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The 11 Best Things Coming to Prime Video in September

Gal Gadot runs for her son’s life, the ‘Reacher’ spinoff ‘Neagley’ debuts and Kevin Kline returns to the stage in ‘American Classic’

Thom Geier,

Updated August 31, 2026

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Updated August 31, 2026

Maria Sten and Alan Ritchson in a scene from Neagley

Maria Sten (right) stars as private investigator Frances Neagley in "Neagley," a spin-off of Prime Video's hit thriller, "Reacher." Alan Ritchson (left) guest stars as Jack Reacher.

Courtesy Shane Mahood/Prime

As the sweltering heat of summer yields to autumn’s cooler weather, Amazon’s Prime Video rises to the occasion with a wide range of new (and classic) offerings. Mark these 11 movies and shows worth adding to your schedule.

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Coming Sept. 1

American Classic, Season 1

In this new series, a beloved Broadway star (Kevin Kline, 78) has a very public meltdown that forces him to return home to the family theater where he got his start. While there, though, he must mend fences with his estranged brother (Jon Tenney, 64), the ex-girlfriend who’s both his sister-in-law and the town’s mayor (Laura Linney, 62) and his theater-loving niece (Nell Verlaque).

Blow Out (1981, R)

John Travolta delivers one of his finest onscreen performances in this underrated Brian DePalma gem about a movie sound effects man who accidentally records an accident that may be part of a bigger political conspiracy: a car careening into a creek with the body of a prominent governor seen as a likely presidential contender and a young woman who survives the plunge. This slick thriller combines elements of Alfred Hitchcock, Michelangelo Antonio’s 1966 classic Blow-Up and the Chappaquiddick scandal that nearly undid Ted Kennedy’s career.

Coming Sept. 2

The Runner (2026)

Imagine Speed in running shoes instead of a bus. Wonder Woman’s Gal Gadot stars as a high-powered London lawyer who gets a call on her cellphone during a morning jog that upends her life. Her son has been kidnapped, and she must follow every order, tell no one and above all keep moving. If she stops running, he dies.

Coming Sept. 4

The Grand Tour, Season 7

The British motoring season returns with a whole new lineup of hosts following the exit of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. The new presenters skew much younger. James Engelsman and Thomas Holland found fame with their Top Gear-like YouTube series Throttle House, while baby-faced Francis Bourgeois is a Gen Z social media personality best known as an avid trainspotter.

Coming Sept. 9

Drawn Together (2026)

When a young Spanish woman (Ester Expósito) is kidnapped in New York’s Central Park and mysteriously released unharmed, her billionaire dad hires a brooding bodyguard (The Substance’s Hugo Diego Garcia) to keep an eye on her — and reluctantly train her in self-defense. But just like Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner in The Bodyguard, the mismatched pair soon develop a more than professional attachment to each other, even as dangerous new threats emerge when they return home to Spain.

Coming Sept. 12

A Love Other Than Yours, Season 1

Ultra-social Namgung Ho (Seo Kangjun) and work-obsessed filmmaker Lee Mi-do (Ahn Eun-jin) have been together for 10 years, long enough for them to feel pressure about taking the next step … to the altar. But the initial passion of their romance has faded into quiet trust, and she’s just met a guy who sparks some of those old butterfly feelings. Over 14 episodes, this Korean-language series explores the challenges and rewards of grownup relationships.

Coming Sept. 16

Neagley, Season 1

Fans of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher thriller series (and the Prime TV show starring Alan Ritchson as the hulking ex-military cop) will thrill to this spinoff. Former Miss Denmark Universe Maria Sten plays Frances Neagley, a Chicago private investigator and former protégé of Reacher’s in the Army’s 110th Special Investigations Unit. In the action-studded first season, she chases clues after an old friend is killed in a suspicious accident.

Coming Sept. 18

You + Me — Against the World (2026)

A French YA bestseller inspired this film about a privileged young woman (Vittoria di Savoia) who defies her parents’ desire that she study law for her real passion: filmmaking. She’s paired on a student project with a hunky young rebel (Lucas Barski) with whom sparks fly — first in anger and then in romance. But their budding relationship is threatened by a mysterious stalker because all YA romances these days seem to require an element of danger.

Coming Sept. 23

The Love Hypothesis (2026)

Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart and Based on a True Story’s Tom Bateman star in this rom-com based on an envelope-pushing premise. Reinhart’s Olive is a doctoral student who impulsively kisses her professor (Bateman) to prove to a pal that she’s no longer interested in a classmate who’s her longtime crush. But that kiss leads to all sorts of complications, including the possibility of true love (but apparently not disciplinary action from the university).

Coming Sept. 24

Go Deep: The DeSean Jackson Story (2026)

For three decades, Byron Jackson filmed his little brother DeSean as he rose from a teenage football phenom to a three-time Pro Bowler and one of the most successful wide receivers in recent NFL history. This doc includes not just DeSean Jackson’s on-field highlights but also home-movie footage capturing the pressures he faced from a father who felt thwarted in his own ambition for sports achievement.

The Fire Inside (2024, PG-13)

Who doesn’t love an underdog story? Ryan Destiny stars as Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, a native of down-and-out Flint, Michigan, who overcame many obstacles to become the first American woman to win an Olympic gold medal in boxing. Atlanta’s Brian Tyree Henry shines as her tough-as-nails trainer and coach.

Thom Geier is an AARP contributor and the award-winning former executive editor of TheWrap, senior editor at Entertainment Weekly, film reporter at The Hollywood Reporter and associate editor at U.S. News & World Report.

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