5 Netflix thrillers for your September weekend watchlist
Looking for netflix weekend movie recommendations this September? Start with The Whisper Man and The Last House, both streaming now, then queue Smile 2 and The Secret Woman for edge-of-your-seat thrills. Later this month, Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story (Sept. 17) and The Final Problem (Sept. 25) keep the suspense rolling.
Key Takeaways
- The Whisper Man (Robert De Niro, Adam Scott) and The Last House (Greta Lee) are available on Netflix now.
- Smile 2 and Danish hit The Secret Woman are strong weekend thriller picks for Sept. 5–6.
- Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story arrives Sept. 17; The Final Problem lands Sept. 25.
- Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen Season 2 is also streaming now for crime-drama fans.
Which Netflix thrillers can you stream right now?
According to Yahoo Entertainment, Netflix's September slate mixes films and series built for suspense. The Whisper Man adapts Alex North's novel, with De Niro as retired detective Pete Willis reuniting with his estranged son (Adam Scott) after his 8-year-old grandson is abducted—and a link surfaces to a convicted child murderer Pete helped jail 30 years ago.
The Last House, from Lupin director Louis Leterrier and starring Greta Lee, traps a family inside their own home when every door and window seals shut and food supplies dwindle. Both titles are available to watch now. For more alerts like this, browse our Streaming & TV Alerts hub.
What should you watch this weekend (Sept. 5–6)?
Tom's Guide flags The Secret Woman (2026), a Danish psychological thriller that pulled 11.4 million views in three days. Natalie Madueño's Louise is living quietly on a Norwegian island when a stranger claims she is Helene Söderberg, a Danish woman who disappeared three years earlier. A DNA test confirms it, and she returns to Denmark to confront amnesia, family deception, and buried secrets.
Collider and Tom's Guide also spotlight Smile 2 (2024), Parker Finn's sequel starring Naomi Scott as pop star Skye Riley. Collider cites an 86% Rotten Tomatoes score and 6.7/10 on IMDb, calling it a gruesome, intelligent follow-up packed with skin-crawling set pieces—ideal as spooky season begins.
Which September thriller releases are still coming?
Yahoo lists Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story for Sept. 17. Ella Beatty stars across eight episodes in the fourth Monster anthology installment from Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, depicting the Massachusetts woman accused of murdering her parents and exploring female rage, repression, and how one woman and her axe shifted ideas of who a killer could be.
The Final Problem arrives Sept. 25. In spring 1959, 13 guests strand on a remote island off Mallorca after a violent storm. When one is found dead at their secluded hotel, an apparent suicide gives way to darker suspicions, and a fading actor must draw on his most famous detective character to uncover the truth. Yahoo also notes The Gentlemen Season 2 is streaming now, with Eddie and Susie continuing Bobby's criminal empire against a glamorous Italian backdrop.