72 new Netflix movies are arriving in December – here are 3 with over 80% on Rotten Tomatoes you should stream first

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72 new Netflix movies are arriving in December – here are 3 with over 80% on Rotten Tomatoes you should stream first Features By Jasmine Valentine published 30 November 2025

Including one I've been waiting all year for

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Christmas is a mere few weeks away, and if you think I'm doing anything side from sitting on my couch and watching more Netflix movies, you'd be mistaken.

I can hear you saying 'But Jasmine, you make your living by watching Netflix... why would you spend your precious free time doing more of the same?' The answer is simple, once you see the new film line-up for December 2025.

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Amidst Christmas movies and brand-new bingeable seasons (ahem, Stranger Things season 5) sit two of my favorite movies of the year that just so happen to be making their way to the platform.

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So, sit back and let this piece take care of your movie viewing schedule this festive season... you're welcome.

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Jay Kelly

Jay Kelly | Official Trailer | Netflix - YouTube Watch On

RT score: 80%Director: Noah BaumbachRuntime: 132 minutesAge rating: RArriving on: December 5

Double checking Jay Kelly's Rotten Tomatoes score for this piece has left me in shock. 80% feels far too low for what might be one of George Clooney's best leading performances of his career.

In essence, this is a thinly veiled tribute to Clooney told through the eyes of a fictional actor, but he's probably the only person who could pull this off. Yes, it's all incredibly self-indulgent, but it needs to be. Frankly, I think it's one of the most emotionally challenging films of 2025.

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You cannot help but question yourself and every decision you've made in your life thus far while watching this, and that's a good thing. It's as beautiful as it is frustrating, with Kelly being completely stubborn in his ignorance until the very end. If you're from the UK, you've got the added bonus of seeing the most random nationally-known faces in one train carriage scene (e.g. Jacqueline from Benidorm).

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery | Official Trailer | Netflix - YouTube Watch On

RT score: 95% Director: Rian JohnsonRuntime: 140 minutesAge rating: RArriving on: December 12

Knives Out 3 is easily the best of the bunch so far, and I'm itching to watch it all over again this Christmas. Unlike the previous two movies, Wake Up Dead Man feels like the best parody of a classic crime caper imaginable.

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Once again we have a stacked A-List cast (Glenn Close, Kerry Washington and Josh O'Connor, to name a few) and Daniel Craig's Benoit Blanc with a chic new hairstyle. However, the actual mystery at its core takes a different turn, embodying Jesus' resurrection over the Easter weekend.

The laughs hit, emotions run deep and I guarantee you won't be able to guess whodunnit before the ending. It's Rian Johnson's best work so far in every conceivable way (visually and narratively), and more importantly, it's a blast.

Cover-Up

Cover-Up | Official Trailer | Netflix - YouTube Watch On

RT score: 100%Director: Laura Poitras, Mark ObenhausRuntime: 117 minutesAge rating: RArriving on: December 26

While it's not exactly a festive watch, Cover-Up is probably the most important film you can stream this December. A one-off documentary, we follow the life and works of reporter Seymour Hersh as he challenged the US government and uncovered some of the biggest scandals in the country's history.

Hersh exposed the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War, the Abu Grahib prisoner abuse in 2004, and became the number-one enemy to President Nixon's government for his work on the Watergate scandal.

Hersh remains to be unflinchingly honest, even though it's clear he's had to be talked around to doing the documentary in the first place. Thanks to his agreement, we get the stark reminder we need to not believe everything we see at face-value, alongside the importance of painstaking investigative journalism.

All new Netflix movies in November 2025

Arriving on December 1

Troll 2A League of Their OwnAs Good as It GetsBad TeacherBig Momma’s HouseBig Momma’s House 2BrightburnBurlesqueCheaper by the DozenCheaper by the Dozen 2Christmas Break-InDownton AbbeyGodzillaHollow ManJoy for ChristmasKung Fu PandaKung Fu Panda 2Kung Fu Panda 3Little WomenPulp FictionStripesThe Ugly TruthWhat Lies BeneathThe Wolf of Wall StreetZero Dark Thirty

Arriving on December 3

My Secret SantaThe Northman

Arriving on December 4

A Lot Like ChristmasForrest GumpFugue State 1986I Wish You Had Told MeLali: Time to Step UpMean Girls (2004)Mean Girls (2024)

Arriving on December 5

Jay KellyLove and WineThe Making of Jay KellyThe New Yorker at 100The Night My Dad Saved Christmas 2The Price of Confession

Arriving on December 7

BabylonCast Away

Arriving on December 9

Badly in LoveMasaka Kids, A Rhythm Within

Arriving on December 11

The FakenappingHad I Not Seen the Sun: Part 2Lost in the SpotlightMan Vs BabyThe Town

Arriving on December 12

City of ShadowsWake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Arriving on December 13

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Arriving on December 14

PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

Arriving on December 15

A Cowboy Christmas RomanceChristmas at the ChaletThe Christmas ClassicChristmas on the Alpaca Farm

Arriving on December 17Murder in MonacoWhat’s In The Box?

Arriving on December 19

A Time For BraveryBreakdown: 1975The Great FloodJake vs. Joshua: Judgment Day

Arriving on December 22

ElwaySicily Express

Arriving on December 23

Eden

Arriving on December 24

Downton Abbey: A New EraGoodbye JuneTom Segura: Teacher

Arriving on December 26

Cover-up

Arriving on December 30

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Arriving on December 31

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Jasmine is a Streaming Staff Writer for TechRadar, previously writing for outlets including Radio Times, Yahoo! and Stylist. She specialises in comfort TV shows and movies, ranging from Hallmark's latest tearjerker to Netflix's Virgin River. She's also the person who wrote an obituary for George Cooper Sr. during Young Sheldon Season 7 and still can't watch the funeral episode.

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