JustWatch Streaming Charts: October 2024

Movie and TV show fans have never had it so good when it comes to the content options available for the consumer market: there are currently more than a dozen different streaming services delivering all kinds of movies or series straight to their TV sets, literally at the touch of a button. With that amount of new content being released every month, though, which films or TV shows are more likely to be worth each viewer’s precious time? Which movies or series are most people interested in knowing about?

That’s where JustWatch comes in. It’s a Web service designed to collect and present information on every movie or TV show featured in practically all streaming services operating around the world today, in one place. Visitors can create a free account, pick their country of residence – content it’s often different or even unavailable in various regions – define the streaming services they are interested in and get recommendations based on their preferences and searches. Consumers can then use the same account on the free JustWatch apps available for their Smart TV, streaming device, smartphone or tablet in order to always have new suggestions available on what’s hot and recommended on every streaming platform.

Based on user interest – as dictated by searches and recommendations – JustWatch is able to put together Top Ten charts of movies and TV shows across all streaming services operating in each country, every month. These are the films that consumers in the United States have been more interested in over the past few weeks.

Based on the same information, these are the TV shows that consumers in the United States have shown the most interest in over the same period of time.

October’s charts were… well, scarily predictable: the Halloween month saw the release of many thriller movies, as is usually the case, so it was only natural for those to totally dominate the films chart. Even a couple of movies not strictly part of the horror genre, such as The Woman of the Hour or The Substance, depend on suspense in different but effective ways. Enjoy it while it lasts, thriller fans, an avalanche of Christmas movies is just around the corner!

TV shows did not follow the same pattern that closely, but we did get more suspense than usual there too. Yours truly is glad to see that there’s more than enough variety in this latest TV shows chart, as mainstream favorites (such as Only Murders in the Building or Slow Horses) leave enough room for some offbeat productions (such as High Potential or Shrinking).

The way things look right now, December is going to be quite a busy month for streaming once more: pretty much every major service has reserved a few hard-hitters for the end of the year, so it will be interesting to see which films or TV shows will earn a spot in the next JustWatch Top Ten charts. See you all back here in December for November’s charts, then!