What to watch on Netflix Canada in October 2020
Our critics pick the best movies and TV shows coming to the streaming platform this month
We go deep into the October 2020 Netflix Canada schedule to unearth the most interesting titles. This month, we’re looking forward to the latest adaptation of Rebecca, Radha Blank’s Sundance winner, the TV version of music podcast Song Exploder, and the Vancouver-shot series The Haunting of Bly Manor.
What we can’t wait to watch
Rebecca
Who would dare adapt Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 psychological thriller, after Alfred Hitchcock did it so memorably in his classic film? Well, Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, Kill List) has tried, and from the trailer his cast seems every bit as exciting as Hitchcock’s. Armie Hammer plays the handsome widower, Maxim, Lily James his new wife, and Kristin Scott Thomas the brooding housekeeper who’s still obsessed with Maxim’s dead first wife, Rebecca. Expect gorgeous, classy thrills. October 21
Dick Johnson Is Dead
In her brilliant 2016 docu-memoir Cameraperson, cinematographer Kristen Johnson used her father as a reassuring presence in her busy life; this more experimental follow-up finds him in declining health, so dad and daughter embark on a project to imagine his passing in a number of different ways. Expect to laugh and weep in roughly the same amounts, and possibly even at the same time. October 2
Song Exploder
Hrishikesh Hirway’s popular music podcast is getting the docu-series treatment. Launched in 2014, Song Exploder delves deep into the making of songs. The series goes even further than the 20-minute podcast episodes, sitting with artists in their studios as they retell the songwriting and production stories behind their hits. The first season features grammy-award winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys, king of Broadway Lin-Manuel Miranda, the busiest man in hip hop Ty Dolla $ign, and Michael Stipe of rock group R.E.M. Considering the range of artists Hirway has featured on the podcast in the past—from Grimes to Fleetwood Mac to Ghostface Killah—it will be interesting to see where the show could go if picked up for another season. October 2
The Forty-Year-Old Version
A struggling playwright whose promising career expectations never materialized decides to become a rapper—at the ripe age of 40. Writer, director, and actor Radha Blank won best director at Sundance for this black-and-white comedy that explores the fickleness of an industry that treats creators as disposable once they’ve passed their sell-by date. Hip-hop becomes an outlet for her frustration as she reinvents herself and finds a new voice as RadhaMUSPrime (the name Blank used when she was a comedy rapper earlier on in her career). Both flippantly humorous and genuinely earnest, The Forty-Year-Old Version is an underdog story we can all get behind. October 9
Vampires Vs. The Bronx
“Attack The Block, but in New York City” is such a simple, perfect idea we’re amazed it took almost a decade to happen. But that’s the pitch for this horror-comedy, which finds a bunch of kids (among them Wonderstruck’s Jaden Martin and In The Heights’ Gregory Diaz IV) fending off the dual scourges of gentrification and the undead. Chris Redd, Shea Whigham, Method Man, The Kid Mero, and Sarah Gadon (!) co-star. October 2
The Haunting Of Bly Manor
Director Mike Flanagan knows horror. He’s helmed classy creepers like Oculus and Ouija: Origin Of Evil, and a couple of acclaimed Stephen King adaptations. His scary yet oddly moving Netflix miniseries The Haunting Of Hill House spooked us a couple of Halloweens ago. Now he’s back with another miniseries, this time filmed in Vancouver and inspired by Henry James’s much-adapted novella, The Turn Of The Screw. The material—about a nanny who takes care of two children—is endlessly fascinating. Is there a ghost? Is the nanny mad? Count on Flanagan to provide some frightening answers. October 9
The Trial Of The Chicago 7
Aaron Sorkin reimagines the counterculture lynchpin of the '60s with an all-star cast including Sacha Baron Cohen (as Abbie Hoffman!), Eddie Redmayne, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and brand-new Emmy winners Jeremy Strong and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Expect period-accurate fashions and hairstyles and at least one impassioned monologue about the right to protest that just happens to be relevant to the present-day political situation. Actually, probably two or three. October 16
Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2
As fans of the first volume know, this reboot of the classic documentary series focusing on cold cases and paranormal phenomena should make great viewing leading up to Halloween. Even without overly serious narrator Robert Stack and cheesy recreations, there will be a lot to chew on and theorize about in these six new cases. And as always, there’s the possibility that some viewer will hold the key to finally crack open the case. October 19
Here's a list of new titles available on Netflix Canada in September 2020 by date:
TV
Coming soon
Arashi’s Diary: Voyage (episodes 13-14)
Brave Blue World
Start-Up
October 1
Good Morning, Verônica
Carmen Sandiego (season 3)
Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood
The Worst Witch (season 4)
Cody Lyoko (seasons 1-4)
Creeped Out (season 2)
Kim’s Convenience (season 4)
PAW Patrol (season 7)
Sword Art Online: Alicization
The 100 (season 7)
October 2
Song Exploder
October 7
Hubie Halloween
October 9
Deaf U
Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Rio (season 2)
The Haunting Of Bly Manor
Super Monsters: Dia de los Monsters
October 12
Kipo And The Age Of Wonderbeasts (season 3)
October 13
The Cabin with Bert Kreischer
Octonauts & The Great Barrier Reef
October 15
Social Distance
October 16
Dream Home Makeover
Grand Army
The Last Kids On Earth: Book 3
La Revolution
Someone Has To Die
October 19
Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 2
October 21
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman (season 3)
October 22
The Alienist: Angel Of Darkness
October 23
Barbarians
Move
Perdida
The Queen’s Gambit
October 27
Blood Of Zeus
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey With A Tool Belt (season 4)
Sarah Cooper: Everything’s Fine
October 30
Somebody Feed Phil (season 4)
Suburra (season 3)
Movies
October 1
A.M.I.
All Because Of You
Beirut
Boogie Nights
Christine
Easy Rider
Footloose (2011)
Insidious
Insidious: Chapter 2
Insidious: Chapter 3
Kick-Ass
Never Back Down
Pacific Rim
Riddick
Rudy
Scooby-Doo
The Silence Of The Lambs
Starship Troopers
The Switch
The To Do List
Unfriended: Dark Web
V For Vendetta
Valkyrie
The Wizard Of Oz
October 2
A Go! Go! Cory Carson Halloween
You’ve Got This
The Binding
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Emily In Paris
Òlòtūré
Serious Men
Vampires vs. The Bronx
October 3
Truth Or Dare
October 4
David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
October 5
Thor: The Dark World
October 7
12 Monkeys
Billy Elliot
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Funny People
Happy Gilmore
The Jackal
Kick-Ass 2
Kindergarten Cop
Knocked Up
Les Misérables
To The Lake
October 9
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Ginny Weds Sunny
October 13
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald
October 14
BLACKPINK: Light Up The Sky
October 15
A Babysitter’s Guide To Monster Hunting
Love Like The Falling Rain
Rooting For Roona
October 16
The Trial Of The Chicago 7
October 20
The Magic School Bus Rides Again: The Frizz Connection
October 21
Rebecca
October 22
Cadaver
October 23
Over The Moon
October 27
Guillermo Villas: Settling The Score
October 28
Holidate
Nobody Sleeps In The Woods Tonight
Secrets Of The Saqqara Tomb
October 30
Bronx
The Day Of The Lord
His House
Last call
Here's a list ofTV series and movies leaving Netflix Canada this month.
October 19
Scary Movie
Scary Movie 2
Scary Movie 3
Scary Movie 4
Scary Movie 5
October 31
Back To The Future
Back To The Future Part II
Charlie And The Chocolate Factory
Deadpool 2
The Matrix
Superbad
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