What's New on Netflix This Week: Unabomber, Top Gun: Maverick and More
- 🔑 “Unabomber,” a scripted film tracing Ted Kaczynski’s path from Harvard prodigy to the bomber the FBI eventually caught, premiered on Netflix on Friday, September 25, 2026, starring Jacob Tremblay as Kaczynski and Russell Crowe as the Harvard psychology professor central to the story.
- “Top Gun: Maverick” is now streaming on Netflix in the US, widening access to the 2022 blockbuster beyond its earlier Paramount+-focused streaming life; it’s a licensed title cycling onto the platform rather than a new Netflix original.
- Weekly trackers that log Netflix’s daily library changes estimate roughly 47 titles were added across the week of September 21-27, 2026, about 30 movies and 17 series, though Netflix doesn’t publish one single official master count itself.
- Unabomber’s story ends with settled, publicly documented history: Kaczynski pleaded guilty to bombings carried out between 1978 and 1995, received multiple life sentences, and died in 2023 after a terminal cancer diagnosis, so the film dramatizes a closed case.
- Just outside this week’s window, “Lego One Piece,” a two-part animated special, is scheduled to join Netflix on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, a reminder that the platform’s library turns over almost daily rather than all at once.
Netflix’s US library for the week of Sunday, September 21 through Saturday, September 27, 2026 is headlined by two very different titles: the true-crime origin story “Unabomber,” and the blockbuster “Top Gun: Maverick,” which joined the platform’s library this week. Beyond those two, sites that track Netflix’s daily additions put this week’s total in the dozens, spanning original films, returning library titles, and new series. Here’s what actually showed up, and what’s coming right after it.
What’s the biggest new movie on Netflix this week?
The biggest new arrival is “Unabomber,” a scripted film about Ted Kaczynski that premiered on Netflix on Friday, September 25, 2026. The roughly 100-minute film is framed as a dramatization “inspired by true events,” tracing Kaczynski’s path from a teenage Harvard prodigy to the man the FBI eventually identified as the Unabomber. It’s the clearest single “new movie” headline of the week, built around a cast of well-known actors playing opposite the historical figures at the center of the case.
What’s “Unabomber” actually about?
The film opens in 1958, when a 16-year-old Kaczynski enters Harvard and takes part in a series of psychological experiments run by a Harvard psychology professor, then jumps forward to the 1990s manhunt that ended his bombing campaign. Jacob Tremblay plays Kaczynski across that span; Russell Crowe plays the professor overseeing the Harvard experiments, with Shailene Woodley as the FBI agent leading the investigation and Annabelle Wallis in a supporting role. The back half of the film follows the real FBI investigation, including the tip from Kaczynski’s own brother and sister-in-law after his manifesto was published, which led agents to his cabin in Montana. As is publicly documented, Kaczynski pleaded guilty to a string of bombings carried out between 1978 and 1995, received multiple life sentences, and died in 2023 after a terminal cancer diagnosis. Because the underlying case is closed and the record is public, the film presents itself as a dramatization of settled history rather than an open one.
Is “Top Gun: Maverick” actually streaming on Netflix now?
Yes — “Top Gun: Maverick” is currently available to stream on Netflix in the US, giving subscribers a way to watch the film without a separate Paramount+ subscription. The 2022 sequel had spent most of its streaming life positioned as a Paramount+ title, so its arrival in Netflix’s library this week widens where US audiences can find it. It’s the kind of already-a-hit licensed film that regularly cycles onto Netflix well after its theatrical run, rather than a Netflix original production.
How many other titles came and went this week?
Sites that track Netflix’s daily additions put this week’s haul at roughly 47 new titles overall, a mix of about 30 movies and 17 series, which is in line with the platform’s typical weekly pace. That figure can move around slightly depending on how a given tracker counts regional or short-run additions, and Netflix doesn’t publish one single official master list of its own, so treat any specific total as an approximation rather than an exact, audited count.
What’s coming right after this week?
Just outside this week’s window, Netflix has “Lego One Piece” queued for Tuesday, September 29, 2026, a two-part animated special built on the Lego brand’s take on the “One Piece” universe. It’s a reminder that the platform’s library keeps turning over on close to a daily basis — this week’s list is a snapshot, not a fixed lineup, and by the time you’re reading this, next week’s additions may already be layering on top of it.
The bottom line
For the week of September 21-27, 2026, the two titles worth knowing about are “Unabomber,” a sober dramatization of a decades-old case that’s now closed, and “Top Gun: Maverick,” a blockbuster that’s simply easier to find now that it sits in Netflix’s own library. Everything else is part of the platform’s usual weekly churn — dozens of titles arriving and just as many quietly cycling out, with next week bringing its own new batch to sort through.