The Best New Movies and TV Streaming in December 2024, and Where to Watch Them (2024)

The best horror, sci-fi, and genre titles coming to Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, and beyond, including Squid Game, Skeleton Crew, Pacific Rim and more.

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The year is almost over so it’s time to fire up your favorite streaming service and make use of that membership. Welcome to io9’s latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones that we like most.)

As always, we’re including thebest new films and TV comingtoNetflix,Hulu,Prime Video,Disney+, andMax—as well asParamount+,Shudder, andPeacock, including several new releases.

Here’s the best of what’s streaming in December 2024.

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What’s coming to Netflix in December 2024?

December 1

  • The Happytime Murders
  • Project X
  • We’re the Millers
  • Zero Dark Thirty

December 16

  • The Dead Don’t Die

December 26

  • Squid Game: Season 2

December 30

  • Mad Max: Fury Road
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What’s coming to Hulu in December 2024?

December 1

  • Epic (2013)
  • Epic Movie (2007)
  • A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)
  • Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
  • Miracle On 34th Street (1994)
  • Moulin Rouge (2001)
  • The Muppets (2011)
  • Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
  • Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
  • Rio 2 (2014)
  • Sommersby (1993)
  • Speed (1994)
  • Gladiator (2000)
  • The Quick and the Dead (1995)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)
  • The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
  • Twilight (2008)
  • Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
  • Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

December 6

  • Doctor Dolittle (1998)
  • Doctor Dolittle 2 (2001)

December 9

  • Step Up (2006)
  • Step Up 2 The Streets (2008)
  • Step Up 3D (2010)

December 17

  • Cuckoo (2024)
The Best New Movies and TV Streaming in December 2024, and Where to Watch Them (5)

What’s coming to Prime Video in December 2024?

December 1

  • A Haunting in Venice (2023)
  • A Scanner Darkly (2006)
  • After Hours (1985)
  • All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996)
  • Back to School (1986)
  • Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice Ultimate Edition (2016)
  • Bio-Dome (1996)
  • Born to be Wild (1995)
  • Child’s Play (1988)
  • Critters (1986)
  • Ghost Town (2008)
  • Green Room (2016)
  • Hellraiser III: Hell On Earth (1992)
  • Hellraiser IV: Bloodline (1996)
  • Hellraiser VII: Deader (2005)
  • Hellraiser: Hellseeker (2002)
  • Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005)
  • Hellraiser: Inferno (2000)
  • Hercules (1983)
  • Joker (2019)
  • Justice League (2017)
  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
  • Major League (1989)
  • Monster Trucks (2017)
  • Mr. Nanny (1993)
  • One Crazy Summer (1986)
  • Osmosis Jones (2001)
  • Pet Sematary Two (1992)
  • Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
  • Red Dawn (1984)
  • Road to Perdition (2002)
  • Stephen King’s Thinner (1996)
  • Tank Girl (1995)
  • Teen Wolf (1985)
  • The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
  • The Batman (2022)
  • The Brady Bunch Movie (1995)
  • The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
  • The Golden Child (1986)
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau (1996)
  • The Land that Time Forgot (1975)
  • The Warriors (1979)
  • The Witches (1990)
  • Total Recall (1990)
  • Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
  • Vision Quest (1985)

December 11

  • Knives Out (2019)

December 13

  • Beau Is Afraid (2023)

December 19

  • The Creator (2023)

December 31

  • A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
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What’s coming to Disney + in December 2024?

December 3

  • Star Wars: Skeleton Crew

December 9

  • Bluey Minisodes

December 11

  • Dream Productions

December 13

  • Invisible

December 22

  • Marvel Animation’s What If…? Season 3 (continues for 8 days)

December 25

  • Doctor Who: Joy to the World
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What’s coming to Max in December 2024?

December 1

  • Clash of the Titans (2010)
  • Death Race (2008)
  • Jupiter Ascending (2015)
  • Lord of the Rings (1978)
  • Megamind (2010)
  • Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011)
  • Ninja Assassin (2009)
  • Teen Titans Go! 400th Episode
  • The Goonies (1985)
  • The Hobbit (1977)

December 5

  • Creature Commandos, Season 1

December 6

  • Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

December 7

  • Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
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What’s coming to Paramount+ in December 2024?

December 1

  • A Christmas Carol
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence
  • Bebe’s Kids
  • Blade Runner 2049
  • Boogie Nights
  • Charlotte’s Web
  • Chicago
  • Cliffhanger
  • Coneheads
  • Contagion
  • Crocodile Dundee
  • Crocodile Dundee II
  • Cujo
  • Disturbia
  • Down to Earth
  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Fear
  • Free Willy
  • Her
  • King Richard
  • Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life
  • Major League
  • Mariah Carey: Merry Christmas To All!
  • Miracle on 34th Street
  • Mirror Mirror
  • Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation
  • Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
  • Nancy Drew
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Point Break
  • Rings
  • Rosemary’s Baby
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • The Exorcist
  • The Iron Giant
  • The Lovely Bones
  • The Matrix
  • The Monster Squad
  • The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear
  • The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
  • The Secret Garden
  • The Uninvited
  • Trading Places
  • Unaccompanied Minors
  • Wayne’s World 2
  • What Men Want
  • Wild Things
  • Zodiac
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What’s coming to Shudder in December 2024?

December 1

  • A Creature Was Stirring
  • The Haunted Season: To Fire You Come At Last
  • Coming Home in the Dark
  • Dead Calm
  • Village of the Dammed
  • The Primevals
  • BBC Ghost Stories for Christmas
  • Rare Exports
  • Body
  • December 9
  • Neon Maniacs
  • Post Mortem
  • Rabid
  • December 15
  • T-Blockers
  • Satranic Panic
  • Carnage For Christmas

December 20

  • Last Straw
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What’s coming to Peacock in December 2024?

December 1

  • Beethoven (‘92)
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Catch Me If You Can
  • Deep Impact
  • Dr. Seuss’ The Cat In The Hat
  • Edward Scissorhands
  • Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  • Hook
  • Inception
  • Krampus
  • Kung Fu Panda Holiday
  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • Life (2017)
  • Mamma Mia!
  • Miracle On 34th Street (1947)
  • Miracle On 34th Street (1994)
  • Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
  • Office Space
  • Pacific Rim
  • Puss In Boots
  • Rise Of The Guardians
  • Robin Hood: Men In Tights
  • Sonic The Hedgehog
  • This Is The End

December 2

  • Caprica, Season 1

December 3

  • The Northman

December 6

  • Saban’s Power Rangers
  • Speak No Evil (2024)
  • Strays (2023)

December 7

  • Trolls

December 9

  • The Bionic Woman, Seasons 1-3

December 20

  • Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas
  • Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken

December 22

  • Sing 2

December 26

  • Five Nights At Freddy’s
  • Prey For The Devil

December 30

  • Inside Look: Nosferatu

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