Holiday content, buzzy awards contenders, and big-name franchises rule our screens headed into December. As we wrap up 2023, here are the remaining film and TV premieres to look out for.
If you’re feeling festive, you can hit the theater to see Eddie Murphy in Candy Cane Lane, head over to Disney+ to stream season 2 of The Santa Clauses, or let horror and the holidays collide in A Creature Was Stirring.
The end of the year also ushers in the start of awards season. Expect to hear about movies like May December, Poor Things, All of Us Strangers, Maestro, and The Color Purple.
But December isn’t only so-called high-brow cinema. It’s a huge month for some of your favorite franchises, with a new Godzilla movie, special episodes of Doctor Who, Marvel properties spanning TV and film (a new season of What If…? and a new Aquaman movie), and the latest animated feature from Hayao Miyazaki, The Boy and the Heron. Plus, two incredibly anticipated streaming releases: the first installment of Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon hits theaters and Netflix, and Percy Jackson and the Olympians finally arrives on Disney+.
Check out our list below for the biggest December premieres across theatrical, streaming, and linear cable for movies and television.
Premiering December 1 – 7
December 1
CANDY CANE LANE film premiere (Theatrical)
DON’T SUCK film premiere (Theatrical)
EILEEN film premiere (Theatrical)
THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER film streaming premiere (Peacock)
GODZILLA MINUS ONE film premiere (Theatrical)
HOW THE GRINGO STOLE CHRISTMAS film premiere (Theatrical)
INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY film streaming premiere (Disney+)
MAY DECEMBER film streaming premiere (Netflix)
PIANOFORTE film premiere (Theatrical)
POWER BOOK III: RAISING KANAN season 3 premiere (Starz)
RENAISSANCE: A FILM BY BEYONCE concert film premiere (Theatrical)
THE SHEPHERD series premiere (Disney+)
SILENT NIGHT film premiere (Theatrical)
SLOW HORSES season 3 premiere (Apple TV+)
December 2
DOCTOR WHO 60TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL part 2 premiere (Disney+)
December 4
THE BOY AND THE HERON film premiere (Theatrical)
DEW DROP DIARIES season 2 premiere (Netflix)
MURDER IN BOSTON: ROOTS, RAMPAGE, AND RECKONING series premiere (HBO)
December 6
THE SANTA CLAUSES season 2 premiere (Disney+)
December 7
THE ARCHIES film premiere (Netflix)
THE ENVOYS season 2 premiere (Paramount+)
HILDA season 3 premiere (Netflix)
MY LIFE WITH THE WALTER BOYS series premiere (Netflix)
Premiering December 8 – 14
December 8
A CREATURE WAS STIRRING film premiere (Theatrical)
BABY SHARK’S BIG MOVIE film premiere (Paramount+)
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID CHRISTMAS: CABIN FEVER premiere (Disney+)
THE GREAT BRITISH BAKING SHOW: HOLIDAYS season 6 premiere (Netflix)
LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND film streaming premiere (Netflix)
MR. MONK’S LAST CASE: A MONK MOVIE film premiere (Peacock)
ORIGIN film premiere (Theatrical)
OUR SON film premiere (Theatrical)
POOR THINGS film premiere (Theatrical)
December 9
DOCTOR WHO 60TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL part 3 premiere (Disney+)
December 12
UNDER PRESSURE: THE US WOMEN’S WORLD CUP TEAM documentary premiere (Netflix)
December 13
CAR MASTERS: RUST TO RICHES season 5 premiere (Netflix)
December 14
THE CROWN season 6 part 2 premiere (Netflix)
Premiering December 15 – 21
December 15
CAROL & THE END OF THE WORLD series premiere (Netflix)
CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET film premiere (Theatrical/Netflix)
THE FAMILY PLAN film premiere (Apple TV+)
REACHER season 2 premiere (Prime Video)
REBEL MOON: PART ONE film premiere (Theatrical)
WONKA film premiere (Theatrical)
December 20
MAESTRO film premiere (Netflix)
PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS series premiere (Disney+)
December 21
BEAU IS AFRAID film streaming premiere (Paramount+)
DR. DEATH season 2 premiere (Peacock)
Premiering December 22 – 31
December 22
ALL OF US STRANGERS film premiere (Theatrical)
ANYONE BUT YOU film premiere (Theatrical)
AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM film premiere (Theatrical)
THE IRON CLAW film premiere (Theatrical)
MIGRATION film premiere (Theatrical)
REBEL MOON: PART ONE film streaming premiere (Netflix)
WHAT IF…? season 2 premiere (Disney+)
December 25
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT film premiere (Theatrical)
THE COLOR PURPLE film premiere (Theatrical)
DOCTOR WHO HOLIDAY SPECIAL premiere (Disney+)
FERRARI film premiere (Theatrical)
December 28
OPRAH AND THE COLOR PURPLE JOURNEY documentary premiere (Max)
