December is always a huge month for new movies and shows on Netflix, and this year hits all the marks. New releases this month deliver a combo of returning hit shows, a handful of the streamer’s big awards contenders and a new blockbuster sci-fi epic from Zack Snyder.
Aside from the marquee titles of the month, there’s the always-shifting library of old favorites, and this month has a particularly exciting addition — a bunch of the DCEU movies are returning to Netflix for the first time in years after WBD decided to start licensing their DC library again.
So if “Rebel Moon” has you in the mood for more of Snyder’s work, “Man of Steel” and “Batman v. Superman” will both be available as of Dec. 1. And you’ll also be able to catch up with “Aquaman” before the sequel hits theaters on Dec. 21.
Check out all of Netflix’s new releases below.
Best New Movies & Shows on Netflix
Virgin River: Season 5, Part 2
Available: Nov. 30
Netflix’s beloved, comforting small town soap “Virgin River” returns for the second part of its fifth season. The holiday-themed duo of episodes that promise to be a bit more lighthearted than the first 10 episodes of the season, which broke hearts, went to court and nearly burnt down Virgin River itself.
May December
Available: Dec. 1
Julianne Moore reteams again with “Safe” and “Far From Heaven” filmmaker Todd Haynes, for another masterful character piece: “May December“. The film stars Natalie Portman as an actress researching her latest character — Julianne Moore’s Gracie Ahterton-Yoo (inspired by the true story of Mary Kay Letourneau), who seduced and married a teenage boy, sparking a ’90s tabloid frenzy. It’s a fantastic, challenging work with several of the year’s best performances, especially Charles Melton as Gracie’s young husband, Joe. In TheWrap’s Cannes review of the film, Tomris Laffly praised: “Haynes has done something spellbinding here: heady, grown-up and committed to a refreshing dose of moral ambiguity.”
Leave the World Behind
Available: Dec. 8
“Mr. Robot” and “Homecoming” creator Sam Esmail adapts Rumaan Alam’s hit 2020 novel in the paranoid apocalyptic thriller “Leave the World Behind.” Led by the powerhouse ensemble of Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke and Myha’la Herrold, the film follows a couple who rents a vacation home (Roberts and Hawke) only to have their stay interrupted by two strangers (Ali and Herrold) who arrive with news of a cyber attack.
The Crown: Season 6, Part 2
Available: Dec. 14
Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Netflix original “The Crown” wraps up its eight-year run this month with the final six episodes of Season 6. The first half of the season followed the final weeks of Diana’s life, and the second half will continue the story after her death, sprinting toward the present, including Prince William’s romance with Kate Middleton — and Kate’s infamous see-through runway dress.
Maestro
Available: Dec. 20
Bradley Cooper follows up his feted filmmaking debut “A Star Is Born” with another sweeping story romance in the face of musical genius, this time focused on the legendary Leonard Bernstein and his beloved wife, Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. In TheWrap’s review from the film’s Venice debut, Ben Croll wrote: “Easily clearing the sophomore slump and proving that 2018’s surprisingly vibrant “A Star is Born” was hardly a one-off, Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” bolsters the writer/director/producer/star’s MO as a contemporary jack-of-all-trades with an Old Hollywood soul.”
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
Once pitched as a “Star Wars” movie, Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon” will bring action-packed space opera to streaming in two parts. The first installment, “A Child of Fire,” drops in December (the second will arrive in April 2024). The ensemble includes Sofia Boutella, Michiel Huisman, Charlie Hunnam, Djimon Hounsou, Ed Skrein, Cleopatra Coleman and the great Anthony Hopkins, who voices “an ancient mechanized protector hiding in the wings.”
Full List of New Movies & Shows on Netflix in December 2023
Dec. 1
May December
Sweet Home: Season 2
Basketball Wives: Seasons 3-4
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Big Brother: Seasons 6 and 17
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
Black Swan
Blockers
Boyz n the Hood
Burlesque
College Hill: Celebrity Edition: Season 1
Holey Moley: Seasons 1-2
Insidious
L.A. Confidential
Man of Steel
The Meg
Neighbors
Real Husbands of Hollywood: More Kevin, More Problems: Season 1
Shazam!
She’s All That
She’s the Man
Suicide Squad
Taken
Taken 2
The Suicide Squad
Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman 1984
Dec. 3
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Welcome to Samdal-ri
Dec. 4
Dew Drop Diaries: Season 2
Dec. 5
Stavros Halkias: Fat Rascal
Top Chef: Seasons 6 and 15
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The Crown
Dec. 6
Blood Coast
Christmas as Usual
Dec. 7
Analog Squad
The Archies
Hilda: Season 3
I Hate Christmas: Season 2
High Tides
My Life With the Walter Boys
NAGA
World War II: From the Frontlines
Dec. 8
Blood Vessel
The Great British Baking Show: Holidays: Season 6
Leave the World Behind
Women on the Edge
Dec. 9
Love and Monsters
Dec. 12
Kevin Hart & Chris Rock: Headliners Only
Single’s Inferno: Season 3
Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team
Dec. 13
1670
Car Masters: Rust to Riches: Season 5
Holiday in the Vineyards
The Influencer
Se Eu Fosse: Luísa Sonza
Dec. 14
As the Crow Flies: Season 2
The Crown: Season 6 Part 2
Married at First Sight: Season 14
Yu Yu Hakusho
Dec. 15
Carol & The End of The World
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Face to Face with ETA: Conversations with a Terrorist
Familia
The Hills: Seasons 3-4
Yoh’ Christmas
Dec. 18
Mush-Mush and the Mushables
Dec. 19
Project Runway: Season 17
Trevor Noah: Where Was I
Dec. 20
Cindy la Regia: The High School Years
Love is Blind Brazil: After the Altar
Maestro
Taming of the Shrewd 2
Dec. 21.
Flipping Out: Seasons 4-5
Like Flowers in Sand
Supa Team 4: Season 2
Dec. 22
Gyeongseong Creature: Season 1 Part 1
Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire
Dec. 24
A Vampire in the Family
The Manny
Dec. 25
Ricky Gervais: Armageddon
Star Trek: Prodigy: Season 1
Dec. 26
Thank You, I’m Sorry
Dec. 27
Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare
Dec. 28
Pokémon Concierge
Dec. 29
Berlin
Dec. 31
Blippi Wonders: Season 3
The Millionaire Matchmaker: Seasons 3-4
