Netflix films and TV series to watch in November 2025

TO November the young (now grown up) protagonists of Stranger Thingsgrappling with the last great challenge. And they are not to be missed either Frankenstein by Guillermo Del Toro with Jacob Elordi and the second season of the reality show Squid Gameinspired by the Phenomenon series.

On the Italian front it appears in streaming Mrs Playmenabout the publisher Adelina Tattilo (Carolina Crescentini), one of the most influential women of the seventies, who revolutionized the erotic magazine Playmen. As Christmas approaches, the romantic comedy under the tree couldn’t be missing: this time it’s up to Happy Christmas-Ex! with Alicia Silvestone. While for those who want to get to know Eddie Murphy closely there is the doc Being Eddie.

Netflix films and TV series to watch in November 2025

Stranger Things 5. Volume 1. From November 27th

Back up Netflix one of the most popular series of the last ten years for the latest adventure in the Upside Down. Fall 1987. Hawkins was marked by the opening of the portals and the young protagonists (now grown up) are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna, who has vanished into thin air.

The government has placed the city under military quarantine and intensified the hunt for Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown), forcing her to go into hiding again. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, fear sets in. The final battle is upon us. To put an end to this nightmare, our heroes must continue to stand together, for the last time.

Squid Game: The Challenge 2. From November 4th

The global phenomenon Squid Game: The challenge returns for a gripping second season. 456 new contestants face extreme tests of strategy, alliances and endurance to win a life-changing $4.56 million prize pool. Inspired by the iconic series, and filled with shocking new twists and new games, the reality TV raises the stakes. Facing continuous eliminations, only one competitor will take home the victory.

Death By Lighting. From November 6th. On Netflix

The miniseries focuses on the assassination of 20th President of the United States of America James Garfield (Michael Shannon), killed by Charles Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen). On July 2, 1881, while visiting Orange, Guiteau, an unemployed lawyer shot Garfield. The former President died two months later.

Frankenstein. From November 7th

After the preview at the Venice Film Festival, Frankenstein by Guillermo Del Toro with Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi and Mia Goth is ready to land on Netflix. The Oscar-winning director adapts Mary Shelley’s classic novel.

«It is a film that has lived with me since I was a child – declared Del Toro – the DNA of a seven-year-old child has been nourished by the DNA of a nineteen-year-old English girl (Mary Shelley ed.) over the decades». There story of Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) who challenges himself to be God by giving life to a dead creature is very current. «We live in a world that has dehumanized us», said the director.

Mrs. Playmen. From November 12th

The journey is in the early 70s, at the roots of the revolution Playmenthe most popular erotic magazine of the time. The editor Adelina Tattilo is directing her towards a new course (Carolina Crescentini), one of the most influential women of those years.

The magazine is on the brink of collapse because of SaroAdelina’s husband, on the run to Paris because he is wanted for false accounting. The wife picks up the magazine and transforms it: from a magazine aimed only at men and the story of the female body as an object of male desire, it also becomes the story of free women with their sexual desires, without taboos and hypocrisies.

Happy Christmas-Ex! From November 12th

Divorced Kate (Alicia Silverstone) hopes to have a perfect Christmas with her familybefore selling the house and moving. Her holiday plans are dashed when ex-husband Everett (Oliver Hudson) he unexpectedly introduces his new girlfriend to hera younger and more successful woman. Some good things will happen.

Being Eddie: The Life of Eddie Murphy. From November 12th

A documentary about a talent who rewrote the rules of comedy and American cinema: Eddie Murphy. Who is behind the legend? Being Eddie tells this and much more.

Through testimonies such as Dave Chappelle, Jamie Foxx, Jerry Seinfeld, Tracee Ellis Ross, Reginald Hudlin and many others, the film celebrates an actor who broke the mold, broke new ground and left his mark on popular culture. For the first time, Murphy himself opens the doors of his home and his inner worldoffering an authentic look at his career and the life philosophy that has guided him to this day.

The Beast in Me. From November 13th

After the devastating loss of her son, the famous writer Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) turns away from the world and from writing, sinking into an isolated existence. His solitary routine, however, is upset by the arrival of Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys), a controversial real estate developer who moves into the house next door.

Poised between repulsion and attraction, Aggie finds herself obsessed with her figuredriven by a visceral need to discover the truth. Thus begins a dangerous personal investigation that leads her to confront man’s secrets.

A Man on the Inside 2. From November 20th

Determined to return to the field on an undercover assignment, Charles Nieuwendyk (Ted Danson) seizes his opportunity when Jack Berenger (Max Greenfield), president of Wheeler College, hires him to investigate a case. Posing as a professor, Charles inserts himself into campus life to discover the identity of a serial blackmailer.

Between ambiguous leads and an increasingly long list of possible culprits, the investigator also finds himself disoriented by his meeting with Mona (Mary Steenburgen), music teacher. Her presence rekindles emotions in him that he thought had been lost after his wife’s death. But can he really trust that woman?

Train Dreams. From November 21st

Set at the beginning of the twentieth century, the film follows the life of Robert Grainier (Joel Edgerton), a logger and railroad worker growing up in the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Left without family from a young ageRobert dedicates his life to building the infrastructure of a nation racing toward the future.

His marriage to Gladys (Felicity Jones) marks a moment of happinessbut life soon confronts him with painful events. In the silence of the forests and among the memories of what has been lost, Robert learns to recognize the fragile beauty that lies in solitude, in memory and in daily gestures.