Don’t Miss the Top 21 Shows and Movies Coming to Streaming in November
From ‘Dune: Prophecy’ to The Beatles to ‘Cobra Kai,’ there’s something for everyone to stream this month.
From the thrills and chills of October to the low-and-slow simmer of November, a new month means a long list of new TV shows and movies coming to streaming! From the highly anticipated series premieres and continuations like HBO Original “Dune: Prophecy” and more “Cobra Kai” to documentaries on music greats (and a little bit of everything in between), there’s no shortage this November of great titles to stream, and we’re narrowing down all of this month’s additions to our top 21 favorites.
Ready to watch? Check out our picks for the best movies and series coming to streaming this November!
“Janet Planet” | Friday, Nov. 1 (Max)
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Annie Baker brings her beautifully subdued prose from the stage to the screen with her directorial debut with A24. Julianne Nicholson and Zoe Ziegler co-star as mother and 11-year-old daughter in the coming-of-age drama, which unfolds over an early ‘90s summer in Western Massachusetts as their relationship is forever changed. It definitely won’t be for you if you prefer a quick ignition to a slow burn, but for those who like pauses big enough for star systems (and performances that sparkle like them), “Janet Planet” is the destination.
Janet Planet
In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet.
“Music By John Williams” | Friday, Nov. 1 (Disney+)
“Star Wars,” “Jurassic Park,” “Jaws”… can you imagine any of them without the music of the one and only John Williams? Do they even end up with the same legacy without the right, rich sound behind them? The new documentary tracks the life and legacy of the prolific composer, who over seven decades of work, has earned 54 Oscar nominations and scored the soundtrack of our moviegoing lives. And at 92, the legend continues: Williams just became the oldest Oscar nominee in any category just this year for “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”
Watch the trailer for “Music By John Williams” below:
Music by John Williams
His unforgettable scores are an essential part of some of the most beloved movies of our time, over a career that spans decades. See and hear maestro John Williams’ own story, with insights from filmmakers, musicians, and others he has inspired, complete with rare behind-the-scenes looks at the making of movie history.
“Outer Banks” Season 4, Part 2 | Thursday, Nov. 7 (Netflix)
The teen adventure drama joined the ranks of Netflix tentpole series that have had their seasons split into parts. It looks like it’s treated them (mostly) well: the first half of Season 4, which premiered last month, is the best-reviewed season so far. Famous for its cliffhangers, Season 4 Part 2 will pick up after a collection of crises, near-deaths, and continued treasure hunts.
Outer Banks
A tight-knit group of teens unearths a long-buried secret, setting off a chain of illicit events that takes them on an adventure they’ll never forget.
“Arcane” Season 2 | Saturday, Nov. 9 (Netflix)
For fans of worldbuilding, storytelling, and beautiful animation, it doesn’t get much better than “Arcane,” based on Riot Games’ “League of Legends.” Unfortunately for its fans, Netflix is taking the quality-over-quantity route for its steampunk fantasy series and its second season will be its last, but as long as it lives up to the first season’s magic, it will be something to savor for a long time. Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell lead the voice cast as two sisters on rival sides of a war where unrest is escalating between the rich utopian city of Piltover and the oppressed underbelly of Zaun.
Arcane
Amid the stark discord of twin cities Piltover and Zaun, two sisters fight on rival sides of a war between magic technologies and clashing convictions.
“Bad Sisters” Season 2 | Wednesday, Nov. 13 (Apple TV+)
While Apple TV+ has been busy with recent hits like “Bad Monkey” and “Shrinking,” the Garvey sisters have been laying low. After two years since both the premiere season of “Bad Sisters” and the “accidental” death it centered around, the BAFTA and Peabody Award-winning Irish black comedy-drama season returns with resurfaced past truths revealed secrets, and alliances questioned. For fans of “Divorce,” “Catastrophe,” or “Pulling,” Sharon Horgan has, unsurprisingly, created another comedy classic.
Bad Sisters
The tight-knit Garvey sisters have always looked out for one another. But when the toxic brother-in-law they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns their lives upside down and tests their bond like nothing before.
“SPRINT” Part 2 | Wednesday, Nov. 13 (Netflix)
Netflix brings us back to summer where for a few weeks it felt like only the Paris Games mattered. The sports documentary returns for its second installment to catch us up on the rest of the story, following track and field stars Gabby Thomas, Noah Lyles, Fred Kerley, Kishane Thompson, Julien Alfred, Letsile Tebogo, Melissa Jefferson, Twanisha Terry, Marcell Jacobs, Kenny Bednarek, Shericka Jackson, Oblique Seville, and more through the 2024 Olympics from starting gun to finish line. (And once you catch up with both parts, don’t skip on the GOAT: both parts of “Simone Biles Rising” are also now available on Netflix as of Oct. 25.)
SPRINT
Elite sprinters navigate training, media scrutiny and fierce competition in this sports series following their race to become the world’s fastest humans.
“The Day Of The Jackal” Season 1 | Thursday, Nov. 14 (Peacock)
With an Oscar, a BAFTA, a Tony, and two Olivier Awards to his name, it feels like Eddie Redmaybe can do it all. The beloved Brit recently wrapped up his time on the New York stage playing the Emcee in Broadway’s “Cabaret” and is moving onto something even stranger, at least compared to the rest of his credits: his first-ever action role. The Peacock Original series based on the Frederick Forsyth novel of the same name will see Redmayne as the title assassin “The Jackal.” Lashana Lynch, very familiar with the genre after playing 007 in “No Time to Die,” co-stars.
Watch the trailer for “The Day of the Jackal” below:
The Day of the Jackal
An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.
“Cobra Kai” Season 6, Part 2 | Friday, Nov. 15 (Netflix)
Speaking of Netflix breaking up its major series into multiple parts, we’ve reached Season 6, Part 2 of 3 for “Cobra Kai.” Not mad about it— Netflix can prolong the series’ end for as long as possible. The second five-episode part of the martial arts drama’s final season continues as Miyagi-Do heads to Spain for the Sekai Taikai, where it’ll face new challenges and old enemies while fighting to become world champions. The final five episodes will air in 2025, date still to be determined.
Cobra Kai
This Karate Kid sequel series picks up 30 years after the events of the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament and finds Johnny Lawrence on the hunt for redemption by reopening the infamous Cobra Kai karate dojo. This reignites his old rivalry with the successful Daniel LaRusso, who has been working to maintain the balance in his life without mentor Mr. Miyagi.
“Silo” Season 2 | Friday, Nov. 15 (Apple TV+)
Apple TV+’s “Silo” premiered to acclaim last year, but the dystopian sci-fi drama never really got the attention it deserved, despite an excellent cast and dazzling production design and special effects that make you forget you’re watching a TV show. Based on Hugh Howey’s trilogy, the series is set in a dystopian future where a community of 10,000 lives in an underground giant silo bound by regulations they believe are meant to protect them. Rebecca Ferguson leads the cast opposite Common, new season addition Steve Zahn, Tim Robbins, Harriet Walter, Chinaza Uche, Avi Nash, Alexandria Riley, and more with Rashida Jones and David Oyelowo making Season 1 appearances. A new episode will be available every Friday through Jan. 17, 2025.
Silo
In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant underground silo that plunges hundreds of stories deep. There, men and women live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.
“The Creep Tapes” | Friday, Nov. 15 (Shudder, AMC+)
The Halloween treats continue well into November as the found footage horror franchise returns with an all-new miniseries. Mark Duplass returns as the infamous serial killer from the first two films, a secluded killer who lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life. (He’s also returning as co-writer with franchise creator/director Patrick Brice.) Six tapes, six episodes… six more ways to add to the already chaotic, entertaining, and excellent franchise. The first two episodes will be released at premiere, followed by a new episode weekly on both Shudder and AMC+.
Watch the trailer for “The Creep Tapes” below:
The Creep Tapes
A secluded serial killer lures videographers into his world with the promise of a paid job documenting his life. Unfortunately, as the tape rolls, the killer’s questionable intentions surface with his increasingly odd behavior and the victims will learn they may have made a deadly mistake.
“Thelma” | Friday, Nov. 15 (Hulu)
Make way for honorary ingénue June Squibb. The Oscar nominee has been working in the industry since the middle of the last century, but at 94, she’s landed her first lead role— inexplicable, as one of the stage and screen’s most natural actors since the 1950s. And what a role: a 93-year-old grandmother who loses $10,000 to a phone scammer and sets out on a revenge journey to take back what is hers. The action-comedy also stars Fred Hechinger, Parker Posey, Clark Gregg, Malcolm McDowell, Nicole Byer, and the late great Richard Roundtree in his final role.
Thelma
When 93-year-old Thelma Post gets duped by a phone scammer pretending to be her grandson, she sets out on a treacherous quest across the city to reclaim what was taken from her.
“Twisters” | Friday, Nov. 15 (Peacock)
This year’s pluralized “Twister” standalone sequel may not have won over critics, but it took audiences by storm, bringing in $371 million worldwide. Daisy Edgar-Jones stars opposite internet heartthrob Glen Powell, Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, Maura Tierney, and Sasha Lane as the clashing group of storm chasers in a fight for their lives in a Central Oklahoma tornado outbreak. The film rightfully got criticized for keeping even the mention of climate change out of the script because they didn’t want to “[put] forward any message”—a reminder that everything is political or Hurricane Helene and Milton victims would have the relief they need—but it still managed to be a compelling, timely sequel with great effects.
Twisters
As storm season intensifies, the paths of former storm chaser Kate Carter and reckless social-media superstar Tyler Owens collide when terrifying phenomena never seen before are unleashed. The pair and their competing teams find themselves squarely in the paths of multiple storm systems converging over central Oklahoma in the fight of their lives.
“Dune: Prophecy” | Sunday, Nov. 17 (Max)
The Dune-iverse expands to the small screen after its billion-dollar Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya-led films, and we’re starting long before the Paul Atreides days. The new prequel series, led by Emily Watson and Olivia Williams, will follow two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, working in shadows to guide the universe and establishing the fabled Bene Gesserit. A beginning is a very delicate time. The first episode will air on HBO and stream on Max on Sunday, Nov. 17 at 9 p.m. ET with a new episode each Sunday.
Watch the trailer for “Dune: Prophecy” below:
Dune: Prophecy
Ten thousand years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, sisters Valya and Tula Harkonnen establish the fabled sect and female order that would become known as the Bene Gesserit to control the future of humankind.
“Interior Chinatown” | Tuesday, Nov. 19 (Hulu)
Charles Wu made it easy on himself. Clever as ever, the multi-award-winning author formatted his 2020 National Book Award for Fiction winner “Interior Chinatown” in screenplay format, and thankfully for us, he’s also the one who gets to bring his own acerbic story to life on the screen as showrunner for this inevitable series adaptation. Jimmy O. Yang is top billing as Willis Wu, a “Generic Asian Man” character actor on a police procedural, longing to lead instead. After he witnesses a crime, Willis begins an investigation that uncovers family secrets and a Chinatown criminal underground. The very funny Ronny Chieng co-stars opposite Yang, Chloe Bennet, Sullivan Jones, Lisa Gilroy, Diana Lin, Archie Kao, Tzi Ma, and more on what has all the potential to be one of Hulu’s best.
Interior Chinatown
Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural, tries to find his way into the larger story–and along the way discovers secrets about the strange world he inhabits and his family’s buried history.
“Blitz” | Friday, Nov. 22 (Apple TV+)
When you get a Steve McQueen film, you know it’s going to be beautifully shot, directed, and performed. Case in point: the new period drama “Blitz,” which stars Elliott Heffernan as George, a defiant boy who goes on an adventure in London during World War II and finds himself in danger amidst the Blitz while his distraught mother Rita (Saoirse Ronan) searches for him. The unconventional historical drama gives the audience a look at the harsh truths of the world through the kind eyes of a child, and whether the perspective is totally clear, it’s always a gift seeing the world through McQueen’s eyes.
Blitz
In World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to return to his family, George embarks on an epic, perilous journey back home as Rita searches for him.
“Bread & Roses” | Friday, Nov. 22 (Apple TV+)
Afghan filmmaker Sahra Mani follows up her necessary 2018 documentary “A Thousand Girls Like Me” with her latest hit, the Jennifer Lawrence-produced Cannes favorite “Bread & Roses,” centered on women in Afghanistan as they fight for their rights and autonomy after the 2021 Taliban offensive. Mani turns her focus to three women in the country as they, in real-time, capture the abuses they suffered, capturing footage on phones and cameras for a year under constant threat and uncertainty. As the election in the U.S. looms, it’s a reminder that our battles are borderless.
Bread & Roses
In the wake of the Taliban’s return to power, a group of Kabul women lead a revolutionary fight for their rights—and their lives.
“Out of My Mind” | Friday, Nov. 22 (Disney+)
It’s taken a little too long, but Hollywood is slowly catching up on disability representation— and more importantly, accurate representation. Someone at Disney was smart to pick up a copy of “Out of My Mind,” Sharon M. Draper’s lovingly written coming-of-age novel. Phoebe-Rae Taylor makes her debut in the original family film adaptation as the quick-witted sixth-grader Melody Brooks, a non-verbal wheelchair user with cerebral palsy who isn’t afforded the same opportunities as her able-bodied classmates. But with some help from her friends, an attentive educator, and assistive technology, Melody gets her thoughts across just fine. Jennifer Aniston voices Melody’s inner thoughts with Rosemarie DeWitt, Luke Kirby, Judith Light, Michael Chernus, Courtney Taylor, and more on the screen.
Out of My Mind
Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not given the same opportunities as her classmates. When a young educator notices her student’s untapped potential and Melody starts to participate in mainstream education, Melody shows that what she has to say is more important than how she says it.
“The Piano Lesson” | Friday, Nov. 22 (Netflix)
This is the second time August Wilson’s rich Pulitzer Prize-winning Pittsburgh Cycle family drama has been adapted for the screen. Both versions have had a purpose: preservation. The 1995 TV movie adaptation starred Charles S. Dutton, Carl Gordon, Tommy Hollis, Lou Myers, and more members of the Original Broadway Cast. Now, Netflix is making sure the recent 2022 Tony-winning revival gets its place in amber. Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Ray Fisher, and Michael Potts carry over from the first revival, with Erykah Badu, Corey Hawkins, Skylar Aleece Smith, Danielle Deadwyler, and more joining.
Watch the trailer for “The Piano Lesson” below:
The Piano Lesson
A brother and sister’s battle over a prized heirloom piano unleashes haunting truths about how the past is perceived — and who defines a family legacy.
“The Agency” Series Premiere | Friday, Nov. 29 (Paramount+)
Paramount+ has a lot to live up to with its American adaptation of France’s “The Bureau,” maybe one of the country’s best-ever series (and definitely one of its best thrillers). With a cast starring Michael Fassbender, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jeffrey Wright, Richard Gere, Katherine Waterston, and more, they’ll have to try hard to mess up. George Clooney and Grant Heslov produce the spy thriller set in the department responsible for training and handling deep-cover agents who live under false identities.
The Agency
Covert CIA agent Martian is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind reappears, romance reignites. His career, his real identity and his mission are pitted against his heart; hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.
“Beatles ‘64” | Friday, Nov. 29 (Disney+)
It was the gate arrival heard ‘round the world on Feb. 7, 1964, as The Beatles arrived in the U.S. for the first time, and after their famous debut performance on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Beatlemania had suddenly gone global. Professional fan of the band Martin Scorsese goes back to the source with his most recently produced documentary on the subject, directed by David Tedeschi (“George Harrison: Living in a Material World”) and featuring never-before-seen footage as the filmmakers track how the young majority-female fans helped propel the band to unprecedented fame and influence.
“Senna” | Friday, Nov. 29 (Netflix)
Brazilian Formula One racer Ayrton Senna was on top of the world at just 30 years old, having won three F1 World Drivers’ Championships and 41 Grand Prix. It all changed in an instant in May 1994, and so did the sport. Netflix pays homage to the athlete from boyhood car fascination to international superstardom with the new sports drama starring Gabriel Leone (playing his second Grand Prix champ in two years).
Watch the teaser for “Senna” below:
Senna
Fascinated by cars since childhood, Brazilian racer Ayrton Senna became a sports legend — until tragedy struck, changing Formula 1 forever.