It’s a brand new month and like clockwork, a new slate of movies and shows has landed on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and just about every major streaming platform. Somehow, December is already here, which means the holiday season is around the corner and there’s finally going to be some free time to catch up on good entertainment. But given how spoiled we are for choices these days and since scrolling endlessly for binge-worthy content is a waste of a good evening, we decided to take matters into our own hands to help you figure out what actually deserves a spot on your watchlist. So, here are our picks for the best new TV series and films worth streaming on Netflix, Prime Video, Disney+, and more in December 2025.
Best New Movies and Shows Streaming in December 2025
Fallout: Season 2 (Prime Video)
Release Date: 17 December 2025
Let’s start with a big (and obvious) one. Prime Video’s breakout video-game adaptation is back with a brand-new season that’s set deeper in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. And this time, we’re heading to irradicated Vegas, baby! Based on Bethesda’s video-game series, Season 1 gave us all the things we had hoped for from a Fallout TV adaptation, including a grounded and surprisingly heartfelt story, memorable characters and the signature dark humour and brutal violence the franchise is known for. Now, Season 2 is pushing the envelope further, taking the story into the Mojave Wasteland and bringing us to the Strip, the iconic location from 2010’s Fallout: New Vegas.
Fallout Season 2 will pick up after the explosive Season 1 finale, with Lucy searching for her father while The Ghoul begins his own hunt for the family he believes may have survived the Great War. The biggest bombshell in Season 2 is the proper debut of Robert Edwin House, now played by Justin Theroux. As fans of Fallout: New Vegas will know, House is the enigmatic ruler of the Strip, a pre-war tech titan whose influence shaped the world before and after the bombs fell. Season 2 also sees two major cast additions as Kumail Nanjiani joins the ensemble and Macaulay Culkin is set to appear in a recurring role as a “crazy genius” character.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (Netflix)
Release Date: 12 December 2025
December also sees the return of Daniel Craig’s master detective Benoit Blanc on his “most personal journey yet” as he’s pulled into a baffling new case. The third film in the Knives Out series, Netflix’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, acts as a standalone sequel to the first and once again puts Rian Johnson back in the director’s chair. After the not-so-successful second film, which tried to do and be many things at once, Wake Up Dead Man is returning to the series’ whodunit roots, taking Craig’s Benoit Blanc on a trail of intrigue and deception.
Per the official synopsis, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery takes “Blanc to a small hamlet in leafy upstate New York, where eager young priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor) has been sent to assist the local priest, Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin). A charismatic firebrand, Wicks tends to a flock that includes Martha Delacroix (Glenn Close), Samson Holt (Thomas Haden Church), Vera Draven (Kerry Washington), Cy Draven (Daryl McCormack), Nat Sharp (Jeremy Renner), Lee Ross (Andrew Scott), and Simone Vivane (Cailee Spaeny).”
However, “after a seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, local police chief Geraldine Scott (Mila Kunis) joins forces with Blanc to unravel a mystery that pushes the boundaries of both faith and reason.”
Percy Jackson and The Olympians Season 2 (Disney+)
Release Date: 10 December 2025
After a solid first outing, Disney+’s Percy Jackson and The Olympians is back for Season 2, and the next chapter is heading into The Sea of Monsters, taking Percy’s world into bigger, stranger, and far more dangerous waters. Quite literally that is.
Set one year after the events of Season 1, Percy Jackson and The Olympians Season 2 sees Percy return to Camp Half-Blood only to find the camp in crisis as Thalia’s tree has been poisoned, the magical border is collapsing, and monsters are starting to slip through. If that wasn’t enough, even Grover has gone missing during his search for the Golden Fleece. The new season will follow Percy, Annabeth, and Percy’s newly revealed cyclops half-brother, Tyson, as they sail into the Sea of Monsters, navigating sirens, shipwrecks, and Luke’s rising plan to awaken Kronos and recover the Fleece to rescue Grover.
F1 the Movie (Apple TV+)
Release Date: 12 December 2025
If you somehow missed the massive hype around Brad Pitt’s long-awaited Formula 1 drama, now’s your chance to catch up as F1: The Movie is now streaming on Apple TV+. Set inside a fictional Formula 1 team called APXGP, the film’s story follows Pitt’s Sonny Hayes, a former F1 star whose career was cut short after a brutal crash.
Pitt is suddenly pulled back into the grid to help rebuild a failing team and mentor its young rookie driver, Joshua Pearce, played by Damson Idris. The film, directed by Joseph Kosinski (Top Gun: Maverick), boasts some of the most realistic on-track racing sequences ever seen on screen and was shot during real Grand Prix weekends, using modified race cars and track time negotiated around official sessions.
Oh. What. Fun. (Prime Video)
Release Date: 3 December 2025
It wouldn’t be a holiday lineup without at least one holiday film, and Oh. What. Fun. is it for Prime Video with a story that’s (somewhat like) a grown-up twist on Home Alone, only this time, the one left behind is the mom. Michelle Pfeiffer leads this Christmas comedy from Michael Showalter as Claire Clauster, the overworked matriarch who usually keeps her family’s elaborate holiday traditions running like a well-oiled machine.
But when her family accidentally leaves her behind during a big holiday outing, Pfeiffer’s Claire hits her limit and decides to take the break she’s been putting off for years, setting out on an unexpected, much-needed adventure. Oh. What. Fun. follows her as she runs off for a little freedom and ends up in some pretty unexpected encounters, including a dance competition hosted by Eva Longoria, all while her frantic family scrambles to find her.
Honourable Mentions
Given the deluge of content hitting every streaming platform, we obviously couldn’t fit all the other great shows and films into our December must-watch streaming list. So, apart from the films and TV shows we have already listed, we’d like to mention a few other releases worth keeping on your radar. Netflix’s Stranger Things Season 5 has already dropped its first couple of episodes, with the rest arriving through the end of the year, culminating in the massive finale on December 31.
Prime Video’s Merv is another great feel-good holiday film about a separated couple (Zooey Deschanel and Charlie Cox) who find themselves in the world’s most awkward co-parenting situation when their dog loses his spark after their breakup. Merv will be available for streaming on Prime Video from December 10. Rounding out the month is Netflix’s Goodbye June, releasing on Christmas Eve, i.e. December 24. Led by Helen Mirren’s sharp, funny, and fiercely honest performance as June, the film marks Kate Winslet’s directorial debut and the story follows four siblings dealing with a turbulent Christmas as their mother’s health declines.
And that does it for our picks for what’s worth streaming in December. From our team here at Our Culture, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and safe New Year!
