The best Netflix movies and shows to watch this week (Oct. 23)

We are eight days away from Halloween, and I am struggling to figure out what to dress up as. Like we do each and every week, we’re sharing all the new Netflix movies and shows debuting beginning the week of Oct. 23, 2023.

As we shift through the year, the goal of this weekly piece is to find those things that should be on your radar. When we first started working on this piece it was sharing all the things that were releasing, but now we want to hone on and share what we think are the best options to watch weekly. We watch all the bad, so you can enjoy the good.

New Netflix movies and shows to watch this week

• Get Gotti, Oct. 24
• Life On Our Planet, Oct. 25
• The After, Oct. 25
• Pain Hustlers, Oct. 27

Fans of historical documentaries should have the incredible Life on Our Planet  on their radar. The film follows the story of Earth’s inhabitants and the history of their rise and fall. One of the more impressive things was the use of the technology that was used in Life on Our Planet to bring many of the creatures before our time back to life.

A blue-collar woman struggles to raiser her daughter takes a job at a start-up only to get involved in a horrible racketeering scheme. That is the premise for the Netflix original film Pain Hustlers. The film has a star-studded cast that includes Emily Blunt, Chris Evans, Andy Garcia and Catherine O’Hara. David Yates (Harry Potter Franchise) helms the film in the directors chair in what promises to be a roller coaster of a ride.

From our suggestions, what will you be watching? Are you excited about Pain Hustlers? Or will you be checking out Life on Our Planet with me? Let’s hope next week brings us more Netflix additions.