The 2025 fall TV season is well and truly here, with the premieres/additions of 100 new and returning titles (amongst many, many more) in the US and beyond.
Below is our curated list of 100 programs from countries in Africa, Asia, North America, and South America that are premiering or being added to schedules/offerings in the US and other territories in October 2025. Additional program premieres are listed on our “viewing guide” page.
(For details about the premieres of programs from the UK, Ireland, English-speaking Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, and original-language/English-subtitled programs from countries in Europe, please visit The British TV Place, The Down Under TV Place, and The Euro TV Place.)
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Chicago Fire: Season 14 (US)
In the new season of this action drama, a new face at Firehouse 51 causes tension, while rising chaos in the city brings new challenges to the team, and firefighter Christopher Herrmann (David Eigenberg, And Just Like That…) stalls on plans of relinquishing his office to Senior Firefighter Randall “Mouch” McHolland (Christian Stolte, Prison Break). Chicago Fire: Season 14 premieres in the US on Wednesday, October 1, at 9pm ET, on NBC, with streaming available on Peacock starting October 2.
Chicago Med: Season 11 (US)
The new season of this medical drama sees a family of victims from a house fire rushed to Gaffney Chicago Medical Center. Elsewhere in the hospital, trauma surgeon Dr. Caitlin Lenox (Sarah Ramos, The Bear) fights to save two sisters injured in an all-night rave-turned-tragedy, and tensions mount between Executive Director Sharon Goodwin (S. Epatha Merkerson, Law & Order) and Chief of Neurosurgery Dr. Samuel Abrams (Brennan Brown, The Man in the High Castle) over difficult staffing changes. Chicago Med: Season 11 premieres in the US on Wednesday, October 1, at 8pm ET, on NBC, with streaming available on Peacock starting October 2.
Chicago P.D.: Season 13 (US)
In the new season opener of this cop drama, intelligence chief Hank Voight (Jason Beghe, Californication) teams up with an unlikely ally to take a killer off the streets while fighting to bring his Intelligence unit back together. Chicago P.D.: Season 13 premieres in the US on Wednesday, October 1, at 10pm ET, on NBC, with streaming available on Peacock starting October 2.
Play Dirty (US)
Based on the “Parker” novels by Richard Stark (pen name of Donald E. Westlake), this action-crime thriller follows Parker (Mark Wahlberg, The Fighter), an expert thief who, along with Grofield (LaKeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah), Zen (Rosa Salazar, A Million Miles Away), and a skilled crew, rolls out the biggest heist of his life — one that pits them against the New York mob.
Play Dirty, an Amazon Original Movie, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 1, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
“Parker” novels by Richard Stark
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After School Doctor: Season 2 (Japan)
This drama series follows Makino (Kouhei Matsushita, Dearest), a hospital doctor who gets reassigned to an elementary school, where he serves as its pediatrician. Although he’s a complainer with a bad attitude, Makino is also keenly observant; his ability to spot symptoms of health issues that other would miss allows him to save the children, their families, and sometimes even the teachers. After School Doctor: Season 2 premieres in the US and other territories on Thursday, October 2, on Netflix.
Elkhorn: Season 2 (US)
In the new season of this historical drama about a young Theodore Roosevelt (Mason Beals, The Bob Zula), who later became America’s 26th President, a more seasoned Roosevelt is still dealing with unresolved grief but is no less driven. Facing new adversaries, he is continuously plagued by mounting tensions in the lawless Dakota Badlands, as well as within his own Elkhorn Ranch.
Elkhorn: Season 2 premieres in the US on Thursday, October 2, at 9pm ET, on INSP.
The Game: You Never Play Alone (India)
This thriller follows a career-driven game developer (Shraddha Srinath, Jersey) who fights back against misogynistic expectations after she becomes the target of brutal attacks online and in real life.
The Game: You Never Play Alone, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, October 2, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Rockstar: DUKI from the End of the World (Argentina)
This documentary about Argentine trap star Duki gives an intimate look at his past and career, from early rap battles to his rise as a verified hitmaker in this documentary.
Rockstar: DUKI from the End of the World, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Thursday, October 2, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Wasp Woman: The Murder of a B-Movie Queen (UK)
This new docuseries is about the murder of Susan Cabot, a B-movie actress found dead in her LA mansion in December 1986. The LAPD go after their only suspect, Cabot’s son, Timothy Scott Roman, who arouses their suspicion with his peculiar mannerisms and childlike features. What unravels is a real-life dark tale of Hollywood through the years and an eerie, sci-fi experiment that’s straight out of Cabot’s most notorious movie, The Wasp Woman. Wasp Woman: The Murder of a B-Movie Queen, a Sundance Now Original Series, premieres in the US on Thursday, October 2, on Sundance Now and its digital channels, including Sundance Now on Prime Video Channels, AMC+, and AMC+ on Prime Channels.
Genie, Make a Wish (South Korea)
This fantasy romcom series follows Genie (Kim Woo-bin, Officer Black Belt, Black Knight, Our Blues, Inheritors), a mysterious and mischievous spirit who awakens from a thousand-year slumber to grant three life-changing wishes to Ka-young (Suzy, Doona!, Start-Up, Vagabond, While You Were Sleeping), an emotionless young woman who suddenly finds herself the new owner of a magical lamp. As Genie tries to adjust to the modern world with his devilish ways, he (called Iblis, aka Satan) and the emotionally-guarded Ka-young find themselves drawn into an unexpected and electrifying romance.
Genie, Make a Wish, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 3, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Goodbye, Farewell (Indonesia)
In this drama, Wyn (Putri Marino, Borderless Fog) looks for her missing boyfriend, Dani (Jourdy Pranata, One Night Stand), in Seoul, where she meets Rey (Jerome Kurnia, Photocopier), an Indonesian worker who helps her. As the two grow closer, Rey discovers Dani’s new identity but doesn’t tell Wyn. Then, after Wyn meets Dani again, she disappears, forcing Rey to search for her.
Goodbye, Farewell premieres in the US and other territories on Friday, October 3, on Netflix.
The Lost Bus (US)
Based on the book Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson, this action-packed, true story-inspired rescue drama centers on a wayward school bus driver (Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club) and a dedicated school teacher (America Ferrera, Ugly Betty), who risk their lives to save 22 children from one of America’s deadliest wildfires.
The Lost Bus, an Apple TV+ Original Film, premieres globally on Friday, October 3, exclusively on Apple TV+ and its digital channels, including Apple TV+ on Prime Video Channels.
Paradise: One Town’s Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire by Lizzie Johnson
Match (South Africa)
In this horror movie, Paola (Humberly González, Ginny & Georgia) is matched with a handsome online suitor, but when she arrives for their first date, she discovers a house full of dark and terrifying secrets. Match, a Tubi Original, premieres in the US on Friday, October 3, exclusively on Tubi.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story (US)
The third installment of the “Monster” anthology series tells the story of a friendly, mild-mannered recluse named Eddie Gein (Charlie Hunnam, Sons of Anarchy), who lived quietly in the 1950s on a decaying farm in rural Plainfield, Wisconsin, where he hid a gruesome house of horrors. Driven by isolation, psychosis, and an all-consuming obsession with his mother, serial killer, grave robber, and psycho Gein’s perverse crimes birthed a new kind of monster that would haunt Hollywood for decades. From Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to The Silence of the Lambs, Gein’s macabre legacy gave rise to fictional monsters born in his image and ignited a cultural obsession with the criminally deviant.
Monster: The Ed Gein Story, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 3, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
V/H/S/Halloween (US)
This film, a collection of six Halloween-themed videotapes, unleashes a series of twisted, blood-soaked tales, turning trick-or-treat into a struggle for survival.
V/H/S/Halloween, a Shudder Original Film, premieres in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand on Friday, October 3, exclusively on Shudder and, where available, its digital channels, including Shudder on Prime Video Channels, AMC+, and AMC+ on Prime Video Channels.
404 (Thailand)
In this supernatural comedy movie, real estate swindler Nakrob (Chantavit Dhanasevi, Doctor Climax) discovers an abandoned hillside hotel by the beach. Seeing an opportunity, he decides to turn it into a luxury hotel scam. But first, he must get rid of its ghostly owner (Kanyawee Songmuang, In Family We Trust).
404 premieres in the US and other territories on Saturday, October 4, on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live From the Hollywood Bowl (US)
This all-star concert, filmed over two nights at the Hollywood Bowl in L.A., celebrates the music of Cyndi Lauper, a GRAMMY, EMMY®, and Tony winner and a 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, as she concludes her international, year-long “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Farewell Tour.” The event will feature exclusive performances of Lauper’s iconic songs; special guests that include Joni Mitchell, Cher, Angelique Kidjo, John Legend, SZA, Mickey Guyton, Trombone Shorty, and Jake Wesley Rogers; and a video tribute from Brandi Carlile.
A Grammy Salute to Cyndi Lauper: Live From the Hollywood Bowl premieres in the US on Sunday, October 5, at 8pm ET/PT, on CBS, with live streaming available to Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as on-demand streaming. Paramount+ Essential and Paramount+ Prime Video Channel subscribers will have access to on-demand streaming the day after the special airs.
House of David: Season 2 (US)
This historical drama tells the story of the ascent of the biblical figure, David (Michael Iskander), who eventually becomes the most renowned and celebrated king of Israel. In Season 2, Israel nears collapse as Saul’s (Ali Suliman, Prime Target) reign falters, while the Age of Iron transforms warfare and David rises from shepherd to warrior, caught between loyalty and destiny. As families fracture, forbidden loves spark, alliances shift, and faith and power collide in a struggle that will decide Israel’s future.
House of David: Season 2 premieres in the US with two episodes on Sunday, October 5, as part of the launch of Wonder Project’s subscription channel on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.) New episodes will drop weekly through November 16.
Catch up on House of David Season 1
A Nation of Tteok (South Korea)
This new program looks at tteok, a traditional Korean rice dessert, showing viewers how this staple for every celebration and season weaves through Korean life, heritage, and culture. A Nation of Tteok premieres in the US and other territories on Monday, October 6, on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Branding in Seongsu (South Korea)
In this romantic thriller, workaholic Kang Na-Eon (Kim Ji-Eun, One Dollar Lawyer), a team leader at Seongsu Agency, lands an exclusive marketing contract with XU Cosmetics that could elevate her to an executive level position. Meanwhile, naive but sincere So Eun-Ho (Park Solomon, Revenge of Others), an intern at Seongsu Agency, takes the side of handmade shoemakers, who must vacate their building to allow for a XU Cosmetics popup store. As the ideologically-opposed Kang Na-Eon and So Eun-Ho butt heads, an accidental kiss causes them to swap bodies and then struggle to navigate each other’s lives.
Branding in Seongsu begins streaming in the US on Tuesday, October 7, on Hulu.
Donkerbos (South Africa)
This critically-acclaimed, award-winning, bilingual (Afrikaans and English) noir mystery thriller follows Fanie van Wyk (Erica Wessels, Unseen, Dwaalster), an ostracized detective who is called in to investigate when the bodies of six children are found in the backwater forests of Donkerbos, Limpopo. Over the course of eight episodes, Fanie is forced to reckon with her dark past, her family, and a distrustful community to catch the killer before another child is taken.
Donkerbos premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, October 7, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Video Channels.
True Haunting (UK)
Through immersive reenactments and present-day interviews, this chilling horror docuseries details paranormal encounters from the viewpoint of those who lived them.
True Haunting, a Netflix Docuseries, premieres globally on Tuesday, October 7, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Caramelo (Brazil)
In this heartwarming dramedy, Pedro (Rafael Vitti, Rock Story), a promising chef, is about to fulfill his dream of running a restaurant when he encounters a cute and feisty caramelo dog. But then he gets an unexpected and life-altering medical diagnosis, and his world is turned upside down. With the help of his new canine bud, Caramelo (Amendoim), Pedro embarks on a journey of rediscovery and connection, finding meaning and inspiration in the present, as well as in his lifelong bond and friendship with his fur-midable pooch.
Caramelo, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 8, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Is It Cake? Halloween (US)
Hosted by Mikey Day, this special Halloween edition of competition series Is It Cake? sees nine of the best hyper-realistic cake artists try to trick celebrity judges with their spooktacularly realistic cakes, as they compete in a do-or-die competition to take home their share of the prize pot and the title of “Is It Cake? Halloween” champion!
Is It Cake? Halloween, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 8, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Maintenance Required (US)
In this romantic comedy, Charlie (Madelaine Petsch, Riverdale), the fiercely independent owner of an all-female mechanic shop, is forced to reevaluate her future when a flashy corporate competitor moves in across the street. Seeking comfort, she turns to an anonymous online confidant, unaware that she’s actually confiding in Beau (Jacob Scipio, “Bad Boys” films), the very rival threatening her business. As sparks fly both online and off, the truth threatens to blow everything apart.
Maintenance Required, an Amazon Original Movie, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 8, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
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Secrets of the Dead: Rise and Fall of the Colosseum (US)
This episode of Secrets of the Dead is part detective story, part true-life drama. The Colosseum was the jewel of ancient Rome, wowing vast crowds with its extraordinary spectacles. It pushed the boundaries of technology and exhibited Rome’s immense wealth and influence. But just as the structure embodied Rome’s power, so, too, did it reflect the empire’s downfall.
Secrets of the Dead: Rise and Fall of the Colosseum premieres in the US on Wednesday, October 8, at 10pm ET, on PBS, PBS.org, the PBS app, and the PBS Documentaries Prime Video Channel.
Stay (US)
This horror movie follows a couple — Kiara (Megalyn Echikunwoke, Almost Family), a PhD author of African spirituality, and Miles (Mo McRae, The Flight Attendant), a former MMA fighter — as they face the end of their once-beautiful marriage. As it appears, matters can’t get any worse in their lives, but then they begin to encounter soul-shaking, supernatural forces and go from fighting one another to fighting for their lives.
Stay, a Hulu Original, premieres in the US on Wednesday, October 8, exclusively on Hulu.
9-1-1: Nashville (US)
Set in Nashville, Tennessee, this new drama series, the second spin-off of the “9-1-1” franchise, follows the lives of emergency responders, including firefighters, paramedics, and police officers, as they face life-threatening situations.
9-1-1: Nashville premieres in the US on Thursday, October 9, at 9pm ET, on ABC, with streaming available on Hulu starting October 10.
Boots (US)
Set in the tough, unpredictable world of the 1990s U.S. Marine Corps, when being gay in the military was still illegal, this hour-long comedic drama follows directionless, closeted Cameron Cope (Miles Heizer, 13 Reasons Why) and his best friend, Ray McAffey (Liam Oh, The Thing About Harry), the son of a decorated Marine, as they join a diverse group of recruits. Together, this ensemble navigates the literal and metaphorical landmines of boot camp, forging unlikely bonds and discovering their true selves in an environment designed to push them to their limits.
Boots, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, October 9, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Resurrected (Taiwan)
Set in the fictional city of Benkha, this revenge thriller series sees manipulative predator Chang Shih-kai (Fu Meng-po, I Am Married… But!) sentenced to death after committing heinous crimes of abuse, assault, and murder against young girls. Though executed, his victims’ grieving mothers, Wang Hui-chun (Shu Qi, Resurrection) and Chao Ching (Sinje Lee, Grit), remain dissatisfied, feeling that his end was far too peaceful. Unable to accept the injustice, the women turn to a mysterious ritual they once witnessed, enabling them to resurrect Chang for seven days in order to avenge their daughters. But as painful truths emerge, justice slips from their reach.
The Resurrected, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, October 9, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Alabama Solution (US)
This documentary is about the prison system in Alabama, told from the perspective of inmates. In 2019, filmmakers visit an Alabama prison to film a revival meeting. Off camera, incarcerated men whisper a message: Terrible things are going on here and being kept secret. This sparks an immersive six-year investigation to discover the reality behind the walls of one of the nation’s deadliest prison systems.
Through unprecedented direct access and video shot on contraband cell phones, the filmmakers learn from the men inside about a suspicious and violent death. The story unfolds in real time, revealing it isn’t an isolated incident and that the official version appears far from the truth. What follows is a shocking story of brutality, corruption, and a system in collapse. As the men fight for their own survival, they embark on a campaign of resistance, against all odds.
The Alabama Solution, an HBO Original Documentary, premieres in the US on Friday, October 10, at 8pm ET/PT, on HBO, with streaming available on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
John Candy: I Like Me (US)
In this documentary about the life, career, and loss of John Candy, one of the most beloved actors of all time, those who knew him best share his story, in their own words, through never-before-seen archival footage, imagery, and interviews.
John Candy: I Like Me, an Amazon Original Movie, premieres globally on Friday, October 10, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
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Kurukshetra (India)
Told through unique perspectives over 18 days of war, this animated series depicts the epic battle of Kurukshetra, aka the Mahabharata War, between two groups of cousins, the Pandavas and the Kauravas, for the throne of Hastinapura. (The war is used as the context for the dialogues of the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita, which forms part of the epic poem Mahabharata.)
Kurukshetra, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 10, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Last Frontier (US)
This thriller follows Frank Remnick (Jason Clarke, Zero Dark Thirty), the lone U.S. marshal in charge of the quiet, rugged barrens of Alaska. Remnick’s jurisdiction is turned upside down when a prison transport plane crashes in the remote wilderness, setting free dozens of violent inmates. Tasked with protecting the town he’s vowed to keep safe, he begins to suspect the crash wasn’t an accident, but the first step of a well-crafted plan with far-reaching and devastating implications.
The Last Frontier, premieres globally with the first two episodes on Friday, October 10, exclusively on Apple TV+ and its digital channels, including Apple TV+ on Prime Video Channels. New episodes will drop every Friday through December 5.
My Father, the BTK Killer (US)
This true-crime documentary tells the story of Dennis Rader, who dubbed himself BTK (Bind, Torture, Kill), through the eyes of his daughter, Kerri Rawson. It follows Kerri as she confronts the possibility of there being more victims, and reckons with childhood memories that may hold hidden traumas. Weaving together interviews with the investigators who helped uncover BTK’s identity, and featuring chilling archival photos and sketches, interrogation footage of Rader himself, and Rawson’s personal reflections on her relationship with her father both before and since his arrest and conviction, the film sheds light on the enduring impact of Rader’s crimes and Rawson’s own healing journey.
My Father, the BTK Killer, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Friday, October 10, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
No Brakes (Chile)
This new comedy series follows Tiluca (Javiera Contador, La Reina de Franklin), a practical, traditional, high-society woman who loses her husband and gains a mountain of debt in one fell swoop. The only thing her late spouse left her was the mansion she lives in, and she needs to do something with it in order to avoid financial ruin. In the midst of her crisis, she she meets Julio César (Yul Bürkle, Your Iron Lady), an immigrant delivery man. He happens to have experience in the hotel industry, so Tiluca decides to team up with him to convert her home into a hostel for delivery drivers. So begins a business arrangement that evolves into an unexpected friendship between people from different worlds, one that challenges social prejudices and cultural barriers.
No Brakes premieres globally on Friday, October 10, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
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Swim to Me (Chile)
Inspired by Alia Trabucco Zerán’s internationally best-selling novel Clean, this family drama tells the story of the intense relationship between Estela (María Paz Grandjean, Nobody Knows I’m Here), a domestic worker, and the six-year-old girl she cares for day and night. As their bond grows closer, they build a secret, dependent world that leads them to an inevitable outcome.
Swim to Me, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, October 10, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Typhoon Family (South Korea)
Set amid South Korea’s financial crisis in 1997, this drama follows Kang Tae-poong (Lee Jun-ho, King the Land), an affluent and carefree young man whose world is turned upside down when he unexpectedly inherits and becomes the CEO of Typhoon Company, his recently-deceased father’s failing trading company. But Tae-poong struggles to keep the family business afloat, a situation that forces him to give up luxury for responsibility and face the realities of survival.
Typhoon Family, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Saturday, October 11, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Chair Company (US)
Tim Robinson (I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson) stars in this new 8-episode comedy series as William Ronald Trosper, who finds himself investigating a far-reaching conspiracy after an embarrassing incident at work.
The Chair Company, an HBO Original Comedy Series, premieres in the US on Sunday, October 12, at 10pm ET, on HBO, with streaming available on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels. New episodes will drop weekly through November 30.
Elsbeth: Season 3 (US)
Opening the third season of this crime comedy-drama series is the episode “Yes, And…,” in which the quirky Elsbeth Tascioni (Carrie Preston, The Good Wife) dives into the world of late-night comedy when backstage tensions rise between a talk show host (Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), his head writer, Laurel (Amy Sedaris, The Mandalorian), and her on-air sidekick husband, Mickey (Andy Richter, Conan). Elsbeth also meets a new police officer (Lindsay Mendez, All Rise), who is an aspiring stand-up comic when off the clock.
Elsbeth: Season 3 premieres in the US on Sunday, October 12, at 9:30pm ET/9pm PT, on CBS, with subsequent new episodes debuting in the show’s regular time slot of 10pm ET/PT starting Thursday, October 16. Live and on-demand streaming will be available for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, with on-demand streaming available for Paramount+ Essential and Paramount+ Prime Video Channel subscribers the day after each episode airs.
Matlock: Season 2 (US)
Kathy Bates (Misery) is back as Madeline “Matty” Matlock in the sophomore season of this hit legal drama, which kicks off with “The Before Times” episode, in which Matty questions the paternity of the man claiming to be her grandson, Alfie’s (Aaron Harris, My Weird School), father. Also, the team takes on an arson case while Olympia (Skye P. Marshall, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) tries to protect Julian’s (Jason Ritter, A Million Little Things) involvement in the Wellbrexa case.
Matlock: Season 2 premieres in the US on Sunday, October 12, at 8:30pm ET/PT, on CBS, with subsequent new episodes debuting in the show’s regular time slot of 9pm ET/PT starting Thursday, October 16. Live and on-demand streaming will be available for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, with on-demand streaming available for Paramount+ and Paramount+ Prime Video Channel subscribers the day after each episode airs.
DMV (US)
This new comedy series is set in the place everyone dreads going most — the Department of Motor Vehicles — where minimum-wage employees deal with customers who are annoyed before they even walk in the door. In the pilot episode, East Hollywood DMV driving examiner Colette (Harriet Dyer, Colin from Accounts) pines for her coworker, Noa (Alex Tarrant, NCIS: Hawai’i), while enduring teasing from colleagues Gregg (Tim Meadows, Saturday Night Live), Vic (Tony Cavalero, The Righteous Gemstones), and Ceci (Gigi Zumbado, Hightown). Also, new manager Barb (Molly Kearney, Saturday Night Live) rallies the crew to save their branch from government shutdown.
DMV premieres in the US on Monday, October 13, at 8:30pm ET/PT, on CBS, with live and on-demand streaming available for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers. Paramount+ Essential and and Paramount+ Prime Video Channel subscribers can access on-demand streaming the day after each episode airs.
TV We Love (US)
This docuseries celebrates eight of America’s most iconic television shows and the indelible mark they left on popular culture, including I Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, The Love Boat, The Honeymooners, Happy Days, Dynasty, Cheers, and Touched by An Angel. Across eight episodes, cast members, creators, scholars, and television insiders share rare stories, behind-the-scenes secrets, and surprising insights into the creativity and innovation that made these programs both unforgettable entertainment and cultural touchstones.
Featured cast members include Keith Thibodeaux (I Love Lucy); Barry Williams, Christopher Knight (The Brady Bunch), and Gary Cole (The Brady Bunch Movie); Fred Grandy and Ted Lange (The Love Boat); Don Most and Scott Baio (Happy Days); Al Corley, Jack Coleman, and Pamela Sue Martin (Dynasty), and Roma Downey (Touched By An Angel). The special also features commentary from Variety Executive TV Editor Michael Schneider, entertainment writer, author, and journalist Jim Colucci, and super celebrity fans Bob Costas, Carrie Preston, Nicole Sullivan, and Kate Flannery.
TV We Love premieres in the US on Monday, October 13, at 8pm ET/PT, on The CW.
Watson: Season 2 (US)
In this mystery series’ sophomore season opener, Dr. John Watson (Morris Chestnut, Rosewood) and the fellows spring back into action when Dr. Mary Morstan’s (Rochelle Aytes, S.W.A.T.) mother accidentally poisons herself while suffering from a rare form of dementia that is progressing with impossible speed. Meanwhile, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Carlyle, Once Upon a Time) resurfaces after being presumed dead. Watson: Season 2 premieres in the US on Monday, October 13, at 10pm ET/PT, on CBS, with live and on-demand streaming available for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers. Paramount+ Essential and and Paramount+ Prime Video Channel subscribers can access on-demand streaming the day after each episode airs.
American Masters: Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (US)
This episode of PBS’s American Masters takes an intimate look at the life of actress Marlee Matlin, as she shares her story in her native American Sign Language. At 21 years old, Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award®, and she became an outspoken champion of Deaf rights. With four Emmy® nominations and major roles in The West Wing and the Oscar®-winning CODA, the film explores Matlin’s life as she reclaims her own story.
American Masters: Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore premieres in the US on Tuesday, October 14, at 9pm ET, on PBS (check your local listings), with streaming available on PBS.org and the PBS app.
Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead (Thailand)
This thriller follows Toh (Theeradej Wongpuapan, Heartbeats), a diligent bank employee and devoted father, whose world starts to unravel as technology threatens his job and mounting bills push his family to the brink. When his daughter’s costly international school fees become the final straw, Toh’s desperation leads him to team up with Petch (Vachirawich Wattanapakdeepaisan, To the Moon and Back), a junior colleague who stumbles upon a dormant bank account containing 30 million baht, money left behind by a deceased client with no heirs. Driven by circumstance and temptation, the two men make a fateful choice to take the money. But their plan quickly spirals out of control, drawing them into a deadly game with dangerous criminals who want the fortune back.
Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Tuesday, October 14, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Guts & Glory (US)
This new unscripted, horror-based series flips the script on the traditional competition show, thrusting players into an immersive horror experience full of unexpected challenges. It blends the intensity of a horror film with the pressure of a survival game where contestants are confronted with their fears in various scenarios. Guts & Glory, a Shudder Original Series, premieres in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand on Tuesday, October 14, exclusively on Shudder and, where available, its digital channels, including Shudder on Prime Video Channels, AMC+, and AMC+ on Prime Video Channels.
Loot: Season 3 (US)
Season 3 of this dark comedy series continues the events from the Season 2 finale, when billionaire philanthropist Molly Wells (Maya Rudolph, Bridesmaids) and her trusted and somewhat assistant Nicholas (Joel Kim Booster, KPop Demon Hunters) board Molly’s private jet with her orders to take her as far away as possible after blowback from her fellow billionaires about stepping up philanthropy and her awkward exchange with her will-they-or-won’t-they colleague, Arthur (Nat Faxon, The Conners).
Loot: Season 3 premieres globally on Wednesday, October 15, exclusively on Apple TV+ and its digital channels, including Apple TV+ on Prime Video Channels.
Murdaugh: Death in the Family (US)
Inspired by the popular Murdaugh Murders Podcast, this true-crime drama stars Patricia Arquette (Severance) and Jason Clarke (Oppenheimer) as Maggie and Alex Murdaugh, who enjoy a lavish life of privilege as members of one of South Carolina’s most powerful legal dynasties. But when their son, Paul (Johnny Berchtold, Reacher), is involved in a deadly boat crash, the family is faced with a test unlike any they’ve ever encountered. As details come to light and new challenges emerge, the family’s connections to several mysterious deaths raise questions that threaten everything Maggie and Alex hold dear.
Murdaugh: Death in the Family, a Hulu Original, premieres in the US on Wednesday, October 15, exclusively on Hulu.
No One Saw Us Leave (Mexico)
Based on the novel Nadie nos vio partir by Tamara Trottner, itself inspired by her own true story, this drama follows a woman (Tessa Ia, Narcos: Mexico) who, amid divorce, must battle prejudice and scandal to bring her children home after their father kidnaps them in an act of revenge.
No One Saw Us Leave, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 15, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Nadie nos vio partir (Spanish edition) by Tamara Trottner
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy (US)
This true-crime drama limited series peels back the twisted layers of the life of serial killer John Wayne Gacy (Michael Chernus, Severance) while weaving in heartrending stories of his victims; exploring the grief, guilt, and trauma of their families and friends; and exposing the systemic failures, missed opportunities, and societal prejudices that fueled his reign of terror in the 1970s.
Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy, a Peacock Original, premieres in the US as an 8-episode binge on Thursday, October 16, exclusively on Peacock.
Romantics Anonymous (Japan)
This romantic comedy-drama is based on the French film Les émotifs anonymes (Romantics Anonymous in English). It revolves around Sosuke (Shun Oguri, Kingdom 4: Return of the Great General), the new president of a chocolate shop who is unable to touch people due to trauma, and Hana (Han Hyo-joo, Happiness), a genius chocolatier at the shop who suffers from scopophobia (fear of being stared at). Their mutual love for chocolate brings them together and leads to their overcoming relationship issues.
Romantics Anonymous, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, October 16, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Stream Romantics Anonymous (in French with English subtitles)
The Time That Remains (Philippines)
In this romantic fantasy drama, an older woman, surrounded by a string of deaths, relives her romance with a mysterious, ageless lover as an inspector closes in on their dark secret.
Starring Carlo Aquino (The Missing), Bing Pimentel (Outside), and Jasmine Curtis-Smith (My Husband’s Wife), The Time That Remains, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Thursday, October 16, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
27 Nights (Argentina)
Based on the biographical fiction novel Veintisiete noches by Natalia Zito, this drama centers on Martha Hoffman (Marilú Marini, Furia), an octogenarian who is admitted, against her will, to a psychiatric hospital by her daughters for her carefree ways. It will be up to an expert to judge whether she is truly ill or simply wants to enjoy life. 27 Nights, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, October 17, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Veintisiete noches (Spanish Edition) by Natalia Zito
Baby Assassins Everyday!: Season 1 (Japan)
Joining the “Baby Assassins” film franchise is this action crime comedy-drama series, which follows the adventures of teenage assassins/contract killers Chisato Sugimoto (Akari Takaishi, Glass Heart) and Mahiro Fukagawa (Saori Izawa, Re:Born).
Baby Assassins Everyday!: Season 1 premieres in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Boston Blue (US)
Donnie Wahlberg reprises his role as NYPD detective Danny Reagan in this new cop drama, a spin-off of Blue Bloods. Here, Reagan takes a position with the Boston Police Department and is paired with Boston PD detective Lena Silver (Sonequa Martin-Green, Star Trek: Discovery), the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family. The Silver family is comprised of Lena, Boston district attorney Mae Silver (Gloria Reuben, ER), police superintendent Sarah Silver (Maggie Lawson, Psych), rookie cop Jonah Silver (Marcus Scribner, Black-ish), and renowned Baptist pastor Reverend Edwin Peters (Ernie Hudson, “Ghostbusters” films). As Reagan settles into his new city, he also hopes to reconnect with his younger son, Sean (Mika Amonsen, Hudson & Rex), who is beginning his own career in Boston.
In the series opener, Reagan and Silver team up to investigate a deadly fire at a tech company. As they dig deeper, they uncover a complex web of secrets involving facial recognition technology, family ties, and a search for justice that brings the Silver and Reagan families closer together.
Boston Blue premieres in the US on Friday, October 17, at 10pm ET/PT, on CBS, with live and on-demand streaming available for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers. Paramount+ Essential and Paramount+ Prime Video Channel subscribers can access on-demand streaming the day after each episode airs.
Good News (South Korea)
Set in 1970, this satirical geopolitical period thriller sees a communist group in Japan hijack a passenger plane and divert it to Pyongyang, North Korea. A mysterious fixer called “Nobody” (Sul Kyung-gu, Mantis), whose name and background remain unknown, devises a covert operation under the order of Park Sang-hyeon (Ryu Seung-beom, Moving), Director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency, to bring the plane to a safe landing at all costs. Then, Seo Go-myung (Hong Kyung, Weak Hero Class 1), an elite Air Force lieutenant, is unwittingly pulled into the mission and faces the unthinkable task: outsmart the hijackers onboard and double hijack the plane from the ground.
Good News, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, October 17, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
La Grande Maison Tokyo: Season 1 & Special (Japan)
In this drama series, disgraced chef Natsuki Obana (Takuya Kimura, The Family) returns to Japan from France to start a new restaurant with Rinko Hayami (Kyôka Suzuki, Pararescue Jumper) as chef, three years after a French bureaucrat was accidentally served food containing an ingredient he was allergic to at Obana’s restaurant in Paris. This led to Obana’s loss of the restaurant and all of the staff who worked there. After much persuading, they join him at his new restaurant, La Grande Maison Tokyo, but the incident in Paris casts a long shadow. The one-off special is set at the restaurant after the COVID-19 pandemic.
La Grande Maison Tokyo: Season 1 and special begin streaming in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Ignite: Season 1 (Japan)
This new drama series follows Ryo Uzaki (Shotaro Mamiya, Hakai), a young law school graduate who works part-time while job hunting at law firms and being rejected by all of them. It seems his luck has changed when he lands a job at Peace Law Office, where he thinks he’ll finally become a full-fledged lawyer and do work that delivers justice. Except this firm is chock-full of ambulance chasers, lawless lawyers who go where disputes are raging and incite the people to sue. Ignite: Season 1 premieres in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Light of My Lion: Season 1 (Japan)
In this drama series, Hiroto Komori (Yuya Yagira, Gannibal) works at City Hall and has been taking care of his younger brother, Michito Komori (Ryota Bando, Riding a Unicorn), since their parents died in an accident. Although Michito is on the autism spectrum, he works as an artist. The two men’s daily lives are ordinary and peaceful… until the appearance of a mysterious little boy, Lion (Tasuku Sato, Ossan’s Love Returns).
Light of My Lion: Season 1 begins streaming in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Love Is for the Dogs: Season 1 (Japan)
A love triangle and literal puppy love are at the center of this new romantic comedy series. One day, while out walking her dog, Sakura, divorce lawyer Aiko Hanamura (Kaya Kiyohara, Last Samurai Standing) meets Kai Shirosaki (Ryo Narita, Who Saw The Peacock Dance in the Jungle?), a veterinarian and the director of an animal hospital, who’s walking his rescue doggo, Shogun. It’s love at first woof for the two pooches, and their humans hit it off, too. Then Woo So-Ha (Na In-Woo, Marry My Husband), a Korean guy from a powerful chaebol family, turns up with a mission: to get close to Kai. By chance, he meets Aiko, sparking a love triangle with a strange connection.
Love Is for the Dogs: Season 1 premieres in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Mr. Mikami’s Classroom: Season 1 (Japan)
Tôri Matsuzaka (Let’s Get Divorced) stars in this new drama series as Takashi Mikami, a graduate of Tokyo University who joins Japan’s Ministry of Education, intent on reforming the country’s education system and strengthening the critical thinking skills of its students. But a rude awakening awaits him. Members of the ministry are more interested in self-preservation, and when Takashi challenges the authorities, he is “exiled” to a private high school on a ministry program, where he represents both the bureaucrats who helped create the system and the teachers suffering from it. So, Mikami leads a group of high school seniors to battle the powers that be and reform the education system.
Mr. Mikami’s Classroom: Season 1 premieres in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Mr. Scorsese (US)
This five-part documentary event is a film portrait of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Martin Scorsese’s private archives, the docuseries is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family, and creative collaborators, including Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie, Cate Blanchett, Jay Cocks, and Rodrigo Prieto, along with his children, wife Helen Morris, and close childhood friends. The program examines how his own colorful life experiences informed his artistic vision as each film he made stunned the world with originality. Starting with his New York University student films and continuing to the present day, this documentary explores the themes that have fascinated Scorsese and informed his work, including the place of good and evil in the fundamental nature of humankind.
Mr. Scorsese premieres globally on Friday, October 17, exclusively on Apple TV+ and its digital channels, including Apple TV+ on Prime Video Channels.
O.T.H.E.R (France-Belgium)
This horror thriller stars Olga Kurylenko (Thunderbolts*, Oblivion) as Alice, who returns to her childhood home after her mother’s death, only to find the house is rigged with surveillance tracking her every move, as a sinister presence lurks, driving her towards a terrifying revelation.
O.T.H.E.R, a Shudder Original Film, premieres in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand on Friday, October 17, exclusively on Shudder and, where available, its digital channels, including Shudder on Prime Video Channels, AMC+, and AMC+ on Prime Video Channels.
The Perfect Neighbor (US)
This true-crime documentary bears witness to a tight-knit Florida community navigating one neighbor’s hostility and relentless harassment, which takes a sinister turn when a minor disagreement between neighbors escalates into a shocking, fatal crime. Using police bodycam footage from dozens of police visits and interviews, the film probes the aftermath and illustrates the impact of the controversial yet widely common “stand your ground” laws.
The Perfect Neighbor, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Friday, October 17, exclusively on Netflix, following its theatrical release in select theaters October 10. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Please Die My Beloved: Season 1 (Japan)
Yumi Adachi (Tokyo Vampire Hotel), Saki Aibu (The Last Man: The Blind Profiler), and Sayaka Isoyama (Malice) star in this mystery thriller as Maya Komoto, Riko Kagami, and Yurika Sakaki, respectively, former college classmates who are now in their late 30s. One night, Yurika confesses that she killed her husband. Then Maya’s husband disappears. So begins the revenge of these wives, who’ve been struggling to get back the happiness that was stolen from them by their marriages. Please Die My Beloved: Season 1 premieres in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Sheriff Country (US)
A spin-off of Fire Country, this brand-new crime drama stars Morena Baccarin (Homeland) as Mickey Fox, a straight-shooting sheriff in the small, rural town of Edgewater, California, and stepsister of Cal Fire’s division chief, Sharon Leone (Diane Farr, Fire Country), who must balance the demands of law enforcement with the complexities of motherhood, community politics, and a past that won’t stay buried. In the pilot episode, after a young boy is caught stealing food, Mickey uncovers a disturbing case of child abuse that leads to a high-stakes rescue and a cliffside standoff that could cost lives. Meanwhile, Mickey’s daughter, Skye (Amanda Arcuri, Degrassi: Next Class), is newly sober, but her path to sobriety is complicated by her relationship with a troubled young man whom her mother arrested.
Sheriff Country premieres in the US on Friday, October 17, at 9pm ET/PT, on CBS, with new episodes debuting in the show’s regular time slot of 8pm ET/PT starting Friday, October 24. Live and on-demand streaming will be available for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers. Paramount+ Essential and Paramount+ Prime Video Channel subscribers can access on-demand streaming the day after each episode airs.
True Beauty: Season 1 (South Korea)
In this romantic comedy-drama series, high school student Lim Ju Kyung (Moon Ga-young, The Interest of Love) has been insecure about her looks for years due to relentless bullying, so much so that she transferred schools. She’s also mastered the art of makeup from watching videos on YouTube and transformed herself into a beauty, one who’s loath to let anyone see her without makeup on. At her new school, she encounters again Lee Soo Ho (Cha Eun-woo, Island), the handsome and wealthy guy who had saved her from suicide, only neither of them recognizes the other — until he sees her sans makeup at the store. As the two grow closer, another student, Han Seo-joon (Hwang In-Youp, Why Her), begins having feelings for Ju Kyung, and a love triangle develops.
True Beauty: Season 1 premieres in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Until I Destroyed My Husband’s Other Family (Japan)
This psychological thriller series centers on Minori Kisaragi (Marika Matsumoto, Midnight Diner: Tokyo Stories), a housewife and mother who learns that her husband, Yudai (Terunosuke Takezai, Trillion Game), has been cheating on her with Riko Miyake (Maho Nonami, After School Doctor) for fifteen years. He even has another family with this woman. So, Minori decides to get revenge by using Riko’s teenage son, Wataru (Kôta Nomura, The Honest Realtor). Until I Destroyed My Husband’s Other Family premieres in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Vivant: Season 1 (Japan)
This drama follows Nogi Yusuke (Masato Sakai, Sanadamaru), the head of a large corporation’s energy development division, who discovers that 13 billion yen was mistakenly transferred to a company with whom he’s been working on an infrastructure project. Folks suspect he’s the one responsible, so Yusuke decides to find the culprit himself by traveling to Central Asia using intel he’s gotten from a friend in the CIA. So begins a dangerous adventure he couldn’t have imagined until he started to live it.
Vivant: Season 1 begins streaming in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Who Saw The Peacock Dance in the Jungle?: Season 1 (Japan)
In this mystery-crime drama series, university student Komugi Yamashita (Suzu Hirose, Asura) has lived with her father, a former cop, since her mother died when she was a child. Then, her father is murdered, and the man arrested for the crime is the son of the man her father arrested 22 years ago for murdering a family. The letter Komugi’s father left for her states that he knew he’d be killed and lists the names of people who would likely be arrested for his death but are innocent. Grieving, but also puzzled and determined, Komugi sets out to find the truth and the person who actually killed her father.
She goes to see criminal lawyer Yoshiteru Matsukaze (Kenichi Matsuyama, Why Didn’t I Tell You a Million Times?), whose name is on the list. But he’s never met her father or had any dealings with him. Despite finding all of the very weird, indeed, Yoshiteru decides to help Komugi, and the two team up to investigate the two murders from the past and present, which seem to be linked to each other.
Who Saw The Peacock Dance in the Jungle?: Season 1 begins streaming in the US on Friday, October 17, on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Hal & Harper (US)
Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth) and Lili Reinhart (Riverdale) star in this comedy-drama series as twenty-something siblings Hal and Harper, both of whom struggle with anxieties and insecurities as they transition to adulthood. When their father (Mark Ruffalo, Task), who raised them alone after their mom died when they were young, decides to sell the family home to start a new life with his new partner, Kate (Betty Gilpin, GLOW), and their expected child, Hal and Harper begin to waver. Hal & Harper premieres in the US on Sunday, October 19, on Mubi and its digital channels, including Mubi on Prime Video Channels.
The Road (US)
This new music competition series follows 12 talented emerging musicians as they compete as opening acts for GRAMMY Award winner Keith Urban at music venues across America. In his search for the next big artist, alongside GRAMMY Award winner Gretchen Wilson, who acts as “Tour Manager” for the series, Urban is joined by executive producers Blake Shelton and Taylor Sheridan, and other country music stars (to be announced) throughout the season, who guide these seasoned musicians, and along with a live venue audience, determine who advances to the next city. In the end, only one will walk away with the grand prize: a $250,000 cash award and a recording contract
The Road premieres in the US on Sunday, October 19, at 9pm ET, on CBS, with live streaming available for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers via the live feed of their local CBS affiliate on the service, as well as on-demand streaming. Paramount+ Essential and Paramount+ Prime Video Channel subscribers can access on-demand streaming the day after each episode airs.
Tracker: Season 3 (US)
The new season of this crime drama opens with the episode “The Process,” in which Colter (Justin Hartley, This Is Us) grapples with the shocking truth surrounding his father’s death, as Russell (Jensen Ackles, Supernatural) joins forces with his brother to help track down the missing wife and daughter of one of Reenie’s (Fiona Rene, The Lincoln Lawyer) clients. Their reunion finds them mixed up in a chain of events involving a sinister underground operation known as “The Process.”
Tracker: Season 3 premieres in the US on Sunday, October 19, at 8pm ET/PT, on CBS, with live and on-demand streaming available for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers. Paramount+ Essential and Paramount+ Prime Video Channel subscribers can access on-demand streaming the day after each episode airs.
Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud (US)
This documentary chronicles the years that filmmaker Brent Renaud, the first American journalist to die while reporting on the war in Ukraine, and his younger brother and collaborator, Craig Renaud, spent covering some of the world’s most dangerous conflicts. After Brent was killed by Russian soldiers on March 13, 2022, Craig recovered Brent’s body and his final recordings from Ukraine and brought them back to their childhood home in Arkansas. As Brent’s journey to his final resting place unfolds, the film offers an unflinching depiction of death, loss, and the toll of war, and serves as Brent’s ultimate testament to the critical value of wartime reporting and a tribute to journalists providing on-the-ground, life-threatening coverage of world events. Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, an HBO Original Documentary Short, premieres in the US on Tuesday, October 21, at 9pm ET, on HBO, with streaming available on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Baby Bandito: Season 2 (Chile)
Following on from the events in Season 1, the new season of this crime drama sees Kevin, aka Baby Bandito (Nicolás Contreras, Cuerpo Celeste), willing to do the impossible to save his mother’s life, despite having promised her that he would retire from a life of crime. Together with the enigmatic Mística (Carmen Zabala, The Doomsday Cult of Antares De La Luz), he embarks on the most daring mission of his criminal career: recovering the lost loot at the National Racetrack in Santiago, all while facing off against Los Carniceros, the Russian, and Panda in a fierce showdown.
Baby Bandito: Season 2, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 22, exclusively on Netflix.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (US)
With a modern twist on the classic film, this psychological thriller stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead (A Gentleman in Moscow) as Claire, an upscale suburban mom who brings a new nanny, Polly (Maika Monroe, Longlegs), into her home, only to discover that she is not the person she claims to be.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, a Hulu Original, premieres in the US on Wednesday, October 22, exclusively on Hulu.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 20th Anniversary Edition
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia (US)
This true-crime docuseries delves into the brutal mob war between John Stanfa and Joey Merlino, which plunged Philadelphia into chaos and bloodshed in the 1990s.
Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia, a Netflix Docuseries, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 22, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Elixir (Indonesia)
Set in a remote village near Yogyakarta, this zombie-horror thriller centers on a dysfunctional family running a renowned herbal medicine business, whose owner tries to innovate by creating a new recipe. However, the elixir he concocts unleashes the undead in the village, forcing the family members, who’ve been at odds with each other, to unite and fight to survive as their hometown collapses.
Starring Mikha Tambayong (Blood Curse), Eva Celia (The Shadow Strays), and Donny Damara (Fireworks), The Elixir, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Thursday, October 23, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Nobody Wants This: Season 2 (US)
In the new season of this hit romantic comedy-drama, agnostic podcast host Joanne (Kristen Bell, The Good Place) and unconventional (and hot) rabbi Noah (Adam Brody, StartUp) are fully committed to merging their lives — and loved ones — together. But their differences still exist and can’t be ignored. The challenge now is not just falling in love against all odds, but staying together in spite of them.
Nobody Wants This: Season 2, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, October 23, exclusively on Netflix.
A House of Dynamite (US)
In this taut political thriller, a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, setting off a race to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Featuring a star-studded cast that includes Idris Elba (Hijack), Rebecca Ferguson (Silo), and Jared Harris (Foundation), A House of Dynamite, a Netflix Film, premieres globally on Friday, October 24, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost (US)
In this documentary, Ben Stiller (Zoolander) tells the story of his parents, comedy icons Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, exploring their impact both on popular culture and at home, where the lines between creativity, family, life, and art often blurred. In the process, Stiller turns the camera on himself and his family to examine Jerry and Anne’s enormous influence on their lives, and the generational lessons we all can learn from those we love.
Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost premieres globally on Friday, October 24, exclusively on Apple TV+ and its digital channels, including Apple TV+ on Prime Video Channels, following its theatrical release on October 17.
The Dream Life of Mr. Kim (South Korea)
This drama series follows Kim Nam-Su (Ryu Seung-Ryong, Moving), a middle-aged salesman who’s worked tirelessly for a large company for 25 years. He has never missed a promotion and is now a department manager. Nam-Su and his wife and son live in a nice apartment in Seoul that he owns, and the family enjoys an enviable life — until he loses everything that he considers valuable in an instant. This becomes a turning point of his life, prompting Nam-Su to go on a journey of self-discovery and realize that his true self is not defined by his job. The Dream Life of Mr. Kim, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Saturday, October 25, exclusively on Netflix.
Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order (US)
The first season of this supernatural-fantasy series, the latest in AMC Networks’ “Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe” (which includes Interview with the Vampire and Mayfair Witches), focuses on a secretive society called the Talamasca, comprised of the men and women responsible for tracking and containing the witches, vampires, and other creatures scattered around the globe. (The Talamasca is featured in Rice’s “Vampire Chronicles” and “Lives of the Mayfair Witches” novel series.)
It stars Nicholas Denton (Dangerous Liaisons) as Guy Anatole, a law school student who is on the cusp of graduating when he is approached by a representative of the Talamasca. When Guy learns that the Talamasca has been tracking him since his childhood, he falls headlong into a world of secret agents and immortal beings who, up to now, have maintained a fragile balance with the mortal world.
Others in and around the Talamasca include Helen (Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey), a seasoned veteran of the Talamasca and the leader of its New York Motherhouse; Jasper (William Fichtner, Mom), a mysterious American who has quietly assumed control and influence over the Talamasca’s London Motherhouse; Olive (Maisie Richardson-Sellers, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), a beguiling and ambitious agent of the Talamasca; Doris (Celine Buckens, Free Rein), a strong-willed young woman with an old soul who lives with a coven of witches on a houseboat; Burton (Jason Schwartzman, The French Dispatch), a charming, rakish vampire leading a cloistered life in a luxurious Upper West Side penthouse; and journalist Daniel Molloy (Eric Bogosian) and Talamasca agent Raglan James (Justin Kirk) (both from Interview with the Vampire).
Anne Rice’s Talamasca: The Secret Order premieres in the US with two episodes on Sunday, October 26, at 9pm ET/PT, on AMC, with streaming available on AMC+ and AMC+ on Prime Channels. New episodes will drop weekly through November 23.
”Vampire Chronicles” by Anne Rice
“Lives of the Mayfair Witches” by Anne Rice
It: Welcome to Derry (US)
Set in Stephen King’s “It” universe, this new horror series is based on King’s “It” novel and expands the vision established in the feature films It and It: Chapter Two, both of which star Bill Skarsgård, who reprises the Pennywise character in this series.
It: Welcome to Derry, an HBO Original Drama Series, premieres in the US on Sunday, October 26, at 9pm ET, on HBO, with streaming available on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels. New episodes will drop weekly through December 14.
It & It: Chapter Two 2-film collection
Mayor of Kingstown: Season 4 (US)
In the new season of this crime drama, Mike’s (Jeremy Renner, “Avengers” films) control over Kingstown is threatened as new players compete to fill the power vacuum left in the Russians’ wake, compelling him to confront the resulting gang war and stop them from swallowing the town. Meanwhile, with those he loves in more danger than ever before, Mike must contend with a headstrong new warden (Edie Falco, The Sopranos) to protect his own while grappling with demons from his past.
Mayor of Kingstown: Season 4 premieres in the US on Sunday, October 26, on Paramount+ and its digital channels, including Paramount+ on Prime Video Channels.
American Masters: Kissinger (US)
This two-part, three-hour biography is an incisive portrait of Henry Kissinger, the enigmatic power broker who served in the topmost echelons of American foreign policy. Whether celebrated or reviled, his contradictions reflect those at the heart of America’s foreign policy in the second half of the 20th century. Featuring interviews with dozens of his proteges and colleagues, the documentary endeavors to understand precisely what made Kissinger so successful yet so controversial, and to examine how his policy choices shaped the world we live in today. American Masters: Kissinger premieres in the US on Monday, October 27, at 9pm ET, and concludes at the same time on Tuesday, October 28, on PBS (check your local listings), with streaming available on PBS.org and the PBS app.
Nice to Not Meet You (South Korea)
In this romantic comedy series, Lim Hyeon-jun (Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game) is stuck in his acting career, typecast due to playing the same detective role for years. Desperately wanting to transform his image, he’s about to start filming the fifth season of his popular series when he dreams of acting in a romantic comedy or melodrama. Things start to change when he meets Wi Jeong-sin (Lim Ji-yeon, The Glory), a political journalist who’s won a prestigious award for her reporting. Despite her success and years of experience, she ends up getting demoted to the entertainment department while covering a corruption case. In her new role, Jeong-sin comes across Hyeon-jun and becomes a fan after watching his series, but is disappointed when she sees how different the actor is from his role.
Nice to Not Meet You, an Amazon Original Series, premieres globally (outside Mainland China and South Korea) on Monday, October 27 November 3, exclusively on Prime Video.
Country Doctor (US)
This documentary follows Dr. James Graham in Fairfax, Oklahoma (population 1,263), as he fights to provide adequate healthcare for his community amid staff shortages and uncertainty for the future. For context, more than 140 hospitals in rural America have closed since 2010, leaving just one doctor for every 2,500 people. Country Doctor, an HBO Original Documentary Short, premieres in the US on Tuesday, October 28, at 7pm ET, on HBO, with streaming available on HBO Max and its digital channels, including HBO Max on Prime Video Channels.
Don’t Date Brandon (US)
This true-crime docuseries follows a modern romance that spiraled into a dangerous game of deception. When Amber starts dating Brandon after meeting him online, he seems like the perfect boyfriend. But when she connects with his ex-wife, Athena, everything is turned upside-down as they learn the truth together: Brandon is a manipulative liar with dark secrets. As the two women launch a podcast to expose Brandon and discuss the warning signs they missed, more victims come forward, and new details and stories emerge. Don’t Date Brandon premieres in the US on Tuesday, October 28, on Paramount+ and its digital channels, including Paramount+ on Prime Video Channels.
Mercy on Us (Argentina)
The story in this revenge drama-psychological thriller-murder mystery limited series has its origins in 1990, when a group of private school students assaulted two classmates, which resulted in permanent injuries. Fast forward thirty-three years. Policemen Octavio Moro and Lucas Nantes are investigating a series of murders that are connected to the decades-old assaults as well as to events from their own past — crimes that jeopardize their futures and expose secrets that both men would rather keep buried.
Starring Ezequiel Rodríguez (Tierra Incógnita) and Sebastián D’Angelo (We Are the Heat), Mercy on Us premieres in the US and Canada on Tuesday, October 28, exclusively on MHz Choice and its digital channels, including MHz Choice on Prime Video Channels.
Physical: Asia (South Korea)
This new competition series sees elite athletes from eight countries battle for national pride. After grueling tests of raw strength and endurance, only one flag can claim victory.
Physical: Asia, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Tuesday, October 28, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Hedda (US)
This new period drama is a provocative, modern reimagining of Hedda Gabler, the classic play by Henrik Ibsen, considered a masterpiece in the genres of literary realism, 19th-century theater, and world drama. Tessa Thompson (Sylvie’s Love, Westworld, “Creed” films) stars as Hedda Gabler, a woman who finds herself torn between the lingering ache of a past love and the quiet suffocation of her present life. Over the course of one charged night, long-repressed desires and hidden tensions erupt, pulling her and everyone around her into a spiral of manipulation, passion, and betrayal.
Hedda, an Amazon Original Movie, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 29, exclusively on Prime Video. (You can add it to your watchlist now.)
Rulers of Fortune (Brazil)
In this crime drama, Rio’s underground crime syndicate is thrown into turmoil by three concurrent events: the imminent legalization of gambling, the interest of a foreign criminal organization in the local market, and the rapid rise of Profeta, a new contender for the city’s throne. With ambition, betrayal, and family feuds intersecting amidst the criminal enterprises in Brazil’s second most populous city, antagonists abound. (For further details, read this article.)
Starring André Lamoglia (Elite), Xamã (The Park Maniac), Mel Maia (A Vampire in the Family), Giullia Buscaccio (Once We Were Six), Chico Diaz (All the Flowers), and Juliana Paes (Desperate Lies), Rulers of Fortune, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Wednesday, October 29, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers (UK)
This documentary revisits the life of serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who, between 1989 and 1990, murdered seven men across central Florida — a killing spree that ultimately landed her on death row and led to her execution in 2002. Featuring archival footage of former Dateline correspondent Michele Gillen and never-before-seen death row interviews with Aileen herself, this film gives her a voice in her own story, offering new insight into what happened and why. Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers, a Netflix Documentary, premieres globally on Thursday, October 30, exclusively on Netflix.
Hell House LLC: Lineage (US)
This horror movie centers on Vanessa Shepard (Elizabeth Vermilyea, Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire), who, after being haunted by visions and recurring nightmares years after a near-death experience, finds herself living in the town of Abaddon, unable to break free from its unexplainable hold on her. When people around her suddenly and inexplicably begin to die, she uncovers her terrifying connection to the Abaddon Hotel, the Carmichael Manor, and the mysterious murders that have been occurring for decades, long before Hell House LLC.
Hell House LLC: Lineage, a Shudder Original Film, premieres in the US, UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand on Thursday, October 30, exclusively on Shudder and, where available, its digital channels, including Shudder on Prime Video Channels, AMC+, and AMC+ on Prime Video Channels.
Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will (Mexico)
With unprecedented access to Juan Gabriel’s personal archives, including videos he filmed himself, this docuseries offers an intimate and revealing story about Alberto Aguilera Valadez, aka iconic Mexican music idol Juan Gabriel, who wrote hundreds of songs, transformed his pain into anthems, and broke stigmas and prejudices throughout his life. The four-part program takes viewers from the beginnings of the career of one of Mexico’s most beloved artists to his death, offering a deep look at his legacy, now part of Mexican popular culture, as his music continues to move millions around the world.
Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will, a Netflix Docuseries, premieres globally on Thursday, October 30, exclusively on Netflix. (You can set a reminder for it now.)
The Witcher: Season 4 (US)
Following the Continent-altering events of Season 3, the penultimate season of this fantasy drama series sees Geralt (Liam Hemsworth, “The Hunger Games” films), Yennefer (Anya Chalotra, The ABC Murders), and Ciri (Freya Allan, The Third Day) separated by a raging war and countless enemies. As their paths diverge and their goals sharpen, they stumble on unexpected allies eager to join their journeys. And if they can accept these found families, they just might have a chance at reuniting for good.
Based on “The Witcher Saga” novels by Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher: Season 4, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Thursday, October 30, exclusively on Netflix.
“The Witcher Saga” novels by Andrzej Sapkowski
Bad Influencer (South Africa)
This series follows a single mother and luxury bag counterfeiter, who finds herself teaming up with a self-obsessed influencer to sell her bags and scrape her way out of debt. Bad Influencer, a Netflix Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 31, exclusively on Netflix.
Tremembé (Brazil)
This true-crime prison drama follows characters who are based on actual criminals. Based on the nonfiction book Tremembé and the biographies of select criminals by journalist and author Ullisses Campbell, who also co-wrote the series, the miniseries blends fiction with real stories of crimes that shocked the nation, while also reflecting on justice, redemption, and the role of human relationships in extreme conditions.
The show is set within the confines of the Tremembé Penitentiary Complex, a notorious prison in São Paulo that houses some of the country’s most infamous criminals, including Suzane von Richthofen (Marina Ruy Barbosa, God Save the King), Elize Matsunaga (Carol Garcia, #NoFilter), Roger Abdelmassih (Anselmo Vasconcelos, Silence of the Rain), Alexandre Nardoni (Lucas Oradovschi, Never Give Up), and brothers Christian (Kelner Macêdo, Outlaw) and Daniel Cravinhos (Felipe Simas, Dark Days). Across its five episodes, viewers will get an inside look into the daily lives of the inmates, as storylines reveal the complex dynamics of their coexistence within the prison system — from intrigues and unlikely alliances to love triangles and more.
Tremembé, an Amazon Original Series, premieres globally on Friday, October 31, exclusively on Prime Video.
Tremembé (Portuguese Edition) by Ullisses Campbell
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