Netflix is always adding new movies, but there are rarely as many acclaimed titles as it added in October.
Three of this month’s picks for Watch With Us‘ five best Netflix movies are originals that were either created for the streamer or purchased for it.
When those five films are ranked by Rotten Tomatoes, one of those Netflix originals topped the list with a 100 percent rating.
That movie in particular is a downer, but it’s still worth watching alongside the other films.
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5. ‘Dirty Dancing’ (1987)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 72 percent
“Nobody puts Baby in a corner!” That’s one of Dirty Dancing‘s most famous lines, as uttered by Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) in one of the most beloved romance movies from the ’80s. The story takes place in 1963, as Baby and her family spend a summer at a resort where she falls for a dance instructor, Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze).
Baby only begins practicing with Johnny because her friend, Penny Johnson (Cynthia Rhodes), needed someone to fill in for her. Romance blooms as Johnny and Baby spend so much time together, but her father, Jake Houseman (Jerry Orbach), is determined to keep them apart.
Dirty Dancing is streaming on Netflix.
4. ‘Steve’ (2025)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 77 percent
Cillian Murphy may be in line for another Oscar nomination after his fine performance as the title character in Steve. As one of the primary teachers of a school for troubled teenagers, Steve is dedicated to his job and truly cares about the kids under his supervision. He’s also putting so much pressure on himself that he’s spiraling out of control.
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As Steve reacts angrily to the school’s impending closure, one of his students, Shy (Jay Lycurgo), is disowned by his family and pushed to a very dark place. The school is the last chance that some of these kids have to be productive members of society. When Shy no longer feels like he has anything to live for, he heads down a potentially tragic path.
Steve is streaming on Netflix.
3. ‘A House of Dynamite’ (2025)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84 percent
After a seven-year hiatus between films, director Kathryn Bigelow is back with A House of Dynamite. This film depicts the worst-case scenario for the United States, as the country’s military and civilian leaders are caught off guard by a nuclear missile heading straight for Chicago. By the time they realize what’s happening, it’s already too late.
The 20-minute countdown to impact is replayed three times in the film, from the perspective of Situation Room senior officer Captain Olivia Walker (Rebecca Ferguson), General Anthony Brady (Tracy Letts) and the President of the United States, as played by Idris Elba. This may be an impossible situation, and their choices will determine what happens next.
A House of Dynamite will stream on Netflix on October 24.
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2. ‘We Have Always Lived in the Castle’ (2019)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87 percent
This adaptation of Shirley Jackson‘s novel, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, follows two sisters, Constance (Alexandra Daddario) and Merricat Blackwood (Taissa Farmiga). The sisters are pariahs in town because it’s widely believed that Constance murdered their parents. That’s also why Constance no longer leaves the house.
Merricat finds comfort in the fact that she and her sister are bound together, which is why she’s so threatened when their cousin, Charles Blackwood (Sebastian Stan), reenters their lives and seems determined to get Constance to break her self-imposed exile. That angers Merricat and pushes her to extreme actions that can’t be taken back.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is streaming on Netflix.
1. ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ (2025)
Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100 percent
The unspoken rule of dwelling in a neighborhood is that we all have to find a way to live with each other. Susan Lorincz, a self-proclaimed “prefect neighbor,” doesn’t seem to have followed that rule when dealing with Ajike “AJ” Shantrell Owens and her children. As related in the documentary The Perfect Neighbor, Lorinez made numerous calls to the police to harass Owens’ children.
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Lorinez’s calls and police camera footage tell the story of the lead-up to a fatal shooting and the immediate aftermath. One person’s choices led to the death of another, and it transforms this cautionary tale into a tragedy.
The Perfect Neighbor is streaming on Netflix.
