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As winter sets in, Netflix Inc. NFLX, +0.85% will provide a perfect excuse to stay inside and curl up on the couch this December, releasing a pair of Oscar contenders, a host of comedy specials and what it hopes can be its own version of “Game of Thrones.”
There’s been plenty of Oscar buzz around “Marriage Story,” (Dec. 6), written and directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson, about a couple struggling through a gruelling divorce. The film debuted at the Venice Film Festival in August and hit select theaters in November.
Another Oscar contender could be “The Two Popes” (Dec. 20), starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce, about the behind-the-scenes drama as Pope Benedict handed the Vatican’s reigns over to his successor, Pope Francis.
A third Netflix original movie will likely get little Oscar attention but more viewer eyeballs: Michael Bay’s “6 Underground” (Dec. 13). Ryan Reynolds stars in this action flick that looks to have plenty of fast cars, shootouts, pretty explosions and wise-crackerey. Because sometimes you just want to turn off the ol’ brain, and that’s OK.
“The Witcher” debuts Dec. 20, and Netflix is hoping the fantasy epic can become a flagship series that can cross over to win non-fantasy fans, much as “Game of Thrones” did for HBO. The series, starring Henry Cavill, is based on a popular book and videogame series about a supernatural monster-hunter.
December will also bring the second season of “You,” (Dec. 26), the charming(?) stalker drama that found new life on Netflix after flopping on cable, Season 2 of “Lost in Space” (Dec. 24), a Kevin Hart six-part documentary series — Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up (Dec. 27) — and comedy specials from Tiffany Haddish, Ronny Chieng, Jack Whitehall, John Mulaney and Michelle Wolf.
And it’ll be your last chance to watch “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” and “Thor: Ragnarok” before they switch over to Disney+. “Frasier” Seasons 1-10, “Pulp Fiction” and the first five “Rocky“
movies are also going away soon.
What’s coming in December
Dec. 1
A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Cut Bank
Dead Kids
Eastsiders: Season 4
Malcolm X
Searching for Sugar Man
Sweet Virginia
The Tribes of Palos Verdes
Dec. 2
Nightflyers: Season 1
Team Kaylie: Part 2
Dec. 3
Especial de Natal Porta dos Fundos: A Primeira Tentação de Cristo
Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah
War on Everyone
Dec. 4
The Last O.G.: Season 2
Let’s Dance
Los Briceño
Magic for Humans: Season 2
Dec. 5
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby
Apache: La Vida de Carlos Tevez
Greenleaf: Season 4
Home for Christmas
V Wars
Dec. 6
Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show
The Chosen One: Season 2
The Confession Killer
Fuller House: Season 5
Glow Up
Marriage Story
Spirit Riding Free: The Spirit of Christmas
Teasing Master Takagi-san: Season 2
Three Days of Christmas
Triad Princess
Virgin River
Dec. 8
From Paris With Love
Dec. 9
A Family Reunion Christmas
It Comes at Night
Dec. 10
Michelle Wolf: Joke Show
Outlander: Season 3
Dec. 11
The Sky Is Pink
Dec. 12
Especial de Natal Porta dos Fundos
Jack Whitehall: Christmas with my Father
Dec. 13
6 Underground
Dec. 15
A Family Man
Dil Dhadakne Do
Karthik Calling Karthik
Dec. 16
Burlesque
The Danish Girl
The Magicians: Season 4
Dec. 17
Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America!
Dec. 18
Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer
Soundtrack
Dec. 19
After The Raid
Ultraviolet: Season 2
Twice Upon a Time
Dec. 20
The Two Popes
The Witcher
Dec. 22
Private Practice: Season 1-6
Dec. 23
Transformers Rescue Bots Academy: Season 1
Dec. 24
Carole & Tuesday: Part 2
Como Caído del Cielo
Crash Landing on You
John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch
Lost in Space: Season 2
Terrace House: Tokyo 2019-2020: Part 2
Dec. 25
Sweetheart
Dec. 26
The App
Le Bazar de la Charité
Fast & Furious Spy Racers
You: Season 2
Dec. 27
The Gift
Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up
The Secret Life of Pets 2
Dec. 28
Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy
Dec. 29
Lawless
Dec. 30
Alexa & Katie: Season 3
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.: Reawakened
Dec. 31
The Degenerates: Season 2
Die Another Day
GoldenEye
Heartbreakers
The Neighbor
Red Dawn
Tomorrow Never Dies
The World Is Not Enough
Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures
What’s leaving in December
Dec. 1
Yoga Hosers
Dec. 2
Africa: Season 1
Blue Planet II: Season 1
Frozen Planet: On Thin Ice
Frozen Planet: Season 1
Frozen Planet: The Epic Journey
Life
Life On Location
Life Story
Nature’s Great Events : Series 1
Nature’s Great Events: Diaries: Series 1
Planet Earth II
Planet Earth: Season 1
The Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans: Season 1
The Blue Planet: A Natural History of the Oceans: Season 1
The Hunt: Season 1
The Making of Frozen Planet: Series 1
Dec. 4
Thor: Ragnarok
Dec. 11
Get Santa
Dec. 14
Beyblade: Metal Fusion: Season 1
Merlin: Season 1-5
Dec. 15
Helix: Season 2
Dec. 18
Miss Me This Christmas
You Can’t Fight Christmas
Dec. 19
George of the Jungle 2
Dec. 25
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Season 7-11
Kurt Seyit ve Şura: Season 1
Star Wars: Episode VIII: The Last Jedi
Dec. 31
About a Boy
Billy Elliot
Black Hawk Down
Christmas with the Kranks
Daddy Day Care
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Frasier: Season 1-10
Frasier: The Final Season
Jackie Brown
Leap Year
Mona Lisa Smile
Pulp Fiction
Rain Man
Rocky
Rocky II
Rocky III
Rocky IV
Rocky V
Schindler’s List
Tears of the Sun
The Crow
The Dark Crystal
The Pink Panther
Wet Hot American Summer
White Christmas
Winter’s Bone
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