What to Watch in October: 22 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – September 28, 2021

The month ahead will bring the highly anticipated return of HBO hit Succession, Denis Villeneuve's long-delayed Dune movie, a prequel to The Sopranos, and (unsurprisingly) a lot of horror. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in the next month, listed in order by premiere date.

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BONUS: Top older titles coming to the streaming services in October

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▣ Gunda (2020) - Hulu, 10/11
Experimental, black-and-white, and G-rated, the highly acclaimed Gunda has been described (by the A.V. Club) as a "wordless documentary Babe" for its leisurely, lyrical look at the lives of various animals (a mother pig, a flock of chickens, a herd of cows) on a Norwegian farm.

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All The President's Men (1976) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

American Gangster (2007) - Peacock, 10/1

American Graffiti (1973) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Animal House (1978) - Peacock, 10/1

Apollo 13 (1995) - Peacock, 10/1

Argo (2012) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Atonement (2007) - Prime Video, 10/1

Back to the Future (1985) - Peacock, 10/1

The Bad News Bears (1976) - Prime Video, 10/1

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) - Peacock, 10/1

Bulworth (1998) - Prime Video, 10/1

The Cider House Rules (1999) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

City of God (2003) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Corpse Bride (2005) - HBO Max, 10/1

The Crying Game (1992) - Paramount+, 10/1

David Lynch: The Art Life (2016) - HBO Max, 10/1

Dr. No (1963) - Hulu and Paramount+, 10/1

Escape From Alcatraz (1979) - Hulu, 10/1

From Russia With Love (1964) - Hulu and Paramount+, 10/1

Get Shorty (1995) - Prime Video, 10/1

Goldfinger (1965) - Hulu and Paramount+, 10/1

The Graduate (1967) - Prime Video, 10/1

Hairspray (2007) - Netflix, 10/1

Happy Feet (2006) - Hulu, 10/1

House of Games (1987) - Hulu and Paramount+, 10/1

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) - Hulu, 10/1

In the Heights (2021) - HBO Max, 10/28

An Inconvenient Truth (2006) - Netflix, 10/1

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words (2015) - HBO Max, 10/1

It Follows (2015) - Peacock, 10/1

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2003) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Like Water for Chocolate (1993) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Lincoln (2012) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Maggie's Plan (2016) - Hulu, 10/4

M*A*S*H (1970) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Minority Report (2002) - Paramount+, 10/1

Misery (1990) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Moonrise Kingdom (2012) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always (2020) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Peacock, 10/1

Pariah (2011) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Paramount+, 10/1

Rango (2011) - Paramount+, 10/25

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It (2021) - Netflix, 10/12

Rushmore (1998) - Hulu and Paramount+, 10/1

Saving Private Ryan (1998) - Paramount+, 10/1

Say Anything… (1989) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Seinfeld Seasons 1-9 - Netflix, 10/1

Sweet Land (2006) - Hulu and Paramount+, 10/1

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Titanic (1997) - Netflix and Paramount+, 10/1

Tully (2018) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

The Untouchables (1987) - Hulu and Paramount+, 10/1

Up in the Air (2009) - HBO Max, 10/1

Waitress (2007) - Hulu, 10/1

We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013) - Netflix, 10/24

Zodiac (2007) - Netflix and Paramount+, 10/1

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