Prepping your epic list of entertainment for the (usually) boring but cosy festive period? Netflix has been on fire this year, and they haven’t let their standards drop for the final month of the year. From drama-filled series to brand new, heart-warming and hard-hitting movies, here’s everything worth a watch this December on Netflix UK.
Christmas as Usual, December 6
We love a good Scandinavian Christmas flick, and this year’s offerings are a treat, with Christmas as Usual being released early this month. After surprising her Norwegian family with her new boyfriend – from India – Thea Evjen has to make him fit in over the Christmas Holidays. Life-long traditions are bent in every direction as the vibrant colours of Bollywood collide with the cold Norwegian winter.
📽️ Watch it on Netflix from December 6
My Life With the Walter Boys, December 7
Following the loss of her family in a tragic accident, 15-year old Manhattanite Jackie Howard has to learn to adapt to a new life in rural Colorado with her guardian – and 8 very rowdy boys. As Jackie tries to navigate her new life, the feelings and tensions she tries to deny threaten to throw everything off course. Will she be able to stay true to herself and still find romance? This one’s set to be a classic cheesy romance, and we’re here for it.
📽️ Watch it on Netflix from December 7
Leave the World Behind, December 8
Starring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood including Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Kevin Bacon and Mahershala Ali, this dystopian thriller is set to be the release of the year. A family’s vacation is upended when two strangers arrive at night, seeking refuge from a cyberattack that grows more terrifying by the minute, forcing everyone to come to terms with their places in a collapsing world.
📽️ Watch it on Netflix from December 8
Stranger Things: The First Shadow, December 14
Brought to life by a multi-award-winning creative team, who take theatrical storytelling and stagecraft to a whole new dimension, this gripping new adventure will take you right back to the beginning of the Stranger Things story – and may hold the key to the end.
Hawkins, 1959: a regular town with regular worries. Young Jim Hopper’s car won’t start, Bob Newby’s sister won’t take his radio show seriously and Joyce Maldonado just wants to graduate and get the hell out of town. When new student Henry Creel arrives, his family finds that a fresh start isn’t so easy… and the shadows of the past have a very long reach.
📽️ Watch it on Netflix from December 14
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, December 15
The time has finally come. After a long wait, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget is finally set to hit our screens this month, sequel to the beloved and highest-grossing stop-motion animated film of all time, Chicken Run. Having pulled off a death-defying escape from Tweedy’s farm, Ginger has finally found her dream — a peaceful island sanctuary for the whole flock, far from the dangers of the human world. When she and Rocky hatch a little girl called Molly, Ginger’s happy ending seems complete. But back on the mainland the whole of chicken-kind faces a new and terrible threat. For Ginger and her team, even if it means putting their own hard-won freedom at risk — this time, they’re breaking in!
📽️ Watch it on Netflix from December 15
Maestro, December 20
Starring Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan, Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love, and is set to be an emotional award season candidate for 2024.
📽️ Watch it on Netflix from December 20
Gyeongseong Creature, December 22
In the spring of 1945 at the mysterious Ongseong Hospital in Gyeongseong, an entrepreneur and a sleuth fight for survival and face a creature born from human greed. This South Korean series comes as the national cinema is becoming more respected and loved the world over, so we can’t wait to see what this one has in store.
📽️ Watch it on Netflix from December 22
Thank You, I’m Sorry, December 26
Sara lives in a perfect nuclear family with Daniél, their little son Eliot, and a second child on its way. But their life is to be turned upside down and the heavily pregnant Sara is suddenly left alone. The help soon appears from a completely unexpected side when Sara’s estranged older sister, Linda, a helpless immature adult with a big erratic dog, offers to move in and help out.
📽️ Watch it on Netflix from December 26
Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare, December 27
The brutal conditions of an infamous wilderness therapy camp, the Challenger Foundation — and the alleged abuse of the troubled teens who attended — are exposed in this gripping tell-all documentary. Think Fyre Festival meets Nine Perfect Strangers, but this is no work of fiction.
📽️ Watch it on Netflix from December 27
Money Heist: Berlin, December 29
The much-loved Spanish heist show is back, but this time the character of Berlin (Pedro Alonso) is leading the charge. A terminally ill grand larcenist, jewel thief, and cracksman, he is the Professor’s second-in-command and brother, and this Netflix series is all about him.
📽️ Watch it on Netflix from December 29
Other Netflix UK highlights this December:
- Sweet Home, December 1
- Blood Coast, December 6
- I Hate Christmas, December 7
- Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team, December 12
- Yu Yu Hakusho, December 14
- Ricky Gervais: Armageddon, December 25
- Pokémon Concierge, December 28