Netflix's Unabomber Movie Starring Jacob Tremblay, Russell Crowe and Shailene Woodley Arrives September 25

True Crime Meets Prestige Drama This September

Netflix is closing out September 2026 with one of its most unsettling originals of the year. Unabomber, the psychological crime drama chronicling the life of Ted Kaczynski, starts streaming on September 25 — and the cast alone is enough to stop you mid-scroll: Jacob Tremblay, Russell Crowe, and Shailene Woodley lead the lineup.

A Chilling Origin Story

Unlike the FBI-manhunt procedurals we have seen before (looking at you, Manhunt: Unabomber), this film zeroes in on Kaczynski's early years — a teenage math prodigy at an Ivy League school who feels increasingly alienated from society and slowly embraces violence as ideology. Jacob Tremblay, all grown up from his Room breakout days, plays the young Kaczynski, and the first-look photos are genuinely unnerving. Russell Crowe fronts the cast in a commanding role on the law-enforcement side of the story, while Shailene Woodley co-stars in a key supporting part. The trailer leans hard into psychological dread over cheap thrills, tracing how brilliance curdles into extremism — timely, disturbing, and exactly the kind of conversation-starter Netflix loves to drop on a Friday.

Part of a Stacked September Lineup

Unabomber caps a seriously loaded month for Netflix film fans. September 2026 also brings the A Different World sequel series, Ryan Murphy's Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story, Tyler Perry's gritty urban drama Doing Life starring Naomi Baker and Jay Reeves, and the streaming debut of Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle on September 28. EW's roundup of the 11 must-watch Netflix movies this month puts Unabomber right at the top — and honestly, a true-crime drama with this cast dropping on a Friday night? Your weekend plans just made themselves. Watch the trailer now, stream the film September 25.