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The 10 Best Things Coming to Prime Video in October
Amazon’s streamer updates a Stephen King classic and catches Stanley Tucci in a Paris heist
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Summer H. Howell and Samantha Sloyan co-star in a limited series update of the horror classic “Carrie.”
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Just in time for Halloween, Prime Video has all kinds of new treats, including an eight-episode update of Stephen King’s 1974 classic, Carrie. For a less scary but lots of fun option, Stanley Tucci plays a veteran thief who plots to steal the Mona Lisa in the film Masterplan and NBA on Prime tips off with a whole new season of hoops action. Here are the 10 best movies and shows to add to your streaming lineup.
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Coming Oct. 1
Casino Royale (2006, PG-13)
Has it really been two decades since Daniel Craig (and director Martin Campbell) reinvented the James Bond franchise with this stylish and gritty thriller? From the opening parkour chase in Madagascar to the tense poker game in Monte Carlo, the film crackles with tension. And the stone-faced Craig offers a grittier, bare-knuckles spin on cinema’s favorite spy. True fans can also catch up on 25 other 007 films, from 1962’s Dr. No to 2021’s No Time to Die, also available on Prime Video starting this month. (Yes, that includes the non-MGM 1983 anomaly Never Say Never Again.)
Poldark, Season 1
Aidan Turner’s brooding swagger launched a thousand memes from 2015 to 2019. He plays a redcoat in the American Revolution who returns home to Cornwall to find the local economy struggling, his father dead and his true love engaged to his cousin. Now on Prime, this PBS Masterpiece mainstay delivers plenty of swoony escapism.
Coming Oct. 2
I Would Rather Die, Season 1
Horror comedies don’t get much more high-concept than this new Spanish-language series. When a high school loser gets bitten by a zombie in the corner minimart, he teams up with his goth bestie and platonic crush to thwart an evil plot threatening to destroy their provincial Mexican town. Will Archie embrace his new undead condition and learn to be an underdog hero who lives death to the fullest?
Coming Oct. 7
Carrie, Season 1
It’s never too early to think about prom — especially the one where misfit Carrie White faces humiliation at the hand of her classmates and exacts a bloody revenge. As Brian De Palma’s adaptation of Stephen King’s breakout novel celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, the cautionary tale gets an update for the cyberbullying era. The eight-part limited series features Summer H. Howell as the bullied telekinetic heroine and Samantha Sloyan (The Haunting of Hill House) as her hyperprotective mom.
Coming Oct. 14
Love of Your Life (2026, R)
Margaret Qualley (Demi Moore’s younger self in The Substance) stars as a nurse who spirals after losing what she considers her one true love (The Night Agent’s Gabriel Basso) during the COVID pandemic. She abandons her job, home and family for a new life in Lisbon, where she slowly comes to terms with her grief and considers the possibility of finding love again (perhaps with a cute tourist from London played by Lanterns star Aaron Pierre).
Coming Oct. 16
Masterplan (2026, NR)
Who doesn’t love a heist movie with an international flair? In this comedic caper, Stanley Tucci, 65, plays a notorious thief who recruits two strangers to help him snag the Mona Lisa. Turns out the recruits are also his long-lost children, an Italian cybercrime expert (Simona Tabasco from The White Lotus Season 2) and a French explosives specialist (Victor Belmondo, grandson of French New Wave icon Jean-Paul Belmondo).
Coming Oct. 21
The Terminal List, Season 2
Chris Pratt returns as Navy SEAL Commander James Reece in this series based on novels by former SEAL Jack Carr. This season finds Reece at CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, investigating a conspiracy that hints at ties to his own family history. The show, which boasts former SEALs and Army Rangers as writers and consultants, has earned high marks for authenticity.
Coming Oct. 23
Last One Laughing: Halloween, Season 10
A pack of top British comics gather in a room trying to spook each other into laughter (and in this case, shrieks) in a Halloween-themed twist on the comedy competition series. Expect cursed props and plenty of jump scares from a cast that includes Jack Dee, 65, Lou Sanders, Phil Wang and Daisy May Cooper.
NBA on Prime
Defending NBA champions the New York Knicks tip off against the Boston Celtics in the kickoff to Prime Video’s new season of pro hoops coverage. The action starts at 7 p.m. ET, followed by a game between the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs at 9:30 p.m. The doubleheader begins the streamer’s second season of NBA games — culminating in key playoff games and the Eastern Conference Finals in the spring.
Coming Oct. 24
The Final Table , Season 1
This 12-part Korean drama series set during a competition to determine the best Korean chef features three main characters: a renowned and established chef, his restaurant’s devoted floor manager and a young prodigy whose perfectionist ways could give him the edge.
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