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Add Decider on Google Where to Stream: The Gentlemen Powered by Reelgood More On: netflix originals ‘Leanne’ Season 2 Ending Explained: Leanne Morgan Says “‘They Better Let My Boyfriend Come Back To Me, Honey” Leanne Morgan Talks Welcoming Lainey Wilson For ‘Leanne’ Season 2 And Her Husband’s Reaction To Her On-Screen Persona Getting Flirty: “Chuck Doesn’t Care, Honey, If I’m Bringing In Money” ‘Outer Banks’ Cast Respond to Fans Who Say The Show Was ‘Rivedale-ified’ And Share The Stories They Can’t Believe The Series Did Jonathan Daviss Says He Felt The Need To “Shut The Hell Up” After Trying To Complain About ‘Outer Banks’s Plot To ‘Do Revenge’ Co-Star Camila Mendes This September, Netflix programming delivers grade-A content all month long. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix, you won’t feel down for long once you get a good look at the impressive array of Netflix Original series coming to the platform to take their place. With everything from premiering titles to long-awaited continuations of fan favorites, Netflix’s diverse and delightful September 2026 premieres are sure to have something for everyone.
The streamer is set to help you celebrate the new month with premieres from highly anticipated continuations of established hit series across several different genres (so there’s truly something for everyone), like The Gentlemen: Season 2, STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: 2nd-3rd Stage, and Stranger Things: Tales From ’85: Season 2.
There are also plenty of exciting brand-new shows that will begin streaming exclusively on Netflix starting this month. Keep an eye out in particular for A Different World, Crew Girl, and Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, which are all already looking to be some of the most promising new releases out of September’s entire streaming lineup.
So what makes the cut for our Top 11, and which of them have what it takes to be in the Netflix Top 10? Keep reading to treat yourself to the greatness that is the list of streaming standouts for September 2026.
Released September 3
CAST: Theo James, Kaya Scodelario, Ray Winstone, Daniel Ings, Joely Richardson, Vinnie Jones, Jasmine Blackborow, Michael Vu, Harry Goodwins, Ruby Sear, Pearce Quigley, Giancarlo Esposito, Hugh Bonneville, Benjamin Clementine, Benedetta Porcaroli, Amra Mallassi, Tyler Conti, Chris Eubank Jr., Maya Jama
DESCRIPTION: Two years after it premiered on the platform, Netflix Original action comedy The Gentlemen is back with a new season that looks to raise the stakes like never before. Season 2 picks up with Eddie (Theo James) and Susie (Kaya Scodelario) one year after they teamed up to work for Bobby Glass’s (Ray Winstone) cannabis empire overseas. With Bobby’s increasingly questionable decision-making in mind, the duo is prepared to act without his blessing in order to expand their criminal empire to Italy. Get in on all the action by catching this thrilling addition to the world of The Gentlemen this September, only on Netflix.
CAST: Maleah Joi Moon, Alijah Kai, Cornell Young IV, Jordan Aaron Hall, Kennedi Reece, Chibuikem Uche, Cliff “Method Man” Smith, Norman Nixon Jr., Vincent Jamal Hooper, Elijah J. Roberts, Renee Harrison, Famecia Ward, Dasan Frazier, Tichina Arnold, Joshua Suiter, Raven Goodwin
DESCRIPTION: NBC’s 1987–1993 sitcom A Different World is getting a second life on Netflix with this revival series following Dwayne Wayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley Gilbert’s (Jasmine Guy) free-spirited and headstrong youngest child, Deborah (Maleah Joi Moon), as she enrolls at Hillman College. Determined to escape her parents’ shadow, Deborah spends her freshman year carving out her own unique path amidst an exciting new generation of students at Hillman.
CAST: Daman Mills, Kaiji Tang, Frankie Kevich, Jamieson Price, Damien Haas, Alejandro Antonio Ruiz, Cedric Williams
DESCRIPTION: STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure makes its highly-anticipated return to Netflix with brand new episodes picking back up with paraplegic former star jockey Johnny Joestar (Daman Mills) and the mysterious, “Spin” wielding Gyro Zeppeli (Kaiji Tang), as they embark on the 2nd Stage of North America’s Steel Ball Run. With 750 miles of dangerous desert to cross, the two must outlast ominous incidents and ruthless competitors in a grueling race towards the coveted $50 million grand prize.
CAST: Miku Martineau, Jessica Paré, Sam Braun, Kyle Clark, Thomas Cadrot, Connor Paton, Jude Wilson, Vincent Muller, Riley Davis, Connor Wong, Jarrett Carlington, Niall Matter
DESCRIPTION: Crew Girl is a Canadian coming-of-age sports drama series that follows 16-year-old rower Teagan Tao (Miku Martineau) as she moves to a small town for a fresh start at the elite Easton Prep. Unfortunately for Teagan, she finds herself feeling like a fish out of water at her new school, where the lack of a girls’ rowing team forces her to join the rambunctious all-boys Varsity crew squad as coxswain. As she chases her rowing dreams, Teagan must also navigate family troubles and a developing love triangle with her teammates Josh Regis (Sam Braun) and Cam Dillinger (Kyle Clark).
CAST: Ella Beatty, Vicky Krieps, Charlie Hunnam, Rebecca Hall, Billie Lourd, Jessica Barden, Sarah Paulson
DESCRIPTION: This fourth installment of Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan’s Monster crime-drama anthology series centers on the brutal 1892 axe murders of Andrew (Charlie Hunnam) and Abby Borden (Rebecca Hall) as well as the prime suspect, Andew’s daughter, Lizzie (Ella Beatty). Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story follows Lizzie as her repressed life and constricting, wealthy family lead Lizzie and her rebellious maid (Vicky Krieps) to escape through fantasy that leads to sensuality and a revenge plot leading to the unsolved murder of her father and stepmother in their Fall River, Massachusetts home.
Released September 23
CAST: Rusty Goffe, Ash Hodgkinson, Tiffany Sarich, Dane Noonan, Mitchell Marion, Hartnell Dean
DESCRIPTION: Roald Dahl’s iconic children’s novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is being brought to life (in a much less child-endangering way) with Netflix’s new reality competition series, Wonka’s The Golden Ticket. The show follows 12 Golden Ticket winners and their respective chosen partners as they enter Wonka’s Chocolate Factory to take on various challenges, tests, and enticements in a fascinating social experiment that will push everyone to the brink in pursuit of a life-changing cash prize.
Released September 17
CAST: Brooklyn Davey Norstedt, Luca Diaz, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Elisha “EJ” Williams, Braxton Quinney, Benjamin Plessala, Odessa A’zion, Brett Gipson, Janeane Garofalo, Jeremy Jordan, Alessandra Antonelli, Valeria Rodriguez, Jack Griffo
DESCRIPTION: Netflix’s animated sci-fi series Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 returns for a sophomore season that picks back up with Eleven (Brooklyn Davey Norstedt), Mike (Luca Diaz), and the rest of the Stranger Things gang as Valentine’s Day looms on the horizon in Hawkins, Indiana. But just when it seems like life has returned to normal, the romantic festivities are interrupted by a ghostly new floral phenomenon and the appearance of chaotic hate sprites with ties to the Upside Down, and it’s once again up to the Hawkins Investigators Club to save the day.
Released September 17
CAST: Mayu Matsuoka, Riisa Naka, Shotaro Mamiya, Minami Tanaka, Riku Hagiwara, Mijika Nagai, Daichi Watanabe, Reiji Nakagawake, Kavka Shishido, Yu Shirota, Naozumi Masuko, Sose Takeda, Rika Izumi, Kentaro Tamura, Eisuke Sasai, Hana Amano, Hina Kagei, Naoko Ken, Kayo Noro, Rin Furukawa, Yumi Adachi, Shunsuke Kazama, Koki, Hiromi Nagasaku, Atsuro Watabe
DESCRIPTION: This Netflix Original medical drama out of Japan revolves around talented ER surgeon Fumi Numata (Mayu Matsuoka) as she is thrown into the world of cosmetic surgery, putting her on a life-altering collision course with celebrity doctor Rin Tohyama (Riisa Naka). As the two professionals clash on their opposing philosophies towards medicine and beauty, their work and rivalry reveal the greed, pressure, and ego that lie behind the glamorous facade of the cosmetic surgery industry.
Released September 8
CAST: Stephanie Hsu, Poppy Liu, Andrew Law
DESCRIPTION: Dang! is a Netflix Original adult animated comedy series that centers on siblings Eunice (Poppy Liu) and Andrew (Andrew Law) as their fun, chaotic lives in New York City are disrupted by the sudden appearance of their golden child eldest sister, Ruthie (Stephanie Hsu). With her once perfect life now in shambles, Ruthie must lean on her siblings as she learns to embrace flaws and flexibility while trying to fit into the duo’s established, close bond.
Released September 16
CAST: Sandra Drzymalska, Tomasz Schuchardt, Dariusz Chojnacki, Jacek Braciak, Julia Wyszyńska, Maria Kania, Piotr Pacek, Magdalena Cielecka, Piotr Adamczyk, Agnieszka Grochowska, Monika Frajczyk, Mateusz Król, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Mirosław Zbrojewicz, Andrzej Deskur, Juliusz Chrząstowski, Radosław Krzyżowski, Henryk Niebudek
DESCRIPTION: This Polish historical drama miniseries is a modern reimagining of Bolesław Prus’s 1890 book The Doll, following self-made merchant Stanisław Wokulski’s (Tomasz Schuchardt) downfall as an infatuation quickly spirals into maddening obsession. In his ambitious pursuit of high society, Stanisław falls for strong-willed aristocrat Izabela Łęcka (Sandra Drzymalska), changing the course of his life forever.
Released September 10
CAST: Loes Haverkort, Remko Vrijdag, Noortje Herlaar, Edwin Jonker, Rifka Lodeizen, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Charlie-Chan Dagelet, Teun Luijkx
DESCRIPTION: The Perfect Lie is a Dutch drama series that follows a woman named Karen (Loes Haverkort) and her family as they move to Bergen and get welcomed into an exclusive dinner club there. But beneath the club’s lavish and indulgent lifestyle lurk buried secrets that begin coming to light after a member suddenly dies in a house fire, sending Karen on a desperate and dangerous quest for the truth.
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