As dozens of movie titles flee to Hulu and other competing streaming services thanks to expiring licensing deals, Netflix is still poised to follow up its September offerings with a lot of new content. What’s more, the platform’s willingness to “bleed” billions of dollars into original programming is paying off, because this October will see the highly anticipated return of original series like Stranger Things, and the equally exciting arrival of new shows such as executive producer David Fincher’s Mindhunter. Even so, the addition of licensed titles like Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight doesn’t hurt, either.
ARRIVING
Mindhunter (10/13)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gZCfRD_zWE
The acclaimed director of Seven and Fight Club, David Fincher is no stranger to Netflix. He helped the streaming service with one of its first forays into original drama with House of Cards, the first two episodes of which he directed (though that particular series has waned since then). Even so, Fincher’s next outing with Netflix, Mindhunter (based on Mark Olshaker and John E. Douglas’ non-fiction book of the same name) could prove great enough to wash away House of Cards‘s many faults. The series about two FBI agents who “set out on a sinister investigative odyssey to discover the brutal answers” premieres October 13th.
The Hateful Eight (10/25)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnRbXn4-Yis
What is there to say about Quentin Tarantino’s masterful The Hateful Eight that hasn’t already been said? After dropping his lawsuit against Gawker for leaking an early version of the script, the writer and director decided to press on with the Western — resulting in a fantastic film littered with equally fantastic performances. (Including Walton Goggins, whose supporting role proved integral to critics and audiences alike.) Tarantino’s violent take on the Western film genre begins streaming in late October.
Stranger Things 2 (10/27)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgS2L7WPIO4
Whether you refer to it as the second season of Stranger Things or the film-like title Stranger Things 2 doesn’t really matter. Come October 27th, just about everyone with a Netflix subscription will be celebrating the show’s return. Part homage to the films of Steven Spielberg and the books of Stephen King, part wholly original idea from the Duffer Brothers, the program’s popularity has changed the streaming platform’s strategy going forward. And between the second season’s phenomenal advertising campaign and Netflix’s plans to produce at least two more seasons, we couldn’t be happier.
DEPARTING
30 Rock (10/1)
The upcoming departure of 30 Rock from Netflix’s collection of licensed comedies isn’t news, per se, but that doesn’t mean you should be happy about it. Sure, more recent series like The Good Place have nestled themselves within the streaming giant’s selections, but the loss of Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon, Alec Baldwin’s Jack Donaghy and Tracy Morgan’s Tracy Jordan is one that subscribers will surely feel once all seven seasons depart Netflix on October 1st. So if you haven’t settled on the couch to make “night cheese” in a while, you should probably hurry since only a few weeks remain.
Here’s the full list of titles coming to Netflix in October:
10/1/17
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A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song
Before Midnight
Blood Diamond
Boogie Nights
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Cleverman: Season 2
Death Sentence
Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Eagle vs. Shark
Eyes Wide Shut
Generation Iron 2
Ghost Patrol
I Love You, Man
Ice Guardians
Lockup: Disturbing the Peace: Collection 1
Made of Honor
Miss Congeniality
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous
Must Love Dogs
Never Let Me Go
No Reservations
Penelope
PJ Masks: Season 1
Set Up
The Reaping
Tokyo Idols
Tommy Boy
Vanished
Veronica
Avail. 10/2/17
Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown
Sleeping with Other People
10/3/17
13 Demons
Rodney Carrington: Here Comes The Truth — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Cult of Chucky
The Survivalist
10/4/17
Raw
10/5/17
Bonus Family (Bonusfamiljen): Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Schitt’s Creek: Season 3
The Fosters: Season 5
10/6/17
ID-0: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Skylanders Academy: Season 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Suburra: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Word Party: Season 3 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
10/7/17
Chris Brown: Welcome To My Life
Middle Man
10/10/17
Christina P: Mother Inferior — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Skyjacker’s Tale
10/11/17
Donnie Darko
10/12/17
Fe de etarras — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
10/13/17
El Especial de Alex Fernández, el Especial — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Kingdom of Us — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
MINDHUNTER: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Super Monsters: Season 1 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The Babysitter — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
Voltron: Legendary Defender: Season 4 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
10/15/17
Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses
LEGO: City: Season 1
Money
OtherLife
She Makes Comics
West Coast Customs: Season 6
10/17/17
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Slasher: Guilty Party — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
10/19/17
Wedding Unplanned
10/20/17
1922— NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
Haters Back Off: Season 2– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
One of Us— NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Smurfs: The Lost Village
The Day I Met El Chapo: The Kate del Castillo Story— NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Wheelman — NETFLIX ORIGINAL FILM
10/23/17
Meet the Robinsons
While We’re Young
10/24/17
Wanted: Season 1– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Wanted: Season 2– NETFLIX ORIGINAL
The Mist: Season 1
10/25/17
The Hateful Eight
The Final Master
La Querida del Centauro: Season 2
10/26/17
Strange Weather
10/27/17
Stranger Things 2 — NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold— NETFLIX ORIGINAL
10/28/17
Pup Star: Better 2Gether
10/30/17
Judah Friedlander: America Is The Greatest Country In The United States— NETFLIX ORIGINAL
10/31/17
Zumbo’s Just Desserts: Season 1 – NETFLIX ORIGINAL
Here’s the full list of titles leaving Netflix in October:
10/1/17
30 Rock: Seasons 1 – 7
A Love in Times of Selfies
Across the Universe
Barton Fink
Bella
Big Daddy
Carousel
Cradle 2 the Grave
Crafting a Nation
Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest
Daddy’s Little Girls
Dark Was the Night
David Attenborough’s Rise of the Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates: Season 1
Day of the Kamikaze
Death Beach
Dowry Law
Dr. Dolittle: Tail to the Chief
Friday Night Lights: Seasons 1 – 5
Happy Feet
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
Hellboy
Kagemusha
Laura
Love Actually
Malcolm in the Middle: Seasons 1 – 7
Max Dugan Returns
Millennium
Million Dollar Baby
Mortal Kombat
Mr. 3000
Mulholland Dr.
My Father the Hero
My Name Is Earl: Seasons 1 – 4
One Tree Hill: Seasons 1 – 9
Patton
Picture This
Prison Break: Seasons 1 – 4
The Bernie Mac Show: Seasons 1 – 5
The Shining
The Wonder Years: Seasons 1 – 6
Titanic
10/19/17
The Cleveland Show: Seasons 1 – 4
10/21/17
Bones: Seasons 5 – 11
10/27/17
Lie to Me: Seasons 2 – 3
Louie: Seasons 1 – 5
Hotel Transylvania 2
10/29/17
Family Guy: Seasons 9 – 14
