Five Netflix releases to keep an eye out for this week
Although it’s only the first week of November, Netflix is already jaw-dropping with its monthly arrival arc.
From highly anticipated returning shows to unsettling true-crime content, Netflix is doing everything and more to make this a month to remember.
While Netflix also looks pretty festive-ready, it is not yet time to get ahead of ourselves with everything in the wings.
So, if you’re wondering what makes the cut, here are five Netflix releases to keep an eye out for this week.
Five Netflix releases to watch out for this week
Taken: Natalee Holloway (Dani Sloane and Matthew Galkin, 2026)
Premiering on November 4th, Taken: Natalee Holloway is an upcoming true-crime Netflix Original documentary that chronicles the disturbing true story of the 2005 disappearance of an 18-year-old high school-goer. In May that year, Natalee Holloway vanished under mysterious circumstances during a high school graduation trip to Aruba. The docuseries centres on Natalee’s mother, Beth Holloway’s two-decade-long search for truth and justice.
Taken: Natalee Holloway follows Beth Holloway’s determined, multi-year search across continents, and revisits a breakthrough that unmasked the real perpetrator. Directed by Dani Sloane and Mathew Galkin, the three-part docuseries features never-before-seen footage, untold details, and an in-depth look into the tragic case.
A Dog’s Perfect Christmas (Cathryn Michon, 2026)
Netflix surely knows how to invite the festive feels early, and it does so with its lineup. Based on W Bruce Cameron’s novel of the same name, A Dog’s Perfect Christmas is a touching holiday movie that will hit home with every dog lover. Narrated by a wise old basset hound named Winstead and premiering November 5th, the movie opens with grandfather Sander Goss grieving and increasingly at loggerheads with her teenage granddaughter Ello.
But the heated scene takes an unexpected emotional turn when Ello’s mother, Juliana, suddenly falls sick and is placed in an induced coma. As Ello and Sander figure out how to keep the family and household together amid the crisis, a corgi puppy named Ruby arrives at their home and unknowingly turns out to be the biggest blessing in disguise just in time for the holiday season.
Black Doves (Alex Gabassi and Lisa Gunning, 2024-Present)
Netflix elevated the viewing experience in October with returning shows, and November follows suit with the first one being Black Doves. Releasing on November 5th, the second season of the hit spy thriller has its spotlight back again on Helen Webb, as she walks a thin line to juggle her double life as a secret agent for the covert Black Doves organisation, while her husband, Wallace Webb, becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
With Wallace now in the highest office in the country, concealing her spying and leaking government secrets gets more and more difficult by the minute. To make things more complicated, Helen’s handler, Mrs Reed, goes missing and gets caught up in a brutal conspiracy targeting the Black Doves. As more Black Doves agents are mysteriously eliminated and a new handler takes over, the second season of the Netflix thriller returns with familiar high-stakes energy as old enemies surface and long-standing questions demand answers.
Possible Love (Lee Chang-dong, 2026)
Directed by Lee Chang-dong, Possible Love is a South Korean-American drama, arriving on Netflix on November 6th, 2026. The long-awaited relationship drama tells the story of two married couples from different walks of life, harbouring very different desires. It follows Mi-ok and her laid-off husband, Ho-seok, as they live a quiet life with their young son Cheol. But that silent life is thrown into ultimate chaos when they stumble upon Ye-ji at a funeral.
Ye-ji is a documentary filmmaker married to Sang-woo, who live a life that’s nothing like Mi-ok and Ho-seok. Interestingly, they meet each other when Ye-ji searches for stories about laid-off workers, and Mi-ok agrees to be filmed. Possible Love follows Mi-ok as her increasingly diverse world collides with Ye-ji and Sang-woo’s, fracturing their everyday lives beyond repair.
Unprotected: Murder in Galicia (Jorge Laplace, 2026)
Lastly, releasing on November 6th, is the second Netflix Original true-crime documentary of the week: Unprotected: Murder in Galicia. Directed by Jorge Laplace, the documentary recounts and reconstructs the shocking 2015 murder of Isabel Fuentes in the small Spanish village of Pazos in Verín. Fuentes was brutally attacked in her home and found on the verge of death in April that year, but the case was dismissed as a violent home invasion or robbery gone wrong.
When a Guardia Civil sergeant combed the crime scene, resulting in the discovery of a hammer left as evidence, he suspected foul play. He suggested that the attack was an inside job and advocated for extra police protection for Isabel while she was in recovery at the hospital. Despite his warnings, the orders were not acted upon, and Isabel was murdered inside her hospital room 37 days after the first attack.