What to Watch in December: 17 Notable TV Shows & Streaming Movies

by Jason Dietz, Metacritic Features Editor – November 29, 2022

Need something to watch at home during the final weeks of the year? The month ahead will bring a Knives Out sequel (among a handful of intriguing Netflix movies), spinoffs from The Witcher and Yellowstone, a series adaptation of Octavia Butler's sci-fi classic Kindred, this year's Sundance winner, the return of Slow Horses, and more. In the gallery on this page, our editors have selected the most interesting TV and movie titles debuting at home in December, listed in order by premiere date.

Additional content by Keith Kimbell.

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59 The Recruit (2022): Season 1

Drama series debuts December 16 on Netflix

Noah Centineo (The Fosters) plays a young lawyer for the CIA in an eight-episode spy thriller from The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley. Daniel Quincy Annoh, Colton Dunn, Aarti Mann, Laura Haddock, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Orphan Black's Kristian Bruun also star, while directors include Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity). One word of caution: Netflix is not permitting advance reviews of the series prior to its December 16 launch. (That's a very bad sign for films, but a bit less so for TV in the streaming era.)

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