New on Netflix in September 2026

Netflix adds 79 movies in September 2026, led by Alien, Aliens and Scarface. Most of the list landed in one drop on September 3: Jaws, The Deer Hunter, The Blues Brothers and a run of 1980s and 1990s comedies alongside. Another 21 titles leave before the end of the month, Anatomy of a Fall and The Theory of Everything among them.

Every title below is live on Netflix in the US, and the full shelf updates daily on the Netflix what-to-watch page.

The best of the new arrivals

1. Alien (1979)

117 min · IMDb 8.5 · RT 93 · Metascore 89 · September 3

The best-reviewed arrival of the month. A commercial hauler answers a distress call, one crew member comes back with a passenger, and the ship becomes a haunted house in space. Horror first, science fiction second, with a countdown at the end.

2. Aliens (1986)

137 min · IMDb 8.4 · RT 93 · Metascore 84 · September 3

The sequel trades dread for firepower. Ripley wakes from a 57-year drift and goes back out with a squad of space marines to a colony that has gone quiet. Settlers, an android, cryogenics, and a warrior woman lead.

If you only have one night, take Alien over this: the same 93 on Rotten Tomatoes, 20 minutes shorter, and a higher Metascore.

3. Scarface (1983)

170 min · IMDb 8.3 · RT 77 · Metascore 65 · September 3

Tony Montana gets a green card for a murder, then builds a cocaine empire in Miami and loses everyone on the way up. A rise-and-fall gangster film that runs nearly three hours.

4. The Deer Hunter (1978)

183 min · IMDb 8.1 · RT 86 · Metascore 90 · September 3

Three steelworkers from a small Pennsylvania town go to Vietnam. A wedding before, Russian roulette during, and the damage after. Just over three hours, and a 90 Metascore that only The Texas Chain Saw Massacre beats this month.

5. Jaws (1975)

124 min · IMDb 8.1 · RT 97 · Metascore 87 · September 3

A great white works the beaches of a resort island, and the police chief, a marine biologist and a shark hunter go out on a boat that is too small. Based on the novel.

6. The Blues Brothers (1980)

133 min · IMDb 7.9 · RT 72 · Metascore 60 · September 3

Jake gets out of prison, Elwood picks him up, and the band gets back together to save the orphanage they grew up in. Chicago, a shopping mall, nuns, Nazis, a concert, and full musical numbers between the crimes.

7. About Time (2013)

123 min · IMDb 7.8 · RT 70 · Metascore 55 · September 3

The men in Tim's family can travel back through their own lives, and he uses it to get the girl and then to keep his father. A time-travel romance set in London and Cornwall that critics rated a 70 and audiences put at 7.9 on TMDB.

8. Straight Outta Compton (2015)

147 min · IMDb 7.8 · RT 89 · Metascore 72 · September 1

The true story of N.W.A: five rappers out of Los Angeles, a recording contract, police brutality, and the feud that split the group. It is a music biopic first and a history lesson second.

9. The Art of Racing in the Rain (2019)

109 min · IMDb 7.6 · RT 44 · Metascore 43 · September 1

The biggest split on the list: an 8.2 from audiences on TMDB against a 44 from critics. A race car driver, his family, and the dog who narrates the whole thing. Based on the novel, with reincarnation as the through line. Drama and romance, so bring tissues.

10. Guy Ritchie's The Covenant (2023)

123 min · IMDb 7.5 · RT 82 · Metascore 63 · September 3

An Afghan interpreter drags a wounded US Army sergeant across enemy ground, and the sergeant goes back for him when the visa never comes. A war thriller about a debt.

Also arriving

• The Impossible (2012). 113 min · RT 81 · Drama, History, Thriller · September 3.
  A family's Christmas holiday in Thailand and the 2004 tsunami, based on a true story.
• The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974). 83 min · RT 85 · Horror · September 3.
  Five friends, a van, a farmhouse in rural Texas and Leatherface. The best Metascore of any September arrival, a 91.
• Phantom Thread (2017). 130 min · RT 91 · Drama, Romance · September 3.
  A 1950s London dressmaker, his new muse, and a marriage that turns into a power struggle. Metascore 90.
• The President's Cake (2026). 106 min · RT 99 · Drama · September 3.
  A schoolgirl in 1990s Iraq is ordered to bake Saddam Hussein's birthday cake and runs into counterfeit money and a police arrest along the way. Only 111 votes on TMDB behind it, so hold the score loosely.
• Steel Magnolias (1989). 117 min · RT 73 · Drama, Comedy · September 3.
  A Louisiana beauty salon, six women, a wedding and a kidney transplant. Based on the play.
• The Prince of Egypt (1998). 99 min · RT 79 · Adventure, Animation, Drama · September 3.
  Moses and the pharaoh's son as brothers, in an animated musical of the Exodus.
• King Kong (2005). 188 min · RT 84 · Adventure, Drama, Action · September 3.
  A 1933 film producer drags his cast to Skull Island and brings the ape back to New York. The longest film arriving this month.
• T2 Trainspotting (2017). 117 min · RT 81 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · September 1.
  Twenty years on, Renton comes back to Edinburgh and the old crew. Prison, heroin, blackmail and a crime scheme. Based on the novel.
• Uncle Buck (1989). 100 min · RT 61 · Drama, Comedy, Family · September 3.
  A slovenly bachelor uncle is left minding his nieces and nephew during a family emergency.
• Jarhead (2005). 123 min · RT 60 · Drama, War · September 3.
  A Marine sniper's Gulf War, mostly spent waiting in the desert. Based on the memoir.
• Ready or Not (2019). 96 min · RT 89 · Horror, Comedy · September 1.
  A wedding night becomes a game of hide-and-seek with a family that made a pact with the devil. Horror comedy with gore.
• Nine to Five (1980). 110 min · RT 70 · Comedy · September 3.
  Three women, one sexist boss, and a kidnapping that runs the office better than he did.
• Conan the Barbarian (1982). 130 min · RT 68 · Adventure, Fantasy, Action · September 3.
  A boy survives the massacre of his village, grows up enslaved, and comes back for the warlord. Sword and sorcery.
• Liar Liar (1997). 86 min · RT 83 · Fantasy, Comedy · September 3.
  A lawyer's son wishes his father could not lie for 24 hours, and the wish takes.
• Knocked Up (2007). 129 min · RT 90 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · September 3.
  A one-night stand, a pregnancy, and two people trying to build a relationship backwards.
• The Magnificent Seven (2016). 132 min · RT 64 · Adventure, Action, Western · September 3.
  Seven hired guns defend a mining town from an industrialist. The 2016 remake.
• Cruel Intentions (1999). 97 min · RT 55 · Drama, Romance · September 3.
  Two rich stepsiblings make a bet over a headmaster's daughter. Based on the novel.
• Sleepless in Seattle (1993). 105 min · RT 75 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · September 3.
  A boy calls a radio show to find his widowed father a date, and a journalist across the country decides it should be her.
• Midway (1976). 132 min · RT 39 · Drama, Action, History · September 3.
  The 1976 version of the Pacific naval battle, with the US and Japanese sides both on screen.
• Mickey 17 (2025). 137 min · RT 77 · Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi · September 3.
  An expendable colony worker who is reprinted every time he dies, until two of him are alive at once. Dark comedy on an alien planet. Based on the novel.

Leaving Netflix in September 2026

21 movies leave Netflix in September. These are the ones worth catching first.

• Anatomy of a Fall (2023). 151 min · RT 96 · Thriller, Crime, Mystery · Leaves September 23.
  A 96 on Rotten Tomatoes, the best of anything leaving this month. A husband dies in the snow, a wife stands trial, and a blind son is the witness.
• The Theory of Everything (2014). 123 min · RT 81 · Drama, Romance · Leaves September 30.
  A physicist, a diagnosis, and a marriage at Cambridge, based on the memoir. The last day of the month is the deadline.
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). 117 min · RT 92 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · Leaves September 15.
  An upper-class English romance told across exactly the events in the title.
• One of Them Days (2025). 97 min · RT 94 · Comedy · Leaves September 30.
  Two roommates, one rent deadline, and a farcical day to cover it. The best critic score of any departure after Anatomy of a Fall.
• The Outrun (2024). 118 min · RT 82 · Drama · Leaves September 18.
  Fresh out of rehab, a woman goes home to the Orkney Islands. Based on the memoir.
• Bombshell (2019). 109 min · RT 67 · Drama · Leaves September 10.
  Based on the true story of sexual harassment at a television network and the anchors who broke the silence.
• Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021). 96 min · RT 58 · Adventure, Fantasy, Comedy · Leaves September 9.
  Critics gave it a 58, audiences gave it a 7.2 on TMDB. A giant CGI dog in a live-action family comedy.
• Kraven the Hunter (2024). 127 min · RT 15 · Adventure, Action, Thriller · Leaves September 13.
  Tied with Gothika for the lowest critic score on either list. A comic book anti-hero origin, if you want to see what a 15 looks like.

The full list

49 more titles arrived on Netflix in September 2026, grouped by the day they landed.

September 1

• In the Earth (2021) · Horror, Thriller
• Keanu (2016) · Action, Comedy
• Manny (2014) · Drama, Documentary
• Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016) · Comedy
• Valentine (2001) · Horror, Thriller

September 2

• Shark Tale (2004) · Animation, Action

September 3

• 17 Again (2009) · Fantasy, Comedy
• 1992 (2024) · Action, Thriller
• Antz (1998) · Animation, Comedy
• Avengement (2019) · Action, Thriller
• Battleship (2012) · Adventure, Action
• Big Daddy (1999) · Drama, Comedy
• Biutiful (2010) · Drama
• Brewster's Millions (1985) · Comedy
• Contraband (2012) · Drama, Action
• Dragnet (1987) · Action, Comedy
• Flushed Away (2006) · Adventure, Animation
• Gothika (2003) · Horror, Thriller
• Greta (2019) · Drama, Thriller
• Heroes (1977) · Drama, Romance
• Irena's Vow (2024) · Drama, History
• Jaws 2 (1978) · Horror, Thriller
• Kick-Ass 2 (2013) · Adventure, Action
• Money Monster (2016) · Drama, Thriller
• Neighbors (2014) · Comedy
• Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010) · Adventure, Horror
• Resident Evil: Damnation (2012) · Animation, Horror
• Resident Evil: Death Island (2023) · Animation, Horror
• Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) · Horror, Action
• Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) · Horror, Action
• Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017) · Adventure, Animation
• Safe House (2012) · Action, Thriller
• Scotland, PA (2001) · Comedy, Crime
• Smile 2 (2024) · Horror, Mystery
• Swan Song (2021) · Drama, Comedy
• The Beach Bum (2019) · Drama, Comedy
• The Fabulous Four (2024) · Drama, Comedy
• The Great Outdoors (1988) · Comedy
• The Interpreter (2005) · Thriller, Crime
• The Other Side of the Mountain (1975) · Drama, Romance
• The Pink Panther (2006) · Adventure, Comedy
• The Rite (2011) · Drama, Horror
• The Secret of My Success (1987) · Comedy
• Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021) · Action, Thriller
• Unfriended (2014) · Horror, Mystery
• Victoria & Abdul (2017) · Drama, History
• xXx (2002) · Adventure, Drama

September 5

• The Secret Lives of Dentists (2002) · Drama

September 10

• Waiting for the Barbarians (2020) · Drama, History

Pick one without the scroll

79 new titles is a lot of tiles to argue over. Start a Netflix swipe room, send the link to whoever is on the couch, and let the matches decide. Then stock up from the concessions machine and press play.