The must-watch title on every major streamer this December
December’s packed with big swings across every platform, and these are the ones you shouldn’t miss.
I don’t know about you, but December always feels like the month when streaming really turns it on. The holidays hit, everyone slows down a bit, and suddenly every major platform decides it’s time to drop something huge. This year’s lineup feels especially packed. Big movies, returning favorites, and some very bold swings are all landing in the same few weeks, and it’s the kind of mix that makes staying inside way too easy. There’s action, mystery, fantasy, and a few surprises that were nowhere on my radar until now. If you’re trying to figure out what to watch first, here’s the top title on every major streamer this month.
Top title on each streamer for the month of December 2025:
Disney+: ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ HBO Max: ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ AMC+: ‘Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale’ Peacock: ‘The Copenhagen Test’ Apple TV: ‘F1 the Movie’ Hulu: ‘Home Alone’ franchise Netflix: ‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ Paramount+: ‘Little Disasters’ Prime Video: ‘Fallout’ Season 2
‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’ Season 2 | Fantasy | Disney+
I’m really looking forward to this one because it feels like the moment the show levels up. “Percy Jackson and the Olympians ” comes back on Thursday, Dec. 10, with a two-episode premiere, and the new season jumps straight into one of the coolest arcs from the books. The protective border around Camp Half-Blood gets blown open, and Percy has to sail into the Sea of Monsters to save Grover and track down the Golden Fleece before everything collapses. I love a quest story with real stakes, and this one throws Percy, Annabeth, Clarisse, and Tyson into danger right away. Plus, Kronos and Luke are becoming a real threat now, so the season already feels bigger, darker, and more epic than the first.
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
December 19, 2023
Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus’s master bolt and stop an all-out war. With the help of his friends Annabeth and Grover, Percy’s journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, and who he’s destined to be.
‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ | Movie | HBO Max
I think my first introduction to “This Is Spinal Tap ” happened in film school, but since then, there have been few mockumentaries that have made me laugh this hard. So, I am very fired up for the sequel. “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues ” premieres Saturday, Dec. 12 on HBO Max , and somehow brings the whole band back together after a 15-year break for one last chaotic blowout of a concert. I missed this one in theaters, which honestly stings a little, but watching Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Rob Reiner reunite for a new chapter feels like a gift. There’s something magical about seeing this group slip back into those characters, and I’m really curious what kind of disaster, ego battles, and backstage meltdowns they cook up this time. If the original set the gold standard for music mockumentaries, I can’t wait to see how this one holds up.
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues
September 12, 2025
The now estranged bandmates of Spinal Tap are forced to reunite for one final concert, hoping it will solidify their place in the pantheon of rock ‘n’ roll.
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‘Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale’ Season 2 | Series | AMC+
AMC+ has been leaning harder into witchy world-building lately, and Season 2 of “Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale ” keeps that momentum going when it returns Thursday, Dec. 25. The new season picks up a year after the events of Season 1. Sarah and Harper are hiding in Scotland while trying to keep Harper’s growing powers invisible, and rising anti-witch laws ratchet up the stakes. Sarah soon faces a major choice: return to Sanctuary as a covert asset for The Moot or risk having her magic bound. It looks like a bigger, darker chapter that expands the show’s mythology and pushes Sanctuary deeper into the kind of magic-driven storytelling AMC+ has been developing.
Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale
January 4, 2024
Set in a contemporary world where witchcraft is real, the story takes place in the idyllic English town of Sanctuary, where for hundreds of years witches have lived peacefully, as valued members of society. Until now…
‘The Copenhagen Test’ | Series | Peacock
Peacock is closing out the year with one of its most ambitious thrillers yet. “The Copenhagen Test ” premieres Sunday, Dec. 27, and the premise is epic. Simu Liu stars as Alexander Hale, a first-generation Chinese American intelligence analyst who discovers his mind has been hacked. The attackers can see and hear everything he does, which turns his entire life into a performance he has to maintain around the clock. The tension comes from the tightrope he is forced to walk, caught between his own agency, which already operates in the shadows, and the unknown group manipulating his senses. It’s part psychological thriller and part espionage story that pushes the idea of surveillance to its limit.
The Copenhagen Test
December 27, 2025
First-generation Chinese-American intelligence analyst Alexander Hale realizes his brain has been hacked, giving the perpetrators access to everything he sees and hears. Caught between his shadowy agency and the unknown hackers, he must maintain a performance 24/7 to flush out who’s responsible and prove where his allegiance lies.
‘F1 the Movie’ | Movie | Apple TV
I caught “F1 ” opening weekend, and I’ve gotta say, this thing rips. “F1 the Movie” drops Friday, Dec. 12 on Apple TV , and it’s wild to see Apple’s highest-grossing film ever finally hit the platform. Brad Pitt plays Sonny Hayes, a former Formula 1 star whose career nearly ended after a brutal crash in the nineties. Now he’s a racer for hire who gets one last shot at the big leagues when his old teammate Ruben Cervantes, played by Javier Bardem, pulls him back into the sport to help save their struggling team. The movie feels as locked in as “Top Gun: Maverick,” which makes sense since it comes from the same filmmakers. The racing sequences look incredible, the performances hit hard, and the whole thing moves with the kind of momentum that never lets up. Damson Idris, Kerry Condon, and Tobias Menzies round out the cast, and everyone brings real intensity to the story. Watching it again on Apple TV is going to be a blast.
F1
June 25, 2025
Racing legend Sonny Hayes is coaxed out of retirement to lead a struggling Formula 1 team—and mentor a young hotshot driver—while chasing one more chance at glory.
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‘Home Alone’ franchise | Movies | Hulu
Holiday mayhem really kicks in on Monday, Dec. 1, when the “Home Alone ” movie franchise hits Hulu . I legit used to rent “Home Alone ” and “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York ” every single Christmas, so having them sitting on a streamer feels like a Christmas cheat code. The first two are still easily the best of the bunch, with peak Kevin McCallister chaos, perfect ’90s Christmas vibes, and that mix of slapstick and heart nobody’s really matched since. But Hulu’s grabbing the whole set, including “Home Alone 3 ,” “Home Alone 4: Taking Back the House ,” and “Home Alone: The Holiday Heist ,” so you can just park on the couch and run the entire saga without leaving your living room. It’s the easiest holiday tradition upgrade you’ll make all year.
Home Alone
November 16, 1990
Eight-year-old Kevin McCallister makes the most of the situation after his family unwittingly leaves him behind when they go on Christmas vacation. When thieves try to break into his home, he puts up a fight like no other.
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‘Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery’ | Movie | Netflix
Rian Johnson returning to the “Knives Out ” universe always feels like the perfect holiday gift, and the third entry, “Wake Up Dead Man ,” arrives Saturday, Dec. 12 on Netflix . Daniel Craig is back as Benoit Blanc, and the setup this time leans into a stranger, more supernatural edge. A young priest named Jud Duplenticy gets assigned to a charismatic monsignor whose parish vibes are off from day one, and things take a sharp turn when an impossible murder shakes the whole town. With no clear suspect and a crime that defies logic, local police chief Geraldine Scott teams up with Blanc to pull apart a mystery that seems to bend reality. Johnson’s great at building a world that feels playful and tense at the same time, and this movie looks like his boldest swing yet. New cast, new setting, new puzzle. I’m all in.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
November 26, 2025
When young priest Jud Duplenticy is sent to assist charismatic firebrand Monsignor Jefferson Wicks, it’s clear that all is not well in the pews. After a sudden and seemingly impossible murder rocks the town, the lack of an obvious suspect prompts local police chief Geraldine Scott to join forces with renowned detective Benoit Blanc to unravel a mystery that defies all logic.
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‘Little Disasters’ | Series | Paramount+
“Little Disasters ” lands Wednesday, Dec. 11 on Paramount+ , and it looks like the kind of tense, slow-burning psychological drama the service has been leaning into lately. Diane Kruger and Jo Joyner play Jess and Liz, two women who’ve been close friends for a decade, until one terrifying moment sends everything into a tailspin. Jess rushes her baby to the ER with an injury she can’t clearly explain. Liz is the attending doctor on duty, and she’s suddenly forced into a decision that could save Jess or destroy her. That moment sparks a chain reaction that cracks open their friendships, marriages, and long-buried secrets. If you’re into character-driven suspense with real emotional stakes, this looks like one of December’s most fun premieres.
Little Disasters
May 22, 2025
When Jess takes her baby to hospital with an unexplained head injury, her close friend, A&E doctor Liz, makes the excruciating decision to call social services, igniting an explosive chain of events.
‘Fallout’ Season 2 | Series | Prime Video
“Fallout ” was one of my favorite shows of last year, and now Season 2 is about to drop. It starts streaming Thursday, Dec. 17 on Prime Video , and the new season looks like it’s doubling down on everything that made the first run such a blast. The trailer keeps that dry, ironic tone fans love, mixing pitch black humor with bleak wasteland violence and all the retro-future weirdness the franchise is known for. Ella Purnell’s Lucy is still out in the wild trying to make sense of how broken the world really is, and this time she’s heading into one of the most iconic settings from the games. New Vegas is finally coming to life on screen, and even a quick glimpse shows a smaller but still sin-filled desert city that’s packed with danger and oddball characters. If Season 1 proved anything, it’s that this show knows how to honor the games without copying them. Season 2 looks like more chaos, more world-building, and more of that unmistakable Fallout energy.
Fallout
April 10, 2024
The story of haves and have-nots in a world in which there’s almost nothing left to have. 200 years after the apocalypse, the gentle denizens of luxury fallout shelters are forced to return to the irradiated hellscape their ancestors left behind — and are shocked to discover an incredibly complex, gleefully weird, and highly violent universe waiting for them.