Another new month, another set of new movies on Netflix.
At the start of each month, the streaming giant drops a number of new films on the site, with October's selection as good as we have seen.
Here are the best of them.
New Movies on Netflix - October 2021
Addams Family Values
Year: 1993
Cast: Anjelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christopher Lloyd
Plot:
The Addams Family try to rescue their beloved Uncle Fester from his gold-digging new love, a black widow named Debbie. (IMDB)
Rating: 77% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Year: 1999
Cast: Mike Myers, Heather Graham, Michael York
Plot:
Dr. Evil is back and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 1960s and steal Austin Powers' mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless". (IMDB)
Rating: 52% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Body of Lies
Year: 2008
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong
Plot:
A CIA agent on the ground in Jordan hunts down a powerful terrorist leader while being caught between the unclear intentions of his American supervisors and Jordan Intelligence. (IMDB)
Rating: 55% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Carlito's Way
Year: 1993
Cast: Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller
Plot:
A Puerto Rican former convict, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of N.Y.C. (IMDB)
Rating: 82% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Clueless
Year: 1995
Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Brittany Murphy
Plot:
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. (IMDB)
Rating: 81% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Contagion
Year: 2011
Cast: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Plot:
Healthcare professionals, government officials and everyday people find themselves in the midst of a pandemic as the CDC works to find a cure. (IMDB)
Rating: 85% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Dawn of the Dead
Year: 2004
Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phier
Plot:
A nurse, a policeman, a young married couple, a salesman and other survivors of a worldwide plague that is producing aggressive, flesh-eating zombies, take refuge in a mega Midwestern shopping mall. (IMDB)
Rating: 76% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Fight Club
Year: 1999
Cast: Brad Pitt, Edward Norton, Meat Loaf
Plot:
An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more. (IMDB)
Rating: 79% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Halloween
Year: 1978
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran
Plot:
Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again. (IMDB)
Rating: 96% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Heat
Year: 1995
Cast: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer
Plot:
A group of high-end professional thieves start to feel the heat from the LAPD when they unknowingly leave a clue at their latest heist. (IMDB)
Rating: 87% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Marley & Me
Year: 2008
Cast: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Eric Dane
Plot:
A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog. (IMDB)
Rating: 62% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Saving Private Ryan
Year: 1998
Cast: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore
Plot:
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action. (IMDB)
Rating: 93% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Shaun of the Dead
Year: 2004
Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield
Plot:
A man's uneventful life is disrupted by the zombie apocalypse. (IMDB)
Rating: 92% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Shutter Island
Year: 2010
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo
Plot:
In 1954, a U.S. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. (IMDB)
Rating: 68% (Rotten Tomatoes)
Spider-man
Year: 2002
Cast: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe
Plot:
When bitten by a genetically modified spider, a nerdy, shy, and awkward high school student gains spider-like abilities that he eventually must use to fight evil as a superhero after tragedy befalls his family. (IMDB)
Rating: 90% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Green Mile
Year: 1999
Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan, David Morse
Plot:
The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift. (IMDB)
Rating: 78% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Terminal
Year: 2004
Cast: Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Chi McBride
Plot:
An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there. (IMDB)
Rating: 61% (Rotten Tomatoes)
The Town
Year: 2010
Cast: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm
Plot:
A proficient group of thieves rob a bank and hold Claire, the assistant manager, hostage. Things begin to get complicated when one of the crew members falls in love with Claire. (IMDB)
Rating: 92% (Rotten Tomatoes)
V for Vendetta
Year: 2005
Cast: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves
Plot:
In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V," plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman. (IMDB)
Rating: 73% (Rotten Tomatoes)
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