What’s coming to Netflix South Africa in October 2020

Take a look at the series, movies, documentaries and kids’ shows coming to Netflix in October. It’s possible that your next favourite binge-watch show is on this list.

Here are our highlights, followed by the date listing.

Song Exploder | 2 October 2020

Take a deep dive into favourite songs as artists break down the creative process and reveal their inspirations in this series based on the hit podcast.

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David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | 4 October 2020

A broadcaster recounts his life, and the evolutionary history of life on Earth, to grieve the loss of wild places and offer a vision for the future.

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Hubie Halloween | 7 October 2020

Hubie Dubois (Adam Sandler) thanklessly spends every Halloween making sure the residents of his hometown, Salem, celebrate safely and play by the rules. But this year, an escaped criminal and a mysterious new neighbour have Hubie on high alert. When people start disappearing, it’s up to Hubie to convince the police (Kevin James, Kenan Thompson) and townsfolk that the monsters are real, and only he can stop them.

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Bigflo & Oli: Presque Trop | 8 October 2020

Go backstage with French rap duo Bigflo & Oli in this intimate music documentary, then join the superstar siblings as they embark on a major tour.

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Deaf U | 9 October 2020

In this docuseries, a tight-knit group of deaf students share their stories and explore the perks and pitfalls of life at Gallaudet University.

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The Haunting of Bly Manor | 9 October 2020

From The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan and producer Trevor Macy comes The Haunting Of Bly Manor, the next highly anticipated chapter of The Haunting anthology series, set in 1980s England. After an au pair’s tragic death, Henry Wingrave (Henry Thomas) hires a young American nanny (Victoria Pedretti) to care for his orphaned niece and nephew (Amelie Bea Smith, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth) who reside at Bly Manor with the estate’s chef Owen (Rahul Kohli), groundskeeper Jamie (Amelia Eve) and housekeeper, Mrs Grose (T’Nia Miller). But all is not as it seems at the manor, and centuries of dark secrets of love and loss are waiting to be unearthed in this chilling gothic romance. At Bly Manor, dead doesn’t mean gone.

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Star Trek: Discovery: Season 3 | 16 October 2020

This season truly takes the Discovery crew where no one has gone before: 930 years into the future. And the Federation has undergone a few changes.

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 | 16 October 2020

What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organisers of the protest, including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale, were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and the trial that followed was one of the most notorious in history.

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Rebecca | 21 October 2020

After a whirlwind romance in Monte Carlo with handsome widower Maxim de Winter (Armie Hammer), a newly married young woman (Lily James) arrives at Manderley, her new husband’s imposing family estate on a windswept English coast. Naive and inexperienced, she begins to settle into the trappings of her new life, but finds herself battling the shadow of Maxim’s first wife, the elegant and urbane Rebecca, whose haunting legacy is kept alive by Manderley’s sinister housekeeper Mrs. Danvers (Kristin Scott Thomas).

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You Me Her: Season 5 | 22 October 2020

Izzy returns to Portland to find that life has continued on without her.

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The Alienist: Angel of Darkness | 22 October 2020

Sara Howard calls on her friends Dr Laszlo Kreizler and journalist John Moore for assistance when she’s hired to find the Spanish ambassador’s kidnapped baby, leading to the discovery of a disturbing series of murders.

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The Queen’s Gambit | 23 October 2020

Based on the novel by Walter Tevis, the Netflix limited series drama The Queen’s Gambit is a coming-of-age story that explores the true cost of genius. Abandoned and entrusted to a Kentucky orphanage in the late 1950s, a young Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy) discovers an astonishing talent for chess while developing an addiction to tranquillisers provided by the state as a sedative for the children. Haunted by her personal demons and fuelled by a cocktail of narcotics and obsession, Beth transforms into an impressively skilled and glamorous outcast while determined to conquer the traditional boundaries established in the male-dominated world of competitive chess.

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Over the Moon | 23 October 2020

In this animated musical, a girl builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess. Legendary animator Glen Keane directs.

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Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine | 27 October 2020

An hour of funny single-camera vignettes dealing with issues of politics, race, gender, class and other light subjects.

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Suburra: Season 3 | 30 October 2020

The final judgement in the battle for land in an Italian seaside town is close, and the criminals are ready to play the game for the last time.

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Somebody Feed Phil: Season 4 | 30 October 2020

Everybody Loves Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in the local cuisine and culture of San Francisco, Singapore, Hawaii and more.

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What else is on?

Look out for our Plum Picks in bold!

1 October 2020

Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood – Netflix Original Series

Bom Dia, Verônica – Netflix Original Series

All Because of You (Pasal Kau) – Netflix Original Film

Carmen Sandiego: Season 3 – Netflix Kids and Family

The Worst Witch: Season 4 – Netflix Kids and Family

2 October 2020

• Song Exploder – Netflix Original Series

Emily in Paris – Netflix Original Series

Vampires vs the Bronx – Netflix Original Film

The Binding – Netflix Original Film

Òlòtūré – Netflix Original Film

Dick Johnson Is Dead – Netflix Original Documentaries

A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween – Netflix Kids and Family

Serious Men – Netflix Original Film

Ahí te encargo – Netflix Original Film

4 October 2020

• David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet – Netflix Original Documentaries

6 October 2020

StarBeam: Halloween Hero – Netflix Kids and Family

7 October 2020

• Hubie Halloween – Netflix Original Film
• Bigflo & Oli: Presque Trop – Netflix Original Documentaries

Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol – Netflix Original Series

Private Lives – Netflix Original Series

To the Lake – Netflix Original Series

9 October 2020

• Deaf U – Netflix Original Series
• The Haunting of Bly Manor – Netflix Original Series

Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 2: Rio – Netflix Kids and Family

Super Monsters: Dia de los Monsters – Netflix Kids and Family

The Forty-Year-Old Version – Netflix Original Film

Ginny Weds Sunny – Netflix Original Film

12 October 2020

Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: Season 3 – Netflix Kids and Family

13 October 2020

Octonauts & the Great Barrier Reef – Netflix Kids and Family

The Cabin with Bert Kreischer- Netflix Original Comedy Specials

14 October 2020

Blackpink: Light Up the Sky – Netflix Original Documentaries

15 October 2020

• Social Distance – Netflix Original Series

Rooting for Roona – Netflix Original Documentaries

A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting – Netflix Original Film

Love Like the Falling Rain – Netflix Original Film

16 October 2020

• Star Trek: Discovery: Season 3 – Netflix Original Series
• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Netflix Original Film

La Révolution – Netflix Original Series

Alguien tiene que morir – Netflix Original Series

Grand Army – Netflix Original Series

Dream Home Makeover – Netflix Original Series

Pup Academy: Season 2 – Netflix Kids and Family

The Last Kids on Earth: Book 3 – Netflix Kids and Family

19 October 2020

• Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2 – Netflix Original Documentaries

20 October 2020

The Magic School Bus Rides Again The Frizz Connection – Netflix Kids and Family

21 October 2020

• Rebecca – Netflix Original Film

22 October 2020

• The Alienist: Angel of Darkness – Netflix Original Series

• You Me Her: Season 5 – Netflix Original Series

Cadaver – Netflix Original Film

23 October 2020

• The Queen’s Gambit – Netflix Original Series
• Over the Moon – Netflix Original Film

Move – Netflix Original Series

Perdida – Netflix Original Series

Barbarians – Netflix Original Series

27 October 2020

• Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine – Netflix Original Comedy Specials

Vilas: Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada – Netflix Original Documentaries

Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt: Season 4 – Netflix Kids and Family

Blood of Zeus – Netflix Original Anime

28 October 2020

• Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
• Holidate – Netflix Original Film

29 October 2020

You Animal! – Netflix Original Film

30 October 2020

• Suburra: Season 3 – Netflix Original Series
• Somebody Feed Phil: Season 4 – Netflix Original Series

Bronx – Netflix Original Film

His House – Netflix Original Film

The Day of the Lord – Netflix Original Film

Please note that dates and titles are subject to change.