From "Bros" To "Black Adam", Here Are 36 Of The Best TV Shows And Movies Coming To The UK This October

Including My Policeman, Black Adam, and The School for Good and Evil.

Looking for a new TV show to binge or a movie to watch for a film night? Well, you've come to the right place! Here are 36 of the best TV shows and movies coming to the UK this month.

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Note: These release dates and streaming platforms only apply to viewers based in the UK, Ireland, and some European territories.

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1. The Bear

FX

A young chef from the fine dining world comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death in his family.

Starring: Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri

Release date: 5 October

Where to watch: Disney+

Watch if you like: Midnight Diner, Shameless, Chef

2. Mr. Harrigan's Phone

Nicole Rivelli/Netflix

A young boy befriends a reclusive billionaire and finds himself able to communicate with him from the grave via the iPhone that was buried with him upon his passing. Based on a short story by Stephen King.

Starring: Jaeden Martell, Donald Sutherland, Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Release date: 5 October

Where to watch: Netflix

Watch if you like: It, The Haunting of Hill House, Inside No. 9

3. A Friend of the Family

Sky

An unassuming family become the target of a charismatic family "friend" obsessed with kidnapping their daughter.

Starring: Anna Paquin, Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks

Release date: 7 October

Where to watch: Sky/NOW

Watch if you like: Abducted in Plain Sight, The Missing, The Staircase

4. Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes

Netflix

This three-part documentary features never-before-heard audio interviews between Jeffrey Dahmer and his defense team, delving into his warped psyche while examining police accountability through a modern-day lens.

Release date: 7 October

Where to watch: Netflix

Watch if you like: Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story, Don't F**k with Cats, Strong Island

5. The Midnight Club

Eike Schroter/Netflix

At a hospice for terminally ill young adults, eight patients come together every night at midnight to tell each other stories. They make a pact that the next of them to die will give the group a sign from the beyond.

Starring: Zach Gilford, Samantha Sloyan, Igby Rigney

Release date: 7 October

Where to watch: Netflix

Watch if you like: The Haunting of Hill House, American Horror Story, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

6. Let The Right One In

Paramount+

A man and his daughter's lived are changed when she'd turned into a vampire. Locked in at age 12, the girl lives a closed-in life, while her father does his best to provide her with the human blood she needs to stay alive.

Starring: Demián Bichir, Anika Noni Rose, Grace Gummer

Release date: 8 October

Where to watch: Paramount+

Watch if you like: The Strain, From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, True Blood

7. Wreck

BBC Three

A guy infiltrates a cruise ship to find his sister who went missing aboard the same vessel on a previous tour. Amidst the partying and excess, he's forced to turn detective and uncover the sinister truth behind the cruise.

Starring: Oscar Kennedy, Jack Rowan, Thaddea Graham

Release date: 9 October

Where to watch: BBC Three/BBC iPlayer

Watch if you like: Scream Queens, the Fear Street films, Freaky

8. Candy

Tina Rowden/HULU

Candy Montgomery is a 1980s housewife and mother who did everything right – good husband, two kids, nice house. However, when the pressure of conformity builds within her, she yearns for just a bit of freedom.

Starring: Jessica Biel, Melanie Lynskey, Timothy Simons

Release date: 12 October

Where to watch: Disney+

Watch if you like: Big Little Lies, The Act, Don't Worry Darling

9. The Watcher

Netflix

A family moves into their suburban dream home, but it quickly becomes a living hell when ominous letters from someone calling themself "The Watcher" start appearing through the door.

Starring: Naomi Watts, Bobby Cannavale, Jennifer Coolidge

Release date: 13 October

Where to watch: Netflix

Watch if you like: The Strangers, Pieces of Her, The White Lotus

10. High School

Michelle Faye/Amazon Freevee

Finding your own identity can be hard, but it can be even more complicated when you have a twin whose own struggle and self-discovery so closely mimics your own. Based on the best-selling memoir by Tegan and Sara. 

Starring: Railey Gilliland, Seazynn Gilliland, Cobie Smulders

Release date: 14 October

Where to watch: Amazon Freevee

Watch if you like: I Am Not Okay With This, Sugar Rush, Crush

11. Shantaram

Apple TV+

A fugitive looking to get lost in vibrant and chaotic 1980s Bombay struggles to avoid the trouble he's running from in this new place. After falling for an enigmatic and intriguing woman, he must choose between freedom or love.

Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Shubham Saraf, Luke Pasqualino

Release date: 14 October

Where to watch: Apple TV+

Watch if you like: Extraction, No Time To Die, The Bourne Identity

12. Gangs of London – Season Two

Sky

London is torn apart by power struggles between gangs and a sudden power vacuum that's created when the head of London's most powerful crime family is assassinated. One year on, the map and soul of London has been redrawn.

Starring: Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Paapa Essiedu, Pippa Bennett-Warner

Release date: 20 October

Where to watch: Sky Atlantic/NOW

Watch if you like: Top Boy, Luther, Peaky Blinders

13. From Scratch

Aaron Epstein/Netflix

An American student studying abroad in Italy meets and falls in love with a Sicilian chef. However, when one of them is faced with unimaginable health challenges, the couple’s future is threatened.

Starring: Zoe Saldaña, Eugenio Mastrandrea, Keith David

Release date: 21 October

Where to watch: Netflix

Watch if you like: Book of Love, Love in the Villa, Me Before You

14. Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities

Ken Woroner/Netflix

From macabre to magical, gothic to grotesque or classically creepy, comes eight equally sophisticated and sinister tales – including two original stories by Guillermo del Toro and hosted by the director himself!

Starring: Ben Barnes, Rupert Grint, Geena Davis

Release date: 25 October

Where to watch: Netflix

Watch if you like: American Horror Story, Inside No. 9, The Haunting of Bly Manor

15. The Devil's Hour

Amazon Studios/Hartwood Films

A woman is woken up every night at exactly 3.33AM by terrifying visions. When her name is inexplicably connected to a string of brutal murders, answers that have evaded her for years finally come into focus.

Starring: Peter Capaldi, Jessica Raine, Nikesh Patel

Release date: 28 October

Where to watch: Prime Video

Watch if you like: Doctor Who, Behind Her Eyes,

16. The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself

Teddy Cavendish/Netflix

In a world of witches, two factions are violently opposed to one another. When a child is born to the world's most dangerous witch, he is placed under constant supervision fearing that the boy will follow in his father's footsteps.

Starring: Jay Lycurgo, Nadia Parkes, Emilien Vekemans

Release date: 28 October

Where to watch: Netflix

Watch if you like: In the Flesh, Shadow & Bone, the Harry Potter films

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17. The Lost King

Warner Bros. Pictures

The remarkable true story of how an "ordinary" woman discovered the long-lost remains of King Richard III. 

Starring: Sally Hawkins, Steve Coogan, Dan Winch

Release date: 7 October 

Where to watch: Cinemas

Watch if you like: The Duke, Benediction, The Favourite 

18. Vengeance

Focus Features

After a woman who he'd hooked up dies, a journalist and podcaster decides to go from New York City to Texas to investigate her death. 

Starring: B.J. Novak, Dove Cameron, Issa Rae

Release date: 7 October 

Where to watch: Cinemas

Watch if you like: End of the Road, A Simple Favour, Last Looks

19. Amsterdam

20th Century Studios

It's the 1930s and three friends have witnessed a murder. When they themselves become suspects, they come across one of the most outrageous plots in the history of America.

Starring: Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington

Release date: 7 October

Where to watch: Cinemas

Watch if you like: The Nice Guys, American Hustle, Spiderhead

20. Luckiest Girl Alive

Sabrina Lantos/Netflix

A successful writer living in New York City is forced to revisit her past and the devastating events that took place in high school. As a result, she begins to question the choices she made long ago. 

Starring: Mila Kunis, Finn Wittrock, Connie Britton

Release date: 7 October

Where to watch: Netflix 

Watch if you like: Company, Walking on Sunshine, Mamma Mia

21. The Woman King

Sony Pictures Releasing

In the 19th Century, an all-female group of warriors protect the West-African kingdom of Dahomey. With a foreign enemy intent on destroying their way of life on the rise, a new generation of warriors must be trained in order to fight.

Starring: Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, Thuso Mbedu

Release date: 7 October

Where to watch: Cinemas

Watch if you like: Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, The Old Guard

22. Significant Other

Paramount+

A trek through the forests of the Pacific Northwest takes a turn for a young couple when sinister events start occurring. 

Starring: Maika Monroe, Jack Lacy, Teal Sherer

Release date: 8 October

Where to watch: Paramount+

Watch if you like: Into the Forest, The Ritual, Splice

23. Emily

Warner Bros. Pictures

Emily is a rebel and a misfit who must find her voice whilst caring for her maverick brother who she idolises, being a sister to her passionate siblings Charlotte and Anne, and enduring her first aching, forbidden love affair.

Starring: Emma Mackey, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Fionn Whitehead

Release date: 14 October

Where to watch: Cinemas

Watch if you like: Woods, Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights

24. The Curse of Bridge Hollow

Netflix

A girl and her father have to team up in order to save their community after an ancient spirit makes Halloween decorations come alive and cause chaos. 

Starring: Marlon Wayans, Kelly Rowland, Priah Ferguson

Release date: 14 October

Where to watch: Netflix

Watch if you like: Goosebumps, Scream, Happy Death Day

25. Halloween Ends

Universal Pictures

Mike Myers hasn't been seen for years, but when a young man stands accused of murdering a boy that he was babysitting, it starts an avalanche of terror that forces Mike's longtime enemy Laurie to confront the evil once again.

Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Kyle Richards, Andi Matichak

Release date: 14 October 

Where to watch: Cinemas

Watch if you like: Halloween, Candyman, IT

26. Lyle, Lyle Crocodile

Sony Pictures Releasing

A family moves to New York City where their son struggles to fit in. That all changes, however, when he discovers a singing crocodile living in the attic of their new home.

Starring: Shawn Mendes, Constance Wu, Javier Bardem

Release date: 14 October

Where to watch: Cinemas

Watch if you like: Paddington, Mary Poppins Returns, Stuart Little

27. Rosaline

Hulu

After having her heart broken when Romeo meets Juliet and begins to pursue her, Rosaline schemes to foil the famous romance and win back her guy.

Starring: Kaitlyn Dever, Minnie Driver, Sean Teale

Release date: 14 October 

Where to watch: Disney+

Watch if you like: Romeo + Juliet, 10 Things I Hate About You, Booksmart

28. The Good Nurse

Netflix

An overworked nurse is helped out by an empathetic fellow nurse who is new to her unit. However, after he becomes a suspect in an investigation over a series of mysterious patient deaths, she's forced to risk everything to uncover the truth.

Starring: Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Nnamdi Asomugha

Release date: Cinemas – 19th October, Netflix – 26th October

Where to watch: Cinemas/Netflix

Watch if you like: Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; Night Crawler; Dark Waters

29. The School for Good and Evil

Netflix

Two best friends find themselves on opposite sides of an epic battle when they're swept away to an enchanted school for heroes and villains. 

Starring: Charlize Theron, Laurence Fishburne, Kerry Washington

Release date: 19 October 

Where to watch: Netflix

Watch if you like: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Beautiful Creatures, the Harry Potter movies

30. Black Adam

Warner Bros. Pictures

In ancient Kahndaq, the slave Teth Adam was gifted the almighty powers of the gods, but he used those powers for vengeance and was imprisoned. 5,000 years later he's freed, and once again wields his dark sense of justice onto the world. 

Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Aldis Hodge, Noah Centineo

Release date: 21 October

Where to watch: Cinemas 

Watch if you like: Avengers: Age of Ultron, The Suicide Squad, Jumanji

31. Decision to Leave

CJ Entertainment

After a man dies up in the mountains, the detective in charge of the investigation begins to develop feelings for the victim's wife. 

Starring: Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun

Release date: 21 October

Where to watch: Cinemas 

Watch if you like: The Shameless, Birthday, Peppermint 

32. My Policeman

Amazon Studios

In a tale of forbidden love and changing social conventions, three young people embark on an emotional journey in 1950s Britain. Flashing forward to the '90s, they're still reeling with longing and regret, but still have a chance to repair the damage of the past.

Starring: Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Rupert Everett

Release date: 21 October

Where to watch: Cinemas 

Watch if you like: The Hours, Atonement, Genius

33. The Banshees of Inisherin

Searchlight Pictures

Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when one of them abruptly decides to end their friendship. 

Starring: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan

Release date: 21 October

Where to watch: Cinemas 

Watch if you like: Saving Mr. Banks, Hampstead, Joyride

34. Emily the Criminal

Universal Pictures

A woman saddled with debt takes a shady gig involving black-market capitalism. Soon she finds herself seduced by the quick cash and illicit thrills, and also by her criminal mentor.

Starring: Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Gina Gershon

Release date: 24 October

Where to watch: Prime Video 

Watch if you like: Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, Showgirls, Good Girls

35. Bros

Universal Pictures

Two gay men are maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They're both very busy.

Starring: Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Ts Madison

Release date: 28 October

Where to watch: Cinemas

Watch if you like: Difficult People, Trainwreck, Fire Island

36. Barbarian

20th Century Studios

After booking a rental home, a young woman finds that the home is already occupied. She decides to stay the night anyway, but soon discovers there's more to fear than just a stranger. 

Starring: Georgina Campbell, Justin Long, Bill Skarsgård

Release date: 28 October

Where to watch: Cinemas

Watch if you like: The Strangers, The Rental, Jeepers Creepers

Which of these are you looking forward to? Let us know in the comments below!