What’s Coming to Netflix UK in October 2020

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October is soon upon us, and with it every adult’s favorite time of year, Halloween. There’s already lots to be excited for as you’ll see in our first look at what’s coming to Netflix UK in October 2020.

If you’re looking for the Netflix US list for October 2020, you can find that in our extensive preview for the month.

There’s an in-depth preview for the list of Originals coming to Netflix in October. We also have an early preview for the Originals coming to Netflix in November 2020.

Please Note: This is not the complete list of titles arriving in October 2020. More will be announced, and the list below will be updated accordingly.


Netflix UK October TBD Releases

  • About Time (2013) – Romantic comedy statting Rachel McAdams and Domhnall Gleeson.
  • American Gangster (2007) – Biographical drama based on the drug lord Frank Lucas, and the NYPD cop who took him down.
  • Apollo 13 (1995) – Historical drama based on NASA’s failed attempt to land on the Moon for the third time.
  • Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) – Beloved British rom-com sequel starring Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, and Hugh Grant.
  • Doom (2005) – Live action adaptation of the violent video game of the same name starring the Rock and Karl Urban.
  • Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) – Romantic-Comedy starring Kristen Bell and Jason Segel.
  • His House (2020) – Horror/Thriller centered around a refugee couple who have escaped from war-torn South Sudan, only to find themselves struggling to adapt to their new life in a small English town.
  • Kick-Ass 2 (2013) – Crime-fighting comedy sequel starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloe Grace Moretz.
  • Mank (2020) N – David Fincher’s biographical drama about Herman J. Mankiewicz, co-writer of Citizen Kane.
  • Notting Hill (1999) – Romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts.
  • Now You See Me 2 (2016) – Magical sequel which sees the four horsemen forced out of retirement to take on most impossible heist imaginable.
  • Problem Child (1990) -John Ritter stars as Ben, a loving man who just wants a son to raise. He gets more than he bargained for when he adopts Junior, a cute kid with a monstrous attitude.
  • Rampage (2018) – Live-action adaptation of the classic 80s video game starring Dwayne Johnson.
  • Selma (2014) – Powerful historical drama chronicling the campaign of Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for Black civil rights by marching peacefully from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama.
  • The One (Season 1) N – Sci-Fi drama based on John Marrs’s novel of the same name.
  • The Purge: Anarchy (2014) – One night per year, the government sanctions a 12-hour period in which citizens can commit any crime they wish… including murder.
  • Tiny Pretty Things (Season 1) N – Drama centered around a group of aspiring students of an elite ballet academy.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 1st

  • A Moving Image (2016) – Small independent drama movie about an artist returning to her home that has been gentrified.
  • A United Kingdom (2017) – British drama starring Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo.
  • Addams Family Values (1993) – Beloved 90s family comedy sequel which sees the Addams family contend with Uncle Fester’s new gold-digging wife.
  • All Because of You (2020) N – Malaysian romantic action-adventure.
  • Aliens (Season 1) – British sci-fi drama
  • All Because of You (2020) N – Asian action-comedy.
  • Banana (Limited Series) – Channel 4 limited series by Russell T. Davis.
  • Beyond the Mat (1999) – Sports documentary on WWE looking at the day-to-day lives of wrestlers.
  • Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire (2019) – Documentary about the legendary painter Carlos Almaraz.
  • Carmen Sandiego (Season 3) N – Animated series about the globe-trotting master thief Carmen Sandiego.
  • Corpse Bride (2005) – Tim Burton’s animated
  • Dennis the Menace (1993) – Family comedy from the early 90s based on the Beano cartoon.
  • Dolphin Tale 2 (2014) – A family drama about a team that hopes to find a companion to their dolphin friend. Stars Morgan Freeman.
  • Elsewhere (2018) – Comedy drama.
  • Familiar Wife (Season 1) – Korean drama fantasy series about a man waking up to a different reality.
  • Food Wars (Season 2) – Japanese anime series.
  • Friday 13th (2009) – Reboot of the beloved 80s slasher horror.
  • Gangster Squad (2013) – Mob film about a team of undercover LAPD cops that team together to take down the infamous Mickey Cohen.
  • Generation Revolution (2016) – Documentary on black activists changing the social landscape in London.
  • Gone Too Far (2013) – British comedy.
  • Good Morning, Verônica (Season 1) N – Spanish-language crime-thriller.
  • I’m Leaving Now (2018) – Mexican documentary.
  • Into the Storm (2014) – Natural disaster drama starring Richard Armitage.
  • Journey of an African Colony (Limited Series) – Nigerian history docuseries
  • Kangaroo Jack (2003) – Comedy centered around two idiotic thieves who chase a Kangaroo wearing a cash-filled jacket around the Australian outback.
  • Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood (Season 1) N – German drama series centered around Curt Prank who in 1900 Munich is on a quest to dominate the city’s lucrative festival, Oktoberfest.
  • Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) – Fourth installment of the found-footage horror franchise.

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  • Pose (Season 2) – The hit US FX series with producer Ryan Murphy.
  • Kangaroo Jack (2003) – Comedy starring two childhood friends and a kangaroo.
  • The Addams Family (1991) – Beloved 90s classic based on the beloved 60s comedy series.
  • The American Game (2019) – Egyptian Romantic-Comedy.
  • The Conjuring (2013) – Horror from James Wan based on the terrifying tales of paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren.
  • The Last Tree (2019) – Small independent drama about a teenager moving to London.
  • The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005) – Romantic comedy from Ken Kwapis about four best friends hoping to stay connected with each other.
  • The Three Musketeers (2011) – A modern-day remake of the classic tale that didn’t score great reviews.
  • The Ugly Truth (2009) – Gerard Butler and Katherine Heigl feature in this rom-com from over a decade ago.
  • Tucked (2018) – Drama about an aging drag queen.
  • White Teeth (Season 1) – British comedy from the early 2000s

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 2nd

  • A Chaster Marriage (2020) – drama.
  • A Toot-Toot Cory Carson Halloween (Limited Series) N – Animated Halloween special
  • Dick Johnson Is Dead! (2020) N – Documentary drama centered around Kristen Johnson preparing her father, Dick Johnson, for the end of his life.
  • Emily in Paris (Season 1) N – Fish out of water comedy starring Lily Collins as Emily, an American midwest girl who moves to Paris for an exciting job opportunity but cultures soon clash.

  • Oloture (2019) – A journalist goes undercover in the prostitution trade.
  • Serious Men (2020) N – Indian comedy movie.
  • Song Exploder (Volume 1) N – Based on the podcast, this new docu-series deconstructs some of your favorite songs.
  • The Binding (2020) N – Italian demonic horror for Halloween.
  • The Last Tree (2019) – British drama.
  • Turkish Dance School (2020) – Turkish drama.
  • Vampires vs. The Bronx (2020) N – Teen horror-comedy.
  • You’ve Got This / Ahi te Encargo (2020) N – Romantic drama.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 3rd

  • Como Pop (Season 1) – Korean children’s animated series.
  • Curious Como (Season 1) – Korean children’s animated series.
  • Good Game: The Beginning (2018) – Sports-drama.
  • Pat a Pat Como (Season 1) – Korean children’s animated series.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 4th

  • David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (2020) N – Nature documentary from the beloved David Attenborough, as he discusses the history of life on Earth, and the impact humanity has had on the world.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 5th

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  • Line of Duty (Season 5) – Police procedural drama about the AC-12, a controversial police anti-corruption unit.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 6th

  • Starbeam: Halloween Hero (2020) N – Kids Halloween animated special

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 7th

  • Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (Season 1) N – New weekly romantic K-Drama series.
  • Hubie Halloween (2020) N – Adam Sandler’s latest Original comedy takes a stab at Halloween.
  • The Rest of Us (2019) – Drama starring Heather Graham.
  • To the Lake (Season 1) N – Russian sci-fi series.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 8th

  • Bigflo & Oil: hip Hop Fantasy (2020) N – Musical documentary.
  • Desmond’s (6 Seasons) – British comedy series from Channel 4.
  • Tanda Tanya (2011) –  Indonesian horror.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 9th

  • Deaf U (Season 1) N – Docuseries told through the eyes of deaf students who attend Washington D.C. private college for the deaf and hard of hearing.
  • Do Do Sol Sol La La Sol (Season 1 ) N – New weekly K-Drama.
  • Fast and Furious: Spy Racers (2 Seasons) N – Children’s animated series
  • Ginny Weds Sunny (2020) N – Hindi language romcom.
  • The Haunting of Bly Manor (Season 1) N – Horror anthology starring Victoria Pedretti. Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Turn of the Screw.
  • The 40-Year-Old Version (2020) N – Sundance Award-winning comedy from Radha Blank.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 10th

  • Start-Up (Season 1) N – Weekly rom-com K-Drama series.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 11th

  • Dr. Suess’ The Grinch (2018) – Illumination Studios brings this modern-day animated update to the classic Dr. Suess book.

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  • Overlord (2018) – J.J. Abrams produced horror where a group of American soldiers finds some horrific Nazi experiments.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 13th

  • I Am Vengeance: Retaliation (2020) – British action-drama
  • The Cabin with Bert Kreischer (Season 1) N – Comedy reality series

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 14th

  • A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting (2020) N – Family fantasy comedy starring Tom Felton
  • BLACKPINK: Light Up the Sky (2020) N – Behind the scenes documentary on K-Pop group Blackpink.
  • The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo (2020) N – Crime documentary

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 15th

  • Babylon (1980) – British drama that acts as social commentary for the racial tensions and violence in Brixton, London.
  • Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve Our Water Crisis (2019) – Documentary that looks into new innovations to help solve the water crisis. Narrated by Jaden Smith.
  • Tattoo Fixers (Season 5) – The Channel 4 reality series where we follow Tattoo artists cleaning up some right old messes.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 16th

  • Dream Home Makeover (Season 1) N – Home reality series.
  • Grand Army (Season 1) N – Coming-of-Age drama centered around five different students who attend a busy public Brooklyn High School, as they struggle to navigate love, sex, and life.
  • La Révolution (Season 1) N – French drama based on an alternate take on the French Revolution.

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  • Star Trek: Discovery (Season 3) NNew episodes weekly – the next season of Star Trek Discovery where the crew of the USS Discovery head 930 years into the future.
  • The Da Vinci Code (2006) – Ron Howards’ excellent mystery thriller starring Tom Hanks.
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) N – Historical drama directed by Aaron Sorkin based on the real-life controversial trial of the Chicago 7.


What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 17th

  • Ready Player One (2018) – Pop culture extravaganza from acclaimed director Steven Spielberg.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 18th

  • Nobody’s Fool (2018) – Tyler Perry comedy.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 19th

  • Unsolved Mysteries (Volume 2) N – Docuseries chronicling some of the weirdest and most controversial unsolved crimes and paranormal events.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 20th

  • Disappearance at Clifton Hill (2019) – Mystery Thriller

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 21st

  • Brave Blue World (2019) – Nature and Cultural Documentary.
  • Rebecca (2020) N – Chilling romantic drama starring Lily James and Armie Hammer.


What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 22nd

  • Cadaver (2020) N – Norwegian horror

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 23rd

  • Over the Moon (2020) N – Family animated adventure about a young Chinese girl who builds her own rocket ship to the moon in search of the goddess that lives there.

  • The Bourne Identity (2002) – Action-drama starring Matt Damon.
  • The Bourne Legacy (2012) – Franchise spin-off starring Jeremy Renner.
  • The Bourne Supremacy (2004) – Action-drama sequel.
  • The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) – Third installment of the Bourne franchise.
  • The Queen’s Gambit (Limited series) N – Anya Taylor-Joy stars as Beth Harmon, a talented but compulsive chess player who struggles with her drug addiction.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 25th

  • The Possession of Hannah Grace (2018) – Horror thriller.

What’s Coming to Netflix UK on October 28th

  • Holidate (2020) N – Rom-Com starring Emma Roberts and Andrew Bachelor.

What are you looking forward to watching on Netflix UK in October? Let us know in the comments below!

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Jacob joined What's on Netflix in 2018 as a fulltime writer having worked in numerous other industries until that point. Jacob covers all things Netflix whether that's TV or movies but specializes in covering new anime and K-dramas. Resides in Norwich in the United Kingdom.