With countless movies, TV shows and specials being added to streaming every single week, it can be hard to keep up with what’s new and worth watching on Netflix. The world’s biggest streaming service has a healthy (and overwhelming) stream of new content all the time.

This week's streaming recommendations list includes returning fan-favorites alongside a varied selection of new movies and shows.

As always, we’ve sifted through Netflix’s streaming library to bring you the very best sci-fi movies to stream this October. This month, we’ve got a critically acclaimed classic courtesy of filmmaker Michel Gondry starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet, the best modern Star Trek movie to date, and a classic trilogy of mecha anime films.

On the movies front, we do have a new Netflix original. "Lonely Planet" is a steamy romance set at a writers' retreat in Morocco. It stars Laura Dern as a newly single novelist who catches the eye of Liam Hemsworth. There are also some killer horror movies arriving in the form of "Scream" (2022) and "A Quiet Place Part II."

Need some good films to watch on Netflix this weekend? Then stream these three underrated movies with Tom Cruise, Chris Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, and more.The Latest Tech News, Delivered to Your Inbox