1. "Candy Cane Lane"
In what looks to be a new holiday classic, Eddie Murphy plays a dad who makes a deal with a devious elf. He and his family (including Tracee Ellis Ross) must race against time to end the elf’s spell before Christmas is ruined forever.
December 1, Prime Video
2. "May December"
Director Todd Haynes directs this film starring Julianne
Moore as Gracie, a woman who had an affair with a child and eventually married
him (loosely based on the Mary Kay Letourneau story). Years later, when an actress playing Gracie in a film (Natalie Portman) arrives at her home for research, the couple’s relationship is
tested.
December 1, Netflix
3. "Murder in Boston: Roots, Rampage, and Reckoning"
In this true crime miniseries, Bostonians recount the Carol
Stuart murder in 1989. The investigation ignited racial tensions in the city and led to
a shocking revelation of the true identity of the killer.
December 4, HBO
4. "Christmas as Usual"
Thea brings her new fiancé Jashan home to meet her family for
Christmas, but there’s a bit of a culture clash between their Norwegian traditions
and his Indian roots in this international holiday rom-com.
December 6, Netflix
5. "I Hate Christmas"
Catch up on season one of the Italian miniseries and then
tune in for the premiere of season two. In it, Gianna hates the constant
questioning from her family about her love life, so she shops around for a fake
boyfriend to bring home for the holidays. Flirty hilarity ensues.
December 7, Netflix
6. "The Archies"
In India, they’ve turned Archie comics into a Bollywood film.
Only skip it if you hate fun.
December 7, Netflix
7. "The Lovers"
Opposites really do attract in this British import. Janet is
a supermarket worker who cares about nothing while Seamus is a political
broadcaster who only cares about himself and his perfectly curated life. When
they meet, their different personalities clash, but they are also strangely
brought closer together.
December 7, Sundance Now / AMC+
8. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Christmas Cabin Fever"
The Heffley family is snowed in without power and things are
about to get weird (especially when it comes to Manny and his creepy doll) in
the animated version of the beloved book.
December 8, Disney +
9. "Leave the World Behind"
Two families, strangers to each other, are thrown together
when there’s a major blackout. The challenge to survive gets mixed with whom to trust.
Sam Esmail writes and directs this adaptation of the Rumaan Alam novel while Julia Roberts,
Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali, Myha'la Herrold and Kevin Bacon star.
December
8, Netflix
10. "Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget"
Over 20 years after the first “Chicken Run,” the animated film
gets a sequel. The chickens have broken out of the farm and started a new life,
but when a new threat emerges, they must break into a factory to save all of
chicken-kind.
December 15, Netflix
11. "The Family Plan"
A dormant elite assassin (Mark Wahlberg) is reactivated when
his unsuspecting family is threatened. They must take a road trip (a family vacation, of sorts) to Vegas to protect each other in this family action-comedy.
December 15, Apple TV+
12. Such Brave Girls
A single mother and her two adults daughters struggle
through life in this new sitcom, created by
and starring Kat Sadler for BBC Three.
December 15, Hulu
13. "BTS Monuments: Beyond the Star"
K-pop fans, assemble for this behind-the-scenes miniseries
about BTS, the wildly popular Korean boy band. Follow the band from their beginning
all through today.
December 20, Disney+
14. "Maestro"
For his second directorial effort, Bradley Cooper helms and
stars in this biopic about composer Leonard Bernstein and his wife, Felicia
(played by the radiant Carey Mulligan).
Cooper worked on his conducting skills for six years for one pivotal scene.
December 20, Netflix
15. "Percy Jackson and the Olympians"
Percy Jackson is a tween boy and a demigod among men in this
new series adaptation of the best-selling Rick Riordan novels. He must embrace his
new identity in order to prevent a war among the gods.
December 20, Disney+
16. "Rebel Moon Part 1: A Child of Fire"
Zack Snyder directed this sci-fi film, billed as a “space
opera.” Sofia Boutella plays Kora, a former Imperium army member who
rallies warriors from across the galaxy to fight against the oppressive government,
called the Motherworld. If "Star Wars" fans think the plot sounds familiar, the
bones of it come from a canceled "Star Wars" feature that Snyder was developing
for Lucasfilm.
December 22, Netflix
17. "Science Fair: The Series"
Never has a high school science fair felt so thrilling as in
this new docu-series. The stakes are high for the grand prize and so is the
drama when teenagers are concerned.
December
10, Disney+/Hulu