Best films coming to Netflix in October: ‘Billy Madison,’ ‘Blazing Saddles,’ ‘The Shining’

“The Shining.”
Warner
Bros.

There are a lot of films to choose from on Netflix these days —
but honestly, they aren’t all great. So we have highlighted the
ones worth your time.

In October, there are some classic titles you really need to
watch, including “Blazing Saddles,” “Once Upon a Time in
America,” and two Monty Python films.

Netflix is great again!

• “Billy Madison” (Available October 1). Is it
  Adam Sandler’s best movie? [Checks
  notes] It is.

• “Blazing Saddles” (October 1). Dr. Samuel
  Johnson is right about Olsen Johnson being right about Mel
  Brooks’ classic comedy being essential viewing.

• “The Devil’s Advocate” (October 1). Keanu
  Reeves and Charlize Theron give great performances — okay,
  Keanu’s accent is a little much — but it has Al Pacino going
  bananas playing the devil.

• “Once Upon a Time in America” (October 1).
  Sergio Leone’s epic look at the birth of organized crime in
  America is as masterful as the Westerns he’s known best for.
  And the movie features a young Robert De Niro, young James
  Woods, young Treat Williams, and a really young Jennifer
  Connelly in a flashback scene.

• “Rumble in the Bronx” (October 1). It’s not
  Jackie Chan’s best movie, let’s get that out of the way right
  now, but he still does some pretty amazing things in it.

• “The Shining” (1980) (October 1). Stanley
  Kubrick tosses Stephen King’s book aside and makes a horror
  movie where he comments on the genocide of Native Americans and
  reveals in the movie’s subtext that he filmed the Apollo 11
  moon landing. Hold on — I’m told none of those
  conspiracy theories are true.

• “Monty Python: The Meaning of Life” (October
  2). The legendary comedy troupe use their unique style
  of to look at life in all its stages.

• “Monty Python’s Life of Brian” (October
  2). Get even more Python as the group spoofs the
  messiah by exploring Brian (played by Graham Chapman), who was
  born in the stable next to Jesus on Christmas day and is
  mistaken for him ever since.