The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare – Picture: Lionsgate
Welcome back to your end-of-week roundup of everything new on Netflix US! As we move past the midpoint of September, the fall TV season is officially in full swing. Over the past seven days, a fantastic batch of 34 new releases (17 movies and 17 series) has landed on the streaming service.
Whether you’re looking for an explosive World War II action flick, the next chilling installment of Ryan Murphy’s true-crime anthology, or a feel-good underdog story, this week’s lineup has plenty to keep your queue full all weekend long.
Before we dive into the data to see what subscribers have actually been watching this week, let’s take a look at our four streaming highlights and don’t forget you can find the full list of upcoming releases for the rest of September and into October here.
Best New Movies and Shows on Netflix This Week
Best of the Best (2026)
Type: Movie
Genre: Action, Sports, Drama | Runtime: 1h 48m
If you are looking for an uplifting, punch-packing underdog story this weekend, this brand-new Netflix Original is exactly what you need. Breathing fresh life into the classic martial arts sports drama, the film follows a ragtag group of struggling athletes who must overcome their personal demons and intense rivalries to form a unified national team. With spectacular fight choreography and a genuinely moving emotional core, it is a massive crowd-pleaser. In fact, in our full review of the film, we called it a knockout hit that delivers “a perfect balance of bone-crunching action and immense heart.”
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
Type: Movie
Genre: Action, Comedy, War | Runtime: 2h 0m
Guy Ritchie brings his signature hyper-stylish, rapid-fire direction to World War II! Based on recently declassified files from the British War Department, this wildly entertaining action-comedy stars Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, and Eiza González as the leaders of a top-secret, highly unconventional combat unit formed by Winston Churchill. Tasked with hunting down Nazi U-boats using entirely “ungentlemanly” combat techniques, this rogue squad essentially gave birth to modern black ops. It’s a stylish, explosive, and ridiculously fun ride.
Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story
Type: TV Series
Genre: Drama, True Crime, Thriller
Ryan Murphy’s massively successful Monster anthology series returns to tackle one of the most infamous and grisly true-crime mysteries in American history. Trading the modern era for the 1890s, this season takes a chilling, atmospheric deep dive into the brutal axe murders of Andrew and Abby Borden, and the ensuing media circus surrounding their prime suspect: their quiet Sunday school teacher daughter, Lizzie. It’s well-produced, as you can imagine, although once again, historical accuracy is left at the door in favor of the pure shock factor. If you’ve seen the prior three instalments, you absolutely know what you’re going into.
Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 (Season 2)
Type: TV Series
Genre: Animation, Sci-Fi, Adventure
While the wait for the live-action mothership series continues, Netflix is taking us back to Hawkins! This fantastic animated spin-off returns for its second season, offering a Saturday-morning-cartoon aesthetic as it explores side quests, untold stories, and hilarious misadventures featuring our favorite kids from Hawkins during the summer of 1985. It’s a nostalgic, incredibly fun treat for fans of the franchise and, thankfully, season 2 does evolve and fix some of the issues we had with the first season.
Full List of New Releases on Netflix This Week
As always, you can find an expanded, filterable, and searchable version of this list via our New on Netflix hub page.
17 New Movies Added This Week
- Barbie in The Nutcracker (2001) – TV-Y – English
- Best of the Best (2026) Netflix Original – PG-13 – English
- Disconnect (2012) – R – English
- General Mayhem: The Killing of Brigadier J (2026) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Indonesian
- Girl Climber (2026) – TV-MA – English
- Irumudi (2026) – TV-MA – Telugu
- I’mPerfect (2025) – TV-MA – Tagalog
- Jo Koy: Blue in the Face (2026) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Lust Stories 3 (2026) Netflix Original – R – Hindi
- Modha Rathri (2026) – TV-14 – Tamil
- On Chesil Beach (2018) – R – English
- Papa Yaar by Zakir Khan (2026) Netflix Original – PG-13 – Hindi
- Robots (2023) – R – English
- The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (2026) – PG-13 – English
- The Brink (2019) – TV-MA – English
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024) – R – English
- The Seemingly Perfect Family (2026) – TV-14 – English
17 New TV Series Added This Week
- A Parasite’s Heart (Season 1) – TV-14 – Thai
- Angel Eyes (Season 1) – TV-14 – Korean
- CoComelon (Season 15) – TV-Y – English
- Dhee Double Impact (Season 1) – TV-PG – Hindi
- Drew Binsky: Ultimate Traveler (Seasons 1-2) – TV-14 – English
- Gabby’s Dollhouse (Season 4) – TV-Y – English
- I Survived a Serial Killer (Season 1) – TV-MA – English
- Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Not A Stranger (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Turkish
- Physical 100: Mexico (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
- Plastic Beauty (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Japanese
- Pokémon Horizons: Season 3: Rising Hope (Season 4) Netflix Original – TV-Y7 – Japanese
- Stranger Things: Tales from ’85 (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
- The Doll (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Polish
- The Fixers (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Mandarin
- The Scandal (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Korean
- When Hope Calls (Seasons 1-2) – TV-G – English
Most Popular Movies This Week
Picture Credit: Netflix
Now, let’s take a look at what people have actually been watching on Netflix US over the past seven days!
Over on the movies list, Tyler Perry has pulled off an impressive coup! The original sequel Why Did I Get Married Again? surged past all the competition to claim the #1 spot with 75 points. Angelina Jolie’s survival thriller Those Who Wish Me Dead remains a massive draw, holding firm at #2 (59 points).
We also saw exactly what we predicted last week: kids absolutely took over the remotes to push Puss in Boots: The Last Wish all the way up to #3 (53 points). Looking at our new highlights, action fans are already flocking to The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (#9), while Best of the Best has officially cracked the charts at #13 and is poised to climb as word of mouth spreads over the weekend.
- Why Did I Get Married Again? (75 points)
- Those Who Wish Me Dead (59 points)
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (53 points)
- The Whisper Man (50 points)
- The Seemingly Perfect Family (39 points)
- Turning Point: Generation 9/11 (33 points)
- Contraband (26 points)
- Shark Tale (26 points)
- The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (26 points)
- Untold Mr. T: I Pity The Fool (18 points)
- The Angry Birds Movie 2 (14 points)
- The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (8 points)
- Best of the Best (6 points)
- The Secret Woman (5 points)
- Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too? (1 points)
- The Boss Baby (1 points)
Most Popular TV Series This Week
Picture Credit: Netflix
On the TV Series charts, we have a brand new champion! The Netflix Original drama Crew Girl officially completed its climb to the top of the mountain, dethroning the true crime giant Death of the Pastor’s Wife to take #1 with 75 points.
Last week’s highlight, the tense Dutch thriller The Perfect Lie, saw a massive jump in viewership as audiences binged through the mystery, rocketing up to tie for #2 (57 points). Meanwhile, Ryan Murphy’s Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story made a very strong top 10 debut right out of the gate (20 points). Notably, stand-up fans clearly tuned in for Jo Koy, pushing his brand new special Blue in the Face all the way up to #5 on the TV charts!
- Crew Girl (75 points)
- The Perfect Lie (57 points)
- Death of the Pastor’s Wife (57 points)
- The Gentlemen (44 points)
- Jo Koy: Blue in the Face (34 points)
- Mark Rober’s CrunchLabs (28 points)
- I Survived a Serial Killer (27 points)
- Raw (21 points)
- Instadocs: The Decoy Plane (20 points)
- Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story (20 points)
- Beauty in Black (19 points)
- Earle Meets World (13 points)
- Stavros Halkias: Uncle Stav (9 points)
- When Hope Calls (5 points)
- Physical 100: Italy (5 points)
- Not a Stranger (2 points)
- Stolen Heartbeats (2 points)
- Sealook (2 points)
What are you watching on Netflix this weekend? Let us know your top picks down in the comments below!