What To Watch On Netflix In October 2020: New Movies, Series, Halloween Specials

It’s the age-old struggle: what should I watch on Netflix tonight? Instead of re-watching your favorite sitcom, check out one of the new movies, series and Halloween specials on Netflix. The service is adding dozens of new titles in October 2020.

What to watch to laugh: Netflix’s October offerings have so many funny titles. Even though “Parks and Recreation” left for Peacock, the streaming giant still has “Schitt’s Creek.” The Emmy-winning sixth and final season debuts Oct. 7.

Meanwhile “Emily in Paris” is the new dramedy from “Sex and the City” and “Younger” boss Darren Starr. The show follows Lily Collins’ American character Emily as she takes a job in the city of love. Plus, Netflix kicks off their Christmas originals with the Emma Roberts film “Holidate.”

What to watch for drama: “Grand Army,” a Netflix TV show, is a coming-of-age high school drama centered on a group of teens in Brooklyn. Netflix is also debuting their highly anticipated adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel “Rebecca,” starring Lily James and Armie Hammer.

What to watch for reality: Netflix has plenty of original documentaries in October. “Deaf U,” produced by “Dancing With the Stars” alum Nyle DiMarco, follows deaf students at Gallaudet University. “Dick Johnson is Dead” finds a woman and her terminally ill father coming to terms with the inevitable. “BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky” follows the K-pop girl group’s rise to stardom. “David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet” follows the famed broadcaster recounting his life.

What to watch for Halloween thrills: “Vampires vs. the Bronx” is a Netflix original horror-comedy that shows a group of teens protecting their neighborhood from the undead. Netflix is also adding more Halloween favorites in October, including “Cape Fear,” “Along Came a Spider” and “Unfriended.”

What to watch with the family: Though trick-or-treating might not be normal in 2020, kids can still enjoy Halloween programming. “A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting,” “ParaNorman” and “The Magic School Bus Rides Again The Frizz Connection” are our top Netflix picks for the family.

See every new title coming to Netflix in October 2020 below:

Oct. 1

• Bom Dia, Verônica / Good Morning, Verônica
• Carmen Sandiego: Season 3
• Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood
• Pasal Kau / All Because of You
• The Worst Witch: Season 4
• A.M.I.
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
• Along Came a Spider
• Bakugan: Armored Alliance: Season 2
• Basic Instinct
• Black '47
• Cape Fear
• Code Lyoko: Seasons 1-4
• The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
• Employee of the Month
• Enemy at the Gates
• Evil: Season 1
• Familiar Wife: Season 1
• Fargo
• Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate
• Free State of Jones
• Ghost Rider
• Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
• Gran Torino
• Her
• House of 1,000 Corpses
• Human Nature
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• I'm Leaving Now
• The Longest Yard (1974)
• The Parkers: Seasons 1-5
• The Pirates! Band of Misfits
• Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire
• The Prince & Me
• Poseidon (2006)
• The Outpost
• Stranger than Fiction
• Superman Returns
• Sword Art Online: Alicization
• Troy
• The Unicorn: Season 1
• WarGames
• We Have Always Lived in the Castle
• Yogi Bear
• You Cannot Hide: Season 1

Oct. 2

• A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween
• Ahí te encargo / You’ve Got This
• The Binding
• Dick Johnson Is Dead
• Emily in Paris
• Òlòtūré
• Serious Men
• Song Exploder
• Vampires vs. the Bronx

Oct. 4

• Colombiana

• David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Oct. 6

• Dolly Parton: Here I Am
• Saturday Church
• StarBeam: Halloween Hero
• Walk Away from Love

Oct. 7

• Hubie Halloween
• Schitt's Creek: Season 6
• To the Lake

Oct. 9

• Deaf U
• Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Season 2: Rio
• The Forty-Year-Old Version
• Ginny Weds Sunny
• The Haunting of Bly Manor
• Super Monsters: Dia de los Monsters

Oct. 12

• Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts: Season 3

Oct. 13

• The Cabin with Bert Kreischer
• Octonauts & the Great Barrier Reef

Oct. 14

• Alice Junior
• BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky
• Moneyball

Oct. 15

• A Babysitter's Guide to Monster Hunting
• Batman: The Killing Joke
• Half & Half: Seasons 1-4
• Love Like the Falling Rain
• One on One: Seasons 1-5
• Power Rangers Beast Morphers: Season 2, Part 1
• Rooting for Roona
• Social Distance

Oct. 16

• Alguien tiene que morir / Someone Has to Die
• Dream Home Makeover
• Grand Army
• In a Valley of Violence
• La Révolution
• The Last Kids on Earth: Book 3
• The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Unfriended

Oct. 18

• ParaNorman

Oct. 19

• Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2

Oct. 20

• Carol
• The Magic School Bus Rides Again The Frizz Connection

Oct. 21

• My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman: Season 3
• Rebecca

Oct. 22

• Bending the Arc
• Cadaver
• The Hummingbird Project
• Yes, God, Yes

Oct. 23

• Barbarians
• Move
• Over the Moon
• Perdida
• The Queen's Gambit

Oct. 27

• Blood of Zeus
• Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt: Season 4
• Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine
• Vilas: Serás lo que debas ser o no serás nada / Guillermo Vilas: Settling the Score

Oct. 28

• Holidate
• Metallica Through The Never
• Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight
• Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb

Oct. 30

• Bronx
• The Day of the Lord
• His House
• Somebody Feed Phil: Season 4
• Suburra: Season 3

Oct. 31

• The 12th Man