The 11 best movies coming to Netflix in October
Warner Bros.
- Watch originals like the Ben Affleck-directed “Animals” and Wu-Tang Clan documentary “The Disciple.”
- Watch all the “Twilight” and “Jason Bourne” movies.
- Also check out “Heat,” “The Sixth Sense,” and “The Prestige.”
Check out the best movies to watch on the streaming giant in October.
Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by Luca Guadagnino with a screenplay by James Ivory, we follow a teen (Timothée Chalamet) as he has a sexual awakening when a twentysomething (Armie Hammer) enters his life, all set in lush 1980s Italy.
Universal
If you are looking for some action this weekend, Netflix currently has all the “Jason Bourne” movies (yes, even “The Bourne Legacy,” starring Jeremy Renner). Watch as Matt Damon completely beats the hell out of anyone who crosses his path.
Eric Zachanowich/20th Century Studios
This darkly comedic horror follows a group of foodies who expect to get an amazing dinner at an exclusive restaurant. In reality, their chef (Ralph Fiennes) has set up some courses that will shock and, in some cases, kill his patrons.
Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, and John Leguizamo also star.
Buena Vista Pictures
If Christopher Nolan has one underappreciated movie, it’s probably this one.
Set in Victorian London, Christian Bale and Hugh Jackman play rival musicians who try to top one another with their illusions until it gets to the point where one of them takes things way too far.
Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Andy Serkis, Michael Caine, and David Bowie also star.
Buena Vista Pictures
Need another movie that is going to keep you guessing until the end? M. Night Shyamalan’s masterpiece stars Bruce Willis as a psychologist who tries to help a young boy (Haley Joel Osment) who believes he sees dead people.
Summit Entertainment
Once you are done watching all the “Jason Bourne” movies, go ahead and run through the “Twilight” franchise. Experience the love between Bella and Edward that captured the nation in the late 2000s.
Netflix
In Ben Affleck’s latest Netflix original writing-directing effort, he plays a L.A. mayoral candidate whose life explodes when his son is kidnapped. Now he and his wife (Kerry Washington) must go into some dark places to get their child back.
Netflix
Wu-Tang Clan fans get ready. This documentary chronicles how Dutch-Moroccan rapper Cilvaringz found his way into the inner circle of one of the greatest rap groups of all time.
And not just that, but the doc also explores how Cilvaringz became part of the band’s most mythological album, “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin.”
Warner Bros.
In Michael Mann’s masterful crime drama, Robert De Niro plays the leader of a top-flight team of thieves. Al Pacino plays the gritty LAPD detective who is looking to take down the team.
It all leads to a showdown movie fans had never seen before: Pacino and De Niro on screen together.
Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd, and Jon Voight also star.
Netflix
In this Netflix original, Chris Evans plays an actor who, in his quest for a comeback, gets abducted by a radical group led by Anya Taylor-Joy.
Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, Sam Richardson, Charlie XCX, and John Malkovich also star.
Paramount Pictures
24 years after making the Oscar-winning original, Ridley Scott returns to the Roman arena, this time with Paul Mescal as his star. But it’s Denzel Washington as the evil gladiator owner with plans to take over Rome, who is the movie’s highlight.