Netflix, Prime Video, Disney, Binge, Apple and more: What to watch on streaming in September

Agatha All Along (Disney+, 19th)

Marvel’s approach of stemming the flood of releases is working. There’s actually anticipation for its next streaming project, Agatha All Along, a WandaVision spin-off following Kathryn Hahn’s breakout villain Agatha Harkness. Except, now that she’s the anchor of her own series, Agatha is more of an anti-hero who forms a coven of witches in a quest to regain her powers. Along the way, she’ll be forced to confront the choices of her past.

Wolfs (Apple TV+, 27th)

George Clooney. Check. Brad Pitt. Check. It’s not an Ocean’s reunion, but it’s also not not an Ocean’s reunion, if you know what we mean. The two play professional fixers who are separately called in to cover up a crime. They’re not accustomed to working with other people so putting up with one another is a challenge — as are the bricks of cocaine, the gangsters and a dead body that’s not quite expired. The film is directed by Jon Watts, who helmed the Tom Holland Spider-Man movies.

The Penguin (Binge, 20th)

If you ever wondered what the cross between The Sopranos and Batman looks like, it’s The Penguin, the spin-off series from the Robert Pattinson movie that puts Colin Farrell’s Oz Cobb at the centre. It picks up one week after Carmine Falcone was knocked off, and we all know power abhors a vacuum. The race is on to control Gotham’s underworld and Oz has some formidable competition in Falcone’s daughter Sofia (Cristin Milioti), a serial murderer just released from Arkham.

Slow Horses S4 (Apple TV+, 4th)

Slow Horses has been an underrated gem that over its three previous seasons built a steady but increasingly passionate fanbase. Starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden, the spy thriller follows a group of agents who have been relegated to a halfway house for those who have stuffed up but not so badly as to be sacked. And yet, somehow, they still find themselves right in the middle of it.

A Very Royal Scandal (Prime, 19th)

The next instalment of a loosely tied together anthology series, A Very Royal Scandal is the second project to cover the specificities of how the BBC secured that car-crash interview with Prince Andrew about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The previous one, Scoop, told the story from the lens of the producer, this one is from the point of view of Emily Maitlis, the presenter. It stars Ruth Wilson as Maitlis and Michael Sheen as Prince Andrew.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (Netflix, 19th)

When it comes to grisly retellings of true crime, you can always rely on Netflix to bring the scintillation. After the success of the Dahmer series, the streamer picked up another set from the producers, this time telling the story of the Menendez brothers, whose gruesome killings of their parents and the ensuing televised trial captured the zeitgeist in the 1990s. The series stars Javier Bardem and Chloe Sevigny.

Apartment 7A (Paramount+, 28th)

A prequel to Rosemary’s Baby, Apartment 7A is set just before Rosemary Woodhouse moves into the Bramford and unwittingly gives birth to satan’s spawn after being victimised by a devil-worshipping cult. This film is centred on Terry, the young woman Rosemary befriends before Terry meets a terrible end. In Apartment 7A, Terry is a new arrival at the Bramford after being taken in by the Castevets, which we know can’t be trusted. It stars Julia Garner and Dianne Wiest.

Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist (Binge, 5th)

Based on the popular podcast that was inspired by the real-life events of an armed robbery on the night of Muhammad Ali’s 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta, the series stars Don Cheadle, Kevin Hart, Samuel L. Jackson and Taraji P. Henson. Hart plays a character named Chicken Man, who stages a casino night to draw the richest and most influential members of the black community. The subsequent robbery changed the city.

His Three Daughters (Netflix, 20th)

It’s taken a year from its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival to release but the talent packed into its cast is undeniable. The film stars Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon as three estranged sisters who reunite to look after their dying father and find themselves challenged to consider each other and themselves anew. It’s written and directed by Azazel Jacobs, who made the Michelle Pfeiffer film French Exit.

Frasier S2 (Paramount+, 20th)

The people have spoken and they want more tossed salads and scrambled eggs. The Frasier revival is returning for a second season with the continuing adventures of Dr Frasier Crane back in Boston and now teaching at Harvard and trying to forge a better relationship with his son, Freddy. The show still has its signature drollness and clever wordplay and in the upcoming episodes, expect pop-ins Bulldog, Gil Chesterton and Bebe Glazer. No sign of Niles though.

Wise Guy: David Chase and the Sopranos (Binge, 8th)

Setting aside for the moment the “Can you believe it’s been 25 years?!” shock of getting old, The Sopranos will mark this momentous anniversary with the release of a two-part docuseries. It will take fans behind the scenes and into the minds of those intimately involved with a series that is still considered the very best of the golden age of TV.

The Perfect Couple (Netflix, 5th)

As one character says without any irony, “They’re rich, ‘kill someone and get away with it’ rich”. The “they” in that quote is the Winbury family, a wealthy clan whose perfect façade is about to be shattered when a body is found on the beach next to their house. In the middle of it is Amelia, a young woman who is about to marry one of the sons, who is warned to never draw too much attention to yourself in the vipers’ nest. Starring Nicole Kidman, Live Schreiber, Eve Hewson and Dakota Fanning.

Return to Paradise (ABC iview, 8th)

For lovers of cosy crime, the Australian spin-off of the very popular Death in Paradise series sounds pretty enticing. It’s the second off-shoot after the UK-set Beyond Paradise, which followed Kris Marshall’s Humphrey to a small English village. This version doesn’t have carry-over characters but is of a similar vibe to the original series. It’s set in the fictional town of Dolphin Cove and is centred on a detective who returns home from London. The cast includes Anna Samson, Catherine McClements and Tai Hara.

Emily in Paris S4.2 (Netflix, 12th)

Netflix’s strategy is all about commissioning shows that are like gourmet cheeseburgers, a little bit fancy but popular. But Emily in Paris is really the streaming equivalent of fairy floss — sweet and aesthetically pleasing but ultimately empty and unsatisfying. The second half of the fourth season finds Emily on a Roman holiday, scooting around the iconic sights with an Italian stallion potential love interest.

La Maison (Apple TV+, 20th)

Apple is going through a real sartorial phase. Earlier in the year, it was The New Look, a historical drama about Christian Dior and Coco Chanel and their post-WWII rivalry, and now it’s La Maison, a fictional French series set inside a Parisian fashion house. It stars Lambert Wilson as the head designer who is embroiled in scandal after a viral video and makes the atelier the target of a takeover.

Nobody Wants This (Netflix, 26th)

Kristen Bell and Adam Brody headline this 10-episode rom-com series about an opinionated, agnostic woman who is in a relationship with a rigid rabbi. Can they make it work? Considering it was inspired by creator Erin Foster’s real-life romance, the odds are good. It also stars Veep’s Timothy Simons and Succession’s Justine Lupe with recurring characters played by the hilarious Michael Hitchcock and Sherry Cola, who was in the under-watched but very excellent Joyride.

Awake (7plus, 4th)

From the archives is this 2011 Jason Isaacs series called Awake, a high-concept series about a police detective who is involved in a car accident with his wife and son. After the crash, he finds himself in two different realities — one in which his wife survived but his son didn’t, and another in which his son lived but his wife died. His therapists in each insist the one he’s in is real and the other is a dream state his mind concocted as a coping mechanism for his grief. Which one really exists — or do either?