Netflix's September lineup: 100+ titles, live boxing and originals

Netflix on Thursday published its September lineup, adding more than 100 films, series and specials to the streaming service, including a broad mix of licensed favorites, new originals and live programming slated across the month. The highlights range from family franchises and 1990s comedies to prestige dramas, true‑crime documentaries and a live boxing megafight.

The biggest single-day drop arrives on September 1, when Netflix will add dozens of titles, among them the Shrek quartet, the original Paddington, both Amazing SpiderMan films, E.T. the Extra‑Terrestrial, La La Land and a slate of well known comedies such as Bridesmaids, Billy Madison, Knocked Up, Liar Liar, Long Shot and Were the Millers. Also arriving that day are Orphan Black seasons and a number of thrillers and family movies, giving subscribers a wide array of mainstream catalog content to start the month.

Television and Netflix originals will bookend the month. The second half of Wednesday season two is scheduled to stream September 3, resolving the mystery at Nevermore and setting a spooky season tone. New originals and returning series set for later in September include House of Guinness and the supernatural...