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Netflix just released their October 2025 schedule<\/a> \u2014 and I just canceled all my plans for that month, including my wedding.<\/p>\n I\u2019m kidding, but if I were going to get married in October, I\u2019d push it back to watch all the streamer\u2019s great content.<\/p>\n Can you blame me? With movies like Steve (a Cillian Murphy<\/strong> drama) and two star-studded thrillers (The Woman in Cabin 10 with Keira Knightley<\/strong> and The Ballad of a Small Player starring Colin Farrell<\/strong>), there\u2019s little time to do anything else.<\/p>\n So lock the doors, turn out the lights, ignore your loving relatives and stream these three Netflix<\/a> movies I can\u2019t wait to watch in October.<\/p>\n Ever since the massive success of Oppenheimer in 2023, Cillian Murphy<\/strong><\/a> has kept a relatively low profile. Aside from headlining indie drama Small Things Like These last year, the Irish actor hasn\u2019t been as much in the public eye as costars Emily Blunt<\/strong> and Robert Downey Jr<\/strong>.<\/p>\n That will change in October with Steve, a new Netflix drama based on the novel Shy by Max Porter. Murphy stars as the titular character, an overworked and underpaid teacher at an English school for troubled teens. Steve wants to help his students lead better lives, but most of them resist his attempts to reach out to them. The exception is Shy (Jay Lycurgo<\/strong>), whose curiosity is sparked by Steve\u2019s generosity. Why does someone like Steve care so much about people like Shy? And is he as put-together as he wants everyone to believe?<\/p>\n 7 New Movies to Watch This Weekend on Netflix, Prime Video and More (Oct. 3-5)<\/a><\/p>\n Steve sounds like your straightforward inspirational teacher story, but its kinetic visual style is different from similar films like Dangerous Minds. Tracey Ullman<\/strong> and Emily Watson<\/strong> also star as Steve\u2019s fellow teachers, but the main reason to watch the film is to see Murphy give yet another masterclass performance.<\/p>\n On a dark and lonely night aboard a luxury cruise ship, journalist Laura Blacklock sees something she shouldn\u2019t have \u2014 a woman being pushed into the sea. She naturally notifies the authorities abroad about the apparent murder she just witnessed, but they tell her no passenger or crew member is missing. No murder occurred, so she must have been hallucinating.<\/p>\n Laura isn\u2019t so sure, so she embarks on an investigation of her own. Who was the woman who was apparently killed? And why is it being covered up by everyone she talks to?<\/p>\n That\u2019s the intriguing hook of The Woman in Cabin 10, a new Netflix mystery starring Pride & Prejudice actress Keira Knightley<\/strong><\/a>. Based on a bestselling novel by Ruth Ware<\/strong>, the movie is reminiscent of past hits like The Girl on the Train, which also had a female protagonist who thought she witnessed a murder. The Woman in Cabin 10 promises to be just as compelling as that hit thriller, and with Knightley in the lead, it\u2019s bound to become one of Netflix\u2019s most popular movies of the fall season.<\/p>\n\u2018Steve\u2019 (2025) – Now Streaming<\/h2>\n
\u2018The Woman in Cabin 10\u2019 (2025) – October 10<\/h2>\n
\u2018Ballad of a Small Player\u2019 (2025) – October 29<\/h2>\n