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New Releases on Netflix This Week and Top 10 Movies & Series: October 17, 2026
After 44 new titles hit Netflix this week, we pick out the best new movies and series you should be…
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Standouts from recent releases — titles we think are worth your time.
TV Series
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The Diplomat (Season 4)
A sharp, principled US diplomat negotiates her high-stakes role as ambassador to the UK and her strained marriage…
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Transformers One (2026)
The young Transformer duo Optimus Prime and Megatron must fight to save their world from a dark threat…
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Solar Opposites (Season 6)
Forced to flee as their home planet explodes, a family of aliens crash-lands on Earth and tries to…
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Wayne (Season 1)
Wayne, a 16-year-old with a heart of gold, journeys from Massachusetts to Florida with his crush Del to…
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Save Yourselves! (2026)
Determined to unplug from technology, a young couple sets out to reconnect with each other at a remote…
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Lucky (2026)
A lonely 90-year-old with a rigid routine and a penchant for cigarettes begins to have an existential crisis…
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Felicity (Seasons 1-4)
Felicity upends her plans and follows her crush to college in New York, where she navigates young adulthood…
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Of an Age (2026)
In 1999, an awkward teenager has a transformative summer fling with his best friend's brother that has a…
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Mayor of Kingstown (Seasons 1-4)
The powerful McLusky family attempts to maintain a fragile peace in Kingstown, Michigan -- where incarceration is the…
8.2
64
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When their son is kidnapped, an LA mayoral candidate and his wife scramble to raise the ransom while making choices that could tear their world apart.
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- 8. Anyone But You
- 9. Corpse Bride
- 10. Within
- 11. Seriously Single Too
- 12. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
- 13. Therapy Done Right
- 14. Ice Age: Continental Drift
- 15. Enna Vilai : The Price of Dignity
- 16. Ice Age
- 17. The Accountant
- 18. Ben-Hur
- 19. Ghost Ship
- 20. Teen Titans Go! To the Movies
- 21. Reporting Live
TV series
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When a mysterious sea creature starts terrorizing a coastal town, a fisherman must fight to protect his family and his community's vanishing way of life.
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4Doctor X: Mafia in White
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5Take Charge of My Heart
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6East of Eden
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- 8. Instadocs: AI Gone Wild
- 9. Where the Mask Ends
- 10. WWE SmackDown
- 11. Love Is Blind
- 12. 100 Days of Deception
- 13. Unforgettable
- 14. Roadies Rebirth
- 15. Not a Stranger
- 16. Hollywood Arts
- 17. A Day Like No Other
- 18. Spike
- 19. A Different World
- 20. Inside The Circle
- 21. STEEL BALL RUN JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
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On This Day in Netflix History
Releases from this date in previous years — October 17th.
Released
1 year ago
2025
The Twits
2025
Country of origin United States
27 Nights
2025
Country of origin Argentina
Good News
2025
Country of origin South Korea
The Perfect Neighbor
2025
Country of origin United States
She Walks in Darkness
2025
Country of origin Spain
Turn of the Tide: The Surreal Story of Rabo de Peixe
2025
Country of origin Portugal
Turn of the Tide
Season 2
Country of origin Portugal
Released
2 years ago
2024
Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance
2024
Outside
2024
The Shadow Strays
2024
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory
Season 2
The Lincoln Lawyer
Season 3
Released
3 years ago
2023
Heather McMahan: Son I Never Had
2023
The Devil on Trial
Released
4 years ago
2022
Waffles + Mochi's Restaurant
Season 1
Released
7 years ago
2019
THE UNLISTED
Season 1
Released
9 years ago
2017
Patton Oswalt: Annihilation
2017
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