Here’s your guide to the best movies and shows you can watch the weekend of September 20-21. We’ve been counting down the return of your favorite fall shows for weeks. Now it’s finally here—summer goes, fall comes, and the remote gets fired up.
This weekend, Sept. 20-21, you’ve got more than enough picks to kick off the fall TV season we lovingly call “Gilmore Girls month.” In theaters, the first of the season’s spooky flicks arrives, and horror master Jordan Peele is behind the wheel. But chill is balanced by thrill: theaters are also rolling out an adorable romance featuring two of Hollywood’s hottest names right now.
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If you’re feeling that post-Summer I Turned Pretty void (its finale just dropped), don’t worry. Streaming platforms are here to soothe the breakup blues. You can dive into a new season of our beloved ballroom-obsessed reality showdown plus the latest season of the Housewives.
And trust us, there’s even more to love. Here’s the inside track on the top 5 must-watch new movies and shows for your weekend binge and the spots to find them.
1:Dancing with the Stars season 34
Twenty years ago, a little show called Dancing with the Stars kicked off, matching celebrities with top-notch dance pros. Fast-forward to today, and it’s a full-on pop culture sensation, drawing stars from Hollywood, sports, and the social media scene.
The fresh new season, Season 34, launched Tuesday with crowd-favorite pairings. Fans got to see three-time Mirrorball champ Mark Ballas back in the ballroom, this time dancing with Whitney Leavitt from The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Also hitting the floor are three-time winner Val Chmerkovskiy and sensation Alix Earle.
You can already stream Episode 1 of Season 34 on Hulu and Disney+. New shows drop every Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET on ABC and the live stream is available on Disney+.
2:The Morning Show season 4
Following that jaw-dropping Season 3 finale, The Morning Show returns, and the new season is packed with jaw-dropping twists and… let’s be honest, some serious heat.
Reporting legends Alex (played by Jennifer Aniston) and Bradley (played by Reese Witherspoon) sure don’t get a breather this go-around. They’re still picking up the pieces after the UBA-NBN merger dropped a bombshell on their network, and the race for the biggest story is fiercer than ever. Add a surge of fake news, deep-fakes, and all the must-drama that comes with corporate rivalries, and you get a job that’s ten times tougher.
Catch the Season 4 premiere of The Morning Show now on Apple TV+.
3:A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
If you could press rewind and replay one perfect day, would you? That’s the secret heart of Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell’s brand-new film, A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, and it’s every bit as wild as it sounds.
Sarah (Robbie) and David (Farrell) meet at a wedding, but the real invite comes from a voice in their car’s GPS—yes, the helpful, slightly shady GPS that takes them straight into the door of their past. Buckle up, because the journey that follows sends them back to their happiest and hardest highs and lows. With every mile, old heartbreaks and joys surface. So do new sparks of love.
Catch A Big Bold Beautiful Journey in theaters starting September 19.
4:Him
We all know that chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, can be dangerous for guys in contact sports like football… but throw in a cultish coach, some sketchy performance-enhancers, and Julia Fox, and things go full-on wild. That’s exactly what happens to Cameron Cade (Tyriq Withers) in the new flick Him.
After a nasty brain injury puts Cade’s career in doubt, his idol Isaiah White (Marlon Wayans), a former NFL star, offers to save the day. Isaiah runs a super-secret training camp in the woods with his wife, Elsie (Fox), but the whole setup feels more like a cult than a workout. Cade soon realizes the drills come with dangerous rules and a crazy price. Now he must choose: what will he trade to become the GOAT?
Him hits theaters on September 19.
5:Gen V season 2
Season 2 of Gen V is here, and this time the younger superheroes aren’t just saving the world — they’re headed back to school. The problem? The campus has never felt more dangerous.
Cate Dunlap (played by Maddie Phillips) and Sam Riordan (Asa Germann) are riding the wave of fame, paraded around as the perfect poster kids for heroism. Meanwhile, Marie Moreau (Jaz Sinclair), Jordan Li (London Thor and Derek Luh), and Emma Meyer (Lizze Broadway) can’t shake the feeling they’re stepping into a trap. A shadowy new dean watches every move they make, and that could put Godolkin University — and the kids in it — at risk.
You can binge the first three episodes of Gen V today on Prime Video.
