Every week, Netflix drops a bunch of new content for viewers to stream from TV and movie studios all over the world. Watching all of it would take you way too much time, so I decided to start my Friday by recommending three top picks for the weekend and week to come. Schedule your viewing around these shows and movies, and I’ll be tuning in along with you. This week is a really strong one, with multiple great-looking original series, movies, and more.
This Week on Netflix: PCMag’s Picks
Billionaires’ Bunker (Sept. 19)
Planning for the end of the world is big business right now, and in Mexican drama Billionaires’ Bunker, things start to get bad after the door to the apocalypse is closed. When a pair of rival families end up in the same fallout shelter during a nuclear war, old grudges start to seem more important than ever, and it starts to look safer outside.
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Directors: Jesús Colmenar, David Barrocal, José Manuel Cravioto
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Cast: Joaquin Furriel, Natalia Verbeke, Carlos Santos
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Genres: Drama
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Rating: TV-MA
Wayward (Sept. 25)
The great Toni Collette stars in this new small-town thriller that takes the “troubled teen” industry as inspiration. In Wayward, she plays the “lead youth counselor” at Tall Pines Academy, where they “solve the problem of adolescence.” But when a runaway brings new scrutiny to the facility, dark secrets start to ooze out of the foundation.
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Directors: Euros Lyn, Renuka Jeyapalan, John Fawcett
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Cast: Toni Collette, Mae Martin, Sarah Gadon
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Genre: Drama
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Rating: TV-MA
Alice In Borderland: Season 3 (Sept. 25)
Based on a popular manga series, Alice In Borderland seemed to wrap up pretty neatly at the end of the second season, with protagonists Arisu and Usagi escaping the deadly game world and returning to normal life. But that doesn’t make good TV, so they’re pulled back by a mysterious professor to face a new round of challenges with players both new and familiar.
Netflix New TV Series and Show Releases This Week
September 19
Billionaires’ Bunker
Haunted Hotel
September 21
Inside: USA – Season 1
September 22
Blippi’s Job Show – Season 2
Spartacus – Seasons 1-4
September 23
Crime Scene Zero – Season 1
September 24
The Guest
September 25
Alice in Borderland – Season 3
House of Guinness
Wayward
Netflix New Movie Releases This Week
September 19
Cobweb
She Said Maybe
Recommended by Our Editors
September 22
San Andreas
September 23
Cristela Alonzo: Upper Classy
September 25
ConMom
Netflix: What’s Leaving Soon
September 22
The Island
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