If you want to watch as many Oscar contenders as possible before the new year, Netflix offers two buzzy new films for you. Todd Haynes’ May December and Bradley Cooper’s Maestro both arrive in December, giving you plenty of time to enjoy the performances before casting your ballot for the 2024 Academy Awards. There’s no need to save room on your Oscar ballot for Zack Snyder’s sci-fi epic Rebel Moon, which comes out on December 22nd and is most likely a popcorn movie.
December is also an interesting month on Netflix for aficionados of Korean entertainment. Gyeongseong Creature, starring Park Seo-joon and Han So-hee, is one of the year’s most anticipated K-dramas. Sweet Home, the apocalyptic series, returns for a second season after nearly three years. Of course, we can’t forget about another Korean series that will return in December. Single’s Inferno is back for a third season, and the reality dating programme is sure to have viewers swooning once more.
Continue reading for more on the month’s highlights, as well as a complete list of everything coming to and leaving Netflix in December 2023.
The best new Netflix movies and shows in December
May December (Dec. 1)
One of the most anticipated films of the winter — and a safe bet for the 2024 awards season — will be available on Netflix on December 1. When an actor shows up on their porch one day in May December, Gracie (Julianne Moore) and Joe’s (Charles Melton) marriage begins to fall apart. Elizabeth (Natalie Portman) has made it her objective to learn about their connection beyond the tabloid headlines from two decades ago in order to prepare for a film. But what happens when the actress goes too far with her research? [Trailer]
The Crown (Dec. 14)
Part 2 of The Crown’s final season premieres on November 16. This chapter debuted three new television stars: Rufus Kampa as little Prince William, Ed McVey as the prince’s elder incarnation, and Meg Bellamy as Kate Middleton. Season 6 is a difficult one because it depicts the end of Princess Diana’s (Elizabeth Debicki) life. [Trailer]
Maestro (Dec. 20)
Bradley Cooper’s Maestro is another film that is predicted to receive major Oscar attention. Cooper not only directs and writes the biopic about composer Leonard Bernstein, but also plays the primary part. Carey Mulligan plays Bernstein’s wife Felicia Montealegre, and it’s hardly surprise that critics have already praised both leads. [Trailer]
Gyeongseong Creature Season 1 Part 1 (Dec. 22)
In this historical thriller series, two of Korea’s biggest names, Park Seo-joon (who you may have seen in The Marvels) and Han So-hee, link up. It’s 1945 in Gyeongseong, as Seoul was once known, and the people living under Japanese domination must confront a beast spawned by human greed. Wi Ha-jun, who played police officer Jun-ho in Squid Game, also joins the cast. [Trailer]
Rebel Moon — Part 1: A Child of Fire (Dec. 22)
Can a mega-budget sci-fi action movie franchise be born on a streaming service rather than on a large theatre screen at multiplexes across the country? With Zack Snyder’s next project Rebel Moon, we’re about to find out. The original IP sounds like Seven Samurai but in space (and with more of Snyder’s characteristic slow-motion), with a heroine (Sofia Boutella) gathering powerful warriors to aid her ward off attacks on innocent farmers by a gang of bullying jerks. Snyder has been working on this for almost a decade, and he first offered it to LucasFilm as a new Star Wars world branch. Starring alongside Charlie Hunnam are Michiel Huisman, Djimon Hounsou, and Ray Fisher. Part 2 will be released in April, so you won’t have to wait long to finish the story.
Everything coming to Netflix in December
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
Dec. 6
Blood Coast
Christmas as Usual
Dec. 7
Analog Squd
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 6Leave 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
Everything leaving Netflix in November
Dec. 14
The Hills: Seasons 1-2
Dec. 21
Sing 2
Dec. 27
Da Kath & Kim Code
Kath & Kimderella
Kath and Kim: Kountdown Specials
Kath and Kim: Seasons 1-4
Kath and Kim: The Souvenir Editions
Dec. 28
The Adventures of Puss in Boots: Seasons 1-6
Dec. 30
Taylor Swift reputation Stadium Tour
Us
Dec. 31
8 Mile
American Beauty
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Casper
Catch Me If You Can
Crank
Crank 2: High Voltage
Field of Dreams
Friends with Benefits
Get Him to the Greek
Gladiator
Jaws
Jaws 2
Jaws 3
Jaws: The Revenge
Kung Fu Panda
Lost in Translation
Love Actually
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible III
Role Models
Runaway Bride
Saving Private Ryan
Scarface
The Wolf of Wall Street
