Take a look at the IMDb staff picks for the best movies and series coming in August.

Staff Picks: What to Watch in August

Check out our calendar of everything coming to streaming during the month of August.

August 2025 TV and Streaming Premiere Dates

Cosplayers made a big splash at San Diego Comic-Con! Check out the greatest costumes from the 2025 convention.

Cosplay at San Diego Comic-Con 2025

tvSeries

Set in early 1980s in Beijing. Liu Huifang is a young woman grew up and still lives in an alley in Beijing. Liu falls in love with a young guy who comes from an intellectual family in Shanghai, and marries him. But their married life is always stumbling. Song Dacheng is a co-worker of Liu who loves her dumbly, and always helps her with family affairs.

Xuejian Li, Meiying Huang, Kaili Zhang, and Song Xue in Expectation (1990)

Awards

Expectation

Golden Eagle Awards, China

Golden Phoenix Awards, China

Feitian Television Awards

Huading Award

Contribute to this page

More from this title

More to explore

Recently viewed