Amazon Prime Video has announced its release schedule for September 2026, offering a heavy lineup of psychological thrillers, book adaptations, and original series debuts distributed across the month. According to entertainment reporting, the platform is rolling out major titles weekly, starting with Gal Gadot in the psychological thriller The Runner on September 2.
Prime Video Film Premieres for September 2026
The film slate begins on September 2 with The Runner, starring Gal Gadot as Maia Marten, a London corporate lawyer whose morning run is interrupted by a phone call informing her that her son has been kidnapped. According to production details, the narrative forces her to navigate London while obeying strict instructions to keep moving or risk her son’s life.
On September 9, Prime Video releases Marfil, an adaptation of the novel by Mercedes Ron. The plot centers on the daughter of a Spanish magnate who is abducted in New York and later assigned an enigmatic bodyguard named Sebastian Moore as threats escalate in Spain.
Survival thriller Non senza speranza debuts on September 11, directed by Joe Carnahan and starring Zachary Levi, Josh Duhamel, and Quentin Plair. Based on a real-world February 2009 incident in the Gulf of Mexico, the film follows four friends—including former NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith—who are thrown overboard 70 miles off the Florida coast during a severe storm.
Science fiction arrives on September 21 with Signal One, directed by Jonathan Sobol and starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Dennis Quaid, and Josh Hutcherson. The story follows a computer scientist hired by a tech billionaire to work in an isolated facility on a machine called “Littlemouth” designed to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence.
Romance adaptation The Love Hypothesis, based on Ali Hazelwood’s novel, premieres on September 23. Lili Reinhart stars as Olive, a graduate student who enters a fake relationship with professor Adam Carlsen, played by Tom Bateman.
The month’s film releases conclude on September 26 with The Rush, an action film directed by Scott Waugh starring Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson, which follows a desperate delivery mission to save a child’s life.
Television Series and Original Productions
The television schedule launches on September 4 with the return of The Grand Tour. Following the departures of Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, the new iteration features train enthusiast Francis Bourgeois alongside “Throttle House” creators James Engelsman and Thomas Holland, testing vehicles in Angola, Malaysia, and California.
South Korean series A Love Other Than Yours premieres on September 12, focusing on a couple navigating a decade-long relationship.
The primary series launch of the month arrives on September 16 with Neagley, an eight-episode spin-off in the Reacher universe. According to official synopses, Maria Sten reprises her role as Frances Neagley, a Chicago private investigator and former colleague of Jack Reacher, who investigates the suspicious death of a friend. The cast includes Greyston Holt, Adeline Rudolph, Jasper Jones, Matthew Del Negro, and Damon Herriman, with Alan Ritchson appearing as a guest star.
The September lineup closes with the second season of the comedy show Roast in Peace.
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