Everything That’s Streaming in December 2025

Streamings’ greetings, fellow TV watchers. Whether you want a whodunit, some documentaries, a Taylor Swift concert film, stand-up comedy, Oscar-bait Netflix films, tear-jerking holiday fare or even a show where Simu Liu plays a spy whose brain gets hacked, this December has a little something for everyone.

Read on for Book & Film Globe’s definitive guide to the top titles this month.

Netflix

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives out Mystery (Dec. 12) — After a short theatrical run in November, Rian Johnson’s third entry in his whodunit series hits Netflix. This time, Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig, continuing his Foghorn Leghorn accent) investigates the death of a priest — and, as usual, everyone’s a suspect.

All the Empty Rooms (Dec. 1) — This short documentary sees journalist Steve Hartman traveling across America to document the empty childhood bedrooms left behind by victims of school shootings. It’s already picked up a lot of festival awards, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it made the Oscars short film nomination list.

The Abandons (Dec. 4) — Lena Headey. Gillian Anderson. Facing off against each other in a Western. What more do you need to know?

Jay Kelly (Dec. 5) — George Clooney stars as famous movie star Jay Kelly, who goes through a crisis when he realizes he’s been a movie star for so long, he doesn’t know what he’s done with his real life. Adam Sandler stars as his manager, and Noah Baumbach directs.

Man vs. Baby (Dec. 11) — Rowan Atkinson’s Trevor Bingley is back for another limited series, this time as a caretaker instead of a housesitter (as he was in Man vs. Bee).

When nobody claims the very real baby his school used for their production of the Nativity, Mr. Bean — uh, Bingley — has to deal with an infant over the holidays. Cue the hijinks.

Goodbye June (Dec. 24) — Kate Winslet’s directorial debut is a family affair. Goodbye June was written by Winslet’s son Joe Anders and is about a large family coping with the impending death of their matriarch (Helen Mirren). Winslet also stars in the film, which is in select theaters Dec. 12 before hitting Netflix just in time for you to watch (and cry) on the couch next to your own family.

Also playing:

My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler (Dec. 1)

Emily in Paris Season 5 (Dec. 18)

Elway (Dec. 22)

Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 (Dec. 25)

Cover-Up (Dec. 26)

Visit Netflix for a full list of releases.

Hulu

Kumail Nanjiani: Night Thoughts (Dec. 19) — Kumail Nanjiani’s first standup special in more than a decade is the latest addition to Hulu’s “Hularious” lineup this December. It comes out a week after Ella McKay, the new James L. Brooks film that also features Nanjiani. He also just launched a new standup tour.

Also playing:

Dance Moms: A New Era Season 2 (Dec. 8)

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest (Dec. 31)

Visit Hulu for a full list of releases.

Disney+

Taylor Swift | The Final Show and The End Of An Era (Dec. 12) — Taylor Swift is offering fans a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how she produced her behemoth Eras tour throughout the last few years. Or, it’s as behind-the-scenes as she wants it to be, highlighting just how much work went into every show (the trailer promises some glimpses of Travis Kelce, too).

In addition to the six-episode docuseries (two episodes will debut each week starting Dec. 12), Swift will also debut the concert film for the final show on the Eras tour, which features songs from The Tortured Poets Department. The life of a showgirl never stops producing content, I guess.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (Dec. 5) — Did you know that there are eight Diary of a Wimpy kid movies, and only four of them are live-action? This one, adapted from the third installment of Jeff Kinney’s book series, is a part of the animated reboot part of the franchise.

Kinney writes and directs this, the eight installment of the film series, with voice talent from Aaron D. Harris and Chris Diamantopoulos.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2 (Dec. 10) — The long-awaited season 2 of Disney’s adaptation of Rick Riordan’s series kicks off with a two-episode premiere Dec. 10. This season finds Percy venturing into the Sea of Monsters to find his friend Grover and the Golden Fleece, which could save Camp Half-Blood.

Also playing:

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Season 3 (Dec. 8)

Kevin Costner Presents: The First Christmas (Dec. 10)

Visit Disney+ for a full list of releases.

Apple TV

F1 The Movie (Dec. 12) — This is the perfect film to watch at home over the holidays. F1 The Movie may be made by Apple, but it is spiritually a TNT movie, meant to be aired as a part of a racing movie marathon and watched by dads who stand too close to a motion-smoothing TV with their hands on their hips, saying “Oh, this is the good part.”

Also playing:

The First Snow of Fraggle Rock (Dec. 5)

Born to be Wild (Dec. 19)

Visit Apple TV+ for a full list of releases.

Prime Video

Oh. What. Fun. (Dec. 3) — As any family matriarch knows, planning for the holidays is hard enough when you have zero help; it’s even worse when you go unappreciated. That’s the crux of this new streaming movie from director and co-writer Michael Showalter.

Michelle Pfeiffer stars as a mom who’s had enough of feeling unseen by her family at Christmas, so she goes on a road trip and enters herself in the Holiday Mom Contest, much to the bewilderment of her husband (Denis Leary), kids (Chloë Grace Moretz, Dominic Sessa, Jason Schwartzman and Felicity Jones) and grandkids.

If you’re watching this while visiting family over the holidays, get off the couch and find your mom and ask if you can help her with anything. She’ll thank you.

The Merchants of Joy (Dec. 1) — Some more holiday programming: The New York City Christmas tree industry is run by five families (no, not those Five Families, although the mafia is mentioned in the trailer). This documentary follows all of them and their successes and failures as they try to sell trees each year, and shows how hard it is to run a Christmas tree business.

Merv (Dec.10) — Charlie Cox and Zooey Deschanel are breaking up, which depresses their dog Merv, so they take Merv on a vacation to cheer him up. Finally, a romcom about Millennials and joint custody of dogs.

Fallout Season 2 (Dec. 17) — Lucy MacLean (Ella Purnell) and The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) prepare for war and head to New Vegas in the new season of the breakout hit show based on the popular video game. This season looks like it will also give more insight into The Ghoul’s backstory.

Visit Amazon Prime for a full list of releases.

HBO Max

Mad Men (Dec. 1) — One of the shows that helped define Peak TV is now available to stream in 4K for the first time (that’s what the money was for, I guess).

The Family McMullen (Dec. 5) — Edward Burns is back 30 years later for a sequel to The Brothers McMullen, his examination of a tight-knit Irish Catholic family in Long Island. Burns, Connie Britton and Mike McGlone are back in their roles from the original. This time, Burns’ kids move back in with him as they all deal with their own relationship issues, just as Burns moved in with his siblings in the original film.

Also playing:

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley (Dec. 4)

Sarah Squirm: Live + In the Flesh (Dec. 12)

Visit HBO Max for a full list of releases.

Peacock

The Copenhagen Test (Dec. 27) — The name of this espionage thriller show sounds like it’s adapted from a Robert Ludlum novel; surprisingly, it isn’t, but it’s not too far-fetched to think this is something the author of The Bourne identity might cook up.

Simu Liu plays a first-generation Chinese-American intelligence analyst whose brain is hacked, meaning someone can see everything he sees. As he tries to find out who’s behind the hack, his allegiance is tested. Melissa Barrera and Brian d’Arcy James co-star.

Also playing:

93rd Annual Christmas In Rockefeller Center (Dec. 3)

All seasons of Supernatural (Dec. 22)

Visit Peacock for a full list of releases.

Shudder

Reflection in a Dead Diamond (Dec. 5) — What if James Bond retired from his life of spying, but in his old age, worries his enemies are out to get him? And what if those fears are filtered through the giallo film genre from the directors of Let the Corpses Tan? Then you get Reflection in a Dead Diamond, which looks wild.

Queens of the Dead (Dec. 19) — “Drag is not life or death,” one character says in the trailer for the new film from Tina Romero (daughter of one George A.). By the end of the night, which involves zombies infiltrating a drag club, another character corrects that statement: “Both. It’s always both.” It seems Romero is honoring her father’s zombie legacy while carving out a statement of her own.

Also playing:

Silent Night, Deadly Night (Dec. 1)

The Haunted Season Episode 2 (Dec. 1)

The Last Drive In: Joe Bob’s Cold Cruel Christmas (Live Dec. 12; on demand Dec. 14)

The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors (Dec. 16)

Visit Shudder for a full list of releases.

Criterion Channel

As usual, all of the following film blocks will be available to stream starting at the beginning of the month.

Black Debutantes: First Features by Black Women Directors — Sambizanga, One Way or Another, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T., The Watermelon Woman, Eve’s Bayou, more

Directed by Joachim Trier — Oslo, August 31st; Louder Than Bombs; Thelma

Hotels on Film — Grand Hotel, The Palm Beach Story, 8½, What’s Up, Doc?, Lost in Translation, more

Queersighted: Sick & Dirty—Gay Cinema During the Code — These Three, A Star Is Born, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; Suddenly, Last Summer; The Children’s Hour; more

Starring Julianne Moore — The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Body of Evidence, Safe, Psycho, Far from Heaven, more

Wong Kar Wai’s Cinema — As Tears Go By, Chungking Express, Fallen Angels, In the Mood for Love, 2046, more

Visit the Criterion Channel for a full list of releases.