It is August -- you know what that means -- the last month of summer, and new films and TV shows on DVD and for streaming on Netflix.

For some of you who are lovers of drama, comedy, and period pieces, this is perhaps the time for you to enjoy Netflix's newest additions. And for those interested in science-fiction mixed with fact, and also mystery there is the former AMC show "The Killing" now in its fourth season on Netflix.

Netflix resurrected this show after AMC left the third season in doubt. Some critics were confused by Netflix saving the show because the last season scored low in the ratings, so the show's death was probably already written, The Vulture reported.

You cannot kill "The Killing." It returns to the streaming website this month, along with the last past three seasons. In this fourth season, with only six episodes, Mireille Enos' Linden, and Joel Kinnaman's Holder are on a new case involving a murder at a military academy. Joan Allen of "The Crucible," "The Bourne Conspiracy," and "The Bourne Ultimatum," joins the cast.

Now if you love Freddie Prinze Jr. then you might love the two films on this movie website. Both "Boys and Girls," and "Down to You" came out in 2000. "Boy and Girls" is about how two friends and their friendship is tested when they have to sleep together. It also stars Claire Forlani, and Jason Biggs of "American Pie" fame.

The second Prinze Jr. film is "Down to You," which is about a young man who wins then loses his first and only love. Julia Stiles and Selma Blair ("Hellboy") are also in the film.

With the "Mad Max 4: Fury Road" set to hit theaters May 15, 2015, you could catch its first film that spawned three sequels starring Mel Gibson from 1979. The original George Miller film is set in a dystopian Australia where everyone is eeking out an existence.

The other science-fiction and fact series is the critically acclaimed "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" that came out Spring of this year. It will be available on Aug. 7. The series is hosted by astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and produced by Seth MacFarlane of "Family Guy." This show is a revival of the 1980s' Carl Sagan hosted miniseries, The Vulture reported.

Just like Sagan's past series, Tyson and MacFarlane give its audiences a weekly physics lesson, showcased with Hollywood special effects. The series takes a look inside microscopic atoms, outside the farthest reaches of the universe, and time-traveling through universe-shattering events past, present, and future.

For lovers of period pieces there is Elizabeth Taylor in 1963's "Cleopatra." Taylor is in the titular role as the Queen of Egypt, alongside Richard Burton and Rex Harrison. The film is the spectacle, conquests and tragedy of the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, Screen Crush reported.

Also there is 2000's "Chocolat" starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche and Judi Dench. It is about a mother and daughter who open a chocolate shop in a small French village. The introduction of chocolate shakes the morality of the villagers.

The story of "Buffalo Soldiers" is told from the point of view of a U.S. Army colonel and his wife during the post-Civil War era. The story chronicles the adventures and exploits of an all black 10th cavalry regiment, formed in 1871.

"Becoming Jane," starring Anne Hathaway and James McAvo, is an autobiographical film about the author Jane Austen, and her romance with a young Irishman. Hathaway is portraying Austen. This story takes place before and during the time Austen writes her beloved novels.

There are also the following films:

"Best Laid Plans"

"Blink"

"Blown Away"

"Blue Car"

"Bounce"

"Brian's Song"

"Bridget Jones' Diary"

"Caveman"

"Chaplin"

"Chinatown"

"Corky Romano"

"Cypher"

"Elizabethtown"