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Best New Movies on Netflix — September 2025
The best films newly added to Netflix in September 2025 — ranked by critic and audience scores, with quick blurbs and where to stream.
Only new-to-Netflix titles for September 2025. We pulled the month’s additions and ranked the ones worth your time.
1. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
An alien is left behind on Earth and saved by the 10-year-old Elliot who decides to keep him hidden in his home. While a task force hunts for the extra-terrestrial, Elliot, his brother, and his little sister Gertie form an emotional bond with their new friend, and try to help him find his way home.
7.9
99%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore, Robert MacNaughton
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
2. Chicken Run (2000)
The creators of Wallace & Gromit bring you an exciting and original story about a group of chickens determined to fly the coop–even if they can’t fly! It’s hardly poultry in motion when Rocky attempts to teach Ginger and her feathered friends to fly…but, with teamwork, determination and a little bit o’ cluck, the fearless flock plots one last attempt in a spectacular bid for freedom.
7.197%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson, Imelda Staunton
Directed by: Peter Lord
3. Boyz n the Hood (1991)
In the middle of the Los Angeles ghetto, drugs, robberies and shootings dominate everyday life. During these times, Furious tries to raise his son Tre to be a decent person. Tre's friends, on the other hand, have little regard for the law and drag the entire neighborhood into a street war...
7.896%
Streaming on: Netflix, Starz Apple TV Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Cuba Gooding Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube
Directed by: John Singleton
4. Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Major Bill Cage is an officer who has never seen a day of combat when he is unceremoniously demoted and dropped into combat. Cage is killed within minutes, managing to take an alpha alien down with him. He awakens back at the beginning of the same day and is forced to fight and die again... and again - as physical contact with the alien has thrown him into a time loop.
7.991%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Brendan Gleeson
Directed by: Doug Liman
5. Bridesmaids (2011)
Annie's life is a mess. But when she finds out her lifetime best friend is engaged, she simply must serve as Lillian's maid of honor. Though lovelorn and broke, Annie bluffs her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals. With one chance to get it perfect, she’ll show Lillian and her bridesmaids just how far you’ll go for someone you love.
6.889%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne
Directed by: Paul Feig
6. Shrek (2001)
It ain't easy bein' green -- especially if you're a likable (albeit smelly) ogre named Shrek. On a mission to retrieve a gorgeous princess from the clutches of a fire-breathing dragon, Shrek teams up with an unlikely compatriot -- a wisecracking donkey.
7.988%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Directed by: Andrew Adamson
7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the world's most unusual candy maker.
6.783%
Streaming on: Netflix, HBO Max, HBO Max Amazon Channel, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly
Directed by: Tim Burton
8. Hot Shots! (1991)
Recruited to join a top-secret mission for the Air Force, a renegade pilot finds himself coping with an incompetent admiral and a carefully selected squadron of flyers who are either inept or half-blind.
6.782%
Streaming on: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
9. 8 Mile (2002)
For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his own voice - and earn a place in a world where rhymes rule, legends are born and every moment… is another chance.
7.276%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Eminem, Kim Basinger, Mekhi Phifer
Directed by: Curtis Hanson
10. The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure out who he is and how he got to be the person he is today. As Peter discovers a mysterious briefcase that belonged to his father, he begins a quest to understand his parents' disappearance – leading him directly to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. Curt Connors, his father's former partner. As Spider-Man is set on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, The Lizard, Peter will make life-altering choices to use his powers and shape his destiny to become a hero.
6.971%
Streaming on: Netflix, Disney Plus, fuboTV, Starz Apple TV Channel, Youtube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans
Directed by: Marc Webb
11. Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to rescue hostages left behind after Desert Storm.
6.659%
Streaming on: Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Netflix Standard with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino
Directed by: Jim Abrahams
12. Escape Room (2019)
Six strangers find themselves in circumstances beyond their control, and must use their wits to survive.
6.451%
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Jay Ellis
Directed by: Adam Robitel
13. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
For Peter Parker, life is busy. Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen Stacy, high school graduation cannot come quickly enough. Peter has not forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away, but that is a promise he cannot keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro, emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn, returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.
6.650%
Streaming on: Netflix, Disney Plus, fuboTV, Starz Apple TV Channel, Youtube TV, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx
Directed by: Marc Webb
14. Billy Madison (1995)
Billy Madison is the 27 year-old son of Bryan Madison, a very rich man who has made his living in the hotel industry. Billy stands to inherit his father's empire, but only if he can make it through all 12 grades, 2 weeks per grade, to prove that he has what it takes to run the family business.
6.440%
Streaming on: Netflix, Peacock Premium, Youtube TV, Starz, Netflix Standard with Ads, Peacock Premium Plus
Starring: Adam Sandler, Bradley Whitford, Josh Mostel
Directed by: Tamra Davis
15. Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992)
In 19th century England, Count Dracula travels to London and meets Mina Harker, a young woman who appears as the reincarnation of his lost love.
7.2N/A
Streaming on: Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Starring: Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
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We weighted Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb, then considered cultural impact and watchability. Availability reflects the US catalog at publish time.