America’s streaming charts changed noticeably this week. New releases are displacing several of the titles that dominated early August, while revivals, familiar franchises and even older theatrical movies are finding surprisingly strong second lives on streaming.
Methodology note: Most streamers do not publish directly comparable weekly U.S. viewing totals. OTTShows therefore uses the freshest available U.S. platform rankings and supporting viewing/news signals to identify the titles with the strongest current momentum.
Netflix
Trending Movie: The Last House
The Last House has taken over the U.S. Netflix movie chart, ranking No. 1 on August 13 after six days in the Top 10. It has moved ahead of Arthur the King, In the Land of Saints and Sinners and former chart leader 72 Hours, making it Netflix’s clearest movie breakout of the week.
Trending Show: My Life with the Walter Boys
The series sits at No. 1 on Netflix’s U.S. TV chart and has accumulated 41 days in the Top 10. That longevity is particularly striking in a week when true-crime newcomer Conversations with a Killer: The Charles Manson Tapes entered at No. 2.
Prime Video
Trending Movie: Masters of the Universe
The franchise movie is currently No. 1 among Prime Video movies in the United States, ahead of The Amateur and Project Hail Mary. Its 21-day chart run suggests something more durable than opening-weekend curiosity.
Trending Show: Sterling Point
Sterling Point has quickly become Prime Video’s No. 1 U.S. show after only seven days on the chart. Ride or Die remains close behind, while the arrival of Reacher is already creating fresh competition.
That competition is about to intensify: Reacher Season 4 is one of the major new streaming releases arriving this weekend.
Disney+
Trending Movie: Disney’s franchise and family catalog
Disney+ continues to lean on one of streaming’s strongest advantages: recognizable family franchises that generate repeat viewing rather than depending entirely on premiere-week spikes.
Trending Show: High Potential
The ABC crime drama has been enjoying renewed streaming momentum as audiences revisit the series ahead of Season 3. That makes it a good example of the increasingly blurred line between broadcast hits and streaming hits inside Disney’s ecosystem.
Hulu
Trending Movie: Tropic Thunder
One of this week’s more unexpected chart stories is the return of the 2008 Ben Stiller comedy. Nearly two decades after its theatrical release, Tropic Thunder has surged back into Hulu’s U.S. Top 10 — another example of streaming giving older movies an entirely new audience cycle.
Trending Show: King of the Hill
The animated revival remains one of Hulu’s defining August successes. Nostalgia, an established fan base and the arrival of new episodes have combined to turn the series into one of the platform’s strongest recent viewing stories.
HBO Max
Trending Movie: Sicario
Taylor Sheridan’s 2015 thriller is having an impressive second life. Sicario has surged up HBO Max’s charts more than a decade after its theatrical release, showing how recognizable stars, strong word of mouth and renewed interest in Sheridan’s work can resurrect a catalog movie.
Trending Show: HBO franchise viewing — with Lanterns about to change the picture
HBO Max’s TV rankings are entering a transition weekend. DC’s Lanterns is one of the biggest new streaming premieres of August and is arriving this weekend, making it the title most likely to reshape the service’s chart next week.
Apple TV+
Trending Movie: Apple’s original-film catalog
Apple TV continues to operate differently from services with enormous licensed movie libraries: its movie discovery is concentrated around a smaller slate of originals rather than a constantly rotating catalog.
Trending Show: Ted Lasso
This week’s clearest Apple TV story is Ted Lasso. The returning series has surged back to the top of U.S. streaming interest, with recent chart reporting placing the revival at No. 1 among U.S. streaming shows.
The strength of the comeback also demonstrates how valuable Apple’s relatively small collection of recognizable franchises has become.
Peacock
Trending Movie: Catalog movies continue to drive discovery
Peacock’s movie viewing remains heavily influenced by recognizable studio titles that can suddenly return to prominence when they are rediscovered through the platform’s recommendation system.
Trending Show: Peacock’s scripted and reality mix
Peacock continues to distinguish itself from its competitors through a mix of scripted originals, NBC programming, reality franchises and sports rather than depending on one programming category.
Paramount+
Trending Movie: The Hangover
Streaming nostalgia strikes again. The Hangover moved into the No. 1 Paramount+ movie position on August 13, pushing Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender to No. 2. Even more remarkably, all three Hangover movies appear among the platform’s top four movies.
Trending Show: Lioness
Lioness is currently No. 1 among Paramount+ shows in the United States, ahead of South Park and Criminal Minds. Its 155 days on the chart underline just how valuable Taylor Sheridan’s programming has become to Paramount+.
Weekly Trend Takeaway
This week illustrates three different ways a title can win in streaming.
First, something genuinely new can break through quickly — as The Last House has done on Netflix and Sterling Point on Prime Video. Second, a major franchise can generate sustained viewing, as Masters of the Universe, Lioness and Ted Lasso demonstrate.
But the most fascinating trend is the streaming resurrection effect. Tropic Thunder, Sicario and the entire Hangover trilogy are suddenly competing with brand-new productions. Streaming libraries are increasingly behaving less like archives and more like enormous rediscovery engines: a movie can effectively have another opening weekend years after leaving theaters.
And another shake-up is already underway. Reacher Season 4 and HBO Max’s Lanterns are among this weekend’s biggest arrivals, so next week’s chart could look considerably different.
