August is coming to a close, and whether you spent it swimming, or grilling, or traveling overseas, or even going to the movies (perhaps to waste a few hours sitting through the train-wreck that is Suicide Squad?), it's now time to face the fact that Netflix is again about to delete some movies you've always intended to watch. Fortunately, we've put together a rundown of the best films bolting the streaming service this month, so you know how to spend the last few days of your summer: in front of a screen.

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2 Fast 2 Furious (Sept. 1)

It's the only Fast and Furious outing without Vin Diesel, but John Singleton's over-the-top cartoonish direction—as well as the loud-mouthed antics of Tyrese Gibson and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges—makes this one of the franchise's most entertaining installments.


The Bridge on the River Kwai (Sept. 1)

David Lean's 1957 WWII epic details the efforts of British POWs (led by Alec Guinness) to build a bridge for their merciless Japanese captors—and will likely have you humming its signature tune for the rest of the year.


The Color Purple (Sept. 1)

Even lesser Spielberg is pretty good, which sums up this heartfelt 1985 adaptation of Alice Walker's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about African-Americans' struggles in the South during the first half of the 20th Century.


Crocodile Dundee (Sept. 1)

Paul Hogan's amusing blockbuster about an Australian bushman with a big knife who takes a trip to New York City was the number-two film at the American (and global) box-office in 1986, meaning you should see it if only for pop-cultural completist's sake.


Defending Your Life (Sept. 1)

Albert Brooks is a dead man who must justify his life in a heavenly court (or be forced to live his life all over again) in this phenomenal 1991 romantic comedy co-starring Meryl Streep.


Primal Fear (Sept. 1)

Edward Norton made an auspicious (and Oscar-nominated) big-screen debut opposite Richard Gere in this thriller about a lawyer (Gere) who's tasked with defending a seemingly innocent altar boy accused of murdering a Catholic Archbishop.


Roman Holiday (Sept. 1)

Audrey Hepburn won an Academy Award for Best Actress for this 1953 romantic-comedy classic from director William Wyler about a princess (Hepburn) who's shown around Rome by an American reporter (Gregory Peck).


Traffic (Sept. 1)

Stephen Soderbergh intertwines multiple narrative strands to convey the scope of the war on drugs in this acclaimed drama, which stars Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Dennis Quaid and Catherine Zeta-Jones, and which won four Oscars (for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, and Best Supporting Actor for Del Toro).


The Weather Man (Sept. 1)

Nicolas Cage is a hapless weatherman whose own middle-aged prospects are increasingly stormy (get it?!) in this off-kilter drama from Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski.


Zoolander (Sept. 1)

Despite its recent sequel's wholesale failure at the box-office, Ben Stiller's 2001 original about a dim-witted male model (Stiller) in competition with a hot up-and-coming runway adversary (Owen Wilson) remains one of the new millennium's most popular comedies.


Open Water (Sept. 28)

Chris Kentis' 2003 horror film generates considerable dread from its portrait of a couple who, on a scuba-diving trip in the Caribbean, are left behind by their tour, and thus wind up stranded in the middle of the shark-infested ocean.