What’s Coming to Netflix in September 2026

What’s Coming to Netflix in September 2026: The Best New Movies, Drama, and Series

Netflix eases into fall with a September slate that is heavy on fresh original storytelling. Set aside the nostalgic library drops and the reality fare, and what remains is a genuinely exciting month: the return of a beloved crime dramedy, Ryan Murphy’s latest true-crime obsession, a long-awaited French comedy reunion on the big screen, and a sweeping international spread of dramas and series from Seoul to São Paulo to Sydney. Here is your focused guide to every new movie, drama, and series arriving on Netflix in September 2026.

New 2026 Movies

The film slate leans starry and global this month, anchored by a French favorite’s return and a chilling true-crime turn in Uzoauii Unzmr.

• Call My Agent! The Movie (2026), set five years after the series finale, follows former agent Andrea Martel as she reunites the chaotic ASK team to rescue her stalled directorial debut. Directed by Emilie Noblet, it stars Camille Cottin, Laure Calamy, Thibault de Montalembert, and Nicolas Maury (September 10th)
• Unabomber (2026), Janus Metz’s dramatization of the Ted Kaczynski manhunt, starring Russell Crowe, Shailene Woodley, Annabelle Wallis, and Jacob Tremblay (September 25th)

• Why Did I Get Married Again? (2026), Tyler Perry’s long-awaited sequel reuniting the couples for a family wedding (September 9th)
• Best of the Best (2026), a coming-of-age dance comedy from director Lena Khan and co-writer Hasan Minhaj, starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and following two friends on UCLA’s cutthroat Bollywood-fusion team (September 18th)

• Gandhari (2026), a gritty revenge action-thriller starring Taapsee Pannu as a mother hunting down her daughter’s kidnappers (September 3rd)
• Stop! That! Train! (2026), a bonkers, star-studded drag disaster comedy from director Adam Shankman in the spirit of Airplane, starring RuPaul, Ginger Minj, and Jujubee (September 20th)
• Go Team! (2026), a Spanish workplace comedy about a cheese company’s disastrous team-building retreat (September 11th)
• Mononoke The Movie: Chapter III, The Curse of the Serpent (2026), a visually stunning entry in the surreal Japanese animated horror franchise (September 29th)
• The Seemingly Perfect Family (2026), a twisty Lifetime thriller about a young au pair who lands a job with a household hiding dark secrets (September 15th)

New 2026 Drama

From true-crime prestige to a globe-spanning run of new dramatic series, this is where September’s slate runs deepest.

• Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story (Limited Series), the fourth chapter of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s acclaimed true-crime anthology, this time turning to one of America’s most infamous unsolved cases (September 17th)
• Fauda (Season 5), the return of the tense Israeli thriller as Doron is pulled into a perilous deep-cover operation in Marseille, with new cast addition Melanie Laurent (September 8th)

• Crew Girl (Season 1), a coming-of-age sports drama about a teenage rowing star who becomes coxswain of a dysfunctional all-boys crew, starring Miku Martineau and Jessica Pare (September 10th)

• The Perfect Lie (Season 1), a Dutch drama in which four picture-perfect couples unravel after one of their own dies in a house fire (September 10th)
• Lovesick (Season 1), a Mexican romantic drama following a woman chasing her dream of becoming a doctor during the Mexican Revolution (September 2nd)

• Stolen Heartbeats (Season 1), a Colombian medical drama series (September 11th)
• The Doll (Limited Series), a Polish period drama adapting the classic Boleslaw Prus novel about a merchant consumed by his desire for an aristocrat (September 16th)
• Plastic Beauty (Season 1), a Japanese drama with Mayu Matsuoka and Riisa Naka about an ER surgeon thrust into the world of cosmetic medicine (September 17th)
• Minerva Academy (Season 1), an Italian teen drama set at a military high school where a cadet searches for a missing friend (September 22nd)
• The Scandal (Season 1), a new K-drama series (September 18th)
• The Final Problem (Limited Series), a Spanish thriller about 13 people stranded on a Mallorcan island after a violent storm (September 25th)
• Habeas Corpus (Season 1), a Brazilian legal drama in which a law professor and his students fight to prove a convicted man’s innocence (September 23rd)
• Delusion (Season 1), a Thai drama about a woman whose father’s dementia makes him a murder suspect (September 24th)
• The Fixers (Season 1), a Taiwanese drama series (September 17th)
• The Crow Club (Season 1), a new Thai series (September 18th)
• Not a Stranger (Season 1) and Seni Taniyorum (Season 1), two new Turkish drama series (September 17th)

New 2026 Series

Comedy, anime, and genre thrills round out the month’s episodic offerings, led by one very posh crime hit.

• The Gentlemen (Season 2), the long-awaited return of Guy Ritchie’s slick, action-packed crime comedy (September 2nd)
• A Different World (Season 1), a reboot of the classic campus sitcom from showrunner Felicia Pride, updating it for a new generation (September 24th)
• Dang! (Season 1) A Titmouse-animated comedy about a New York City sibling duo, featuring the voices of Stephanie Hsu, Poppy Liu, and creator Andrew Law (September 8th)
• Stranger Things: Tales From ’85 (Season 2), the animated Hawkins adventures returning for a second outing (September 17th)

• LEGO ONE PIECE (Season 1), the delightfully meta brick-built take on the anime phenomenon (September 29th)
• My Sad Dead (Season 1), an Argentinian horror series from Pablo Larrañaga, based on the works of Mariana Enríquez (September 24th)
• Balaraw: Blood Island (Season 1), a Filipino horror series about a woman drawn to an uncharted island holding her family’s secrets (September 24th)
• Pokemon Horizons (Season 3, Rising Hope Part 4), more adventures in the animated franchise (September 18th)
• Steel Ball Run JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: 2nd-3rd Stage, the next stage of the hit anime saga (September 25th)

For more on the month’s biggest arrivals and everything else worth streaming, our entertainment section keeps you covered all season long.

The Bottom Line

Strip September 2026 down to its new releases, and you are left with a month that rewards range. The Gentlemen, Fauda, and Monster give prestige-TV fans plenty to sink into. Call My Agent! The Movie and the Russell Crowe-led Unabomber headline a strong film slate, and a deep bench of international dramas keeps the momentum going right through to the end of the month.

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