TV

‘We Are the Wave’

Starts streaming: Nov. 1

In this six-episode limited series from Germany, a cadre of high-school students decide to take action against the rising tide of nationalism that’s gripped the country socially and politically. Led by a charismatic yet mysterious new student ( Ludwig Simon ), the group wants to use activist stunts to trigger a larger movement across the country, but the bigger and more dangerous their ambitions get, the more their mission drifts away from them. “We Are the Wave” deals with the tensions and fractious relationships within the group, but also looks at what happens when a wave becomes a “tsunami,” and the group loses control over the direction it takes.

‘The Devil Next Door’

Starts streaming: Nov. 4

The latest Netflix true-crime documentary series unearths the controversial case of John Demjanjuk , a Cleveland grandfather who was known as a good family man and neighbor until the late 1970s, when the authorities accused him of being “Ivan the Terrible,” a notoriously vicious guard at Treblinka, a Nazi concentration camp in German-occupied Poland. On the strength of powerful testimonials from survivors, Demjanjuk was convicted as a war criminal in both Israel and the United States, but his guilt wasn’t as clear-cut as it might have seemed. “The Devil Next Door” scrutinizes both sides of the case and the complicated forces that affected justice.

‘The End of the F***ing World: Season 2’

Starts streaming: Nov. 5

The darkest of dark comedies, “The End of the F***ing World” never suggested a second season because the first — about the relationship between a 17-year-old self-proclaimed psychopath and the disaffected classmate he intends to murder — didn’t seem that open-ended. Yet the story of James ( Alex Lawther ) and Alyssa ( Jessica Barden ) left a loose end to tie up in season two, which brings in a homicidal new character named Bonnie (Naomi Ackie). It’s hard to guess where the series will go, since it’s run out of source material, but the creator Charlie Covell will try to pick up where Charles Forsman ’s comic book left off and justify the extension.

‘Green Eggs and Ham’

Starts streaming: Nov. 8

How do you turn a Dr. Seuss book with 50 different words total into a 13-episode animated series? And does this mean a gritty live-action “Hop On Pop” is far behind? Dr. Seuss maintained tight control over the rights to his work while he was alive, but it’s been open season in the decades since, and “Green Eggs and Ham” happens to be a mostly untouched property. Netflix has invested heavily in the series, however, with Michael Douglas, Diane Keaton , Eddie Izzard , Tracy Morgan , Keegan-Michael Key , Daveed Diggs , John Turturro , Jeffrey Wright and Ilana Glazer all contributing voice work. Adam DeVine stars as Sam-I-Am, who embarks on a road trip to save an endangered animal.

‘I’m With the Band: Nasty Cherry’

Starts streaming: Nov. 15

Starting in 2000 on ABC with the boy-band producer (and later convicted scam artist) Lou Pearlman and continuing through three more seasons under P. Diddy’s watch on MTV, “Making the Band” used the music industry’s star-making machinery to produce ready-made pop groups like O-Town and Danity Kane . Now the wildly talented British singer Charli XCX is fronting a similar series called “I’m With the Band,” which chronicles the creation of the all-girl pop-punk quartet Nasty Cherry. Over six episodes, the show will document their origins, their time living together and the lead-up to their first performance, all unfolding before an eager fan base on Instagram.

‘The Crown: Season 3’

Starts streaming: Nov. 17

For the third season of Netflix’s hit show about Queen Elizabeth II and the drama behind the impeccable silken curtains, the estimable Olivia Colman takes over the role from Claire Foy , covering a challenging political era for the monarchy. Covering the period between 1963 and 1977, much of it ruled by Harold Wilson ( Jason Watkins ) as prime minister, “The Crown” will grapple with the disconnect between a country (and a world) undergoing radical change and a queen determined to hold it together through steadfast tradition. Elizabeth’s relationship to her sister Margaret ( Helena Bonham Carter ) takes on another dimension, too, when the princess’ marriage to Lord Snowdon breaks apart.

‘Mike Birbiglia: The New One’

Starts streaming: Nov. 26

After a successful run that lifted it from Off Broadway to Broadway proper, the humorist Mike Birbiglia ’s one-man show “The New One” comes to Netflix, following his excellent 2017 special “Thank God for Jokes.” Birbiglia’s storytelling skills made him a fixture on “This American Life,” and “The New One” gives him the space to tell funny and touching anecdotes about his reluctance to become a father and the ambivalence that stayed with him now that he’s actually a parent.

Also of interest: “Holiday in the Wild” (Nov. 1), “Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!” (Nov. 1), “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Nov. 1), “Zero Dark Thirty” (Nov. 1), “Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby” (Nov. 5), “Scams” (Nov. 6), “Let It Snow” (Nov. 6), “Patriot Act with Hassan Minhaj: Volume 5” (Nov. 10), “Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago” (Nov. 12), “Maradona in Mexico” (Nov. 13), “The Knight Before Christmas” (Nov. 21), “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings” (Nov. 22), “Holiday Rush” (Nov. 28)