New on Netflix (October 2020): All the movies and shows arriving this month

It's nearly Halloween! Well, close enough. Thankfully, sizeable chunk of what's new on Netflix is looking to ring in the spooky season with ghoulish gusto. The entirety of October is populated with shows and movies that will send shivers down your spine and scrambling behind the sofa.

The Haunting of Bly Manor is one such series, with the anthology show departing Hill House and heading for pastures new. Don't worry, there are still plenty of ghosts in the mix this time around.

On the less spooky side of things, those who need to catch up on Schitt's Creek will be pleased to know season 6 is new on Netflix in October. Plus, there's a second volume of Unsolved Mysteries and even the likes of Her and Gran Torino to keep you company as the night draw in.

New Netflix shows: October 2020

Bakugan: Armored Alliance season 2 – October 1
Bom Dia, Veronica – October 1
Carmen Sandiego season 3 – October 1
Code Lyoko: seasons 1-4 – October 1
Evil season 1 – October 1
Familiar Wife season 1 – October 1
Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma: The Second Plate – October 1
Oktoberfest: Beer and Blood – October 1
Pasal Kau – October 1
Sword Art Online: Alicization – October 1
The Parkers seasons 1-5 – October 1
The Unicorn: Season 1 – October 1
The Worst Witch season 4 – October 1
You Cannot Hide season 1 – October 1
A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween – October 2
The Binding – October 2
Emily in Paris – October 2
Song Exploder – October 2
Starbeam: Halloween Hero – October 6
Schitt’s Creek season 6 – October 7
To The Lake – October 7
Deaf U – October 9
Fast and Furious Spy Racers season 2: Rio – October 9
The Haunting of Bly Manor – October 9
Super Monsters: Dia de los Monsters – October 9
Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts season 3 – October 12
The Cabin with Bart Kreischer – October 13
Octonauts & The Great Barrier Reef – October 13
Half & Half seasons 1-4 – October 15
One on One seasons 1-5 – October 15
Power Rangers Beast Morphers season 2, part 1 – October 15
Social Distance – October 15
Dream Home Makeover – October 16
Grand Army – October 16
La Revolution – October 16
The Last Kids on Earth Book 3 – October 16
Unsolved Mysteries volume 2 – October 19
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: The Frizz Connection – October 20
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman season 3 – October 21
Barbarians – October 23
Move – October 23
Perdida – October 23
The Queen’s Gambit – October 23
Blood of Zeus – October 27
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt season 4 – October 27
Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine – October 27
Somebody Feed Phil season 4 – October 30
Suburra season 3 – October 30

New Netflix movies: October 2020

A.M.I. – October 1
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls – October 1
Along Came a Spider – October 1
Basic Instinct – October 1
Black '47 – October 1
Cape Fear – October 1
The Dukes of Hazzard – October 1
Employee of the Month – October 1
Enemy at the Gates – October 1
Fargo – October 1
Free State of Jones – October 1
Ghost Rider – October 1
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past – October 1
Gran Torino – October 1
Her – October 1
House of 1,000 Corpses – October 1
Human Nature – October 1
Hunt for the Wilderpeople – October 1
I'm Leaving Now – October 1
The Longest Yard – October 1
The Prince & Me – October 1
Poseidon – October 1
The Outpost – October 1
Stranger than Fiction – October 1
Superman Returns – October 1
Troy – October 1
WarGames – October 1
We Have Always Lived in the Castle – October 1
Yogi Bear – October 1
Serious Men – October 2
Vampires vs. The Bronx – October 2
Colombiana – October 4
Saturday Church – October 6
Walk Away From Love – October 6
Hubie Halloween – October 7
The Forty-Year-Old Version – October 9
Ginny Weds Sunny – October 9
Alice Junior – October 14
Moneyball – October 14
A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting – October 15
Batman: The Killing Joke – October 15
Love Like The Falling Rain – October 15
In The Valley of Violence – October 16
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – October 16
Unfriended – October 16
ParaNorman – October 18
Carol – October 20
Rebecca – October 21
Bending the Arc – October 22
Cadaver – October 22
The Hummingbird Project – October 22
Yes, God, Yes – October 22
Over The Moon – October 23
Holidate – October 28
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight – October 28
Bronx – October 30
The Day of the Lord – October 30
His House – October 30
The 12th Man – October 31

New Netflix documentaries: October 2020

Carlos Almaraz: Playing with Fire – October 1
Dick Johnson is Dead – October 2
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet – October 4
Dolly Parton: Here I Am – October 6
BLACKPINK: Light Up The Sky – October 14
Rooting for Roona – October 15
Metallica Through The Never – October 28
Secrets of the Saqqara Tomb – October 28

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