September watchlist: The best films and shows to stream this month
From streaming gems to big-screen blockbusters, September’s lineup promises a season of stories worth watching. Here’s your guide to the films defining Fall 2025.
September marks both a style shift and a screen shift. As wardrobes transition into fall layers, streaming platforms roll out some of the year’s most exciting releases. From gripping thrillers to heartwarming romances, here are the most anticipated titles dropping this September on Netflix, Prime, Hulu, and Apple TV+.
Wednesday Season 2 Part 2
Is this the only Addams family adaptation out there? No. Is it wildly entertaining and very addictive? Yes. Did the cliffhanger of part 1 have all of us on the edges of our seats? Absolutely. The Gothic return to Nevermore feels more fated than ever.
Release date: September 3, Netflix
Black Rabbit
You had me at Jude Law and Jason Bateman. A crime thriller involving a restaurateur and a criminal underworld? It has all the elements of an addictive, intriguing, and very stylish crime thriller. This is set to be a prime September watch, one you shouldn’t miss.
Release date: Sept 18, Netflix
The Girlfriend
Based on the novel by Michelle Frances, the series explores the fine line of love, power, and greed involving a mother and her paranoia-induced hostility toward her son’s girlfriend. When a perfect life seems too perfect, it’s only right to shake it up with a newcomer designed to provoke the debate: Am I paranoid or right? This show promises that and more.
Release date: Sept 10, Amazon Prime Video
Only Murders in the Building Season 5
There are but a few series that have elevated from a show to a seasonal ritual. OMITB has certainly earned its ritual status. The unlikely but comedically thrilling trio of Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez return to Arconia for what promises to be a chic performance. Of course, including a dead body in need of alternative investigative routes.
Release date: Sept 9, Hulu
The Savant
Is anyone else missing Jessica Chastain in a high-stakes thriller? Your prayers have been answered. This eight-episode miniseries is steeped in social resonance and cyberspace concerns, following an online ‘Savant’ setting up sieges to prevent online hate groups from committing crimes. Deeply relevant and rooted in everyday issues, this is a must-watch for September.
Release date: Sept 26, Apple TV+
Ruth and Boaz
Tyler Perry’s reimagination of a Biblical tale is certainly not one to miss. A modern take on a Biblical romance against the backdrop of hip-hop? This alchemy is going to be worth the watch, even if we have to wait till the last week of September to do it.
Release date: Sept 26, Netflix
The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 Final Episodes
Yes, it’s YA. Dramatic is a kind term to describe it, but are we still watching? With popcorn in hand. With the final three episodes being a departure from the books, this deeply debated Jenny Han adaptation has had the internet in a chokehold, and the last three episodes promise a memorable time, indeed.
Release date: Sept 3 onwards, Amazon Prime Video
The Morning Show Season 4
Our favourites, Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, are back, and we are more invested than ever before. This newsroom epic has more than just lifestyle tips and our favourite queens: deepfakes, AI manipulation, and so much more. With the glamour in this newsroom and unavoidable emotional turmoil, this season promises a great deal and we await Sept 17 with bated breath.
Release date: Sept 17, Apple TV+
Mantis
A sleek South Korean spy thriller, with a secret society of assassins competing to become the number one assassin, and a spinoff from the 2023 Kill Boksoon universe? The familiarity of this universe coupled with a new hired-killer plot, is designed to keep us glued to our seats.
Release date: Sept 26, Netflix
All of You
If you’re looking to have a good cry on a Fall evening, maybe during the rains? Then this one’s for you. A bittersweet romance, with the added spice of sci-fi through technologically mediated soulmates, and of course fate, this film starring Brett Goldstein and Imogen Poots is placed well to incite a few tears.
Release date: Sept 26, Apple TV+
Swiped
An intriguing and possibly soon-to-be cult favourite, this film is a biographical take on Whitney Wolfe Herd’s life, the founder and former CEO of Bumble. Starring Lily James in this fascinating take on this multidimensional affair of love, business, and, at its heart, empowerment.
Release date: Sept 19, Hulu
Confidence Queen
A South Korean take on a swindler trio to make garden-variety corrupted villains into their personal playground? This promises entertainment, possibly confusion, but a well-spent evening. It also involves very complicated schemes? It feels like a moral successor to Netflix’s Players, one we are very excited to watch.
Release date: Sept 6, Amazon Prime Video
The Man in My Basement
A horror-thriller to mark the last week of September with nothing short of a chilling adaptation of Walter Mosley’s novel? It’s set to be an eventful and possibly jump-scare heavy tale of a who-knows-who renting the basement (played by Willem Dafoe) and the unraveling mystery beneath the surface. It’s poised to have us keeping a stronger eye out on the windows and doors at night.
Release date: Sept 26, Hulu
Highest 2 Lowest
A crime thriller starring Denzel Washington and Ice Spice’s cinematic debut? You have our attention. This is a creative remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Japanese film High and Low, which was released way back in 1963. A music mogul having to choose between saving his legacy and his family in a very high-stakes, tense, and fast-moving crime thriller? Sept 5, you’re so close.
Release date: Sept 5, Apple TV+
September is the perfect month to justify a late night in your bed with a comfortable blanket, your favourite dinner, and a fully-charged laptop for your Autumn binge. A film/series run like any on this list would be best served with a glass of your favourite wine. Above all, September’s line-up proves that the films of fall are as layered and stylish as the wardrobes we build for it.
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