September has arrived.
Which apparently means we’re supposed to become organised, productive people again.
Personally, I think starting a new series counts as a September plan.
And thankfully, this week’s OTT lineup has given us plenty of options.
There’s stylish British crime chaos.
A feel-good sports comedy.
A Tamil courtroom drama that looks like it could completely take over your evening.
Taapsee Pannu out for revenge.
A Malayalam mystery for the “lights off, phone away” crowd.
And one Telugu horror comedy with a premise so wonderfully chaotic that I genuinely need to see how they pull it off.
Basically, whatever mood you bring to the sofa this week…
There’s something waiting for you.
So before you spend another evening scrolling through three different streaming platforms and somehow choosing nothing, here are six shows and movies worth putting on your list.
Series — New Seasons & New Stories
Pick your mood. Cancel your evening plans.
1. The Gentlemen — Season 2
Netflix · Crime Comedy · September 3
The “everyone is suspicious but incredibly well dressed” watch
Sometimes you want serious crime drama.
Sometimes you want a crime drama where everybody looks fantastic while making deeply questionable decisions.
That’s The Gentlemen.
Season 1 introduced Eddie, who inherits his family’s country estate and discovers that his new property comes with a rather significant complication:
There’s an enormous cannabis operation underneath it.
Not exactly the inheritance paperwork he was expecting.
Season 2 brings back Theo James, Kaya Scodelario and the sharp dialogue, elaborate schemes and stylish chaos that made the first season ridiculously easy to binge.
Guy Ritchie’s fingerprints are everywhere.
Fast conversations.
Faster plotting.
People who are absolutely convinced they’re the smartest person in the room.
And usually at least three other people proving otherwise.
Watch this if: You want something clever, stylish and fast enough that “one episode” probably isn’t happening.
2. Chad Powers — Season 2
JioHotstar · Feel-Good Comedy · September 3
The “this disguise really shouldn’t be working” watch
Glen Powell plays a disgraced quarterback who wants another chance at football.
His solution?
Disguise himself as an entirely different person and join a struggling college team.
Obviously.
A completely normal career strategy.
Season 2 picks up with the disguise becoming harder to maintain and the stakes getting considerably bigger.
But this isn’t the show I’d choose when I want something emotionally exhausting.
It’s the opposite.
Light.
Funny.
Easy to watch.
And carried by the fact that Glen Powell has somehow mastered the art of making ridiculous situations feel extremely watchable.
Watch this if: Tuesday has already been long enough and you need your television to ask absolutely nothing difficult of you.
3. The Court
JioHotstar · Tamil Courtroom Drama · September 4
The “okay, everybody be quiet—I actually need to watch this” series
This is the one on the week’s list that I’d give my full attention to.
A brilliant young lawyer with a stammer finds herself standing against her own celebrated father in a fight for justice.
Immediately?
I’m listening.
Because a courtroom battle is already interesting.
A courtroom battle where the person across from you is also the person whose shadow you’ve spent your life trying to step out of?
Much more complicated.
Directed by Bala and led by Yogalakshmi, The Court arrives as an eight-episode series and looks like exactly the kind of character-driven drama where the case itself is only part of what’s really being fought over.
And honestly, Indian regional streaming has been giving us some of the most interesting storytelling around lately.
This could be one to watch.
Watch this if: You want performances, family conflict and a courtroom drama you’ll actually need to pay attention to.
Phone face-down for this one.
Movies — Choose According to Your Evening
From revenge to ghosts. A perfectly normal streaming week.
4. Gandhari
Netflix · Action Drama · September 3
The “she has absolutely nothing left to lose” movie
Taapsee Pannu plays a mother who loses her eyesight and then her daughter to a kidnapping.
And from there, Gandhari becomes a story about what happens when grief turns into determination.
Directed by Devashish Makhija, this doesn’t sound like the kind of revenge story interested in making everything glossy or easy.
The premise is heavy.
The emotions are heavier.
And Taapsee Pannu gets exactly the sort of role where restraint can be much more powerful than constant dramatic spectacle.
This is not the film I’d put on while half-scrolling Instagram.
It deserves your attention.
Watch this if: You want something intense, emotional and driven by performance rather than easy entertainment.
5. Unmadham
SonyLIV · Malayalam Mystery Thriller · September 4
The “something about this case is VERY wrong” movie
An old case.
A police constable who decides to reopen it.
And an investigation that gradually takes him somewhere much stranger than he expected.
That’s enough information for me.
Because Malayalam cinema has become particularly good at one specific kind of thriller:
The quiet one.
The story where nothing seems excessively dramatic at first.
Something simply feels…
off.
Then another detail doesn’t fit.
Then another.
And by the time you understand what kind of story you’re actually watching, you’re completely trapped inside it.
Kunchacko Boban leads this one, and if Unmadham delivers on that atmosphere, I know exactly when I’d watch it.
Friday night.
Lights off.
No spoilers.
Watch this if: You prefer unsettling mysteries to loud thrillers and would rather feel slowly suspicious than repeatedly jump-scared.
6. Korean Kanakaraju
Netflix · Telugu Horror Comedy · September 4
The “I have several questions and therefore must watch this” movie
Okay.
Stay with me.
A vessel arrives from Korea carrying a spirit.
That spirit possesses a young man from Rayalaseema named Kanakaraju.
He becomes…
Korean Kanakaraju.
That’s the movie.
And honestly?
At some point a premise becomes so committed to chaos that you simply have to respect it.
Varun Tej leads this Telugu horror comedy, which appears to throw possession, relationships, village life and culture clash into the same story and then see what happens.
Will it be subtle?
I have my doubts.
Do I think subtlety is remotely the point?
Absolutely not.
Some evenings call for sophisticated cinema.
Other evenings call for a Korean spirit possessing a Rayalaseema man.
Balance.
Watch this if: Your only requirement for movie night is “please entertain me.”
Okay, But What Should You Actually Watch?
Because six recommendations are helpful…
until you’re still sitting there wondering which one gets the first click.
So here’s my shortcut.
Want something stylish and ridiculously bingeable?
The Gentlemen.
Want something light after a long day?
Chad Powers.
Want the week’s serious watch?
The Court.
Want something intense?
Gandhari.
Want a late-night mystery?
Unmadham.
And if the week has already exhausted you to the point where you simply want to watch something completely chaotic?
Please.
Korean Kanakaraju.
I need someone else to watch this premise too.
✨ This Week’s Watchlist Verdict
I actually like weeks like this more than the ones dominated by one enormous release.
There’s no obvious “everyone must watch this” title.
Instead, there’s something depending entirely on what kind of day you’ve had.
Monday-you might want something easy.
Friday-you might be ready for a Malayalam mystery with all the lights switched off.
Weekend-you may decide that a Korean spirit possessing a man in Rayalaseema is exactly the cultural experience you’ve been missing.
And that’s the joy of a good streaming week.
You don’t need one perfect show.
You just need the right one for tonight.
What’s Getting Your First Click?
Are you going straight back into The Gentlemen?
Trying The Court?
Saving Unmadham for Friday night?
Or did you read “Korean spirit possesses Rayalaseema youth” and immediately decide the rest of this list no longer matters?
Because…
Understandable.
📖 Need something to binge between episodes?
My original series Thirty Days Notice has only two episodes left.
Which means if you’ve been waiting to start it, this is your moment.
Thirty days.
A struggling family restaurant.
A chef who came home expecting to fix the business.
And one man at Table Seven who made the entire situation considerably more complicated.
It’s free to read right here on Enchanted Pen.
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