Netflix is adding 70 movies to its streaming library in October 2026, headlined by titles that hold critical scores of 92% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes. The slate spans historical dramas, psychological thrillers, and iconic action franchises available for subscribers as the autumn viewing season gets underway.
Rotten Tomatoes Top-Scoring Movies Added in October 2026
To navigate the expansive monthly drop, review sites provide a helpful baseline for quality-conscious viewers. Streaming catalogs often mix high-profile originals with repertory additions, but a handful of legacy titles stand out for their critical consensus. For October 2026, the streaming platform welcomed several acclaimed films achieving ratings of 92% and above.
Set during the 2000s era depicted in the film, the story follows a man who, ostracized by his friends and family due to the homophobic stigma surrounding AIDS at the time, is left in a dire situation. Refusing to give up, he begins smuggling unapproved drugs into the U.S. to treat his condition and starts assisting his fellow AIDS patients who are in a similarly life-threatening condition.
Timothée Chalamet’s breakout role also joins the platform in Luca Guadagnino’s 2017 romantic drama Call Me by Your Name, which earned him a Best Actor Oscar nomination to boot and forced the movie world to take notice. It offers a deeply intimate portrayal of first love that unfolds with a tender heart and youthful optimism, holding a 95% critical score to make it one of the month’s top-rated entries.
Action Franchises and Thriller Additions
Beyond prestige dramas, October brings the complete Jason Bourne franchise to the service, including the original trilogy comprised of The Bourne Identity, Supremacy, and Ultimatum, which makes for perfect marathon material alongside the more recent movie simply titled “Jason Bourne.” While 2002’s Identity should be your starting point if you’re new to the series, trilogy capper The Bourne Ultimatum scores the highest with critics on Rotten Tomatoes at 92%, delivering adrenaline-spiking action and answering some big questions.
The platform is also stocking rewatchable classics like Heat and Point Break. At the same time, Ben Affleck’s political thriller Animals stands out as the flagship Netflix original, featuring Steven Yeun, Kerry Washington, and Gillian Anderson while showcasing a praiseworthy talent for producing movies reminiscent of the mid ’90s era when Affleck first entered the Hollywood scene.
Martin Mull Documentary and Psycho Arrive for October
As part of its October releases, the streaming service features projects such as Who Is Martin Mull?
, a documentary exploring one of the most adaptable talents of the 20th century that functions as essential entertainment for music and comedy enthusiasts, illustrating how successful Hollywood figures frequently become best recognized for their alternate pursuits. For viewers seeking seasonal horror now that Spooky Season has arrived, Alfred Hitchcock’s foundational 1960 thriller Psycho joins the library as one of his most recognizable movies alongside Rear Window, providing an intense horror that continues to influence the genre to this day. Elizabeth Banks’ Cocaine Bear also joins as a mild winter hit that quickly fell out of the public consciousness when it opened in 2023, representing the kind of movie that the Netflix algorithm exists to recirculate for an alternative history of a woodland tragedy going viral a second time around.
