As we settle into September, Netflix Canada is making it pretty enticing to not go outside. Especially during a long weekend.
From Netflix Originals to documentaries, stand up specials, some aliens, and BBQs, the streaming service is offering a healthy mix of watchable content.
And let’s be honest, is there really a better time in the history of couch-lazing than in 2020?
Here are a few new streaming shows and movies, just in time for the long weekend. Kick your feet up, you earned it.
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Chef’s Table: BBQ
The critically acclaimed and Emmy-nominated series returns for its latest iteration, delving into the smoky, juicy world of barbecue.
Freaks – You’re One of Us
A working mom discovers she has superhero powers, suppressed by years of medication, and joins forces with two others like her to better the world.
Love, Guaranteed
To save her small law firm, earnest lawyer Susan (Rachael Leigh Cook) takes a high-paying case from Nick (Damon Wayans Jr.), a charming new client who wants to sue a dating website that guarantees love. But as the case heats up, so do Susan and Nick’s feelings for each other.
Young Wallander
An incendiary hate-crime stirs civil unrest, fast-tracking rookie cop Kurt Wallander to detective in this origin story for the popular character.
Away
As she embarks on a treacherous mission to Mars commanding an international crew, Emma Green must leave her husband and teen daughter behind.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Rising Phoenix
Rising Phoenix tells the extraordinary story of the Paralympic Games. From the rubble of World War II to the third biggest sporting event on the planet, the Paralympics sparked a global movement that continues to change the way the world thinks about disability, diversity, and human potential.
I AM A KILLER: Released
In this crime docuseries spinoff, a convict is paroled 30 years after being sentenced to death for murder. Then he makes a stunning confession.
Million Dollar Beach House
In the swanky, exclusive Hamptons in New York, the driven real estate agents of Nest Seekers chase multimillion-dollar deals.
John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
A rural electronics whiz broadcasts radio signals into the stars and monitors for signs of alien civilizations while enduring a lonely personal life.
Hoops
A foul-mouthed high school basketball coach is sure he’ll hit the big leagues if he can only turn his terrible team around.
Hey, good luck with that.
Biohackers
Mia, a university student studying medicine, goes to school to get close to a professor she suspects had a hand in her past family tragedy and gets tangled in the world of biohacking.
The Sleepover
Two siblings discover their mom is a former thief in witness protection, and they must team up to rescue her after she is kidnapped and forced to pull one last job.
Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story
Based on the headline-making crime, socialite Betty Broderick hits a homicidal boiling point during a bitter divorce from her unfaithful husband.
Rob Schneider: Asian Momma, Mexican Kids
Actor, director, screenwriter, and comedian Rob Schneider’s first Netflix original comedy special, Rob Schneider: Asian Momma, Mexican Kids, gives viewers a look at his family and personal life through hilarious anecdotes.
This docuseries takes a deep dive into the lucrative wellness industry, which touts health and healing.
Fearless
A teenage boy must babysit a trio of alien superhero babies, who escaped from their daycare, until their dad can get to Earth.
Project Power
When a pill that gives its users unpredictable superpowers for five minutes hits the streets of New Orleans, a teenage dealer and a local cop must team with an ex-soldier to take down the group responsible for its creation.
Teenage Bounty Hunters
Twin sisters Sterling and Blair balance teen life at an elite Southern high school with an unlikely new career as butt-kicking bounty hunters.
Connected
Science reporter and host Latif Nasser investigates the fascinating and intricate ways that we are connected to each other, the world, and the universe at large.
Immigration Nation
This documentary series offers a unique and nuanced view of the ongoing struggles in America’s broken immigration system.
Sam Jay: 3 In The Morning
Following her Netflix debut on The Comedy Lineup Part 1, Emmy Award-nominated Saturday Night Live writer Sam Jay is back with her first hour-long Netflix original comedy special. Filmed at The Masquerade in Atlanta, Sam Jay delivers a witty, candid, and raw brand of comedy that earned her recognition as a standout comic.
World’s Most Wanted
This docuseries profiles five of the world’s most wanted criminals who have avoided capture despite massive rewards and global investigations.
Tiny Creatures
Little animals embark on big adventures across the US in a dramatic nature series that explores their hidden worlds and epic survival stories. Narrated by Mike Colter.
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons: Season 4
Journalist Raphael Rowe lives like an inmate while investigating dangerous prisons in Paraguay, Germany, Mauritius, and Lesotho.
Work It
When Quinn Ackermann’s admission to the college of her dreams depends on her performance at a dance competition, she forms a ragtag group of dancers to take on the best squad in school… now she just needs to learn how to dance.
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