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It’s going to be a busy month on Netflix in December. I’m not even going to estimate how many hours of new content they’ve got over just 30 days. It’s a lot. Too much for any person to watch.

The highlights: The final episodes of Stranger Things, including the series finale on New Year’s Eve, the new Noah Baumbach movie Jay Kelly starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler, and Wake Up Dead Man, the third Knives Out mystery movie from writer/director Rian Johnson and star Daniel Craig. Sandler will also appear on a special episode of My Next Guest With David Letterman, and there are also new episodes of Emily in Paris, several new Christmas movies and specials (including one featuring Sesame Street’s Muppets), and documentaries on John Elway and the making of Jay Kelly. 

Here’s the full list of what’s coming to Netflix in December 2025. It’s so much stuff you won’t even have to think about having a prolonged conversation with your in-laws over the holidays.

Avail. 12/1/25
All The Empty Rooms — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
In this moving short documentary, a journalist and a photographer set out to memorialize the bedrooms left behind by children killed in school shootings.

CoComelon Lane: Season 6 — NETFLIX FAMILY
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Dive into the holidays as the residents of CoComelon Lane sing along with Santa, celebrate Hanukkah and more.

Love is Blind: Italy — NETFLIX SERIES
Divided into pods, Italian singles meet, date and get engaged — sight unseen — in their quest to find and marry their one true love.

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My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler — NETFLIX SERIES
Adam Sandler invites Dave backstage on his comedy tour, then they sit down at NYU to chat about standup, famous roles and his beloved Stratocaster.

Playing Gracie Darling — NETFLIX SERIES
Decades after her childhood best friend vanished at a séance gone wrong, a psychologist must face her haunted past when another young girl goes missing.

Troll 2 — NETFLIX FILM
When a dangerous new troll unleashes devastation across their homeland, Nora, Andreas and Major Kris embark on their most perilous mission yet.

A League of Their Own
As Good as It Gets
Bad Teacher
Big Momma’s House
Big Momma’s House 2
Brightburn
Burlesque
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
Christmas Break-In
Downton Abbey
Godzilla
Hollow Man
Joy for Christmas
Kung Fu Panda
Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda 3
Little Women
Pulp Fiction
Stripes
The Ugly Truth
Victoria: Seasons 1-3
What Lies Beneath
The Wolf of Wall Street
Zero Dark Thirty

Avail. 12/2/25
Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches: Season 2

Matt Rife: Unwrapped – A Christmas Crowd Work Special — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
Matt Rife: Unwrapped – A Christmas Crowd Work Special arrives just in time for the holidays. In the special, he explores gifts, traditions, and who’s made it on the naughty or nice list this year.

Avail. 12/3/25
My Secret Santa — NETFLIX FILM
A single mom needs a job. A ski resort needs a Santa. Disguised as a St. Nick lookalike, can Taylor fool a charming hotel heir into ho-ho-hiring her?

The Northman

Stranded with my Mother-in-Law: Season 3 (BR) — NETFLIX SERIES
Tensions rise as six new couples arrive on paradise island with extra baggage — their mothers-in-law — and compete for a huge cash prize.

With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration — NETFLIX SERIES
‘Tis the season! Meghan shares her favorite holiday traditions, seasonal crafts and family recipes with friends old and new in this festive special.

Avail. 12/4/25
A Lot Like Christmas

The Abandons — NETFLIX SERIES
In 1850s Washington, two families led by powerful matriarchs — one wealthy, one poor but deeply loyal — battle for supremacy on the unforgiving frontier.

The Believers: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
To save their families, Win and Game raise the cash and the stakes for a sinister politician’s dreams. Meanwhile, Dear sets out on her own to start over.

Forrest Gump

Fugue State 1986 — NETFLIX SERIES
An army veteran lures a young student into a dark, twisted friendship in this chilling drama about a massacre in ’80s Bogotá, inspired by real events.

I Wish You Had Told Me — NETFLIX FILM
When a young missionary uncovers his late father’s long-held secret, he travels from the Philippines to Spain in search of his dad’s forbidden love.

Lali: Time to Step Up  — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Pop star Lali pulls back the curtain in this intimate documentary, tracking her artistic evolution and self-discovery while on her first stadium tour.

Mean Girls (2004)
Mean Girls (2024)

Avail. 12/5/25
Jay Kelly — NETFLIX FILM
Movie star Jay Kelly confronts his past and present on a journey through Europe with his devoted manager in this film from Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach.

Love and Wine — NETFLIX FILM
A prestigious wine farm heir trades lives with his down-to-earth childhood friend to prove that his luck with the ladies is more than wallet deep.

The Making of Jay Kelly — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
From the immersive opening shot to the emotional final line, go behind the scenes with director Noah Baumbach, George Clooney, Adam Sandler and more.

The New Yorker at 100 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
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, offering a rare look at what it took to publish a century of intrepid journalism, generation-defining fiction, and unforgettable cartoons.

The Night My Dad Saved Christmas 2 — NETFLIX FILM
When the sneaky director of a toy company kidnaps Santa, it’s up to a father and son to rescue him and save Christmas from disaster.

The Price of Confession — NETFLIX SERIES
Accused of killing her husband, a woman is offered a way out by a mysterious stranger: in exchange for a confession in her place, she must commit murder.

Owning Manhattan: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
Ryan Serhant aims to break into the posh uptown housing market, but will team rivalries, egos, gossip and betrayals stand in the way of success?

Avail. 12/7/25
Babylon
Cast Away

Avail. 12/8/25
Elmo and Mark Rober’s Merry Giftmas — NETFLIX FAMILY
Elmo and his Sesame Street friends work with former NASA engineer turned YouTube star Mark Rober to make special presents for a Merry Giftmas exchange.

Avail. 12/9/25
Badly in Love — NETFLIX SERIES
In Japan’s first dating show for rebellious yankiis, 11 singles butt heads, forge bonds and live together for 14 days as they go all out to find the one.

Blood Coast: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
With Lyès in prison and a violent new gang vying to take over Marseille’s drug trade, the squad faces more danger than ever — from both inside and out.

Masaka Kids, A Rhythm Within — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
In this joyful short documentary, children at a Ugandan orphanage find healing, spread hope and achieve global acclaim — one viral dance video at a time.

The West Wing: Seasons 1-7

Avail. 12/10/25
The Accident: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
A year after tragedy struck four families, pain lingers while new secrets surface. Now, each one must decide: seek redemption or revenge.

Record of Ragnarok: Season 3 — NETFLIX SERIES
After a shocking sixth round, the gods double down to humble humanity. Ragnarok continues as kings clash, beliefs collide, and fate is forged in battle.

Simon Cowell: The Next Act — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Music mogul and record executive Simon Cowell has single handedly created some of the biggest music superstars in the world. In this brand-new Netflix docu-series, cameras follow him everywhere as he sets out to do it again, to try and create the next global boyband sensation. This is unlike any show he has made before. From raw open casting calls to the release of their debut single, this is an all-access pass for viewers to catch every moment of Simon’s next chapter. Will he strike gold once again?

Avail. 12/11/25
The Fakenapping — NETFLIX FILM
Failed entrepreneur and struggling dad Sattam finds himself tangled in a madcap scheme when he decides to repay his debts — by kidnapping his own father.

Had I Not Seen the Sun: Part 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
In the aftermath of Jen-yao’s violent acts, long-buried truths threaten to shatter all hope — including the love he can never reclaim again.

Lost in the Spotlight — NETFLIX FILM
Just as he lands a prestigious role, a famous actor mysteriously loses his ability to act, sparking a journey of self-discovery amid public pressure.

Man Vs Baby — NETFLIX SERIES
Trevor’s back, baby! Heartfelt mishaps and Christmas capers abound as comedy legend Rowan Atkinson returns for another chaotic house-sitting experience.

Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
Lara races across the globe to uncover ancient African relics before a techno-visionary bent on playing god uses them to unleash worldwide destruction.

The Town — NETFLIX SERIES
A group of cash-strapped friends find their morals and relationships tested when they stumble upon four bags of stolen money in their hometown.

Avail. 12/12/25
The Amazing Digital Circus: Season 1: episodes 5-7

City of Shadows — NETFLIX SERIES
When Barcelona awakens to a body hanging in flames from one of Gaudí’s most iconic buildings, a disgraced detective must come back to catch the killer.

Home for Christmas: Season 3 — NETFLIX SERIES
Hoping to ease the lingering heartbreak of last Christmas, Johanne decides to enjoy this year’s festivities free from love troubles… or so she thinks.

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery — NETFLIX FILM
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.

Avail. 12/13/25
The Talented Mr. Ripley

Avail. 12/14/25
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie

Avail. 12/15/25
A Cowboy Christmas Romance
Christmas at the Chalet
The Christmas Classic
Christmas on the Alpaca Farm

The Creature Cases: Chapter 6 — NETFLIX FAMILY
Director Scratch has exciting new creature cases to keep her agents busy as Sam and Kit return to solve more animal mysteries all over the world!

Avail. 12/16/25
Castle Rock: Seasons 1-2

Culinary Class Wars: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
A fresh wave of “Black Spoon” cooks face the formidable “White Spoon” chefs in this epic culinary showdown. Who will withstand the heat — or flame out?

Avail. 12/17/25
The Manny: Season 3 — NETFLIX SERIES
As Jimena struggles to save her company, her relationship with Gabriel faces a series of setbacks. Can their love win, or is this the end of the line?

Murder in Monaco — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Monaco, 1999. One of the world’s richest men dies in his penthouse. This documentary unpacks the mysterious murder of billionaire banker, Edmond Safra.

What’s In The Box? — NETFLIX SERIES
In this game show hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, players answer trivia questions to win spectacular hidden prizes — or steal them from the competition.

Avail. 12/18/25
10DANCE — NETFLIX FILM
Two dancers, opposites in all but their art, agree to train together for a competition. At first, they clash, but soon become drawn to each other.

Emily in Paris: Season 5 — NETFLIX SERIES
Emily trades bonjour for buongiorno as she seeks to reinvent herself in Rome, but when love, career and loyalty collide, la dolce vita gets complicated.

Avail. 12/19/25
A Time For Bravery — NETFLIX FILM
A psychoanalyst on community service aids an agent shattered by infidelity; together, they will confront danger and discover second chances.

Breakdown: 1975 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
In 1975, as America faced social and political upheaval, filmmakers turned chaos into art. This documentary explores how a turbulent era gave rise to iconic movies like “Taxi Driver,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Network,” featuring insights from Martin Scorsese, Ellen Burstyn, Seth Rogen, and more.

The Great Flood — NETFLIX FILM
When a raging flood traps a researcher and her young son, a call to a crucial mission puts their escape — and the future of humanity — on the line.

Jake vs. Joshua: Judgment Day — NETFLIX LIVE EVENT
A colossal global showdown between Jake Paul and Anthony Joshua, live from Miami, Florida.

Avail. 12/22/25
The Closer: Seasons 1-7

Elway — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Told in his own words, the definitive story of Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway goes deep on his NFL dreams, heartbreaks and Super Bowl redemption.

Sicily Express — NETFLIX SERIES
With Christmas around the corner, two blundering Sicilian friends working in Milan discover a dumpster that transports them to their families in seconds.

Avail. 12/23/25
Eden

King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch: Season 3 — NETFLIX SERIES
With billion-dollar dreams and a powerhouse partner, Ken Goldin goes global with an amazing array of memorabilia — and some truly unusual finds.

Avail. 12/24/25
Downton Abbey: A New Era

Goodbye June — NETFLIX FILM
Kate Winslet directs and joins Helen Mirren, Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn and Andrea Riseborough in a tender tale of a family’s farewell to their mother.

Tom Segura: Teacher — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
This marks the comedian’s fifth stand-up special for Netflix following Tom Segura: Mostly Stories (2016), Tom Segura: Disgraceful (2018), Tom Segura: Ball Hog (2020), and Tom Segura: Sledgehammer (2023). His dark and twisted comedic series, Bad Thoughts, which was nominated for an Emmy, is returning for a second season in 2026.

Avail. 12/25/25
Christmas Gameday: Cowboys vs. Commanders — NETFLIX LIVE EVENT
Christmas Gameday returns with two big-time divisional matchups, featuring the Cowboys vs. Commanders and Lions vs. Vikings.

Christmas Gameday: Lions vs. Vikings — NETFLIX LIVE EVENT
Christmas Gameday returns with two big-time divisional matchups, featuring the Lions vs. Vikings and Cowboys vs. Commanders.

Stranger Things 5: Volume 2 — NETFLIX SERIES (Releasing at 5pm PT)
With Hawkins under lockdown, El in hiding and danger lurking at every turn, the entire party unites with a single goal: to hunt and kill Vecna.

Avail. 12/26/25
Cover-Up — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
This documentary traces the career of legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, whose tenacious reporting exposed cover-ups from My Lai to Abu Ghraib.

Avail. 12/29/25
Members Only: Palm Beach — NETFLIX SERIES
In this reality series, a group of socialites navigate the drama and decadence of Palm Beach, where the parties are lavish and the gossip is endless.

Avail. 12/30/25
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY

Ricky Gervais: Mortality — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
In a special that further solidifies his reputation as one of the most influential voices in comedy, Gervais takes on his own mortality in a brutally honest and darkly funny stand-up special about his life, death and the state of the world.

Avail. 12/31/25
Sleeping with Other People

Stranger Things 5: The Finale — NETFLIX SERIES (Releasing at 5pm PT)
With Hawkins under lockdown, El in hiding and danger lurking at every turn, the entire party unites with a single goal: to hunt and kill Vecna.

Will Vecna get a redemption arc in the final season of Stranger Things?

During a recent interview with TV Guide, Noah Schnapp and Millie Bobby Brown were asked about which villains from their hit Netflix series they consider “misunderstood,” and Schnapp might have inadvertently dropped a major clue about the upcoming final season with his somewhat mysterious — albeit cut-short — answer.

“Low-key Vecna, because like…” Schnapp, who plays Will Byers on the show, begins.

Brown suddenly interrupts Schnapp’s answer before he can put his foot further in his mouth. “Really? No, shut up. That’s it, now be quiet,” the actress who plays Eleven on the series says, laughing.

When pressed by the interviewer if Vecna could be considered “misunderstood” based on his gruesome actions in Season 4, Brown effortlessly steers the conversation away with her media training.

“Let’s just not even [go there], because today has been a day and we want to do so much for you, but we’re not smart enough to dance around these questions,” she says playfully.

Fans online are already buzzing about the implications of Schnapp’s answer. Could this mean that Vecna will somehow be redeemed? Does Vecna, AKA Henry Creel, AKA One, have some ultra-tragic backstory we’ll discover as Season 5 rolls out over the next few weeks? (To be fair, the Broadway stage show Stranger Things: The First Shadow does go into Henry’s upbringing and includes a lot of pretty important exposition, but I won’t spoil all that here.)

Still, while it seems unlikely that Vecna of all people — or, erm, interdimensional beings — could see some character redemption after mangling, sucking the eyeballs out of and seemingly trapping the souls of innocent teenagers in his nightmare realm last season, stranger things have happened. (Sorry.)

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Fans have long theorized that Vecna will use Will, who was connected to the Mind Flayer in Season 2, against Eleven in the upcoming fifth and final season. Now, it seems that will indeed be the case following the official Season 5 trailer, which revealed Will will be used as Vena’s pawn and under his control, in some capacity.

Meanwhile, a recent clip of the forthcoming season’s opening scene reveals what really happened to Will when he first went missing in the Upside Down all those years ago, including his first horrifying meeting with Vecna.

Season 5 takes place in the fall of 1987. Netflix’s official synopsis for the season reads:

Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.

Stranger Things Season 5 will be released in three parts: The first four episodes will hit Netflix on November 26, the next three episodes will begin streaming on Christmas (December 25), and the series finale will air on New Year’s Eve (December 31).

Episodes will be available to stream beginning at 5PM PT/8PM ET on their respective dates.

Customers to Paramount+ are about to pay for more for their streaming subscription.

The company announced that starting on January 15, 2026, new prices will go into effect for subscribers of Paramount’s streaming hub. The ad-supported tier will now cost $8.99, an increase of one dollar from the previous $7.99 price. The tier with no ads will also go up by one dollar; it will now cost $13.99 a month.

Those are for subscribers who pay per month; if you subscribe annually, you’ll pay more that way too. Paramount+ with ads will cost $89.99 a year, a sharp increase fro the previous $59.99 deal. Without ads you’re looking at an increase of $20, from $119.99 a year to $139.99 a year.

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Paramount recently signed a pricy, multibillion-dollar deal with the UFC to become the exclusive streaming home of the MMA federation’s live events. (Given that each UFC pay-per-view event previously cost $79.99, an annual price of $89.99 for Paramount+ with ads is actually a very good deal — for fans of UFC, at least.) They also finalized a deal over the summer with the creators of South Park as well, which has long been a Paramount property on cable, via the company’s linear channel, Comedy Central.

Paramount is far from the only company to raise its prices in recent months. Netflix announced a price hike in January of this year, which made its ad-supported tier $7.99 per month and its premium ad-free tier $24.99 a month. Just a few weeks ago, HBO Max announced its own increases on subscriptions; $10.99 a month with ads or $22.49 per month for their “premium” membership with no ads.

Netflix has released the first five minutes of Stranger Things Season 5, and it seems the final season of the hit sci-fi adventure series will take fans back to the very beginning of Will Byers’ terrible time spent in the Upside Down.

The upcoming season kicks off by revealing what really happened to Will in the Upside Down after he disappeared the night of November 6, 1983. As it turns out, Will bravely held his own for quite awhile, and even encountered Vecna long before the other kids did in Season 4.

The clip, released late Thursday (November 6), starts with young Will curled up in Castle Byers, softly singing The Clash’s “Should I Stay or Should I Go” to himself. All hell breaks loose when a Demogorgon suddenly bursts into the hut, and Will goes running through the dark, twisted woods of the Upside Down. After climbing a tree to safety, the monster finds him, and he leaps to another tree out of desperation, only to fall tumbling to the ground where he is dragged off.

We then see Will, unconscious, ensnared in vines inside the Hawkins Public Library—exactly where Joyce and Hopper found him in the Upside Down at the end of Season 1. The Demogorgon cowers away as Vecna appears and approaches the little boy, attaching a vine to his mouth that begins to feed dark particles to him. “At long last we can begin. You and I, we are going to do such beautiful things together, William,” Vecna tells Will, before the scene cuts to black.

Watch below:

READ MORE: Netflix Debuts First Look at Stranger Things Cartoon

Released on October 30, the official Season 5 trailer already hinted that Will will play a big role this season as his connection to Vecna—and use as Vena’s pawn—becomes more apparent.

“Will, you are going to help me… one last time,” Vecna tells Will in the trailer, using his telekinetic powers to lift the teen off the ground and toward him menacingly.

Fans have long theorized that Vecna will use Will, who was tethered to the Mind Flayer in Season 2, against Eleven and his friends in the final season, and it seems that will surely be the case after Will spent several seasons sensing the Upside Down’s evil presence lurking in the background.

Season 5 takes place in the fall of 1987. Netflix’s official synopsis for the season reads:

Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.

Stranger Things Season 5 will be released in three parts: The first four episodes will hit Netflix on November 26, the next three episodes will begin streaming on Christmas (December 25), and the series finale will air on New Year’s Eve (December 31).

Episodes will be available to stream beginning at 5PM PT/8PM ET on their respective dates.

The drama around the potential sale of Warner Bros. Discovery has taken another turn, as a new report claims that online movie and TV giant Netflix is actively exploring bidding on the company.

That’s according to Reuters, which states according to “three sources familiar with the matter … the video streaming service has hired Moelis & Co, the investment bank that advised Skydance Media on its successful bid for Paramount Global, to evaluate a prospective offer, two of the sources said. Netflix also has been granted access to the data room, which contains the financial details needed to make a bid, according to two of the sources familiar with the matter.”

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It’s just the latest twist in a seemingly endless series of ups and downs for Warner Bros. Discovery since the media conglomerate was formed in 2022 by the merger of WarnerMedia and Discovery. Earlier in 2025, the company announced it was intending to split itself back into two companies — Warner Bros. and Discovery — with the former controlling the Warner Bros. studio, HBO, and HBO Max, while the latter would house old school linear cable channels like CNN, TNT, and TBS.

While that could theoretically happen, in recent months there has been numerous reports about one or both of those companies being up for sale. That includes rumors that Paramount Skydance — the newly formed company following Skydance’s acquisition of Paramount Global — wanted to expand even further by buying Warner Bros. Discovery. Now comes word that Netflix may get involved in the bidding as well.

 

Reuters notes that Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos recently said to investors that the company is traditionally “more builders than buyers,” but that it would consider such acquisitions — although it supposedly would not be interested in the Discovery side of the business containing the cable networks.

Basically these rumors will continue until someone actually buys WBD. And then there will be more rumors after that about someone else looking to buy the new combined company. Then we can look forward to the day in the near future when there is just one movie studio left in Hollywood and we no longer have to use our brains to choose what to watch or where to watch it, because there will just be one place that makes and distributes everything.

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If you have an HBO Max subscription (the price of which is about to go up, by the way) the big new show you can watch in the month of November is I Love LA from creator/star Rachel Sennott, best known from her work in the excellent Shiva Baby and Bottoms and Saturday Night. Her show, per HBO Max, is about “an ambitious friend group navigates life and love in LA.”

Other titles coming to HBO Max in November includes two A24 releases from 2025: Ari Aster’s Eddington, about a mayor and a sheriff feuding in Covid-era America, and Materialists, a romantic comedy from Past Lives director Celine Song. (Past Lives is new on HBO Max next month too, by the way, and that is one of the best films of the decade.) They’ve also got a three-part documentary series about baseball legend Alex Rodriguez, Alex vs Arod.

Here’s everything coming to HBO Max in November 2025:

November 1
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
A Christmas Carol (1938)
A Christmas Story
A United Kingdom
A Woman’s Face
Alex Cross (2012)
Backfire
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Betrayed (1954)
Brick Mansions
Crime Wave
Dangerous Liaisons
Deception (1946)
Desperate
Destination Tokyo
Dillinger
Each Dawn I Die
Elf
Four Christmases
Happy Feet
Hellboy (2004)
House of 1000 Corpses
I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.
Ice Age: Continental Drift
Invisible Stripes
Johnny Angel

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Kingsman: The Golden Circle
Marine Raiders
Marked Woman
Monster-In-Law
Murder, My Sweet
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
Nocturne
Norm of the North
Objective, Burma!
Out of the Fog
Out of the Past
Puss In Boots
Red Light
Red Riding Hood
Roadblock
Screaming Eagles
Sucker Punch
The Bride of Frankenstein
The Devil’s Rejects
The Devil’s Rejects: Director’s Cut
The Kitchen, Season 39 (Food Network)
The Locket
The Man I Love
The Mask of Dimitrios

The Polar Express
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
The Public Enemy
The Roaring Twenties
The Set-Up
The Town
The Unsuspected
The Wolfman
The Women (1939)
They Live by Night
They Were Expendable
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
This Woman Is Dangerous
Where Danger Lives

November 2
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
I Love LA, Season 1 (HBO Original)
Paranormal Caught on Camera, Season 9 (Travel)
Past Lives (A24)
Unlocked: Family Secrets, Season 1 (OWN)

November 3
Barney’s World, Season 1E (Cartoon Network)
Harry Potter: Wizards of Baking, Season 2 (Food Network)
I Am Curious Johnny
In the Eye of the Storm, Season 3 (Discovery)
Wardens of the North, Season 5 (Animal Planet)

November 4
Holiday Baking Championship, Season 12 (Food Network)
Supermarket Stakeout, Season 7 (Food Network)
Tom and Jerry Gokko Shorts, Season 1A

November 5
The LEGO Ninjago Movie
The Plot Thickens, Season 6 (TCM)
Who Hired the Hitman?, Season 1 (ID)

November 6
A Man Called Otto
Alex vs ARod (HBO Original)
Beat Bobby Flay, Season 39 (Food Network)
Expedition Files, Season 3 (Discovery)
Expedition Unknown, Season 16 (Discovery)
Tournament of Champions: All-Star Christmas, Season 1 (Food Network)

November 7
Diners Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 52 (Food Network)
Let’s Go Bananas, Season 1B (Cartoon Network)
Maine Cabin Masters, Season 11 (Magnolia Network)
Materialists (A24)
The Vallecas Files (HBO Original)

November 8
Gold Rush, Season 16 (Discovery)

November 9
Build for Off-Road, Season 2 (Motortrend)

November 10
Bad Sports: When Fans Turn Violent for The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper (CNN Original)
Sweet Empire: Winter Wars, Season 1 (Food Network)

November 12
Beat Bobby Flay, Season 41 (Food Network)
Hoarding for the Holidays, Season 1 (HGTV)
Homestead Rescue, Season 13 (Discovery)

November 13
Ângela Diniz: Murdered and Convicted, Season 1 (HBO Original)
Body Cam, Season 10 (ID)
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (20th Century Studios)

November 14
Eddington (A24)
One to One: John & Yoko (HBO Original)
Silly Sundays, Season 1D (Cartoon Network)
The Seduction (HBO Original)

November 15
The Last Woodsmen, Season 2 (Discovery)

November 18
Gingerbread Land: The Biggest Little Holiday Competition, Season 1 (Magnolia Network)
Thoughts & Prayers (HBO Original)

November 20
Missing (2023)
Work on the Wild Side, Season 1 (Animal Planet)

November 21
Teen Titans Go!, Season 9E (Cartoon Network)

November 22
Belle Collective, Season 6 (OWN)
Bugs Bunny Builders, Season 2H (Cartoon Network)

November 26
Flight Risk (Lionsgate)

November 28
Krypto Saves the Day: Package Pandemonium (DCU)
Obsession: The Murder of a Beauty Queen (HBO Original)

November 30
OWN for the Holidays Movie: Fake Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (OWN)

The final episode of Stranger Things is so big it’s headed to movie theaters as well as streaming.

Netflix announced today that the final episode of their hugely popular sci-fi series would screen in more than 350 theaters around the U.S. and Canada “starting on December 31, 2025 at 5:00pm PT, timed to the finale’s global premiere on Netflix, and run through January 1, 2026.” (In other words, if you don’t want to watch the episodes in theaters, they will be streaming on Netflix at the exact same time.)

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Stranger Things creators the Duffer brothers gave this comment about the news:

We’re beyond excited that fans will have the chance to experience the final episode of Stranger Things in theaters — it’s something we’ve dreamed about for years, and we’re so grateful to Ted, Bela, and everyone at Netflix for making it happen. Getting to see it on the big screen, with incredible sound, picture, and a room full of fans, feels like the perfect — dare we say bitchin’ — way to celebrate the end of this adventure.

The news of Stranger Things headed to theaters comes on the heels of Netflix’s Kpop Demon Hunters having a hugely successful limited run in theaters around the country in a sing-along version. Despite the fact that the film had already been streaming on Netflix for weeks, the sing-along Kpop Demon Hunters grossed $18 million in theaters. (Netflix is now planning a second run in theaters with the sing-along version.) But Stranger Things is an even more unusual proposition for theaters because this is an episode of a TV show, not a film. (That said, the finale of Stranger Things is expected to be as long as any feature-length movie that plays in theaters.)

For years, Netflix has insisted it made movies and television for streaming, not for movie theaters. Its films only played very small runs in theaters, often just to qualify for awards like the Oscars. But it appears that events like the Kpop Demon Hunters phenomenon have started to change their thinking about that.

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Even by Netflix’s own ludicrous standards, there is a lot of stuff to watch on Netflix in November. They’ve got arguably their biggest TV release of the year — the beginning of the final season of Stranger Things — and they’ve got arguably their biggest movie release of the year — Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi.

But there’s way more stuff than that. There’s a new season of the Squid Game competition game show The Challenge. There’s a new documentary about the life and career of Eddie Murphy. There’s Richard Linklater’s film about the making of Breathless, Nouvelle Vague. There are new holiday-themed seasons of The Greatest British Baking Show and Is It Cake? Basically you should just cancel your plans for the entire month right now and just hunker down so you can watch it all.

Here’s everything coming to Netflix in November 2025…

Avail. 11/1/25
A Very Vintage Christmas
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
Baby Driver
Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
Broadchurch: Season 1
Broadchurch: Season 2
Broadchurch: Season 3
Charlie’s Angels
Crazy Rich Asians
Dear Santa
Doctor Sleep

Don’t Worry Darling
Dr. Dolittle
Dr. Dolittle 2
Elvis
Frances Ha
Game Night
Happy Christmas
The Hangover
The Hangover: Part II
The Hangover: Part III
I Know What You Did Last Summer
In the Heights
Isn’t It Romantic
Judas and the Black Messiah
Just Mercy
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Life of the Party
The Little Things
Merry Liddle Christmas
The Nun II
Ocean’s 8
Paddington 2
The Patriot
Ready Player One
Tenet
This Is the End
Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas
The Way Back
Wonka

Avail. 11/2/25
King Richard
The Outfit

Avail. 11/3/25
Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches — NETFLIX FAMILY
An unexpected friendship forms between two young Sneetches on an island surrounded by beaches in this sweet musical special set in the world of Seuss.

In Waves and War — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
In this documentary, three former Navy SEALs with post-combat trauma turn to an unexpected treatment for healing and hope — psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Avail. 11/4/25
Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
In this new hour, Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things, the comedic powerhouse returns to the stage with her classic southern drawl and unique points of view, opening up about everything—from newfound stardom and family life, to trying CBD for the first and last time, serving up the kind of real, relatable, and sometimes cheeky stories you can’t get enough of.

Minx: Seasons 1-2

Squid Game: The Challenge: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
The Emmy® nominated and BAFTA winning global sensation Squid Game: The Challenge returns for a gripping second season. This time, 456 brand-new contestants will enter the ultimate test of strategy, alliances, and endurance as they compete for a life-changing $4.56 million prize. Inspired by the iconic original series – with shocking new twists and never-before-seen games – season two raises the stakes higher than ever. As players face elimination at every turn, only one can emerge victorious. New players. New games. New rules.

Avail. 11/5/25
Election

Heweliusz — NETFLIX SERIES
After a catastrophic ferry disaster, the off-duty captain seeks answers and justice for those who lost their lives — and those they left behind.

Just Alice — NETFLIX SERIES
Torn between two loves, Alicia secretly marries both a famous writer and a former priest. How long can she juggle love, lies and her double life?

Avail. 11/6/25
The Bad Guys: Breaking In — NETFLIX FAMILY
How did the Bad Guys break into the bad guy business in the first place? Find out in this hilarious prequel series set before the hit films.

Bride Wars

Death by Lightning — NETFLIX SERIES
Death by Lightning is a drama series that brings to life the epic and stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield, reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau — the man who would come to kill him.

The Vince Staples Show: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
When his football-star uncle dies, Vince embarks on a bizarre, funny and occasionally sinister odyssey into his complicated life history.

Avail. 11/7/25
A Holiday Engagement

As You Stood By — NETFLIX SERIES
When two women plot to end an abusive marriage through murder, an unexpected visitor arrives — threatening to shatter everything they’ve carefully planned.

Baramulla — NETFLIX FILM
A cop’s inquiry into child kidnappings unravels chilling secrets as supernatural events endanger his family and the peaceful town of Baramulla.

Christmas in the Heartland

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Frankenstein — NETFLIX FILM
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

Groom & Two Brides — NETFLIX FILM
Adam is allergic to love, but somehow ends up engaged to both his boss’s daughter and his first love. Now he must try to keep his double life a secret.

Labyrinth

Mango — NETFLIX FILM
An ambitious hotelier and her reluctant daughter take a trip to Málaga, where they find what they’ve been craving in a farmer’s idyllic mango orchard.

My Dad’s Christmas Date

Avail. 11/8/25
Countdown: Jake vs. Tank — NETFLIX SERIES
Go inside training camp with Jake “El Gallo” Paul and Gervonta “Tank” Davis as they prepare to face off ahead of their must-see boxing match. Narrated by Ice-T, this all-access documentary captures the intensity, ambition, and personal drive fueling both fighters as they get ready to step into the ring at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, live only on Netflix on November 14.

The Emoji Movie

Avail. 11/10/25
MARINES — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
MARINES is a coming-of-age docuseries following the members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), the US military’s “force in readiness” in the Pacific. With unparalleled access to the US Marine Corps, the series offers an inside look into the rigorous trainings and emotional moments of young Marines as they forge bonds while grappling with the complexities of life at sea.

Sesame Street: Volume 1 — NETFLIX FAMILY
This freshly reimagined spin on the classic “Sesame Street” series features characters you love, fan-favorite segments — and new ways to play!

Avail. 11/11/25
Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas
No Sleep ‘Til Christmas
Same Time, Next Christmas

Avail. 11/12/25
A Merry Little Ex-Mas — NETFLIX FILM
Recently divorced Kate (Alicia Silverstone) hopes for one last perfect family Christmas before selling her house. But her holiday plans are hilariously derailed when her ex-husband Everett (Oliver Hudson) unexpectedly introduces his younger and successful new girlfriend. A Merry Little Ex-Mas also stars Jameela Jamil, Pierson Fodé, and Melissa Joan Hart and is directed by Steve Carr.

Being Eddie — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Eddie Murphy’s unusual combination of explosive charisma, focused ambition, raw talent, and deep-set circumspection puts him in a league of his own, and is on full display in Being Eddie, directed by two-time Oscar® winner Angus Wall. The documentary gathers comedy and Hollywood legends like Dave Chappelle, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jamie Foxx, Jerry Seinfeld, Reginald Hudlin and more to celebrate the Oscar®-nominated actor and his nearly 50-year career that’s seen him break barriers, invent genres, and inspire generations of talent. For the first time ever, Murphy invites the public into his home to revisit his breathtaking body of work, all the while revealing the dazzling interior life that has long driven — and grounded — this once-in-a-century star.

Dynamite Kiss — NETFLIX SERIES
A story of a single woman who fakes being a mother to secure a job for survival, and the romance that blossoms with her team leader who falls in love with her. It is a warm romantic comedy about the protagonist learning the value of achievement and responsibility in the midst of her daily struggles, as lies and misunderstandings transform into truth and love.

Eloá the Hostage: Live on TV — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
This gripping documentary explores the case of a teenage girl who was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend in one of Brazil’s most shocking hostage situations.

Mrs Playmen — NETFLIX SERIES
Betrayed by her husband, a woman must step up and run an erotic magazine that becomes a symbol of empowerment in ’70s Rome. Inspired by true events.

Selling The OC: Season 4 — NETFLIX SERIES
The OC agents are back and ready to establish their office as the top brokerage within the Oppenheim Group. As the competition heats up for some high-stakes listings, some may get burned as devastating rumors divide the team. While the office gets busier, Jason enlists agents from San Diego, but will the OGs of the OC let the new agents sink or swim?

Avail. 11/13/25
The Beast in Me — NETFLIX SERIES
Since the tragic death of her young son, acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) has receded from public life, unable to write, a ghost of her former self. But she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys), a famed and formidable real estate mogul who was once the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance. At once horrified and fascinated by this man, Aggie finds herself compulsively hunting for the truth – chasing his demons while fleeing her own – in a game of cat and mouse that might turn deadly.

Delhi Crime: Season 3 — NETFLIX SERIES
The search for an injured baby’s missing mother leads to the unfurling of a widespread human trafficking investigation in India and becomes the biggest case of Madam Sir’s career as she’s pitted against a ruthless trafficker, Meena. We discover how women are trafficked from all corners of the country into the bride market of North India and into the sex trade. As the season heats up, the DC team – Vartika, Neeti, Bhupi and gang come together to piece together clues to discover a country-wide trafficking network whose threads connect beyond its borders

Had I Not Seen the Sun: Part 1 — NETFLIX SERIES
When a notorious serial killer gets interviewed by a young woman for a film, his past reveals a deep web of trauma and heartbreak tied to his first love.

Koati: Season 1

Last Samurai Standing — NETFLIX SERIES
One life, one point. Shujiro enters a deadly game where points are earned for each kill. Who will be the last samurai standing in this sinister scheme?

Moulin Rouge
The Sandlot

Tee Yai: Born To Be Bad — NETFLIX FILM
In 1980s Bangkok, a wily thief stages a series of daring heists, baffling the authorities and the public — until one cop sets out to take him down.

Unicorn Academy: Chapter 4 — NETFLIX FAMILY
A mysterious mystery is ahoof! When Winter Solstice celebrations go awry, the Sapphires set out to save the day — and discover the holiday’s true spirit.

Avail. 11/14/25
The Crystal Cuckoo — NETFLIX SERIES
Hoping to learn more about her heart donor, a young doctor arrives in a mountain town where decades of mysterious tragedies plague the small community.

In Your Dreams — NETFLIX FAMILY
A sister and brother journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the wish-granting Sandman for the perfect family.

Jake Paul vs. Tank Davis — NETFLIX LIVE EVENT
Jake Paul collides with Gervonta “Tank” Davis in a Most Valuable Promotions blockbuster boxing mega-event live from the Kaseya Center in Miami.

Lefter: The Story of The Ordinarius — NETFLIX FILM
A football prodigy rises to fame, battling prejudice and inner turmoil on his quest for greatness. Based on the life of Turkish legend, Lefter.

NOUVELLE VAGUE — NETFLIX FILM
Richard Linklater’s playful, poignant love letter to cinema reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s revolutionary New Wave classic “Breathless.”

Avail. 11/15/25
A Royal Date for Christmas
A Sprinkle of Christmas
A Vineyard Christmas
Becoming Santa
Christmas Casanova
Everybody’s Fine
Just Like a Christmas Movie
Meet Me at the Christmas Train Parade
Royally Yours, This Christmas

Avail. 11/17/25
Blue Beetle

Gabby’s Dollhouse: Season 12 — NETFLIX FAMILY
From opening a cute new cafe to training an even cuter baby dragon, Gabby and her pals use their smarts and hearts to make the world a better place!

Selena y Los Dinos — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Selena y Los Dinos celebrates the life and legacy of the Queen of Tejano, Selena Quintanilla, who along with her family performed, triumphed, and redefined genres, captured through never-before-seen footage from the family’s personal archive.

Zodiac

Avail. 11/18/25
Gerry Dee: Funny You Should Say That — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
With dry wit, Canadian comic Gerry Dee explores his perilous years as a schoolteacher, the pitfalls of open marriages and the truth about Santa.

Avail. 11/19/25
The Carman Family Deaths — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
A young man’s dramatic rescue at sea spirals into accusations he murdered two members of his wealthy New England family in this true crime documentary.

Champagne Problems — NETFLIX FILM
An on-the-rise executive travels to France to secure the acquisition of a renowned champagne brand before Christmas, but her plans are upended when she falls into a whirlwind romance with a charming Parisian – only to discover he’s the founder’s son.

Envious: Season 3 — NETFLIX SERIES
Vicky has it all: a hot boyfriend, a bright career and a growing family. But can she finally let go and enjoy it, or is she doomed to self-sabotage?

The Son of a Thousand Men — NETFLIX FILM
In a small village, a lonely fisherman yearning for a son is drawn to an ethereal light that links him to others and their long-buried secrets.

Avail. 11/20/25
A Man on the Inside: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
Charles goes undercover at a college campus, where the suspects are as unpredictable as the clues, and the hijinks get unexpectedly personal.

The Follies — NETFLIX FILM
Six women are bonded by a shared “friend”— madness. It visits us all, prompting us to distill reality, make bold decisions and transform our lives.

The Great British Baking Show: Holidays: Season 8 — NETFLIX SERIES
Special guests and familiar faces return to the big white tent hoping to dazzle judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood with sugary seasonal delights.

Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: Season 4 — NETFLIX FAMILY
The reunited Nublar Six see their bond tested like never before as they race to save vulnerable dinosaurs, solve epic problems — and stay alive.

Avail. 11/21/25
Marry Christmas
Mistletoe Mixup

ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran — NETFLIX FILM
One singer. One city. One shot. Ed Sheeran rocks the streets of New York with his greatest hits in this groundbreaking, real-time music experience.

Train Dreams — NETFLIX FILM
Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.

Avail. 11/24/25
Missing: Dead or Alive?: Season 2 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Follow officers from a South Carolina sheriff’s department as they urgently search for individuals who’ve disappeared under troubling circumstances.

Santa Bootcamp

Avail. 11/25/25
Is It Cake? Holiday: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
Is It Cake? Holiday returns for another festive season with Mikey Day and six All-Star cake artists! Three Is It Cake alum and three baking heavy hitters try to fool celebrity judges with their incredible hyper-realistic cakes. Each episode, the bakers will compete for their share of the $75,000 prize pot and a coveted spot in the finale. This holiday season the stakes, the bakes, and the cakes are better than ever!

Avail. 11/26/25
Jingle Bell Heist — NETFLIX FILM
Sophia (Olivia Holt), a sharp-witted retail worker, and Nick (Connor Swindells), a down-on-his-luck repairman, are small-time thieves with their eyes on the same Christmas Eve score: robbing London’s most notorious department store. Forced into an uneasy alliance, as secrets surface and feelings for each other deepen, Sofia and Nick put their relationship and the heist in jeopardy.

Stranger Things 5: Volume 1 — NETFLIX SERIES (Releasing at 5pm PT)
The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.

Avail. 11/27/25
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Avail. 11/28/25
Left-Handed Girl — NETFLIX FILM
When a mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, they encounter challenges and secrets that threaten family unity.

The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
A former Saigon photo editor reveals a secret he’s been plagued with for 52 years, setting off a gripping two-year investigation into the truth behind one of the Vietnam War’s most iconic photographs. Acclaimed conflict photographer Gary Knight and a small team of journalists embark on a relentless search to locate and seek justice for a man known only as “the stringer.”