{"id":324621,"date":"2025-12-03T09:01:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/324621\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T09:01:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T09:01:15","slug":"5-movies-you-must-see-in-december-on-netflix-and-prime-video-including-masterpiece-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/324621\/","title":{"rendered":"5 movies you must see in December on Netflix and Prime Video, including “masterpiece” drama"},"content":{"rendered":"

Christmas time is here, which means it’s the perfect time to huddle indoors and catch some must-see new movies. Luckily, Netflix<\/a> and Prime Video<\/a> have a few upcoming gems that are must-watches.<\/p>\n

From a “masterpiece” new George Clooney drama to Detective Benoit Blanc’s latest big case, we’ve listed 5 of the best on offer this December.<\/p>\n

Check out our list below.<\/p>\n

Jay Kelly<\/p>\n

This new comedy-drama stars George Clooney as a famous movie star who embarks on a “whirlwind and unexpectedly profound journey” through Europe with his manager (Adam Sandler), where they confront life choices, relationships and legacies.<\/p>\n

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Peter Mountain\/Netflix<\/p>\n

Jay Kelly was called a “midlife crisis masterpiece” that will “reduce you to tears” by The Daily Telegraph<\/a>, and “unexpectedly fresh” by the Chicago Reader<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Directed and co-written by Barbie’s Noah Baumbach, the movie boasts an impressive supporting cast too, including Oscar-winner Laura Dern, The Morning Show’s Billy Crudup and Daisy Jones & the Six’s Riley Keough.<\/p>\n

Streaming on Netflix from 5 December.<\/p>\n

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Wilson Webb<\/p>\n

Merv<\/p>\n

Starring Daredevil’s Charlie Cox and New Girl’s Zooey Deschanel, this unique rom-com follows a couple who split, only for their shared dog to develop depression, leading to a co-parenting arrangement.<\/p>\n

However, when they awkwardly reconcile during a getaway in Florida, their pooch Merv starts to get his groove back, leading to some sparks reigniting between the estranged couple.<\/p>\n

Saturday Night Live’s Chris Redd, The Middle’s Patricia Heaton and 24’s David Hunt co-star in the comedy, which is directed by Summerland’s Jessica Swale.<\/p>\n

Streaming on Prime Video<\/a> from 10 December.<\/p>\n

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Netflix<\/p>\n

Wake Up Dead Man<\/p>\n

The latest installment in the Knives Out series sees Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc return to investigate the death of Monsignor Jefferson Wicks (Josh Brolin), who dies in the middle of a sermon as suspicion falls upon new priest Jud Duplenticy (Josh O’Connor).<\/p>\n

Among the star-studded cast are 101 Dalmatians’ Glenn Close, Family Guy’s Mila Kunis, Marvel’s Jeremy Renner, Scandal’s Kerry Washington, All of Us Strangers’ Andrew Scott and Alien: Romulus’ Cailee Spaeny, to name a few.<\/p>\n

Already boasting a near-perfect 95% fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, Wake Up Dead Man was called “the best one of the franchise yet” by San Francisco Chronicle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Streaming on Netflix from 12 December.<\/p>\n

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Netflix<\/p>\n

The Great Flood<\/p>\n

This South Korean disaster movie focuses on a great flood that submerges the world, as a researcher and her son are trapped in an apartment building.<\/p>\n

As the rain continues to pour and the water rises, they cross paths with a member of a security team, who is on “a mysterious mission that may hold the key to humanity\u2019s future”.<\/p>\n

Starring Itaewon Class’ Kim Da-mi and Squid Game’s Park Hae-soo, The Great Flood recently premiered at the Busan International Film Festival, and was called “an ambitious film that dazzles and confounds in equal measure” by ScreenAnarchy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Streaming on Netflix from 19 December.<\/p>\n

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Netflix<\/p>\n

Goodbye June<\/p>\n

Marking Kate Winslet’s directorial debut, Goodbye June centres on the titular elderly matriarch (played by Helen Mirren) as her health takes a bad turn around Christmas.<\/p>\n

As such her family \u2013 including her husband and four adult children \u2013 gather around her to navigate a potential loss.<\/p>\n

The movie has a familial behind-the-scenes connection, having been written by Winslet’s real-life son Joe Anders, and also features the Titanic star alongside Death Valley’s Timothy Spall, Wayward’s Toni Collette, One Life’s Johnny Flynn, Lee’s Andrea Riseborough and The Outlaws’ Stephen Merchant.<\/p>\n

Streaming on Netflix from 24 December.<\/p>\n

The new edition of Living Legends is here! Buy Ariana & Witches in newsagents or online<\/a>, priced at just \u00a38.99.<\/p>\n

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Sam is a freelance reporter and sub-editor who has a particular interest in movies<\/a>, TV<\/a> and music. After completing a journalism Masters at City University, London, Sam joined Digital Spy as a reporter, and has also freelanced for publications such as NME<\/a> and Screen International<\/a>. \u00a0Sam, who also has a degree in Film, can wax lyrical about everything from Lord of the Rings<\/a> to Love Is Blind<\/a>, and is equally in his element crossing every ‘t’ and dotting every ‘i’ as a sub-editor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christmas time is here, which means it’s the perfect time to huddle indoors and catch some must-see new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,428,182486,430,134,433,429,344,182485],"class_list":{"0":"post-324621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-content-type-news","11":"tag-contentid-73402712-5238-4763-914a-8e96b3661b8d","12":"tag-displaytype-standard-article","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-hasproduct-true","15":"tag-locale-gb","16":"tag-movies","17":"tag-shorttitle-5-must-see-movies-in-december-on-netflix-and-prime"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}