1. "Love Is Blind: Italy"
For a country that practically invented romance, it’s surprising
that there hasn’t been an installment of "Love Is Blind," the show where people vow
to marry sight unseen — until now. This season, we travel to Italy to find out if
l’amore is really cieco.
December 1, Netflix
2. "The Merchants of Joy"
When you think of the five families of New York, the
Christmas tree salesmen of the boroughs probably aren’t what come to mind.
This documentary interviews and follows the frenemies through the holiday
season, selling joy to New Yorkers. We’re betting no one sleeps with the fishes
out of this crew.
December 1, Prime Video
3. "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman"
We love it when Dave stops by for a chat, and this time,
it’s an intimate conversation with Adam Sandler. They’ll discuss his career,
from "SNL" to his film career and hopefully have some laughs along the way.
December 1, Netflix
4. "My Secret Santa"
Alexandra Breckenridge ("Virgin River") stars in this
holiday rom-com about a woman who poses as Santa at a ski resort to score free
lessons for her daughter. It all goes awry when she falls for the resort’s
charming manager.
December 3, Netflix
5. "Oh. What. Fun."
When a stressed-out mom (Michelle Pfeiffer) goes unappreciated
for all she does to makes the holidays merry, she slips away on a road trip to
leave her family to fend for themselves. The cast includes Felicity Jones,
Denis Leary, Chloë Grace Moretz, Danielle Brooks, Maude Apatow, Jason
Schwartzman, Eva Longoria and Joan Chen.
December 3, Prime Video
6. "The Abandons"
Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey are dueling matriarchs in
Washington Territory, 1854, in this new western series. Kurt Sutter ("Sons of
Anarchy") created the action-packed project
back in 2021.
December 4, Netflix
7. "It's Never Over Jeff Buckley"
Tracing the short but impactful career of music icon Jeff
Buckley, this documentary shows behind-the-scenes new footage of Buckley, plus
interviews with those who knew him well.
December 4, HBO/HBO Max
8. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw"
Greg Heffley is trying to get his act together before his
father sends him to wilderness camp. Can he get on the right track with his dad
in this new animated movie, based on the beloved book series?
December 4, Disney+
9. "Jay Kelly"
In this dramedy film, George Clooney plays an aging,
successful actor named Jay Kelly who goes on a road trip with his manager (Adam
Sandler) after having an emotional crisis. Noah Baumbach directs, and Clooney
and Sandler’s co-stars include Laura Dern, Riley Keough, Billy Crudup, Greta
Gerwig, Patrick Wilson, Isla Fisher, Stacy Keach, Eve Hewson and Jim Broadbent.
Decmber 5, Netflix
10. "Elmo & Mark Rober's Merry Giftmas"
In a collab between Crunchlabs and Sesame Workshop, Mark
Rober (a NASA-trained engineer and Youtube star) teams up with Elmo to build
gifts for his friends. It’s a cute holiday special, it has educational STEM
content and it has Muppets — what more could we ask for?
December 8, Netflix
11. "Merv"
A dog is down in the dumps when his owners (Zooey Deschanel
and Charlie Cox) break up. Merv-the-dog parent-traps them into reuniting during a
holiday getaway in this sweet rom-com.
December 10, Prime Video
12. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians"
Percy, son of Poseidon, heads out on
another adventure in the second season of this YA series. This time, he heads
into the Sea of Monsters in search of the Golden Fleece, along with his best
friends, Annabeth, Clarisse and Tyson, his cyclops half-brother.
December 10, Disney+/ Hulu
13. "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery"
Detective Benoit Blanc is back for a third "Knives Out" film,
this time helping a young priest investigate a crime at a small church. The
incredible cast includes Andrew Scott, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Thomas Haden
Church, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin and Josh O’Connor.
December 12, Netflix
14. "Fallout"
The other series based on a post-apocalyptic video game; this one stars Walton Goggins and Ella Purnell as citizens navigating a weird
world outside their fallout shelters.
December 12, Prime Video
15. "Emily in Paris"
In Season 5, Emily is enjoying Rome so much that the rest of
the gang joins her there. How will Paris go on without them?
December 18, Netflix
16. "Breakdown: 1975"
1975 was a banner year for film, largely due to the societal
changes happening that influenced the films. In this documentary by Morgan
Neville, the movies and the times that made them are discussed by the likes of Martin
Scorsese, Oliver Stone, Albert Brooks, Seth Rogen and Patton Oswalt. Jodie
Foster provides the film’s narration.
December 19, Netflix
17. "Goodbye June"
Kate Winslet makes her directorial debut with this
family-drama film about a group of siblings coming to terms with their mother’s
(Helen Mirren) impending death. The film was written by Winslet’s son, Joe
Anders.
December 24, Netflix
18. "Cover-Up"
Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour
Hersh has been breaking stories of government cover-ups since the Vietnam war.
This documentary turns the focus to him, his career and the power of journalism.
December 26, Netflix
19. "The Copenhagen Test"
Simu Liu stars in this espionage thriller series as
Alexander Hale, an intelligence analyst whose brain has been hacked. He must
flush out the perpetrators, without giving his next moves away. Brian D'Arcy,
and Melissa Barrera also star.
December 27, Peacock