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.
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