September 2026 streaming picks
Which of these streaming picks are you most looking forward to watching?
September streaming highlights
1/9/2026
Translation: Megan Cornish
New month, new streaming recommendations. From Netflix to Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, Sky Show, HBO Max and Paramount+, these are our series and film picks on streaming services this September.
I’d like to learn more about gravity, but somehow the topic keeps getting me down. It’s time for something lighter, like this month’s film and TV series highlights. Put your feet up – there’s plenty to watch in September.
Netflix
The Gentlemen – season 2 (series)
Eddie Horniman (Theo James) tried to keep his family away from criminal dealings in the first instalment, but he’s since become quite comfortable with his role in the underworld. He runs Bobby Glass (Ray Winstone)’s drug empire with Glass’s daughter Susie and is working on expanding the business internationally. This obviously attracts the attention and greed of others and isn’t going to be smooth sailing.
Guy Ritchie’s The Gentlemen series is a spin-off of his 2019 film of the same name. It’s brimming with his signature style: fast-paced action, laugh-out-loud dialogue and elegantly dressed characters. The Gentlemen’s a real treat for fans of Guy Ritchie’s work, and that’s unlikely to change in the second season.
Starts: 3 September
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story (series)
This is the fourth instalment of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series about criminal cases and serial murder. After Jeffrey Dahmer, the Menendez brothers and Ed Gein, Lizzie Borden (Ella Beatty) is the first woman to take centre stage. Borden was arrested in 1892 and accused of murdering her father and stepmother with an axe in Fall River, Massachusetts. You can read about what happened next on Wikipedia. Or better yet, watch Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story and then check how closely Ryan Murphy sticks to the facts.
Lizzie Borden’s still a popular figure in pop culture. There are books, songs and films about her, and series including Supernatural and The Simpsons have referenced her. In the US, there’s even a nursery rhyme(!) about her:
«Lizzie Borden took an axe – and gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done – she gave her father forty-one.»
I hope you’re not about to eat dinner. Just remember: it’s not always the obvious suspect. Or is it?
Starts: 17 September
Disney+
The Mandalorian and Grogu (film)
For a long time, I thought I knew a thing or two about Star Wars as a fan. I realised how wrong I was after meeting Luca Fontana. That guy lives and breathes Star Wars! Thanks to him, I’ve caught up on dozens of books and stories over the past few years. I know a bit more about Star Wars now, but still nowhere near as much as Luca. So, I’m happy to pass the baton to him for his verdict on The Mandalorian and Grogu. Enjoy.
Starts: 2 September
Made in Korea – season 2 (series)
Baek Ki-tae (Hyun Bin) leads a dangerous double life. He works for the South Korean intelligence service – the KCIA – while also running a steadily growing smuggling network. This puts him in the sights of prosecutor Jang Geon-young (Jung Woo-sung), who’s determined to put an end to corruption and abuses of power in the country.
That was the first season, but now the second instalment has arrived, picking things up almost ten years later. Baek Ki-tae’s risen through the ranks of the KCIA and sidelined his rival, Jang Geon-young. But Geon-young’s been busy in the shadows, working on his revenge.
A political and action thriller about power struggles in South Korea during the 70s and 80s? Bring it on! I’ve mentioned before that I have a soft spot for Korean film and TV. Made in Korea seems to be no exception. Although I have to admit this series has completely passed me by until now. I guess I’ll have to catch up and watch the first season first. It’s a tough job, but someone has to do it.
Starts: 9 September
Apple TV
Mayday (film)
US Navy pilot Troy Kelly (Ryan Reynolds) is on a mission over Soviet territory during the Cold War when his plane is hit. He ejects safely but loses consciousness during the hard landing. When he comes to, he’s tied to a bed in a wooden cabin. Unfortunately for Troy, the cabin belongs to Nikolai (Kenneth Branagh), a former KGB agent. On the plus side, Nikolai’s patched him up and is a big admirer of US culture. Nikolai’s fondness for the USA is so strong that he helps Troy try to get home.
Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh in the same film? That wasn’t on my bingo card. I was even more surprised that their first collaboration is a buddy action comedy straight from the 80s. But here we are, and I honestly cracked a smile a couple of times during the Mayday trailer. From experience, that doesn’t necessarily mean the whole film will be any good, but I’ll give it a try. After all, Apple TV commissions and airs surprisingly little rubbish. Plus, directors John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein already got a lot right with Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
Starts: 4 September
Slow Horses – season 6 (series)
Exactly a year ago, I admitted that I hadn’t yet seen Slow Horses. An old friend was so indignant about this that, after years of no contact, he got in touch and politely urged me to finally fix this glitch in the Matrix. Luckily for me, I listened. This British spy thriller series with its dark humour deserves every bit of praise and every award it’s received – and is now quite rightly entering its sixth season.
Of course, the new season also revolves around Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) and Slough House, a backwateran outpost of the British domestic intelligence service MI5. It’s where agents who have messed up on the job end up. Besides the familiar crew, there’s also a reunion with Sid Baker (Olivia Cooke) from the first season. Sometimes those presumed dead really do live longer.
Starts: 16 September
Brothers (series)
Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar) and Woody Harrelson (Natural Born Killers) in a series…Shut up and take my money! The duo holds a special place in my heart when it comes to film and TV, and not just since their memorable collaboration in the first season of True Detective, which I still consider one of the best TV moments of all time.
McConaughey and Harrelson are also very close friends, you might say like brothers from another mother. For years, they’ve both fuelled the rumour that they might have the same father and therefore be half-brothers. McConaughey’s mother once claimed to have known both of their fathers (wink wink).
And that’s exactly what comedy series Brothers is about, in which McConaughey and Harrelson play fictional versions of themselves. It looks like a lot of fun in the trailer. And anyway, if those two are together, I’m in. No matter what.
Starts: 23 September
Amazon Prime Video
Neagley (series)
Like my colleague Luca, apart from the odd trailer, I haven’t seen any of Reacher, which now has four seasons. What am I missing? Possibly the role of private investigator Frances Neagley (Maria Sten). She’s getting her own series now, complete with a guest appearance by none other than Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson).
Neagley appeals to me more than Reacher. The trailer certainly promises suspense. Frances Neagley investigates the apparent suicide of a friend and stumbles upon a cult whose guru has proclaimed himself the new messiah. Who knows? Maybe this spin-off will help me get into Reacher. I’m curious.
Starts: 16 September
Sky Show
Hamnet (film)
Are you ready to have your heart broken and mended? Then Hamnet’s for you. The film tells the story of William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) and his wife Agnes (Jessie Buckley), who have to cope with the loss of their son Hamnet to avoid being destroyed themselves. Love, grief, healing – this is powerful emotional cinema, and there won’t be a dry eye in the house.
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)’s drama is based on the novel of the same name by Maggie O’Farrell. Jessie Buckley won the Oscar for Best Actress for her portrayal of Agnes. It was absolutely deserved, just as Hamnet’s worth every other award and nomination it’s received. Get your tissues ready.
Starts: 19 September
American Hostage (series)
Sixty-three hours. That’s how long Tony Kiritsis held Indianapolis and the United States in suspense in February 1977. What happened? The former car salesman was behind on his mortgage and was at risk of losing everything. In his desperation and – convinced he had been cheated by the bank – he went to his bank and took the manager, Richard Hall, hostage at gunpoint. He’d wired the weapon so it would fire if the police shot him or if the manager attempted to escape.
Old footage shows Kiritsis marching his hostage and his contraption through the streets in broad daylight, attracting the attention of the public. To draw attention to his situation, he then demanded an interview with the popular radio journalist Fred Heckman. So, the 63-hour hostage situation went viral – as far as it could in 1977.
The first season of the anthology series American Hostage retells this true story from the 70s. I say «retells» because a scripted podcast of the same name already covered Kiritsis’s hostage situation in 2022. Jon Hamm played radio journalist Fred Heckman in the podcast and reprises that role in the series. Giovanni Ribisi portrays hostage-taker Tony Kiritsis.
Side note: Gus Van Sant’s Dead Man’s Wire, starring Bill Skarsgård, also centres on Tony Kiritsis and his actions. The true crime hype seems to be as strong as ever.
Starts: 21 September
Paramount+
Golden Axe (series)
The Last of Us, Twisted Metal, Fallout – video games continue to be a popular source of inspiration for TV series. The latest – Golden Axe – is animated and based on the 1989 Sega beat ’em up of the same name. Evil giant Death Adder has returned and is threatening the land of Yuria. But the dwarf Gilius Thunderhead, wielding the eponymous golden axe, Amazon Tyris Flare and barbarian Ax Battler are determined to fight Death Adder and save Yuria.
Golden Axe looks funny. That seems to be exactly what many of the comments under the trailer don’t like («This type of ‘humour’ genuinely can’t die fast enough»). I don’t care. After all, we need a bit of fun now and then. And when Matthew Rhys (Widow’s Bay) lends his voice to a dwarf, I’m automatically intrigued.
Starts: 16 September
MobLand – season 2 (series)
Tom Hardy’s out, Tom Hardy’s back – the lead-up to the second season of MobLand was pretty chaotic. His problematic behaviour on set was reportedly one of the reasons for the conflict. However, things have calmed down now, and it seems nothing’s standing in the way of a third season with Hardy. But before that, there’s the second season to watch.
MobLand centres on the Harrigan crime family, led by Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) and Maeve (Helen Mirren). Together with their fixer Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy), they battle other families and rivals for supremacy of London’s underworld. It’s a thrilling story with plot twists, action-packed thrills and a stellar cast. Need more convincing? Here’s Conrad Harrigan from the trailer:
«We are the Harrigans. You don’t know the name? Google us.»
Starts: 18 September
HBO Max
JAŸ-Z in 8 (docuseries)
Two music legends sit in a huge hall, listen to music and talk about it… This isn’t the start of a joke; it’s the premise of JAŸ-Z in 8. Thirty years after Jay-Z’s debut album, Reasonable Doubt, producer Rick Rubin (who also produced Jay-Z’s The Black Album) took the opportunity to get Jigga on board for an in-depth conversation about his musical career, background and personal life. The result’s an eight-part documentary series, which Rubin also directed.
This might sound boring to some people, but I’m really looking forward to hanging on their every word. Whether you like him or not (I’m a long-time hip-hop fan), there’s no question that Jay-Z’s an industry heavyweight who’s made a lasting impact on hip-hop and music in general. I don’t doubt for a second that he has some fascinating stories and background information to share, and Rick Rubin’s exactly the right person to draw them out of him.
Starts: 18 September
Backrooms (film)
It’s the same story as with The Mandalorian and Grogu above. What more can I say when my colleague Stefanie has already covered everything worth knowing about the film in her review?
Starts: 25 September
Header image: Netflix
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