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.

18 of 19 photo by Jonathan Hession/Searchlight Pictures

BONUS: Top older titles coming to the streaming services in December

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▣ The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) - HBO and HBO Max, 12/13
One of this year's best-reviewed films and expected to be a major Oscar contender, the latest dark comedy from Three Billboards writer-director Martin McDonagh is set on a remote Irish island in the 1920s where the long-standing friendship between two men (Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson) suddenly erupts into a bitter and violent feud.

also available:

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) - Hulu, 12/1

Blackfish (2013) - Hulu, 12/12

Blade Runner (1982) - Hulu, 12/26

Blade Runner: 2049 (2017) - Hulu, 12/26

Capote (2005) - Prime Video, 12/1

The Color of Money (1986) - Paramount+, 12/1

The Dark Knight (2008) - Hulu, 12/12

The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - Hulu, 12/12

Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) - Hulu, 12/1

De Palma (2016) - HBO and HBO Max, 12/1

Detroit (2017) - Paramount+, 12/24

Django Unchained (2012) - Paramount+, 12/27

Dunkirk (2017) - Hulu, 12/12

Election (1999) - Paramount+, 12/1

Emily the Criminal (2022) - Netflix, 12/7

Enough Said (2013) - Hulu, 12/31

First Cow (2020) - Peacock, 12/1

First Reformed (2018) - HBO and HBO Max, 12/1

Gone Girl (2014) - HBO and HBO Max, 12/1

Green Room (2015) - HBO and HBO Max, 12/1

Guys and Dolls (1955) - Paramount+, 12/1

The Hurt Locker (2009) - Paramount+, 12/1

I Wish (2012) - Prime Video, 12/1

If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) - Paramount+, 12/1

Insomnia (2002) - Hulu, 12/12

Jane Eyre (2011) - Paramount+, 12/1

Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004) - Peacock, 12/1 (also avail: Vol. 1)

Krisha (2016) - HBO and HBO Max, 12/1

La La Land (2016) - Prime Video, 12/8

The Manchurian Candidate (2004) - Prime Video, 12/1

Miracle on 34th Street (1947) - Peacock, 12/1

Moonrise Kingdom (2012) - Peacock, 12/1

Moonstruck (1987) - Paramount+, 12/1

My Left Foot (1989) - Paramount+, 12/1

NYPD Blue Seasons 1-12 - Prime Video, 12/1

Ordinary People (1980) - Paramount+ and Prime Video, 12/1

Out of Sight (1998) - Peacock, 12/1

Paper Moon (1973) - Prime Video, 12/1

The Quiet Man (1952) - Prime Video, 12/1

The Rider (2018) - Hulu, 12/1

Rosemary's Baby (1968) - Paramount+, 12/1

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - Hulu, 12/1

Saturday Night Fever (1977) - Paramount+ and Prime Video, 12/1

Side Effects (2013) - Netflix, 12/18

Speed (1994) - Peacock, 12/1

Superbad (2007) - Prime Video, 12/1

Survivor's Remorse Seasons 1-4 - Peacock, 12/1

The Territory (2022) - Disney+, 12/2

Thelma & Louise (1991) - Prime Video, 12/1

Thief (1981) - Prime Video, 12/1

Three Minutes: A Lengthening (2022) - Hulu, 12/19

To Catch a Thief (1955) - Prime Video, 12/1

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - Paramount+, 12/22

True Grit (1969) - Prime Video, 12/1

What's Love Got to Do With It (1993) - Paramount+, 12/1

Win Win (2011) - HBO and HBO Max, 12/1

Witness (1985) - Paramount+, 12/1

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