This October, Netflix is dropping terrifyingly terrific titles on their list of new content worth watching all month long. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix , you won’t be feeling down for long once you get a good look at the impressive array of Netflix Original series coming to the platform to take their place. With everything from premiering titles to long-awaited continuations of fan favorites, Netflix’s diverse and delightful October 2024 premieres are sure to have something for everyone.
The streamer is set to help you celebrate the new month with premieres from highly-anticipated continuations of established hit series across several different genres (so there’s truly something for everyone), like Heartstopper : Season 3, Outer Banks : Season 4 Part 1, and The Lincoln Lawyer : Season 3.
There are also plenty of exciting brand new shows that will begin streaming exclusively on Netflix starting this month. Keep an eye out in particular for Starting 5 , Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft , and Tyler Perry’s Beauty in Blac k , which are all already looking to be some of the most promising new releases out of October entire streaming lineup.
So what makes the cut for our top 11, and which of them have what it takes to be in the Netflix Top 10 ? Keep reading to treat yourself to the greatness that is the list of streaming standouts for October 2024.
CAST: Kit Connor, Joe Locke, Jenny Walser, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Tobie Donovan, Corinna Brown, Kizzy Edgell, Rhea Norwood, Cormac Hyde-Corrin, Stephen Fry, Fisayo Akinade, Chetna Pandya, Leila Khan, Bradley Riches, Nima Taleghani, Jonathan Bailey,
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: Celebrate the Fall season with this cozy coming-of-age romantic comedy-drama based on Alice Oseman’s webcomic and graphic novel of the same name. The hit Netflix Original series Heartstopper returns with a brand new season full of major changes, confessions, and healing for our beloved cast of characters. As Charlie (Locke) and Nick (Connor) grow closer, Charlie works up the nerve to tell Nick he loves him, while Nick has something else he needs to broach with Charlie. The seasons change and with them, the dynamics, selfhood, and future plans of the main gang do, too. Embrace it all in Heartstopper : Season 3, only on Netflix.
CAST: Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Rudy Pankow, Madison Bailey, Jonathan Daviss, Carlacia Grant, Austin North, Drew Starkey, Fiona Palomo, J. Anthony Crane, Pollyanna McIntosh, Brianna Brown, Rigo Sanchez, Mia Challis
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: 18 months after striking gold in El Dorado, the Pogues return to the Outer Banks of North Carolina, where they struggle to return to normalcy after an intense, formative, and eventful year at sea. It’s not long before the gang opts to embark on a brand new treasure hunt that swiftly proves to be more than they can handle as trecherous enemies and interpersonal drama threaten to sink them all for good.
CAST: LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum, Domantas Sabonis
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Calling all sports fans! You won’t want to miss this 10-episode sports docuseries that offers viewers an exclusive, all-access pass to some of the NBA’s greatest players over the course of the 2023-2024 season. All with their own different teams and stories, LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Edwards, Jayson Tatum, and Domantas Sabonis are united in their relentless quests for greatness in basketball, life, and legacy.
CAST: Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Neve Campbell, Becki Newton, Jazz Raycole, Merrin Dungey, Allyn Moriyon, John Pirruccello, Philip Anthony-Rodriguez, Angus Sampson, Yaya DaCosta, Elliott Gould, Krista Warner, Fiona Rene, Devon Graye
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: The Lincoln Lawyer : Season 3 picks up after the previous season’s action-packed finale as criminal defense lawyer Mickey Haller (Garcia-Rulfo) dedicates himself to tracking down and punishing the person who murdered his friend and former client, Gloria Dayton (Rene). But when Mickey is set to defend the person who is accused of murdering Gloria, his latest case soon proves to be his most perilous and personal yet.
CAST: Hayley Atwell, Allen Maldonado, Earl Baylon, Richard Armitage, Zoe Boyle
RATING: TV-14
DESCRIPTION: Set after the 2013–2018 Tomb Raider reboot video game trilogy, Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft is a Netflix animated fantasy action-adventure series that sees the highly intelligent titular heroine on the next gripping chapter of her story. Lara Croft (Atwell) explores ancient lands and forgotten tombs from around the globe in order to uncover buried truths about both the world and herself.
CAST: Taylor Polidore Williams, Crystle Stewart, Amber Reign Smith, Ricco Ross, Debbi Morgan, Richard Lawson, Steven G. Norfleet, Julian Horton, Terrell Carter
RATING: TV-MA
DESCRIPTION: Created, written, directed, and executive produced by Tyler Perry, Beauty in Black is a drama series that follows two women on extremely different life paths who end up getting unexpectectedly entangled in each others’ lives. Kimmie (Williams) struggles to eke out a living after her mother kicks her out, while Mallory (Stewart) runs a successful business. The worlds of stripping and high-end hair care collide in this Atlanta-based thrilling underdog story.
DESCRIPTION: Embark on a worldwide culinary adventure from the comforts of home with this latest and greatest installment of Netflix’s Emmy-nominated docuseries Chef’s Table . Chef’s Table: Noodles explores the incredible variety and quality of different noodles through the eyes and talented hands of four masterful chefs. The show seeks to share that more than just a meal, noodles are the perfect blend of tradition, innovation, and artistry.
DESCRIPTION: This second anime adaptation of Rumiko Takahashi’s 1987-1996 manga series of the same name revolves around Ranma Saotome (Yamaguchi) and Akane Tendo (Hidaka), a couple who has been set up and betrothed by their parents. As Akane gets to know her fiancé, she learns that the martial arts prodigy had a training accident in China that forces him to magically transform into a girl (Hayashibara) upon touching cold water and reverting back to boyhood with hot water. With this unique situation to overcome, the new pair will embark on their own absurd, entertaining, and joyous rom-com adventure of a lifetime.
DESCRIPTION: Prepare for some real life horrors with this Netflix Original true crime docuseries exploring new evidence singling out Arthur Leigh Allen as the infamous Zodiac killer. Bolstered by firsthand testimonies from Allen’s family and a closer look at archival materials, This is the Zodiac Speaking is a search for answers to a serial killer’s true identity and a man’s real inner life behind his facade.
DESCRIPTION: Based on Kouji Miura’s manga of the same name, Blue Box is a sweet Japanese romance that follows teenaged badminton player Taiki Inomata (Chiba) as he looks forward to the mornings where he gets to train alongside his crush, basketball player Chinatsu Kano (Ueda), in the school gym. Both of their lives will change dramatically in the springtime, when Chinatsu moves in with Taiki’s family while her parents are abroad for work, giving their budding relationship a whole new chance to bloom.
DESCRIPTION: Just in time for Halloween comes this otherworldly Netflix Original docuseries that delves into a New York woman named Linda Napolitano’s claim that she was abducted out of her Manhattan home by aliens, and seeks to figure out whether her account was proof of extraterrestrial life or merely a big hoax for attention.
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