What’s new (and leaving) Netflix in September 2020

The dog days of August are coming to an end, and with them the summer streaming slump. Netflix is ​​gearing up to launch a September roster filled with intriguing new series and original movies featuring top talent, and in order to help you sort through the quagmire – and in recognition of These Times – I’m highlighting a few – some of the most notable exclusives and ranking them on the pandemic stress induction scale.

Love, guaranteed (Netflix film, September 3): Desperate to save her struggling private practice, lawyer Susan (Rachael Leigh Cook) tackles a flashy case from Nick (Damon Wayans Jr.), who wants to create a dating site that guarantees that he will find his clients really like … “But as the matter heats up, so do Susan and Nick’s feelings.” Pandemic stress induction level: Brand film.

A way (Netflix Original Series, September 4): Hillary Swank stars in this original series from executive producers Jason Katims (Friday night lights) and Matt Reeves (The batman) about an astronaut who chooses to leave her family and embark on a three-year solitary mission to Mars. As The Martian taught us, nothing ever goes wrong on Mars. Pandemic stress induction level: Grow potatoes in your own poop.

I think of the end of things (Netflix film, September 4): Oscar-winning screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, adaptation) launches its first live-action film since 2008 Synecdoche, New York. Based on the haunting thriller by Ian Reid, it follows a woman (Jessie Buckley) who accompanies her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) on a trip to visit her parents (Toni Collette, David Thewlis) in their secluded home. in the middle of a snowstorm and falls into a kind of dimensional break, as people start to merge into each other and time begins to spin on itself. Pandemic stress induction level: Malkovich, Malkovich ?!

The social dilemma (Netflix Documentary, September 9): This documentary explores what spending our entire lives on Facebook and Twitter does to our brains and the fabric of our society. Pandemic stress induction level: Presidential tweets.

Sing! (Netflix Original Series, September 16): The Unbreakable Kimmy SchmidtThe incomparable Titus Burgess is hosting a new reality TV series in which contestants’ karaoke skills are judged by a computer as they compete for a prize pool that only grows with each episode. Pandemic stress induction level: Peeno Black.

Pawl (Netflix Original Series, September 18): Trash TV impresario Ryan Murphy is behind this totally unnecessary but deliciously nasty prequel to Flight over a cuckoo’s nest delve into the life and psyche of this classic novel’s formidable institutional villain, Nurse Ratched (Sarah Paulson, of course). If this looks like a redux of American Horror Story: Asylum, well … that is the best season of this show, therefore. Pandemic stress induction level: A lobotomy, but played for a laugh.

Here’s the full list of Netflix’s whereabouts for September 2020.

Coming to Netflix in September 2020

Available September 1

Available September 2

Available September 3

Available September 4

Available September 7

• Midnight special
• My octopus teacher – Netflix documentary
• Youth Record – Netflix Original
• I’m waiting for Superman “

Available September 8

Available September 9

Available September 10

Available September 11

Available September 15

• America’s Book of Secrets: Season 2
• Ancient Aliens: Season 3
• Cold Case Files Classic: Season 1
• The Curse of Oak Island: Season 4
• Hope Frozen: A Quest To Live Twice – Netflix Documentary
• Izzy’s world of koalas – Netflix family
• Michael McIntyre: Showman – Netflix Comedy Special
• Pawn Stars: Season 2
• The Rap Game: Season 2
• The Smurfs 2
• Taco Chronicles: Volume 2 – Netflix Original

Available September 16

Available September 17

Available September 18

Available September 21

• A love song for Latasha – Netflix documentary

Available September 22

Available September 23

Available September 24

Available September 25

Available September 26

Available September 27

• Bad teacher
• From Helsing: Season 4

Available September 28

• Whose vote counts, explained – Netflix Original

Available September 29

Available September 30

• American Murder: The Family Next Door – Netflix documentary
• Wentworth: Season 8

What’s leaving Netflix in September 2020

Departing September 4

Departure on September 5th

• Once upon a time: Seasons 1-7

Departure on September 8

• Northern Standard: Royal Size Adventure

Departure on September 10

Departure September 14

• Cold Case files: Season 1

Departure on September 15th

• Raiders !: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made

Departing September 16

Departure on September 17th

Departure on September 20

Departure September 21

• Person of interest: Seasons 1-5
• SMOSH: the movie

Departure on September 22

Departing September 26

Departing September 28

Departure September 30

• 2012
• 40 days and 40 nights
• A knight’s tale
• Cheech & Chong is up in smoke
• Dear John
• Despicable Me
• Donnie Brasco
• Frances Ha
• Witch house
• Inside man
• Insidious
• jurassic park
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park
• Jurassic Park III
• Menace II Society
• Million dollar baby
• Mortal combat
• Mud
• Resident Evil: Afterlife
• Schindler’s list
• Seabiscuit
• Sinister
• Starship Troopers
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• Hi Terminator
• Devil’s advocate
• Social network
• Zack and Miri do a porn