Netflix somehow has no shortage of content coming your way, and this month, the streaming service takes further aim at Big Pharma on the heels of Hulu’s Dopesick and Netflix’s Painkiller. This shall happen by way of Mike Flanagan’s The Fall Of The House Of Usher (which, yes, is much different from the Poe short story) and Pain Hustlers with Emily Blunt and Chris Evans. These two projects arrive with tones that are nearly polar opposite, which will be a testament to the relief that Hollywood must feel to see the writers strike end, so creativity like this can continue full force.
Additionally, Big Mouth is still somehow cranking out hormone-monster mischief, and Lupin will bring its audience more smooth-ass heisting. New additions to the library include Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper dancing up a storm in Silver Linings Playbook along with Tom Cruise running in several Mission: Impossible movies. He does that a lot.
Here’s everything coming to (and leaving) Netflix in October.
Pain Hustlers (film streaming 10/27)
Emily Blunt portrays a down-on-her-luck single mom who launches a new career alongside Chris Evans’ pharmaceutical sales rep. Not a great idea, ultimately, given that she becomes involved in a racketeering scheme. Andy Garcia portrays an eccentric boss, and Blunt’s Liza begins to realize that this company’s rampant success is coming at a ghastly price for humanity. This is a dramatized version of the rise and fall of Insys Therapeutics, which peddled a opioid-based painkiller. That company no longer exists, and yeah, you will definitely find out why from this movie.
The Fall of the House of Usher (limited series streaming 10/12)
Mike Flanagan fans, get ready. The Haunting of Hill House and Midnight Mass showrunner is back along with Carla Gugino, who will spook your soul right out of your bod and deliver a “consequential” evening to “a collection of stunted hearts” that is the Usher family. Yikes. Do not expect a literal adaptation of the Edgar Allen Poe short story. The story focuses here on the hell created by ruthless siblings Roderick and Madeline Usher, who built Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into an empire of wealth, privilege, and power. Horrible secrets shall surface when the heirs to the Usher dynasty start dying at the hands of a mysterious woman, portrayed with glee by Gugino.
Lupin: Part 3 (series streaming 10/5)
The Gentleman Thief returns with Assane in hiding but not for long. He comes back to Paris and proposes a new plan to Claire and Raoul, but of course, the police and Assane’s enemies make this much easier said than done. At least he’ll look stylish while dealing with past ghosts and scheming like hell to escape that framing for murder.
Big Mouth: Season 7 (series streaming 10/20)
These hormone monsters are somehow still going in this penultimate season, and the characters are now in high school, dealing with change and more puberty. This season, Megan Thee Stallion, Lupita Nyong’o, Padma Lakshmi, Zazie Beetz, Billy Porter, and Stephanie Beatriz join the voice cast.
Avail. 10/1
60 Days In: Season 4
A Beautiful Mind
American Beauty
Backdraft
Casper
Catch Me If You Can
Cinderella Man
Colombiana
Drake & Josh: Seasons 1-3
Dune (2021)
Elysium
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Gladiator
Hot Tub Time Machine
Kung Fu Panda
Love Actually
Margot at the Wedding
Miss Juneteenth
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible III
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Role Models
Runaway Bride
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
Sex and the City 2
Sex and the City: The Movie
The Adventures of Tintin
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
The Firm
The House Bunny
The Little Rascals (1994)
War of the Worlds
Avail. 10/2
Strawberry Shortcake and the Beast of Berry Bog
Avail. 10/3
Beth Stelling: If You Didn’t Want Me Then
Avail. 10/4
Beckham
Keys to the Heart
Race to the Summit
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber: Season 1
Avail. 10/5
Everything Now
Khufiya
Lupin: Part 3
Avail. 10/6
A Deadly Invitation
Ballerina
Fair Play
Avail. 10/7
Strong Girl Nam-soon
Avail. 10/9
After
Blippi’s Big Dino Adventure
Stranded with my Mother-in-Law
Avail. 10/10
DI4RIES: Season 2 Part 1
Last One Standing: Season 2
Avail. 10/11
Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul
It Follows
Once Upon a Star
Pact of Silence
Avail. 10/12
Deliver Us from Evil
The Fall of the House of Usher
GOOD NIGHT WORLD
LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising: Season 1: Part 2
Avail. 10/13
The Conference
Ijogbon
Spy Kids
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
Avail. 10/15
Camp Courage
Avail. 10/16
Oggy Oggy: Season 3
Avail. 10/17
The Devil on Trial
Heather McMahan: Son I Never Had
I Woke Up A Vampire
Silver Linings Playbook
Avail. 10/18
Kaala Paani
Avail. 10/19
American Ninja Warrior Seasons 12-13
Bebefinn: Season 2
Bodies
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remi
Crashing Eid
Crypto Boy
Ghost Hunters: Seasons 8-9
Neon
Avail. 10/20
Big Mouth: Season 7
Creature
Disco Inferno
Doona!
Elite: Season 7
Flashback
Kandasamys: The Baby
Old Dads
Surviving Paradise
Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris
Avail. 10/23
Princess Power: Season 2
Avail. 10/24
The Family Business: Seasons 1-4
Get Gotti
Minions
Pete Holmes: I Am Not For Everyone
Avail. 10/25
Absolute Beginners
Burning Betrayal
Life on Our Planet
The UnXplained with William Shatner: Season 3
Avail. 10/26
PLUTO
Avail. 10/27
Pain Hustlers
Sister Death
Tore
Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club
Avail. 10/28
Castaway Diva
Avail. 10/29
Botched Season 1
Avail. 10/31
Ralph Barbosa: Cowabunga
And it’s your last chance to stream these titles:
Leaving 10/1
The Rental
Leaving 10/2
Jexi
Leaving 10/4
The Expendables
The Expendables 2
The Expendables 3
Leaving 10/5
American Pie: Girls’ Rules
Leaving 10/14
Half & Half: Seasons 1-4
One on One: Seasons 1-5
Leaving 10/31
Cliffhanger
Collateral
Coming to America
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Girl, Interrupted
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
Into the Badlands: Seasons 1-3
LEGENDS OF THE HIDDEN TEMPLE
Mile 22
No Strings Attached
Pride & Prejudice
Reservoir Dogs
Steel Magnolias
Tagged: Seasons 1-3
Terminator Genisys
The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther 2
The Thundermans: Seasons 1-2
Victorious: Seasons 1-2
