11 Best New Shows on Netflix: October 2023’s Top Upcoming Series to Watch

This October, Netflix is starting the scary season off strong with tons of terrific (and terrifying!) titles on their list of new content streaming all month long. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix, you won’t be feeling down for long once you get a good look at the impressive array of Netflix Original series coming to the platform to take their place. With everything from brand new titles to long-awaited continuations of fan favorites, Netflix’s diverse and delightful October 2023 premieres are sure to have something for everyone.

The streamer is set to help you celebrate the new month with premieres from highly-anticipated continuations of established hit series across several different genres (so there’s truly something for everyone), like Lupin: Part 3, Big Mouth: Season 7, and Elite: Season 7, which are all already looking to be some of the most promising releases out of October entire streaming lineup.

There are also plenty of exciting brand new shows that will begin streaming exclusively on Netflix starting this month. Keep an eye out in particular for The Fall of the House of Usher, Beckham, and Pluto.

So what makes the cut for our top 11, and which of them have what it takes to be in the Netflix Top 10? Keep reading to treat yourself to the greatness that is the list of streaming standouts for October 2023.

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1. The Fall of the House of Usher

   Released October 12

   CAST: Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Carla Gugino, Carl Lumbly, Samantha Sloyan, T’Nia Miller, Rahul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Sauriyan Sapkota, Katie Parker, Michael Trucco, Henry Thomas, Mark Hamill, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Malcolm Goodwin

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Ruthless siblings Roderick (Greenwood) and Madeline Usher (McDonnell) have embraced corruption and darkness to build Fortunato Pharmaceuticals into a wealthy and powerful empire. But their lives of privilege suddenly come to an end as their heirs begin to die mysterious one by one at the hands of a mysterious woman from their childhood, forcing them to confront their pasts and unearth old secrets.

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2. Lupin: Part 3

   Released October 5

   CAST: Omar Sy, Ludivine Sagnier, Etan Simon, Antoine Gouy, Soufiane Guerrab, Vincent Londez, Shirine Boutella

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: French mystery thriller Lupin returns this month to continue the story of professional thief Assane Diop (Sy). Now that he has partially avenged his father, Assane is on the run from law enforcement this season for a crime he did not commit, making him the most wanted man in France. Assane is determined to protect his son (Simon) and estranger wife (Sagnier) from afar, but the resurgence of old enemies quickly makes his plans go awry.

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3. Beckham

   Released October 4

   CAST: David Beckham, Victoria Beckham

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: This four-part docuseries gives unprecedented access to global soccer star and pop culture icon David Beckham and those closest to him as it shares the inside scoop on his life and rise to sports stardom. Beckham lets viewers get to know the man behind the myth and accolades, starting with his working-class east London roots and following him through the highs and lows of pursuing his passion and ambition while under a magnifying glass. This is David Beckham as you’ve never seen him before.

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4. Big Mouth: Season 7

   Released October 20

   CAST: Nick Kroll, John Mulaney, Jessi Klein, Jason Mantzoukas, Ayo Edebiri, Fred Armisen, Maya Rudolph, Jordan Peele, Andrew Rannells, Paula Pell, Richard Kind, Seth Morris, Jessica Chaffin, June Diane Raphael, Chelsea Peretti, Brian Tyree Henry

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Big Mouth returns for its penultimate season as it continues to track a group of teens through all the hilarity, awkwardness, and confusion of navigating puberty and young adulthood. The animated adult coming-of-age comedy’s seventh season sees the characters leaving middle school behind for the scary and exciting new world of high school. In this new phase of life, change is abound both at home and school, with new friends, enemies, and Hormone Monsters ready to shake up the status quo.

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5. Pluto

   Released October 26

   CAST: Shinshu Fuji, Yoko Hikasa, Minori Suzuki, Hiroki Yasumoto, Koichi Yamadera, Hidenobu Kiuchi, Rikiya Koyama, Mamoru Miyano, Toshihiko Seki, Toshio Furukawa, Eizou Tsuda, Romi Park, Michio Hazama, Hideyuki Tanaka

   RATING: TV-14

   DESCRIPTION: Based on Naoki Urasawa’s award winning manga series of the same name, Pluto is a Netflix Original action drama anime series out of Japan that takes place in a neo-futuristic world in which humans and robots leave in peace and partnership. That harmony is threatened, however, when seven of the world’s most advanced robots are murdered alongside their human allies one at a time, leading Europol robot detective Gesicht (Fuji) to attempt to solve the case, even if it puts him in danger.

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6. Elite: Season 7

   Released October 20

   CAST: Omar Ayuso, André Lamoglia, Valentina Zenere, Ana Bokesa, Álvaro de Juana, Ander Puig, Nadia Al Saidi, Álex Pastrana, Carmen Arrufat, Mirela Balić, Maribel Verdú, Gleb Abrosimov, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Fernando Líndez

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Spanish teen drama series Elite returns to Netflix for a new season that sees Omar (Ayuso) return to Las Encinas for an internship in order to confront his demons and overcome the guilt and trauma he still feels over Samuel’s death. Season 7 will also see other returning students as well as new faces as they each deal with problems of their own, all with the central underlying issue of the importance (and stigmas) of mental health.

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7. Neon

   Released October 19

   CAST: Tyler Dean Flores, Emma Ferreira, Jordan Mendoza, Courtney Taylor, Santiago Cabrera, Jordana Brewster, Genesis Rodriguez, Zack Fox, Jhayco, Villana

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Neon is a musical comedy series about aspiring reggaeton artist Santi (Flores) and his best friends Ness (Ferreira) and Felix (Mendoza) as they move from their small Florida town to Miami in hopes of helping each other achieve their dreams and chase success. Santi’s pursuit of musical stardom is full of plenty of reality checks and obstacles, but with his ride or dies by his side, there is no shortage of good times to be had and lasting memories to be made.

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8. Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul

   Released October 11

   CAST: N/A

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Based on Jamie Ducharme’s book Big Vape: The Incendiary Rise of Juul, this Netflix Original docuseries follows how a scrappy e-cigarette startup became the fastest-growing company in history worth billions of dollars before eventually burning to the ground. Over the course of four episodes, Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul delves into two decades of Silicon Valley innovation and insanity to explain Juul’s inception and rise, as well as the epidemic that finally caused its downfall.

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9. LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising: Season 1: Part 2

   Released October 12

   CAST: Deven Mack, Brian Drummond, Giles Panton, Sabrina Pitre, Sam Vincent, Andrew Francis, Michael Adamthwaite, Vincent Tong, Kelly Metzger, Paul Dobson, Brent Miller

   RATING: TV-Y7

   DESCRIPTION: The animated epic-fantasy superhero series returns in October to drop the more episodes to round out its fun first season. Ninjago: Dragons Rising takes place in a world where several legendary realms have suddenly combined into a single unstable one. It is up to Spinjitzu Ninja Master Lloyd (Vincent) to train a new generation of heroes to find and protect Elemental Dragons from villains who want to use the creatures’ life force to destroy the world.

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10. Surviving Paradise

    Released October 20

    CAST: Jessimae Peluso

    RATING: TV-MA

    DESCRIPTION: Jessimae Peluso hosts this brand new Netflix Original reality competition series that takes 12 partiers who are expecting the summer of their lives at an oceanside villa and places them in the unkempt woods where they must survive on nothing but their own skills, intuition, and teamwork. While there is, in fact, a lavish villa nearby, the contestants must first rough it in the wilderness in order to earn their way to more luxurious accommodations and the $100,000 grand prize.

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11. I Woke Up a Vampire

    Released October 17

    CAST: Kaileen Angelic Chang, Niko Ceci, Ana Araujo, Kris Siddiqi, Aaliyah Cinello, Delia Lisette Chambers, Jayd Deroché, Ipsite Paul, Rainbow Sun Francks, Charlotte Legault, Jillian Welsh, Jenni Burke

    RATING: TV-PG

    DESCRIPTION: This family-friendly new fantasy comedy series is ideal viewing to get into the Halloween spirit. I Woke Up a Vampire revolves around Carmie Henley (Chang) as she wakes up on her 13th birthday to suddenly discover that she is a half human, half vampire “Vampling”. As if middle school wasn’t challenging enough, Carmie now has burgeoning mythical powers to control and her own identity and family history to figure out, making for a very complicated beginning to life as a teen.

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