November has arrived – and, with it, a bunch of new Netflix movies are set to join on the streaming giant's film library ranks. But, before this month's haul of new movies make landfall on Netflix, there's one final horror flick that arrived in October that might be worth catching, even though the spookiest time of the year is officially over.
You can read about that movie, titled Time Cut, alongside other recent film additions to world's best streaming service, in this guide to see if they're worth watching. If none of them take your fancy, though, our in-depth guide on the best Netflix movies is full of top-tier recommendations from our team of experts. You won't be found wanting, then, for new Netflix movies to stream this month or any month, for that matter. Enjoy!
New Netflix movies: November
Time Cut
Release date: November 1
Runtime: 91 minutes
Age rating: R (US) / 15 (UK)
Cast: Madison Bailey, Antonia Gentry, Michael Shanks, Summer H. Howell, and Megan Best
Director: Hannah MacPherson
Rotten Tomatoes (RT) score: 13% (critics); 41% (audience)
After an October filled with relative hits, Netflix is back on the "terrible movie" train with this horror film that, according to general audiences and critics alike, does a much worse job of telling a "Back to the Future meets Scream" tale than Prime Video's Totally Killer did.
Baileys as Lucy, a teen who not only accidentally time-travels back to 2003, but also the night that a masked killer killed her older sister Summer (Gentry). Cue a mission to save her sibling from certain death, which I'm sure won't impact the time-space continuum... My advice? Go and watch one of the many other time-travel horror movies that are actually good, rather than this abhorrent mess.
New Netflix movies: October
Don't Move
Release date: October 25
Runtime: 92 minutes
Age rating: R (US) / 18 (UK)
Cast: Kelsey Asbille, Finn Wittrock, Moray Treadwell, and Daniel Francis
Directors: Adam Schindler and Brian Netto
Rotten Tomatoes (RT) score: 68% (critics); 40% (audience)
Produced by horror/thriller auteur Sam Raimi, this psychological thriller stars Asbille as Iris, a grieving woman whose day suddenly gets worse when, on a retreat in an isolated forest, gets injected with a mysterious paralytic substance by a stranger. Long story short: she has 20 minutes before she's fully paralyzed and at the mercy of his horrifying whims.
Don't Move's various trailers certainly make it out to be an utterly absorbing flick and, speaking to TechRadar's Grace Morris, its directing team are suggest it'll "surprise" anyone who streams it. If you've enjoyed previous Raimi-developed flicks, we're sure you'll move quickly (sorry, Iris, too soon?) to watch one of October's final new Netflix movies, but read our Don't Move review first to see if we agree with the common consensus that it's decent, but not great.
Woman of the Hour
Release date: October 18
Runtime: 95 minutes
Age rating: R (US) / 15 (UK)
Cast: Anna Kendrick, Danny Zovatto, Tony Hale, Kelly Jakie, and Max-Lloyd Jones
Director: Anna Kendrick
RT score: 90% (critics); 68% (audience)
Inspired by true events, Anna Kendrick's feature film directorial debut – she also stars in it – tells the remarkable but unsettling tale of Cheryl Bradshaw, an aspiring actor who crosses paths with a serial killer on a dating gameshow in 1970s America.
A movie that'll surely make you squirm in your seat, Woman of the Hour is a disquieting crime thriller that proves Kendrick's talented capabilities behind the camera as much as it does whenever she's on the screen. While it stops short of showing crimes in graphic detail, it's still worth pointing out that, based on its narrative and subject matter, Woman of the Hour might be a triggering film for some, so viewer discretion is certainly still advised.
Lonely Planet
Release date: October 11
Runtime: 94 minutes
Age rating: R (US) / 15 (UK)
Cast: Laura Dern, Liam Hemsworth, Diana Silvers, Younès Boucif, Adriano Giannini, and Rachida Brakni
Director: Susannah Grant
RT score: 39% (critics); 38% (audience)
This romantic drama, written and directed by Grant, sees Jurassic Park alumnus Laura Dern and The Witcher season 4 actor Liam Hemsworth star in yet another steamy love affair-centric story from the streaming titan. Dern plays Katherine, a reclusive novelist who, when a bout of writer's block hits, travels to a prestigious writer's retreat in Morocco to overcome her professional troubles. There, she meets Hemsworth's Owen, the partner of another author attending the getaway, and it isn't long before the duo engage in an intoxicating dalliance that's sure to ruffle more than a few feathers.
If you're a fan of Dern or Hemsworth's bodies of work, it might be worth the investment but, given Netflix's romantic drama film history, it hasn't shocked to learn that there's not much to *ahem* write home about with this flimsy, half-baked Netflix original flick.
New Netflix movies: what's coming in 2024?
Here's a complete list of the new Netflix movies that will arrive before 2024 ends:
- Meet Me Next Christmas (November 6)
- Pedro Paramo (November 6)
- Hot Frosty (November 13)
- Emilia Perez (November 13)
- The Merry Gentlemen (November 20)
- Spellbound (November 22)
- The Piano Lesson (November 22)
- Joy (November 22)
- Our Little Secret (November 27)
- That Christmas (December 4)
- Mary (December 6)
- Maria (December 11)
- Carry-On (December 13)
- The Six Triple Eight (December 20)
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