This Month’s Critic’s Picks
The latest film in filmmaker Rian Johnson’s murder-mystery series, Wake Up Dead Man, brings Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) to a congregation lead by Josh Brolin’s Monsignor Jefferson Wicks in upstate New York. Though, of course, a complicated murder brings a whole new slew of suspects for Blanc to investigate. The cast includes Josh O’Connor, Andrew Scott, Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, and more. (Streaming December 12.)
More December Highlights
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Jay Kelly — Noah Baumbach’s latest film stars George Clooney and Adam Sandler as an aging movie star and his manager Ron, respectively. In the throes of a midlife crisis, the pair find themselves traveling across Europe. (Streaming December 5.)
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Emily in Paris season 5 — Emily is trading Paris for Rome this season. She’s got a new Italian beau and is the head of Agence Grateau’s new Rome office, but we’ll see how long they stay. She still needs to learn French after all! (Streaming December 18.)
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Stranger Things season 5 (part 2 and finale) — The final two parts of Stranger Things are out this month — with the finale even going to a handful of theaters. After ten years, we gotta at least see where this all ends up, right? (Streaming December 25 and 31.)
Full List of What’s New on Netflix — December 2025
Available December 1
- All The Empty Rooms — Netflix Documentary
- CoComelon Lane, season 6 — Netflix Family 🍭
- Love Is Blind: Italy — Netflix Series
- My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler — Netflix Series🎟️
- Playing Gracie Darling — Netflix Series
- Troll 2 — Netflix Film
- A League of Their Own ⭐
- 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
- Downton Abbey ⭐
- Godzilla
- Hollow Man
- Joy for Christmas 🎄
- Kung Fu Panda 🍭⭐
- Kung Fu Panda 2 🍭
- Kung Fu Panda 3 🍭
- Little Women 🏆🍭💧⭐🎄
- Pulp Fiction 🏆⭐
- Stripes
- The Ugly Truth
- Victoria, seasons 1-3
- What Lies Beneath
- The Wolf of Wall Street 🏆⭐
- Zero Dark Thirty
Available December 2
- Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, season 2
- Matt Rife: Unwrapped – A Christmas Crowd Work Special — Netflix Comedy Special
Available December 3
- My Secret Santa — Netflix Film 🎄
- The Northman ⭐
- Stranded with My Mother-in-Law, season 3 — Netflix Series
- With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration — Netflix Series 🎟️🎄
Available December 4
- A Lot Like Christmas 🎄
- The Abandons — Netflix Series 🎟️
- The Believers, season 2 — Netflix Series
- Forrest Gump 🏆💧⭐
- Fugue State 1986 — Netflix Series
- I Wish You Had Told Me — Netflix Film
- Lali: Time to Step Up — Netflix Documentary
- Mean Girls (2004) ⭐
- Mean Girls (2024)
Available December 5
- Jay Kelly — Netflix Film 🎟️⭐
- Love and Wine — Netflix Film
- The Making of Jay Kelly — Netflix Documentary
- The New Yorker at 100 — Netflix Documentary
- The Night My Dad Saved Christmas — Netflix Film
- The Price of Confession — Netflix Series
- Owning Manhattan, season 2 — Netflix Series
Available December 7
- Babylon ⭐
- Cast Away 💧⭐
Available December 8
- Elmo and Mark Rober’s Merry Giftmas — Netflix Family 🎄
Available December 9
- Badly in Love — Netflix Series
- Blood Coast, season 2 — Netflix Series
- Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within — Netflix Documentary
- The West Wing, seasons 1-7 🏆⭐
Available December 10
- The Accident, season 2 — Netflix Series
- Record of Ragnarok, season 3 — Netflix Series
- Simon Cowell: The Next Act — Netflix Documentary
Available December 11
- The Fakenapping — Netflix Film
- Had I Not Seen the Sun: Part 2 — Netflix Series
- Lost in the Spotlight — Netflix Film
- Man Vs Baby — Netflix Series
- Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, season 2 — Netflix Series
- The Town — Netflix Series
Available December 12
- The Amazing Digital Circus, season 1
- City of Shadows — Netflix Series
- Home for Christmas, season 3 — Netflix Series 🎄
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — Netflix Film 🎟️⭐🎄
Available December 13
- The Talented Mr. Ripley ⭐
Available December 14
- PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie 🍭
Available December 15
- A Cowboy Christmas Romance 🎄
- Christmas at the Chalet 🎄
- The Christmas Classic 🎄
- Christmas on the Alpaca Farm 🎄
- The Creature Cases: Chapter 6 — Netflix Family
Available December 16
- Castle Rock, seasons 1-2
- Culinary Class Wars, season 2 — Netflix Series
Available December 17
- The Manny, season 3 — Netflix Series
- Murder in Monaco — Netflix Documentary
- What’s In The Box? — Netflix Series 🎟️
Available December 18
- 10DANCE — Netflix Film
- Emily in Paris, season 5 — Netflix Series 🎟️⭐🎄
Available December 19
- A Time For Bravery — Netflix Film
- Breakdown: 1975 — Netflix Documentary
- The Great Flood — Netflix Film
- Jake vs. Joshua: Judgment Day — Netflix Live Event
Available December 22
- The Closer, seasons 1-7
- Elway — Netflix Documentary
- Sicily Express — Netflix Series
Available December 23
- Eden
- King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch, season 3 — Netflix Series
Available December 24
- Downton Abbey: A New Era ⭐
- Goodbye June — Netflix Film 🎟️🎄
- Tom Segura: Teacher — Netflix Comedy Special
Available December 25
- Christmas Gameday: Cowboys vs. Commanders — Netflix Live Event 🎄
- Christmas Gameday: Lions vs. Vikings — Netflix Live Event 🎄
- Stranger Things 5: Volume 2 — Netflix Series (releases at 5pm PT) 🎟️🏆⭐🎄
Available December 26
- Cover-Up — Netflix Documentary
Available December 29
- Members Only: Palm Beach — Netflix Series
Available December 30
- Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story — Netflix Documentary
- Ricky Gervais: Mortality — Netflix Comedy Special
Available December 31
- Sleeping with Other People
- Stranger Things 5: The Finale — Netflix Series (releases at 5pm PT) 🎟️🏆⭐🎄
For more coverage of the best movies and TV shows available on Netflix, HBO, Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Showtime, check out Vulture’s What to Stream Now hub, which is updated throughout the month.
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