New Netflix movies are going to be few and far between in December 2025. Indeed, with the final month of the year now upon us, the world's best streaming service will, like the rest of us, start winding down ahead of the actual festive season.
Before it does, though, Netflix has got some new movies up its sleeve – and it just so happens two of them have arrived ahead of this weekend (December 5-7). So, read on to find out what's just dropped on the platform and, more importantly, if they're worth watching.
New Netflix movies: December
Jay Kelly
Release date: December 5
Runtime: 133 minutes
Age rating: 16+ (US); 15 (UK)
Cast: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup, Riley Keough, Grace Edwards, Stacy Keach, Jim Broadbent, Patrick Wilson, Eve Hewson, Greta Gerwig, and many more
Director: Noah Baumbach
RT score: 77% (critics); 87% (audience)
My Secret Santa
Release date: December 3
Runtime: 93 minutes
Age rating: PG-13 (US); 12 (UK)
Cast: Alexandra Breckenridge, Ryan Eggold, Madison Macisaac, Barry Levy, Adam Beauchesne, Dominic Fox, Nathan Kay, and William C. Vaughan
Director: Mike Rohl
RT score: TBC (critics); TBC (audience)
New Netflix movies: November
Jingle Bell Heist
Release date: November 28
Runtime: 96 minutes
Age rating: PG-13 (US); 12 (UK)
Cast: Olivia Holt, Connor Swindells, Lucy Punch, Peter Serafinowicz, and Poppy Drayton
Director: Michael Fimognari
RT score: 72% (critics); 39% (audience)
Train Dreams
Release date: November 21
Runtime: 103 minutes
Age rating: PG-13 (US); 12 (UK)
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Nathaniel Arcand, Clifton Collins Jr., John Diehl, Paul Schneider, Kerry Condon, and William H. Macy
Director: Clint Bentley
RT score: 95% (critics); 90% (audience)
Champagne Problems
Release date: November 18
Runtime: 91 minutes
Age rating: PG-13 (US); 12 (UK)
Cast: Minka Kelly, Tom Wozniczka, Thibault de Montalemert, Sean Amsing, Flula Borg, Astrid Whettnall, Xavier Samuel, Mitchell Mullen, Maeve Courtier-Lilley
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
RT score: 72% (critics); 63% (audience)
In Your Dreams
Release date: November 14
Runtime: 91 minutes
Age rating: PG (US and UK)
Cast: Jolie Hoang-Rappaport, Elias Janssen, Craig Robinson, Simu Liu, Cristin Milioti, Omid Djalili, Gia Carides, SungWon Cho, and Zachary Noah Piser
Director: Alex Woo
RT score: 86% (critics); 79% (audience)
Nouvelle Vague
Release date: November 14
Runtime: 106 minutes
Age rating: R (US); 15 (UK)
Cast: Guillaume Marbeck, Aubry Dullin, Zoey Deutch, Bruno Dreyfurst, and Matthieu Penchinat
Director: Richard Linklater
RT score: 90% (critics); 83% (audience)
A Merry Little Ex-Mas
Release date: November 12
Runtime: 91 minutes
Age rating: PG (US and UK)
Cast: Alicia Silverstone, Oliver Hudson, Jameela Jamil, Pierson Fode, and Melissa Joan Hart
Director: Steve Carr
RT score: 47% (critics); 35% (audience)
Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein
Release date: November 7
Runtime: 149 minutes
Age rating: R (US); 15+ (UK)
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, DavidBradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christian Convery, Charles Dance, and Christoph Waltz
Director: Guillermo del Toro
RT score: 86% (critics); 94% (audience)
What new Netflix movies are coming soon?
There are just new Netflix movies (English language ones, anyway) due to be released before 2025 is over. So, read on to see what that duo is:
- Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (December 12)
- Goodbye June (December 24)
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