The Best Netflix Movies and Shows To Watch During The Holidays (Updated Dec. 3)

Here are the best movies and shows to watch on Netflix in December!

It’s been a couple of months since we’ve refreshed our Netflix streaming guide, and it feels especially necessary now, since the days before and after Christmas are the time when you’re actually sitting on the couch and scrolling with nothing to do.

Maybe you’re a little more willing to explore something you haven’t seen before, or take a chance on something that’s a little outside your comfort zone.

But the endless scroll can be daunting! That’s where I come in, with recommendations that are hopefully not movies and shows you’ve seen or even heard of before.

Utilizing all of the 1000+ movie suggestions I’ve made over the past six years in my Friday edition of the newsletter, I’ve hand-picked the best of the best on each platform (updated on a rolling basis…but here are my previous Netflix guides from July, August and October, a lot of which is still on the platform)

Much like my Cinephile Bucket List, I’ve broken these down into categories that should help you to browse depending on the vibe you’re looking for on a given night, with blurbs both new and old like a sales pitch to convince you to try out movies you’ve hopefully never seen before. Let’s get into it!

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