11 Best New Movies on Netflix: October 2023’s Freshest Films to Watch

Netflix is serving up some incredible content this October in the form of films and specials that will do everything from take your breath away with immersive action and drama to transport you on an epic international and multi-lingual journey from the comforts of home. Whether you’re looking for something haunting, informative, or funny, Netflix has got you covered. Keep reading for the streamer’s best new movies coming in October.

Netflix is releasing two of its biggest new original films towards the latter half of the month as it drops Chris Evans and Emily Blunt-led crime-drama Pain Hustlers as well as Bill Burr-helmed comedy Old Dads, which both poised to potentially land in the Netflix Top 10.

Backtracking to the first half of the month, Netflix will debut some heart-pounding new woman-led thrillers that will immerse you in stories of eroticism and mystery like in Fair Play, as well as in revenge and grief like in Ballerina.

Lastly, all throughout the October streaming slate are some ghoulishly good titles that will get you in the scary spirit just in time for Halloween. In particular, you should be sure to look out for horror short film Flashback and crime-horror documentary The Devil on Trial.

Want to know what other eye-grabbing movies are dropping on Netflix in the next month? Keeping scrolling to check out our full list of what movies to watch on Netflix in October.

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1. Pain Hustlers

   Released October 27

   After losing her job, blue-collar woman Liza Drake (Emily Blunt) is struggling to raise her daughter on her own. Her fortunes suddenly change, however, when she crosses paths with pharmaceutical sales rep Pete Brenner (Chris Evans) and begins joining the failing start-up of which he is a part. Under Liza’s influence, the company grows successful, but the further she rises and more money she makes, the deeper Liza gets in a dangerous racketeering scheme and dark work environment, forcing her to rethink her choices and life trajectory.

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2. Old Dads

   Released October 20

   If you’re looking for a laugh this month, be sure to check out Old Dads, a Netflix Original comedy directed and co-written by Bill Burr. The film follows three best friends (Burr, Bobby Cannavale, Bokeem Woodbine) who have all become fathers later in life and now find themselves out-of-step with the modern world after selling their business to a new millennial CEO. They may be behind the times but that doesn’t mean they aren’t willing to try to learn new things, even if their efforts don’t always end in success.

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3. Fair Play

   Released October 6

   This Netflix Original erotic thriller pushes one recently engaged couple to the brink as a coveted promotion at their cutthroat financial firm threatens to tear the once-supportive lovers apart. With Emily (Phoebe Dynevor) and Luke (Alden Ehrenreich) both in the running for the job, power dynamics shift and their relationship becomes taken over by their respective ambitions and drives to do whatever necessary to reach individual success, even at the cost of their love.

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4. Flashback

   Released October 20

   Netflix is serving up plenty of Halloween time treats this month, including Flashback, a 16-minute-long horror short film written and directed by Jed Shepherd. The film revolves around a yoga teacher (Jemma Moore) as her life quite literally flashes before her eyes in the midst of a deadly home invasion that sends her on a journey through her past in order to rescue the man she loves.

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5. Camp Courage

   Released October 15

   Camp Courage is a Netflix Original documentary short that follows a young girl named Milana and her grandmother, Olga, during a week-long stay at a summer camp in the Austrian Alps in 2022. Both refugees of the war in Ukraine, Olga and Milana demonstrate and test their courage while strengthening their relationship with one another while traversing the camp’s mountainous terrain in the wake of their own displacement.

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6. Disco Inferno

   Released October 20

   Look forward to another horror film in the form of this 18-minute-long Netflix Original about a young couple (Soni Bringas, Stephen Ruffin) that inadvertently conjures up a malevolent presence who hungers for their unborn baby. In the midst of it all, the pair get ready to hit the dance floor at Los Angeles’s hottest disco, where the horror comes to a head and is sure to leave someone getting burned.

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7. Beth Stelling: If You Didn’t Want Me Then

   Released October 3

   If You Didn’t Want Me Then is the latest and greatest special from stand-up comedian, writer, and actress Beth Stelling. Join Beth as she cracks jokes and gets real about aging in dog years, camping with a fake spouse, keeping track of her father’s raccoon army, and more as soon as the comedy special drops early in October, only on Netflix.

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8. Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris

   Released October 20

   This fascinating crime documentary gives unprecedented access to Vjeran Tomic, the “Spider-Man” thief who masterminded the 2010 Paris Museum of Modern Art robbery that goes down as the largest art heist in French history. Hear how he committed the crime and did the time in his own words.

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9. The Devil on Trial

   Released October 17

   This fascinating and haunting true crime documentary tells the story behind the first and only instance where a demonic possession was officially used as a defense in an American murder trial. Utilizing firsthand accounts of an alleged possession, The Devil on Trial tells the story of a family spinning out of control with an innocent woman left dead as a result of inexplicable, terrifying actions.

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10. A Deadly Invitation

    Released October 6

    A Deadly Invitation is a Netflix Original mystery comedy out of Mexico that kicks off with eccentric millionaire Olivia (Maribel Verdú) sending her half-sister, Agatha (Regina Blandón), and an assortment of old acquaintances a perplexing invitation to a weekend on her yacht. Upon arrival, however, the guests learn that the true reason for their gathering is the celebration of a murder. Now it’s up to true crime enthusiast Agatha to find the culprit and figure out if it was just an accident or a complex, pre-meditated scheme for vengeance.

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11. Ballerina

    Released October 6

    Get your heart racing early in the month with this South Korean action thriller about a merciless ex-bodyguard named Okju (Jun Jong-seo) who is grieving the loss of a best friend she couldn’t protect. In order to fulfill her beloved late friend, Minhee’s (Park Yu-rim) last wish for revenge, Okju sets forth on a journey to kill Choi (Kim Ji-hun), the man responsible for Minhee’s untimely death.

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