Christmas is early this year! Netflix has announced a ton of new releases for December, and there’s something for everyone. no i don’t mean Sandman Season 2 (you have to be PATIENT), but I mean knife-related game shows! anime movies! The beautiful face of Daniel Craig! I personally think this trio represents humanity in a nutshell. Are you a person who enjoys watching the trials and tribulations of real nonfiction people, are only interested in cute guys, or just want to be left alone for Watch Anime. Those are the three basic templates for a human being on this planet. And Netflix has you covered, no matter who you are.
exist much of titles on this list, so we’re highlighting the titles we’re most excited about in bold and italics.
December 1st
Chhota Bheem ki Citi Pitti Gul (Season 1)
Dead end (Season 1)—Netflix Original
Forged in Fire: Knife or Death (Multiple Seasons): Well, THIS is something I want to see. It’s a game show where a group of contestants attempt an obstacle course WHILE CUTTING THINGS WITH KNIVES. What can go wrong?
LEGO Friends: Heartlake Stories
Qala (2022)—Netflix Original: Indian musical about a talented singer with a rising career facing the pressures of success. Starring Triptii Dimri and Swastika Murkherjee.
Divided Sauce Over Rice (2015)
Sniper: Rogue Mission (2022)
Comfort (2015): Mystery crime thriller from director Afonso Poyart about a psychic doctor who works with an FBI special agent to catch a serial killer. Starring Anthony Hopkins.
The masked con man (2022)—Netflix Original: Police documentary on how a master con man swindled French elites out of millions. Mange the riches!
Troll (2022)—Netflix Original: From director Roar Uthaug, this new monster movie sees an ancient troll awaken on a Norwegian mountain. Who doesn’t like a good monster movie?
December 2
firefly lane (Season 2, Part 1)—Netflix Original
hot skull (Season 1)—Netflix Original—Adaptation of the Turkish science fiction series. Set in a dystopian world where an epidemic spreads through verbal communication. This sounds great. Very Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Painfor all players.
Lady Chatterley’s lover (2022)—Netflix Original: New film adaptation of the DH Lawrence novel starring Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell.
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol (2022)—Netflix Original
“Mr.” (2022)—Netflix Original: Biographical documentary about the late father and pioneering filmmaker of Robert Downey Jr.
Supermodel Me: Revolution (Season 1)
The Magic Roundabout / Doogal (2005)—Netflix Original
future warriors (2022)—Netflix Original
December 3
Bullet train (2022): Brad Pitt stars in summer blockbuster Bullet train which sees five assassins fighting on a Japanese train bound for Kyoto.
Dreams drawn by dust (Season 1)—Netflix Original
December 5th
Mighty Express: Mighty Train Race (Season 1)—Netflix Original
6th of December
Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus (Season 1)—Netflix Original
Christmas delivery (2022)—Netflix Original
Sebastián Maniscalco: Is it me? (2022)—Netflix Original Stand-Up Comedy Special
storks (2016)
December 7th
burning patience (2022)—Netflix Original: Drama in Spanish about a young man who becomes Pablo Neruda’s postman and becomes involved in a world of words that fuels his desire to be a poet in order to woo the woman of his dreams. Umm… who doesn’t like Neruda?
emily the criminal (2022): A crime thriller about a debt-ridden student (Aubrey Plaza) who turns to scams and frauds for a living. FINALLY. I’ve been waiting for someone to make a movie about student loan debt.
I hate Christmas (Season 1)—Netflix Original
smiling (Season 1)—Netflix Original
The marriage app (2022)—Netflix Original
the most beautiful flower (Season 1)—Netflix Original
Too hot to handle (Season 4)—Netflix Original: For all the people who love trashy reality shows (myself included).
December 8
In broad daylight: The Narvarte case (2022)—Netflix Original
the elephant whisperers (2022)—Netflix Original: Documentary by director Kartiki Gonsalves about a South Indian couple who dedicate their lives to elephants.
December 9
CAT (Season 1)—Netflix Original
Dragon Age: Absolution (Season 1)—Netflix Original: Anime series based on Bioware’s RPG series of video games. To all the nerds in the building (me too).
Dream Home Makeover (Season 4)—Netflix Original
Pinocchio by Guillermo del Toro (2022)—Netflix Original
December 10
prisoners (2013): Mystery thriller from director Denis Villeneuve and starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal. After his young daughter and her friend go missing, a desperate father clashes with the detective on the case and takes matters into his own hands.
December 13
Gudetama: A Spectacular Adventure (Season 1)—Netflix Original
Last Chance U: Basketball (Season 2)—Netflix Original
singles hell (Season 2)—Netflix Original
December 14th
Brilliantine (Season 1)—Netflix Original
kangaroo valley (2022)—Netflix Original
December 15
Critical thinking (2020): John Leguizamo and Michael Kenneth Williams star in this drama based on a true story set in 1998: five black and Latino teenagers from Miami’s most neglected ghetto fight to reach the National Chess Championship.
December 16
first sonic (Season 1)—Netflix Original: Could this be a dumpster fire? But an entertaining one?
the big 4 (2022)—Netflix Original
A storm for Christmas (Limited Series)—Netflix Original
BARDO, false chronicle of a handful of truths (2022)—Netflix Original: From director Alejandro G. Iñárritu comes a new black comedy about “an acclaimed journalist and documentarian [who] embarks on a dreamlike introspective journey to reconcile with the past, the present, and her Mexican identity.”
Bangalore Beast: Indian Predator (Season 1)
cook at all costs (Season 1)—Netflix Original
dancing monsters (Season 1)—Netflix Original
Far from home (Season 1)—Netflix Original
How to ruin Christmas (Season 3)—Netflix Original
paradise ps (Season 4)—Netflix Original
private lesson (2022)—Netflix Original
Summer job (Season 1)—Netflix Original
the recruit (Season 1)—Netflix Original
The Volcano: Whakaari Rescue (2022)—Netflix Original
December 20th
The Seven Deadly Sins: Edinburgh Grudge Part 1 (2022)—Netflix Original: Feature film for all you anime nerds out there.
December 21
Emily in Paris (Season 3)—Netflix Original
December 22th
alice on the border (Season 2)—Netflix Original: The Japanese series returns. In order to solve the mystery of Borderland and return to their original world, Arisu and her comrades must face even more difficult and dangerous games.
December 23th
Crystal Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)—Netflix Original: Daniel Craig returns as Benoit Blanc in this sequel to Knives Out directed by Rian Johnson.
December 25th
Matilda the musical by Roald Dahl (2022)—Netflix Original: A new version of the Tony and Olivier Award-winning musical starring Alisha Weir, Lashana Lynch and Emma Thompson.
The Witcher: Origin of Blood (Limited Series)—Netflix Original: The Wizard the prequel is here!
time hustler (Season 1)—Netflix Original
December 26
Treason (Limited Series)—Netflix Original: A political thriller about an MI6 agent whose life is turned upside down after his past catches up with him. Leaving this here for all the Charlie Cox fans out there.
December 27
Chelsea Handler: Revolution (2022)—Netflix Original
December 30
The glory (Season 1)—Netflix Original: South Korean drama series about a woman who sets a revenge plan in motion. Starring Song Hye-kyo, Lee Do-hyun, and Im Ji-yeon.
They cloned Tyrone (2022)—Netflix Original
White noise (2022)—Netflix Original: Adaptation of the novel Don DeLillo by writer/director Noah Baumbach and starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig and Don Cheadle.
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