What’s new on Netflix and what’s leaving in December 2025

By Dan Girolamo and Anthony Orlando Updated December 5, 2025 9:00 AM

Netflix has delivered a wonderful holiday gift with Rian Johnson’s murder mystery film, In Benoit Blanc’s (Daniel Craig) latest case, he must uncover the truth behind a “miraculous” murder that occurred at a small-town church.

Netflix will end December on an extraordinary high by releasing the second half of Stranger Things season 5. As this season will be the last in Netflix’s groundbreaking series, Volume 2 will wrap up Hawkins’s bloody war with Vecna (Jamie Campbell Bower) and the monsters from the Upside Down. For some more lighthearted comedy and drama, audiences can catch Jay Kelly, starring George Clooney and Adam Sandler.

New movies arriving in December include Mean Girls, Titanic, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Northman, and the first three Kung Fu Panda movies.

Conversely, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Ready Player One, Inglorious Basterds, Edge of Tomorrow, and the Austin Powers trilogy are leaving the service this month.

Read about everything arriving on and departing from Netflix in December 2025.

If you’re looking for some additional guidance on what to watch, we also have lists of the best movies on Netflix and the best shows on Netflix. If Netflix isn’t your only streaming service, we also have helpful articles on the best new movies to stream, the best new shows to stream, the best movies on Amazon Prime, and the best movies on Hulu.