Netflix Australia 16–22 November 2026: Steps and The Altruists – Netflix Australia’s week ahead spans animated fantasy, European drama, Christmas romance, a true-crime-inspired series, catalogue favourites and its regular live WWE line-up.
The major original arrivals are Steps on Friday 20 November and The Altruists on Thursday 19 November. Alongside them are new international dramas Gentle Monster and Guarding Stars, giving the service a notably varied week rather than a slate built around a single franchise.
Wednesday 18 November
Gentle Monster stars Léa Seydoux as Lucy, who moves to the countryside hoping for a fresh start with her family. That hope is disrupted when a police visit brings her husband’s hidden past into view. The cast also includes Jella Haase, Laurence Rupp, Malo Blanchet and Catherine Deneuve.
Guarding Stars follows a no-nonsense bodyguard, played by Leighton Meester, as she travels to a Montana ranch with the famous actor she is protecting. Their Christmas cover story requires them to pose as a couple, turning the assignment into a romance. Jared Padalecki, Andie MacDowell, CM Punk, Noah LaLonde and Siobhan Williams feature.
Thursday 19 November
A Cinderella Story brings the 2004 romantic comedy back to the service, with Hilary Duff, Chad Michael Murray, Jennifer Coolidge, Dan Byrd, Regina King and Julie Gonzalo. It follows a teenager who meets the boy of her dreams at a dance, only to leave behind the clue that could reunite them.
The Altruists is a darker new drama starring Julia Garner, Anthony Boyle, Karan Soni, Naomi Okada, Madison Hu, Matt Rife, Eugene Young and Alex Lawther. Its idealistic young protagonists suddenly become billionaires and try to do good, but the fallout becomes a toxic love story inspired by a real fraud.
Friday 20 November
Steps brings a fairytale twist to the week. Ali Wong, Amanda Seyfried, Stephanie Hsu, Nikki Glaser, Daniel Radcliffe, Young Mazino, Peter Dinklage and Bette Midler star in the animated action-comedy, in which Cinderella’s “evil” stepsister Lilith steals the Fairy Godmother’s wand and breaks the story apart.
Also arriving is Smile, starring Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner, Jessie T. Usher, Robin Weigert, Caitlin Stasey, Kal Penn, Rob Morgan and Judy Reyes. The horror film follows a psychiatrist whose encounter with a patient leaves her facing a malevolent presence marked by a terrifying grin.
Saturday 21 November
Novocaine arrives in Australia only. Jack Quaid plays a quiet banker who cannot feel pain; when robbers storm his workplace and abduct the woman he likes, he turns that unusual condition into a weapon. Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson, Jacob Batalon, Betty Gabriel and Matt Walsh co-star.
WWE live on Netflix
WWE Raw streams live Tuesdays at 12pm AEDT, WWE NXT follows live Wednesdays at 12pm AEDT, and WWE SmackDown streams live Saturdays at 12pm AEDT.
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