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A new month means more movies to devour from Netflix’s extensive catalog, ranging from some old favorites to some new editions. We’ve sorted the best movies on the streaming service for the month of September 2021. All of these movies are on Netflix, unless they are noted with an arrival date.
What Year Did Netflix Start Streaming Many Movies?
Netflix started streaming many movies in September to keep viewers tuned in. Whether female assassins, party girls returning from the dead or singing kinkajous are more your thing, the platform aimed to please. As well as new originals like Worth, Prey and Kate, the streamer also re-released some forgotten films from the ’00s that have now become hits again.
Here’s what people were watching on Netflix this month, and which movie was the most popular addition to the streamer’s charts. The 10 most popular films on Netflix this month: 10. Decider called it, Deliverance minus the forced sodomy, crossed with the tamest version of Bachelor Party ever conceived.
Starring Hawkeye’s Jeremy Renner and Wandavision’s Elizabeth Olsen, the gritty, grisly movie is miles away from their work in the MCU. Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins Netflix has been doing stellar work getting a generation of Black comedy from the ’90s and ’00s onto its service. That movie was Worth, and manages to pull compelling drama out of the process of working out how much compensation victims and their families were entitled to.
Safe House Safe House is exactly the kind of generic title that is given to many of the thrillers that often clog up the Netflix Top 10 movie list. Afterlife of the Party Netflix is building itself a stable of bland, likeable young stars. Some are ex-Disney or Nickelodeon stars (like Zoey 101’s Victoria Justice), while other are home-grown (like Dash and Lily star Midori Francis).
Vivo While other streaming services are relying on endless sequels and/or reboots of their existing intellectual property for their views (looking at you, Disney+), Netflix is still sometimes in the business of attracting big-name talent with (presumably big pay checks). Kate Female assassin movies are becoming their own small but significant micro-genre for Netflix. In the year after the Jessica Chastain-starring Ava and a few months after Karen Gillan served us a Gunpowder Milkshake, viewers got to meet Kate, an ass-kicking killer played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Who Stars In No One Gets Out Alive?
You’re staring at Netflix, waiting for something to burst through the content algorithm and scream, Watch me, pweeze! Yes, the content algorithm talks like a baby. Check out our list of the best new movies on Netflix in September 2021 below.
Starring Winstead as super-assassin who learns that she’s been poisoned with only 24 hours to live (shades of Crank, anyone? ), the film throws her into the neon-soaked underworld of Tokyo, befriending the young daughter of a former target (Miku Martineau) along her goal of finding the party responsible. If Extraction and The Old Guard hit you right where you want your Netflix action flicks to live, Kate should be a no-brainer to watch. COLLIDER VIDEO OF THE DAY Intrusion Image via Netflix Director: Adam Salky Writer: Chris Sparling Cast: Freida Pinto, Logan Marshall-Green, Robert John Burke Nobody wants their home invaded.
Call me crazy, but I believe Spooky Times can begin before October, and I believe Nightbooks might be the perfect, fun, curiously creepy film to kick yours off. No One Gets Out Alive Image via Netflix Director: Santiago Menghini Writers: Fernanda Coppel, Jon Croker Cast: Cristina Rodlo, Marc Menchaca Now that’s how you title a horror film! Put the kids to bed after Nightbooks before diving into No One Gets Out Alive.
A classic-feeling rom-com with modern touches, Sounds Like Love implores you to switch out your wine for some rosé. The Starling Image via Netflix Director: Theodore Melfi Writer: Matt Harris Cast: Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd, Kevin Kline, Timothy Olyphant, Daveed Diggs, Skyler Gisondo, Laura Harrier, Loretta Devine It’s nice to see Melissa McCarthy acting serious again! As the couple fights for their lives, exacerbated by this dang bird, they turn to eccentric veterinarian/psychologist Kevin Kline for a unique brand of help.
Worth Image via Netflix Director: Sara Colangelo Writer: Max Borenstein Cast: Michael Keaton, Stanley Tucci, Amy Ryan, Tate Donovan, Shunori Ramanathan, Laura Benanti Speaking of Netflix gunning for Oscars: Worth is a prestigious drama based on a true story, starring Michael Keaton as lawyer Kenneth Feinberg trying to get the families of the victims of the September 11th attacks properly compensated. The film aims to explore, in agonizing detail, an unanswerable question in the face of tragedy: How much is life really worth? Read Next Share Share Tweet Email