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Spooky season is here, and Netflix is delivering all the thrills and chills that you could ask for. This month, the streamer’s list of new releases includes a limited series about the serial killer that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho; True Haunting, a documentary series about real-life hauntings; and a Halloween-themed installment of Is It Cake? Looking for something less scary? The highly anticipated second season of Nobody Wants This arrives in October, as does the third season of political thriller The Diplomat. 

Keep reading for Showbiz Cheat Sheet’s picks for must-watch Netflix shows in October 2025.

‘Love Is Blind’ Season 9 

Meet your new pod squad! Love Is Blind heads to Denver for its ninth season, where a fresh group of singles are on the hunt for love. While we don’t know if any of them will get a happily ever after, we do know that drama is guaranteed. 

Love Is Blind Season 9 premieres Wednesday, October 1. Episodes release weekly through October 22. 

‘Monster: The Ed Gein Story’

After tackling the stories of Jeffrey Dahmer and Lyle and Erik Menendez, Ryan Murphy’s anthology series Monster returns with a look at infamous Wisconsin killer Ed Gein. Gein’s disturbing crimes (which included murder and grave robbing) served as the inspiration for Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Charlie Hunnam plays Gein in the new show and says that he wanted to create an authentic portrait of the man. 

“I wanted to get as close as possible to who Ed was, to do him justice, and for this thing to feel authentic,” Hunnam told Tudum. “This is going to be the really human, tender, unflinching, no-holds-barred exploration of who Ed was and what he did. But who he was being at the center of it, rather than what he did.”  

Monster: The Ed Gein Story premieres Friday, October 3. 

‘Boots’ 

The inspired-by-a-true-story dramedy Boots is an offbeat coming of age tale that follows Cameron Cope (Miles Heizer), a closeted young man who joins the U.S. Marine Corps. Set in the 1990s, when being a gay servicemember was still illegal, it follows Cameron and his best friend Ray McAffey (Liam Oh) as they join a diverse group of recruits at boot camp.  

Boots premieres Thursday, October 9. 

‘The Diplomat’ Season 3

Get ready for more high-stakes political intrigue in season of The Diplomat, as Ambassador Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) faces an uncertain future. The president is dead, which means that VP Grace Penn (Allison Janney) is now the leader of the free world. The shift in power opens up the possibility that Kate could be named vice president, which is exactly what her husband Hal (Rufus Sewell) wants. As Kate steps into a role she never wanted, she develops an increasingly complicated friendship with Foreign Secretary Austin Dennison (David Gyasi) and an unnerving bond with First Gentleman Todd Penn (Bradley Whitford).

The Diplomat Season 3 premieres Thursday, October 16. 

‘Nobody Wants This’ Season 2

Can a romance between a rabbi and an outspoken agnostic really work? In season 2 of romantic comedy series Nobody Wants This, Noah (Adam Brody) and Joanne (Kristen Bell) are committed to merging their lives and their families. But they’re still facing some fundamental obstacles, which could put their fiery relationship to the test. 

Nobody Wants This Season 3 premieres Thursday, October 23. 

More new releases coming to Netflix in October 2025

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What other shows and movies are coming to Netflix in October 2025? Here’s a list of the streamer’s other upcoming new releases. 

  • Dudes: October 2
  • Genie, Make a Wish: October 3
  • The New Force: October 3, 
  • Old Dog, New Tricks: October 3
  • Dr. Seuss’s Horton!: October 6
  • True Haunting: October 7
  • Is It Cake? Halloween: October 8
  • Caramelo: October 8 
  • Victoria Beckham: October 9
  • My Father The BTK Killer: October 10
  • Swim to Me: October 10
  • Old Money: October 10 
  • Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Deathwatch: October 14 
  • Everybody Loves Me When I’m Dead: October 14 
  • Romantics Anonymous: October 16 
  • Starting 5: October 16 
  • 27 Nights: October 17
  • Good News: October 17 
  • Turn of the Tide: October 17 
  • The Perfect Neighbor: October 17 
  • She Walks in Darkness: October 17 
  • Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafia: October 22
  • Baby Bandito: October 22
  • The Elixir: October 23 
  • A House of Dynamite: October 24 
  • The Asset: October 27
  • Babo: The Haftbefehl Story: October 28 
  • Selling Sunset Season 8: October 29
  • Ballad of a Small Player: October 29 
  • Juan Gabriel: I Must, I Can, I Will: October 30 
  • Amsterdam Empire: October 30 
  • Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers: October 30 
  • Son of a Donkey: October 30 
  • The White House Effect: October 31 
  • Rhythm + Flow France Season 4: October 31 
  • Breathless: October 31

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