October, the month when the leaves change color and fall to the ground; darkness comes early and everything spooky reigns. It’s the season for pumpkin spice lattes, ghost stories around the fire, and, best of all, the delicious shiver down your spine from a well-done horror movie. Yet in October 2023, Netflix is providing an entirely different kind of horror—one that’s too real and much too close to home.
Finally, the oligarchic horde of pharmaceutical vampires devouring thousands to boost their bottom lines is thrown under a disturbingly accurate spotlight. Netflix gives us a haunting story this month with new streaming movies that cross genres and fright, mixing terrifying fairy tale mythos with the cold steel of reality. The spookiest of the bunch is the miniseries “The Fall of the House of Usher” from horror king Mike Flanagan, the director behind many other hits. That portends a hair-raiser that will leave us on edge, especially when it gets into the dingy underworld of pill-pushing pharma magnates in its reign over nightmare-land.
Then, some horror takes a backseat to drama with the pharma conspiracy film “Pain Hustler” later in December. With sub-par reviews, the film is still grabbing headlines due to its equally big-profile cast including Emily Blunt and Chris Evans. Not that you need a reason to watch them—they are already top stars. And for those who like series without real-world threats, Netflix has that as well. The giant streaming platform gave us many exciting new additions this month, including a drama called “Everything,” plus fresh seasons of the French thriller “Lupin” and the hilarious cartoon comedy “Big Mouth.”
Whether you prefer real-world terrors or fictional frights, Netflix is making sure we have something to be entertained and maybe even a little creeped out by in October. The Netflix catalog in October covers a range of horror, drama, and comedy. What better way to get ready for the cooler nights ahead than with a fresh lineup of Netflix shows and movies?
New Shows and Movies on Netflix in October 2023
October 1
- 60 Days In: Season 4
- A Beautiful Mind
- American Beauty
- Backdraft
- Casper
- Catch Me If You Can
- Cinderella Man
- Colombiana
- Drake & Josh: Seasons 1-3
- Dune (2021)
- Elysium
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall
- Gladiator
- Hot Tub Time Machine
- Kung Fu Panda
- Love Actually
- Margot at the Wedding
- Miss Juneteenth
- Mission: Impossible
- Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
- Mission: Impossible II
- Mission: Impossible III
- My Best Friend’s Wedding
- Role Models
- Runaway Bride
- Saving Private Ryan
- Scarface
- Sex and the City 2
- Sex and the City: The Movie
- The Adventures of Tintin
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- The Amazing Spider-Man 2
- The Firm
- The House Bunny
- The Little Rascals (1994)
- War of the Worlds
October 2
- Strawberry Shortcake and the Beast of Berry Bog
October 3
- Beth Stelling: If You Didn’t Want Me Then — Netflix Comedy
October 4
- Beckham (U.K.) — Netflix Documentary
- Keys to the Heart (PH) — Netflix Film
- Race to the Summit (DE) — Netflix Documentary
- Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber: Season 1
October 5
- Everything Now (U.K.) — Netflix Series
- Khufiya (IN) — Netflix Film
- Lupin: Part 3 (FR) — Netflix Series
October 6
- A Deadly Invitation (MX) — Netflix Film
- Ballerina (KR) — Netflix Film
- Fair Play — Netflix Film
October 7
- Strong Girl Nam-soon (KR) — Netflix Series
October 9
- After
- Blippi’s Big Dino Adventure
- Stranded with my Mother-in-Law (BR) — Netflix Series
October 10
- DI4RIES: Season 2 Part 1 (IT) — Netflix Series
- Last One Standing: Season 2 (JP) — Netflix Series
October 11
- Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul — Netflix Documentary
- It Follows
- Once Upon a Star (TH) — Netflix Film
- Pact of Silence (MX) — Netflix Series
October 12
- Deliver Us from Evil
- The Fall of the House of Usher — Netflix Series
- Good Night World(JP) — Netflix Anime
- Lego Ninjago: Dragons Rising: Season 1: Part 2 — Netflix Family
October 13
- The Conference (SE) — Netflix Film
- Ijogbon (NG) — Netflix Film
- Spy Kids
- Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
- Spy Kids 3: Game Over
October 15
- Camp Courage — Netflix Documentary
October 16
- Oggy Oggy: Season 3 (FR) — Netflix Family
October 17
- The Devil on Trial (U.K.) — Netflix Documentary
- Heather McMahan: Son I Never Had — Netflix Comedy
- I Woke Up A Vampire — Netflix Series
- Silver Linings Playbook
October 18
- Kaala Paani (IN) — Netflix Series
October 19
- American Ninja Warrior Seasons 12-13
- Bebefinn: Season 2
- Bodies (U.K.) — Netflix Series
- Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix — Netflix Anime
- Crashing Eid (SA) — Netflix Series
- Crypto Boy (NL) — Netflix Film
- Ghost Hunters: Seasons 8-9
- Neon — Netflix Series
October 20
- Big Mouth: Season 7 — Netflix Series
- Creature (TR)— Netflix Series
- Disco Inferno — Netflix Film
- Doona! (KR) — Netflix Series
- Elite: Season 7 (ES) — Netflix Series
- Flashback — Netflix Film
- Kandasamys: The Baby (ZA) — Netflix Film
- Old Dads — Netflix Film
- Surviving Paradise (U.K.) — Netflix Series
- Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris (U.K.) — Netflix Documentary
October 23
- Princess Power: Season 2 — Netflix Family
October 24
- The Family Business: Seasons 1-4
- Get Gotti — Netflix Documentary
- Minions
- Pete Holmes: I Am Not For Everyone — Netflix Comedy
October 25
- Absolute Beginners (PL) — Netflix Series
- Burning Betrayal (BR) — Netflix Film
- Life on Our Planet — Netflix Documentary
- The UnXplained with William Shatner: Season 3
October 26
- Pluto (JP) — Netflix Anime
October 27
- Pain Hustlers — Netflix Film
- Sister Death (ES)— Netflix Film
- Tore (SE) — Netflix Series
- Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club (KR) — Netflix Documentary
October 28
- Castaway Diva (KR) — Netflix Series
October 29
- Botched Season 1
October 31
- Ralph Barbosa: Cowabunga — Netflix Comedy
Everything Leaving Netflix this October
October 2
- Jexi
October 4
- The Expendables
- The Expendables 2
- The Expendables 3
October 5
- American Pie: Girls’ Rules
October 14
- Half & Half: Seasons 1-4
- One on One: Seasons 1-5
October 31
- Cliffhanger
- Collateral
- Coming to America
- Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
- Girl, Interrupted
- Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
- Into the Badlands: Seasons 1-3
- Legends of the Hidden Temple
- Mile 22
- No Strings Attached
- Pride & Prejudice
- Reservoir Dogs
- Steel Magnolias
- Tagged: Seasons 1-3
- Terminator Genisys
- The Pink Panther
- The Pink Panther 2
- The Thundermans: Seasons 1-2
- Victorious: Seasons 1-2
So there you have it! A hearty buffet of cinematic delights to keep our Netflix binges fresh, exciting, and full of variety all through October. Whether you’re in the mood for a belly laugh, a heart-thumping thriller, or a tear-jerking drama, this month’s roster is all set to cater to every whim and fancy. So pop that corn, snuggle up, and let the streaming marathon begin!
