24 great movies new to streaming to watch in September 2022

polygon.com:

September is upon us, and with it comes a brand-new selection of movies to enjoy on streaming. This month is particularly good one, boasting a crop of 24(!) great films to stream from home including If Beale Street Could Talk, 1942’s Cat People, Road House, Beau Travail, Varda by Agnès, and more. Not to mention a staggering number of modern horror classics, like Videodrome, The Thing, and Prince of Darkness available to stream on Peacock — Halloween came early for Peacock subscribers this year.

Here are 24 of the best movies new to streaming platforms in September 2022.

Oscar-nominated screenwriter W.D. Richter (1978’s Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Big Trouble in Little China) has only directed two feature films. The first, the eccentric sci-fi movie Buckaroo Banzai, was self-produced and performed so poorly that Richter’s newly formed production company folded as a result.

That’s a real shame, because Buckaroo Banzai is a delightfully odd movie that only gets better with time, especially as the American movie industry leans more and more heavily into franchise filmmaking. You see, Buckaroo Banzai operates as if it’s in the middle of a long-running series, but it is the one and only entry (other than a follow-up book from writer Earl Mac Rauch, published in 2021). That means it thrusts you right into the middle of a long-running and (slightly confusing) saga, but it all works because of the unconventional characters and story beats and the movie’s delightful sense of humor.

The movie follows Dr. Buckaroo Banzai (Peter Weller), a true Renaissance man: He’s a world-famous rock star, physicist, neurosurgeon, and pilot whose gravitational charisma pulls in a posse that joins him in his adventures (including a young Jeff