These are the best films and TV shows to watch on Netflix in September
If the unseasonable weather kept you inside more than you anticipated in August, causing you to binge watch the entirety of Netflix’s collection, there’s no need to fear.
Throughout the month of September the streaming service is releasing a whole new batch of films and series to keep you fully entertained as the summer creeps to a close.
Here are the top titles set for release this month.
The Duchess
UK Netflix release date: Friday 11 September
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Hide AdStand up comedian and occasional 8 out of 10 Cats panelist Katherine Ryan has an exciting new sitcom set for release this month. The Duchess follows Ryan, who plays an exaggerated version of herself as a flawed but loving single mum. Katherine decides to have a second child, but there is one issue: she’s not in a relationship. The series follows her as she tries to find a way to make this dream a reality from considering sperm donors to asking her ex.
The Devil All the Time
UK Netflix release date: Wednesday 16 September
The Devil All the Time is an American psychological thriller film based on the novel of the same name by Donald Ray Pollock. It follows Arvin Russell (played by Tom Holland) as he tries to protect his loved ones in a town filled with sinister characters such as a suspicious preacher played by Robert Pattinson, an ominous couple played by Jason Clarke and Riley Keough and a corrupt sheriff played by Sebastian Stan. Also starring Bill Skarsgård - known for his role as Pennywise in Stephen King’s IT - and Mia Wasikowski (Jane Eyre).
Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice (2020)
UK Netflix release date: Wednesday 15 September
This emotional documentary follows a Thai Buddhist family as they make the unconventional choice to have their terminally ill two-year-old daughter cryogenically frozen in the hope that she will be resurrected and restored back to health in the future. The documentary provides rare insight into not only grief, but the largely undocumented, new scientific fringe innovation of Cryonics, a subject that has been criticised by the wider scientific community.
Bookmarks
UK Netflix release date: Tuesday 1 September
This new Netflix kids’ show tells children’s stories with an angle on race, features several big names such as Lupita Nyong'o (Us), Caleb McLaughlin (Stranger Things), and Tiffany Haddish (The Lego Movie 2). Bookmarks tells stories specifically from black points of view, covering themes of identity, respect, justice and action.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
UK Netflix release date: Friday 4 September
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Hide AdCharlie Kaufman’s new psychological horror film, based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Iain Reid, is quite an unnerving watch. The story captures the doubts and anxieties of a nervous woman meeting her boyfriend’s rather strange parents for the first time. Starring Jessie Buckley, Toni Collette, Jesse Plemons and David Thewlis.
Enola Holmes
UK Netflix release date: Wednesday 23 September
Written by Jack Thorne (His Dark Materials) and directed by Harry Bradbeer (Fleabag), Enola Holmes puts a feministic spin on the classic Sherlock Holmes story, by focusing on the tales of Sherlock and Mycroft’s lesser-known sister Enola, played by Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things). The film follows the lively Enola and friends as she tries to find her newly missing mother (Helena Bonham Carter). Starring Henry Cavill and Sam Claflin play Sherlock and Mycroft.
Zodiac
UK Netflix release date: Tuesday 1 September
This crime thriller from director David Fincher is based on a true story and has a star studded line up, including Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Robert Downey Jr. Zodiac follows a crime reporter, a political cartoonist, and a couple of cops as they work to investigate San Francisco's infamous Zodiac Killer, a serial murderer operating in the late 60s and early 70s, who is thought to have killed over 20 people and who remains unknown.
The full list of releases coming to Netflix in September:
Tuesday 1 September
A Beautiful Mind (2001)BookmarksBorgen, seasons 1-3Demolition Man (1993)Indecent Proposal (1993)The Sum of All Fears (2002)Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)Zodiac (2007)
Wednesday 2 September
Chef’s Table: BBQ, season 1
Thursday 3 September
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Hide AdAfonso Padilha: ClasslessCall the Midwife, season 8Young Wallander
Friday 4 September
AwayI’m Thinking of Ending Things
Wednesday 9 September
Get Organised With the Home EditLa Linea: Shadow of NarcoThe Social DilemmaSo Much Love to Give
Thursday 10 September
Julie and the Phantoms
Friday 11 September
The DuchessFamily Business, season 2
Tuesday 15 September
Hope Frozen: a Quest to Live TwiceMichael McIntyre: ShowmanMisfits, seasons 1-5
Wednesday 16 September
Challenger: The Final FlightCriminal, season 2The Devil All the Time
Thursday 17 September
GIMS: On the RecordThe Last WordThe School Nurse Files
Friday 18 September
Jurassic World: Camp CretaceousRatchedWhipped
Monday 21 September
A Love Song for Latasha
Monday 21 September
The Playbook
Wednesday 23 September
Enola Holmes
Friday 25 September
The School Nurse FilesSneakerheads
Wednesday 30 September
American Murder: The Family Next Door