The 12 Best Things Coming to Netflix in November 2024

Paul Vs. Tyson — Live

In what’s probably the streamer’s biggest live-programming sports gamble to date, Iron Mike Tyson, 58, comes out of retirement to square off against 27-year-old social media star-turned-brawler Jake Paul in the ring. Yes, this may sound a bit like a televised freak show, but that doesn’t mean we won’t be tuning in.

Coming Nov. 16

Widow Clicquot

Bust out the champagne flutes for this period piece based on the true story of Barbe Nicole (Haley Bennett), the 19th-century French widow who took over her family’s fabled bubbly label, Veuve Clicquot, and improved its fortunes despite the sexism of the time. Adapted from the New York Times bestselling biography by Tilar J. Mazzeo, the movie looks like a classy feminist business tale with more than little drama to give it some fizz and sprightly top notes.

Coming Nov. 22

Joy

Not to be confused with the underwhelming 2015 Jennifer Lawrence movie about a self-wringing mop tycoon, this Joy dramatizes the true story of the world’s first test-tube baby, Louise Joy Brown. Weaving together a trio of narrative perspectives — including those of a naïve young nurse (Thomasin McKenzie), a visionary scientist (James Norton), and a trailblazing surgeon (Bill Nighy, 74), the film is set in the UK in the ‘60s and ‘70s, back when IVF was not only a controversial idea, but also felt like the far-fetched stuff of science fiction.  

The Piano Lesson

This prestige adaptation of August Wilson’s classic family-drama play is a Washington family affair all the way. Produced by Denzel Washington, 69, directed by his son, Malcolm Washington, and starring another son, John David Washington, the story concerns the precious family heirloom of the title and a brother and sister battling over what should be done with it. Should it be sold to raise money to purchase the land that the Charles family’s enslaved ancestors once worked on, or should it be kept in the family as a connection to its past? Danielle Deadwyler and Samuel L. Jackson, 75, costar.

​The Helicopter Heist 

This eight-part Scandinavian action-thriller series sounds absolutely bonkers. Before leaving their lives of crime behind, two best friends plan one last heist — breaking into Sweden’s biggest cash depot and taking off with millions of krona in a helicopter, which they land on the heavily fortified building’s roof. See why this robbery (based on a true story) has been called one of the most daring crimes in history.  

Coming Nov. 27

Our Little Secret

Not content to sit back and let Hallmark monopolize the holidays, Netflix is doubling down on seasonal originals this year. Lindsay Lohan stars as a woman who travels with her new boyfriend to meet his family over Christmas. But as soon as they arrive at their snowy, picture-postcard destination, she realizes that her ex (Pretty Little Liars’ Ian Harding) is vacationing there too. And he’s dating her new boyfriend’s sister. Awkwardness, thy name is Lindsay!

Coming Nov. 28

The Madness

Colman Domingo, 54, the Oscar-nominated star of last year’s Netflix biopic Rustin, toplines this conspiracy thriller series about a high-profile media pundit whose life gets thrown for a loop and whose innocence is called into question when he stumbles onto a notorious white supremacist's corpse deep in the Poconos. The film grapples with the idea of rushing to judgement in the era of sensational 24-hour cable news.

Coming Nov. 29

Senna 

Brazilian Formula 1 racecar driver Ayrton Senna was a towering and charismatic figure in the high-octane sport who reigned as world champion three times before his tragic 1994 death on the track during the San Marino Grand Prix in Imola, Italy. His story was previously told in Asif Kapadia’s searing 2010 documentary of the same name (also available on Netflix), but it gets the chance to stretch out in this six-part series, which stars Gabriel Leone (Ferrari) as the man behind the wheel.