What's new on streaming for August?

August highlights from major streaming and cable on-demand services:

Aug. 1: Meet the Donors: Does Money Talk?  (HBO Go, HBO Now).  Alexandra Pelosi (Journeys With George),  the daughter of House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, offers a Campaign Finance 101 in this documentary, as wealthy donors talk about why they're willing to funnel so much cash to politicians.

Agatha Raisin and The Quiche of Death (Acorn). Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty) stars as the title character, a refugee from the London PR world who enters a quiche-making contest in her new town, only to be named a suspect when one of the savory pastries is used to kill someone. The movie served as a pilot for an eight-episode mystery series, which arrives on Acorn a week later.

Aug. 2: Keanu (iTunes, OnDemand). Emotionally exhausted after the political conventions? Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele and the world's cutest kitten can help with that.

The Lobster (iTunes, OnDemand): In this dystopian dramedy starring Colin Farrell and Rachel Weisz, singles are forced to find a romantic partner in 45 days or be turned into animals.

Aug. 5: The Little Prince (Netflix).  The animated version of Antoine de Saint Exupéry's classic novella found a home on the streaming service after being dumped by Paramount last spring.

Aug. 10: Hard Knocks: Training Camp With the L.A. Rams (HBO Go, HBO Now) It's not truly football season until you hear Liev Schreiber doing voice-overs about preseason roster cuts. (HBO Now will add episodes the morning after they air.)

Aug. 11: Triumph's Summer Election Special 2016 (Hulu). Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, who pooped on the primary process in an Emmy-nominated variety special, turns his attention to the conventions.

Aug. 12: The Get Down (Netflix). Director Baz Lurhmann, rappers Grandmaster Flash and Nas and journalist Nelson George tell the story of how the bankrupt New York City of the late 1970s gave birth to hip-hop.

Aug. 15: The Disappearance (Acorn). This French import, which has been compared to the U.K.'s Broadchurch, focuses on the police investigation of a missing teenage girl. Alix Poisson (The Returned) stars.

Aug. 16: Love and Friendship (iTunes, OnDemand). Kate Beckinsale and Chloë Sevigny reunite with their Last Days of Disco director Whit Stillman in this romance based on a Jane Austen novella.

Aug. 22: The Syndicate: All or Nothing (Acorn).  In the third season of this British drama, the staff at a rundown, nearly bankrupt British estate form a lottery pool and win £14 million, turning the residents' Upstairs Downstairs dynamic on its head. Cara Theobold, who played maid Ivy on Downton Abbey, stars.

Aug. 23: Casual (Hulu). The second season of the dramedy starring Michaela Watkins and Tommy Dewey reaches its finale.

Aug. 26: The Kicks (Amazon). This kids' series based on the books by Olympic gold medalist Alex Morgan tells the story of a girl (Sixx Orange) adjusting after a cross-country move and joining a new soccer team.