While the What's new on Disney Plus? list is pretty short, and Apple TV Plus feels decreasingly relevant every week, Netflix is backing up a giant truck of content to your tablets and boxes. The starring entry of this month's lineup is The Witcher show, which stars Henry Cavill as the monster hunting Geralt, who gamers are already more than familiar with (or so I'm told). So, how is Netflix fighting off Disney Plus?
Penn Badgley's returning for a second season of the creepy and addictive You show, and this second batch brings his character Joe to Los Angeles. Oh, and Netflix is getting into the blockbuster action movie business, with Michael Bay's 6 Underground, which stars Ryan Reynolds as a secret agent. Ian Somerhalder (Lost) is starring in V Wars, an adaptation of the vampire-centric comic book.
Of course, Netflix also has new comedy specials, starring John Mulaney, Michelle Wolf, Ronny Chieng and Tiffany Haddish. A certain four-letter word's making a resurgence in the documentary space, with Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer and Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up.
Here are our top picks for what to watch on Netflix in December.
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Note: We’ve bolded the shows and movies that we’re most excited to stream. Plus, we're also including the movies and shows Netflix has still yet to debut and remove this month, and bolding those titles we're trying to remember to watch before they leave.
Netflix is also bringing in older, licensed movies for the holidays, including all three Austin Powers movies. Sadly, a ton of nature documentaries vanished on Dec. 2, from the Planet Earth, Blue Planet and Frozen Planet franchises. Thor: Ragnarok also departs Netflix, leaving on Dec. 4.
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Arriving December 3
- Especial de Natal Porta dos Fundos: A Primeira Tentação de Cristo (Netflix Film)
- Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah (Netflix Original)
- War on Everyone
Arriving December 4
- The Last O.G.: Season 2
- Let's Dance (Netflix Film)
- Los Briceño (Netflix Original)
- Magic for Humans: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
Arriving December 5
- A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (Netflix Film)
- Apache: La vida de Carlos Tevez (Netflix Original)
- Greenleaf: Season 4
- Home for Christmas (Netflix Original)
- V Wars (Netflix Original)
Arriving December 6
- Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show (Netflix Original)
- The Chosen One: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
- The Confession Killer (Netflix Documentary)
- Fuller House: Season 5 (Netflix Original)
- Glow Up (Netflix Original)
- Marriage Story (Netflix Film)
- Spirit Riding Free: The Spirit of Christmas (Netflix Family)
- Teasing Master Takagi-san: Season 2 (Netflix Anime)
- Three Days of Christmas (Netflix Original)
- Triad Princess (Netflix Original)
- Virgin River (Netflix Original)
Arriving December 8
- From Paris with Love
Arriving December 9
- A Family Reunion Christmas (Netflix Family)
- It Comes at Night
Arriving December 10
- Michelle Wolf: Joke Show (Netflix Original)
- Outlander: Season 3
Arriving December 11
- The Sky Is Pink
Arriving December 12
- Especial de Natal Porta dos Fundos (Netflix Film)
- Jack Whitehall: Christmas with my Father (Netflix Original)
Arriving December 13
- 6 Underground (Netflix Film)
Arriving December 15
- A Family Man
- Dil Dhadakne Do
- Karthik Calling Karthik
Arriving December 16
- Burlesque
- The Danish Girl
- The Magicians: Season 4
Arriving December 17
- Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America! (Netflix Original)
Arriving December 18
- Don't F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (Netflix Documentary)
- Soundtrack (Netflix Original)
Arriving December 19
- After The Raid (Netflix Documentary)
- Ultraviolet: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
- Twice Upon a Time (Netflix Original)
Arriving December 20
- The Two Popes (Netflix Film)
- The Witcher (Netflix Original)
Arriving December 22
- Private Practice: Season 1-6
Arriving December 23
- Transformers Rescue Bots Academy: Season 1
Arriving December 24
- CAROLE & TUESDAY: Part 2 (Netflix Anime)
- Como caído del cielo (Netflix Film)
- Crash Landing on You (Netflix Original)
- John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch (Netflix Original)
- Lost in Space: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
- TERRACE HOUSE: TOKYO 2019-2020: Part 2 (Netflix Original)
Arriving December 25
- Sweetheart
Arriving December 26
- The App (Netflix Film)
- Le Bazar de la Charité (Netflix Original)
- Fast & Furious Spy Racers (Netflix Family)
- You: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
Arriving December 27
- The Gift (Netflix Original)
- Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up (Netflix Documentary)
- The Secret Life of Pets 2
Arriving December 28
- Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy (Netflix Film)
Arriving December 29
- Lawless
Arriving December 30
- Alexa & Katie: Season 3 (Netflix Family)
- The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened (Netflix Anime)
Arriving December 31
- The Degenerates: Season 2 (Netflix Original)
- Die Another Day
- GoldenEye
- Heartbreakers
- The Neighbor (Netflix Original)
- Red Dawn
- Tomorrow Never Dies
- The World Is Not Enough
- Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures (Netflix Original)
Leaving December 4
- Thor: Ragnarok
Leaving December 11
- Get Santa
Leaving December 14
- Beyblade: Metal Fusion: Season 1
- Merlin: Season 1-5
Leaving December 15
- Helix: Season 2
Leaving December 18
- Miss Me This Christmas
- You Can’t Fight Christmas
Leaving December 19
- George of the Jungle 2
- Leaving December 25
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Season 7-11
- Kurt Seyit ve Şura: Season 1
- Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
Leaving December 31
- About a Boy
- Billy Elliot
- Black Hawk Down
- Christmas with the Kranks
- Daddy Day Care
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- Frasier: Season 1-10
- Frasier: The Final Season
- Jackie Brown
- Leap Year
- Mona Lisa Smile
- Pulp Fiction
- Rain Man
- Rocky
- Rocky II
- Rocky III
- Rocky IV
- Rocky V
- Schindler's List
- Tears of the Sun
- The Crow
- The Dark Crystal
- The Pink Panther
- Wet Hot American Summer
- White Christmas
- Winter's Bone
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