3 Best Movies on Netflix This Weekend (Oct 31-Nov 1)
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October is coming to an end, and the countdown to Christmas is on. This past month of movies has been packed with must-watch titles on both the big and small screen, including director Kitao Sakurai‘s live-action Street Fighter movie, DC’s new body horror experiment Clayface, Anne Hathaway‘s new Colleen Hoover adaptation, Verity, the smash-hit rom-com The Love Hypothesis, and much more. With a new month about to dawn, here’s a round-up of what should be on your radar, with a look at three movies you should watch this weekend on Netflix.
Disclaimer: These titles are available on US Netflix.
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‘The One About Matthew Perry’ (2026)
With everyone talking about the mind-blowing new documentary You Can See Everything, it’s important that you keep non-fiction at the top of your watchlist for this weekend. The One About Matthew Perry is a brand-new Netflix doc that is sure to make streaming waves, as it discusses the beautifully tragic life of the former Friends icon, who sadly passed away on October 28, 2023, at the age of 54.
Directed by Mary Robertson, this detailed portrait of a truly talented performer plagued by the price of fame is sure to bring a tear to your eye. Split into three parts, this three-hour-long dedication is described as “an intimate documentary series exploring the life and legacy of Matthew Perry” and includes interviews with his family and friends, including his sister, Mia Perry Bowick.
Collider Exclusive · 8 Questions · 2 Minutes Which Member of the Fast Family Are You? Dom · Letty · Roman · Tej
Eight honest questions about how you actually are: what you are like in the group chat, how you host, what you do when a friend lets you down, what people underestimate about you. Answer them and we will tell you which seat at that barbecue table is yours. Four are still free: the one at the head of it, the one who never backs down, the one doing all the talking, and the one who quietly made the whole thing happen.
🏁Dom(Fast & Furious)
🔥Letty(Fast & Furious)
😎Roman(2 Fast 2 Furious)
🛠️Tej(2 Fast 2 Furious)
01
What kind of driver are you? Your passengers would answer this differently, and you know it.
02
Who are you in the group chat? Everybody recognises themselves here immediately.
03
What are you like when you host? Hosting exposes people faster than almost anything.
04
How do you react when a friend lets you down? There is no right answer, only a very revealing one.
05
What are you better at than people realise? Pick the one you would quietly agree with.
06
What is the best compliment you could get? Whichever one you want most is the honest answer.
07
How do you like to travel? People are remarkably consistent about this one.
08
What matters most to you in the end? Eight questions in, this is the one that picks your seat.
Grace Is Said You Are…
Four people, four completely different ways of being somebody’s family.
Here is your seat at the table, what the rest of them would rely on you for, and the thing you would
have to watch.
Fast & Furious · Universal · Since 2001
Dominic Toretto
You are the head of the table, and you did not ask for the job so
much as end up holding it. Dom is the gravity of this franchise, which is why the films work
best when everybody else is circling around whatever he has decided.
You define family by who shows up rather than by who is related to you, and you would
defend that definition against anybody.
People bring you their problems because you make a decision and then stand behind it,
which is rarer than it sounds.
Your weakness is the same as your strength, since holding everybody together means you
rarely admit when you need holding yourself.
The franchise finale is currently set for April 2027, and after two decades it is still
built on exactly this one idea.
Fast & Furious · Universal · Since 2001
Letty Ortiz
You are the one who says the thing out loud and then does not
take it back. Letty is the least sentimental person at that table and somehow the most
loyal, which is a combination almost nobody manages.
Your friends know exactly where they stand with you, because you have never once
softened something to make a room more comfortable.
You give loyalty rarely and completely, and betraying it is the one thing you would find
genuinely hard to move past.
Letty is the best driver in the family and the franchise keeps quietly proving it,
usually while somebody else is making a speech.
The risk is that people mistake the bluntness for coldness, when it is actually the most
protective thing about you.
2 Fast 2 Furious · Universal · Since 2003
Roman Pearce
You are the reason anybody remembers the night. Roman talks
first, thinks second and is far more frightened than he lets on, which is precisely what
makes him the most human person in the whole family.
You use volume and jokes the way other people use armour, and the people who know you
well worked that out years ago.
Roman gets the biggest laughs in these films and also the best running gag in the
series, which is his absolute certainty that he is invincible.
You would turn up for a friend without hesitating, complain about it the entire time,
and do it again the following week.
The thing worth watching is how rarely you let anybody see the version of you that is
not performing.
2 Fast 2 Furious · Universal · Since 2003
Tej Parker
You are the one who made the plan work while everybody else was
busy being heroic about it. Tej does not need the credit, which is fortunate, because in
this family the credit tends to go to whoever drove fastest.
You are the person who reads the whole thing properly, spots the problem nobody
mentioned, and has already solved it by the time anyone asks.
Tej and Roman are the best double act in the franchise, and it works because one of them
is genuinely competent and the other is genuinely loud.
Your friends take you slightly for granted, mostly because you have made everything you
do look effortless.
You would rather be the reason it worked than the reason everybody is talking, which is
a rare and quietly powerful preference.
2
‘F8: The Fate of the Furious’ (2017)
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% | IMDb: 6.6/10
If the prospect of a tear-jerking documentary is too much for your weekend, then an easy-viewing action blockbuster should be more your speed. The Fate of the Furious, the eighth installment in theFast & Furious franchise, stars the likes of Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, and Dwayne Johnson in the most action-heavy entry in the franchise yet, as the crew faces danger in the world of terrorism that will push them further than ever before.
A smash-hit in theaters in 2017, scoring a global haul of $1.2 billion against a $250 million budget, The Fate of the Furious might not be the most narratively detailed film you could watch this weekend, but it’s the sort of adrenaline-pumped popcorn flick that streaming was made for. Packed with stars, action, and memorable moments, The Fate of the Furious is a great way to escape after a long week.
3
‘Bugonia’ (2025)
Rotten Tomatoes: 87% | IMDb: 7.4/10
The race for the 99th Academy Awards is starting to gain pace, so why not add one of the award gems of last year to your weekend viewing? Any pairing between Emma Stone and director Yorgos Lanthimos is sure to catch your attention, and their latest is one of their best, with Stone earning yet another Academy Award nomination in the process, alongside three other nominations for the film.
A remake of Jang Joon-hwan‘s 2003 South Korean comedy Save the Green Planet!, Bugoniafollows the kidnapping of Stone’s high-powered CEO Michelle, as conspiracy theorists Teddy (Jesse Plemons) and Don (Aidan Delbis) accuse her of being an alien sent to destroy Earth. A smart, bonkers tale that will leave you with your jaw on the floor, Bugonia is not to be missed.
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