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Netflix’s new TV and movie releases for the week of October 5-October 11, 2026, include Mayor of Kingstown, Animals, and more.

Created by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, Mayor of Kingstown is a crime thriller series. It is set in a small Michigan town where the only business that is thriving is incarceration. As such, the McLusky family ends up becoming power brokers in the chaotic system. The star cast features Jeremy Renner, Hugh Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa, Taylor Handley, and Derek Webster, among others in key roles.

Also coming to Netflix is Animals (2026), starring Ben Affleck and Gillian Anderson. The political thriller follows LA mayoral candidate Mark Kimball, whose son gets kidnapped. Thus, he and his wife are forced to get their hands dirty to pay the ransom.

List of all Netflix releases this week from October 5-11, 2026

Below are all the new TV shows and movies being added to Netflix from October 5-11, 2026.

Monday, October 5

  • EMoMee Playtime Explorers (Season 1)
  • Lorne
  • Mayor of Kingstown (Multiple Seasons)
  • Super BOOMi (Season 1)
  • The Boogeyman

Tuesday, October 6

  • All American (Season 8)
  • Love Village (Season 3)
  • Mojo Brookzz: I Know You Lying
  • Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Wednesday, October 7

  • Afterburn Aftershock: Closed Door
  • I Am Solo (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly)
  • I Love My Dad
  • Inside the Circle (Season 1)
  • Less of a Stranger
  • Of An Age
  • Real Men (Season 2)
  • Who Is Martin Mull?

Thursday, October 8

  • Below (Limited Series)
  • Unicorn Academy: Secrets Revealed (Chapter 2)

Friday, October 9

  • Animals (2026)
  • Beauty and the Beat
  • Dead-End Job (Season 1)
  • Doctor X: Mafia in White (Season 1 – New Episodes Weekly)
  • Haunted Hotel (Season 2)
  • Is It Cake? Halloween (Season 2)
  • Lucky (2017)
  • Reporting Live
  • Rumours (2024)
  • Take Charge of My Heart

Saturday, October 10

  • 100 Days of Deception
  • Rooster Fighter
  • Save Yourselves!
  • The First Monday in May

For more Netflix content, check out the trailer for The One About Matthew Perry.

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