16 New Netflix Movies to Be Grateful For This November

This Christmas comedy stars The Vampire Diaries alum Kat Graham as an aspiring photographer who inherits an ancient Advent calendar from her grandmother that may actually be able to tell her future — as well as guide her toward a new love interest (played by Quincy Brown).

When it's available: Nov. 2

This Orson Welles-directed mockumentary-style satire follows an ageing Hollywood director who attempts to revive his floundering career with a flashy new Hollywood film. The movie stars the now-deceased John Huston, and though it began filming in 1970 and has been in limbo for several decades, the film will finally be made available on Netflix over 33 years after Welles's death.

When it's available: Nov. 2

Chris Pine stars in this 14th-century epic about a legendary warrior named Robert the Bruce who is forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland. The film follows his battle to reclaim the throne with his outlaw army.

When it's available: Nov. 9

This Indonesian horror flick tells the story of a young woman who, upon learning about her estranged father's mysterious illness, returns with her stepsister to her family's old villa to uncover the secrets of her family's demonic past.

When it's available: Nov. 15

In this French action film, a team of successful armored truck robbers find themselves roped into helping powerful drug dealers with a large-scale robbery.

When it's available: Nov. 15

In this psychological horror film set in the world of webcam pornography, Madeline Brewer from The Handmaid's Tale stars as an erotic cam girl who finds her popular channel hijacked by a lookalike. What's even better: Cam is one of the few films about sex work written by a former sex worker, resulting in a story that doesn't glamorize, glorify, or romanticize the profession.

When it's available: Nov. 16

Directed by the Coen brothers — whose movies include The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men, and True Grit — this new film tells six different stories about life in the 19th century post-Civil War era Old West, with an impressive cast that includes James Franco, Tom Waits, Zoe Kazan, and Liam Neeson, among many others.

When it's available: Nov. 16

Another Christmastime rom-com, this movie stars Vanessa Hudgens in the dual roles of a baker and a duchess who discover their uncanny resemblance and hatch a plan to swap places (because that plot has definitely never been done before . . .).

When it's available: Nov. 16

Not to be confused with Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, this equally chilling horror flick follows a toymaker and his wife, who find themselves terrorized by a demon doll after their niece tries to summon her late mother with a Spanish paper-and-pencil game called Juego de la Lapicera.

When it's available: Nov. 20

In this comedy, a cleaning woman and vocational street dancer tries to hunt down the son she gave up for adoption years before: a CEO who recently lost everything, including his memory.

When it's available: Nov. 20

This holiday caper follows brother-and-sister team Kate and Teddy Pierce as they devise a Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus, starring Darby Camp (otherwise known as Chloe Mackenzie from Big Little Lies) and The Babysitter's Judah Lewis.

When it's available: Nov. 22

This sequel to 2017's fan-favourite A Christmas Prince will pick up where the story of Prince Richard and Amber (reprised by Ben Lamb and Rose McIver) left off, following the couple as they prepare to tie the knot.

When it's available: Nov. 30

This Italian magic-realist fable tells the story of an unexpected bond that forms between a naive and optimistic young farmer and an imaginative nobleman when the nobleman asks the farmer to help him stage his own kidnapping.

When it's available: Nov. 30

In this Hindi drama set in the Chandni Chowk area of Delhi, India, a father attempts to reconnect with his estranged son through social media, though the world is totally foreign to him.

When it's available: Nov. 30

A French black comedy, this movie follows a reluctant gangster who wants nothing more than to escape the seedy crime world of Paris, but when he realises his mother gambled away his nest egg, he must accept one last job before he can flee.

When it's available: Nov. 30

This suspenseful film follows two men — a family man and a hotel entertainer — who join forces when they become convinced that an American timeshare conglomerate is out to get them.

When it's available: Nov. 30