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This September is a relatively slow month for TV and movies but it’s far from a dead month (unless you count a new Walking Dead spinoff). The small screen sees the debut of new seasons of The Morning Show and Wheel of Time while the big screen features more sequels than we can cover here. (Fans of The Nun should know that The Nun 2 makes its debut on September 8.) Beyond the familiar, you’ll find a series starring LaKeith Stanfield, a dramatization of a weird chapter in recent financial history, and a new Dan Harmon animated show set in Ancient Greece. And if you want Denzel Washington meting out justice, you won’t have to wait long at all.
The Equalizer 3 (Theaters, September 1)
Billed as the final film in a trilogy, The Equalizer 3 finds Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) moving to Italy to start a new life and put acts of vengeance behind him. Guess what? That doesn’t work out as planned. Dakota Fanning joins the cast and Antoine Fuqua returns as director. Get tickets on Fandango
The Changeling (Apple TV+, September 8)
In this adaptation of Victor LaValle’s novel of the same name, LaKeith Stanfield plays Apollo, a new father drawn into New York City’s supernatural underworld as he searches for his wife Emma (Clark Backo). Could her disappearance have something to do with a deal she made with a witch in the past? All signs point to “yes.” Stream it on Apple TV+
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon (AMC, September 8)
The Walking Dead universe goes international with this spinoff starring Norman Reedus, reprising his Walking Dead role. As the series opens, Daryl awakens in France with no idea how he got there. (It probably has something to do with zombies, though.) Stream it with AMC+ Free Trial
The Other Black Girl (Hulu, September 13)
Adapting a 2021 novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris, this new series stars Sinclair Daniel as Nella, an editorial assistant at a publishing house. She’s also the only Black woman in the company’s employ until the arrival of Hazel (Ashleigh Murray). But there’s something off about Hazel, even if only Nella seems to notice it in a thriller destined to take some dark turns. Stream it on Hulu
El Conde (Theaters, September 8; Netflix September 15)
In films like Jackie and Spencer, Chilean director Pablo Lorrain recreates history through cinematic filters that at times have made the past look like a horror movie. With his latest he commits to it fully, depicting Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (Jaime Vadell) as a 250-year-old vampire. Get tickets on Fandango
A Haunting in Venice (Theaters, September 15)
For his latest adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot mysteries, Kenneth Branagh turns to one of the author’s less-famous novels, a 1969 mystery titled Halloween Party. Branagh returns as Poirot joined, as ever, by an all-star cast. This time out that includes Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh, and Jamie Dornan. Get tickets on Fandango
Dumb Money (Theaters, September 15)
Recent history provides the subject for the latest from Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya), a dramatization of the peculiar incident when internet investors sent GameStop’s stock soaring. Paul Dano leads a cast that includes America Ferrera, Pete Davidson, Seth Rogen, and many others. Get tickets on Fandango
Cassandro (Theaters, September 15; Prime Video September 22)
A favorite at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, this biopic stars Gael Garcia Bernal as Saúl Armendáriz, a.k.a. Cassandro, a Mexican-American wrestler who changed the sport of luchador in the early 1980s by playing the part of an exótico as a hero rather than a villain. Stream it on Prime Video
A Million Miles Away (Prime Video, September 15)
In this new biopic, the always worth watching Michael Peña stars as José Hernández, the real-life son of migrant farm workers who became an engineer and NASA astronaut whose career included a … well, no spoilers here. Watch it on Prime Video
American Horror Story: Delicate (FX, September 20)
Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s horror anthology returns for its 12th season, this one inspired by Danielle Valentine’s novel Delicate Condition. Emma Roberts and Zachary Quinto return, joined by, among others, Kim Kardashian. “The ways that we describe pregnancy — delicate condition, bun in the oven, she’s in a family way — it’s so infantilizing for something that is among the most dangerous, life-changing experiences that a human being can go through,” Valentine previously toldVanity Fair. “I just don’t understand how we haven’t found some way around that.” Stream it on Hulu
Expend4bles (Theaters, September 22)
The Expendables films have become a sort of revolving door for veteran action stars. This entry finds Sylvester Stallone, Jason Stratham, Dolph Lundgren, and Randy Couture making return appearances joined by 50 Cent, Megan Fox, Tony Jaa, and others. Can they stop a terrorist before he sparks a nuclear war? If there’s going to be an Exp5ndables they’d better. Get tickets on Fandango
Stop Making Sense (Theaters, September 22)
Widely considered one of the greatest concert movies ever made, Jonathan Damme’s document of two nights of Talking Heads performing live is a joyous and cinematic film that captures the band at its peak. This re-release from A24 offers a chance to catch it in theaters in 4K. Get tickets on Fandango
The Continental: From the World of John Wick (Peacock, September 22)
Set in the 1970s, this John Wick prequel miniseries depicts how Winston (Ian McShane in the film series, Colin Woodell here) came to run the assassin-friendly establishment. Getting another in a long line of comeback shots, Mel Gibson co-stars. Stream it on Peacock
Krapopolis (Fox, September 24)
Dan Harmon’s latest animated venture finds gods and mortals mixing in Ancient Greece. The voice cast includes Richards Ayoade, Hannah Waddingham, and Matt Berry, who promisingly plays a character named “Shlub.” Stream on Fox and Fubo TV
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix, September 27)
In this short (as in 37 minutes) Wes Anderson film adapting a handful of Roald Dahl stories, Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Henry Sugar opposite Ralph Fiennes as Dahl. It’s the second Anderson film of the year and, after The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Anderson’s second Dahl adaptation, an author whose whimsical sensibility is a natural fit for the director. Stream it on Netflix
The Creator (Theaters, September 29)
In a future in which humanity battles a powerful AI, a veteran soldier named Joshua (John David Washington) has a shot to end the world by capturing a powerful weapon. The twist: it’s taken the form of a child. Get tickets on Fandango
Saw X (Theaters, September 29)
After taking a detour with Spiral, the Saw series is back in the thick of Saw-land with its 10th entry, which is set between the action of Saw and Saw II. (Was the title Saw 1.5 considered at any point?) Series veterans Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith both make returns. Get tickets on Fandango
Dicks: The Musical (Theaters and VOD, September 29)
Sure, Dicks: The Musical has a suggestive title, but it could have been more suggestive: it’s an adaptation of Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson’s Off Broadway musical Fucking Identical Twins. In a grown-up riff on The Parent Trap, Sharp and Jackson play long-separated identical twins who try to reunite their family. Megan Mullally, Nathan Lane, Bowen Yang, and Megan Thee Stallion round out the cast. Get tickets on Fandango
Flora and Son (Apple TV+, September 29)
For his first film since Sing Street in 2016, Once director John Carney returns to the comfortable territory of Dublin, music, and strained family relations. Eve Hewson stars as Flora, a single mom whose son Max (Orén Kinlan) is seemingly headed in the wrong direction. But some online guitar instruction from an American named Jeff (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) might help change that. Stream it on Apple TV+
Gen V (Prime Video, September 29)
The first live-action spinoff of The Boys looks likely to become the messed-up New Mutants to the original series’s messed-up X-Men. Set at the Godolkin University School of Crimefighting, the show follows a group of young characters dealing with superpowers in a world largely controlled by the sinister Vought International. Stream it on Prime Video
For more, revisit our list of What to Watch: August 2023.
