The Odyssey Cost $250 Million. Obsession Cost $750,000. On November 17, One Goes Digital and One Hits Netflix.

November at home comes down to one Tuesday. On November 17, Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, made for a reported $250 million, arrives to rent or buy. The same day, Obsession, a horror movie made for $750,000, lands on Netflix. Between them they have grossed about $2.3 billion worldwide, per Box Office Mojo.

Around that date, the best-reviewed film on this list reaches Netflix in the first week, a four-hour documentary comes to rent early, a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain hits HBO Max, and Mario closes out the month. Here it is in order.

November 6: Possible Love, Musk, and The Uprising

Possible Love (Netflix)

Streaming on Netflix from Friday, November 6. If you watch one new movie this month, make it this one. Lee Chang-dong's first feature since Burning in 2018 follows two married couples who cross paths while making a documentary, played by Jeon Do-yeon, Sul Kyung-gu, Zo In-sung, and Cho Yeo-jeong. It won the Grand Jury Prize at Venice, as we reported in September, and it is South Korea's Oscar submission.

It holds 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes from 71 reviews and a 95 on Metacritic. It also runs 164 minutes, so start early.

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Musk (rent or buy)

On digital from Friday, November 6. Bleecker Street moved Alex Gibney's documentary up from November 24, citing strong preorders. Critics have it at 96 percent from 76 reviews, yet it has made just $672,815 in theaters, per Box Office Mojo, a gap we broke down in October. At nearly four hours, it may play better on a couch with a pause button. HBO gets it later this winter.

The Uprising (Peacock)

Streaming on Peacock from Friday, November 6. Paul Greengrass drops Andrew Garfield into England's 1381 Peasants' Revolt as a ploughman whose local tax revolt becomes a mass rising, with Jamie Bell as the priest John Ball. Critics split, at 57 percent, and it made $6.5 million in the US on a reported $20 million budget. Streaming is where a movie like this gets its second hearing.

November 17: The Odyssey and Obsession

The Odyssey (rent or buy)

On digital to buy or rent, and on 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray, from Tuesday, November 17. That is 123 days after it opened on July 17, a long wait by current standards. It has grossed $1.796 billion worldwide, the most of any film Universal has ever released, including $625.5 million in the US, per Box Office Mojo. Critics have it at 94 percent from 515 reviews.

Matt Damon plays Odysseus, with Anne Hathaway as Penelope, Tom Holland as Telemachus, and Robert Pattinson as Antinous. Fair warning: it was the first feature shot entirely with IMAX cameras, so your living room gets the smaller version. Pricing has not been announced, and Peacock has no date. See where it lands in our Christopher Nolan movies ranked list, then decide whether it belongs higher.

Obsession (Netflix)

Streaming on Netflix from Tuesday, November 17. Curry Barker wrote, directed, and edited it. Michael Johnston plays Bear, a lonely music store clerk who breaks a novelty wishing toy to win over his crush, Nikki (Inde Navarrette), and gets exactly what he wished for. Focus Features opened it on May 15 to $17.2 million, and it went up in its second weekend.

It finished with $263.5 million in the US and $524.9 million worldwide, per Box Office Mojo, about 700 times its budget and the biggest movie in Focus Features history. Critics have it at 93 percent and audiences at 94. It has streamed on Peacock since July 17, so this one is news for Netflix-only households. It stays about 10 months, then goes back to Peacock.

November 20: Tony (HBO Max)

Streaming on HBO Max from Friday, November 20. Matt Johnson (BlackBerry) follows a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain through a summer washing dishes in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he stumbles into the work that would define his life. Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers) plays Bourdain, with Antonio Banderas as the chef.

A24's film holds 93 percent from 234 reviews and made about $19.3 million worldwide. At under two hours, it is also the antidote to this month's two longest movies.

November 30: The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (Netflix)

Streaming on Netflix from Monday, November 30. The other billion-dollar movie here: $1.013 billion worldwide since April 1, per Box Office Mojo. Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jack Black are back as Mario, Peach, and Bowser. Critics were cold, at 42 percent. Audiences were not, at 87.

It has been on Peacock since July 30, and its last day there is November 29. What's on Netflix reports it stays on Netflix until about September 30, 2027. That critics' score is why it sits near the bottom of our best-reviewed video game movies ranking, whatever your kids think.

Also arriving

• Heartland (Netflix, November 13): Jessica Chastain plays a former country star who returns to Nashville after her niece, a rising singer, disappears. Shana Feste directs. No reviews yet.
• Madden (Prime Video, November 18): David O. Russell's football biopic, with Nicolas Cage as John Madden and Christian Bale as Al Davis, a week after it opens in theaters.
• The Mosquito Bowl (Netflix, November 25): Peter Berg's story of four college football stars who joined the Marines after Pearl Harbor, in select theaters from Friday.

Still waiting

Two fall hits have no subscription date yet. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has been on digital since October 6, but Netflix has not announced when it streams. Practical Magic 2 went digital on October 13, with no HBO Max date. Until they are announced, treat any date you see as a guess.

How to plan the month

If you watch three, make them Possible Love on November 6, The Odyssey on November 17 if you missed it in IMAX, and Tony on November 20. Save Obsession for a night you want to be scared, and Mario for the kids once the Thanksgiving leftovers are gone.

Going out instead? Here is November 2026 in theaters, and our movie tier list guide shows how to keep score.

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