Welcome to spooky season ... well, just about everywhere but Netflix, at least judging by their lineup of new movies and TV shows coming in October.
Indeed, if you're looking for scares, beyond the re-arrival of "It Follows" (which is great!), the debut of a new Mike Flanagan mini-series and a few other small bumps in the night, the Big Red Streaming Monolith is looking more trick than treat. But that doesn't mean the upcoming month is lacking for quality movies.
For instance, on the topic of quality movies: Oscar winners! Indeed, famed gold-statue honorees "A Beautiful Mind," "American Beauty," "Gladiator" and "Silver Linings Playbook" will all head to Netflix starting this month. And you know who else knows a little something about quality motion pictures? Some guy named Steven Spielberg, who will have four of his late period hits – "Catch Me If You Can," "Saving Private Ryan," "The Adventures of Tintin" and "War of the World" – fly in a bicycle over to the streaming service.
All sorts of other cinematic classics from all sorts of genres will also join Netflix this month – ranging from epic blockbusters ("Dune," the first four "Mission Impossible" films) to the iconic "Scarface" to the silly skadooshery of "Kung Fu Panda" and laugh-out-loud legends like "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "My Best Friend's Wedding." And if you're already in the holiday spirit – or the debating spirit – there's "Love Actually," which caused half of you readers to cheer and half of you to groan. (There's no in-between, apparently.)
That's not even including the Netflix Originals for October, including a new live-action comedy from funnyman Bill Burr, a steamy indie drama called "Fair Play" that played well on the festival circuit and a star-studded new Oscar play called "Pain Hustlers" featuring Emily Blunt and Chris Evans.
And that's just a handful of the sweet treats Netflix will hand out during October. So, with no further ado, here's the full lineup of movies and TV shows coming to Netflix this month:
Oct. 1
"60 Days In" season 4
"A Beautiful Mind"
"The Adventures of Tintin"
"The Amazing Spider-Man"
"The Amazing Spider-Man 2"
"American Beauty"
"Backdraft"
"Casper"
"Catch Me If You Can"
"Cinderella Man"
"Colombiana"
"Drake & Josh" seasons 1-3
"Dune"
"Elysium"
"The Firm"
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall"
"Gladiator"
"Hot Tub Time Machine"
"The House Bunny"
"Kung Fu Panda"
"The Little Rascals"
"Love Actually"
"Margot at the Wedding"
"Miss Juneteenth"
"Mission Impossible"
"Mission Impossible 2"
"Mission Impossible 3"
"Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol"
"My Best Friend's Wedding"
"Role Models"
"Runaway Bride"
"Saving Private Ryan"
"Scarface"
"Sex and the City: The Movie"
"Sex and the City 2"
"War of the Worlds"
Oct. 2
"Strawberry Shortcake and the Beast of Berry Bog"
Oct. 3
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Beth Stelling: If You Didn't Want Me Then"
Oct. 4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Beckham"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Keys to the Heart"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Race to the Summit"
Oct. 5
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Everything Now"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Khufiya"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Lupin" season 3
Oct. 6
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "A Deadly Invitation"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ballerina"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Fair Play"
Oct. 7
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Strong Girl Nam-soon"
Oct. 9
"After"
"Blippi's Big Dino Adventure"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Stranded with My Mother-in-Law"
Oct. 10
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "DI4RIES" season 2 part one
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Last One Standing" season 2
Oct. 11
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul"
"It Follows"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Once Upon a Star"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Pact of Silence"
Oct. 12
"Deliver Us From Evil"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Fall of the House of Usher"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Good Night World"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising" season 1 part two
Oct. 13
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Conference"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ijogbon"
"Spy Kids"
"Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams"
"Spy Kids 3: Game Over"
Oct. 15
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Camp Courage"
Oct. 16
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Oggy Oggy" season 3
Oct. 17
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "The Devil on Trial"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Heather McMahan: Son I Never Had"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "I Woke Up A Vampire"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
Oct. 18
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Kaala Paani"
Oct. 19
"American Ninja Warrior" seasons 12-13
"Bebefinn" season 2
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Bodies"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Crashing Eid"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Crypto Boy"
"Ghost Hunters" seasons 8-9
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Neon"
Oct. 20
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Big Mouth" season 7
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Creature"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Disco Inferno"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Doona!"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Elite" season 7
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Flashback"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Kandasamys: The Baby"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Old Dads"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Surviving Paradise"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris"
Oct. 23
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Princess Power" season 2
Oct. 24
"The Family Business" seasons 1-4
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Get Gotti"
"Minions"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Pete Holmes: I Am Not For Everyone"
Oct. 25
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Absolute Beginners"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Burning Betrayal"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Life on Our Planet"
"The UnXplained with William Shatner" season 3
Oct. 26
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "PLUTO"
Oct. 27
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Pain Hustlers"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Sister Death"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Tore"
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Yellow Door: '90s Lo-fi Film Club"
Oct. 28
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Castaway Diva"
Oct. 29
"Botched" season 1
Oct. 31
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "Ralph Barbosa: Cowabunga"
October TBA
NETFLIX ORIGINAL: "ONEFOUR: Against All Odds"
As much as it is a gigantic cliché to say that one has always had a passion for film, Matt Mueller has always had a passion for film. Whether it was bringing in the latest movie reviews for his first grade show-and-tell or writing film reviews for the St. Norbert College Times as a high school student, Matt is way too obsessed with movies for his own good.
When he's not writing about the latest blockbuster or talking much too glowingly about "Piranha 3D," Matt can probably be found watching literally any sport (minus cricket) or working at - get this - a local movie theater. Or watching a movie. Yeah, he's probably watching a movie.