New on Netflix in October 2026 brings a busy US watchlist: The Diplomat returns for Season 4 on October 15, Nobody Wants This follows on October 22, and Lupin returns with Part 4 on October 23. Earlier arrivals include East of Eden, Animals and the Boston season of Love Is Blind.
This US-focused calendar was checked on October 15 against Netflix’s official October schedule, Vulture’s October guide and What’s on Netflix’s US list. These are scheduled additions, not a promise that every title is playable on every account. Catalogs vary by country, schedules can change, and some series release episodes in batches or weekly.
What to watch on Netflix this month
For political drama, the next date to circle is October 15: Keri Russell’s The Diplomat returns alongside the Victorious follow-up Hollywood Arts. October 16 brings Chris Evans and Anya Taylor-Joy’s thriller Sacrifice, plus the documentary Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald.
The second half of the month has a different rhythm. Nobody Wants This returns for Season 3 on October 22, while Omar Sy’s Lupin reaches Part 4 the following day. Documentary viewers can look ahead to The One About Matthew Perry on October 27 and the SCTV documentary on October 30.
For a Halloween watchlist, the October 1 catalog batch includes Hush, Psycho, The Sixth Sense and Crimson Peak. These are Netflix additions, not newly made films. The calendar below keeps older movies and new originals together by their scheduled arrival date.
New on Netflix October 2026: US release calendar
Dates below are US calendar dates. Items dated October 1-14 were scheduled earlier this month; October 15 onward is the remaining schedule at this guide’s October 15 check. We have not tested playback on a US subscriber account. No exact release hour is promised here.
October 1
- Crazy Rich, Incredibly Broke
- East of Eden
- The Ramparts of Ice (Season 2)
- 21 Jump Street
- 22 Jump Street
- 8 Mile
- A Haunted House
- A Haunted House 2
- A Madea Family Funeral
- Ad Astra
- Angels & Demons
- Are We There Yet?
- The Bourne Identity
- The Bourne Legacy
- The Bourne Supremacy
- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Bring It On
- Call Me by Your Name
- Cowboys & Aliens
- Crimson Peak
- Dallas Buyers Club
- The Da Vinci Code
- The Devil Wears Prada
- Dracula
- The Equalizer
- Evil Dead
- Friday the 13th
- Happy Death Day 2U
- Horton Hears a Who!
- The Huntsman: Winter's War
- Hush
- I Know What You Did Last Summer
- Jason Bourne
- Lake Placid
- Love Actually
- Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- The Menu
- Moonlight
- NCIS (Seasons 20-22)
- Ouija
- Ouija: Origin of Evil
- Pearl Harbor
- Point Break
- The Prestige
- Psycho
- Psycho II
- Psycho III
- Red Dragon
- Seven Years in Tibet
- The Sixth Sense
- Split
- The Strangers
- Top Chef VIP (Seasons 3-4)
- Twilight
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 2
- The Way Home (Season 4)
- Underworld: Blood Wars
October 2
- #Love
- Schumacher '94 – The Birth of a Legend
- Tyler Perry's Doing Life
October 3
- Ranma 1/2 (Season 3)
October 4
- Blue Box (Season 2)
October 5
- The Boogeyman
- Lorne
- Mayor of Kingstown (Seasons 1-4)
- Super BOOMi (Season 1)
October 6
- All American (Season 8)
- Love Village (Season 3)
- Mojo Brookzz: I Know You Lying
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
October 7
- Inside The Circle
- Less of a Stranger
- Real Men (Season 2)
- Who Is Martin Mull?
October 8
- Below
- Unicorn Academy: Secrets Revealed: Chapter 2
October 9
- Animals
- Haunted Hotel (Season 2)
- Is It Cake? Halloween (Season 2)
- Take Charge of My Heart
October 10
- 100 Days of Deception
- The First Monday in May
October 12
- Spike (Season 1)
- Free Leonard Peltier
- Señora Acero (Seasons 1-5)
- Wayne (Season 1)
October 13
- Solar Opposites (Season 6)
- The Trap
- TYSON
October 14
- Cocaine Bear
- Love Is Blind: Boston (Season 11)
October 15
- Hollywood Arts
- The Diplomat (Season 4)
- The Storm
October 16
- The Disciple
- Heat
- The Fate of the Furious
- Money Trap: The Karun Treasure
- Norm: The Tale of Norm Macdonald
- Sacrifice
- Seriously Single Too
- Therapy Done Right
October 20
- Blindspotting (Seasons 1-2)
- Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2
October 21
- Emily
- Gladiator
- Gladiator II
- The Mothers of Penguins (Season 2)
- The New Stanford Prison Experiment
- Six Kings Slam (Season 2, live event)
October 22
- Bottle Shock
- Did Someone Happen to Mention Me?
- Nobody Wants This (Season 3)
October 23
- Fading Grandeur
- Lupin: Part 4
- Paralyzed by Hope: The Maria Bamford Story
- Surviving Hurricane Otis
October 26
- Minimum Wage
October 27
- Dangerous Liaisons (Season 1)
- The One About Matthew Perry
- Zainab Johnson: Toxically Optimistic
October 28
- Champions
October 29
- You, Me, Us
October 30
- A Couple of Lies
- Akka
- Beat Luke Littler (live event)
- The Birthday Gift
- Collision Course
- How to Ruin Diwali: Meet the Parents
- SCTV: The Greatest Show You've Never Heard Of
Date still to confirm
The Gift of Deceit appears in Netflix’s “Coming soon” section without a date. We are also leaving Balaraw: Blood Island undated: Vulture lists October 29, but What’s on Netflix has conflicting October 15 and October 29 entries. It is better to flag that conflict than give you a firm date we cannot verify.
Is this every Netflix addition?
This is the announced monthly calendar, not a live inventory of everything on Netflix. The service can add licensed titles and regional releases outside its main announcement. Weekly guides may also carry extra entries. Check the title’s Netflix page in your country before planning around a specific release, and check the episode count before assuming an entire season has arrived.
One title-name difference is worth noting: Netflix’s official list calls the October 12 kids series Spike, while independent guides call it Fire Spike. The calendar uses Netflix’s name. For Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 on October 20, the sequel name comes from Vulture and What’s on Netflix; Netflix’s monthly heading is shortened to Cyberpunk: Edgerunners.
More Netflix coverage
For a closer look at the reality launch, read our Love Is Blind Season 11 cast and episode-schedule guide. For the boxing documentary, see our TYSON review roundup.
Last checked: October 15, 2026. Lead image is an original editorial cartoon of Keri Russell, not a Netflix still or a scene from The Diplomat. Sources: Netflix Tudum, Vulture and What’s on Netflix. Read our Editorial Standards.
