Everything new coming to your favourite streaming platforms in September

For some, the beginning of September marks a welcome turn of the seasons. While we’re all for the warmer weather, for us, a new month also means that a raft of both new films and television shows will be introduced to our favourite streaming platforms — and September will prove no different.

Thankfully, September is set to see the introduction of a well-rounded group of new and returning series, plus film classics paired with premieres, to our small (and smart) screens. We’re talking the first season of the highly-acclaimed thriller series, Killing Eve, classic romantic drama Dirty Dancing, and the Margot Robbie-led Mary Queen of Scots. To help you schedule your streaming habits in advance, we’ve rounded up a list of must-see films and TV shows that are dropping this September. 

Mary Queen of Scots (2018), Foxtel 
If historical drama is your “ride or die” genre when it comes to films, you cannot miss Mary Queen of Scots, starring Saoirse Ronan and a barely recognisable Margot Robbie, when it drops next months. Crowned the Queen of France at age 16, and widowed at age 18, the film follows a young Mary (Ronan) escaping from the pressures of marriage and returning to her native Scotland to claim her rightful throne from her sister and rival in power, Queen Elizabeth (Robbie).

Dirty Dancing (1987), Netflix
Now a bonafide classic, Dirty Dancing follows Baby’s (Jennifer Grey) last summer holiday with her family in the Catskills, before she plans to leave home to join the Peace Corps. Suddenly, the sleepy resort she’s staying at becomes a little more interesting when she meets the resident dance instructor, Johnny (Patrick Swayze). Their relationship blossoms and culminates in perhaps the most memorable scene in the entire film: the lift during the film’s final dance number, set to iconic 1987 song, (I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.

The Politician (2019), Netflix
Created by Ryan Murphy—who also brought us Glee and every anthology of American Horror Story (AHS) to date—The Politician depicts Payton Hobart running in a contentious student presidential race at his wealthy school in sunny California. Starring Ben Platt as Hobart, the Pitch Perfect alum stars alongside a stellar cast of both Hollywood heavyweights—including Gwyneth Paltrow, who stars as his concerned mother, and AHS lead, Jessica Lange—and much-loved leading ladies, Bohemian Rhapsody’s Lucy Boynton, and Zoey Deutch.

Killing Eve: season one (2018), Stan
Sandra Oh plays Eve in the debut season of this thrilling and witty series, brought to us by the critically-acclaimed writer, Phoebe Waller-Bridge. Following the severely under-utilised MI5 agent, the series follows Eve’s cat-and-mouse-style quest to find and stop an up-and-coming hit woman named Villanelle, who has left a trail of notable corpses in her path.

The Good Place: season four (2019), Netflix
In the heart-warming comedy’s fourth and final season, the heavenly gang return to find Chidi’s memory wiped clean and his soulmate, Eleanor (Kristen Bell) struggling to come to terms with the fact that her soulmate can recall no detail of their whirlwind romance. The new season also finds Eleanor posing as The Good Place’s architect. Never watched The Good Place and completely lost? You can catch up by streaming seasons one through to the final fourth, now.

Mean Girls (2004), Stan
If the phrases “get in loser, we’re going shopping”, “that’s so fetch” and “she doesn’t even go here” are quotes that you and your nearest and dearest quote on a regular basis, then you need to make sure Mean Girls is on your streaming shortlist from the second it drops on Stan. In one of her more memorable roles, Lindsay Lohan plays Cady Heron, a home schooled teen who gets her first taste of public school and quickly learns of its cruel and cliquey parallels to her previous home of Africa. She gains an elite group of friends, dubbed “The Plastics”, but loses all sense of herself.

Keeping Up with the Kardashians: season 17 (2019), Foxtel
Almost as soon as it left our screens, Keeping Up with the Kardashians returned for its 17th season. Picking up where it left off, the successful reality show’s new season further explores the Khloé Kardashian/Jordyn Woods drama, and the remnants of Khloé’s relationship with baby daddy, Tristan Thompson. It’ll also gets into the strange triangle between co-parents Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick and his girlfriend, Sofia Richie, and one highly-hyped, but still mysterious, emergency.

Broad City: season five (2019), Stan
If you’ve been following Broad City since its first season, which debuted in 2014—or even its web series before that— then it’s likely you might be reluctant to watch the show’s fifth and final season, because you don’t want it to end. But, the show’s last season, starring Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer for one last time, is nothing short of a perfect ending to a show which was equal parts relatable, questionable and real.

Unbelievable: season one (2019), Netflix
Based on a true story, Toni Collette stars in this new drama miniseries as one of two detectives who are investigating the statement of Maria, a teenager who reports her rape, and is later charged with lying about the incidence. Upon recounting the incident, Collette, who plays Detective Grace Rasmussen along with fellow Detective, Karen Duvall, follows a winding path of evidence that eventually leads to the truth.

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Between Two Ferns: The Movie (2019), Netflix
Based on the cult mock talk show web series Between Two Ferns, Zach Galifianakis reprises his hosting role for the film adaptation. Starring, and we quote, “celebrities you’ve heard of”, the movie follows Galifianakis and his crew as they embark on a road trip to complete a series of “high-profile interviews” and restore his reputation after becoming a viral laughing stock thanks to Will Ferrell.

American Horror Story: 1984 (2019), Foxtel
In an equally horrific new instalment to the AHS anthology, the series’ ninth instalment stars cast veterans Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters, alongside Emma Roberts and Billie Lourd. Having been described as a homage to ‘80s slasher movies, including Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and Halloween, the ninth season is sure to be as blood-curdling as the seasons that came before them, but with a retro twist.

Social Animals (2018), Netflix
Following the ‘Instagram Generation’ through the lens of both the real and digital worlds, the documentary charts the social media stories of “a daredevil photographer, an aspiring model and a lonely Ohio girl”, who celebrate their Instagram peaks of validation, praise and a high follower account, but who also each have first-hand accounts of how the same medium negatively impacts their lives (read: stalkers, trolls and nationwide news coverage).