The end of the year brings a panoply of new things to Netflix. Not only does the last episode of Stranger Things air on Christmas, but there are also hot new movies, well-loved series, and more. We’ve gone through the month’s new content, watched the trailers, read the reviews, and picked out the must-see material, along with a complete listing of everything coming. Here’s our guide to the hottest new series and movies on the streaming service in December.
Jay Kelly (Dec. 5)
Is there an actor in the modern world as confounding as Adam Sandler? He makes both brilliant movies and terribly stupid ones, and seems just as happy doing either one. In Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly, which snagged a Golden Lion nomination at Venice this year, Sandler is the manager of the titular actor (played by George Clooney), and when the pair head off for a trip across Europe, things get emotionally complex and uncomfortable in numerous ways.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Dec. 12)
I give Rian Johnson and Daniel Craig my personal permission to make as many Knives Out movies as they want. Craig’s absurd Detective Benoit Blanc is a modern-day Poirot, using deductive skill and wild personal charm to unravel twisted conspiracies of menace and murder. Wake Up Dead Man brings him into the world of religion, when a small-town priest is killed and he has to team up with his apprentice to clear his name.
The Great Flood (Dec. 19)
I realize that thinking about the apocalypse over the holidays isn’t necessarily in the spirit of the season, but Korean thriller The Great Flood is receiving near-universal acclaim. Set in the very near future, the ocean levels start rising rapidly, drowning human society in the blink of an eye. Trapped in an apartment building, a young single mother must save her son and escape, with the future of humanity on the line. It’s a non-stop thrill ride that’ll keep you engaged the whole running time.
Everything Coming to Netflix in December 2025
December 1
A League of Their Own
All The Empty Rooms
As Good as It Gets
Bad Teacher
Big Momma’s House
Big Momma’s House 2
Brightburn
Burlesque
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Christmas Break-In
CoComelon Lane – Season 6
Downton Abbey
Godzilla
Hollow Man
Joy for Christmas
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda 3
Little Women
Love is Blind: Italy
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler
Playing Gracie Darling
Pulp Fiction
Stripes
The Ugly Truth
Troll 2
Victoria – Seasons 1-3
What Lies Beneath
The Wolf of Wall Street
Zero Dark Thirty
December 2
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches – Season 2
Matt Rife: Unwrapped – A Christmas Crowd Work Special
December 3
My Secret Santa
The Northman
Stranded with my Mother-in-Law – Season 3
With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration
December 4
A Lot Like Christmas
The Abandons
The Believers – Season 2
Forrest Gump
Fugue State 1986
I Wish You Had Told Me
Lali: Time to Step Up
Mean Girls (2004)
Mean Girls (2024)
December 5
Jay Kelly
Love and Wine
The Making of Jay Kelly
The New Yorker at 100
The Night My Dad Saved Christmas 2
The Price of Confession
Owning Manhattan – Season 2
December 7
Babylon
Cast Away
December 8
Elmo and Mark Rober’s Merry Giftmas
December 9
Badly in Love
Blood Coast – Season 2
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within
The West Wing – Seasons 1-7
December 10
The Accident – Season 2
Record of Ragnarok – Season 3
Simon Cowell: The Next Act
December 11
The Fakenapping
Had I Not Seen the Sun: Part 2
Lost in the Spotlight
Man Vs Baby
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft – Season 2
The Town
December 12
The Amazing Digital Circus – Season 1, Episodes 5-7
City of Shadows
Home for Christmas – Season 3
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
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December 13
The Talented Mr. Ripley
December 14
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie
December 15
A Cowboy Christmas Romance
Christmas at the Chalet
The Christmas Classic
Christmas on the Alpaca Farm
The Creature Cases: Chapter 6
December 16
Castle Rock – Seasons 1-2
Culinary Class Wars – Season 2
December 17
The Manny – Season 3
Murder in Monaco
What’s In The Box?
December 18
10DANCE
Emily in Paris – Season 5
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December 19
A Time For Bravery
Breakdown: 1975
The Great Flood
Jake vs. Joshua: Judgment Day
December 22
The Closer – Seasons 1-7
Elway
Sicily Express
December 23
Eden
King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch – Season 3
December 24
Downton Abbey: A New Era
Goodbye June
Tom Segura: Teacher
December 25
Christmas Gameday: Cowboys vs. Commanders
Christmas Gameday: Lions vs. Vikings
Stranger Things 5: Volume 2
December 26
Cover-Up
December 29
Members Only: Palm Beach
December 30
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
Ricky Gervais: Mortality
December 31
Sleeping with Other People
Stranger Things 5: The Finale
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