What to Watch in October: 25 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – September 29, 2022

The month ahead will bring the returns of The White Lotus and Inside Amy Schumer, a prequel to Supernatural, a well-reviewed new series adaptation of Interview With the Vampire, several promising sci-fi and horror titles, and more. 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.

Additional content by Keith Kimbell.

27 of 28 photo by Samuel Goldwyn Films

BONUS: High-scoring older titles coming to the streaming services in October

pictured above:

▣ C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) - HBO Max, 10/1
The 2005 debut film from late director Jean-Marc Vallée (Dallas Buyers Club, Big Little Lies), a coming-of-age tale about a young gay man in 1960s and '70s Quebec, was well-received in its native Canada but did not get an American release until just this year.

also available:

The Age of Innocence (1993) - Hulu, 10/1

All About My Mother (1999) - Hulu, 10/1

Animal House (1978) - Peacock, 10/1

Annihilation (2018) - Paramount+, 10/1

Apollo 13 (1995) - Peacock, 10/1

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

The Bad News Bears (1976) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Benediction (2022) - Hulu, 10/16

Bitterbrush (2022) - Hulu, 10/20

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

Bridesmaids (2011) - Prime Video, 10/1

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Broken Embraces (2009) - Hulu, 10/1

Call Me by Your Name (2017) - HBO Max and Netflix, 10/1

Catch Me If You Can (2002) - Paramount+, 10/2

The Color Purple (1985) - Netflix, 10/1

The Constant Gardener (2005) - Peacock, 10/1

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) - Hulu, 10/1

Dear White People (2014) - Hulu, 10/1

District 9 (2009) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) - Peacock, 10/1

Frank (2014) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Fruitvale Station (2013) - Paramount+, 10/2

The Fugitive (1993) - Hulu, 10/1

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

The Godfather (1972) - Peacock, 10/1

The Godfather Part II (1974) - Peacock, 10/1

Hondo (1953) - Paramount+ and Prime Video, 10/2

Hoosiers (1986) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

How to Train Your Dragon (2010) - Peacock, 10/1

Juno (2007) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - Prime Video, 10/1

Let Me In (2010) - Hulu, 10/1

Little Women (1933) - HBO Max, 10/1

Looper (2012) - Hulu, 10/1

Nightcrawler (2014) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

The Northman (2022) - Prime Video, 10/11

Panic (2001) - Paramount+ and Prime Video, 10/2

The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) - Paramount+ and Prime Video, 10/2

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) - Paramount+, 10/2

Risky Business (1983) - Netflix, 10/1

Shane (1953) - Paramount+ and Prime Video, 10/2

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) - Prime Video, 10/1

Spotlight (2015) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Spy (2015) - Peacock, 10/1

Support the Girls (2018) - Prime Video, 10/1

Terms of Endearment (1983) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019) - Netflix, 10/16

Tootsie (1982) - Paramount+, 10/2

Up in the Air (2009) - Prime Video, 10/1

WarGames (1983) - Paramount+, 10/2

What's Love Got to Do With It (1993) - Paramount+, 10/2

The Witch (2015) - HBO and HBO Max, 10/1

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) - Hulu, 10/1

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