Lifestyle of a Fashionista

December 2025

Movies and series with a ⭐️ have won an award, or were nominated for an award. 🚨indicates a thriller, mystery 🕵🏼‍♂️, or police procedural. 🎥is a classic worth rewatching, 🔥indicates a movie or series that will be trending.

Streaming: Movies and Series

The Lists: December releases by streaming service.

Visit: What to Watch from The New York Times for more suggestions.

Amazon Prime: See the full list from Amazon.

Apple TV+: New Apple TV from Apple TV Press

Disney+: See the full list from Vulture

Hulu: See the full list from Vulture

Max (HBO): See the full list from Vulture

Netflix: See the full list Tulum and from Vulture.

Paramount+: New On Paramount+. From Vulture

Peacock: See the full list from Vulture and Peacock.

Movies: New and Noteworthy

 🔥After The Hunt (2025 psychological thriller on Prime Video)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw, premiere (Disney+ Original December 5th)

🔥Jay Kelly (2025 comedy/drama on Netflix December 5th), Movie star Jay Kelly (George Clooney) confronts his past and present on a journey through Europe with his devoted manager in this film from Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach.

Merv (rom-com on Prime Video December 10th), When their beloved dog Merv loses his spark after their split, Anna (Zooey Deschanel) and Russ (Charlie Cox) are forced into the world’s most awkward co-parenting arrangement. Hoping to shake Merv out of his funk, Russ takes him to Florida for a much-needed getaway—only for Anna to show up unexpectedly. As Merv slowly gets his groove back, turns out fixing their dog’s broken heart may lead to a few sparks of their own.

🔥🕵🏼‍♂️Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — Netflix Film on December 12th, Detective Benoit Blanc teams up with an earnest young priest to investigate a perfectly impossible crime at a small-town church with a dark history.

F1 The Movie (action/drama on Apple TV December12th)

Goodbye June (2025 drama on Netflix December 24th), directed by Kate Winslet and is a look at grief, family relationships and saying goodbye. Set just before Christmas, four adult siblings must grapple with the imminent death of their mother, June, who still cracks jokes from her hospital bed. Written by Winslet’s son Joe Anders, it’s inspired by the experience Winslet went through when she lost her mother to ovarian cancer eight years ago. The film stars Australian’s own Toni Collette, Helen Mirren, Kate Winslet, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall and Stephen Merchant.

The Life of Chuck (2025 film on Hulu December 26th)

Together (2025 horror on Hulu December 31st)

🎄Holiday Movies: Countdown to Christmas

Read my Countdown to Christmas post for a more detailed list of movies.

🎄Oh. What. Fun (holiday movie premieres Dec. 3 on Prime Video

🎄My Secret Santa — Netflix Film on Dec. 3

From Entertainment Weekly: How to watch all 85 new Christmas movies this year

Series: New and Returning

From TV Insider: Fall 2025 TV Premiere Dates: Full Schedule for New & Returning Shows

New:

🚨The Hunt (Apple TV, new French-language thriller/drama series premieres December 3rd, weekly episodes through December 31st), In the shadow of a dark Internet conspiracy theory, a group of elitists gathers at a remote location to hunt humans for sport.

The Abandons (Netflix, new western action/drama series on December 4th), The Abandons tells the story of a group of diverse renegade families living on the fringes of society in 1850s Washington State. These lost souls band together to fight corrupt forces and do anything they can to save their land. The Western series will explore the jagged line between survival and law, the consequences of violence, and the corrosive power of secrets as this makeshift family battles to keep what’s theirs.

Man vs. Baby (Netflix, new British comedy series on December 11th), Rowan Atkinson is back for Netflix and this time he’s taking on a human foe in Man vs Baby. 

🚨🔥Little Disasters (Paramount+, new drama limited thriller series, all 6 episodes released on December 11th), based on a novel by Sarah Vaughn. Little Disasters focuses on a decade-long friendship among Jess (Kruger), Liz (Joyner), Charlotte (Conn) and Mel (Taaffe), four expectant mothers who were thrown together with little in common apart from their due dates but have been there for one another throughout motherhood. When perfect stay-at-home mother Jess takes her baby daughter to the hospital with a head injury that she can’t explain, her close friend and on-duty ER doctor Liz must make the excruciating decision of whether to call social services. With one phone call, Liz sets in motion a chain of events that ripples, fractures, and nearly destroys not only their families but their entire friendship group.

🚨🔥City of Shadows (Netflix, new Spanish thriller/drama series on December 12th),  revolving around a gruesome crime that takes place in Spain and a police inspector who’s recently returned to duty, City of Shadows is the addictive series where every clue matters – and once you’ve started it, you won’t want to pause it.

🚨🔥The Copenhagen Test (Peacock, new sci-fi/thriller/drama series on December 27th), This espionage thriller series follows first-generation Chinese-American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale (Simu Liu) who realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears. Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown hackers, he must maintain a performance 24/7 to flush out who’s responsible and prove where his allegiance lies. 

Returning scripted series

Mad Men, seasons 1-7 4K rerelease on HBO Max, including some errors.

Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+, Season 2 December 10th)

🎄Home for Christmas (Netflix, Season 3; on December 12th)

Fallout (season 2 on Prime Video December 17th)

🔥Emily in Paris (season 5 on Netflix December 18th)

🔥Stranger Things (season 5 on Netflix, Volume 1, Part 2 will arrive Christmas 2025, and the epic conclusion will arrive both on Netflix and in select theaters on New Year’s Eve 2025.) The last new episode premiered on July 1, 2022. If, like me, you forgot most of the story, you can rewatch the 34 episodes on Netflix, or read this article and watch the 27 minute video: The Only Recap You Need Before Stranger Things Season 5

Documentary

The New Yorker at 100 — Netflix Documentary on December 5th, For the first time, The New Yorker opens up its offices to Academy Award–winning director Marshall Curry, allowing unprecedented access to its newsroom at a pivotal moment for all media. This documentary offers a rare look at what it took to publish a century of intrepid journalism, generation-defining fiction, and unforgettable cartoons.

The End of an Era, docuseries two-episode premiere on Disney+ on December 12th

Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour | The Final Show, premiere on Disney+ on December 12th

Reality and Award Shows

My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler — Netflix Series

🎄With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration — Netflix Series

Love Is Blind: Italy (Netflix, new dating series on December 1st)

Owning Manhattan (Netflix, Season 2 on December 5th)