You know winter is coming when all the blockbusters rear their heads for season premieres and nail-biting debuts. With Oscar season just around the corner, viewers can expect a slew of popcorn-perfect films this month, starring the likes of Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones, while Netflix and Disney+ are having a bumper month of exciting series, including Death By Lightning, All’s Fair starring Kim Kardashian, and the final season of Stranger Things. Here are the best new films and TV shows to stream in November 2025. Happy hygge, everyone.

All’s Fair, Disney+

Fierce, brilliant, and emotionally complicated, All’s Fair documents a team of female divorce attorneys as they leave a male-dominated firm to open their own powerhouse practice. As they navigate high-stakes breakups, scandalous secrets, and shifting allegiances – both in the courtroom and within their own ranks – enter a world where money talks and love is a battleground. Starring Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash-Betts, Teyana Taylor, and Matthew Noszka, with Sarah Paulson and Glenn Close, this is a must-watch this month. 

Release date: 4 November 2025

Death By Lightning, Netflix

Emmy-winning executive producers David Benioff and DB Weiss have reimagined Candice Millard’s 2011 novel, Destiny of the Republic, to bring us the extraordinary true story of the life and death of 20^th US president James Garfield. Charting his rise from obscurity in Ohio to becoming the most powerful man in America, Death By Lightning is set in the 1800s and examines not only the country’s political turmoil, but also why Garfield’s assassin Charles Guiteau was also his greatest admirer.

Release date: 6 November 2025

Caroline Flack: Search For The Truth, Disney+

A two-part docuseries which celebrates the life and career of one of the UK’s most popular TV presenters, Caroline Flack, premieres this month. Featuring shocking new revelations around the circumstances and decisions from institutions that led to her daughter tragically taking her own life in 2020, the documentary follows Christine, Caroline’s mother, as she seeks to understand the events in the final months of her daughter’s life.

Release date: 10 November 2025

In Your Dreams, Netflix

One for those seeking something to entertain little ones this month, In Your Dreams is a comedy adventure about Stevie and her brother Elliot who journey into the absurd landscape of their own dreams. If the siblings can withstand a snarky stuffed giraffe, zombie breakfast foods, and the queen of nightmares, the Sandman will grant them their ultimate dream come true: the perfect family. 

Release date: 14 November 2025

Malice, Prime Video

Starring Jack Whitehall and Christine Adams, Malice is a new psychological thriller set between London and Greece. Full of dark family secrets, manipulation, and betrayal, Whitehall plays the lead as Adam, a charming tutor who infiltrates the lives of the wealthy Tanner family, led by Jamie (David Duchovny) and Nat (Carice Van Houten), while they are on holiday. As Adam begins to turn the family against each other, they are forced to confront the enemy within their own home. 

Release date: 14 November 2025

Train Dreams, Netflix

Based on a novella by Denis Johnson, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton): a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20^th century. Orphaned at a young age, the film documents Robert’s life from childhood to adulthood, as he marries Gladys (Felicity Jones) and welcomes their young daughter. When his life takes an unexpected turn, he seeks new-found meaning in the forests and trees he has felled. Promising to be one of Edgerton’s best performances, this is the extraordinary story of an ordinary life. 

Release date: 21 November 2025

Stranger Things season five, Netflix

The grand finale of one of the world’s most streamed shows, Stranger Things, will debut this month. Set during the autumn of 1987, Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and the team are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished and, complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread but, to end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone standing together. Set to be a fitting end to a series that has gripped millions of viewers, the eight episodes will be released in three parts, with the finale on New Year’s Eve. 

Release date: 26 November 2025

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