The 24 best movies new to Netflix, HBO Max, Hulu: September 2022

September is here, which means a whole new range of streaming movies. The September crop includes 24 (!) great movies. There are many great movies you can stream online, including Beale Street Talks, 1942’s People who love cats, Road House, Beau Travail, Varda by AgnèsAnd many more. You can also find a surprising number of horror classics in modern times, like Videodrome, The ThingPlease see the following: Prince of Darkness available to stream on Peacock — Halloween came early for Peacock subscribers this year.

These are the 24 best new movies to stream on streaming services in September 2022.

Buckaroo Banzai’s Adventures in the 8th Dimension

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W.D. Richter (1978’s Body Snatchers Invasion, Little China: Big TroubleHe has directed only two feature films. This was the first film, an unusual sci-fi movie. Buckaroo Banzai, was self-produced and performed so poorly that Richter’s newly formed production company folded as a result.

That’s a real shame, because Buckaroo Banzai This is an oddly funny movie, which only grows better as time goes by. It’s clear, Buckaroo Banzai operates as if it’s in the middle of a long-running series, but it is the one and only entry (other than a follow-up book from writer Earl Mac Rauch, published in 2021). That means it thrusts you right into the middle of a long-running and (slightly confusing) saga, but it all works because of the unconventional characters and story beats and the movie’s delightful sense of humor.

The movie follows Dr. Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller), a true Renaissance man: He’s a world-famous rock star, physicist, neurosurgeon, and pilot whose gravitational charisma pulls in a posse that joins him in his adventures (including a young Jeff Goldblum as “New Jersey,” a doctor who wears cowboy get-up). Buckaroo finds himself in an alien conflict accidentally and must team up with his buddies to rescue him (John Lithgow, who does a wonderful job of hamming things up). —Pete Volk

Buckaroo Banzai and his Adventures through the 8th Dimension Prime Video allows you to stream it.

Army of Darkness

Universal Pictures

The third movie in Sam Raimi’s excellent Evil Dead series, this one leans hardest into the “comedy” part of horror-comedy. Bruce Campbell’s Ash Williams has traveled back in time to the Middle Ages, and must use his chainsaw arm (and his wiles) to find his way back to the present day. —PV

Army of Darkness You can stream it on Peacock.

Beau Travail

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A loose adaptation of Herman Melville’s 1888 novella Billy Budd, Claire Denis’ 1999 drama stars Denis Lavant (Holy MotorsGaloup is a French Foreign Legion officer in Djibouti. Galoup is disturbed by a rival for his commander’s attention (and affections): a promising, charismatic young recruit named Gilles Sentain (Grégoire Colin).

This story is told from the point of view of Galoup (now disgraced) Beau TravailThis is an affecting and beautiful film about a man who has been tortured by his sexuality. You will be awestruck by the trio of captivating lead performances and stunning cinematography. You’ll never hear “The Rhythm of the Night” quite the same way again. —Toussaint Egan

Beau TravailIt is also available for streaming on HBO Max or Criterion Channel.

People who love cats

Warner Home Video

Jacques Tourneur’s classic 1942 horror movie is a dark and sexy tale of a woman (Simone Simon) who believes that if she is ever stimulated sexually, she will turn into a murderous panther. Kent Smith is a marine engineering engineer she meets and falls for. She must balance her beliefs with her passions.

There’s a tense sequence in this movie where one character stalks another. Tourneur allows tension to build up until the bus suddenly appears. The sequence led to a technique coined the “Lewton Bus” after producer Val Lewton, and it is often considered the originator of the modern jump scare. —PV

People who love cats You can stream it on HBO Max.

Chronicle

A 2012 sci-fi movie with found footage Chronicle stars Dane DeHaan (The Amazing Spider-Man 2,Alex Russell (UnbrokenMichael B. Jordan (Black PantherThree high school classmates who discover an alien artifact hidden underground gain superpowers. The boys’ powers begin to develop and one boy falls into sociopathic rage that forces his friends together to stop him. Heavily inspired by Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 anime Akira, Chronicle is arguably the best live-action take on Otomo’s opus one could ask for, and a terrific sci-fi action movie in its own right. —TE

ChronicleHulu allows you to stream it.

The Ghost and Darkness

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Idris Elba recently created this creature. Beast We were struck by two thoughts: First, it’s a refreshing change to watch sharp, economic thrillers. A second thing is the star-studded, sprawling historical adventure The Ghost and Darkness rules.

All this character work would feel dry and literary without the movie’s pulp-thriller energy, which lays a visceral, urgent feel atop the Bridge on the River Kwai-style literary ambitions. With the exception of a handful of gimmicky scenes using dummies to show their interactions with human beings, director Stephen Hopkins makes use only real lions. They’re genuinely intimidating, even if Hopkins and Goldman do fall into the familiar man-versus-nature movie trap (also seen, frankly, in Jaws) of giving their animals human-level cunning and malice, to the point where the railroad workers’ belief that the lions are actually demons starts to make some sense.

The Ghost and Darkness Prime Video allows you to stream it.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

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The Halloween series’ weirdest entry is this. This series doesn’t even feature Michael Myers. Instead, it takes the series to more of an anthology series format that was abandoned quickly. Season of the Witch The disturbing, fascinating and haunting meditation of how children are exposed to goods is called “The Way Goods Are Marketed”. It has a haunting John Carpenter score.

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Directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, a longtime collaborator and friend of John Carpenter who is also the film’s sole credited screenwriter, Halloween III has it all: Stonehenge, laser beams that explode people’s faces, robots, masks that melt human flesh and conjure insects, hackneyed line readings, beer, a history lesson on the origins of Halloween, you name it. Except for the William Shatner man in his mask who stalks teens and murders them with a knife. It’s a profoundly weird horror film that, to paraphrase Knives out’s Benoit Blanc, truly makes no damn sense… but compels you, though. You can watch it. Halloween III: Season of the WitchThis is the equivalent of watching a filmmaker try to stretch their expectations and suspend them before they fail.

TV… It rots your brain! –PV

Halloween III: Season of the WitchYou can stream it on Peacock.

“I Saw the Devil”

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If you’re looking for a brutal serial killer revenge film, “I Saw the Devil” That’s it and more. Lee Byung-hunSquid Game, Joint Security Area) stars as Kim Soo-hyun, an officer in the National Intelligence Service who embarks on a one-man mission of vengeance to torture Jang Kyung-chul (Choi Min-sik), the serial killer responsible for murdering his pregnant wife. It’s a cruel cat-and mouse game that will leave audiences feeling unrepentantly guilty. “I Saw the Devil”This is a stark reminder to all who are willing to fight monsters that they could become monsters. —TE

“I Saw the Devil”Prime Video allows you to stream it.

Beale Street Talks

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Barry Jenkins’ 2018 adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel Beale Street TalksThis is a beautiful and touching story about love and hope. It’s also a tale of institutional racism and malign indifference by the carceral government. KiKi Layne stars as Clementine “Tish” Rivers, a young woman who falls in love with her childhood friend Alonzo “Fonny” Hunt (Stephan James) and becomes pregnant with his child.

Dreaming of their life together, the couple’s hopes for the future are dashed when Fonny is falsely accused of rape and sent to jail. Boasting an impressive cast of supporting performances, led by Regina King and Colman Domingo as Tish’s parents, Beale Street TalksIt is truly a masterpiece of cinematic excellence. —TE

Beale Street TalksNetflix has it available for streaming.

Land of the Dead

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

A standout entry in George Romero’s consistently excellent Night of the Living Dead franchise, Land of the Dead Takes on the class conflict head-on. The movie is set in post-apocalyptic Pittsburgh, ruled by Dennis Hopper from a high-rise apartment. It follows the events of an organised zombie attack on the city as well as the attempts to defend it. —PV

Land of the Dead You can stream it on Peacock.

The Right One is in

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This Swedish movie adaptation of a 2004 Swedish novel is one of the most popular vampire films of all time. It was later made into a Hollywood film in 2010. This is the movie you must see.

This is the story of a 12-year-old boy and his friendship with a girl. The Right One is in This is a beautiful modern classic. —PV

The Right One is in Prime Video allows you to stream it.

Road House

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Amazon has launched a UFC-focused website. Road House Conor McGregor, Jake Gyllenhaal. That… is what it is, but what it doesn’t change is how great the original is.

Patrick Swayze, James Dalton is a sensitive, pretty zen bouncer, who also studies philosophy. Dalton gets a large sum from the club owner to keep it stable, but Ben Gazzara, a local businessman has more plans. Amazing bar fights with Sam Elliott leading the way and fantastic performances by Gazzara and Swayze Road House is a quintessential late-’80s action movie. —PV

Road House It is streaming on Netflix.

Rob Zombie’s Halloween II

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Although this list includes two films from Halloween, they are not the same. There are many movies from the Halloween franchise on this list. Season of the Witch shies away from Michael Myers, Zombie’s second Halloween movie digs all the way in, telling a harrowing story of trauma and survival that is one of my very favorite movies of the 21st century. If you can, seek out the director’s cut, which is the superior version of the film. —PV

Rob Zombie’sHalloween II You can stream it on Peacock.

Rosetta

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The award-winning Dardenne brothers are among the most highly acclaimed European filmmakers of their generation, and their Palme d’Or-winning film Rosetta could be their best work.

Rosetta is a tender story about a young girl (Émilie Dequenne, who won Best Actress at Cannes for her work on the film) living in poverty with her mother, and her attempts to secure a job and achieve some semblance of personal freedom. This movie is deeply immersive. Rosetta eschews a score in favor of a hyperrealist approach, and Dequenne’s moving performance will stay with you long after the end credits. —PV

Rosetta You can stream it on HBO Max.

Prince of Darkness

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

It’s hard to pick favorite John Carpenter movies. There are few exceptions to the rule. And this movie is just one of them.They livePeacock also includes, which rules, but isn’t on the list.

A classic “science meets religion” clash, Prince of Darkness is the second entry in Carpenter’s “Apocalypse Trilogy,” coming out in between The Thing More information on this in a moment In the Mouth of Madness. It’s about a Catholic priest (Donald Pleasance, reuniting with Carpenter after HalloweenA group of quantum physics students discovers that a mysterious pot of goo is hidden in a monastery. The nightmarish are unleashed.

What I saw Prince of Darkness for the first time during 2021’s Halloween season, and there has not been a week that has gone by since that I have not thought about it. —PV

Prince of DarknessYou can stream it on Peacock.

Pulse

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Kiyoshi Krosawa is a modern horror filmmaker who’s better than anyone. Pulse This suggests that it is not.

Master class in disturbing imagery, with an overall air of anxiety. Pulse It is the best entry in internet horror. It’s one of the most frightening movies of the century, And is a must-watch for any horror aficionado. If you liked this one, be sure to check out Kurosawa’s Cure and Creepy. —PV

Prime Video has Pulse available for streaming.

Scarface

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Brian De Palma’s loose remake of the 1932 gangster drama ScarfaceThe story is transported from Chicago’s 1920s gangland to Miami’s sun-kissed beaches in 1980. The story follows Al Pacino, a young and aggressive Cuban immigrant who is determined to take control of the American drug trade to gain wealth and fame. Pacino offers up one of the most powerful roles of his early career as Tony Montana, while Michelle Pfeiffer delivers a smoldering performance as Tony’s mistress and later wife, Elvira. Violent, operatic, and inarguably iconic, 1983’s ScarfaceShe is comfortably positioned in the highest echelons among the greatest crime dramas America ever made. —TE

ScarfaceNetflix has it available for streaming.

Silence of the Lambs

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Jonathan Demme’s 1991 horror thriller Silence of the LambsJodie Foster plays Clarice Starling. She is an inexperienced FBI Cadet and finds herself in contact with Evil Incarnate, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. (Anthony Hopkins), who is a cannibalistic psychologist who has a passion for the finer aspects of life. Clarice finds herself drawn into an ever darker world as she corresponds in vain with Lecter, a serial killer notorious for skinning young women victims. This horror movie was the only one to win Best Picture. Silence of the LambsThis is one of the best genres. —TE

Silence of the LambsPrime Video allows you to stream it.

The Social Network

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Arguably David Fincher’s (and Aaron Sorkin’s) masterpiece, The Social Network is a painstakingly elaborate tale of Mark Zuckerberg’s rise to power and fame with the founding of Facebook.

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The Social NetworkBy chance, or design, he has gone on to be one of most important movies this decade. Full of snappy Sorkin conversations, gorgeous Fincher direction, and the decade’s first immensely catchy Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross soundtrack, it’s still as engaging as ever. But After nearly a decade of watching Facebook “move fast and break things,” including news websites, social video, politics, etc., the movie’s tangible sense of tension can easily be reinterpreted as foreboding for what comes afterYou can make one billion friends.

The Thing

Universal Pictures

God, Rule number one: The Thing. A master class in character formation, tension-building, and the unmatchable value of excellent practical effects, it’s a superb entry in the long-running tradition of “a group of people get stuck in a place with a bad creature” movies. Although it was not well received, the movie has gained a huge cult following over the years and is now rightly one of the best American horror films ever. —PV

The Thing You can stream it on Peacock.

Varda by Agnès

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The incomparable master Agnès Varda’s final film is a reflection on the journey that brought her here. A heartfelt and funny farewell from one of the greatest filmmakers to ever live, Varda’s warmness leaps off the screen. Maybe it’ll encourage you to watch some of her other great films — I particularly recommend Faces Places This is available on Kanopy or Tubi. Uncle Yanco(The Criterion Channel) and her documentary Black Panthers (HBO Max and Criterion Channel. —PV

Varda by Agnès You can stream it on HBO Max.

Vertigo

Universal Pictures Home Entertainment

Often imitated, but never matched, Alfred Hitchcock’s paranoid thriller is often up there with Citizen Kane There are many great movies that have been discussed, and there is good reason. An illuminating story about Jimmy Stewart (a former detective) who is hired to track Kim Novak (a woman). Vertigo Its innovative use of techniques like doll zooms was groundbreaking and it has been used in movies such as Mulholland Drive. —PV

Vertigo You can stream it on Peacock.

Videodrome

Universal Pictures

With 1983’s VideodromeDavid Cronenberg established his reputation as the foremost practitioner of body horror films. James Woods stars as Max Renn, a sleazy television programmer known for his affinity for smut and gore who is tipped off to “Videodrome,” a mysterious pirate broadcast infamous for airing theatrically staged snuff films. As Renn attempts to learn more about the broadcast for his own ends, he is quickly ensnared in a deadly conspiracy that threatens to blur the lines between reality and humanity’s most terrifying fantasies. As much indebted to the writings of communication theorist Marshall McLuhan as it is to the splatterpunk violence of Cronenberg’s own Scanning, VideodromeIt is worth the risk. Live long, the new flesh. —TE

Videodrome You can stream it on Peacock.

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

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HBO Max is proud to present one of the greatest movies of 2022. The creepypasta-influenced debut feature of writer-director Jane Schoenbrun follows an internet-obsessed teenager (Anna Cobb, also in her feature debut) who comes across a horror-themed online challenge. Participants in the challenge create bizarre, haunting videos. Schoenbrun collaborated directly with YouTube creators. This allows them to make new self through unique spaces and opportunities on the internet. —PV

We’re All Going to the World’s FairIt is available on Max.