The weekly lineup of upcoming digital premieres brings a high-octane mix of regional blockbusters, Hollywood tentpoles, gripping investigative dramas, and reality entertainment.
Leading the slate are major streaming debuts across Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, and Apple TV+.
Here is your comprehensive binge-watching guide to everything arriving on streaming platforms this week.
Netflix
Mandaadi (Tamil) — Releasing October 8
Plot Summary: A legendary former catamaran racer, Muthukaali (played by Soori), returns to his coastal home after two decades away. His quiet life is disrupted when a reckless young man inadvertently entangles him in his past, reigniting an old rivalry and bringing him back to the waters.
Pradhama Drishtya Kuttakkar (Malayalam) — Releasing October 8
Plot Summary: Rookie constable Aleena Abraham (Parvathy Thiruvothu) and her tight-knit team find themselves caught in a severe legal and moral crisis after a routine night-shift arrest leads to a suspect’s accidental death.
Reporting Live (Hindi) — Releasing October 9
Plot Summary: Ambitious young journalist Sandhya (Parineeti Chopra) teams up with veteran cameraman Vinod (Deven Bhojani) to pursue a lead involving an incident with innocent labourers. The assignment escalates into a dangerous investigation exposing an illegal sand-mining network.
Animals — Releasing October 9
Plot Summary: Los Angeles mayoral candidate Mark Kimball (Ben Affleck) and his wife Abigail (Kerry Washington) face every parent’s nightmare when their young son is suddenly kidnapped. With only hours to fulfil a terrifying ransom demand, the couple resorts to desperate measures.
Below — Releasing October 8
Plot Summary: Set in a remote coastal Newfoundland town, a stubborn local fisherman (Josh Hartnett) must take a stand to protect his community when a terrifying sea creature emerges from the depths to terrorise the residents.
Take Charge of My Heart (Korean) — Releasing October 9
Plot Summary: Baek Ho-rang (Kim Young-kwang), a wealthy chaebol heir navigating a corporate battle, relies on an artificial heart running dangerously low on power. He crosses paths with Na Bo-bae (Chae Soo-bin), a screenwriter who possesses electric currents after surviving a childhood lightning strike.
Amazon Prime Video
Spider-Man: Brand New Day — Releasing October 6
Plot Summary: Four years after the world forgot his true identity, an isolated Peter Parker (Tom Holland) operates full-time as Spider-Man while contending with volatile genetic mutations. When Jean Grey (Sadie Sink), a mutant capable of host possession, begins targeting the Department of Damage Control and those close to him, Parker faces a gruelling physical and psychological battle.
Carrie — Releasing October 7
Plot Summary: The classic horror story centres on Carrie White (Sissy Spacek), a shy and isolated teenager subjected to relentless bullying from her peers and severe abuse from her fanatically religious mother, who eventually unleashes deadly telepathic powers.
Insidious: Out of the Further — Releasing October 6
Plot Summary: Young mother Gemma (Amelia Eve) discovers her innate ability to astral project into the realm known as the Further. Chaos ensues when she realises she can physically bring malicious entities back into the real world.
JioHotstar
Pati Patni Aur Panga Season 2 (Hindi) — Releasing October 10
Plot Summary: Real-life celebrity couples, including Arjun Bijlani with Neha Swami and Rahul Vaidya with Disha Parmar, test their relationship dynamics. Hosted by Sonali Bendre and Munawar Faruqui, the pairs navigate role reversals, compatibility tests, and tasks designed to reveal real-world relationship chemistry.
Mortal Kombat 2 — Releasing October 8
Plot Summary: Earthrealm’s champions recruit action star Johnny Cage (Karl Urban) to compete in the Mortal Kombat tournament against Emperor Shao Kahn (Martyn Ford). Joined by Princess Kitana (Adeline Rudolph), the heroes launch a side-mission into the Netherrealm to destroy Shinnok’s amulet and strip Kahn of his immortality.
Apple TV+
Matchbox The Movie — Releasing October 9
Plot Summary: A group of childhood friends has their quiet routine disrupted when their former ringleader, Sean (John Cena), returns home. Now working as an undercover CIA agent, Sean inadvertently drags his old friends into an international conspiracy involving a stolen nuclear weapon.
