Netflix New Arrivals October 2025: Full List of Movies, Series & Must-Watch Originals

This is going to be Netflix's big blockbuster month, October 2025, filled with new shows, new movies, thrillers, and brought-back hits! These new releases will surely keep the subscribers busy with spooky horror releases for Halloween, with Oscar-caliber dramas, and starry originals.

Highlighting Netflix's October 2025 Releases:

🎬 Monster: The Ed Gein Story (October 3)

Focuses on the story of the infamous killer Ed Gein for the third installment of the Ryan Murphy-edited Monster anthologies whose acts inspired such horror classics as Psycho and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Starring Charlie Hunnam, this chilling drama is Netflix's grand Halloween presentation.

🎬 Steve (October 3)

Winner of an Oscar, Cillian Murphy stars in the moving drama as the head teacher at a reform school, probably one of Netflix's staunchest award season prospects.

🎬 The Woman in Cabin 10 (October 10)

An airy thriller with Keira Knightley as a journalist who witnesses a crime at sea-but no one wants to believe her.

🎬 A House of Dynamite (October 23)

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, a tense political thriller with a practical nuclear missile threat unfolding in a real-time White House response.

🎬 Ballad of a Small Player (October 29)

From director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), starring Colin Farrell as a gambling man in Macau caught up in mystery and danger.

📺 The Witcher Season 4 (October 30)

Liam Hemsworth makes his debut as Geralt of Rivia, taking over for Henry Cavill. Season 4 chronicles the continued adventures of Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri amidst a war-riven Continent.

📺 More Returns

• The Diplomat Season 3 — October 16
• Nobody Wants This Season 2 — October 23
• Classic Horror & Family-Friendly Picks 🎃
• The best scary movies to binge-watch on Halloween:
• The Strangers (2008)
• Night of the Living Dead (1968)
• Casper (1995)
• The Action Half of the Show
• Donnie Yen's Ip Man Series (1–4) — October 5
• Halo Seasons 1–2
• NCIS Seasons 18–19

Full Netflix October 2025 Release Calendar

• October 1: Love Is Blind Season 9, Austin Powers Trilogy, Showcase of Casper (1995), and Hacksaw Ridge (2016), Scarface (1983).
• October 2: The Martian (2015) and Dodgeball (2004).
• October 3: Monster: The Ed Gein Story, and Steve.
• October 5: Ip Man 1–4 and Despicable Me 3 (2017).
• October 10: Woman in Cabin 10.
• October 16: The Diplomat Season 3.
• October 23: Nobody Wants This Season 2 and A House of Dynamite (Oct 24).
• October 29: Ballad of a Small Player.
• October 30: The Witcher Season 4.

(Scroll down for the complete day-to-day list of new arrivals!)

Key Takeaway

From bone-chilling true-crime tales to major Hollywood blockbusters to global series, Netflix October 2025 has it all, depending on your taste: be it Halloween scares, political thrillers, or fantasy epics.