Best new movies and TV series on Disney+ New Zealand: October 2023

Each month, new films and TV shows are added to Disney+’s New Zealand library. Here’s Eliza Janssen’s recommendations for the titles most worth watching. Scroll down for the full list of everything arriving on the platform.

Top picks

Loki: Season 2 (October 6)

Is Thor’s pesky, oft-killed-off brother Loki still an anti-hero at this point, or just a full-fledged good guy? Season two of his own stand-alone Marvel series sees him still caught in a morass of time and space shenanigans, but hopefully returning co-star Owen Wilson and Oscar-winning fresh face Ke Huy Quan can lend the trickster god a hand. With the MCU timeline more confused than ever after the events of season one, season two will hopefully dare to twist itself into even more impossible knots.

Goosebumps: Season 1 (October 13)

R.L. Stine’s series of Goosebumps books were a gateway drug for many a spooky kid introducing themselves to the horror genre (slowly putting my own hand up in the air). Disney has aged up the cast and demographic a tad here, with this new adaptation following teens haunted by the crimes of their parents’ generation. Expect some haunted masks, creepy ventriloquist dummies…but probably not any mention of my fave storylines of evil eggs and possessed green ooze.

Coco Reo Māori (October 30)

If you’ve never seen Disney’s Coco, first things first: you’ll need some tissues on hand. If you have seen Coco, you’ve never seen it like this: dubbed into Aotearoa’s Te Reo Māori dialect. Despite the movie’s original context, of the Mexican celebration of late loved ones through the Day (and Land!) of the Dead, the film will have potent cultural power for anyone seeking connection with their own ancestry. It’s even an ideal watch during the spooky season, for its vibrant vision of the afterlife and grief.


All new titles arriving on Disney+ New Zealand in October

October 4

The Ghost and Molly McGee: Season 2
Mickey and Friends Trick or Treats

October 5

The Boogeyman

October 6

Aaron Carter: The Little Prince of Pop
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Camping Out
Chips Ahey
Fiddling Around
Inferior Decorator
Loki: Season 2
Old Macdonald Duck
Trap Jazz
When the Cat’s Away

October 11

Chibi Tiny Tales: Season 3
Me & Mickey: Season 2
Nothing: Season 1

October 13

Goosebumps: Season 1 Premiere

October 16

Once Upon A Studio

October 20

Werewolf By Night in Colour

October 25

Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper: Season 1
The Lions of Sicily: Season 1
Running Wild with Bear Grylls: The Challenge: Season 2

October 27

Explorer: Lake of Fire
LEGO Marvel Avengers: Code Red

October 30

Coco Reo Māori