Netflix is dropping plenty of content worth feeling thankful for this November in the form of films and specials that will do everything from hook you with heart-wrenching stories to transport you on an enjoyable journey from the comforts of home. Whether you’re looking for something moving, informative, or humorous, Netflix has got you covered. Keep reading for the streamer’s best new movies coming in November.
Netflix is releasing two standout original films in the back half of the month, with Samuel L. Jackson-led drama The Piano Lesson and star-studded animated musical adventure fantasy comedySpellbound, which are both poised to potentially land in the Netflix Top 10.
Additionally, in the first part of the month, Netflix will debut some highly-anticipated titles from around the world likeFrench musical crime comedy Emilia Pérez and Colombian documentary The Lost Children.
Lastly, all throughout Netflix’s November streaming slate, you can begin getting in the Christmas spirit a little early with new Netflix Original movies like Our Little Secret, Hot Frosty, and The Merry Gentlemen.
Want to know what other eye-grabbing movies are dropping on Netflix in the next month? Keep scrolling to check out our full list of what movies to watch on Netflix in November.
Based on August Wilson’s 1987 play of the same name, The Piano Lesson is a Netflix Original drama film set in 1936 Pittsburgh where the Charles family lives. Led by patriarch Doaker (Samuel L. Jackson), the family butts heads while determining the fate of their heirloom piano.
Enjoy some wholesome family fun just in time for Thanksgiving with this animated musical adventure fantasy comedy revolving around a young princess named Ellian (Rachel Zegler) as she embarks on a daring quest to save her parents and kingdom from a nefarious spell.
Emilia Pérez is a genre-defying musical crime comedy film that follows high-powered lawyer Rita (Zoe Saldaña) as she takes on an unexpected new job to help a feared Mexican cartel boss (Karla Sofía Gascón) fake their own death so they can receive sex reassignment operations and live life in peace as the titular Emilia Pérez.
Lindsay Lohan returns to Netflix for more holiday entertainment with this romantic-comedy film about resentful exes trapped together for Christmas. When Avery (Lohan) spends her first Christmas with her new boyfriend Cameron (Jon Rudnitsky) and his family, the last person she expects to see is her ex, Logan (Ian Harding). When it turns out their respective current significant others are siblings, they must coexist under the same roof through the festivities, all while hiding their romantic history.
Open your eyes to the darker truths about the world’s top brands before Black Friday and Cyber Monday come around with this brand-new Netflix Original documentary. Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy gives voice to the insiders and whistleblowers brave enough to expose the manipulative tricks and hidden tactics that many influential brands use to keep us buying their products at any cost.
Keep the Christmastime fun going with this Netflix Original fantasy rom-com following a widow named Cathy (Lacey Chabert) after her magic scarf accidentally brings a snowman to life as a handsome man (Dustin Milligan). Watch to find out if their growing bond can help Cathy rediscover romance and holiday happiness before her manly snowman melts away.
Lose yourself in this riveting and incredible documentary recounting how four young Indigenous children were forced to survive alone for 40 days in the Colombian Amazon after a plane crash kills the adults onboard, including their mother. The Lost Children follows how ancestral wisdom, human resilience, and teamwork helped bring unlikely forces together to rescue the children from the depths of the jungle.
This British biographical drama film tells the exceptional true story of how nurse Jean Purdy (Thomasin McKenzie), visionary scientist Robert Edwards (James Norton), and inventive surgeon Patrick Steptoe (Bill Nighy) worked together to pioneer in vitro fertilization [IVF] in the 1960s and 1970s. In the face of opposition from church, state, media, and other medical personnel, the trio’s hard work culminated in the birth of the world’s first “test-tube baby,” Louise Joy Brown, in 1978.
The Merry Gentlemen is a Netflix Original musical rom-com that brings the heat in time for winter with the help of stars Britt Robertson and Chad Michael Murray. The film follows former big-city dancer Ashley (Robertson) as she stages an all-male, Christmas-themed revue to save her parents’ small-town bar, all while falling for one of the performers along the way.
This Netflix Original music documentary revisits “The Elvis Presley Comeback Special,” a legendary 1968 live show featuring Elvis Presley’s big return after seven years away from live performance. As the world changed around him, Elvis returned to his rock and roll roots against his manager Colonel Tom Parker’s wishes, culminating in his storied special. Bolstered by exclusive interviews, rare footage, and personal recountings, Return of the King: The Fall and Rise of Elvis Presley offers a whole new in-depth look at the comeback special, the ’60s, and Elvis himself.
Youtuber Jake Paul and professional boxer Mike Tyson go head-to-head in Netflix’s highly-anticipated live streaming event. Former heavyweight champ Tyson comes out of retirement to take on the upstart boxer 31 years his junior at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas for this must-see boxing match.
