Hello from Los Angeles. After a two-week road trip, I’m heading back to work at Netflix next week! Before that, it’s time to recap everything new that’s been released on Netflix in the US over the past seven days. We’ll also touch on some highlights, a complete list of all new movies, series, and games, plus the top trending titles in Netflix’s US Daily Top 10.
Curious about what’s coming up for the rest of October 2024? Here’s a complete list of upcoming titles. So here are some highlights from the past seven days.
Best new movies and series on Netflix this week
Scream (2022)
evaluation: R
language: English
Genre: horror, mystery, thriller
director: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillette
cast: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
writer: James Vanderbilt, Guy Busick, Kevin Williamson
runtime: 114 minutes / 1 hour 54 minutes
Netflix has gone all out this year to acquire some pretty major Halloween licensed titles from distributors across Hollywood. One of two major reboots released on Netflix, Scream features familiar faces from the ’90s original as well as a large ensemble cast of new stars, including Netflix is being Wednesday star Jenna Ortega.
The sequel to the original, which was released to critical acclaim, is set 25 years after a series of brutal murders occurred in the sleepy town of Woodsboro. Thought to be put to sleep, things change when a new killer appears wearing a Ghostface mask and targets a new group of teenagers in order to revive secrets from the town’s dangerous past. .
Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
evaluation: P.G.
language: English
Genre: animation, action, adventure
director: travis knight
cast: Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey
writer: Mark Haymes, Chris Butler, Shannon Tindle
runtime: 101 minutes / 1 hour 41 minutes
Yes, this week’s “Must See” section is primarily focused on movies, but given that Kubo and the Two Strings is one of the best animated films of the past decade, streamers Return movie for. Written by Shannon Tindle, the man behind Netflix’s great work ultraman rising The film, released earlier this year, is a stop-motion masterpiece. The word masterpiece is often thrown around arbitrarily, but I won’t use it lightly here. The plot revolves around a talented storyteller from a fishing village. He accidentally summons a spirit of vengeance and embarks on a quest to uncover the mysteries of his deceased samurai father, a mysterious weapon, and his own magical powers.
lonely planet (2024)
evaluation: R
language: English
Genre: drama, romance
director: Susannah Grant
cast: Laura Dern, Liam Hemsworth, Diana Silvers
writer: Susannah Grant
runtime: 94 minutes / 1 hour 34 minutes
Netflix’s October movie slate focuses primarily on the thrills of the Halloween season, but Lonely Planet certainly bucks that trend with Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth leading the cast of the romance drama. There is.
Here’s what our own critic Andrew Morgan had to say about the film in his three-star review this morning:
“whole, lonely planet is a fast-paced, slow-paced romance that plays to the Oscar-nominated writer’s strengths. The ever-sparkling Dern is in the mean intellectual bag with a capable volleying partner in Liam Hemsworth. Their chemistry improves as the story progresses, limiting the attention given to the film’s more aimless or less appealing features. ”
Complete list of new releases on Netflix this week
17 new movies added this week
- Ali Wong: Single Lady (2024) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die (2024) – R – English
- Breaking the Silence: The Maria Soledad Affair (2024) Netflix Original – TV-14 – Spanish
- Girl chases boy (2024) – PG – English
- Her Blue Sky (2019) – TV-PG – Japanese
- In Her Place (2024) Netflix Original – PG-13 – Spanish
- Kerkelmain (2024) – TV-14 – No
- Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) – PG – English
- Lonely Planet (2024) Netflix Original – R – English
- Mathu Vadalala 2 (2024) – TV-MA – Telugu
- Pixel (2015) – PG-13 – English
- Scream (2022) – R – English
- Look at me (2021) – TV-MA – English
- Hereditary (2024) – TV-MA – Indonesian
- Such Love (2024) – TV-14 – Tagalog
- Menendez Brothers (2024) – TV-MA – English
- Uprising (2024) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Korean
11 new TV series added this week
- False Love (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Italian
- Dinnertime Live with David Chang (Season 2 – Live) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Halloween Playlist (Season 1) Netflix Original – – English
- Love Is Blind, Habibi (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Arabic
- Orb: About the Movement of the Earth (Season 1 – New Episodes Every Week) – TV-MA – Japanese
- Outer Banks (Season 4 – Part 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- Ranma 1/2 (Season 1 – new episodes every week) – TV-MA – Japanese
- Starting 5 (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
- The Life and Films of Elwan Cunelli (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Turkish
- The Secret of the River (Limited Series) – TV-MA – Spanish
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
1 new game added this week
- Rollercoaster Tycoon Touch (iOS and Android)
Most popular movies on Netflix in the US this week
This week’s Netflix Top 10 includes many movies, including those added at the beginning of the month. At the top of the chart is sing Thankfully, it replaces The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which was pulled from Netflix after 10 months on the service. platform 2, The unpopular Spanish-language sequel comes second.
- sing (71 points)
- Platform 2 (57 points)
- Garfield movie (41 points)
- 2 guns (40 points)
- Menendez Brothers (37 points)
- Mechanic (35 points)
- Trouble (30 points)
- Bad Boys: Ride or Die (30 points)
- What’s inside? (25 points)
- Escape Plan (23 points)
- Robin Hood (18 points)
- It Chapter 2 (14 points)
- Jailbreak: Love on the Run (9 points)
- Halloween (4 points)
- Over the Hedge (3 points)
- 22 Jump Street (2 points)
- Kung Fu Panda (1 point)
Most popular shows on Netflix US this week
At the top of the U.S. charts again this week is the romantic comedy “Nobody Wants This,” which received a relatively early second season order in the past few days. Netflix originals make up the majority of the top 10. amazing digital circus and yellow jacket Two notable exceptions to this rule.
- No one wants this (77 points)
- Love is Blind (70 points)
- Monster (66 points)
- Unsolved Mysteries (41 points)
- The Great British Bake Off (34 points)
- Amazing digital circus (29 points)
- Perfect couple (21 points)
- Mr. McMahon (16 points)
- Yellow Jacket (15 points)
- Heartstopper (14 points)
- False love (10 points)
- Outer Banks (10 points)
- Starting 5 (7 points)
- Dan da dun (5 points)
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft (2 points)
- Swat (3 points)
What are you watching on Netflix this weekend? Let us know in the comments.