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Make Decider a Preferred Source Photos: Netflix; Illustration: Don Pearsall Where to Stream: Black Doves Powered by Reelgood More On: netflix originals 11 Best New Movies on Netflix: November 2026’s Freshest Films to Watch ‘Nobody Wants This’ Creator Erin Foster Talks Cameo, How Season 2 Complaints From Fans Impacted Season 3, And Why Now Was The Time To Explore the Sasha and Morgan Dynamic ‘Nobody Wants This’ Season 4: Creator Erin Foster Shares A Promising Update On The Show’s Future Amid Uncertainty And Teases A Messy Character She Would Love To Introduce ‘Nobody Wants This’ Season 4: Is Netflix’s Rom-Com Returning For Another Season? This November, Netflix programming serves up content worth feeling thankful for all month long. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix, you won’t feel down for long once you get a good look at the impressive array of Netflix Original series coming to the platform to take their place. With everything from premiering titles to long-awaited continuations of fan favorites, Netflix’s diverse and delightful November 2026 debuts will have something for everyone.
The streamer is set to help you celebrate the new month with premieres from highly anticipated continuations of established hit series across several different genres (so there’s truly something for everyone), like Black Doves: Season 2, The Empress: Season 3, and North of North: Season 2.
There are also plenty of exciting new shows that’ll begin streaming exclusively on Netflix this month. Keep an eye out for Bass X Machina, The Body, and Taken: Natalee Holloway, three of the most hotly anticipated titles dropping on Netflix in November.
So what makes the cut for our Top 11, and which of them have what it takes to be in the Netflix Top 10? Keep reading to treat yourself to the greatness that is the list of streaming standouts for November 2026.
Released November 5
CAST: Keira Knightley, Ben Whishaw, Sarah Lancashire, Andrew Buchan, Ambika Mod, Kathryn Hunter, Ella Lily Hyland, Gabrielle Creevy, Agnes O’Casey, Molly Chesworth, Babou Ceesay, Sam Riley, Neve Campbell, Sylvia Hoeks, Goran Kostic, Samuel Barnett
DESCRIPTION: British spy action thriller series Black Doves returns with a kick-ass sophomore season that sees Helen (Keira Knightley) continue to pass on UK secrets and make major sacrifices while working as a spy for the Black Doves organization. With her husband, Wallace Webb (Andrew Buchan), becoming the prime minister, the stakes are higher than ever as Helen fights to maintain her double life and works with best friend Sam (Ben Whishaw) to navigate a dangerous ultimatum, search for answers, and risk everything to protect their loved ones.
Released November 3
CAST: Brian Tyree Henry, Tati Gabrielle, Janelle Monáe, Cree Summer, Chaske Spencer, Currie Graham, Starletta DuPois
DESCRIPTION: Created by LeSean Thomas, Bass X Machina is a Netflix Original adult animated steampunk Western series that follows Bass Reeves (Brian Tyree Henry) as he’s forced to transform into a ruthless hand of justice in order to save his family from the perils of a world full of brutal outlaws, supernatural entities, and powerful machines.
Released November 12
CAST: Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu, Philip Froissant, Melika Foroutan, Johannes Nussbaum, Josephine Thiesen, Runa Greiner, Dejan Bućin, Marlene Burow, Christophe Favre, Merlin Sandmeyer
DESCRIPTION: This German historical drama series returns to Netflix with a third and final season that looks to immerse you in the world of Bavarian Duchess turned Empress of Austria, Elisabeth von Wittelsbach (Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu), one last time. The Empress: Season 3 sees Emperor Franz (Philip Froissant) back from war a changed man weighed down by struggles, trauma, and poor decisions that leave Elisabeth shaken and hurting. When she leaves Vienna to recover, Elisabeth charts a life-altering new course that will force her to choose between prioritizing her people or her heart.
Released November 4
DESCRIPTION: Taken: Natalee Holloway is a three-part true crime documentary series that examines the 2005 disappearance of American teen Natalee Holloway while on a high school graduation trip to Aruba. In addition to delving into the crime itself, the series follows her parents’ dogged decades-long pursuit of answers and justice.
CAST: Kristina Bogic, Sara Boustany, Geena Meszaros, Nnamdi Asomugha, Louisa Krause, Shirley Chen, Jackson Kelly, Sofia Wylie, Kyra Pierce, Phallon Pierce, Marcel Ruiz, Orlando Norman, Gabby Windey, Ashley Madekwe, Motell Foster, Cale Ambrozic, Anna Tierney, Chloe Longname, Sarah Abbott
DESCRIPTION: Netflix’s new coming-of-age psychological dramedy, The Body, tells the tale of a Catholic school’s all-girls dance troupe whose team initiation goes to hell, sending the squad down an unholy path that takes their entire community by storm. As the girls become consumed by prophetic visions, sinful desires, and Catholic guilt, the effects reverberate through their town, leading to mass mania and hysterics.
CAST: Koki Uchiyama, Minako Kotobuki, Junya Enoki, Aya Endō, Kiyomitsu Mizuuchi
DESCRIPTION: Look out for a sleeper hit this month in Japanese dystopian sci-fi thriller anime Fool Night. Adapted from Kasumi Yasuda’s ongoing manga of the same name, this captivating Netflix Original series takes place in a cloudy, sunless future that forces humanity to develop technology of transfloration, which turns human beings into plants in order to make more oxygen. Impoverished young man Toshiro Kamiya (Koki Uchiyama) is ready to give up on his human life to enjoy two happy, well-funded years undergoing transfloration, but when the operation unexpectedly gives him the ability to hear the voices of plants, he gains a fresh perspective of his world’s dwindling humanity.
CAST: Anthony Boyle, Julia Garner, Alex Lawther, Matt Rife, Madison Hu, Karan Soni, Eugene Young, Naomi Okada, Hudson Williams, Jennifer Grey, Terry Chen, Maddie Hasson, Paul Reiser, Robin Weigert
DESCRIPTION: The Altruists is a biographical drama series chronicling the rise and fall of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried (Anthony Boyle) and his co-CEO of Alameda Research, Caroline Ellison (Julia Garner). Although the couple started as ambitious idealists, their efforts to shape up global finance eventually devolved into a massive fraud case that shook up the crypto world and earned them both criminal charges.
CAST: Anna Lambe, Maika Harper, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Keira Belle Cooper, Jay Ryan, Braeden Clarke, Zorga Qaunaq, Bailey Poching, Nutaaq Doreen Simmonds
DESCRIPTION: Sweet Canadian sitcom North of North returns to Netflix with a sophomore season that sees a rejuvenated Siaja Kudlak (Anna Lambe) continuing to pursue happiness, independence, and a better future alongside her young daughter Bun (Keira Belle Cooper) and mom, Neevee (Maika Harper). As Siaja learns more about her family and herself, she will lean on her small, tight-knit community on Prince of Wales Island and the warm hearts who cut through Ice Cove’s Arctic chill.
CAST: Fernanda Castillo, Mark Lewis, Claudio Roca, Juan Manuel Bernal, Michel Brown, Caro Darman, Alaíde
DESCRIPTION: This Mexican adaptation of the hit CBS legal drama The Good Wife centers on the titular lawyer (Fernanda Castillo) as she attempts to return to her career in the wake of her husband’s (Mark Lewis) imprisonment and involvement with scandal. With her entire life turned upside down, Alicia must work hard to take care of her two kids, succeed at her job, and learn to open her heart again as she stands on the precipice of settling back into her old life or redefining herself with a fresh start.
CAST: Giovanna Grigio, Jessica Marques, Manu Morelli, Larissa Bocchino, Lucas Leto, Pedro Ottoni, Suzana Pires, Ana Hikari, José Condessa
DESCRIPTION: Based on Brazilian writer Ray Tavares’s Os 12 Signos de Valentina book series, this Netflix adaptation revolves around a young woman named Valentina (Giovanna Grigio) who attributes her recent crushing breakup to misaligned stars. In a bid to bounce back, Valentina attempts to date a man from every zodiac sign, only to find herself veering off course from her mission by falling for a man who has no astrological sign at all.
CAST: Jang Dongmin, Hong Jinho, Oh Hyunmin, Ha Seok-jin, Jeong Hyun-gyu, Kim Dong-jae, XITSUH, Yurisa, SHINDONG, Hyun Kyunglyul, John Park, JAE JAE, Nucksal, Yi Do, Stella Jang, Jung Wonyoung
DESCRIPTION: South Korean reality game show The Devil’s Plan returns to Netflix with its most exciting assortment of players yet, with 16 masterminds who are a mix of veteran survival players and gutsy first-timers, all ready to risk everything to win the cash prize and bragging rights. Full of gripping strategy games and intense psychological warfare, The Devil’s Plan: Season 3 promises its highest level of competition, cleverness, and entertainment value yet.
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