The Best Streaming Series to Watch in November 2025 (Netflix, Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+)
Why This Article?
We are on November 10, 2025, and the autumn season is in full swing. Between grand sagas, intimate tributes, biting satires, and elegant thrillers, the platforms are multiplying strong proposals. Here are all the series and films of November available or coming soon, with their exact dates, critical analyses, and our reasons to watch them.
🍿 BEST NOVEMBER SERIES: NETFLIX
⚡ Stranger Things – Season 5
Available on November 27, 2025
Synopsis: Fall 1987. Hawkins is in quarantine, fractured by portals to the Upside Down. Eleven and her friends face their final battle against Vecna, in a city on the verge of destruction.
Critical analysis: The Duffer Brothers close their epic with an unprecedented sense of tragedy: adolescence becomes myth. A darker, almost apocalyptic staging.
Why watch it: To say goodbye to a generation of heroes and relive the nostalgia of the 80s in a grand finale.
🧟♂️ Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Available since November 7, 2025
Synopsis: In a frozen and decadent Europe, Victor Frankenstein creates a being of flesh and lightning, in search of love and justice.
Critical analysis: Guillermo del Toro delivers a meditation on creation, fatherhood, and solitude. Visually sumptuous, on the border between the sacred and the monstrous.
Why watch it: To rediscover a founding myth through the eyes of a gothic poet.
🎄 An Ex for Christmas
Available on November 12, 2025
Synopsis: Kate, divorced, wants to offer her children one last perfect Christmas. But her ex shows up with his new partner, and the magic turns into an existential crisis.
Critical analysis: Steve Carr revives the old-school romantic comedy: funny situations, sincere emotions, and the charm of Alicia Silverstone.
Why watch it: A comforting film about healing and second chances.
🎬 BEST NOVEMBER SERIES: PRIME VIDEO
🎤 Cult (2Be3)
Currently available
Synopsis: The 1990s revisited through the destiny of the emblematic French boy band. From dazzling glory to disillusionment, between friendship, media, and pop music.
Critical analysis: Created by Yaël Langmann, this series succeeds in combining nostalgia and depth. The actors bring sincerity and energy, without caricature.
Why watch it: For its sensitive reinterpretation of French pop culture and its tender look at fame.
🏝️ Eden
Currently available
Synopsis: In the 1930s, a group of Europeans settles on an isolated island in the Galápagos to found a utopia. But nature and human ambition decide otherwise.
Critical analysis: Ron Howard delivers an elegant and introspective adventure epic, supported by a five-star cast (Jude Law, Ana de Armas, Vanessa Kirby, Daniel Brühl, Sydney Sweeney).
Why watch it: For its visual beauty, philosophical depth, and exceptional cast.
🕶️ Jack Reacher – Season 3
Available on November 8, 2025
Synopsis: Reacher hits the road again to hunt down a corrupt cell infiltrated within the U.S. army.
Critical analysis: A virile yet subtly written series: Alan Ritchson confirms his raw charisma and dry humor.
Why watch it: For the guilty pleasure of a tight, muscular action thriller.
🕵️ Malice
Available on November 14, 2025
Synopsis: Adam, a charming but manipulative tutor, infiltrates the Tanner family during a luxury vacation, triggering a spiral of revenge and secrets.
Critical analysis: With David Duchovny and Jack Whitehall, this mini-series combines the psychological tension of The White Lotus with a setting of deceptive wealth and appearances.
Why watch it: For its elegant suspense and play of masks within a luxurious bourgeois world.
💞 Joy & Me – Tyler Perry
Currently available on Prime Video
Included with Amazon Prime
Synopsis: Shannon Thornton plays Joy, a talented but overlooked New York stylist. Unhappy in her career and love life, Joy follows a suitor to Colorado for Christmas. After a shocking revelation and a snowstorm, she finds comfort with Ridge (Tosin Morohunfola). This encounter transforms her view of life and love and could change her future.
Critical analysis: Tyler Perry signs a winter tale full of kindness and sincerity. The sober direction gives space to human warmth and inner transformation.
Why watch it: For its comforting tone, emotional sincerity, and modern reading of Christmas romances.
💣 The Boys – Season 5
Available on November 29, 2025
Synopsis: As the United States sinks into political chaos, Butcher must choose between revenge and redemption.
Critical analysis: More nihilistic and political than ever: a ferocious satire of power, religion, and patriotism.
Why watch it: Because no other series pushes the critique of American superheroes this far.
🌟 BEST NOVEMBER SERIES: DISNEY+
🎄 The Holiday Spirit Arrives on Disney+: Must-See Content
As the holiday season approaches, Disney+ highlights a festive lineup designed to celebrate this period of sharing and emotion. Between new releases, major movie premieres, and timeless classics, the platform offers a selection of films and series blending music, adventure, and magic to savor throughout the season.
🎁 New Releases to Discover
A Very Jonas Christmas Movie – November 14, 2025
In A Very Jonas Christmas Movie, the Jonas Brothers – Kevin, Joe, and Nick – play themselves in a Christmas musical comedy. After finishing a tour in London, a series of setbacks forces them to return to New York for a family Christmas. Between laughter, music, chaotic travel, and family warmth, the film promises a dose of good humor and pop energy to kick off the season.
🎬 Why watch it: A pop and festive film, perfect for celebrating joy, music, and the spirit of family.
🎥 Trailer: A Very Jonas Christmas Movie
Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Season 2 (coming in December on Disney+)
After more than 110 million hours viewed for the first season, the series returns with a new adventure inspired by Rick Riordan’s novel The Sea of Monsters. Percy, Annabeth, and Grover set out to save Camp Half-Blood, threatened by new enemies and unexpected alliances.
🎬 Why watch it: A mythological journey full of friendship, adventure, and wonder.
🎥 Trailer: Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Season 2
🎬 From Theaters to Disney+: This Year’s Hits Arrive at Home
Inside Out 2 – December 5, 2025
Riley enters adolescence and discovers new emotions that shake her “headquarters.” A sequel full of sensitivity, humor, and depth about the complexity of growing up.
🎬 Why watch it: For its emotional beauty and psychological finesse, a gem by Pixar.
Snow White (Live-Action) – December 19, 2025
The timeless tale is reimagined in live-action. Snow White, fleeing her stepmother’s jealousy, discovers freedom, solidarity, and resilience.
🎬 Why watch it: For its modern vision, feminist energy, and visual enchantment.
🎅 Christmas Classics to (Re)Discover on Disney+
Love Actually (2003) – The cult romantic comedy mixing love, humor, and emotions in the heart of London.
Home Alone (1990) – The unforgettable adventure of Kevin McCallister, home alone for Christmas.
A Christmas Carol (2009) – Jim Carrey in a magical and moral adaptation of Dickens’ tale.
>The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) – Tim Burton’s gothic and musical masterpiece.
>The Grinch (2000) – Jim Carrey as the iconic grumpy hero in a tender and delirious comedy.
>The Santa Clause (1994) – Tim Allen as a reluctant Santa in a beloved family classic.
⚖️ All’s Fair
Available since November 4, 2025
Synopsis: A high-profile female law firm in Los Angeles juggles explosive cases, feminism, and internal rivalries.
Critical analysis: Ryan Murphy orchestrates a fast-paced social drama starring Sarah Paulson and Kim Kardashian. It’s as kitschy as it is delicious.
Why watch it: For its blend of irony and judicial glamour à la The Good Fight.
💥 High Potential
Available since November 4, 2025
Synopsis: A new generation of talents emerges in the competitive world of tech and startups, with all its pressure, ambition, and compromises.
Critical analysis: The ambition of the series lies in capturing the energy of modern entrepreneurship while exploring the psychological fatigue behind success.
Why watch it: To dive into the inner workings of contemporary startup culture.
🪩 Star Wars: The Acolyte – Season 2
Available on November 21, 2025
Synopsis: A century before The Phantom Menace, the Jedi face their first internal divisions.
Critical analysis: Leslye Headland explores the gray areas of the Force; a more political, more spiritual, less Manichean series.
Why watch it: For its adult and mystical vision of the Star Wars universe.
🧸 A Muppets Christmas Carol 2
Available on November 28, 2025
Synopsis: Kermit and Miss Piggy retell Dickens’ story, this time as a punk musical about the power of joy.
Critical analysis: Hilarious and inventive, the film combines puppetry and motion capture in a gently anarchic farce.
Why watch it: A total antidote to winter gloom.
🍏 BEST NOVEMBER SERIES: APPLE TV+
🎭 Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost
Now streaming
Synopsis: Ben Stiller pays tribute to his parents, the comic duo Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, through rare family archives and personal testimonies.
Critical analysis: A tender and humorous film about legacy and the loneliness of artists. A son’s delicate portrait of his parents.
Why watch it: For its sincerity and luminous beauty — a tribute to love, laughter, and artistic inheritance.
🌀 Pluribus
Available November 7, 2025
Synopsis: A dark comedy from Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad) where “the unhappiest person in the world must save humanity from happiness.”
Critical analysis: A mix of satire and philosophy, the series questions the pursuit of meaning and the paradox of happiness. Rhea Seehorn delivers a subtle, magnetic performance.
Why watch it: For its unique tone balancing absurd humor and existential reflection.
🌴 Palm Royale – Season 2
Available November 12, 2025
Synopsis: In Palm Beach, Maxine Dellacorte attempts a flamboyant comeback after being banished from Florida’s most exclusive club.
Critical analysis: Abe Sylvia orchestrates a deliciously venomous satire: retro glamour, social hysteria, and sharp humor. Kristen Wiig is dazzling.
Why watch it: For its razor-sharp dialogue and 70s aesthetic, halfway between Desperate Housewives and The Great Gatsby.
📺 BEST NOVEMBER SERIES: OTHER PLATFORMS
💔 I Love LA – HBO Max / Warner TV
Available since November 2, 2025
France Platform: Warner TV via Prime Video Channels.
Synopsis: Ten years after their breakup, a group of friends reunites in Los Angeles. Ambition, fame, love, and time disrupt their paths. Maia, Tallulah, Alani, Charlie, and Dylan face their desires and failures in a city that devours as much as it illuminates.
Critical analysis: Created and performed by Rachel Sennott, I Love LA mixes humor, melancholy, and social satire. The series captures the contradictions of the thirty-something generation — between idealism and pragmatism, recognition and authenticity. Directed with indie-American flair and supported by a brilliant cast (Rachel Sennott, Odessa A’Zion, True Whitaker, Jordan Firstman, Josh Hutcherson).
Why watch it: For its fresh, disillusioned tone, tender look at disillusionment, and sincere portrait of youth reinventing itself under the California sun.
🧠 Extra Lucid – OCS / Ciné+
Available November 18, 2025
Synopsis: Denise can hear others’ thoughts. Exhausted, she isolates herself with Joy, a former adult film star. Together, they search for silence—and perhaps peace.
Critical analysis: Bruno Merle blends social realism with intimate fantasy. Camille Rutherford and Sabrina Ouazani deliver powerful performances.
Why watch it: A bold French series on mental load and the fatigue of the modern world.
🕰️ Zero Hour – CANAL+
Available November 13, 2025
Synopsis: Summer 1936. In an English manor, a high-society dinner turns to tragedy. The aristocracy crumbles, and a murder exposes the secrets of a fading era.
Critical analysis: Adapted from Agatha Christie, this mini-series blends elegance with psychological tension. Anjelica Huston is magnificent.
Why watch it: A gem of hushed suspense for lovers of mysteries and period settings.
🎭 Merteuil – HBO MAX / Warner TV
Available November 14, 2025
Synopsis: Paris, 18th century. Isabelle de Merteuil, betrayed by Valmont, turns her wound into a weapon and conquers power through desire.
Critical analysis: Jessica Palud films feminine vengeance with elegance. Anamaria Vartolomei portrays a proud, modern heroine.
Why watch it: A sensual and political reinterpretation of Dangerous Liaisons.
🇪🇸 Los Años Nuevos
Available since November 6, 2025
Synopsis: Ten New Year’s Eves tell the story of a Spanish couple, from passion to the erosion of time.
Critical analysis: Rodrigo Sorogoyen explores the cracks of everyday life with touching precision and returns to his first loves.
Why watch it: A sensitive, universal series about time passing and what remains.
🗺️ European Emigrants – ARTE
Available November 8, 2025
Synopsis: Three centuries of German and European migrations told by those who left everything behind.
Critical analysis: Marc Ball and Patrick Cabouat capture the grandeur of anonymous destinies with emotion and rigor.
Why watch it: A necessary documentary about exile memory and the making of Europe.
🇺🇸 High School Radical – ARTE.tv
Available since November 5, 2025
Synopsis: A French journalist reunites with his American friends who have become Trump supporters. Between lost ideals and cultural fractures.
Critical analysis: Max Laulom directs a docu-road movie that is both funny and melancholic.
Why watch it: To understand what the 2020s did to American youth.
🎬 Conclusion
November 2025 stands out as a major month for series: between family tributes, political satires, and existential dramas, each platform showcases its identity. Whether it’s the dark philosophy of Pluribus, the emotion of Stiller & Meara, or the power of Frankenstein, this month reflects all the vitality of global streaming.
💬 And You?
What have you started watching this week? Which series intrigues you the most?
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