Out of 83 new Netflix movies arriving in October 2025, there are four action-thriller films that are particularly worth watching.
From the action thriller The Hurt Locker (2008) to the animated superhero action flick Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023), these new Netflix movies all have over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes from the critics.
Don't feel like watching a Ridley Scott modern-classic or a thrilling martial arts movie? Keep scrolling below to find every new movie being added to Netflix in October 2025.
The Hurt Locker (2008)
RT score: 96%
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Runtime: 127 minutes
Age rating: R
Arriving on: October 1
Thanks to The Hurt Locker, which won 'Best Picture' at the 82nd Academy Awards, Kathryn Bigelow broke a huge record by becoming the first woman to win the Oscar for 'Best Director'.
Bigelow's war drama gives an insight to one of the most dangerous tasks in combat: disarming bombs. Set during the Iraq War, sergeant William James (Jeremy Renner) takes over as the leader of an elite US bomb disposal team, but adopts a very different approach to team leadership.
His disregard for protocol takes the rest of his team by surprise, especially his subordinates Sanborn (Anthony Mackie) and Eldridge (Brian Geraghty), who fear that James' actions will get them killed. Struggling to reason with their new leader, James' actions cause a chaotic spiral.
The Martian (2015)
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RT score: 91%
Director: Ridley Scott
Runtime: 142 minutes
Age rating: PG-13
Arriving on: October 2
Andy Weir's novel of the same name serves as the basis to Ridley Scott's sci-fi epic, which packs an all-star cast featuring Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels and Chiwetel Ejiofor, alongside Matt Damon in the lead role.
During a mission to Mars, a team of astronauts find themselves faced with an unpredicted storm. Forced to abandon their mission and return to Earth, astronaut and botanist Mark Watney (Damon) is hit during evacuation and is presumed dead by the other members of the team – but he survives.
Stranded on the Red Planet with dwindling food supplies, Watney uses his botany skills to grow food and find his own means of survival until the next Mars mission in four years time. When NASA discover he's still alive, they hatch a plan to bring him home.
Ip Man 2 (2010)
RT score: 97%
Director: Wilson Yip
Runtime: 109 minutes
Age rating: R
Arriving on: October 5
The Ip Man series of movies are a loose insight to the temperament and craft of real-life Chinese martial arts master Ip Man. There are five movies in the series, but only four of which are coming to Netflix October 5 – and it's only the second installment that has a 97% critical rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Set during the 1950s, Ip Man 2 follows Ip Man (Donnie Yen) when he moves from Foshun to Hong Kong under British colonial rule to open a martial arts school and introduce troubled youth to the art of Wing Chun.
He finds himself struggling to open his school when the local martial art masters insist he defeats them before the school opens. After earning their respect, his school attracts the attention of the brutal British boxing champion known as 'The Twister' (Darren Shahlavi), who will stop at nothing to tear down the Chinese martial arts community.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (2023)
RT score: 95%
Director: Jeff Rowe
Runtime: 109 minutes
Age rating: PG
Arriving on: October 17
Critics and audiences alike loved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem when it was released, earning a respectable audience score of 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. Its voice acting cast is also very impressive, enlisting the talents of John Cena, Rose Byrne, Ayo Edebiri and Paul Rudd to bring the characters to life.
The famous band of four turtle brothers have been living a secluded life, sheltered from the human world. Teaming up with reporter April O'Neil (Edebiri), the turtles embark on a mission to become superheroes and stop the crime boss Superfly (Ice Cube), a mutant fly with his own army of mutant animals.
Their mission becomes more difficult when they find that Superfly's plan is more evil than they anticipated, who's plotting to use special technology to mutate the remaining animals in New York City and take over humanity.
Everything new on Netflix in October 2025
Arriving on October 1
About My Father
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Beverly Hills Cop
Beverly Hills Cop II
Beverly Hills Cop III
Blue Crush
The Book Club Murders
Casper
The Christmas Contract
Coach Carter
Coming to America
Daddy Day Care
Death Becomes Her
Dirty Dancing
Dr. Seuss' The Lorax
Dracula
Eddie Murphy: Raw
Elysium
Fifty Shades Darker
Fifty Shades Freed
Fifty Shades of Grey
Friends with Benefits
The Goonies
Hacksaw Ridge
The Hurt Locker
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Law Abiding Citizen
The Lincoln Lawyer
The Mask
Meet Joe Black
Molly's Game
Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Pineapple Express
Point Break
Red Dragon
Scarface
Sinister 2
Sister Act
Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
Slender Man
The Strangers
Taxi Driver
Training Day
When a Stranger Calls
The Wrath of Becky
Arriving on October 2
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
The Martian
Arriving on October 3
Steve (Netflix original)
Arriving on October 4
Angel Has Fallen
Night of the Living Dead
Arriving on October 5
Despicable Me 3
Ip Man
Ip Man 2
Ip Man 3
Ip Man 4: The Finale
Arriving on October 7
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Arriving on October 8
Caramelo (Netflix original)
Arriving on October 9
The Maze Runner
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: Death Cure
Arriving on October 10
Swim to Me (Netflix original)
The Woman in Cabin 10 (Netflix original)
Arriving on October 14
Everybody Loves Me When I'm Dead
Arriving on October 15
Held Hostage in My House
Inside Furioza (Netflix original)
Taken in Plain Sight
Arriving on October 16
The A Team
The Time That Remains (Netflix original)
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Arriving on October 17
27 Nights (Netflix original)
Good News (Netflix original)
She Walks in Darkness (Netflix original)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
The Twits (Netflix original)
Arriving on October 18
Don't Say a Word
Arriving on October 23
The Elixir (Netflix original)
Arriving on October 24
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (Netflix original)
Arriving on October 27
Sliding Doors
Arriving on October 29
Ballad of a Small Player (Netflix original)
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