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New on Netflix in October 2021

Jake Gyllenhaal in The Guilty, new series Maid and Colin in Black & White, season 3 of bloody You, and more Netflix & Chills titles for Halloween.

by Debbie Day | September 28, 2021

Netflix may have kicked off the Halloween scares in September with Mike Flanagan’s Certified Fresh horror series Midnight Mass, but there’s more to come! The streaming giant’s “Netflix & Chills” schedule offers enough horror options to keep you binging through the end of the month:

October 1 – Scaredy Cats series
October 5 – Escape the Undertaker series
October 6 – There’s Someone Inside Your House film
October 8 – A Tale Dark & Grimm series
October 13 – Fever Dream film (Peru)
October 15 – Sharkdog’s Fintastic Halloween series
The Trip film (Norway)
You: Season 3
October 20 – Night Teeth film
October 22 – Locke & Key: Season 2
October 27 – Hypnotic film
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight Part 2 film (Poland)

In the non-spooky column, The Baby Sitter’s Club returns for season 2. Season 1 of the family-friendly series is Certified Fresh at 100%. Limited series Maid stars mother-daughter duo Andie MacDowell and Margaret Qualley in an adaptation of Stephanie Land’s 2019 bestseller. New series Colin in Black & White, from Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay, dramatizes Kaepernick’s high school years and the experiences that helped mold his activism.

Find out what else lands on Netflix this month and what’s leaving the service below, starting with RT’s picks of what you should watch on Netflix in October.

HIGHLIGHTS

The Guilty (2021)

73%

Description: 911 operator Joe Baylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) works relentlessly to save a caller in grave danger—but soon discovers that nothing is as it seems, and facing the truth is the only way out. Directed by Antoine Fuqua.

Premiere Date: October 1, 2021

Maid: Limited Series (2021)

94%

Description: Inspired by the New York Times best-selling memoir, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother’s Will to Survive by Stephanie Land, Maid follows the story of Alex, a single mother who turns to housecleaning to — barely — make ends meet as she escapes an abusive relationship and overcomes homelessness to create a better life for her daughter, Maddy. Seen through the emotional yet humorous lens of a desperate but determined woman, this series is a raw and inspiring exploration of a mother’s resilience.

Premiere Date: October 1, 2021

The Baby-Sitters Club: Season 2 (2021)

100%

Description: Based on the best-selling book series by Ann M. Martin, The Baby-Sitters Club is a contemporary dramedy that follows the friendship and adventures of seven friends as they start their own babysitting business in Stoneybrook, Connecticut. As demand for their club continues to grow, founders Kristy Thomas, Mary-Anne Spier, Claudia Kishi, Stacey McGill, and Dawn Schafer have now welcomed Mallory Pike and Jessi Ramsey to their ranks. With the new school year comes booming business, new relationships, personal journeys, and important lessons, but through it all the club is there for each other every step of the way.

Premiere Date: October 11, 2021

You: Season 3 (2021)

93%

Description: In season 3, Joe and Love, now married and raising their baby, have moved to the balmy Northern California enclave of Madre Linda, where they’re surrounded by privileged tech entrepreneurs, judgmental mommy bloggers and Insta-famous biohackers. Joe is committed to his new role as a husband and dad, but fears Love’s lethal impulsiveness. And then there’s his heart. Could the woman he’s been searching for all this time live right next door? Breaking out of a cage in a basement is one thing. But the prison of a picture-perfect marriage to a woman who’s wise to your tricks? Well, that’ll prove a much more complicated escape.

Premiere Date: October 15, 2021

Locke & Key: Season 2 (2021)

85%

Description: After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father’s death. As the Locke children explore the different keys and their unique powers, a mysterious demon awakens — and will stop at nothing to steal them. From Carlton Cuse (Lost, Bates Motel) and Meredith Averill (The Haunting of Hill House), Locke & Key is a coming-of-age mystery about love, loss, and the unshakable bonds that define family. Locke and Key on Netflix is the television adaptation of the best-selling comic book series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez for IDW Entertainment and returns this October for season 2.

Premiere Date: October 22, 2021

Army of Thieves (2021)

69%

Description: In this prequel to Army of the Dead, a mysterious woman recruits bank teller Dieter (Matthias Schweighöfer, who also directs) to assist in a heist of impossible-to-crack safes across Europe.

Premiere Date: October 29, 2021

FULL LIST OF SHOWS AND MOVIES COMING TO NETFLIX THIS MONTH

* NETFLIX ORIGINALS

Coming Soon

A World Without*
An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts: Season 1*
Call My Agent: Bollywood: Season 1*
Encounters: Season 1
House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths*
Inspector Koo: Season 1*
The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea*

Available 10/1

A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad*
Paik’s Spirit*
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light*
Swallow*

12% Diana: The Musical (2021) *

- - Forever Rich (2021) *

73% The Guilty (2021) *

94% Maid: Limited Series (2021) *

- - Scaredy Cats: Season 1 (2021)

100% Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Season 1 (2019)

89% Seinfeld Seasons 1-9

More Films:

59% A Knight's Tale (2001)

93% An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

86% As Good as It Gets (1997)

81% Awakenings (1990)

16% B.A.P.S (1997)

46% Bad Teacher (2011)

12% The Cave (2005)

71% Desperado (1995)

6% The Devil Inside (2012)

32% Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood (1996)

11% Double Team (1997)

73% The DUFF (2015)

27% Eagle Eye (2008)

26% Endless Love (1981)

74% Ghost (1990)

80% Gladiator (2000)

92% Hairspray (2007)

51% The Holiday (2006)

73% Fearless (2006)

67% The Karate Kid (2010)

24% Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (2003)

76% The Professional (1994)

89% Malcolm X (1992)

51% Observe and Report (2009)

66% Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)

29% Project X (2012)

51% Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)

21% Rumor Has It ... (2005)

58% Serendipity (2001)

92% Spy Kids (2001)

75% Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)

45% Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)

54% Step Brothers (2008)

14% The Ugly Truth (2009)

90% Till Death (2021)

88% Titanic (1997)

40% Tommy Boy (1995)

- - Unthinkable (2010)

60% Waterworld (1995)

Available 10/3

- - Scissor Seven: Season 3 (2021) *

Upcoming Summer*

Available 10/4

86% On My Block: Season 4 (2021)

Available 10/5

Escape The Undertaker*

Available 10/6

100% Bad Sport: Season 1 (2021) *

100% Baking Impossible: Season 1 (2021) *

- - The Blacklist: Season 8 (2020)

95% Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things (2019)

47% There's Someone Inside Your House (2021)

The Five Juanas*
Love Is Blind: Brazil*

Available 10/7

- - Sexy Beasts: Season 2 (2021) *

The Billion Dollar Code*

Available 10/8

- - Family Business: Season 3 (2021)

- - Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (2020)

A Tale Dark & Grimm*
Grudge / Kin*
LOL Surprise: The Movie
My Brother, My Sister*
Pretty Smart: Season 1*

Available 10/9

38% Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

Blue Period*

Available 10/11

100% The Baby-Sitters Club: Season 2 (2021)

47% Going in Style (2017)

70% Shameless: Season 11 (2020)

The King’s Affection*

Available 10/12

- - Mighty Express: Season 5 (2021) *

- - The Movies That Made Us: Season 3 (2021) *

96% Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It (2021)

50% Smart People (2008)

Bright: Samurai Soul*
Convergence: Courage in a Crisis*
Making Malinche: A Documentary by Nacho Cano*

Available 10/13

71% Fever Dream (2021) *

100% Violet Evergarden: The Movie (2020)

Hiacynt*
Reflection of You: Season 1*

Available 10/14

- - Another Life: Season 2 (2021) *

- - In the Dark: Season 3 (2021)

One Night in Paris*

Available 10/15

- - Little Things: Season 4 (2021)

- - Sharkdog: Season 1 (2021) “Sharkdog’s Fintastic Halloween” special

93% You: Season 3 (2021)

CoComelon: Season 4
The Forgotten Battle*
The Four of Us*
Karma’s World: Season 1*
My Name: Season 1*
Power Rangers Dino Fury: Season 1
The Trip*

Available 10/16

65% Victoria & Abdul (2017)

Misfit: The Series*

Available 10/19

In for a Murder / W jak morderstwo*

Available 10/20

38% Night Teeth (2021)

Found*
Gabby’s Dollhouse: Season 3*
Stuck Together*

Available 10/21

- - Go! Go! Cory Carson: Season 6 (2021)

Flip a Coin – ONE OK ROCK Documentary*
Insiders: Season 1*
Komi Can’t Communicate*
Life’s a Glitch with Julien Bam: Season 1*
Sex, Love & goop: Season 1*

Available 10/22

- - Dynasty: Season 4 (2021)

79% Inside Job: Part 1 (2021) *

85% Locke & Key: Season 2 (2021) *

Adventure Beast*
Little Big Mouth*
Maya and the Three*
More than Blue: The Series*
Roaring Twenties*

Available 10/24

91% We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)

Available 10/25

31% King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

Available 10/26

- - Roswell, New Mexico: Season 3 (2021)

Sex: Unzipped*

Available 10/27

83% Begin Again (2013)

25% Hypnotic (2021)

- - Sintonia Season 2*

Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight Part 2*
Wentworth: Season 8

Available 10/28

- - Luis Miguel: The Series Season 3*

The Motive*

Available 10/29

69% Army of Thieves (2021)

- - Mythomaniac Season 2*

- - Il trenino Thomas e i suoi amici Season 25A

Colin in Black & White*
Dear Mother*
The Time It Takes: Season 1*

TV SHOWS AND MOVIES LEAVING NETFLIX THIS MONTH

Leaving 10/1

- - Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (2018)

78% Tales From the Hood 2 (2018)

Leaving 10/3

38% Angel Has Fallen (2019)

Leaving 10/6

60% Real Steel (2011)

Leaving 10/14

10% Cheech & Chong Still Smokin' (1983)

Leaving 10/15

The Creative Brain

Leaving 10/17

- - U Turn (2016)

Leaving 10/20

50% Containment: Season 1 (2016)

69% Free Fire (2016)

Leaving 10/21

57% The Hummingbird Project (2018)

Leaving 10/23

59% The Mist: Season 1 (2017)

Leaving 10/27

88% Rango (2011)

Shine On with Reese: Season 1

Leaving 10/28

- - Pup Star (2016)

Leaving 10/30

86% The 12th Man (2017)

Leaving 10/31

- - 60 Days In: Season 6 (2020)

36% Angels & Demons (2009)

37% Battle: Los Angeles (2011)

71% Beowulf (2007)

96% Catch Me if You Can (2002)

25% The Da Vinci Code (2006)

83% Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

- - Forged in Fire: Season 6 (2019)

29% The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

81% The Impossible (2012)

87% Inception (2010)

72% Legally Blonde (2001)

23% Mile 22 (2018)

86% Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)

- - Reckoning: Season 1 (2020)

61% Snowden (2016)

53% Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006)

44% Yes Man (2008)

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