There is still a week to go before November ends, but NetFlix has already released information about what is coming in December 2017. November brought both Marvel’s The Punisher and Barbra: The Music, The Memries (a Barbara Streisand documentary) so that should give you an idea of the range of original content on the platform.
For December however, the streaming service will be bringing in a slew of Christmas and holiday season classics. Moreover, several beloved NetFlix originals will resume and come back, including the second season of The Crown, Doctor Who Season 9 and more.
Also coming is a Netflix original movie called Bright (2017) starring Will Smith and Joel Edgerton. It is essentially Training Day meets Alien Nation meets End of Watch. With Smith and Edgerton playing a buddy-cop duo except Edgerton is an Orc. In fact their entire world includes all fantasy character archetypes set in modern day Los Angeles. It is directed by David Ayer who also directed End of Watch (2012), S.W.A.T. (2003), Street Kings (2008) and Suicide Squad (2016).
Since there are so many releases, there are bound to be some duds in there such as Love Actually (2013). For some reason that movie has become a holiday season staple. Despite the fact that it has the most vile, cynical view of love there is. It is not just a dud, it is actually one of the most disgustingly awful movies ever made. It is the anti-thesis of what a love story is, and an anti-thesis to what Christmas and the holiday season is about. The characters are all shallow, selfish, sexist and I find it hard to believe that people actually relate to any of them.
It is a good thing there are plenty of other options available.
NetFlix December 2017 Releases
Here is the full release list with the launch date. Some might not be available in some regions since these are for UK users. I’ve marked my recommended picks, as well as those you should avoid as garbage.
1st December
A Gray State
A Quiet Passion
A StoryBots Christmas
All Hail King Julien: Season 5
American Graffiti (Recommended)
Bad Day for the Cut (Recommended)
Balto
Brother’s Keeper
Dark: Season 1 (Recommended)
Devil
Diana: In Her Own Words
Dirt
Dream Boat
DreamWorks Home: For the Holidays
Easy: Season 2
Emelie (Recommended)
Fahrenheit 9/11
Forbidden Games: The Justin Fashanu Story
Hired Gun
Kick-Ass (Recommended)
Meet Joe Black
Midnight Run (Recommended)
Monster Island
Motivation 3: The Next Generation
Playing for Time
Romantic Comedy
Sharknado
Swelter
The Awakening
The Comfort of Strangers
The Grudge (Recommended)
The Hollywood Masters: Season 2
The Legend of 420
Three Kinds Of Heat
To Kill For
Voyeur
Waterworld
Wild Child
Winter People
You Can Tutu
2nd December
Daddy’s Home
Shutter (Recommended)
Temple (Recommended)
4th December
Lockup: County Jails: Collection 1
5th December
Craig Ferguson: Tickle Fight
Life of Crime
Wallander: Series 4
6th December
Friends with Money
7th December
Doctor Who: Season 9 (Recommended)
The Secret
8th December
El Camino Christmas
The Crown: Season 2 (Recommended)
9th December
My Name is Lenny
Secrets of Great British Castles: Season 2
10th December
Peaky Blinders: Season 3 (Recommended)
11th December
Monster House (Recommended)
12th December
Judd Apatow: The Return
Manhunt: Unabomber (Recommended)
Nowhere Boy
The Collector
The Resident
Triangle (Recommended)
13th December
Maid in Manhattan
The 6th Day
Upstart Crow: Season 1
14th December
Adventure Angler: Seasons 4 & 5
Age Gap Love: Season 1
Back to the Future I, Part II and Part III (YES! Recommended)
Changing Faces: Season 1
Combat Countdown: Season 1
Encounters With Evil: Season 1
Love Actually (GARBAGE)
15th December
Boj: Season 1
Breaking Free
Brighton Rock
Christmas Inheritance
Discovering Bigfoot
El Chapo: Season 2
Erased: Season 1
Fiore
Freeway: Crack in the System
Pottersville
Reggie Yates Outside Man: Volume 2
Seoul Searching
Sommersby
The Avengers (Recommended)
The Foreigner (Recommended)
The Hollywood Masters: Season 3
The Ranch: Part 4
The Vault
Trollhunters: Part 2
Ultimate Beastmaster: Season 2
Under an Arctic Sky (Recommended)
Universal Soldier: Regeneration
Wormwood
16th December
2 Guns
The 5th Wave
17th December
Gods of Egypt
Poster Boys
18th December
Marcella: Season 1
19th December
Autopsy of Jane Doe (Recommended)
Miss Me This Christmas
Patriots Day
Russell Howard: Recalibrate
The Indian Detective: Season 1
The Road
Waking Ned Devine
You Can’t Fight Christmas
20th December
Bridge of Spies
La Casa de Papel: Season 1
The Benchwarmers
The Last Word
22nd December
72 Dangerous Animals: Latin America: Season 1
Bright (Recommended)
Dope: Season 1
Fuller House: Season 3, Part 2
The Toys That Made Us: Season 1
23rd December
Alone in Berlin
Creep 2
Myths & Monsters: Season 1
24th December
Mad Max: Fury Road (Recommended)
25th December
Bushwick
Krampus
Las Chicas del Cable: Season 2
26th December
El Vato: Season 2
Puffin Rock: New Year’s Eve Countdown 2018
Todd Barry: Spicy Honey
Travelers: Season 2 (Recommended)
Trespass Against Us
27th December
Ultraviolet (GARBAGE)
29th December
Bill Nye Saves the World: Season 2, Part 1 (GARBAGE)