FILMS
Top Picks
Petite Maman – Hulu 9/6
The Last Duel – Hulu 9/14
The Outfit – Prime 9/16
Ambulance – Prime 9/30
House of Gucci – Paramount+ 9/30
This month I’m spotlighting some movies from the last year you might have missed. While your mileage may vary on the excesses of the latter two films, the first three are absolute knockouts.
Other Recommendations
10 Cloverfield Lane – Paramount+ 9/1
10 Things I Hate About You – Hulu 9/1
17 Again – Peacock 9/1
21 Grams – Prime 9/1
About a Boy – Peacock 9/1
Airplane! – HBO Max 9/1
The American – Hulu 9/1
American Dreamz – Peacock 9/1
American Pie – Hulu 9/1
An American Werewolf in London – Prime 9/1
Anchorman – Paramount+ 9/1
Army of Darkness – Peacock 9/1
Austin Powers – Netflix 9/1
Baby Mama – Peacock 9/1
Bandslam – HBO Max 9/1
Batman Begins – Hulu 9/1
Beau Travail – HBO Max 9/1
Beetlejuice – Peacock 9/1
Big – Hulu 9/1
The Birds – Peacock 9/1
The Blair Witch Project – Prime, Paramount+ and Peacock 9/1
Bull Durham – Paramount+ 9/1
Candyman (1992) – Peacock 9/1
Cat People (1942) – HBO Max 9/1
Charlie Wilson’s War – Peacock 9/1
Chronicle – Hulu 9/1
Cliffhanger – Hulu 9/1
A Clockwork Orange – Netflix 9/1
Clueless – Netflix 9/1
Collateral – Paramount+ 9/1
Congo – Paramount+ 9/1
Crazy Heart – Prime 9/1
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button – Paramount+ 9/1
The Darjeeling Limited – Hulu 9/1
The Dark Knight – Hulu 9/1
Dawn of the Dead (2004) – Peacock 9/1
The Descent – Prime 9/1
Despicable Me – Netflix 9/1
Drag Me to Hell – Peacock 9/1
Dredd – Peacock 9/1
Drive Angry – Hulu 9/1
Eddie Murphy: Raw – Paramount+ 9/1
Erin Brockovich – Peacock 9/1
The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Hulu 9/1
F/X – Paramount+ 9/1
Fear – Peacock 9/1
Fight Club – Prime and Hulu 9/1
The Fisher King – Hulu 9/1
Friday Night Lights – Peacock 9/1
Furious 7 – Peacock 9/1
Get Smart – Hulu 9/1
Glory – HBO Max 9/1
Gone Girl – Peacock 9/1
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000) – Peacock 9/1
The Good Shepherd – Hulu 9/1
Gorky Park – Prime and Paramount+ 9/1
Halloween III: Season of the Witch – Peacock 9/1
The Hangover – Peacock 9/1
Hard Eight – Prime and Paramount+ 9/1
He Got Game – Prime and Hulu 9/1
Heartburn – Prime and Paramount+ 9/1
High-Rise – Hulu 9/1
Hot Tub Time Machine – HBO Max 9/1
How to Train Your Dragon – Prime 9/1
I’m Still Here – Prime 9/1
If Beale Street Could Talk – Netflix 9/1
In Time – Prime 9/1
The Italian Job – Netflix 9/1
Jailhouse Rock – HBO Max 9/1
John Q. – Netflix 9/1
Jurassic Park – Peacock 9/1
Just Friends – Netflix 9/1
A Knight’s Tale – Netflix 9/1
Legally Blonde – Prime 9/1
Let the Right One In – Prime 9/1
Life of Crime – HBO Max 9/1
The Lost World: Jurassic Park – Peacock 9/1
Love Actually – Peacock 9/1
Mama – Peacock 9/1
The Mask of Zorro – Hulu 9/1
Melancholia – HBO Max 9/1
Meet the Parents – Hulu 9/1
Mother! – Prime and Paramount+ 9/1
My Beautiful Laundrette – Prime and Paramount+ 9/1
My Best Friend’s Wedding – Peacock 9/1
My Week with Marilyn – HBO Max 9/1
The Natural – Paramount+ 9/1
Neighbors 2 – Peacock 9/1
Nine Months – Hulu 9/1
Notes on a Scandal – Hulu 9/1
Notting Hill – Peacock 9/1
Open Water – Prime and Hulu 9/1
Paul – Peacock 9/1
The People vs. Larry Flynt – Hulu 9/1
Philadelphia – Hulu 9/1
Pitch Perfect – Peacock 9/1
Prince of Darkness – Peacock 9/1
Psycho (1960) – Peacock 9/1
The Quiet Man – Paramount+ 9/1
Rear Window (1954) – Peacock 9/1
Reign of Fire – Prime 9/1
Rescue Dawn – Prime 9/1
Road House – Netflix 9/1
Robot and Frank – Hulu 9/1
Rocknrolla – HBO Max 9/1
Role Models – Prime 9/1
Rookie of the Year – Prime 9/1
Rope – Peacock 9/1
Roxanne – Prime and Paramount+ 9/1
The Rundown – Peacock 9/1
Serendipity – Paramount+ 9/1
Shadow of a Doubt – Peacock 9/1
Shanghai Noon – Paramount+
Shaun of the Dead – Peacock 9/1
The Silence of the Lambs – Prime 9/1
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow – Paramount+ 9/1
Skyfall – Prime 9/1
Slither – Peacock 9/1
The Social Network – Hulu 9/1
Star Trek (2009) – Paramount+ 9/1
Steel Magnolias – Peacock 9/1
Stripes – Hulu 9/1
The Tailor of Panama – HBO Max 9/1
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight – Peacock 9/1
Tales from the Hood – Peacock 9/1
They Live – Peacock 9/1
The Thing – Peacock 9/1
This Is 40 – Hulu and Netflix 9/1
Tigerland – Hulu 9/1
Topsy-Turvy – HBO Max 9/1
Trollhunter – Prime 9/1
True Grit (2010) – Paramount+ 9/1
True Lies – Hulu 9/1
Twister – Peacock 9/1
United 93 – Peacock 9/1
Up in the Air – Paramount+ 9/1
The Usual Suspects – Prime 9/1
Vertigo – Peacock 9/1
Village of the Damned (1960) – HBO Max 9/1
War of the Worlds (2005) – Prime and Paramount+ 9/1
What Lies Beneath – HBO Max 9/1
Zodiac – Paramount+ 9/1
Thor: Love and Thunder – Disney+ 9/8
Colette – Netflix 9/13
Tammy – HBO Max 9/14
Dracula (1931) – Peacock 9/15
Frankenstein (1931) – Peacock 9/15
The Invisible Man (1933) – Peacock 9/15
It Came from Outer Space – Peacock 9/15
The Mummy (1932) – Peacock 9/15
Phantom of the Opera (1943) – Peacock 9/15
Love, Simon – Hulu 9/15
This Is the End – Netflix 9/16
Elysium – Netflix 9/27
Our Idiot Brother – Prime 9/27
NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Pick
The Handmaid’s Tale (Season 5) – Hulu 9/14
The show looks as compelling and frustrating as ever. But I’m hooked until the end, which I hope comes next year.
Other Recommendations
Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert – Paramount+ 9/3
Patton Oswalt: We All Scream – Netflix 9/20
OLD SHOWS
Top Pick
Friday Night Lights (Complete Series) – Prime 9/1
Recommending this yet again because it’s football season, and the number of shows better than this one is very short.
Other Recommendations
Fixer Upper (Complete Series) – HBO Max 9/1
Small Potatoes: Who Killed the USFL? – Disney+ 9/2
Living Single (Complete Series) – HBO Max 9/22