83 new Netflix movies are arriving in October – here are 4 with over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes you should stream first

Out of 83 new Netflix movies arriving in October 2025, there are four action-thriller films that are particularly worth watching.From the action thriller The Hurt Locker (2008) to the animated superhero action flick Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), these new Netflix movies all have over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes from the critics.Don't feel like watching a Ridley Scott modern-classic or a thrilling martial arts movie? Keep scrolling below to find every new movie being added to Netflix in October 2025.The Hurt Locker (2008)RT score: 96%Director: Kathryn BigelowRuntime: 127 minutesAge rating: RArriving on: October 1Thanks to The Hurt Locker, which won 'Best Picture' at the 82nd Academy Awards, Kathryn Bigelow broke a huge record by becoming the first woman to win the Oscar for 'Best Director'.Bigelow's war drama gives an insight to one of the most dangerous tasks in combat: disarming bombs. Set during the Iraq War, sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) takes over as the leader of an elite US bomb disposal team, but adopts a very different approach to team leadership.His disregard for protocol takes the rest of his team by surprise, especially his subordinates Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Eldridge (Brian Geraghty), who fear that James' actions will get them killed. Struggling to reason with their new leader, James' actions cause a chaotic spiral.The Martian (2015)RT score: 91%Director: Ridley ScottRuntime: 142 minutesAge rating: PG-13Arriving on: October 2Andy Weir's novel of the same name serves as the basis to Ridley Scott's sci-fi epic, which packs an all-star cast featuring Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels and Chiwetel Ejiofor, alongside Matt Damon in the lead role.During a mission to Mars, a team of astronauts find themselves faced with an unpredicted storm. Forced to abandon their mission and return to Earth, astronaut and botanist Mark Watney (Damon) is hit during evacuation and is presumed dead by the other members of the team – but he survives.Stranded on the Red Planet with dwindling food supplies, Watney uses his botany skills to grow food and find his own means of survival until the next Mars mission in four years time. When NASA discover he's still alive, they hatch a plan to bring him home.Ip Man 2 (2010)RT score: 97%Director: Wilson YipRuntime: 109 minutesAge rating: RArriving on: October 5The Ip Man series of movies are a loose insight to the temperament and craft of real-life Chinese martial arts master Ip Man. There are five movies in the series, but only four of which are coming to Netflix October 5 – and it's only the second installment that has a 97% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes.Set during the 1950s, Ip Man 2 follows Ip Man (Donnie Yen) when he moves from Foshun to Hong Kong under British colonial rule to open a martial arts school and introduce troubled youth to the art of Wing Chun.He finds himself struggling to open his school when the local martial art masters insist he defeats them before the school opens. After earning their respect, his school attracts the attention of the brutal British boxing champion known as 'The Twister' (Darren Shahlavi), who will stop at nothing to tear down the Chinese martial arts community.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)RT score: 95%Director: Jeff RoweRuntime: 109 minutesAge rating: PGArriving on: October 17Critics and audiences alike loved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem when it was released, earning a respectable audience score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Its voice acting cast is also very impressive, enlisting the talents of John Cena, Rose Byrne, Ayo Edebiri and Paul Rudd to bring the characters to life.The famous band of four turtle brothers have been living a secluded life, sheltered from the human world. Teaming up with reporter April O'Neil (Edebiri), the turtles embark on a mission to become superheroes and stop the crime boss Superfly (Ice Cube), a mutant fly with his own army of mutant animals.Their mission becomes more difficult when they find that Superfly's plan is more evil than they anticipated, who's plotting to use special technology to mutate the remaining animals in New York City and take over humanity.Everything new on Netflix in October 2025 (Image credit: Columbia Pictures)Arriving on October 1About My FatherAustin Powers in GoldmemberAustin Powers: International Man of MysteryAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged MeBeverly Hills CopBeverly Hills Cop IIBeverly Hills Cop IIIBlue CrushThe Book Club MurdersCasperThe Christmas ContractCoach CarterComing to AmericaDaddy Day CareDeath Becomes HerDirty DancingDr. Seuss' The LoraxDraculaEddie Murphy: RawElysiumFifty Shades DarkerFifty Shades FreedFifty Shades of GreyFriends with BenefitsThe GooniesHacksaw RidgeThe Hurt LockerI Still Know What You Did Last SummerLaw Abiding CitizenThe Lincoln LawyerThe MaskMeet Joe BlackMolly's GameMr. & Mrs. SmithPineapple ExpressPoint BreakRed DragonScarfaceSinister 2Sister ActSister Act 2: Back in the HabitSlender ManThe StrangersTaxi DriverTraining DayWhen a Stranger CallsThe Wrath of BeckyArriving on October 2Dodgeball: A True Underdog StoryThe MartianArriving on October 3 Steve (Netflix original) Arriving on October 4Angel Has FallenNight of the Living DeadArriving on October 5Despicable Me 3Ip ManIp Man 2Ip Man 3Ip Man 4: The FinaleArriving on October 7We Have Always Lived in the CastleArriving on October 8 Caramelo (Netflix original)Arriving on October 9The Maze RunnerMaze Runner: The Scorch TrialsMaze Runner: Death CureArriving on October 10Swim to Me (Netflix original)The Woman in Cabin 10 (Netflix original)Arriving on October 14 Everybody Loves Me When I'm Dead Arriving on October 15Held Hostage in My HouseInside Furioza (Netflix original)Taken in Plain SightArriving on October 16The A TeamThe Time That Remains (Netflix original)Confessions of a ShopaholicArriving on October 1727 Nights (Netflix original)Good News (Netflix original)She Walks in Darkness (Netflix original)Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant MayhemThe Twits (Netflix original)Arriving on October 18Don't Say a WordArriving on October 23The Elixir (Netflix original)Arriving on October 24A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (Netflix original)Arriving on October 27Sliding DoorsArriving on October 29Ballad of a Small Player (Netflix original)You might also like New Stranger Things season 5 trailer teases one last quest for the Hawkins crew – and lots of unseen footage for the hit Netflix show's final hurrah‘The bleaker the better’: Black Rabbit is Netflix’s new must-see show - here’s what people are saying about the Jude Law and Jason Bateman thriller'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery': everything we know so far about the Netflix movie (release date, trailer, cast, plot)