New Netflix Shows and Movies in October 2024

If you're looking for scares on Netflix this Halloween season, movies are your best bet. Two of the buzziest new films hitting the streamer in October — the body-swapping horror comedy It's What's Inside and the tense, based-on-a-true-story Woman of the Hour — promise to be unsettling. But if that's not your vibe, TV has you covered. You can watch Heartstopper Season 3 for sweetness and romance, Outer Banks Season 4 for treasure-hunting thrills, and The Diplomat Season 2 for international crises and black tie events (which, actually, can also be scary). Plus, we have to give it up for the beloved Comedy Central sitcom Detroiters, which all the cool kids will be telling you to check out as soon as it's on Netflix.

Scroll on for more on the month's highlights, plus the full list of everything coming to and leaving Netflix in October.

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The best new Netflix movies and shows in October

Heartstopper Season 3 (Oct. 3)

Watching the first two seasons of Heartstopper felt like being wrapped in a warm blanket. There's just something so comforting about the rom-com series based on Alice Oseman's graphic novels of the same name. In Heartstopper Season 2, Charlie (Joe Locke) and Nick's (Kit Connor) relationship was tested in new ways. But through every stormy test, they remained the anchor in each other's lives. Oseman has said that "Season 2 ended with Nick beginning to understand the extent of Charlie's mental health issues, and it's this that will drive the story through Season 3." What else should we expect for Season 3? A cameo by Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey as Charlie's celebrity crush, Jack Maddox. -Kat Moon [Trailer]

It's What's Inside (Oct. 4)

Get freaky with It's What's Inside, a high-concept horror comedy that looks like it's essentially Freaky Friday meets Bodies Bodies Bodies. The film follows a group of college friends — played by The White Lotus' Brittany O'Grady, Fear the Walking Dead's Alycia Debnam-Carey, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina's Gavin Leatherwood, and more — who reunite at a pre-wedding party, only for an old classmate to throw the night into chaos when he suggests they play a game with a body-swapping machine. What could go wrong? -Kelly Connolly [Trailer]

Outer Banks Season 4 Part 1 (Oct. 10)

The ending of Outer Banks Season 3 offered some relief. At last, John B (Chase Stokes) and his swashbuckling group of friends found the gold. And unlike past instances when they got their hands on the treasure only to watch it slip through their fingers, the prize of El Dorado doesn't seem to be going anywhere. In fact, the Pogues may have their next hunt lined up already. In the Season 3 finale, a mysterious man approached John B and his friends with the proposal of using Blackbeard's centuries-old diary as a treasure map. All signs are pointing to the Pogues saying yes to this invitation. Here's everything we know about Season 4, which premieres in two parts, on Oct. 10 and Nov. 7. -Kat Moon [Trailer]

Detroiters (Oct. 15)

If you know and love Tim Robinson from his excellent Netflix sketch series I Think You Should Leave, you have Detroiters to thank for getting him there. The Comedy Central series, which was Robinson's first major project after leaving Saturday Night Live, partners him up with his frequent collaborator Sam Richardson and follows a pair of hopeful advertising creatives as they try to forge careers for themselves with their own brand of low-budget commercials. Every episode finds them getting involved in goofy hijinks as they make real efforts to be taken seriously, spurred forward by their shared drive and undeterred by their (many) failures. It's stupidly funny and sweetly wholesome, and with only two seasons, it's something you can devour pretty quickly. -Allison Picurro [Trailer]

Woman of the Hour (Oct. 18)

Anna Kendrick makes her directorial debut with this well-reviewed thriller about the terrors of dating. Woman of the Hour is based on the true story of serial killer Rodney Alcala (played by Daniel Zovatto), who, in the midst of his murder spree, went on the TV series The Dating Game in 1978. Kendrick plays the bachelorette, Cheryl Bradshaw, who was unlucky enough to win a date with him. -Kelly Connolly [Teaser]

Territory (Oct. 24)

G'day, Yellowstone! This Australian drama sounds a lot like America's big neo-Western hit: When the world's largest cattle station is left without a clear successor, everyone scrambles for a piece of the pasture, including rival cattle barons, Indigenous neighbors, developers, and more. Anna Torv, Michael Dorman, Sam Corlett, and Robert Taylor star. -Tim Surette [Trailer]

The Diplomat Season 2 (Oct. 31)

For some, Oct. 31 is known as Halloween. For others, it's known as The Diplomat Season 2 day. In the first season finale, Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) — the titular diplomat — realized that British Prime Minister Nicol Trowbridge (Rory Kinnear) was responsible for an attack on a British aircraft carrier off the coast of Iran. The season ended on a cliffhanger when she learned that Trowbridge had ordered a second attack, which put the lives of Kate's husband Hal (Rufus Sewell), embassy deputy chief Stuart Hayford (Ato Essandoh), office clerk Ronnie (Jess Chanliau), and MP Merritt Grove (Simon Chandler) at risk. Season 2 is set to pick up in the aftermath of that bombshell discovery. If that wasn't enough, Allison Janney is joining the cast. -Allison Picurro [Teaser]

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Everything coming to Netflix in October

Coming Soon
Children of the Church Steps — Netflix Series
Don't Come Home — Netflix Series

Oct. 1
Making It in Marbella — Netflix Series
Tim Dillon: This Is Your Country — Netflix Comedy Special
21 Jump Street
22 Jump Street
8 Mile
As Above, So Below
The Birds
Boyz n the Hood
Bridesmaids
Brüno
Cinderella Man
Couples Retreat
Elysium
Escape Plan
Get Him to the Greek
The Girl Next Door
Halloween (2018)
It Chapter Two
Jarhead
Judy
The Karate Kid
The Karate Kid Part II
The Karate Kid Part III
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda 3
Legion
Marnie
Psycho
Psycho II
Red Dragon
Robin Hood (2010)
Robin Hood (2018)
Salt
Scarface
The Sentinel
Till Death
Two Weeks Notice
Unfriended
Wipeout: Batch 4
Yellowjackets: Season 1
You're Next

Oct. 2
Chef's Table: Noodles — Netfilx Documentary
Love Is Blind: Season 7 — Netflix Series (New Episodes Weekly)
Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 5 — Netflix Documentary

Oct. 3
The Bad Guys: Haunted Heist — Netflix Family
Blue Box — Netflix Anime
Heartstopper: Season 3 — Netflix Series
Trouble — Netflix Film

Oct. 4
The Amazing Digital Circus: Season 1 (episodes 1-3)
CTRL — Netflix Film
It's What's Inside — Netflix Film
The Platform 2 — Netflix Film
S.W.A.T.: Season 7

Oct. 5
Ranma1/2 — Netflix Anime

Oct. 7
The Menendez Brothers — Netflix Documentary

Oct. 8
Ali Wong: Single Lady — Netflix Comedy Special
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Dinner Time Live With David Chang: Holiday Edition — Netflix Live Event

Oct. 9
Deceitful Love — Netflix Series
Starting 5 — Netflix Sports Series
The Secret of the River — Netflix Series

Oct. 10
Girl Haunts Boy
The Life and Movies of Erşan Kuneri: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Love Is Blind, Habibi — Netflix Series
Outer Banks Season 4: Part 1 — Netflix Series
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft — Netflix Series

Oct. 11
In Her Place — Netflix Film
Lonely Planet — Netflix Film
Scream
Uprising — Netflix Film

Oct. 12
A Quiet Place Part II
A Virtuous Business — Netflix Series
Clifford the Big Red Dog

Oct. 14
Mighty Monsterwheelies — Netflix Family

Oct. 15
Abandoned
All American: Homecoming: Season 3
Detroiters: Seasons 1-2
Comedy Revenge — Netflix Series
Rachel Bloom: Death, Let Me Do My Special — Netflix Comedy Special

Oct. 16
Ancient Apocalypse: The Americas — Netflix Documentary
I Am a Killer: Season 5 — Netflix Documentary
Justice — Netflix Film
Selma
Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare — Netflix Documentary
Untapped: Closing America's Opportunity Gap

Oct. 17
Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance — Netflix Family
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: Season 2 — Netflix Family
The Lincoln Lawyer: Season 3 — Netflix Series
Outside — Netflix Film
The Shadow Strays — Netflix Film

Oct. 18
Ghost Hunters: Seasons 10-11
Happiness Is — Netflix Series
Join or Die
The Man Who Loved UFOs — Netflix Film
The Turnaround — Netflix Documentary
Woman of the Hour — Netflix Film
Yintah — Netflix Documentary

Oct. 19
American Ninja Warrior: Ninja vs. Ninja: Season 3
American Ninja Warrior: Season 14

Oct. 21
Book Club
Kung Fu Panda 4

Oct. 22
Escape at Dannemora: Season 1
Hasan Minhaj: Off With His Head — Netflix Comedy Special

Oct. 23
Car Masters: Rust to Riches: Season 6 — Netflix Series
The Comeback: 2004 Boston Red Sox — Netflix Sports Series
Family Pack — Netflix Film
This is the Zodiac Speaking — Netflix Documentary

Oct. 24
Tyler Perry's Beauty in Black — Netflix Series
Territory — Netflix Series

Oct. 25
Don't Move — Netflix Film
Hellbound: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Hijack '93 — Netflix Film
The Last Night at Tremore Beach — Netflix Series
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin — Netflix Documentary
Simone Biles Rising Part 2 — Netflix Sports Series

Oct. 28
Blippi's Ultimate Bounce House Challenges: Season 1
Blippi's Wonderful Talent Show

Oct. 29
Botched: Seasons 2-3
Tom Papa: Home Free — Netflix Comedy Special

Oct. 30
Go Ahead, Brother — Netflix Series
The Law According to Lidia Poët: Season 2 — Netflix Series
The Manhattan Alien Abduction — Netflix Documentary
Martha — Netflix Documentary
Time Cut — Netflix Film

Oct. 31
The Diplomat: Season 2 — Netflix Series
Murder Mindfully — Netflix Series

Everything leaving Netflix in October

Oct. 2
The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Oct. 5
Crazy Rich Asians

Oct. 10
It Follows

Oct. 21
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Oct. 26
Wentworth: Seasons 1-8

Oct. 31
Bride of Chucky
Child's Play 2
Child's Play 3
Cult of Chucky
Curse of Chucky
Dark Waters
Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Eat Pray Love
Hellboy
Identity Thief
Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Jumanji
Key & Peele: Seasons 1-3
La La Land
Magic Mike
Magic Mike XXL
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Mr. Deeds
Save the Last Dance
Seed of Chucky
Sonic the Hedgehog
The Expendables
The Expendables 2
The Expendables 3
The Wedding Planner
The Young Victoria
World War Z