What to stream in November 2025: Netflix, Amazon Prime, Apple TV + more

The fifth and final season of Stranger Things has, by far, the series’ strangest release schedule. The first four episodes will release on November 27. Three more come out on Christmas. And the finale premieres on New Year’s Eve. The jury’s still out on how that experimental rollout will land, but the show itself should be somewhat familiar. We last left the residents of Hawkins, Indiana, in quite a spot of bother. A portal to the Upside Down had just opened up above the town, with all sorts of unsavoury monsters emerging from within. Vecna is also still out there, somewhere, so he will likely be back as our protagonists fight to defeat evil for one last time.

Also coming to Netflix in November is Last Samurai Standing, which is essentially The Hunger Games and Squid Game in Meiji-era Japan. Set in 1878, it follows 292 Samurai who enter a battle royale to win a 100 billion yen prize. Mind you, the real-life Samurai were mostly extinct by that point in history. Saigō Takamori, often considered the last Samurai, was killed in 1877 after the Satsuma rebellion. So while this new show does look interesting, it’s not exactly historically accurate. Yes, I am fun at parties. How did you know? 

One more thing: Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein, which is in cinemas now, will make its way to Netflix on November 7th. Oscar Isaac, Mia Goth and Jacob Elordi make up the main cast, and with Del Toro at the helm, you can expect an eclectic and heavily stylised retelling of the original classic.