While unknowns proliferate in our day to day lives, you can at least escape this September into the certainty of a fresh slate of Netflix titles. Sex Education, for one, takes us back to its lush landscape of fairly low stakes teen conundrum with a much-awaited season 3. There’s also a bit of thrill and violence to top things off, with Kate, a new female-led action flick starring Birds of Prey actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead. And for those who were disappointed by the abrupt ending of the dating show Love On the Spectrum, about young people on the autism spectrum looking for love, season 2 is on its way.
Additionally, the creators of The Haunting of Hill House are back with another spooky series—Midnight Mass, starring Hill House alum Kate Siegel, plus Friday Night Lights’ Zach Gilford and Legion’s Hamish Linklater. Comedy big shots Melissa McCarthy and Chris O’Dowd take a dramatic turn as a husband and wife pair in The Starling, contending with loss and, apparently, a “feisty bird.” Dear White People returns for a final chapter, with Volume 4, tapping into the latest nostalgia trend with a 90’s musical format. And Jaws, and its three sequels, will become available later in the month, too.
Here’s the rest of what’s coming up on Netflix in September, beginning with a few stand-outs.
If you loved (or even hated) Mike White’s popular HBOMax series The White Lotus, maybe it’s time to bask in the family-friendly delights of some of his earlier work as a screenwriter. Directed by Richard Linklater and starring Jack Black as an elementary private school substitute teacher who brings his rock n’ roll bonafides to a captive new audience, this classic is a crowd pleaser that seriously holds up.
This new doc is especially timely, given both the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the chaos unfolding in Afghanistan since the U.S. military’s withdrawal and the Taliban’s takeover. Director Brian Knappenberger focuses not only on the day itself, but the origins of al-Qaida and the U.S.’s aggressive response to the attacks, both in the Middle East and at home.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is back in action. This time, the charismatic star plays Kate, a ruthless assassin who is poisoned and must hunt down her attackers in the less than 24 hours she has to live. She also finds a sidekick in the former of the daughter of one of her victims in a film that seems to recall the plot of the recent action flick Gunpowder Milkshake—also on Netflix and starring Karen Gillan. See for yourself which one of these ladykillers kicks more ass.
The horny high schoolers are back. Season 3 of the hit show about sexually active (for the most part) British youths and the adults who struggle to understand them–shot, somewhat confusingly, not in the UK but in lush and dreamy Switzerland—returns with its resident virgin teen sex therapist Otis (Asa Butterfield) finally engaging in casual hook ups. The Crown’s Gillian Anderson is also back as his newly pregnant (actual) sex therapist mother, Jean.
Here’s the full list of what’s coming to Netflix in August:
September 1
How to Be a Cowboy (NETFLIX SERIES)
Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
A Cinderella Story
Agatha Christie’s Crooked House
Barbie Big City Big Dreams
Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
The Blue Lagoon (1980)
Chappie
Clear and Present Danger
Cliffhanger
Cold Mountain
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Dear John
Do the Right Thing
Freedom Writers
Green Lantern
House Party
House Party 2
House Party 3
The Interview
Kid-E-Cats: Season 2
Labyrinth
Letters to Juliet
Love Don’t Cost a Thing (2003)
Mars Attacks!
Marshall
Mystery Men
The Nutty Professor
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps
Once Upon a Time in America
Open Season 2
Rhyme & Reason
School of Rock
Tears of the Sun
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins
September 2
Afterlife of the Party (NETFLIX FILM)
Final Account
Q-Force (NETFLIX SERIES)
September 3
Dive Club (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Money Heist Part 5: Volume 1 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Sharkdog (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Worth (NETFLIX FILM)
September 6
Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
September 7
Kid Cosmic: Season 2 (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Octonauts: Above & Beyond (NETFLIX FAMILY)
On the Verge (NETFLIX SERIES)
Untold: Breaking Point (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
September 8
The Circle: Season 3 (NETFLIX SERIES) (NEW EPISODES WEEKLY)
Into the Night: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
JJ+E (NETFLIX FILM)
September 9
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
The Women and the Murderer (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
September 10
Firedrake the Silver Dragon (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Kate (NETFLIX FILM)
Lucifer: The Final Season (NETFLIX SERIES)
Metal Shop Masters (NETFLIX SERIES)
Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Prey (NETFLIX FILM)
Yowamushi Pedal
Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road
September 13
Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY) (NEW EPISODES)
September 14
A StoryBots Space Adventure (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father: Season 5 (NETFLIX SERIES)
The World’s Most Amazing Vacation Rentals: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
You vs. Wild: Out Cold (NETFLIX FAMILY)
September 15
Nailed It!: Season 6 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Nightbooks (NETFLIX FILM)
Saved by the Bell: Seasons 1-9
Schumacher (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Too Hot To Handle Latino (NETFLIX SERIES) (NEW EPISODES WEEKLY)
September 16
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Jaws: The Revenge
My Heroes Were Cowboys (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
September 17
Ankahi Kahaniya (NETFLIX FILM)
Chicago Party Aunt (NETFLIX SERIES)
The Father Who Moves Mountains (NETFLIX FILM)
Sex Education: Season 3 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Squid Game (NETFLIX SERIES)
The Stronghold (NETFLIX FILM)
September 19
Dark Skies
September 20
Grown Ups
September 21
Go! Go! Cory Carson: Chrissy Takes the Wheel (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Love on the Spectrum: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
September 22
Confessions of an Invisible Girl (NETFLIX FILM)
Dear White People: Volume 4 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Intrusion (NETFLIX FILM)
Jaguar (NETFLIX SERIES)
Monsters Inside: The 24 Faces of Billy Milligan (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
September 23
Je Suis Karl (NETFLIX FILM)
September 24
Blood & Water: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Ganglands (Braqueurs) (NETFLIX SERIES)
Jailbirds New Orleans (NETFLIX SERIES)
Midnight Mass (NETFLIX SERIES)
My Little Pony: A New Generation (NETFLIX FAMILY)
The Starling (NETFLIX FILM)
Vendetta: Truth, Lies and The Mafia (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
Septembre 28
Ada Twist, Scientist (NETFLIX FAMILY)
Attack of the Hollywood Clichés! (NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL)
September 29
The Chestnut Man (NETFLIX SERIES)
Friendzone (NETFLIX FILM)
MeatEater: Season 10 Part 1 (NETFLIX SERIES)
No One Gets Out Alive (NETFLIX FILM)
Polly Pocket Season 3 Part 1
Sounds Like Love (NETFLIX FILM)
September 30
Love 101: Season 2 (NETFLIX SERIES)
Luna Park (NETFLIX SERIES)
The Phantom
Late September
Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space (NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY)
What’s Leaving Netflix in September 2021:
Farewell, good friends. In September, we’re losing auteur works like Noah Baumbach’s coming-of-age debut Kicking and Screaming and Jeff Nichols’ sci-fi flick Midnight Special. The Edgar Wright-directed and Mary Elizabeth Winstead-starring cult hit, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, is out as well. A few crowd pleasers (and their sequels) will go, too, including Star Trek, The Karate Kid, and Kung Fu Panda.
September 3
Kicking and Screaming
September 6
Midnight Special
September 7
Ripper Street: Series 1-5
September 11
Turbo
September 12
I’m Sorry: Seasons 1-2
September 14
Pawn Stars: Season 2
September 15
Angry Birds: Seasons 1-2
As Above, So Below
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
September 16
Penny Dreadful: Seasons 1-3
September 18
Beauty & the Beast: Seasons 1-4
September 26
The Grandmaster
September 30
Air Force One
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me