New on Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+ & Co.: The Releases from September 29 to October 5

Attention film and series fans: These are the film and series releases from September 29 to October 5 on Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, and Canal+

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Streaming Releases on Netflix

Nightmares Of Nature - Wild Horror Stories (September 30)
Docu-series (Season 1); Season 2 from October 28
USA 2025
Director: Nathan Small
www.netflix.com/at/title/81763401 (with trailer)
Nature is a dangerous place for practically all creatures that inhabit it. Nathan Small shows this cruel truth in his docu-series "Nightmares of Nature" - staged as a horror film. The constant struggle for survival - and often enough losing - is staged here as a dark shocker. No wonder, as the Netflix production is backed by the horror factory Blumhouse. Narrator is Maya Hawke. The wild stories are available from Tuesday.

Alpha Males (October 2)
Series (Season 1 / 8 episodes)
Germany 2025
Directors: Jan Martin Scharf, Tobi Baumann
Starring: Tom Beck, Moritz Führmann, Serkan Kaya, David Rott, Franziska
Machens
www.netflix.com/at/title/81720673 (with trailer)
Mid-40s, in the middle of a midlife crisis. This is the situation for four friends in the new German sitcom "Alpha Males". When Ulf (Tom Beck) loses his job to a younger woman, Cem (Serkan Kaya) is lost in the new dating world, Erik's (David Rott) girlfriend suddenly wants to open the relationship, and Andi (Moritz Führmann) is overwhelmed by his partner, the buddies realize that their former status in today's society no longer counts.

Steve (October 3)
Feature film
93 min
Ireland/UK 2025
Director: Tim Mielants
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Tracey Ullman, Emily Watson, Jay Lycurgo,
Simbiatu Ajikawo
www.netflix.com/at/title/81745480 (with trailer)
With "Steve," Tim Mielants adapts the novel "Shy" by Max Porter, which shows 24 hours in the life of headmaster Steve (Cillian Murphy). He wants to prevent the imminent closure of his reform school, but at the same time struggles with his mental constitution. Meanwhile, the teenager Shy (Jay Lycurgo) has to come to terms with his own vulnerability and tendency towards violence. The feature film with Tracey Ullman and Emily Watson is available from Friday.

Monster: The Story of Ed Gein (October 3)
Series (Season 3 / 8 episodes)
Approx. 60 min/episode
USA 2025
Directors: Max Winkler, Ian Brennan
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Laurie Metcalf, Tom Hollander, Vicky Krieps,
Olivia Williams
www.netflix.com/at/title/81783093 (with trailer)
True crime is an apparently inexhaustible source of ever-new formats. With "Dahmer" and the "Menendez" brothers, Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan have already highlighted notable stars of the serial killer guild. Now they continue their successful "Monster" series for Netflix. Season 3 focuses on Ed Gein (Charlie Hunnam) - an inconspicuous loner who became notorious in the 1950s not only as a murderer of women but also as a notorious grave robber.

Streaming Releases on Disney+

Chad Powers (September 30)
Series (Season 1 / 6 Episodes)
approx. 30 min/episode
USA 2025
Directors: Payman Benz, Tony Yacenda, et al.
Starring: Glen Powell, Steve Zahn, Quentin Plair, Perry Mattfeld, Wynn
Everett
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xhFhoO306I
www.disneyplus.com/de-at/browse/entity-ecec8009-f3a7-4427-a953-f8e33
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With great enthusiasm for role-playing, Glen Powell transformed in Richard Linklater's crime comedy "A Killer Romance" into a hillbilly with rotten teeth, then again into a slick gangster. In his comedy series "Chad Powers," the Hollywood heartthrob once again shows how versatile he is: "A Mrs. Doubtfire, but in football," he reveals in the trailer. Eight years after an unforgivable mistake that destroyed his football career, Powell's quarterback Russ Holliday tries to revive his dreams by posing as Chad Powers with dental prosthetics and a wig - an eccentric outsider who is hired by a struggling team. Behind the six-part series is not only Powell himself but also Michael Waldron, the clever mind behind the Marvel series "Loki." Available from Tuesday.

Streaming Starts on Amazon Prime Video

Play Dirty (October 1)
Feature Film
125 min
AUS/USA 2025
Director: Shane Black
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, LaKeith Stanfield, Rosa Salazar, Keegan-Michael
Key, Tony Shalhoub
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsV_8K3D8pA
With his screenplays for the first "Lethal Weapon" films and the templates for "Last Boy Scout" and "Last Action Hero," Shane Black has significantly shaped American action cinema. He also directed "Iron Man 3" and "Predator - Upgrade." His heist movie "Play Dirty" was originally supposed to hit theaters, but now the action thriller is being released directly on Amazon Prime. Mark Wahlberg plays a thief who commits "the heist of the century." Available from Wednesday.

Streaming Starts on Apple TV+

The Lost Bus (October 3)
Feature Film
129 min
USA 2025
Director: Paul Greengrass
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, America Ferrera, Yul Vazquez, Ashlie
Atkinson, Spencer Watson
www.apple.com/de/tv-pr/originals/the-lost-bus (with Trailer)
An idiosyncratic bus driver (Matthew McConaughey), a teacher (America Ferrera), and 22 schoolchildren find themselves in an extreme situation when a wildfire breaks out in Northern California in 2018. Directed by Paul Greengrass, who seems to have turned one of the worst fires in recent American history into one of his intense "Bourne" action thrillers. Available from Friday on Apple TV+.

Streaming Starts on Canal+

The Sentinels (September 29)
Series (Season 1 / 8 Episodes)
approx. 52 min/episode
F 2025
Directors: Thierry Poiraud, Édouard Salier
Starring: Louis Peres, Thibaut Evrard, Kacey Mottet-Klein, Carl Malapa,
Jonas Bachan
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M41PqX5TjvA

Fans of "Captain America" might be familiar with the premise of "The Sentinels." A key difference: the serum-enhanced soldiers are French. The war series takes place in France in 1915. Amidst World War I, the presumed-dead Gabriel (Louis Peres) is transformed into a super soldier and becomes part of a special unit tasked with ending the war. The visually impressive eight-part series, the new flagship of Canal+, is based on the comic series "Les Sentinelles" by Xavier Dorison and Enrique Breccia. Directed by Thierry Poiraud and Édouard Salier. Austrian involvement is also present: Jonas Bachan plays a supporting role. Available from Monday.

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