Each month, new films and TV shows are added to BINGE’s library. Eliza Janssen presents her picks for titles worth watching. For the full list of everything arriving on the platform, scroll down.
Top Picks: TV
The Franchise: Season 1 (October 7)
If you’re sick to death of superhero sludge in cinemas, this acerbic comedy has your back. It’s made by a supergroup of satiric talents from Succession and Veep plus executive producer Sam Mendes, and scathingly depicts the behind-the-scenes havoc of a generic blockbuster’s production. The cast is packed with oh-hey-I-love-them character actors: Daniel Brühl, Himesh Patel, Aya Cash, Lolly Adefope and Billy Magnussen have each individually been the strongest part of comic projects they’ve appeared in, so seeing them struggling on one disastrous set will be gold.
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Sweetpea: Miniseries (October 10)
“Even a worm will turn,” goes an old English expression. Ella Purnell is that worm, we suppose, in this (very) dark comedy about a meek woman pushed to the absolute brink by the callousness of every single person in her life. After an onslaught of family deaths, workplace humiliations and resurfacing grudges, Purnell’s Rhiannon totally snaps, surprising herself when it turns out that frenzied murder might be her best shot at empowerment.
The show has an addictive, acidic tone, fleshing out its dinky British setting with nagging details that’ll have you rooting for an outright serial killer to tear it all down. Episode one is one long build to Purnell’s explosive reaction, but her endless misery can be tough to witness before then, so make sure you watch on to see where her released rage will lead.
Teacup: Season 1 (October 11)
Not too much is known about this eerie new horror series, a perfect bingeable release for the year’s spookiest month. The name James Wan as executive producer should tip you off, though, that it’s gonna deliver gonzo scares a-plenty: the Australian director is behind such huge franchises as Saw and my fave Halloween rewatch Malignant.
Yvonne Strahovski leads the freakiness as a mother on a ranch in rural Georgia, where a “mysterious threat” will force her and her neighbours to band together if they want to survive. It’s based on a book by Robert McCammon, and our only hints at the terror within are images of some bloke wearing a creepy gas mask.
What We Do In The Shadows: Season 6 (October 22)
The vampires of Staten Island (and now their familiar Guillermo!) might be immortal, but TV shows aren’t meant to last forever—and so it’s with a heavy heart that we plunge the final nail into this brilliant horror-comedy’s coffin. In the sixth and final instalment of the Taika Waititi adaptation, the bloodsucking housemates from hell must arrive at some kind of happy eternity, with Guillermo and his former master Nandor hopefully finally shacking up and energy vampire Colin Robinson presumably being awful until the end of time.
As much as we’d like to tune in for the vamp family’s surreal stupidity every week until then, it makes sense for the show to end here. Vampires don’t age, obviously, and you wouldn’t want to notice Nadja and Laszlo appearing more human than they did in season one.
Top Picks: Movies
Salem’s Lot (October 3)
Here we go again, just in time for Halloween. Stephen King’s classic vampire story has been turned into multiple mini-series, and this long-shelved feature-length adaptation will have to squeeze to fit in those iconic scenes of transformed youngins taunting their living friends from a second-story window. The cast is not to be sniffed at, with Lewis Pullman (Bill’s boy!) in the lead and Alfre Woodard and Bill Camp providing stabby support. Early reviews haven’t been entirely too hyped, but if you set the story’s former adaptations aside and try to forget the slew of King rehashes we’ve had over the past decade, it might stand on its own two, ungodly feet.
Crumb (October 18)
What on earth is happening in BINGE’s exploding documentary selection?! This month and last, the streaming service has gone absolutely doco-loco: scroll down and be amazed at the diverse and mighty non-fiction features that’ll be available to watch. You want to learn? Watch movies about fashion, the environment, politics, the internet, and bizarre personal anecdotes that went on to win Oscars. You just want to rock out? There’s concert and behind-the-scenes docos on everyone from Nas to Phillip Glass to the greatest concert film of all time from Talking Heads. My top pick, however, is Terry Zwigoff’s wry 1994 portrait of cartoonist R. Crumb, known for his prolific sketchy artworks and his hyper-fixation on bodacious babes. It’s eyebrow-raising, soulful and unexpectedly dark.
Lisa Frankenstein (October 26)
If you’re a) an impressionable teenager or b) someone who prefers their Halloween to be spooky rather than scary, this recent effort from screenwriter Diablo Cody and Zelda Williams (Robin’s daughter!) will win your heart, your funny bone and your decomposing body in one charming go. Kathryn Newton is a lonely emo teen who ditches romance in favour of necromancy, accidentally discovering that the hunky corpse of her dreams looks better and better the more time he spends in her evil stepmum’s tanning bed. He just needs a few replacement body parts, is all—and the alienated Lisa is willing to slay to make him stay. The movie zings with loving 1980s-inflected touches and a witty script: a potential cult classic for quirky lonesome teens of today.
All titles arriving on BINGE in October
October 1
Lethal Weapon: Seasons 1-3
Imma Tataranni: Season 2
Southland: Seasons 1-5
Frontmen: Season 1
Mum: Season 3
Navalny
Searching For Sugar Man
Subject (2022)
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Legacy: Surfing Now and Then
The Final Year
Carmine Street Guitars
The Boxer
Weddings Parties Anything – Limited Edition
The Fire Within: A Requiem For Katia And Maurice Krafft
The Painter And The Thief
Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm
Do I Sound Gay?
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel
The Murder Of Logan Mwangi
U.S. Marshals
Everybody’s Fine
Carrie
Frantic
October 2
The Real Housewives of NYC: Season 15 Premiere
Emergency Helicopter Medics: Season 3
Cathedrals Of Culture: Season 1
Disappeared: The Bradley Sisters
The Reason I Jump
Mamil – Middle Aged Men In Lycra
Zero Days
Mau
The Internet’s Own Boy: The Story Of Aaron Swartz
Love The Beast
October 3
Velma: This Halloween Needs To be More Special
Ancient Apocalypse: Season 2
The Mole Agent
Matilda & Me
Shut Up Little Man
Brazen Hussies
Mountain
Bra Boys
Kobi
Some Kind Of Heaven
The Brink
Salem’s Lot
October 4
Law & Order: Season 24 Premiere
Found: Season 2 Premiere
Forsaken Places: Season 1
The World Cook: Season 1
Tall Poppy: A Skater’s Story
Symphony On Skis
Ride The Wave
Nothing Lasts Forever
Three Minutes – A Lengthening
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travel Of A Tribe Called Quest
Watermark
October 5
Jack Osbourne’s Buried Bloodlines: Season 1 Premiere
Gremlins: The Wild Batch: Season 2 Premiere
The Great Escaper
Combat Wombat: Back 2 Back
Ordinary Angels
October 6
Countdown to Bad Blood 2024
WWE Bad Blood 2024
October 7
The Franchise: Season 1 Premiere
The Real Housewives of Potomac: Season 9 Premiere
Lo And Behold: Reveries Of The Connected World
Champs
Picasso And Braque Go To The Movies
Next Goal Wins
October 8
Superman & Lois: Season 4 Premiere
Inside Japan’s War: Season 1
Oil In The Blood
Herb And Dorothy
High & Low – John Galliano
Time To Choose
October 9
When Missing Turns To Murder: Season 2
Dinosaur 13
PJ Harvey: A Dog Called Money
President
Undone – Laura Enever
Against The Tide
Weiner
Gary
God Went Surfing With The Devil
Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery
October 10
Teacup: Season 1 Premiere
Sweetpea: Season 1 Premiere
Dying To Live
Silence In The House Of God
Ski Bum – The Warren Miller Story
The King Of Frankston
Heavy Haulage Girls
The Music Of Strangers: Yo-Yo Ma And The Silk Road Ensemble
Smashing Machine
Defend Conserve Protect
Slay The Dragon
Dries
Westwind: Djalu’s Legacy
The Ice King
Yer Old Father
Caddo Lake
October 11
Police Code Zero: Officer Under Attack: Season 2
Stasi FC
Chuck Close
Barista
Walking On Water (2018)
Almost Unsolved, Season 1
Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist
Jim: The James Foley Story
White Silk Road
October 12
I.S.S.
October 14
The Great Celebrity Bake Off: Season 7 Premiere
The Railway Murders: Season 1
Money Electric: The Bitcoin Mystery
Ottolenghi And The Cakes Of Versailles
Citizen Jane: Battle For The City
Dig!
Jesus Camp
Raising The Mary Rose
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work
October 15
Legendary Heroes: Season 1
Putparri And The Rainmakers
Loudquietloud
South To Sian
In The Shadow Of The Moon
In Pursuit of Silence
Jeremy Scott – The People’s Designer
Finding Fela
Koko: A Talking Gorilla
October 16
American Horror Stories: Season 3B Premiere
The Speedboat Killer: The Killing Of Charlotte Brown: Season 1
Loading Docs: Seasons 1-9
I Am Not A Monster: The Lois Reiss Murders: Season 1
Love, Marilyn
The Green Prince
The Battle Of The Sexes
Pompeii: The Last Mysteries Revealed
Louise Bourgeois
The Cats Of Mirikitani
The Royals: A History Of Scandals
3 ½ Minutes, 10 Bullets
CSNY: Deja Vu
October 17
The Dirty Three
Glass: A Portrait Of Philip In Twelve Parts (Special Edition)
Hit The Road India
The Ground We Won
Which Way Is The Front Line From Here?
Cameraperson
Crossing The Line
Chris And Don
Kusama – Infinity
Limelight
London The Modern Babylon
Louder: The Soundtrack Of Change
October 18
Hysteria!: Season 1 Premiere
Botched: Season 6
#Dead2me: Season 1
Lost And Found (2012)
Mademoiselle
Man On Wire
Black Gold
Murundak: Songs Of Freedom
Crumb
Martin Scorsese’s Short Films
Chevolution
John Waters: This Filthy World
Lou Reed’s Berlin
Manufactured Landscapes
Teenage Paparazzo
October 20
Immaculate
October 21
Way Of The Ocean
Life, Animated
Minding The Gap
Dreams Of A Life
Ringside
National Bird: Drone Wars
Quest
Do No Resist
Being Evel
The Wolfpack
Running For Good
When We Were Kings
Watchers of The Sky
October 22
What We Do In The Shadows: Season 6 Premiere
Rescue: Hi-Surf: Season 1 Premiere
Trumbo
Matangi/Maya/M.I.A
Born Evil: The Serial Killer & The Savior
Nas: Time Is Illmatic
K2
Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, The Student’s Journey
Free To Run
Peter And The Farm
The Wrecking Crew
Women Make Film
Walmart: The High Cost Of Low Price
October 23
Landscape Artist of The Year: Season 9
All New Traffic Cops: Season 12
A Taste Of The Sky
William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe
2nd Chance
Advanced Style
Cocaine Cowboys
Cocaine Cowboys Reloaded
Cocaine Cowboys II: Hustlin’ With The Godmother
Don’t Blink: Robert Frank
Page One: Inside The New York Times
My Winnipeg
The National Mistake
North of The Sun
Obscene
October 24
Who Do You Think You Are?: Season 19 Premiere
Breath Of Fire: Season 1
United: Season 1
First Responders: Season 2
Serendipity
Max Richter’s Sleep
Dragonslayer
How Much Does Your Building Weigh
Mr Untouchable
Tomorrow
The Color Purple (2023)
October 25
Gogglebox UK: Season 23 Premiere
Celebrity Gogglebox UK: Season 6 Premiere
Cathedrals Of Culture: Season 1
Sister Wives: Season 12
Murder Of Couriers
A Walk Into The Sea
The Endless Summer
American: The Bill Hicks Story
Alice Neel
Never Ride Alone
Weekend Of A Champion
You’ll Never Find Me
October 26
Lisa Frankenstein
October 28
Somebody Somewhere: Season 3 Premiere
Countdown to NXT Halloween Havoc 2024
The Real Murders On Elm Street: Season 1
Seth Meyers: Dad Man Walking
On Her Shoulders
Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George’s Creators
Bustin’ Down The Door
Our Future – His Holiness The Dalai Lama: Thoughts And Philosophies For The Global Citizen
CT Fletcher: My Magnificent Obsession
Once In A Lifetime
Barefoot Adventure (2018)
Monkey Man
October 29
1000-Lb Sisters: Season 5 Premiere
Hotel Benidorm: Season 2
Targeted For Murder: Season 1
Joy Division
Charles Bradkey: Soul OF America
Rampage (2006)
The Lovers And The Despot
Anger Within: Jonah Lomu – A Rugby Legend
Road
The Tents
Stop Making Sense
October 20
The Mysterious Murder Of Ann Heron: Season 1
Dirty Wars
Spaceship Earth
Hell And Back Again
How To Change The World
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through A Lens
Pom Wonderful Presents The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Patti Smith: Dream Of Life
Nuclear Now
October 31
Escape To The Country: Season 31 Premiere
Conquistadors: The Rise And Fall: Season 1
Up North
The Laps – The Lap Of Tasmania (2017)
Persecution Blues: The Battle For The Tote
A Very British Gangster
Frackman
It’s Raining Pleasure
Gleason
Surf Crazy (1959)
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