The world’s top streaming services have hit the ground running in the penultimate month of 2025. With three major new movies plus four new and/or returning shows landing on multiple platforms in the first week of November, there’s plenty of great content to watch this weekend.
In fact, the competition has been so fierce that potentially big deals like Netflix’s Death by Lightningdidn’t even make the cut, which gives you a sense of how robust this week’s line-up is. So don’t hesitate any longer – read on to see what’s worth streaming before Monday rolls around again. – Tom Power, senior entertainment reporter
The Fantastic Four: First Steps (Disney+)
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The first of November’s new Disney+ movies is ironically the last Marvel movie of 2025.
A period piece set in an alternate reality to the MCU – the first live-action film to do so, FYI – The Fantastic Four: First Steps represents the title team’s first foray into the comic book giant’s ever-expanding cinematic franchise. In it, the iconic quartet goes up against Galactus, a world-devouring cosmic entity determined to kidnap the newborn son of Reed Richards and Sue Storm for reasons that will become clear when you watch the Marvel Phase 6 opening.
Want to see if it’s worth watching? Read my spoiler-free review The Fantastic Four: First Steps. After you’ve streamed it, check out my wrap-up piece The Fantastic Four: First Steps to see how it sets up Avengers: Doomsdayalso known as the second of two Marvel movies arriving in 2026. – TP
Frankenstein (Netflix)
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If Frankenstein is your most anticipated Netflix release of 2025, you have good taste. Even better, I’m happy to report that Guillermo Del Toro’s latest offering completely lives up to our already high expectations.
I expect Jacob Elordi to get an Oscar nomination for his role as The Creature, but the production design on this film (no CGI or AI used) is basically a character all its own. Every detail is breathtaking, stacked up to make Mary Shelley’s classic Gothic novel feel more grand and operatic than ever.
The best thing about one of November’s new Netflix movies? How much love is poured into each picture. Del Toro has made his biggest childhood dream come true here, and the story exudes hope, not hate, in return. – Jasmine Valentine, entertainment reporter
Pluribus (Apple TV)
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“The world’s most miserable person must save the world from happiness”. If that’s not a logline that will immediately pique your interest in Apple’s latest sci-fi offering, I don’t know what will.
Okay, maybe that fact Multibuswhose first two episodes are out now on Apple TV (formerly Apple TV+), was created by Breaking Bad and Better call Saul‘s Vince Gilligan. Perhaps the fact that it stars Rhea Seehorn as a misanthropic writer who must navigate a new status quo when nearly all of humanity falls victim to a virus that turns them into autopilot-happy individuals. And perhaps the fact that this multi-genre show narratively goes against the grain in more ways than one.
Basically, consider this one of the best Apple TV shows of 2025—and one you won’t want to sleep on because, oh boy, it’s the kind of show fans will theorize about for months on end. – TP
Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 (Netflix)
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It is a testimony to that Play octopus IP that we’re still invested in its gameplay after the main show ended in June. Indeed, 456 new players are taking on the challenge of winning $4.56 million, and unsurprisingly, the reality TV show is following in the footsteps of Play octopus season 2.
Squid Game: The Challenge season 2 introduces Mingle, Six-Legged Pentathlon, and Catch from the original show. Meanwhile, two brand new games – Count and Slides & Ladders – join the rotation.
This means we miss out on classics like Red Light, Green Light (still annoyed about that), but new twists have also been introduced. Did you know that the college has a secret boiler room, equipped with a vending machine? It’s becoming the worst kept secret on Netflix. – JV
Maxton Hall Season 2 (Prime Video)
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It’s finally time to return to Maxton Hall Private School in Oxford, England, to see what will come of the whirlwind romance between arrogant and entitled James and quiet fellow Ruby in Maxton Hall – The World Between Us season 2.
While originally rivals, the pair now seem happy together – but how long will that last when James’ family is thrown into turmoil? Will their relationship survive or will Ruby find herself back in her old life?
Adapted from Mona Kasten’s novel ‘Red mig’, the first three episodes of Maxton Hall season 2 is now streaming on Prime Video – and if you loved The summer I became beautiful then you will definitely tune in. – Amelia Schwanke, Entertainment Editor
Materialists (HBO Max)
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I loved Celine Song’s 2023 debut Past livesso I had high hopes for her second A24 romantic drama Materialists (it’s out now on HBO Max), especially with the filmmaker again drawing on his own life for inspiration.
Like Song once was, Dakota Johnson plays a New York matchmaker torn between Pedro Pascal’s bachelor, whom society deems her perfect match, and her ex (played by Chris Evans) who still holds a flame for her.
It’s a classic will-they-won’t-they story set against the backdrop of luxurious Manhattan life, interwoven with reflections on modern dating, societal expectations and consumerism. Despite being one of the standout new HBO Max movies, Materialists received mixed reviews upon its initial release, but that’s all the more reason to watch it for yourself and see if you agree with those sentiments. – SEAM
All’s Fair (Hulu/Disney+)
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What do you think of Ryan Murphy’s new Hulu and Disney+ series? Everything is fair has scored 0% on Rotten Tomatoes… and what do I mean when I say you should still watch it?
Honestly, this fictional all-female law firm, comprised of Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close, Naomi Watts, Sarah Paulson, Niecy Nash, and Teyana Taylor, is the gift that keeps on giving. Imagine Paulson and Close having a great gang match at either end of a large board table. Imagine Kardashian destroying someone’s car with a golf club while showing no emotion at any point in the series. Imagine Watts just trying his best to exist among the chaos. That’s what I call TV magic.
Basically, Murphy has made something that can only be enjoyed by the generation that rooted him through thick (American Horror Story season 2) and thin (American Horror Story season 12). It’s thanks to our relentless passion that helped Murphy’s 2000s TV empire exist the way it did, and we should be grateful for that. – JV
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