Best New Movies Coming to Netflix, Hulu, Prime, More in October

Halloween month is here and all your favorite streaming services are happy to oblige with lots of spooky content. Welcome to io9’s latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones that we like most.)

As always, we’re including the best new films and TV coming to Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, and Max—as well as Paramount+, Shudder, and Peacock, including several new releases.

Here’s the best of what’s streaming in October 2024.

What’s coming to Netfix in October 2024?

October 1

• 21 Jump Street
• 22 Jump Street
• The Birds
• Elysium
• Escape Plan
• Halloween (2018)
• It Chapter Two
• The Karate Kid
• The Karate Kid Part II
• The Karate Kid Part III
• Kung Fu Panda
• Kung Fu Panda 3
• Legion
• Psycho
• Psycho II
• Red Dragon
• Robin Hood (2010)
• Robin Hood (2018)
• Salt
• Scarface
• Yellowjackets: Season 1
• You’re Next

October 4

• It’s What’s Inside

October 8

• Bad Boys: Ride or Die

October 10

• Girl Haunts Boy
• Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft
• Scream

October 12

• A Quiet Place Part II
• Clifford the Big Red Dog

October 17

• Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance
• Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: Season 2

October 21

• Kung Fu Panda 4

What’s coming to Prime Video in October 2024?

October 1

• 1984 (1985)
• 13 Going on 30 (2004)
• The Adventures Of Shark Boy And Lava Girl (2005)
• All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989)
• Aquaman (2018)
• Arrival (2016) 
• Bruce Almighty (2003)
• Chappie (2015)
• Charlotte’s Web (2006) 
• Clueless (1995)
• Crawl (2019)
• Diamonds are Forever (1971)
• Die Another Day (2002)
• Doctor Sleep (2019)
• Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
• Downsizing (2017)
• Dr. No (1963)
• Ex Machina (2015)
• For Your Eyes Only (1981)
• From Russia with Love (1964)
• Frosty the Snowman (1961)
• Galaxy Quest (1999)
• Glass (2019)
• Goldfinger (1965)
• Good Burger (1997)
• Goosebumps (2015)
• Hannibal (2001)
• Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
• Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (2015)
• Infinite (2021)
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
• It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
• Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003)
• Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
• Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return (2013) 
• Licence to Kill (1989)
• Live and Let Die (1973)
• Love and Monsters (2020)
• Lucy (2014)
• Mad Max (1980)
• Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012) 
• Mechanic: Resurrection (2016) 
• Monster House (2006)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
• My Adventures with Santa (2019)
• Nanny McPhee (2006)
• Nanny McPhee Returns (2010)
• No Time to Die (2021)
• Octopussy (1983)
• On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)
• One False Move (1992)
• Open Season (2006)
• Passengers (2016) 
• Planet 51 (2009) 
• Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019) 
• Resident Evil (2002)
• Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town (1970)
• Scooby-Doo (2002) 
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)
• Shaft (2019) 
• Snatch (2001)
• South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
• Spaceballs (1987)
• Species (1995)
• Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (1984)
• Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
• Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
• Star Trek: Generations (1994)
• Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
• Star Trek X: Nemesis (2002)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture – The Director’s Edition (1979)
• Stargate (1994)
• Stargate: Continuum (2008)
• Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008)
• The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) 
• The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
• The Cable Guy (1996)
• The Glass House (2001)
• The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
• The Raid 2 (2014)
• The Raid: Redemption (2012)
• The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
• The Silence Of The Lambs (1991)
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
• The Switch (2010)
• The Thing (1982)
• The Usual Suspects (1995)
• The Witch (2016)
• The World Is Not Enough (2000)
• Thunderball (1965)
• Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
• Tropic Thunder (2008)
• True Romance (1993)
• Twins (1988)
• Wayne’s World (1992)
• Wonder Woman (2017)
• Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
• Zoolander (2001)

October 3

• House of Spoils (2024)

October 4

• The Boogeyman (2023)

October 15

• Monkey Man (2024)

What’s coming to Hulu in October 2024?

October 1

• Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
• Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
• Barbarian (2022)
• Coco (En Espanol) (2017)
• Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes (2014)
• Don’t Say A Word (2001)
• Edward Scissorhands (1990)
• The Fly (1986)
• From Hell (2001)
• The Happening (2008)
• The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
• The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007)
• It’s a Wonderful Knife (2023)
• Joy Ride (2001) (2001)
• The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (2019)
• The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017)
• Ma (2019)
• Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
• Nightmare Alley (2021)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
• Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003)
• Planet of the Apes (2001)
• The Princess Bride (1987)
• The Purge (2013)
• The Purge: Election Year (2016)
• Ready or Not (2019)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
• Signs (2002)
• The Sixth Sense (1999)
• Swimfan (2002)
• The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
• The Warrior’s Way (2010)
• Unbreakable (2000)
• Underwater (2020)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

October 11

• Mr. Crocket
• Aliens In The Attic (2009)
• Fright Night (2011)

October 19

• The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
• Late Night with the Devil (2023)

What’s coming to Disney+ in October 2024?

October 18

• LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition

What’s coming to Max in October 2024?

October 1

• 21 Jump Street (2012)
• 22 Jump Street (2014)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy’s Revenge (1985)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (1989)
• A Return to Salem’s Lot (1987)
• Annabelle Comes Home (2019)
• Annabelle: Creation (2017)
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
• Doctor Sleep (2019)
• Dune (1984)
• Edge of Darkness (2010)
• Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
• Godzilla vs. Biollante (1992)
• Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1998)
• Gremlins (1984)
• Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
• I Was a Teenage Zombie (1987)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994)
• It (2017)
• It: Chapter Two (2019)
• Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985)
• Misery (1990)
• Open Your Eyes (1999)
• Poltergeist (1982)
• Practical Magic (1998)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
• Scooby-Doo (2002)
• Stephen King’s It (1990)
• The Conjuring (2013)
• The Conjuring 2 (2016)
• The Curse of La Llorona (2019)
• The Death of Superman (2018)
• The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016)
• The Return of Godzilla (1985)
• Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (2005)

October 3

• Gremlins: The Wild Batch, Season 2
• Salem’s Lot (2024)
• Velma: This Halloween Needs To Be More Special!

October 6

• The Franchise, Season 1

October 18

• MaXXXine

October 21

• Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part Three (2024)

October 25

• Trap (2024)

What’s coming to Paramount+ in October 2024?

October 1

• 28 Weeks Later
• 30 Days of Night
• A Simple Plan
• Allegiant
• American Psycho
• Antlers
• Bram Stoker’s Dracula
• Buried
• Cliffhanger
• Deliver Us from Evil
• Desperado
• Divergent
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Finding Neverland
• Flatliners
• Friday the 13th (1980)
• Friday the 13th: Part II
• Friday the 13th: Part III
• Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
• Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
• Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
• Galaxy Quest
• Gothika
• Heaven Can Wait
• Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth
• Hellraiser IV: Bloodline
• Hellraiser V: Inferno
• Hellraiser VI: Hellseeker
• Hellraiser VII: Deader
• Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld
• Hide and Seek
• Hugo
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
• Insurgent
• Jennifer’s Body
• John Carpenter’s Escape From L.A.
• Lemony Snicket’s A Series Of Unfortunate Events
• Life
• Marathon Man
• Mirrors
• Monstrous
• Oculus
• Only Lovers Left Alive
• Orphan
• Prospect
• Queen of The Damned
• Resident Evil
• Scary Movie 3
• Scary Movie 4
• Scrooged
• Sleepy Hollow
• Snakes On a Plane
• Spawn
• Stephen King’s Graveyard Shift
• Stephen King’s Silver Bullet
• Stephen King’s Thinner
• Stir of Echoes
• Surviving Christmas
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• Swingers
• Team America: World Police
• The Belko Experiment
• The Blob
• The Core
• The Day After Tomorrow
• The Exorcism of Emily Rose
• The Green Inferno
• The Legend of Zorro
• The Little Vampire
• The Midnight Meat Train
• The Net
• The Orphanage
• The Running Man
• The Stepford Wives
• The Truman Show
• The Wicker Man (2006)
• Universal Soldier
• Vampire in Brooklyn
• Weird Science
• Willard (2003)

What’s coming to Shudder in October 2024?

October 1

• The Boulet Brothers Season 6
• Hush
• WNUF Halloween Special
• Exorcist III
• Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist
• Nightbreed
• Friday the 13th (1980)
• Friday the 13th Part II
• Friday the 13th Part III
• Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
• Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood
• Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Takes Manhattan
• The Houses October Built (2011)
• 3 From Hell
• Rob Zombie’s 31
• The Devil’s Rejects
• Lords of Salem
• Rob Zombie’s Halloween
• Rob Zombie’s Halloween
• It Follows

October 4

• V/H/S/Beyond
• Chucky Season 3

October 7

• Demons
• Demons II
• Tenebrae
• Phenomena

October 11

• Daddy’s Head 

October 15

• Audition
• Noroi: The Curse

October 18

• MadS

October 25

• Azrael

October 28

• Satan’s Little Helper

October 30

• The Exorcism 

What’s coming to Peacock in October 2024?

October 1

• 1408
• Arachnophobia
• The Blob (1988)
• Casper (‘95)
• Christine (1983)
• The Craft
• Death Becomes Her
• The Devil’s Rejects
• Don’t Be Afraid Of The Dark
• Drag Me to Hell
• Fantastic Mr. Fox
• The Final Girls
• Flushed Away
• The Fly (1986)
• Fright Night
• Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone
• Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and The Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix
• Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1
• Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 2
• Hell Fest
• The Hitcher
• How to Train Your Dragon 2
• I Know What You Did Last Summer
• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
• I’ll Always Know What You Did Last Summer
• I’m Not There
• Isle of Dogs
• It Follows
• Jennifer’s Body
• Land of the Lost
• Last Night in Soho
• Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Leprechaun Origins
• Leprechaun III
• Leprechaun 4: Lost In Space
• Leprechaun V: In The Hood
• Leprechaun VI: Back 2 Tha Hood
• Malignant
• Masters of the Universe
• Patient Zero
• The Possession of Hannah Grace
• Pride + Prejudice + Zombies
• The Purge
• The Purge: Anarchy
• The Purge: Election Year
• Rob Zombie’s Halloween
• Rob Zombie’s Halloween II
• Scared Shrekless
• Shutter Island
• Silent Hill
• Spy Next Door
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
• Vacancy (2007)
• The Vatican Tapes!
• What Lies Beneath
• Where The Scary Things Are
• White Noise
• Winter Castle
• Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood And Honey 2

October 3

• The Super Mario Bros. Movie

October 4

• I Saw The Devil

October 11

• Asteroid City

October 16

• Furious 7

October 31

• Despicable Me 4

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