A bunch of great movies, TV shows and Netflix Originals are headed to the streaming giant in October.
It’s finally Fall and as I type this, it’s gently raining outside and the oppressive heat of Summer seems to finally be waning. I, for one, welcome this new season with open arms. No month is more Autumnal than October. Leaves change, kids (and plenty of adults) don spooky costumes and we’re all overcome by a weird craving for pumpkin-flavored everything. October also means a whole new slate of movies, TV shows and Netflix Originals headed to the streaming giant. Some of these I’d never heard of before compiling this list. Others I have been eagerly awaiting. Before we get to the Netflix Originals (and then the Big List) a few highlights for fans of more classic fare. Jack Nicholson’s wonderful As Good As It Gets lands on Netflix on the 1st of October. It’s the perfect movie about how even very toxic people can eek out a bit of redemption and something that’s really interesting to watch in an age of “cancel culture.” We just rewatched this a few weeks ago and it holds up incredibly well, remains at once deeply awkward and hilarious, and is one of Nicholson’s finer performances. Other movies landing the 1st include the classic romance Ghost (fitting for Halloween), the historical epic Gladiator, the Malcolm X biopic Malxolm X and the wonderfully violent Léon: The Professional, just to name a few. Lots and lots of great movies join Netflix on the 1st. Fans of Kevin Costner will be happy to learn that both Waterworld and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves also come to the streaming service on the 1st. Fans of Robert Rodriguez can look forward to Desperado and Once Upon A Time In Mexico. Okay, onto the Netflix Originals. Based on the 2018 Dutch original, The Guilty stars Jake Gyllenhaal and a pretty outstanding supporting cast, though Gyllenhaal is the only one of the film’s stars you actually see. It’s almost a one-man show as a cop works alone taking emergency calls as Los Angeles devolves into wildfire chaos. It’s getting decent reviews. This one sounds like the kind of show designed to tug at heartstrings. It’s a 10-episode limited series about a young mother who takes a job housekeeping to get out of an abusive relationship and finds herself facing new and unexpected challenges. Alright, finally a horror movie for the spookiest month of the year. Based on the novel by Stephanie Perkins, the movie follows a young woman who moves to a small town in Nebraska.
