Once again, the biggest show on the Netflix December 2025 list of new arrivals is Stranger Things Season 5. After the massive reveal at the end of episode 4, fans are eager to know what the Duffer Brothers have planned. They won’t have to wait long, as Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2, which consists of the next 3 episodes, releases on December 25. Not long after, the monumental Stranger Things finale will hit the streamer on December 31, with a special theatrical release on the same day. Long-time viewers of this Netflix original series have waited a long time for this moment, and if the pre-release hype machine is to be believed, the conclusion will be grand.
One prominent Netflix original film that’s making its streaming debut in December 2025 after a limited theatrical release is Jay Kelly. The latest from beloved indie director Noah Baumbach, Jay Kelly follows an aging movie star (George Clooney) who embarks on a journey of self-reflection across Europe with his dedicated manager (Adam Sandler). Jay Kelly has received widespread acclaim for Clooney and Sandler’s poignant performances, as well as for its perceptive satire of Hollywood. The film will arrive on Netflix on December 5, along with its own making-of documentary. Not all indie darlings get the same special treatment as Baumbach does under the streaming giant, having now made 3 Netflix movies, including Marriage Story (2019) and White Noise (2022).
The next major Netflix streaming premiere to look out for is Knives Out 3, better known as Wake Up Dead Man, on December 12, 2025. Writer-director Rian Johnson‘s latest whodunnit puts Daniel Craig‘s eccentric private detective Benoit Blanc in his most dangerous case yet. This third Knives Out film changes things up by introducing a more gothic aesthetic, with a hint of spiritualism in its church-based murder mystery. Young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) pleads for Blanc to clear his name in what seems like an impossible crime, with the rest of his congregation already rooting for his downfall. Glenn Close, Kerry Washington, Cailee Spaeny, Mila Kunis, Josh Brolin, Andrew Scott, and Jeremy Renner make up the supporting cast.
For those in need of action and suspense, Troll 2 should get the job done when it stomps its way onto the Netflix streaming platform on December 1, 2025. The Netflix blockbuster from Norway has the notable distinction of being the most expensive Nordic film ever made. When a giant troll emerges from a mountain, the group of surviving scientists from the first movie is left with no choice but to befriend another troll to stop it. Less explosive is Kate Winslet’s directorial debut, Goodbye June. Written by her son, Joe Anders, the Christmas-themed drama centers on siblings who are confronted with their ailing mother’s deteriorating health. Goodbye June begins streaming on December 24 after a limited theatrical release.
There are still a couple of Netflix shows to get to, including Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Season 2. The animated series, which features Hayley Atwell voicing the titular heroine from the iconic video game franchise, aims to bridge the gap between the newer games and the original, making it officially canon. The second season will bring the animated show from Crystal Dynamics and Netflix Animation to an end on December 11. While it’s become somewhat of a guilty pleasure, Emily in Paris continues to be a success. Therefore, it shouldn’t be surprising to hear that Emily in Paris Season 5 arrives on December 18, taking the always-charming Lily Collins to a new location in Rome, Italy.
Last but not least, Netflix is adding plenty of classics to its rotating streaming library for the holiday season. For the families, the first three Kung Fu Panda movies, both Rio films, and Over the Hedge will be added at the top of December 2025. For Netflix subscribers looking to catch up on, or perhaps rewatch, some timeless masterworks, Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, and Greta Gerwig’s Little Women will also be available to stream. Additionally, former HBO Max exclusive limited series Love & Death and The Staircase will be added to Netflix for the first time ever, along with all seasons of MTV’s Teen Wolf.
Discover more on our monthly recs below, then check out the list of every film and TV show coming to and leaving the Netflix streaming service in December 2025. You can also find what’s new this month on HBO Max and Disney+/Hulu right here on DiscussingFilm!
Our Netflix December 2025 Streaming Recs
Troll 2
Troll 2 hits Netflix on December 1, 2025!
Jay Kelly
Noah Baumbach’s Jay Kelly comes to Netflix on December 5, 2025!
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Season 2
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft Season 2 debuts on Netflix on December 11, 2025!
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery finally premieres on Netflix on December 12, 2025!
Emily in Paris Season 5
Emily in Paris Season 5 arrives on Netflix on December 18, 2025!
Stranger Things 5 Vol. 2 & The Finale
Stranger Things Season 5 Volume 2 premieres on December 25, 2025.
Stranger Things Season 5: The Finale premieres on December 31, 2025.
Netflix December 2025: Full List of New Arrivals
Coming Soon
Cashero (KR) — Netflix Series
Coming December 1
All The Empty Rooms — Netflix Documentary
CoComelon Lane, Season 6 — Netflix Family
Love is Blind: Italy (IT) — Netflix Series
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler — Netflix Series
Playing Gracie Darling (AU) — Netflix Series
Troll 2 (NO) — Netflix Film
A League of Their Own (1992)
Anything Else (2003)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Bad Teacher (2011)
Beowulf: Return to the Shieldlands, Season 1
Big Momma’s House (2000)
Big Momma’s House 2 (2006)
Brightburn (2019)
Burlesque (2010)
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)
Christmas Break-In (2018)
Godzilla (2014)
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Holiday in Santa Fe (2021)
Hollow Man (2000)
How To Make It In America, Seasons 1-2
Influencer (2022)
Joy for Christmas (2021)
Kung Fu Panda (2008)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)
Little Women (2019)
Love & Death (2023)
Money Monster (2016)
One Piece (Whole Cake Island 2 & 3)
Overcomer (2019)
Over the Hedge (2006)
Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018)
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Rio (2011)
Rio 2 (2014)
Sew Torn (2025)
Stripes (1981)
Teen Wolf, Seasons 1-6
The Gospel (2005)
The Staircase (2022)
The Ugly Truth (2009)
Victoria, Seasons 1-3
War Room (2015)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
Coming December 2
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches, Season 2
Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)
Brockmire, Multiple Seasons
Chick Fight (2020)
Matt Rife: Unwrapped – A Christmas Crowd Work Special — Netflix Comedy Special
Sean Combs: The Reckoning — Netflix Documentary
The Sunlit Night (2019)
Coming December 3
My Secret Santa — Netflix Film
The Northman (2022)
Stranded with my Mother-in-Law, Season 3 (BR) — Netflix Series
With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration — Netflix Series
Coming December 4
Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020)
The Abandons — Netflix Series
The Believers, Season 2 (TH) — Netflix Series
Forrest Gump (1994)
Fugue State 1986 (CO) — Netflix Series
I Wish You Had Told Me (PH) — Netflix Film
I’m Your Man (2021)
Lali: Time to Step Up (AR) — Netflix Documentary
Respect (2021)
Coming December 5
A Lot Like Christmas (2021)
Jay Kelly (GB) — Netflix Film
The Making of Jay Kelly (GB) — Netflix Documentary
Love and Wine (ZA) — Netflix Film
Mean Girls (2004)
Mean Girls (2024)
MVP (2022)
The New Yorker at 100 — Netflix Documentary
The Night My Dad Saved Christmas 2 (ES) — Netflix Film
The Price of Confession (KR) — Netflix Series
Owning Manhattan, Season 2 — Netflix Series
Coming December 6
Pro Bono (KR) — Netflix Series
Coming December 7
Babylon (2022)
Cast Away (2000)
Church People (2021)
Coming December 8
Elmo and Mark Rober’s Merry Giftmas — Netflix Family
Coming December 9
Badly in Love (JP) — Netflix Series
Blood Coast, Season 2 (FR) — Netflix Series
Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within — Netflix Documentary
The West Wing, Seasons 1-7
Coming December 10
The Accident, Season 2 (MX) — Netflix Series
Record of Ragnarok, Season 3 (JP) — Netflix Series
Simon Cowell: The Next Act (GB) — Netflix Documentary
Coming December 11
The Fakenapping (SA) — Netflix Film
Had I Not Seen the Sun: Part 2 (TW) — Netflix Series
Lost in the Spotlight (ID) — Netflix Film
Man Vs Baby (GB) — Netflix Series
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, Season 2 — Netflix Series
The Town (TR) — Netflix Series
True Beauty, Season 1
Coming December 12
The Amazing Digital Circus, Season 1: Episodes 5-7
City of Shadows (ES) — Netflix Series
The Fanatic (2019)
Home for Christmas, Season 3 (NO) — Netflix Series
The Hustle (2019)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — Netflix Film
Coming December 13
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Coming December 14
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie (2023)
Robby Hoffman: Wake Up — Netflix Comedy Special
Coming December 15
A Cowboy Christmas Romance (2023)
Christmas at the Chalet (2023)
The Christmas Classic (2023)
Christmas on the Alpaca Farm (2023)
The Creature Cases: Chapter 6 — Netflix Family
Two for the Money (2005)
Coming December 16
Castle Rock, Seasons 1-2
Culinary Class Wars, Season 2 (KR) — Netflix Series
Titanic (1997)
Coming December 17
A Line of Fire (2025)
The Manny, Season 3 (MX) — Netflix Series
Murder in Monaco (GB) — Netflix Documentary
What’s In The Box? — Netflix Series
Coming December 18
10DANCE (JP) — Netflix Film
Better Watch Out (2016)
Border Hunters (2025)
Emily in Paris, Season 5 — Netflix Series
Coming December 19
A Time For Bravery (MX) — Netflix Film
Breakdown: 1975 — Netflix Documentary
The Great Flood (KR) — Netflix Film
Jake vs. Joshua: Judgment Day — Netflix Live Event
Relay (2025)
Coming December 22
Carl the Collector, Season 1
The Closer, Seasons 1-7
Elway — Netflix Documentary
Sicily Express (IT) — Netflix Series
Coming December 23
Eden (2025)
King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch, Season 3 — Netflix Series
Coming December 24
Downton Abbey: A New Era (2022)
Goodbye June (GB) — Netflix Film
Tom Segura: Teacher — Netflix Comedy Special
Coming December 25
The Best You Can (2025)
Christmas Gameday: Cowboys vs. Commanders — Netflix Live Event
Christmas Gameday: Lions vs. Vikings — Netflix Live Event
Stranger Things 5: Volume 2 — Netflix Series (Releasing at 5 pm PT)
Wrath of Man (2021)
Coming December 26
Cover-Up — Netflix Documentary
Coming December 29
Members Only: Palm Beach — Netflix Series
Pepa Pig, Season 8
Coming December 30
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story — Netflix Documentary
Ricky Gervais: Mortality (GB) — Netflix Comedy Special
Coming December 31
Sleeping with Other People (2015)
Stranger Things 5: The Finale — Netflix Series (Releasing at 5 pm PT)
What’s Leaving Netflix in December 2025
Leaving December 1
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
Back to the Future (1985)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)
Beverly Hills Cop III (1994)
Billy Madison (1995)
Clueless (1995)
Cold Pursuit (2019)
The Dark Tower (2017)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
Escape Room (2019)
Game Night (2018)
The Goonies (1985)
The Happytime Murders (2018)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Kicking and Screaming (2005)
The Nutty Professor (1996)
The Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000)
Paddington (2014)
Wonka (2013)
Leaving December 3
How I Met Your Mother, Seasons 1-9
Leaving December 5
Compliance (2012)
Leaving December 7
Gods of Egypt (2016)
Leaving December 9
Daddy’s Home (2015)
Daddy’s Home 2 (2017)
Leaving December 17
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 (2016)
Leaving December 18
The 100, Seasons 1-7
Arrow, Seasons 1-8
Supernatural, Seasons 1-15
Leaving December 25
Transformers (2007)
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Leaving December 29
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Idiocracy (2006)
Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
Leaving December 30
Ready Player One (2018)
Leaving December 31
Evil, Seasons 1-3
