, Jessica Williams

R Drama Comedy Romance 1 hr, 25 mins

64%

  • 2
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In Mistress America, Tracy (Lola Kirke) is a lonely college freshman in New York, having neither the exciting university experience nor the glamorous metropolitan lifestyle she envisioned. But when she is taken in by her soon-to-be stepsister, Brooke (Greta Gerwig) – a resident of Times Square and adventurous gal about town – she is rescued from her disappointment and seduced by Brooke's alluringly mad schemes.

Cindy Cheung, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Shana Dowdeswell, Lola Kirke, Juliet Brett, Michael Chernus, Charlie Gillette

R Comedy 1 hr, 26 mins

26%

  • 2.5
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Follows an orphan who learns the art of hypnosis and has the ability to hypnotize the people around her.

Christopher N. Rowley, Raffey Cassidy, Dominic Monaghan, Emily Watson

Fantasy Adaptation Family

75%

  • 4.8
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A modern odyssey – a dizzying, almost science fiction-like journey into the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent’s biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old “civilizing” ideology re-emerges – one of colonialism and a clash of empires – with new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources. Academy Award® nominated director of Darwin’s Nightmare, Hubert Sauper, takes us on a voyage in his tiny, self-made aircraft constructed from tin and canvas, leading us into the most improbable locations and into people’s thoughts and dreams in both stunning and heartbreaking ways.

Hubert Sauper

Documentary 1 hr, 50 mins

53%

  • 3.8
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After the sudden death of his lover, Guillaume (Caleb Landry Jones), Tom (Xavier Dolan), travels from his home in the city to a remote country farm for the funeral. Upon arriving, he’s shocked to find that Guillaume's family knows nothing about him and was expecting a woman in his place. Torn between his own grief and that of the family, Tom keeps his identity a secret but soon finds himself increasingly drawn into a twisted, sexually-charged game by Guillaume’s aggressive brother (Pierre-Yves Cardinal), who suspects the truth.

Xavier Dolan, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Lisa Roy

Drama Thriller

42%

  • 2.7
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Follows a pack of feral teenage boys who choose the wrong girl to be the victim of their final "initiation."

Abigail Breslin, Tyler Shields, Jeff Kwatinetz, Rob Carliner, Joseph Nasser, Steve Scarlata, Johnny Silver, Wes Bentley

R Thriller

78%

  • 3.2
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Before he created Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney was an animator and businessman who spent a decade shrugging off failure in order to build the studio that would turn him into an icon. The indie period drama Walt Before Mickey chronicles nine years worth of these early struggles

David Henrie, Khoa Le, Arthur L. Bernstein, Armando Gutierrez, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Jon Heder, Jodie Sweetin

PG Drama Biography Period 2 hrs, 0 mins

90%

  • 4.2
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Jesse Eisenberg will portray a stoner who lives with his girlfriend (Kristen Stewart) in a small town. His life takes an unexpected turn when his past comes back to haunt him and he becomes the target of a government operation to wipe him out.

Max Landis, Kristen Stewart, Uma Thurman, Nima Nourizadeh, Topher Grace, Bill Pullman, Jesse Eisenberg, Tony Hale

R Action Comedy

71%

  • 4.2
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In the aftermath of the shocking events in Sinister, a protective mother (Shannyn Sossamon) and her 9-year-old twin sons (real-life twins Robert and Dartanian Sloan) find themselves in a rural house marked for death as the evil spirit of Buhguul continues to spread with frightening intensity.

Jason Blumenthal, Tate Ellington, Scott Derrickson, Ciaran Foy, Shannyn Sossamon, James Ransone, Laila Haley

R Sequel Thriller Horror

71%

  • 3.8
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A genetically engineered elite assassin with a barcode tattooed on the back of his head works for a mysterious organization dubbed the Agency.

Ciaran Hinds, Adrian Askarieh, Michael Finch, Zachary Quinto, Rupert Friend, Aleksander Bach, Chuck Gordon, Alex Young

R Action Remake Reboot Based on Game

70%

  • 3.9
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The storry follows a high school senior who thinks graduating is a matter of life or death.

Lucas Till, Oren Segal, Derick Martini, Chiara Trento, Jason Dubin, Bret Easton Ellis, Bella Heathcote, Penelope Mitchell

Thriller Horror Adaptation Teen 1 hr, 30 mins

77%

  • 3.3
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Richard (Pierce Brosnan) is a successful college professor who gives up a steady stream of one-night stands and beautiful undergrads for fatherhood with much younger Kate (Jessica Alba). Three years later when Kate falls in love with someone else and moves out, she sends her sister, Olivia (Salma Hayek), to make sure Richard is properly caring for their son. Assuming Richard is back to his irresponsible playboy lifestyle, Olivia is shocked when she starts to fall in love with him herself.

Salma Hayek, Malcolm McDowell, Tom Vaughan, Pierce Brosnan, Jessica Alba, Duncan Joiner, Benjamin McKenzie

R Comedy Romance 1 hr, 39 mins

61%

  • 3.7
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The discovery of a bone and a gun sends a husband and wife on separate adventures over the course of a weekend.

Sam Rockwell, Brie Larson, Anna Kendrick, Jake Johnson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Joe Swanberg, Orlando Bloom

Drama 1 hr, 23 mins

65%

  • 3
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Follows the downward spiral of a man who has no limits. David Gold, 36, a pathologically immature former child actor, has never been able to get over high school. Recently diagnosed with skin cancer, unemployed and with nothing left to lose, he fakes his resume and gets a job as a high school guidance counselor. Quickly winning over the students at Grusin High with his laidback attitude and similar interests, he befriends Jabrielle, a teenaged outcast and soon learns that sometimes you can go too far, especially when it comes to committing a ridiculous crime.

Pat Mills, Zahra Bentham

Comedy 1 hr, 20 mins

53%

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Wendy Shields is a book editor from New York facing a marriage crisis. Darwan Singh Tur is a driving instructor from India with an abiding respect for tradition. When Wendy sets out to reclaim her independence, she hits a unique roadblock - she never learned to drive. She hires Darwan, a driving instructor and part-time cabdriver, to teach her. They form an unlikely bond that inspires each to embrace the humor, freedom, and strength that come with starting anew.

Grace Gummer, Isabel Coixet, Sarita Choudhury, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Clarkson, Jake Weber, Samantha Bee

PG-13 Comedy Romance

79%

  • 3
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Lily Tomlin is Elle Reid. Elle has just gotten through breaking up with her girlfriend when Elle's granddaughter Sage unexpectedly shows up needing $600 bucks before sundown. Temporarily broke, Grandma Elle and Sage spend the day trying to get their hands on the cash as their unannounced visits to old friends and flames end up rattling skeletons and digging up secrets.

Marcia Gay Harden, Paul Weitz, Judy Greer, Lily Tomlin, Julia Garner, Laverne Cox, Elizabeth Pena, Nat Wolff

R Comedy

74%

  • 3
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A screwball comedy about an escort, a theatre director and a private detective.

Owen Wilson, Noah Baumbach, Jennifer Aniston, Imogen Poots, Peter Bogdanovich, Wes Anderson, Louise Stratten, Rhys Ifans

R Drama Comedy 1 hr, 33 mins

30%

  • 2.9
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A modern odyssey – a dizzying, almost science fiction-like journey into the heart of Africa. At the moment when the Sudan, the continent’s biggest country, is being divided into two nations, an old “civilizing” ideology re-emerges – one of colonialism and a clash of empires – with new episodes of bloody (and holy) wars over land and resources. Academy Award® nominated director of Darwin’s Nightmare, Hubert Sauper, takes us on a voyage in his tiny, self-made aircraft constructed from tin and canvas, leading us into the most improbable locations and into people’s thoughts and dreams in both stunning and heartbreaking ways.

Hubert Sauper

Documentary 1 hr, 50 mins

53%

  • 3.8
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Mateo follows America’s most notorious gringo mariachi singer on his misadventures in Cuba. Matthew Stoneman dreamed of pop stardom. Instead, he went to jail, learned Spanish, and emerged as “Mateo,” America’s first white mariachi singer. Mateo is on the brink of completing an album of original songs in Havana. But his estrangement from friends and family, his criminal past, and his love for Cuban women could derail him on his quest for fame.

Aaron I. Naar

Documentary 1 hr, 28 mins

33%

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An American family moves to Southeast Asia and finds themselves embroiled in a violent coup where rebels mercilessly attack the city.

Lake Bell, Owen Wilson, John Erick Dowdle, Adam Ripp, Drew Dowdle, Rob Paris, Steve Alexander, Pierce Brosnan

R Action Thriller 1 hr, 41 mins

50%

  • 4.1
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The story of a troubled aspiring DJ named Cole who finds his place in the world of electronic dance music.

Zac Efron, Max Joseph, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Meaghan Oppenheimer, Wes Bentley, Emily Ratajkowski, Jon Bernthal

R Drama Romance

64%

  • 3.3
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War Room follows Tony and Elizabeth Jordan, a middle-class couple who seemingly have it all – great jobs, a beautiful daughter, their dream home. But appearances can be deceiving. In reality, the Jordan's marriage has become a war zone and their daughter is collateral damage. With the help of Miss Clara, an older, wiser woman, Elizabeth discovers she can start fighting for her family instead of against them. Through a newly energized faith, Elizabeth and Tony's real enemy doesn't have a prayer.

Alex Kendrick, Scotty Curlee, Karen Abercrombie, Stephen Kendrick, T.C. Stallings, Ashley Bratcher

PG Drama Faith

85%

  • 4.4
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The story follows Reagan, a track star, who is kidnapped by a pair of sociopaths after her car breaks down on a deserted road. Trapped and afraid, Reagan soon realizes her captors love the thrill of “the hunt,” and she is the hunted. Reagan must use her wits and physical prowess to escape her tormentors and find her way to freedom, while putting together the pieces of a horrifying puzzle.

James Gaudioso, Simeon Rice, Murray Gray, Rusty Joiner

Thriller Suspense

59%

  • 1
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A teenage girl lives alone and maintains a farm in the only valley with breathable air in the wake of nuclear war. Her world is turned upside down when two strangers wander in from the forest. The young girl nurses back to health a rugged scientist with a dark past, after he is weakened by a contaminated stream.

Chris Pine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Margot Robbie, Craig Zobel, Tobey Maguire, Matthew Plouffe, Thor Sigurjonsson, Nissar Modi

PG-13 Drama

23%

  • 3.3
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Story centers around Val, a hard-working live-in housekeeper in modern day Sao Paulo. Val is perfectly content to take care of every one of her wealthy employers’ needs, from cooking and cleaning to being a surrogate mother to their teenage son, who she has raised since he was a toddler. But when Val’s estranged daughter Jessica suddenly shows up the unspoken but intrinsic class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray. Jessica is smart, confident, and ambitious, and refuses to accept the upstairs/downstairs dynamic, testing relationships and loyalties and forcing everyone to reconsider what family really means.

Anna Muylaert, Regina Casé

R Drama 1 hr, 54 mins

70%

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Tells the tale of a werewolf hunted down in her fishing village, while also discovering love.

Jonas Arnby, Sonia Suhl, Lars Mikkelsen

R Romance 1 hr, 25 mins

63%

  • 4
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Top August 2015 Movie Trailers

The Fantastic Four Theatrical Teaser
Hitman: Agent 47 Theatrical Trailer
Underdogs Theatrical Trailer
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