The highlight for Netflix's October was the return of Stranger Things[1], the breakout hit that captured everyone's attention last year. We found the second season[2] to be an improvement over the original, and well worth a weekend binge-watch. There was also Mindhunter[3] from David Fincher, which has become a small sensation in itself. And we also got to see The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)[4] in October, thanks to Netflix's policy of bringing Cannes films earlier than anyone else.
November is looking to be a promising albeit light month for Netflix[5] subscribers, and there's something for everyone. There's a new Marvel show in The Punisher[6], which arrives on November 17 after being pushed from its original October airing owing to the Las Vegas mass shooting. Fans of Margaret Atwood will be delighted to know her 1996 book Alias Grace[7] is getting a TV adaptation on November 3.
Later in the month, Steven Soderbergh's Godless[8] – a western set in the 1880s starring Jeff Daniels and Jack O'Connell – will arrive on November 22. Other new series and co-productions include Japanese manga-based teen comedy Blazing Transfer Students[9], high school drama Prison Playbook[10], Nightcrawler-type drama Shot in the Dark[11] that follows three hungry stringers, Japanese rom-com parody The Many Faces of Ito[12], and crime mystery The Sinner[13] which originally aired on USA Network.
On the original film front, you've four options to look forward to: the London Iranian Embassy siege in 6 Days[14], Brazilian western O Matador (The Killer)[15], teen romance...