The 7 Best New Movies Streaming on Netflix in October 2024

Pound for pound, October has to be one of the best months of the year for entertainment lovers of all stripes. With Halloween around the corner, it’s a perfect time to engage with scary movies of both the old and new varieties. Oscar-contending movies from the fall festival circuit continue to make their way to theaters around the country, allowing a clearer picture of the coming awards race to take shape. And there’s an embarrassment of riches for sports fans, with football season in full swing, baseball playoffs heating up, and basketball and hockey season kicking off in the coming weeks.

Yet if you still find yourself bored amid all of that, you can take comfort in the fact that Netflix has once again restocked its film library with a mix of Hollywood classics and recent hits that’s sure to satisfy any cinephile. This month sees a handful of Alfred Hitchcock masterpieces making their way to Netflix, alongside some recent studio comedies and some generation-defining films of the ’80s and ’90s.

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