10 Must-Watch Shows and Movies on Netflix You Cannot Miss in September 2025

September, the month of the pre-holiday season, has now got a dozen stories to celebrate diverse desires, tastes, cultures, interests, time periods, and styles. Thanks to Netflix’s compendium of addictive shows and movies, its September offering has upped a notch, blending nostalgia with highly anticipated period pieces and international blockbusters. Ranging from back-to-back returning hit shows to sweeping premieres, the streaming titan is serving up everything from warm romance to intense drama.

With variety in genres, moods, and decades, Netflix guarantees a perfect binge month with 10 irresistible picks not to be missed this September.

1. House of Guinness

Prepare to welcome fall with a lavish period drama straight from the mind of Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight. This eight-episode series traces the renowned Guinness brewery siblings through inheritance, secrets, and scandals as their patriarch passes away. 

Combining ambition and dynasty-drama, and suspense, House of Guinness is set in the 1860s, starring Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge, Emily Fairn, Fionn O’Shea, and more.

House of Guinness arrives on Netflix on September 25, 2025.

2. The Amazing Spider-Man Movies

Spidey fans rejoice as the movies that raised a generation have arrived on Netflix, providing a nostalgic revisit to Andrew Garfield’s web-slinging, hearty, and high-stakes epic, replete with romance, action, and pain. Both The Amazing Spider-Man and its sequel, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, are streaming on the platform since September 1, 2025.

3. The Great British Baking Show (Collection 13 – New Episodes Weekly)

There is a story for everyone this September, whether one enjoys jarring true crime shows or even more daunting bake-offs where the nerves could explode at any instant. Britain’s top amateur bakers bring their A-game in The Great British Baking Show (Collection 13) with new episodes every week from September 5, 2025. 

Featuring 10 hour-long episodes, the series is set to bring its competitive finale on Netflix in November.

4. Karen Kingsbury’s A Thousand Tomorrows (Season 1)

Streaming since September 1 on Netflix via Sony Pictures Television’s licensing deal, this faith-based romance traces the nuances of the love story between a bull rider and a terminally ill barrel racer in a tale of hope, sacrifice, and love. Based on Karen Kingsbury’s bestseller book, the series stars Colin Ford (Daybreak, We Bought a Zoo) and Rose Reid (Finding You). 

5. Beauty in Black

From the visionary billionaire producer Tyler Perry, Beauty in Black returns with Season 2 on Netflix on September 11, 2025. Prepare for strong family relationships, justice, revenge, redemption, and an emotionally intense ride.^[1]

6. La La Land

Viewers can expect themselves to be swept away into the swoon-worthy Oscar-winning, musical romantic drama of dreamers in LA, spinning onto Netflix September 1.

Bringing a delicious mix of whimsy, jazz, and bittersweet romance, La La Land adds to the charm of Netflix’s September binge. 

7. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

Steven Spielberg’s classic story of childhood wonder and friendship comes to Netflix on September 1. Join Elliot and his friend from another world in this tear-jerking favorite.

8. Shrek Movies

Shrek, Shrek 2, Shrek Forever After and Shrek the Third arrive on Netflix on September 1, 2025. Packed with layered sarcasm, fairy-tale satire, and exquisite humor, Shrek promises to whisk fans away into the world of nostalgia.

9. Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford

Coming September 4, this sports miniseries takes viewers to the ringside for the hype leading up to the blockbuster boxing battle, with drama, grit, and competitive passion combined.

Netflix offers a closer look at Canelo Álvarez and Terence Crawford’s training camps and personal lives in Countdown: Canelo vs. Crawford as the stars prepare for the ultimate showdown.

10. Sherlock Holmes movies

The legendary detective’s escapades, such as Sherlock Holmes and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, start streaming September 1, 2025. Look for cerebral chills and expect Robert Downey Jr.’s witty twist to the tale of solving crimes in a visually dashing period setting.  

Netflix’s September watch-list has never looked so lucrative, with several innovative tales and OG classics anointing its already unique collection of international stories with more to come.^[2]

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