The first half of 2024 is well behind us. How about we pay less attention to that fact and focus instead on these unmissable foreign titles streaming on OTT this week?
1. Rising Impact: Season 2 – August 6 – Netflix – Japanese
When a third-grader’s natural gift for golf is accidentally discovered by a pro player, the boy embarks on a journey to be the world’s best golfer.
2. The Influencer – August 6 – Netflix – Korean
YouTube, TikTok, Instagram — 77 elite influencers flaunt their skills to strategically draw the most attention in this high-stakes social survival show.
3. Lolo and the Kid – August 7 – Netflix – Tagalog
A hustler and the child he took in routinely con the wealthy — but a life-changing opportunity could end their inseparable bond.
4. Secret World of Sound with David Attenborough – August 7 – Netflix – English
David Attenborough explores the extraordinary ways that animals hear and produce sound, and the crucial role sound plays in the lives of animals around the globe – from birth to surviving adulthood and finding a mate.
5. The Zone: Survival Mission: Season 3 – August 7 – Disney+ Hotstar – Korean
This mystery variety show has only one rule: “Survive, no matter what”. For each mission, cast members will enter an unknown, virtual reality space through a secret door. No matter what reality they face through the door, they must endure and survive.
6. Are you sure?! – August 8 – Disney+ Hotstar – Korean
Get ready for an adventure with Jimin and Jung Kook! Follow the dynamic duo as they travel through three locations in three countries: New York, Jeju Island, South Korea, and Sapporo, Japan.
7. The Color Purple – August 8 – JioCinema – English
A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman’s journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her life, but ultimately finds extraordinary strength and hope in the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood.
8, The Umbrella Academy: Season 4 – August 8 – Netflix – English
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father’s death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
9. Blue Ribbon Baking Championship – August 9 – Netflix – English
Blue ribbon-winning bakers from state fairs across the US face off for the first time in an epic baking showdown to win top honors and $100,000.
10. Django – August 9 – Lionsgate Play – English
In the Wild West in the 1860s and 1870s, Sarah and John have founded New Babylon, a city of outcasts of all backgrounds. Haunted by the murder of his family eight years earlier, Django is still looking for his daughter, believing she may have survived the killing. When Django shockingly finds her in Babylon, about to marry John, Sarah – now a grown woman – wants Django to leave fearing he’ll put Babylon in jeopardy. But Django, believing the city is in danger, is adamant that he will not lose his daughter twice.
11. DogMan – August 9 – Rent / Buy on BookMyShow – English
A boy, bruised by life, finds his salvation through the love of his dogs.
12. Lisa Frankenstein – August 9 – JioCinema – English
In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.