Check out Claire White’s highlights of what’s coming to Netflix New Zealand soon, followed by the full release schedule.
Top Picks: TV
Wrestlers (September 13)
From the creator of Last Chance U and Cheer comes an all-new docu-series obsession. Focusing on the world of professional wrestling, the series follows legendary wrestler Al Snow, as he fights to keep the professional wrestling league Ohio Valley Wrestling (the league which trained John Cena and Dave Bautista) in business. Full of passion, ambition and epic tales of battles between legends, nothing beats the storytelling of wrestling.
Surviving Summer: Season 2 (September 15)
Set and filmed along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, this Australian series about Summer, a rebellious teenage girl from Brooklyn, New York, transplanting to Australia and falling in with a local group of surfers is back for a new season. This time, Summer has been practicing her surfing and returns to Shorehaven determined to make the state team for the National surf comp. With friends, rivalry and love drama to boot, in a town where surfing is everything, could Surviving Summer be the new Blue Water High?
Sex Education: Season 4 (September 21)
Much like high school, even Sex Education has to end, now facing its fourth and final season. After the closure of Moordale, Otis, Eric and friends find themselves at an all-new school. While they struggle to figure out how they fit in the new environment, Maeve has a culture shock of her own as she settles into Wallace University in the US. Sex Education has been one of the best, most genuinely funny and heartfelt teen comedies of recent years, so it’ll be sad to see it go—but at least we can strap in (and strap on) for one final ride.
Top Picks: Movies + Specials
El Conde (September 15)
Soon after its premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, a brand-new Pablo Larraín movie will arrive on Netflix. Shot in stunning black and white, El Conde is a dark satire about Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who is not dead, but lives as an ageing 250-year-old vampire who wishes to finally meet his death. However, due to his many, many misdeeds, he cannot go as easily as he wishes. After the subtle horrors of Jackie and Spencer, it’s exciting to see Larraín do a dark comedy that explores and comments on Chile’s history.
Love at First Sight (September 15)
Based on the book The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E Smith, this film stars Haley Lu Richardson and Ben Hardy, as two people who meet and fall in love during their seven-hour flight from New York to London, only to lose contact with each other. I read the book when I was in high school, but the main drawcard here is Haley Lu Richardson herself. Last seen in season 2 of The White Lotus, the young actress imbues relatable, feel-good energy into every role that is so genuine, you can’t help but love her.
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (September 27)
Another film coming off of Venice is a new Wes Anderson film (no, not Asteroid City). At a run time of 39 minutes, it’s technically a short film, or alternatively, the length of about 39 TikToks (IYKYK). Based on a short story by Roald Dahl—Anderson’s second adaptation of his work—the story centres on a rich man who learns about someone who can see without using his eyes, a skill our protagonist tries to master in order to cheat at gambling. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dev Patel and Ben Kingsley, it will sure delight Anderson fans—or at the very least, fans of Anderson-style TikToks.
All titles arriving on Netflix New Zealand in September
September 1
Disenchantment: Part 5
Love is Blind: After the Alter: Season 4
A Day and a Half
Friday Night Plan
Happy Ending
September 2
Dune
September 3
Is She the Wolf?
September 5
Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs
September 6
6ixtynin9: The Series
Infamy
Reporting For Duty
Tahir’s House
Predators
Scout’s Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America
September 7
Dear Child
Top Boy: Season 3
Virgin River: Season 5
GAMERA -Rebirth-
What If
Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight: Season 3
September 8
A Time Called You
Burning Body
Selling The OC: Season 2
Spy Ops
September 12
Glow Up: Season 5
Michelle Wolf: It’s Great to Be Here
September 13
Class Act
Freestyle
Wrestlers
September 14
Thursday’s Widows
Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction
Once Upon a Crime
September 15
Miseducation
Surviving Summer: Season 2
The Club: Season 2
El Conde
Love at First Sight
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons: Season 7
September 16
The Matrix Resurrections
September 18
My Little Pony: Make Your Mark: Chapter 5
September 19
The Saint of Second Chances
September 20
Hard Broken
September 21
Scissor Seven: Season 4
Sex Education: Season 4
KENGAN ASHURA: Season 2
September 22
Love is Blind: Season 5
How To Deal With a Heartbreak
The Black Book
Spy Kids: Armageddon
September 25
Little Baby Bum: Music Time
September 26
Who Killed Jill Dando?
September 27
Overhaul
Street Flow 2
Encounters
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
September 28
Castlevania: Nocturne
Love is in the Air
The Darkness within La Luz del Mundo
September 29
Do Not Disturb
Nowhere
Power Rangers Cosmic Fury
September 30
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Coming Soon
Song of the Bandits
The Devil’s Plan
Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso
Vasco Rossi: Living It
