Moviegoers are going to be absolutely inundated with new must-see films this November. Nonetheless, making it to the multiplex amidst holiday festivities and work and family obligations can be difficult (not to mention financially burdensome)—which is where the streaming services step in. Over the next few weeks, Netflix, Amazon and iTunes will debut so many worthwhile titles—including at least one bona fide 2017 Oscar contender—that it’ll be easy to sneak in some great movies between handfuls of Halloween candy and servings of Thanksgiving dinner. So don’t wait to plan your monthly cine-binge-watching.

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Streaming on Netflix:

42 (Nov. 1)

Chadwick Boseman stars as Brooklyn Dodgers legend Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball’s color barrier, in this stirring 2013 sports biopic.

Field of Dreams (Nov. 1)

Kevin Costner reconnects with his dad—in a ghostly way—after building a cornfield baseball diamond in this 1989 male-weepie classic.

Men in Black (Nov. 1)

Will Smith is recruited by Tommy Lee Jones to work for a secret law enforcement agency that polices extraterrestrials on Earth in this 1997 sci-fi comedy hit.

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Michael Clayton (Nov. 1)

George Clooney was nominated for a Best Actor Oscar (and Tilda Swinton won for Best Supporting Actress) for this 2007 legal drama from writer/director Tony Gilroy.

Oculus (Nov. 1)

An ancient mirror is the cause of a family’s past and present nightmares in this sturdy horror film from director Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, Hush), starring Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy).

Scary Movie (Nov. 1)

It spawned numerous sequels, but Keenen Ivory Wayans’ original spoof of 1990s horror movies remains the best of the lot—as well as the launching pad for the career of Anna Faris.

Silent Hill (Nov. 1)

Director Christophe Gans’ 2006 horror film is one of the best (and most unsung) video game adaptations ever, about a woman (Radha Mitchell) who goes in search of her adopted daughter in the mist-enshrouded town of Silent Hill.

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The Pursuit of Happyness (Nov. 1, also on Amazon Video)

Will Smith delivers arguably his finest dramatic performance opposite his son Jaden in this 2006 based-on-a-true-story drama, about a salesman who finds himself living on the street with his kid.

The Reader (Nov. 1)

Kate Winslet won a Best Actress Oscar for her lead performance in this 2008 historical drama, about a young man’s relationship with an older woman in 1950s Germany—and the revelations that later emerge about her WWII role with the Nazis.

The Homesman (Nov. 5)

Hilary Swank is a single woman who agrees to transport three mentally unstable women across the Midwest plains—an undertaking aided by Tommy Lee Jones’ criminal—in this excellent 2014 Western.

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Killing Ground (Nov. 7)

A young couple learn—as so many horror-movie characters have over the past few decades—that going camping in the middle of nowhere is a dangerous activity in this effective Australian thriller from director Damien Power.

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond (Nov. 17 – Netflix Original)

Eighteen years after the release of Milos Foreman’s Man on the Moon, this documentary presents a wealth of behind-the-scenes material of Jim Carrey preparing—in intensely devoted ways—for his role as late comedy great Andy Kaufman.

Mudbound (Nov. 17 – Netflix Original)

Two young men—one white, one black—struggle to cope with their wartime experiences after returning home from WWII in this critically acclaimed period drama from director Dee Rees and stars Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, and Jason Clarke.

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Piranha (Nov. 20)

Joe Dante directs this 1978 aquatic horror film about a school of mutant military-created piranhas—a premise that plays, intentionally, like a tongue-in-cheek spoof of Jaws.

The Boss Baby (Nov. 22)

Alec Baldwin is a baby determined to help his kind win their long-running war against puppies in this funnier-than-expected animated children’s film.

Bushwick (Nov. 24)

Guardians of the Galaxy and Blade Runner 2049 star Dave Bautista is a vet trying to help Brittany Snow travel through a war-torn Brooklyn—thanks to the outbreak of a new Civil War started by Texas secessionists—in this indie action film.

Premiering on Amazon Video:

A Knight’s Tale (Nov. 1)

Heath Ledger further solidified his budding stardom with this 2001 period-piece adventure about a peasant who finds love, happiness and all sorts of trouble while posing as a knight.

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A View to a Kill, Diamonds Are Forever, Die Another Day, Dr. No, For Your Eyes Only, From Russia with Love, GoldenEye, Goldfinger, License to Kill, Live and Let Die, Moonraker, Never Say Never Again, Octopussy, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, The Living Daylights, The Man with the Golden Gun, Ther Spy Who Loved Me, The World is Not Enough, Thunderball, Tomorrow Never Dies, You Only Live Twice (Nov. 1)

Amazon delivers the 007 goods this month, with an enormous collection of James Bond films (sorry Daniel Craig fans—none of his outings are included).

Airplane! and Airplane II: The Sequel (Nov. 1)

Jim Abrams and David and Jerry Zucker deliver a modern comedy classic with the original; the second, with which they had no involvement, is significantly inferior.

Bad Boys (Nov. 1)

Michael Bay began establishing his over-the-top directorial style with this 1995 film starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence as two Miami narcotics agents working a drug case.

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Nov. 1)

Francis Ford Coppola goes full-on Grand Guignol with this wannabe-epic retelling of the classic vampire tale, here starring Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker, Winona Ryder as Mina Harker, Anthony Hopkins as Abraham Van Helsing, and Gary OIdman as the Count.

Crocodile Dundee and Crocodile Dundee II (Nov. 1)

Paul Hogan became an international star with the first Crocodile Dundee, which was the number-two highest-grossing movie of 1986 (!)—thus spawning a far lamer sequel.

Dances with Wolves (Nov. 1)

Kevin Costner found Oscar glory with this 1990 drama, about a Civil War soldier who strikes up a relationship with the Lakota Native Americans.

Dirty Work (Nov. 1)

Norm Macdonald may not be movie-star material, but his unique sense of humor is well-served by this absurd 1998 comedy, in which he and buddy Artie Lang start a revenge-for-hire business.

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Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Nov. 1)

Robert Downey Jr. is a crook who winds up partnering with Val Kilmer’s private eye on a twisty-turny case in Shane Black’s 2005 crime comedy.

Nowhere to Run (Nov. 1)

Jean-Claude Van Damme is a criminal on the run who shacks up with a widow (Rosanna Arquette) and her two kids—and finds redemption in the process—in this entertainingly goofy 1993 action-drama.

The Cell (Nov. 1)

Jennifer Lopez enters the mind of Vincent D’Onofrio’s comatose serial killer—where she goes in search of clues about his latest potential victim—in this stylish if narratively derivative thriller co-starring Vince Vaughn.

The Departed (Nov. 1)

Martin Scorsese finally won a Best Directing Oscar for this 2006 remake of the Hong Kong crime film Infernal Affairs, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a cop working undercover to nab Jack Nicholson’s mobster, and Matt Damon as Nicholson’s mole inside the Boston police force.

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Up in the Air (Nov. 1)

George Clooney is a constantly traveling corporate downsizer whose life is thrown for a loop by a romance with Vera Farmiga in this 2009 drama.

The Lovers (Nov. 5)

Tracy Letts and Debra Winger are superb as a husband and wife who, while carrying on separate affairs, begin to fall back in love with each other in this funny and poignant dramedy from director Azazel Jacobs.

Allied (Nov. 10)

Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard are WWII spies (he Canadian, she French) who pose as lovers, and then fall into a relationship—only to suspect the others’ motives—in this wartime romantic thriller.

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The Big Sick (Nov. 24 – Amazon Original)

One of the year’s biggest hits, this romantic comedy stars Kumail Nanjiani and Zoe Kazan as an interracial couple whose rocky relationship is complicated by her sudden, potentially fatal illness—a premise based on Nanjiani and wife/co-writer Emily Gordon’s own story.

Debuting on iTunes:

Columbus (Nov. 3)

While coping with parents in need, John Cho and Haley Lu Richardson strike up an unusual friendship—which involves visiting various architectural landmarks around Columbus, Ohio—in this acclaimed indie.

Patti Cake$ (Nov. 7)

A familiar inspirational tale marked by a unique personality, Geremy Jasper’s indie concerns a plus-sized white woman (Danielle Macdonald) trying to make it big as a rapper.

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The Hitman’s Bodyguard (Nov. 7)

Ryan Reynolds is an expert security agent assigned to protect Samuel L. Jackson’s legendary assassin—who’s going to testify against other criminals—in this popular action-comedy.

Good Time (Nov. 7)

Robert Pattinson gives arguably the year’s best male performance in this propulsive indie thriller, about a NYC hood struggling to raise enough cash to bail out his dim-witted brother.

The Villainess (Nov. 7)

Rarely has big-screen action been as awe-inspiringly frenetic as it is in this South Korean import, about a trained assassin on the hunt for the man who, years earlier, killed her father.

Kedi (Nov. 10)

A documentary fit for our animal-viral-video times, Ceyda Torun’s documentary follows seven of the many thousands of cats that roam the streets of Istanbul, Turkey.

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Gilbert (Nov. 14)

The inimitable Gilbert Gottfried receives a surprisingly touching non-fiction portrait courtesy of Neil Berkeley’s intimate documentary.

The Trip to Spain (Nov. 14)

Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon take yet another vacation full of food and funny bickering—this time to Spain—in this third installment of the comedy series.

Sweet Virginia (Nov. 17, same day as theaters)

Jon Bernthal is a former rodeo star-turned-motel owner, and Christopher Abbott is the stranger whose arrival in town leads to murder and mayhem, in this sterling neo-noir thriller from director Jamie M. Dagg.

Despicable Me 3 (Nov. 21)

No doubt most adults have grown tired of Gru and his gibberish-spouting minions, but you know the children love them, so be prepared for the home-video arrival of the franchise’s latest sequel.

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Detroit (Nov. 28)

Director Kathryn Bigelow (The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty) takes aim at America’s racial-injustice past via this drama—starring John Boyega, Anthony Mackie, and Will Poulter—about the horrific events that took place during the 1967 Detroit riots.