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Want to know what's streaming? Check this list of the new movies on Netflix this month. See all the new TV shows and originals streaming on Netflix. Plus, find out what's leaving!

by Jean Bentley | August 24, 2020

TAGGED AS: movies, Netflix, streaming, television, TV

Netflix charges into fall with movies, original series, and other new releases headed to the streaming giant in September.

Original TV offerings include Ryan Murphy’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest spinoff Ratched, starring Sarah Paulson as the naughty nurse; Hilary Swank space exploration drama Away; and The Duchess, with Katherine Ryan as a single mom considering having a baby with her nemesis: her daughter’s dad.

Netflix also continues its push into reality TV with new seasons of The Chef Show and Chef’s Table, plus some new competition series: karaoke-themed Sing On! and American Barbecue Showdown.

On the film side, there’s the Charlie Kaufman adaptation I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Tom Holland– and Robert Pattinson–starring The Devil All the Time, Millie Bobby Brown’s Enola Holmes, and horror sequel The Babysitter: Killer Queen.

One of the most exciting archival adds: All eight seasons of Mara Brock Akil’s Girlfriends, the 2000s sitcom that ran for six seasons on UPN and two on The CW.

Read on to find out what you’ll be able to binge in September, including a preview of some of the month’s biggest releases.

HIGHLIGHTS

Away: Season 1

61%

Description: As she embarks on a treacherous mission to Mars commanding an international crew, Emma Green must leave her husband and teen daughter behind. Two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank stars with Josh Charles (The Good Wife) in this gripping interstellar drama.

Premiere Date: Sept. 4, 2020

I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

82%

Description: Nothing is as it seems when a woman (Jessie Buckley) experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) joins him on a road trip to meet his parents (Toni Collette and David Thewlis) at their remote farm. Oscar winner Charlie Kaufman wrote and directed this story of loneliness and regret based on Iain Reid’s bestselling novel.

Premiere Date: Sept. 4, 2020

The Devil All the Time (2020)

65%

Description: In an explosive Midwestern Gothic tale spanning two decades, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell (Tom Holland) as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and everything he loves. Based on Donald Ray Pollock’s award-winning novel.

Premiere Date: Sept. 16, 2020

Ratched: Season 1

62%

Description: In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness. Sarah Paulson stars in this series inspired by One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan.

Premiere Date: Sept. 18, 2020

Enola Holmes (2020)

91%

Description: When Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) — Sherlock’s teen sister — discovers her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) is missing, she sets off to find her, becoming a super-sleuth in her own right as she outwits her famous brother (Henry Cavill) and unravels a dangerous conspiracy around a mysterious young Lord.

Premiere Date: Sept. 23, 2020