November is nothing less than a seasonal event for Netflix. The leaves are falling, the blankets are coming out, and the watchlist is about to grow faster than anyone can realistically finish it. This month’s lineup has something for every kind of viewer. Binge-ready series, big-screen movies, and documentaries are all on the way,

So which titles deserve the top spot in the queue, and which can wait? Here is the full Netflix release list for November 2026.

Richard Jewell turns a hero’s worst nightmare into a tense, infuriating drama, and it arrives on Netflix on November 1. Clint Eastwood directs Paul Walter Hauser as the security guard who spotted a b*** at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was then treated as a suspect.

Mistletoe M****** brings cozy Christmas charm and small-town homicide to Netflix on November 1, with both seasons arriving together. Sarah Drew stars as Emily Lane, a Christmas shop owner in Fletcher’s Grove whose secret past turns out to be useful for solving m******, with Peter Mooney as Detective Sam Wilner. It’s a festive mystery where the cookies are lovely, and the poison is not.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever brings chaos, heart, and a very questionable nativity scene to Netflix. Dallas Jenkins directs this adaptation of Barbara Robinson’s beloved novel, with Judy Greer, Pete Holmes, and Lauren Graham leading the cast. The Herdman kids, easily the most inventively awful children in holiday history, hijack a church pageant and end up showing a town what Christmas is really about.

The Day After Tomorrow is the 2004 disaster blockbuster that proved the weather could be the scariest villain on screen, and it arrives on Netflix on November 1. Roland Emmerich directs Dennis Quaid as a climatologist racing across a freezing America to reach his son, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, as superstorms bury the Northern Hemisphere and flash-freeze New York. More than two decades after its May 2004 release, the spectacle still lands.

The Good Lie is the 2014 drama that turns the real journey of the Lost Boys of Sudan into an uplifting story, and it arrives on Netflix on November 1. Reese Witherspoon stars alongside Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, and Emmanuel Jal, with Philippe Falardeau directing. The film follows young Sudanese refugees who survive a brutal escape from civil w**, then face a very different kind of challenge starting over in America.

Masha and the Bear is the Russian animated hit that has been wrecking one very patient bear’s peace since 2009, and it arrives on Netflix on November 2. Created by Oleg Kuznetsov, the series follows Masha, a fearless and endlessly curious little girl, and the retired circus bear who keeps losing the battle to maintain a quiet life.

Bass X Machina is a Netflix original that turns the Wild West into a steampunk nightmare, and it arrives on November 3. Brian Tyree Henry voices Bass, inspired by the real-life lawman Bass Reeves, who takes on outlaws, hulking machines, and supernatural threats on a lawless frontier. Studio Mir handles the animation, and Janelle Monáe and Tati Gabrielle join the voice cast. Gunfights, train chases, and colossal machines make this one of the month’s boldest animated bets.

Staying on the outlaw side of the schedule, Mafia Mamma also arrives on November 3. Toni Collette stars as a suburban American mom who travels to Italy for a funeral and ends up inheriting her late grandfather’s crime empire, with Monica Bellucci and Catherine Hardwicke’s direction adding extra flair.

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It trades Bass Reeves’ dusty frontier for Italian villas, and the comedy is as sharp as the suits.

Mike Tyson: Return of the Mike is a Netflix original that sends the heavyweight icon to the stage with jokes instead of jabs, and it arrives on November 3. Tyson’s first one-man show since 2013’s Undisputed Truth trades menace for mischief, using his own chaos as material and touching on addiction and mental health.

Kiki Tyson directs the special, which was filmed at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida.

St. Denis Medical checks into Netflix with Season 2 on November 3, adding more bedside chaos to the month’s comedy lineup. The NBC mockumentary follows the overworked, underfunded staff of an Oregon hospital, with Wendi McLendon-Covey, Allison Tolman, David Alan Grier, and Josh Lawson leading the ensemble. It comes from Superstore creators Justin Spitzer and Eric Ledgin, and the full 18-episode season lands just as Season 3 premieres on NBC on November 2.

Will Trent arrives on Netflix on November 3 with Seasons 1 through 4, giving crime-drama fans a full case file to binge. Ramón Rodríguez stars as Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Will Trent, who turns severe dyslexia and a rough childhood in Atlanta’s foster care system into the sharpest eye in the bureau. Based on Karin Slaughter’s novels, the ABC drama also features Erika Christensen, Iantha Richardson, and Jake McLaughlin, with Season 5 set to return on ABC in early 2027.

A Dog’s Perfect Christmas is a Netflix original that tells a family’s holiday crisis through the eyes of its wisest member, a senior basset hound named Winstead, and it arrives on November 4. Based on W. Bruce Cameron’s novel of the same name, the film comes from the author behind A Dog’s Purpose and stars Dennis Quaid, Milo Ventimiglia, Brooke Lena Johnson, and Mary Steenburgen. Cathryn Michon directs.

Anaesthesia is a Netflix original that brings Poland’s medical drama to the screen, and it arrives on November 4. Leszek Lichota stars as a brilliant but arrogant neurosurgeon, ousted from a prestigious clinic after a failed operation. He lands in a small county hospital, where his rule-bending methods clash with the locals and might be exactly what saves lives. It’s Netflix’s first Polish medical procedural, so the comparisons to The Pitt, considered to be the standard for medical dramas, are already starting.

Black Doves returns for Season 2 on Netflix on November 5, and Helen’s double life just got far more dangerous. Keira Knightley is back as the wife and mother secretly selling her nation’s secrets to a covert organization, now with her husband preparing to become Prime Minister, while Ben Whishaw’s hitman Sam returns as her partner in trouble.

Neve Campbell and Ambika Mod join the cast as the Black Doves face threats from within.

North of North returns for Season 2 on Netflix on November 5, bringing the coziest Arctic comedy back to Ice Cove just as winter closes in. Anna Lambe stars as Siaja, a young Inuk mother still making bold decisions and even bolder mistakes while trying to prove she is ready to take charge of her community.  Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jay Ryan, and Maika Harper return for all eight episodes, which drop at once.

One Year to Live, Buy a Man hits Netflix on November 5. A frugal 40-year-old gets a one-year diagnosis, decides saving money no longer matters, and “buys” a pink-haired host for ¥720,000. Ko Shibasaki and Eiji Akaso star, and it is a love story that starts with a transaction.

Overacting, a Thai action-comedy, lands on Netflix on November 5. A legendary retired cop with a slipping memory gets pulled back toward an old grudge against his arch-nemesis. Expect fake missions, mid-air fight scenes and full-throttle chaos. Do not take it seriously, which fits the title. 

The Neighborhood is coming to Netflix on November 5, with multiple seasons of the CBS sitcom, and it’s expected to be all eight. Cedric the Entertainer stars in a comedy about an extremely friendly Midwesterner who moves his family into a mostly Black neighborhood in Pasadena.

Carolina Caroline arrives on Netflix on November 6, just in time for a Southern Gothic road trip. Samara Weaving stars as a young woman who joins a charming con man, played by Kyle Gallner, and goes on the run through the American Southeast in search of her estranged mother. Crime and passion pile up along the way. The film is a romantic crime thriller with a road-trip heart.

Possible Love arrives on Netflix on November 6, with Lee Chang-dong’s first film in eight years. Two married couples, a laid-off worker and his wife and a documentary filmmaker and her husband, cross paths when the filmmaker starts filming the other couple, and both marriages have to face hidden desires. Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung and Cho Yeo-jeong star. The film has also won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at Venice.

Under Siege arrives on Netflix on November 6, and it takes on one of Colombia’s darkest days. The eight-episode series is inspired by real events: in November 1985, an M-19 guerrilla commando seized the Palace of Justice and took more than 300 people hostage, and the Colombian Army then retook the building. To bring it to life, the crew even built a 30-meter structure recreating the Palace’s original façade. Natalia Reyes, Luna Baxter and Mariana Gómez bring the film to life.

Unprotected: M***** in Galicia arrives on Netflix on November 6, one week before the fictional series it inspired. The documentary film tells the story of Isabel Fuentes. Her case took place in Galicia in 2015 and was marked by shortcomings in her protection. Thirty-seven days after the attack, Isabel was m******* in the hospital room where she was recovering. Investigators, doctors, family members, neighbours and journalists give testimony as the film asks how the system failed to protect her.

Doozie’s Doghouse arrives on Netflix on November 9, and the pups are in charge. The seven-episode, mixed-media companion series to Gabby’s Dollhouse runs 22 minutes an episode and is led by Celestina Harris as Doozie, Gabby’s dog-loving younger sister. Like Gabby, Doozie can “get tiny” and step into her fantastical Doghouse, where imaginative play leads to new adventures. She heads in with her best pup, Puggie, and all her Doozie Dogs for tail-wagging surprises and unboxings.

The Good Lawyer arrives on Netflix on November 9, and its courtroom star is in as much trouble as his clients. Laurent Lafitte plays Léonard Landry, a brilliant but addicted criminal defense lawyer. His double life reaches a breaking point when he collapses from an overdose in the middle of a heated courtroom argument. He then has to prepare for his own trial, with only a determined beginner lawyer, played by César winner Anthony Bajon, on his side.

Last One Standing is back for Season 4 on Netflix on November 10. The hit Japanese unscripted competition drops a new batch of comedians. They have to break character and deliver hilarious unscripted anecdotes on the spot, or face elimination. The show works like Squid Game in the sense that if your jokes do not land, you are off the show.

  Avedon arrives on Netflix on November 11, and it is a documentary about the man who shaped how the 20th century looked. The feature documentary traces the life and legacy of Richard Avedon, an artist who used fashion, portraiture and commercial photography to explore identity, power, fear and beauty. It has unprecedented access to his archive, including never-before-seen photos and behind-the-scenes recordings. It also has interviews with the people who knew him best. 

ChiaroScuro arrives on Netflix on November 11, with a crime scene staged like a painting. The eight-episode light crime series is a buddy comedy set in the art world. Pierpaolo Spollon plays Cosmo Speranza, an art advisor who can spot a fake from the smallest detail, and he ends up working with Rome’s Mobile Squad and Inspector Angelo Tiberi, played by Andrea Lattanzi. Then a painting of Cosmo’s childhood home turns up at a crime scene, and he realizes the k***** is speaking directly to him. It also gets its world premiere at the Rome Film Fest.

The Body arrives on Netflix on November 11, and it’s Catholic school gone very wrong. The eight-episode series follows a group of badly behaved Catholic school girls (Anya, Elise and Lisbeth) who begin having prophetic visions that set off mass hysteria in their town after a dance-team initiation goes wrong. It sits right beside its inspirations which are Carrie, Jennifer’s Body, Heavenly Creatures, and Mean Girls as inspirations.

Miracles of the ER arrives on Netflix on November 12, and it’s Taiwan’s first medical drama set in an emergency department. Wallace Huo, Cheryl Yang, Kent Tsai, and Chan Tzu-hsuan star in the series.

 Cheryl Yang plays senior attending physician He Yu-hua, and her ER team faces relentless medical crises, ethical dilemmas, and internal hospital power struggles. It also looks at the tension and compassion between doctors, patients, and their families.

Never Surrender arrives on Netflix on November 12, and the action hero is a grandfather. An ex-soldier and his grandchildren battle ruthless criminals in a remote village, and to survive they must also confront their fears and regrets. The grandfather and his grandchildren have two choices, surrender or fight back, so he draws on his combat skills to protect his family from a criminal syndicate.

The film mixes intense fight sequences, tactical ingenuity and family dynamics that feel grounded in real life.

The Empress returns for its third and final season on Netflix on November 12, and it ends Sisi’s story. The German-language series closes the story of Empress Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph after three seasons. The first two seasons have racked up 462 million hours watched on Netflix, and the third season is expected to match the pace.

Heartland arrives on Netflix on November 13, and Jessica Chastain sings her way into a mystery. She plays Misty Jones, a former country megastar who comes out of seclusion in Nashville to find her missing niece. The niece is a rising country musician, and Misty must grapple with her own past and Nashville’s seedy underbelly, where no one, including her, is who they seem.

M***** in Galicia arrives on Netflix on November 13, one week after the documentary that inspired it. The three-part true-crime series is set in the quiet village of Pazos, where Irene, one half of an apparently perfect couple with her husband Aniceto, is brutally attacked during an apparent robbery. The true-crime series is directed by  Carlos Sedes, and Bambú Producciones, the company behind The Asunta Case, produced it.

Alan’s Universe arrives on Netflix on November 14, and it brings YouTube’s most-watched Shorts creator with it. The scripted high school anthology series has been described as a cross between a classic Disney Channel sitcom and the Korean drama Boys Over Flowers. Each episode follows Alan Chikin Chow and his friends through fantastical scenarios, from high school bullies to hidden pop star identities, built around the idea that love resolves life’s struggles.

Gentle Monster arrives on Netflix on November 18, after a theatrical run. Léa Seydoux stars as Lucy, a concert pianist who has just moved her family to a country house to ease her husband Philip’s burnout. An early-morning police visit then tears their life apart, and Lucy has to face it alone, trapped between the man she loves and the fear of what he may have done.

Guarding Stars arrives on Netflix on November 18, with a holiday romance that starts as a cover story. Leighton Meester plays Hannah, an elite bodyguard assigned to protect Hollywood heartthrob Jack Stapleton, played by Jared Padalecki, from his stalker when he goes home to Texas for the holidays.

She has to pretend to be his girlfriend so she does not scare his family. Sparks fly, secrets unravel, and Christmas gets a whole lot more complicated. Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum directs, and the film adapts Katherine Center’s 2022 novel The Bodyguard.

The Altruists arrives on Netflix on November 19, and all eight episodes drop at once. Julia Garner plays Caroline Ellison and Anthony Boyle plays Sam Bankman-Fried, who set out to reshape the global financial system before being accused of stealing $8 billion. The pair are often described as Gen Z’s Bonnie & Clyde. 

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On Behalf of My Son arrives on Netflix on November 20. Vicentina, played by Rejane Faria, is dealing with the aftermath of her son Wesley’s death in a bus accident in which he was the driver. As the investigation unfolds, evidence suggests his action may have been intentional. She decides to seek out the victims’ families and apologize. The movie stands as a contender for the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

Steps arrives on Netflix on November 20, and it flips Cinderella on its head. The animated film puts Cinderella’s stepsisters at the center and asks what happens when one of them has had enough of living in Cinderella’s shadow. Lilith, voiced by Ali Wong, is blamed for hijacking the Royal Ball with a stolen magic wand.

She accidentally turns her sister, voiced by Stephanie Hsu, into a frog and has to team up with Cinderella and a surprisingly dreamy troll to save the kingdom. It is the first film fully produced in-house at Netflix Animation Studios.

NFL Netflix Gameday: Packers vs. Rams kicks off on November 25, and it’s the NFL’s first-ever Thanksgiving Eve game. The Rams host the Packers at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, at 8:00 p.m. ET, streaming on Netflix.

The Mosquito Bowl arrives on Netflix on November 25, and its football game has real stakes. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, four of America’s top college football stars set their fame aside to enlist in the Marines. As they prepare for the brutal invasion of Okinawa, they play in a legendary game featuring some of the greatest players in history, a game that for many will be the last they ever play. Nicholas Galitzine leads the cast, with Bill Skarsgård, Ray Nicholson and Tom Francis. In the real game, 15 of the 65 players died within a year.

Always on Call arrives on Netflix on November 26, and it’s Netflix’s first Nordic medical drama. The series follows surgeon Sofia, played by Sara Khorami, in a busy Norwegian emergency room as she handles high-stakes cases, hospital politics and her colleagues’ tangled personal lives. It’s more love story and workplace drama than clinical procedural. The medicine is the backdrop and the people are the story.

Fool Night arrives on Netflix on November 26. Toshiro Kamiya, a young man in poverty, works every day to cover taxes, living costs and his mother’s medication, and his ultimate choice is to become a Spirit Flower, a plant transformed from a human. The anime is the first collaboration between Sunrise and Shaft, and it adapts Kasumi Yasuda’s manga.

The Hunting Wives returns for Season 2 on Netflix on November 26, which is Thanksgiving Day in the US. As they play their dangerous games, the question is whether they are the hunters or the hunted.

The Child arrives on Netflix on November 27, after a cinema release on November 13. It tells the story of Mariaje (Belén Cuesta) and Nicasio (Karra Elejalde), the mother and grandfather of one of the children who died in a gas explosion in a Basque Country town in October 1980. The film is based on Fernando Aramburu’s novel. Mariano Barroso wrote and directed it, and Cuesta and Elejalde are both Goya Award winners.

The Hunchback, Soul of Paris, a historical dark tale based on Victor Hugo's 1831 novel, is set to arrive on Netflix on November 27. Directed by Jean-François Richet, it follows a hunchback, hunted for medical experiments who gets caught between love and politics while Cholera threatens the city.

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