Skip to content

Top Navigation

EW.com EW.com
    • All TV
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Reunions
    • Recaps
    • What to Watch
    • Animated
    • Comedy
    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Family
    • Horror
    • Reality
    • Sci-fi
    • Thriller
    • All Movies
    • Movie Reviews
    • Trailers
    • Film Festivals
    • Movie Reunions
    • Movie Previews
    • All Music
    • Music Reviews
    • All What to Watch
    • What to Watch Podcast Episodes
    • TV Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
    • All BINGE
    • EW's Binge Podcast Episodes
    • Recaps
    • Survivor
    • This is Us
    • RuPaul's Drag Race
    • Stranger Things
    • The Boys
    • The Blacklist
    • The Walking Dead
    • Better Call Saul
    • All The Awardist
    • The Awardist Podcast Episodes
    • Oscars
    • Emmys
    • Golden Globes
    • SAG Awards
    • Grammys
    • Tony Awards
    • All Books
    • Book Reviews
    • Author Interviews
    • All Theater
    • Theater Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • Gaming
    • All Events
    • Comic-Con
  • Celebrity
  • Streaming

Profile Menu

Your Profile

Account

  • Join Now
  • Email Preferences
  • Newsletter
  • Manage Your Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Give a Gift Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Logout
Login
Subscribe

Explore EW.com

EW.com EW.com
  • Explore

    Explore

    • Comic-Con 2022: Stars strike a pose in EW's photo studio

      Comic-Con 2022: Stars strike a pose in EW's photo studio

      From the casts of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever  and The Walking Dead  to Chris Pine and Regé Jean-Page, see who dropped by EW's Comic-Con headquarters at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego. Read More
    • Power players: Inside The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

      Power players: Inside The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

      Go behind the scenes of Amazon Prime Video’s ambitious fantasy epic, which hopes to introduce J.R.R. Tolkien to a new generation. Read More
    • Biggest bombshells in unsealed Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard court docs: Erectile dysfunction, nude photos, and Marilyn Manson

      Biggest bombshells in unsealed Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard court docs: Erectile dysfunction, nude photos, and Marilyn Manson

      Just when you thought there couldn't possibly be more to learn about the high-profile defamation trial, more than 6,000 pages of court docs were released over the weekend. Read More
  • TV

    TV

    See All TV
    • TV Reviews
    • TV Reunions
    • Recaps
    • What to Watch
    • Animated
    • Comedy
    • Crime
    • Drama
    • Family
    • Horror
    • Reality
    • Sci-fi
    • Thriller
  • Movies

    Movies

    See All Movies
    • Movie Reviews
    • Trailers
    • Film Festivals
    • Movie Reunions
    • Movie Previews
  • Music

    Music

    See All Music
    • Music Reviews
  • What to Watch

    What to Watch

    See All What to Watch
    • What to Watch Podcast Episodes
    • TV Reviews
    • Movie Reviews
  • BINGE

    BINGE

    See All BINGE
    • EW's Binge Podcast Episodes
    • Recaps
    • Survivor
    • This is Us
    • RuPaul's Drag Race
    • Stranger Things
    • The Boys
    • The Blacklist
    • The Walking Dead
    • Better Call Saul
  • The Awardist

    The Awardist

    See All The Awardist
    • The Awardist Podcast Episodes
    • Oscars
    • Emmys
    • Golden Globes
    • SAG Awards
    • Grammys
    • Tony Awards
  • Books

    Books

    See All Books
    • Book Reviews
    • Author Interviews
  • Theater

    Theater

    See All Theater
    • Theater Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • Gaming
  • Events

    Events

    See All Events
    • Comic-Con
  • Celebrity
  • Streaming

Profile Menu

Subscribe this link opens in a new tab
Your Profile

Account

  • Join Now
  • Email Preferences
  • Newsletter
  • Manage Your Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Give a Gift Subscription this link opens in a new tab
  • Logout
Login
Sweepstakes

Follow Us

  1. Home
  2. Gallery
  3. The Must List: September's Hottest Picks

The Must List: September's Hottest Picks

''Cool Hand Luke'' on DVD, David Archuleta, ''Desperate Housewives,'' and 15 election-year flicks are just some of the films, people, shows, and music that everyone obsessed about in September. Catch up with our complete collection!
By EW Staff Updated September 30, 2008 at 10:00 PM EDT
Skip gallery slides
FB

1 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

1

Paul Newman, Cool Hand Luke
Credit: Everett Collection

1 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

2 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

2

David Archuleta

2 of 54

3 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

3

Michael Chiklis, The Shield
Credit: Prashant Gupta

3 of 54

Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

4 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

4

Joshua Jackson, Fringe
Credit: Ben Mark Holzberg

4 of 54

Advertisement

5 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

5

, Katy Perry
Credit: Michael Elins

5 of 54

6 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

6

Gale Harold, Teri Hatcher, ...
Credit: Ron Tom

6 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

7 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

7

Beverly Hills, 90210

7 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

8 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

8

Anna Faris, The House Bunny
Credit: Melinda Sue Gordon

8 of 54

Advertisement

9 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

9

Neil Patrick Harris
Credit: Amy Opoka

9 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

10 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

10

Jeff Bridges, The Big Lebowski
Credit: Merrick Morton

10 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

11 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

11

Tyra Banks, America's Next Top Model
Credit: Michael Desmond

11 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

12 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

12

Stephenie Meyer
Credit: David Stone

12 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

13 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

13

JoAnna Garcia, Privileged
Credit: Vivian Zink

13 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

14 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

14

The Verve

14 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

15 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

15

Glen Campbell, Meet Glen Campbell
Credit: Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images

15 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

16 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

16

Trouble the Water

16 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

17 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

17

Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Credit: Victor Bello

17 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

18 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

18

Tim Burton's the Nightmare Before Christmas
Credit: © Disney

18 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

19 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

19

Image

19 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

20 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

20

Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

20 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

21 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

21

Solange Knowles

21 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

22 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

22

Alejandro Escovedo

22 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

23 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

23

Image

23 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

24 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

24

Samantha Bee, The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Credit: Norman Jean Roy

24 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

25 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

25

Ben Kingsley

25 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

26 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

26

Sarah Shahi, Damian Lewis, ...
Credit: Byron Cohen

26 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

27 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

27

Election | Face the facts, Gleeks, without Tracy Flick, there'd be no Rachel Berry. Reese Witherspoon's manipulative, Type-A politically-charged (and, yes, a little promiscuous) Tracy made life…
Credit: Bob Akester

27 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

28 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

28

James Earl Jones
Credit: Everett Collection

28 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

29 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

Andrew Shepherd, The American President

Annette Bening, Michael Douglas, ... | Played by: Michael Douglas Andrew Shepherd isn't just a White House widower; he's also the world's most eligible bachelor. In the 1995 movie, Michael Douglas…
Credit: Everett Collection

Played by: Michael Douglas
Andrew Shepherd isn't just a White House widower; he's also the world's most eligible bachelor. In the 1995 movie, Michael Douglas gets romantic-comic mileage out of the difficulties the most powerful man on the planet has in his courtship of a lovely lobbyist (Annette Bening), like having to interrupt a date in order to bomb Libya, or trying to cuddle in privacy at Camp David while surrounded by Secret Service agents and paparazzi. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin's movie plays like a dry run for his series The West Wing, whose President Bartlet (played by American President's chief of staff, Martin Sheen) is pretty much Andrew Shepherd without the libidinal baggage. —Gary Susman

29 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

30 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

30

Robert Redford, The Candidate
Credit: PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GLUEKIT; The Candidate: Everett Collection

30 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

31 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

31

John Travolta, Primary Colors
Credit: Francois Duhamel

31 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

32 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

32

Warren Beatty, Bulworth | Warren Beatty is off the hook as a rapping Democratic senator running for reelection while — perhaps — losing his mind.
Credit: Sidney Baldwin

32 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

33 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

33

Kevin Kline, Dave, ... | Kevin Kline's Dave. I'd vote for him. Or for Ben Kingsley's VP. So long as they got rid of Frank Langella's creepy chief of staff…
Credit: Everett Collection

33 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

34 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

34

Eddie Murphy, The Distinguished Gentleman
Credit: Everett Collection

34 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

35 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Angela Lansbury, Laurence Harvey, ... | The most hallucinatory, wittily paranoid political thriller ever, Candidate follows a brainwashed American (Laurence Harvey) programmed by Communists to become an assassin.
Credit: Everett Collection

Before Denzel's 2004 remake, Ol' Blue Eyes was the center of the mind-altering government scandal. When a group of American soldiers under Captain Bennett Marco (Frank Sinatra) are kidnapped by communists during the Korean War, they're brainwashed into becoming assassins. Only Sinatra knows what's up and tries to throw a wrench in the sinister plan of a former comrade (and his manipulative, power-hungry mother).

35 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

36 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

36

Jimmy Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Jimmy Stewart stars as a junior senator in Frank Capra's great comedy-drama about political idealism and cynicism — almost 70 years later, still mighty pertinent.
Credit: Everett Collection

36 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

37 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

37

Kevin Spacey, Recount
Credit: Gene Page

37 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

38 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

38

Joan Allen, The Contender
Credit: Everett Collection

38 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

39 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

39

Cliff Robertson, The Best Man (Movie - 1964) | With Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson. That movie showed how easily one person can sway an election and how dirty someone will go to win…
Credit: Everett Collection

39 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

40 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

40

John Wayne, George Takei
Credit: Everett Collection

40 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

41 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

41

Peter Sellers, Sterling Hayden, ...
Credit: Everett Collection

41 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

42 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

42

Neil Patrick Harris

42 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

43 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

43

Michael Keaton, Beetlejuice
Credit: Everett Collection

43 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

44 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

44

Summer Glau, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Credit: Michael Yarish

44 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

45 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

45

John Legend

45 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

46 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

46

Tori Spelling
Credit: Michael Williams

46 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

47 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

47

Image
Credit: Jason Quigley

47 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

48 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

48

State by State

48 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

49 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

49

Nicholas Hoult

49 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

50 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

50

American Wife

50 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

51 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

51

Mitch Hedberg
Credit: Jason Squires/WireImage

51 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Continued on next slide.
Advertisement

52 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

52

Image

52 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

53 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

53

Christopher Walken

53 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement

54 of 54

FB
Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message

54

Simon Pegg, Spaced, ...

54 of 54

Advertisement
Advertisement
Replay gallery

Share the Gallery

Pinterest Facebook

Up Next

By EW Staff

    Share the Gallery

    Pinterest Facebook
    Trending Videos
    Advertisement
    Skip slide summaries

    Everything in This Slideshow

    Advertisement

    View All

    1 of 54 1
    2 of 54 2
    3 of 54 3
    4 of 54 4
    5 of 54 5
    6 of 54 6
    7 of 54 7
    8 of 54 8
    9 of 54 9
    10 of 54 10
    11 of 54 11
    12 of 54 12
    13 of 54 13
    14 of 54 14
    15 of 54 15
    16 of 54 16
    17 of 54 17
    18 of 54 18
    19 of 54 19
    20 of 54 20
    21 of 54 21
    22 of 54 22
    23 of 54 23
    24 of 54 24
    25 of 54 25
    26 of 54 26
    27 of 54 27
    28 of 54 28
    29 of 54 Andrew Shepherd, The American President
    30 of 54 30
    31 of 54 31
    32 of 54 32
    33 of 54 33
    34 of 54 34
    35 of 54 The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
    36 of 54 36
    37 of 54 37
    38 of 54 38
    39 of 54 39
    40 of 54 40
    41 of 54 41
    42 of 54 42
    43 of 54 43
    44 of 54 44
    45 of 54 45
    46 of 54 46
    47 of 54 47
    48 of 54 48
    49 of 54 49
    50 of 54 50
    51 of 54 51
    52 of 54 52
    53 of 54 53
    54 of 54 54

    Share & More

    Tweet Pinterest Email Send Text Message
    EW.com

    Magazines & More

    Learn More

    • Subscribe this link opens in a new tab
    • Advertise this link opens in a new tab
    • Content Licensing this link opens in a new tab
    • Accolades this link opens in a new tab

    Connect

    Subscribe to Our Newsletter
    Meredith© Copyright 2022 Meredith Corporation. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. Entertainment Weekly may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice. Privacy Policythis link opens in a new tab Terms of Servicethis link opens in a new tab Ad Choicesthis link opens in a new tab California Do Not Sellthis link opens a modal window Web Accessibilitythis link opens in a new tab
    © Copyright EW.com. All rights reserved. Printed from https://ew.com

    View image

    The Must List: September's Hottest Picks
    this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.