From Staff Reports
In Summary:
Netflix is filling November with new seasons of popular series, Christmas movies, comedy specials, and documentaries. Highlights include “Black Doves” on Nov. 5, “The Altruists” on Nov. 19, and “The Hunting Wives” on Thanksgiving Day. The month also features a live Packers-Rams matchup on Thanksgiving Eve and the arrival of “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” on Nov. 30.
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Netflix is getting an early start on the holidays, but November’s schedule offers plenty beyond Christmas trees and seasonal romances. Returning dramas, new documentaries, familiar movies and live football give subscribers a crowded calendar heading into Thanksgiving.
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“Black Doves” and “North of North” return Nov. 5, while “The Hunting Wives” begins its second season on Thanksgiving Day. Between those releases, viewers will find new mysteries, international series and a steady stream of holiday programming.
Returning favorites and new mysteries
“Black Doves” brings back Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw for another season of espionage. Later in the month, “The Altruists,” arriving Nov. 19, dramatizes the rise and collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX, with Anthony Boyle as Sam Bankman-Fried and Julia Garner as Caroline Ellison.
Jessica Chastain stars in “Heartland,” premiering Nov. 13, as a former country music star searching for her missing niece. “The Body,” arriving Nov. 11, follows a girls’ dance team whose initiation takes a disturbing turn.
Christmas viewing starts early
The holiday selections begin Nov. 1 with titles including “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” and “A Sudden Case of Christmas.” New additions continue with “A Dog’s Perfect Christmas” on Nov. 4, “The Gospel of Christmas” on Nov. 11 and “The Christmas Switch” on Nov. 12.
“Guarding Stars,” arriving Nov. 18, pairs Leighton Meester and Jared Padalecki in a holiday romance involving a bodyguard and the actor she protects. For viewers who prefer their seasonal entertainment served from a baking tent, “The Great British Baking Show: Holidays” returns Nov. 23.
Documentaries, comedy and family choices
The nonfiction schedule includes “Taken: Natalee Holloway” on Nov. 4, Ron Howard’s photography documentary “Avedon” on Nov. 11 and “The Trials of Karen Read” on Nov. 23. Comedy specials include “Mike Tyson: Return of the Mike” on Nov. 3 and “Janelle James: How Romantic” on Nov. 10.
Families can look for the animated Cinderella reimagining “Steps” on Nov. 20 and another volume of “Sesame Street” on Nov. 23. “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” closes the month on Nov. 30.
Football joins the Thanksgiving watchlist
Netflix will stream the Green Bay Packers against the Los Angeles Rams on Nov. 25, Thanksgiving Eve. “The Mosquito Bowl,” a World War II film about college football players who enlist in the Marines, arrives the same day.
The calendar below combines the announced U.S. lineup with additional reported arrivals and scheduled finales. Availability and release dates are subject to change.
November Netflix release calendar
| Date |
Movies, series and specials arriving |
| Nov. 1 |
100 días para enamorarnos — Season 1; A Sudden Case of Christmas; Air Force One; Barbie in the Nutcracker; The Best Christmas Pageant Ever; Bridesmaids; Cliffhanger; The Croods; The Day After Tomorrow; El Chema — Season 1; Falsa identidad — Seasons 1–2; Fury; Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas; Happy’s Place — Season 2; Insidious: Chapter 2; Insidious: Chapter 3; Looper; Mistletoe Murders — Seasons 1–2; The Mummy; No Sleep ’Til Christmas; Public Enemies; Rectify — Seasons 1–4; The Red Road — Seasons 1–2; Resident Evil; Resident Evil: Apocalypse; Richard Jewell; Same Time, Next Christmas; Stand by Me; Weekend at Bernie’s; Whiplash. Also reported: The Good Lie. |
| Nov. 2 |
Kidnapped in Her Own Home: The Martha Carelli Story; Masha and the Bear — Season 6. |
| Nov. 3 |
A Cinderella Christmas Ball; Bass X Machina; Christmas Time Is Here; Menorah in the Middle; Mike Tyson: Return of the Mike; St. Denis Medical — Season 2; Will Trent — Seasons 1–4. Also reported: Mafia Mamma. |
| Nov. 4 |
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas; A Runaway Bride for Christmas; Anaesthesia; Deck the Hallways; Ninho: Fame Ain’t Worth It; Taken: Natalee Holloway; Love Is Blind — Season 11 finale. |
| Nov. 5 |
Black Doves — Season 2; Deck the Halls; The Neighborhood — Seasons 1–8; North of North — Season 2; One Year to Live, Buy a Man; Overacting. Netflix also lists High End: The Watch Theft Ring and Dilwali Diwali. |
| Nov. 6 |
Carolina Caroline; Funny Money: The Dane Cook Story; Possible Love; Under Siege; Unprotected: Murder in Galicia. |
| Nov. 7 |
Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass. |
| Nov. 8 |
Love Is Blind — Season 11 reunion. |
| Nov. 9 |
Doozie’s Doghouse; The Good Lawyer; Misty Green; Power — Seasons 1–6. |
| Nov. 10 |
The Devil’s Plan — Season 3; Janelle James: How Romantic; Last One Standing — Season 4; Reminders of Him. |
| Nov. 11 |
Alicia’s Law; Avedon; The Body; ChiaroScuro; The Gospel of Christmas; How to Fall in Love by Christmas; Rodeo Christmas Romance. Also reported: Kijsada Paradise. |
| Nov. 12 |
A Christmas Castle Proposal: A Royal in Paradise 2; Allen; Bros — Season 2; The Christmas Switch; The Empress — Season 3; Ethos — Season 2; The First 48 — Season 16; Love Is Blind, Habibi — Season 2; Miracles of the ER; Never Surrender. |
| Nov. 13 |
A Merry Christmas Wish; Heartland; Murder in Galicia; Stars and Vows: Anele & Buzza. |
| Nov. 14 |
Alan’s Universe — Season 1. |
| Nov. 15 |
Insidious; Smile. |
| Nov. 16 |
Christmas on the Ranch; Reporting for Christmas. |
| Nov. 17 |
Mike Ward: Modest; Obsession; RBG; Run the World — Seasons 1–2. |
| Nov. 18 |
America’s Test Kitchen Friendsgiving — Season 1; Gentle Monster; Guarding Stars; The Law of Beasts; Valentina and the 12 Signs; Win the Mall. |
| Nov. 19 |
A Cherry Pie Christmas; The Altruists; Christmas at Fields Ranch. |
| Nov. 20 |
On Behalf of My Son; Primetime Preacher$; Steps. |
| Nov. 21 |
The Family Holiday; Marry Christmas; Mistletoe Mixup. |
| Nov. 22 |
No new arrivals listed in the published monthly schedules reviewed. |
| Nov. 23 |
The Great British Baking Show: Holidays — Season 9; Mark Rober’s CrunchLabs — Season 6; Sesame Street — Volume 4; The Trials of Karen Read. |
| Nov. 24 |
All for Christmas; Rob Lowe: The Outsider; The Trouble With Mistletoe. |
| Nov. 25 |
The Mosquito Bowl; NFL Netflix Gameday: Thanksgiving Eve — Packers vs. Rams, live. |
| Nov. 26 |
Always on Call; Fool Night; The Hunting Wives — Season 2; Toos: The Van der Valk Kidnapping. |
| Nov. 27 |
The Child; The Hunchback, Soul of Paris; The Great British Baking Show — Collection 14 finale. |
| Nov. 28 |
Salish’s 12 Games of Christmas. |
| Nov. 29 |
No new arrivals listed in the published monthly schedules reviewed. |
| Nov. 30 |
Pressure; The Super Mario Galaxy Movie. |
| November — date to be announced |
Gordon. |
Key Points:
- “Black Doves” and “North of North” return Nov. 5.
- Holiday movies arrive throughout the month, beginning Nov. 1.
- “The Altruists,” a drama about the FTX collapse, premieres Nov. 19.
- Netflix streams Packers-Rams on Nov. 25, followed by “The Hunting Wives” Season 2 on Thanksgiving Day.
- “The Super Mario Galaxy Movie” arrives Nov. 30.
