The best movies on Netflix now are Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man, Memento, Into the Spider-Verse and Hamnet, according to BeeBulletin and Rotten Tomatoes. October also brings Ben Affleck crime thriller Animals, plus The Prestige, Moonlight and KPop Demon Hunters, according to Moviefone and BeeBulletin.
These picks cover Netflix US for October 2026, as listed by those sources. Netflix US is the American catalog, where licensed titles join and leave each month. BeeBulletin notes that rotation makes timing matter, especially for non-originals.
Table of Contents
- Which new films top the list?
- Which October 1 additions are worth your time?
- What horror should you queue for Halloween?
- What can families watch together?
- What expires soon and how should you plan?
Which new films top the list?
BeeBulletin verified 50 picks as streaming on Netflix US on Oct. 10, 2026. It ranked Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man from 2026 as best overall at 90% Rotten Tomatoes in its October 10 verified streaming list. Rotten Tomatoes spotlighted Spider-Man: Homecoming, Into the Spider-Verse, Memento and Hamnet as top October watches in its 100 best Netflix movies guide.
Moviefone reports Ben Affleck crime thriller Animals premiered Oct. 9, 2026 at about 106 minutes. It ranked No. 1 on the Netflix movie chart for the week of Oct. 12 in its Top 10 movies report.
Which October 1 additions are worth your time?
BeeBulletin and TheWrap list The Prestige and Moonlight among Oct. 1 additions. The same update adds the first four Bourne films.
The Oct. 1 update also adds 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street. It adds all five Twilight films.
What horror should you queue for Halloween?
Rotten Tomatoes names Psycho, Friday the 13th, The Evil Dead and I Know What You Did Last Summer as Halloween horror options. It also names The Sixth Sense, Split, Jaws and The Menu in the same seasonal group.
All eight appear in the Rotten Tomatoes October guide. You can build a Halloween queue without leaving that best-movies list.
What can families watch together?
BeeBulletin and Rotten Tomatoes point to KPop Demon Hunters as a family standout. They name Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl from 2024 alongside it.
Wallace & Gromit holds a 100% Tomatometer score. BeeBulletin and Rotten Tomatoes list both titles for family viewing in October.
What expires soon and how should you plan?
BeeBulletin lists Gone Girl, Fargo, Apollo 13, Nomadland and Spider-Man: Homecoming as Oct. 1 exits from Netflix US. It schedules I'm Still Here to exit Nov. 17, 2026.
BeeBulletin advises prioritizing Netflix-owned originals that rarely leave, like The Irishman and KPop Demon Hunters. It also flags Heat arriving Oct. 16 for this month's watchlist. Watch time-sensitive titles first to avoid rotation loss. Follow this order for October.
- Watch I'm Still Here before Nov. 17
- Save The Irishman and KPop Demon Hunters for later
- Add Heat after Oct. 16