Nothing like an Edgar Allan Poe adaptation in October, and Netflix is here to serve all the chills and thrills with Mike Flanagan’s take on The Fall of House of Usher on 12 October, an American gothic drama done in a way that only Flanagan does best.
On 4 October, one of the biggest pop culture icons of our generation and former footballer David Beckham invites us into his world with never-seen-before footage as we follow his meteoric rise from humble beginnings to global football stardom in the documentary Beckham.
The gentleman thief and master of disguise Assane Diop (played by the ever-charismatic Omar Sy) is back on 5 October with Lupin S3 as he pulls off his most outrageous feat yet.
In Fair Play, premiering on 6 October, Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich face off as a young couple vying for the same promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund, pushing their relationship to the brink.
From director David Yates, known for the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film series, Emily Blunt and Chris Evans star in Pain Hustlers, launching on 27 October, about the rise and fall of a small pharmaceutical company caught in the middle of the opioid crisis.
On 13 October, one of Nollywood’s finest filmmakers Kunle Afolayan is back with Ìjọ̀gbọ̀n, a coming-of-age tale that follows four teenagers whose lives change when they stumble across a pouch of diamonds.
From South Africa, catch back for the fourth iteration of the Kandasamys film series, Kandasamys: The Baby, on 20 October as the in-laws head to Mauritius for the birth of their grandchild.
Also watch out for Kenyan Kalasha and AMVCA-winning crime drama film Click Click Bang, based on Abel Mutua’s popular YouTube series and directed by Philip Karanja, on 15 October.
Revisit our review of Click Click Bang here.
See a full list of what to watch on Netflix in Kenya in October 2023:
3 October
Beth Stelling: If You Didn’t Want Me Then
4 October
Beckham (Docuseries)
Keys to the Heart
Race to the Summit (Documentary)
5 October
Lupin S3
Everything Now S1
Khufiya
6 October
Ballerina
Fair Play
A Deadly Invitation
7 October
Strong Girl Nam-soon S1
9 October
Stranded With My Mother-in-Law (Reality)
10 October
Di4ries S2
Last One Standing S2 (Reality)
11 October
Big Vape: The Rise and Fall of Juul (Docuseries)
Pact of Silence S1
Once Upon a Star
12 October
The Fall of the House of Usher S1
Good Night World S1
Baby Animal Cam S1
13 October
Ìjọ̀gbọ̀n
The Conference
15 October
Camp Courage (Documentary)
Click Click Bang
16 October
Oggy Oggy S3
17 October
I Woke Up a Vampire S1
Heather McMahan: Son I Never Had (Comedy Special)
The Devil on Trial
18 October
Kaala Paani S1
19 October
Bodies S1
Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix S1
Crashing Eid S1
Neon S1
Crypto Boy
20 October
Doona! S1
Creature S1
Elite S7
Big Mouth S7
Surviving Paradise (Reality)
Vjeran Tomic: The Spider-Man of Paris
Kandasamys: The Baby
Flashback
Old Dads
Disco Inferno
23 October
Princess Power S2
24 October
Get Gotti (Docuseries)
Pete Holmes: I Am Not for Everyone (Comedy Special)
25 October
Life on Our Planet (Docuseries)
Absolute Beginners S1
The After
Burning Betrayal
26 October
PLUTO S1
ONEFOUR: Against All Odds (Documentary)
27 October
Tore
Sister Death
Pain Hustlers
Yellow Door: ’90s Lo-fi Film Club
28 October
Castaway Diva S1
31 October
Ralph Barbosa: Cowabunga (Comedy Special)
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