'Tis the season to be jolly, as Prime Video — like all the best streaming services — is adding tons of new shows and movies to its catalog this December. That lineup includes new original series and movies, beloved classics, and even a growing slate of live sports. With Prime Video now hosting both NBA and NFL games, it’s more important than ever to stay on top of what’s coming to it each month.
My top picks for December include a few of this year's blockbusters you absolutely shouldn't sleep on, like Wes Anderson and Michael Cera's first team-up in "The Phoenician Scheme" or Ryan Coogler's vampire movie to end all vampire movies, "Sinners." There's also a hit Prime Original series that's got my spurs jingle jangle jingling, with "Fallout" season 2 heading to New Vegas on December 17.
NEW ON PRIME VIDEO IN DECEMBER 2025: TOP PICKS
'The Phoenician Scheme' (December 5)
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I was surprised to learn that "The Phoenician Scheme" was Michael Cera and Wes Anderson's first collab. Cera's brand of awkwardness seems tailor-made for the cozy corners of the Anderson cinematic universe. He joins a stacked cast in the legendary director's ensemble that includes Riz Ahmed, Tom Hanks, Bryan Cranston, Jeffrey Wright, Scarlett Johansson, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
The story follows Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro), a wealthy tycoon and arms dealer who is fed up with assassination attempts ruining his daily routine. After yet another brush with death, he decides to mend fences with his estranged daughter, Sister Liesl (Mia Threapleton), by naming her his sole heir. That bold move puts them both in the crosshairs of some dangerous people. Who, if anyone, will survive the mad scramble? You’ll have to watch this espionage black comedy to find out.
Watch "The Phoenician Scheme" on Prime Video starting December 5
'Fallout' season 2 (December 17)
How lucky can one guy be? Prime Video's hit video game adaptation is going right merrily along to New Vegas this month with "Fallout" season 2. It's set to focus heavily on both recovering vault dweller Lucy (Ella Purnell) and her dad Hank (Kyle MacLachlan), following the climactic showdown at the Griffith Observatory that closed out season 1. The finale at long last brought the show’s three leads together — Lucy, the ambitious Brotherhood of Steel soldier Maximus (Aaron Moten), and a sharp-shooting Hollywood relic known only as the Ghoul (Walton Goggins) — as they close in on Moldaver (Sarita Choudhury) and her critical cold fusion tech that has the power to reshape the irradiated wasteland.
The encounter left Lucy questioning everything she knew about the Vaults that were once billed as humanity's savior. Season 2 sees her and the Ghoul set out to track Hank down, blow the lid off long-buried truths, and confront whoever has been really pulling the strings all these years. My money's on Mister House (played by Rafi Silver in a blink-and-you-miss-it season 1 cameo), the enigmatic overlord of New Vegas who's like post-apocalyptic Gordon Gekko with a pinch of Walt Disney.
Watch "Fallout" season 2 on Prime Video starting December 17
'Sinners' (December 26)
"Sinners" is one of my favorite movies of all time, though I'd argue any day of the week that it shares more in common with a romantic drama than a horror film. Take out the occasional vampire shenanigans and that bloody finale, and you're left with a searing love story that transcends time. It's as much about the undead as it is about yearning and the tender perseverance of the human spirit.
"Sinners" stars Michael B. Jordan in a dual role as twin brothers Smoke and Stack, a duo of bright-eyed hustlers who flee their troubled lives in Chicago to open a juke joint in their rural Mississippi hometown. Their fresh start becomes a beacon for lost souls, a communion of music and star-crossed lovers on opening night, that attracts the attention of something more sinister than they ever thought possible.
Watch "Sinners" on Prime Video starting December 26
LIVE SPORTS ON PRIME VIDEO IN DECEMBER 2025
NBA on Prime
Dec. 5: Los Angeles at Boston — 7:00 PM ET
Dec. 5: Dallas at Oklahoma City — 9:30 PM ET
Dec. 9-10: Emirates NBA Cup Quarterfinals
Dec. 13: Emirates NBA Cup Semifinals
Dec. 16: Emirates NBA Cup Championship
Dec. 19: Philadelphia at New York — 7:00 PM ET
Dec. 19: Oklahoma City at Minnesota — 9:30 PM ET
Dec. 26: Boston at Indiana — 7:30 PM ET
Dec. 26: LA at Portland — 10:00 PM ET
Thursday Night Football
Week 14—December 4: Dallas Cowboys at Detroit Lions
Week 15—December 11: Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week 16—December 18: Los Angeles Rams at Seattle Seahawks
Week 17—December 25: Denver Broncos at Kansas City Chiefs
ONE Championship (2025)
Dec. 5 at 9 PM ET/ 6 PM PT
Good Sports (2025)
Episode 102: Tuesday, December 2 at 5:00 PM PT
Episode 103: Tuesday, December 9 at 4:00 PM PT
Episode 104: Tuesday, December 16 at 4:00 PM PT
NEW SHOWS ON PRIME VIDEO IN DECEMBER 2025
DECEMBER 1
Supernatural Seasons 1-15
DECEMBER 6
Surely Tomorrow (2025)
DECEMBER 11
The Game Awards (2025)
DECEMBER 17
Fallout Season 2 (2025)
DECEMBER 18
Human Specimens (2025)
DECEMBER 22
Miss Sophie – Same Procedure as Every Year (2025)
NEW MOVIES ON PRIME VIDEO IN DECEMBER 2025
DECEMBER 1
12 Angry Men (1957)
A Haunting in Venice (2023)
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)
Bloodsport (1988)
Bull Durham (1988)
Death on the Nile (2022)
Dog (2022)
Double Impact (1991)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Hackers (1995)
Hoosiers (1987)
Igor (2008)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Love Actually (2003)
Mad Max (1980)
Madagascar (2005)
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
Max (2015)
Max 2: White House Hero (2017)
Notting Hill (1999)
Out of Time (2003)
Penguins of Madagascar (2014)
Platoon (1987)
Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
The Birdcage (1996)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1998)
The Merchants of Joy (2025)
The Prodigy (2019)
Zombieland (2009)
DECEMBER 2
Oh. What. Fun. (2025)
DECEMBER 3
Bullet Train (2022)
DECEMBER 5
The Phoenician Scheme (2025)
DECEMBER 9
Transformers: The Last Knight (2017)
DECEMBER 10
Merv (2025)
DECEMBER 15
Tell Me Softly / Dímelo Bajito (2025)
DECEMBER 16
Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
DECEMBER 20
The Creator (2023)
DECEMBER 22
A Minecraft Movie (2025)
DECEMBER 26
Sinners (2025)
DECEMBER 29
The Naked Gun (2025)
DECEMBER 30
A Cinderella Story (2004)
Blade (1998)
Blade II (2002)
Dark Shadows (2012)
Free Willy (1993)
He’s Just Not That Into You (2009)
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
Music and Lyrics (2007)
Practical Magic (1998)
Project X (2012)
Ready Player One (2018)
The Great Gatsby (2013)
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (2008)
Wrath of the Titans (2012)
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