A gruesome retelling of the crimes of Ed Gein; a boat-based thriller packed with British thespians; the third season of ratings magnet The Diplomat; another glimpse behind the scenes at the NBA through five new stars; an investigation into what led to the demise of the Montreal Expos; a hotly anticipated new season of the internet’s favorite rom-com Nobody Wants This; and new films from Oscar-winners Kathryn Bigelow and Edward Berger are among the highlights of the new film and TV projects hitting Netflix in October.
The big series launch for Netflix in October is the latest entry in Ryan Murphy’s Monster anthology franchise. Monster: The Ed Gein Story debuts on Oct. 3 and stars Charlie Hunnam as the serial killer Ed Gein. It follows the harrowing Jeffrey Dahmer Story and the impactful Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, respectively. Each cycle of the Monster franchise tackles a different true-crime story, following the massive success of the series’ 2022 debut. The Ed Gein Story tells the story of how one simple man in Plainfield, Wisconsin, became “history’s most singular ghoul,” says the streamer, revealing to the world “the most horrific truth of all — that monsters aren’t born, they’re made … by us.” The cast also includes Tom Hollander, Laurie Metcalf and Suzanna Son, with Vicky Krieps, Olivia Williams, Lesley Manville, Joey Pollari, Charlie Hall, Tyler Jacob Moore, Mimi Kennedy, Will Brill and Robin Weigert.
On Oct. 10, Netflix drops Simon Stone’s psychological thriller The Woman in Cabin 10. The feature, based on the 2016 novel by Ruth Ware, has all the ingredients of the perfect midweek movie, a delicious cast full of classy Brit actors, a dollop of mystery and a scrumptious 1 hour and 30 minute runtime. The film stars Keira Knightley as a travel journalist who is aboard a luxury yacht when she sees a passenger thrown overboard in the middle of the night. When the crew insists that it never happened, she attempts to uncover the truth and finds her own safety at risk. The cast also includes Guy Pearce, Art Malik, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Kaya Scodelario, Daniel Ings and Hannah Waddingham.
The eagerly anticipated third season of Netflix‘s The Diplomat drops on Oct. 16. The thriller series was left on a cliffhanger, with President Rayburn (Michael McKean) dying at the end of season two. The action resumes in the aftermath of Rayburn’s death with Vice President Grace Penn (Allison Janney) taking over, much to the fear of U.K. ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) and her husband Hal (Rufus Sewell). Earlier this month, Netflix confirmed that Janney and her screen husband Bradley Whitford had been upped to series regulars for season four so expect both to be at the center of all the series intrigue this season.
Also on Oct. 16, the second season of NBA docuseries Starting 5 debuts. Launching days before the start of the new NBA season, the next chapter of Starting 5 will once again take us behind the scenes of the world’s most glamourous basketball league, but this time we’ll be following the exploits of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Haliburton, Kevin Durant, James Harden and Jaylen Brown during the 2024-2025 season. Notably, adding to the drama and intrigue, two of the five stars in the docuseries, SGA and Haliburton, went all the way to the last NBA Finals.
On Oct. 21, Netflix releases the sports documentary Who Killed the Montreal Expos? A real gift to baseball nuts, although not necessarily great viewing for Expos fans, the doc examines the demise of the Canadian team who played their last game in 2004. Hall of Famers and former Expos players Pedro Martinez, Vladimir Guerrero Sr. and Larry Walker are interviewed for the documentary, along with former manager Felipe Alou and a number of journalists, fans and team employees who all offer their perspectives of what went wrong for the team.
The second season of Erin Foster’s hit series Nobody Wants This hits Netflix on Oct. 23. The first season of the show was the talk of the internet and inspired several newspaper columns about the exploits of Adam Brody’s hot rabbi Noah and Kristen Bell’s agnostic Joanne. We rejoin the action with Noah and Joanne as a still-in-love couple, who are going strong despite how the first season ended. Miles Fowler, Alex Karpovsky, Arian Moayed and Kate Berlant are also season two guest stars. Stephanie Faracy, Michael Hitchcock, Tovah Feldshuh, Paul Ben-Victor, Emily Arlook, Sherry Cola, D’Arcy Carden and Shiloh Berman round out the cast. New additions include guest stars Leighton Meester and Seth Rogen.
Oct. 24 will see the launch of Netflix’s big film release of the month, Kathryn Bigelow’s hotly anticipated A House of Dynamite. The star-studded thriller debuted in competition at the Venice Film Festival this year, where it received an 11-minute standing ovation from the audience. Written by Noah Oppenheim, the film captures from multiple perspectives the White House response to an unattributed missile launch headed for a major U.S. city in the harrowing 20 minutes until projected impact. The cast includes Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee and Jason Clarke.
Conclave filmmaker Edward Berger’s new film, Ballad of a Small Player, drops on Netflix on Oct. 29. The redemption drama, based on the book by Bangkok-based British author Lawrence Osborne, stars Colin Farrell as a gambling addict hiding from the authorities and his debtors in the casinos of Macau. Ballad of a Small Player debuted at Telluride with strong praise for Farrell’s performance. The film also stars Fala Chen, Deanie Ip, Alex Jennings and Tilda Swinton.
Movies added to Netflix in October include Austin Powers in Goldmember, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop II, Beverly Hills Cop III, Blue Crush, The Book Club Murders, Casper, The Christmas Contract, Coach Carter, Coming to America, Daddy Day Care, Death Becomes Her, Dirty Dancing, Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax, Dracula, Elysium, Fifty Shades Darker, Fifty Shades Freed, Fifty Shades of Grey, Friends with Benefits, The Goonies, Hacksaw Ridge, The Hurt Locker, I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Law Abiding Citizen, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Mask, Meet Joe Black, Molly’s Game, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Pineapple Express, Point Break, Red Dragon, Scarface, Sinister 2, Sister Act, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Slender Man, The Strangers, Taxi Driver and Training Day.
Missed what came to Netflix last month? Check out the September additions here.
Read on for the complete list of titles hitting Netflix in October.
Oct. 1
Love Is Blind: Season 9
RIV4LRIES (IT)
About My Father
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III
Blue Crush
The Book Club Murders
Casper
The Christmas Contract
Coach Carter
Coming to America
Daddy Day Care
Death Becomes Her
Dirty Dancing
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Dracula
Eddie Murphy: Raw
Elysium
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Freed
Fifty Shades of Grey
Friends with Benefits
The Goonies
Hacksaw Ridge
Halo: Seasons 1-2
The Hurt Locker
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Law Abiding Citizen
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Mask
Meet Joe Black
Molly’s Game
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
NCIS: Seasons 18-19
Pineapple Express
Point Break
Red Dragon
Scarface
Sinister 2
Sister Act
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Slender Man
The Strangers
Taxi Driver
Training Day
The Way Home: Seasons 1-2
When a Stranger Calls
The Wrath of Becky
Oct. 2
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Dudes (DE)
The Game: You Never Play Alone (IN)
The Martian
Rockstar: DUKI from the End of the World (AR)
Oct. 3
Genie, Make a Wish (KR)
Monster: The Ed Gein Story
The New Force (SE)
Old Dog, New Tricks (ES)
Rhythm + Flow France: After the Beat (FR)
Steve (GB)
Oct. 4
Angel Has Fallen
Night of the Living Dead
Ranma 1/2: Season 2 (JP)
Oct. 5
Despicable Me 3
Ip Man
Ip Man 2
Ip Man 3
Ip Man 4: The Finale
Oct. 6
Dr. Seuss’s Horton!
Oct. 7
Matt McCusker: A Humble Offering
Nurse Jackie: Seasons 1-7
True Haunting (GB)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Oct. 8
Caramelo (BR)
Is It Cake? Halloween
Néro the Assassin (FR)
Oct. 9
Boots
The Maze Runner
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: Death Cure
The Resurrected (TW)
Victoria Beckham (GB)
Oct. 10
Kurukshetra: The War of Mahabharata (IN)
My Father, the BTK Killer
Old Money (TR)
Swim to Me (CL)
The Woman in Cabin 10
Oct. 11
Typhoon Family (KR)
Oct. 14
Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead (TH)
Splinter Cell: Deathwatch
Oct. 15
Held Hostage in My House
Inside Furioza (PL)
No One Saw Us Leave (MX)
Six Kings Slam 2025
Taken in Plain Sight
Oct. 16
The A Team
Confessions of a Shopaholic
The Diplomat: Season 3
Romantics Anonymous (JP)
Starting 5: Season 2
The Time That Remains (PH)
Oct. 17
27 Nights (AR)
Good News (KR)
The Perfect Neighbor
She Walks in Darkness (ES)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Turn of the Tide: Season 2 (PT)
Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe (PT)
The Twits
Oct. 18
Don’t Say a Word
Oct. 21
Michelle Wolf: The Well
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon: Season 2
Who Killed the Montreal Expos? (CA)
Oct. 22
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia
The Monster of Florence (IT)
Oct. 23
The Elixir (ID)
Nobody Wants This: Season 2
Oct. 24
A House of Dynamite
Parish: Season 1
Oct. 25
The Dream Life of Mr. Kim (KR)
Oct. 27
The Asset (DK)
Dark Winds: Season 3
Sliding Doors
Oct. 28
Babo: The Haftbefehl Story (DE)
Mo Amer: Wild World
Nightmares of Nature: Lost in the Jungle
Oct. 29
Ballad of a Small Player (GB)
NOS4A2: Seasons 1-2
Rulers of Fortune (BR)
Selling Sunset: Season 9
Oct. 30
Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers (GB)
Amsterdam Empire (NL)
Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will (MX)
Son of a Donkey (AU)
The Witcher: Season 4
Oct. 31
Bad Influencer (ZA)
Breathless: Season 2 (ES)
Rhythm + Flow France: Season 4 (FR)