# This Week on Netflix: PCMag's Picks

> Netflix's latest releases and what's leaving the platform this week.
- Title: This Week on Netflix: PCMag's Picks · PCMAG | Shortify
- Summary: Netflix's latest releases and what's leaving the platform this week. Netflix's October 9-15 releases and cancellations, including new movies and shows.
- Keywords: netflix, releases, movies, shows, cancellations, technology, Week, PCMag's, Picks, PCMAG
- Source: PCMAG — https://pcmag.com/news/whats-new-to-watch-on-netflix-streaming-this-week-oct-9-2026
- Author: K. Thor Jensen
- Published: 2026-10-09T18:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: netflix, releases, movies, tv, shows, cancellations, technology
## Animals
Ben Affleck directs and stars in Animals, a new Netflix thriller destined to top the streamer's movies chart.Affleck plays a Los Angeles mayoral candidate who is thrown into a tailspin when his son is kidnapped.

> Ben Affleck directs and stars in Animals, a new Netflix thriller destined to top the streamer's movies chart.
## Tyson
Mike Tyson, who grew up getting into street brawls in rough-and-tumble Brownsville, Brooklyn, became the youngest heavyweight champion ever at the age of 20.His rise to global superstardom was followed by a precipitous fall.

> Mike Tyson, who grew up getting into street brawls in rough-and-tumble Brownsville, Brooklyn, became the youngest heavyweight champion ever at the age of 20.
## The Storm
Is there anything worse than a party you can't get out of?In the new apocalyptic Swedish comedy The Storm, Filip invites his closest friends to his new mountain estate for his 45th birthday celebration.

> Is there anything worse than a party you can't get out of?
## New Releases This Week
October 9: Haunted Hotel - Season 2, Is It Cake? Halloween - Season 2, Take Charge of My Heart October 10: 100 Days of Deception October 12: Spike - Season 1, Señora Acero - Seasons…

> October 9: Haunted Hotel - Season 2
## New Movies This Week
October 9: Animals
October 10: The First Monday in May
October 12: Free Leonard Peltier
October 14: Cocaine Bear
October 15: The Storm.

> October 9: Animals
## Leaving Netflix This Week
October 9: After
October 11: A Quiet Place Part II
October 14: The Hunger Games (all 5 films).

> October 9: After
## Key takeaway

Netflix's October 9-15 releases and cancellations, including new movies and shows.