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Top 10 TV shows and movies to binge this week: From 'Million Dollar Beach House' to 'The Vow'

You can take your pick from a reality show portraying drama brewing between real estate agents or you can sit back with some films, mull over a documentary and maybe enjoy a Spanish drama

BY LAKSHANA PALAT

UPDATED AUG 20, 2020

'Million Dollar Beach House' and 'The Vow' (Netflix, IMDb)

It's another week in lockdown, but don't worry, we've got you covered. There's a lot to binge this week. You can take your pick from a reality show portraying drama brewing between real estate agents or you can sit back with some films, mull over a documentary and maybe enjoy a Spanish drama.

So here's what's happening between August 20-27, folks. What are you planning to watch?

'John Was Trying to Contact Aliens' on Thursday, August 20

'John Was Trying To Contact Aliens' (Netflix)

It's 2020. We might as well expect an alien invasion. So, here's a brief synopsis of the Netflix documentary. John Shepherd had a special mission in life: to make contact with aliens. Over the course of 30 years, John transformed his grandparents' home in rural Michigan into an incredible laboratory from which he broadcast experimental music millions of miles into space. 'John Was Trying to Contact Aliens' charts the rise and fall of this one-man SETI project, before opening up into a broader story about the human need for connection.

'Tesla' on Friday, August 21

Don't miss out on a VOD release, either. 'Tesla' as the title suggests, is a biopic about the famed 19th-century scientist/inventor Nikola Tesla.

'Dark Forces Fuego Negro' on Friday, August 21

The official synopsis on Netflix reads, "In search of his sister, a renegade criminal seeks answers at a sordid hotel, where he encounters a sinister guest and romances a mysterious waitress."

'Hoops' on Friday, August 21

Jake Johnson voices a foul-mouthed high school basketball coach in an adult animated comedy series from 'Late Late Show' writer Ben Hoffman and producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller. Rob Riggle, Natasha Leggero, Ron Funches, Cleo King and AD Miles fill out the cast. It will stream on Netflix.

'Psycho Yoga Instructor' on Friday, August 20

...Or maybe catch a thriller-ish film on LMN at 8 pm ET. The title is just as it suggests. It's about a psycho yoga-instructor.

'Love In The Time Of Corona' on Saturday, August 22

Something most of us can identify with? Filmed this summer in the homes of its cast members, Freeform's two-night, four-hour limited series chronicles four interconnected stories set during the quarantine era.

'The Vow' on Sunday, August 23

The official synopsis reads, "A look at the experiences of the members of the NXIVM, an organization and sex cult who made headlines for being charged with sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy." It will air on HBO.

'Love Island' on Monday, August 24

In the delayed second season of the American version of the reality series, the contestants are living on the island of Las Vegas, Nevada.

'Million Dollar Beach House' on Wednesday, August 26

Nothing like some real-estate drama to lift your flagging spirits. The show focuses on agents at Nest Seekers, a brokerage that represents the most extravagant properties on the South Fork. The official synopsis reads, "'Million Dollar Beach House' is a bird’s eye view into the day-to-day life of the Hampton’s youngest and most exclusive group of real estate agents, documenting their private lives and posh coastline listings. With 2,500 realtors working the Hamptons market, earning a listing is fierce competition. Nest Seekers reps to-die-for, multi-million-dollar properties and not without personal drama between agents. Throughout the series, five brokers hustle from Memorial Day to Labor Day to buy and sell properties for their clients. From appeasing sellers who are unhappy with home staging to cutthroat open houses where agents are going after each other’s clients, 'Million Dollar Beach House' has all the views, all the schmooze, and brokers with a lot to lose." It will stream on Netflix.

'Lingua Franca' on Wednesday, August 26

The synopsis reads, "Olivia (Isabel Sandoval), an undocumented Filipino transwoman, works as a caregiver to Olga (Lynn Cohen), an elderly Russian woman, in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. When Olivia runs out of options to attain legal status in the US, she becomes romantically involved with Alex (Eamon Farren), Olga's adult grandson, in the pursuit of a marriage-based green card." It will stream on Netflix.