What to Watch on Netflix This October
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This year has been filled with enough terror to last a lifetime, but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t still celebrate the spooky season this Halloween.
Throughout the month of October, Netflix welcomes a number of Halloween-themed titles to its catalog, including a second volume of Unsolved Mysteries, arriving on Oct. 19, and Rebecca, a film starring Armie Hammer and Lily James that tells the thrilling tale of a wealthy estate with scary secrets and a ghostly former lover.
For those that need a serious break from the continued thrills and chills, the final season of Schitts Creek, the Emmy-award winning sitcom, premieres on Oct. 7. Social Distance, an eight-episode series focused on finding human connection, which stars Danielle Brooks of Orange is the New Black and Oscar Nunez of The Office, arrives on Oct. 15. Other must-watch October titles include the Oct. 9 premiere of Deaf U, a series centered on the stories of a community of deaf students attending college together, and BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky, a documentary about the rise of K-Pop girl group BLACKPINK.
Perhaps the scariest part of October is the departure of Parks and Recreation. Every season of the popular NBC sitcom will be removed from the streaming service at the start of the month. Other must-watch titles departing at the end of the month include Magic Mike and Sleepless in Seattle.
Below, check out the complete list of Netflix arrivals and departures for October 2020.
The Prince & Me
October 1
It’s a classic tale of girl-meets-boy, and boy is secretly a member of a royal family, in this 2004 romantic comedy featuring Julia Stiles and Luke Mably. Paige (Stiles), a determined student focused on a career in medicine, finds herself falling for Eddie (Mably), a seemingly ordinary member of the student body. However, when Paige discovers Eddie’s major secret — he’s heir to a throne — the two have to decide whether their love can work out.
Emily in Paris
October 2
Netflix
Lily Collins stars in this Netflix original series that chronicles the adventure of a Midwesterner's move to Paris for a dream job. There’s absolutely nothing that could go wrong when Emily Cooper (Collins) moves her entire life across the globe for a marketing gig. Created by Darren Star, who was also responsible for Sex and the City, the show follows Emily’s attempts at making it work, falling in love, and finding her place.
Holidate
October 28
Netflix
‘Tis the season to begin your holiday watching. Emma Roberts stars in the Netflix rom-com that has two perpetually single people teaming up to act as one another’s plus ones during a season of family get-togethers and non-stop, "Are you seeing anyone" questions. Naturally, what starts out as a simple, friendly arrangement becomes something more.
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Everything Coming to Netflix in October 2020
October 1
A.M.I.
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Along Came a Spider
Bakugan: Armored Alliance: Season 2
Basic Instinct
Black '47
Bom Dia, Verônica / Good Morning, Verônica
Cape Fear
Carmen Sandiego: Season 3
Code Lyoko: Seasons 1-4
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
Employee of the Month
Enemy at the Gates
Evil: Season 1
Familiar Wife: Season 1
Fargo
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate
Free State of Jones
Ghost Rider
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
Gran Torino
He
House of 1,000 Corpses
Human Nature
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
I'm Leaving Now
The Longest Yard (1974)
Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood
The Parkers: Seasons 1-5
Pasal Kau / All Because of You
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
The Prince & Me
Poseidon (2006)
The Outpost
Stranger than Fiction
Superman Returns
Sword Art Online: Alicization
Troy
The Unicorn: Season 1
WarGames
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
The Worst Witch: Season 4
Yogi Bear
You Cannot Hide: Season 1
October 2
A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween
Ahí te encargo / You’ve Got This
The Binding
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Emily in Paris
Òlòtūré
Serious Men
Song Exploder
Vampires vs. the Bronx
October 4
Colombiana
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
October 6
Dolly Parton: Here I Am
Saturday Church
StarBeam: Halloween Hero
Walk Away from Love
October 7
Hubie Halloween
Schitt's Creek: Season 6
To the Lake
October 9
Deaf U
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 2: Rio
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Ginny Weds Sunny
The Haunting of Bly Manor
Super Monsters: Dia de los Monsters
October 12
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: Season 3
October 13
The Cabin with Bert Kreischer
Octonauts & the Great Barrier Reef
October 14
Alice Junior
BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
Moneyball
October 15
A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
Batman: The Killing Joke
Half & Half: Seasons 1-4
Love Like the Falling Rain
One on One: Seasons 1-5
Power Rangers Beast Morphers: Season 2, Part 1
Rooting for Roona
Social Distance
October 16
Alguien tiene que morir / Someone Has to Die
Dream Home Makeover
Grand Army
In a Valley of Violence
La Révolution
The Last Kids on Earth: Book 3
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Unfriended
October 18
ParaNorman
October 19
Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2
October 20
Carol
The Magic School Bus Rides Again The Frizz Connection
October 21
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Season 3
Rebecca
October 22
Bending the Arc
Cadaver
The Hummingbird Project
Yes, God, Yes
October 23
Barbarians
Move
Over the Moon
Perdida
The Queen's Gambit
October 27
Blood of Zeus
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt: Season 4
Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
Vilas: Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada / Guillermo Vilas: Settling the Score
October 28
Holidate
Metallica Through The Never
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb
October 30
Bronx
The Day of the Lord
His House
Somebody Feed Phil: Season 4
Suburra: Season 3
October 31
The 12th Man
Everything Leaving Netflix in October 2020
September 29
Parks & Recreation Season 1 - 7
October 1
Emelie
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Sleeping with Other People
October 2
Cult of Chucky
Truth or Dare
October 6
The Water Diviner
October 7
The Last Airbender
October 17
The Green Hornet
October 19
Paper Year
October 22
While We're Young
October 26
Battle: Los Angeles
October 30
Kristy
October 31
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Burlesque
Charlotte's Web
Clash of the Titans
District 9
The Firm
Fun with Dick & Jane
The Girl with All the Gifts
Grandmaster
Highway to Heaven: Seasons 1-5
The Interview
Just Friends
Magic Mike
Nacho Libre
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The NeverEnding Story
The NeverEnding Story 2: The Next Chapter
Nights in Rodanthe
The Patriot
Set Up
The Silence of the Lambs
Sleepless in Seattle
Sleepy Hollow
Spaceballs
The Taking of Pelham 123
The Ugly TruthUnderworld
Underworld: Evolution