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    New Movies and Shows to Watch on Netflix This Holiday Season

    It’s the most wonderful time of the year.

    Nov. 4, 2022

With the holidays around the corner, it’s once again time to immerse yourself in those charming time-honored traditions: spiking the eggnog, wrapping presents and spending hours arguing with family members over what movie to watch (while wearing matching onesies, of course). 

Fortunately, there’s no shortage of festive movies and TV shows coming to Netflix this holiday season. From cozy mysteries like Enola Holmes 2 and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, to new Christmas rom-com Falling for Christmasto the chilly autumn vibes of Wednesdayyou’ll have no trouble finding your holiday cheer — or the third season of your favorite American girl in Paris, if that’s your vibe. You know how the song goes: “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire / Netflix playing on TV.” 

Read on for a guide to every holiday offering you’ll find under the streaming tree this year.

October


The School for Good and Evil Final TrailerSchool is almost in session. Don’t be late.
OCT. 19

The School for Good and Evil 

Genre: Family Film
Logline: Best friends Sophie and Agatha find themselves on opposing sides of an epic battle when they’re swept away into an enchanted school where aspiring heroes and villains are trained to protect the balance between Good and Evil. Based on the epic international bestselling series by Soman Chainani.
Cast: Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophia Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young, Patti LuPone, Rachel Bloom, Peter Serafinowicz, Rob Delaney, Mark Heap and the voice of Cate Blanchett as “The Storian
Director: Paul Feig

Watch: ‘Enola Holmes 2’ Trailer
NOV. 4

Enola Holmes 2 

Genre: Mystery-Adventure Film
Logline: Now a detective-for-hire like her infamous brother, Enola Holmes takes on her first official case to find a missing girl, as the sparks of a dangerous conspiracy ignite a mystery that requires the help of friends — and Sherlock himself — to unravel.  
Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, David Thewlis, Louis Partridge, Susan Wokoma, Adeel Akhtar, Sharon Duncan-Brewster and Helena Bonham Carter
Director: Harry Bradbeer

Falling for Christmas Trailer
NOV. 10

Falling for Christmas 

Genre: Romantic Comedy Film
Logline: A newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress gets into a skiing accident, suffers from total amnesia and finds herself in the care of a handsome blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, George Young, Jack Wagner and Olivia Perez
Director: Janeen Damian

 
NOV. 11

My Father’s Dragon 

Genre: Family Film 
Logline: From five-time Academy Award–nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon (The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers) and Academy Award–nominated director Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner), comes an exquisite film inspired by the children’s book from author Ruth Stiles Gannett. Struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, Elmer runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer's adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island and the friendship of a lifetime. 
Cast: Jacob Tremblay, Gaten Matarazzo, Golshifteh Farahani, Dianne Wiest, Rita Moreno, Chris O’Dowd, Judy Greer, Alan Cumming, Yara Shahidi, Jackie Earle Haley, Mary Kay Place, Leighton Meester, Spence Moore II, Adam Brody, Charlyne Yi, Maggie Lincoln, Jack Smith, Whoopi Goldberg and Ian McShane
Director: Nora Twomey

Christmas with You Trailer
NOV. 17

Christmas with You 

Genre: Romantic Comedy Film
Logline: Feeling career burnout, pop star Angelina escapes to grant a young fan's wish in small-town New York, where she not only finds the inspiration to revitalize her career but also a shot at true love.
Cast: Aimee Garcia and Freddie Prinze Jr.
Director: Gabriela Tagliavini

Slumberland Main Trailer
NOV. 18

Slumberland

Genre: Family Film
Logline: A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
Cast: Jason Momoa, Marlow Barkley, Chris O’Dowd, Kyle Chandler, Weruche Opia, India de Beaufort and Humberly Gonzalez 
Director: Francis Lawrence

 
NOV.  18

The Great British Baking Show: Holidays, Season 5

Genre: Competition TV
Logline: Deck the halls with sugar, butter and chocolate as competitors from past seasons bake wondrous winter treats for judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith.

 
NOV.  18

The Cuphead Show!,  Part 3

Genre: Animated TV Special Logline: From hijinks and heebie-jeebies to holiday cheer: This season’s got it all as the boys go big to trick the Devil and stir up trouble all over town! Special holiday episodes in Part 3 include “A Holiday Tree-dition” and “A Very Devil Christmas.”

NOV. 21

My Little Pony: Winter Wishday

Genre: Animated TV Special
Logline: With different holiday traditions across three pony lands, the Mane 5 race against time to celebrate everyone’s special customs and make it home in time for the Wishing Star.
Cast: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Jenna Warren, JJ Gerber, Ana Sani, Aj Bridel, Bahia Watson

Wednesday Season 1 Trailer
NOV. 23

Wednesday

Genre: Mystery-Adventure Series
Logline: Wednesday is a sleuthing, supernaturally infused mystery charting Wednesday Addams’ years as a student at Nevermore Academy. She attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a monstrous killing spree that has terrorized the local town and solve the murder mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago — all while navigating her new and very tangled relationships at Nevermore.
Cast: Jenna Ortega, Gwendoline Christie, Jamie McShane, Percy Hynes White, Hunter Doohan, Emma Myers, Joy Sunday, Naomi J. Ogawa, Moosa Mostafa, Georgie Farmer, Riki Lindhome with Christina Ricci 
Showrunners: Alfred Gough and Miles Millar
Director: Tim Burton

NOV. 23

Christmas on Mistletoe Farm

Genre: Holiday Romance Film
Logline: A family Christmas film about love and romance, animals and friendship and finding the Christmas spirit in the unlikeliest places.
Cast: Scott Garnham, Scott Paige, Carolyn Pickles
Director: Debbie Isitt

 
NOV. 24

The Noel Diary

Genre: Holiday Romance Film
Logline: When bestselling author Jake Turner (Justin Hartley) returns home at Christmas to settle his estranged mother’s estate, he discovers a diary that may hold secrets to his own past and that of Rachel (Barrett Doss) — an intriguing young woman on a mission of her own. Together, they embark on a journey to confront their pasts and discover a future that’s totally unexpected.
Cast: Justin Hartley, Barrett Doss, Essence Atkins with Bonnie Bedelia and James Remar
Director: Charles Shyer

 
NOV. 28

The Action Pack Saves Christmas

Genre: Animated TV Special 
Logline: When the Christmas cheer is taken from the citizens of Hope Springs, the Action Pack team up with a super-powered Santa Claus to save the day.

NOV. 30

Creature Cases

Genre: Animated TV Special
Logline: Everyone’s decking the halls to get in the holiday spirit. But Sam and Kit are blasted back in time to the Ice Age where they meet some woolly new pals!

Desirée do Valle
 
NOV. 30 

Christmas Full of Grace

Genre: Drama Film
Logline: After discovering that his ex-girlfriend betrayed him, Carlinhos takes a stranger to have Christmas dinner at his family’s mansion. Graça, played by Gkay, turns out to be a guest capable of bringing the house down. The visit does not please the matriarch of the family, Lady Sofia.
Cast: Gkay, Sérgio Malheiros, Vera Fischer, among others
Director: Pedro Antônio Paes

December


 
DEC. 2

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Genre: Animated Family Film
Logline: Produced by Timeless Films in association with Axis Studios and directed by Stephen Donnelly, Charles Dickens’ ageless legend is reborn in this supernatural, time-traveling, musical adaptation of the definitive Christmas story. With his very soul on the line, Scrooge has but one Christmas Eve left to face his past and build a better future. Featuring reimagined songs from the legendary two-time Academy Award winner Leslie Bricusse OBE, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol has songs for a new generation to sing.
Cast: Luke Evans, Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Fra Fee, Giles Terera, Trevor Dion Nicholas, James Cosmo and Jonathan Pryce 
Director: Stephen Donnelly

Firefly Lane Season 2, Part 1 Trailer
DEC. 2

Firefly Lane Season 2

Genre: Drama Series
Logline: What could possibly have ended the tight-knit 30-year friendship of Tully and Kate, our "Firefly Lane Girls Forever"?  We'll learn the answer this season — but first — Kate grapples with the painful aftermath of Johnny's ill-fated trip to Iraq, while Tully faces a lawsuit after walking away from her talk show, and must start her career over from the bottom. This leads her to search for answers about who she is and where she comes from — including a quest to find the father she never met, against the wishes of her secretive hippie mother, Cloud. In the '80s, we see Kate and Johnny first fall in love, creating more than a little drama in the newsroom where they work, as Tully's career rises and she spars (and flirts!) with cocky sportscaster Danny Diaz. She just might have met her match — that is, if they can stop arguing for five minutes. While in the ’70s, teenage Kate and Tully struggle to keep their friendship together as Cloud goes to jail for dealing drugs and Tully goes to live with her grandmother, far away from Firefly Lane. As the girls face the tumult of high school apart, they know the one thing they really need is each other.
Cast: Katherine Heigl and Sarah Chalke, India de Beaufort, Greg Germann, Jolene Purdy, and Ignacio Serricchio
Showrunner: Maggie Friedman

 
DEC. 6

Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus

Genre: Animated TV Special 
Logline: It’s Boss Baby’s first Christmas and though Tim wants to introduce him to all the holiday trappings as well as the (somewhat strange) Templeton traditions, Boss Baby wants nothing to do with any of it. In a last ditch effort to get Boss in the spirit, Tim takes him to the mall to meet Santa but unbeknownst to Tim, Boss and Santa have a previously undisclosed business relationship. 

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Teaser Trailer
DEC. 9 

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

In select theaters: November 
Genre: Drama Film
Logline: Academy Award-winning director Guillermo del Toro and award winning, stop-motion legend Mark Gustafson reimagine the classic Carlo Collodi tale of the fabled wooden boy with a whimsical tour de force that finds Pinocchio on an enchanted adventure that transcends worlds and reveals the life-giving power of love.
Cast: Gregory Mann, Ewan McGregor,  David Bradley, Tilda Swinton, Christoph Waltz, Finn Wolfhard, Cate Blanchett, John Turturro, Ron Perlman, Tim Blake Nelson, Burn Gorman
Director: Guillermo del Toro

‘Sonic Prime’ Teaser
DEC. 15

Sonic Prime Season 1

Genre: Animated Series
Logline: The action-packed adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog go into overdrive when a run-in with Dr. Eggman results in a literal universe-shattering event. Desperate to piece his prime reality back together and save his old friends, Sonic races through the Shatterverse, discovering strange worlds and enlisting new friends in an epic adventure of a lifetime!
Cast: Deven Mack, Ashleigh Ball, Shannon Chan-Kent, Brian Drummond, Vincent Tong, Ian Hanlin, Kazumi Evans, Adam Nurada

Philippe Bossé/Netflix
 
DEC. 16

The Recruit

Genre: Drama Series
Logline: The Recruit centers around Owen Hendricks (Noah Centineo), a young CIA lawyer whose first week on the job turns upside down when he discovers a threatening letter by former asset Max Meladze (Laura Haddock), who plans to expose the agency unless they exonerate her of a serious crime. Owen quickly becomes entangled in a dangerous and often absurd world of power politics and mischievous players, as he travels the world in hopes of completing his assignment and making a mark at the CIA.
Cast: Noah Centineo, Laura Haddock, Aarti Mann, Colton Dunn, Fivel Stewart, Daniel Quincy Annoh, Kristian Bruun, Vondie Curtis Hall, Byron Mann, Angel Parker, Kaylah Zander
Creator: Alexi Hawley

DEC. 20 

A Not So Merry Christmas

Genre: Comedy Film
Logline: After another failed birthday celebration, Chuy will wake up one year later without remembering the year gone by. He will soon realize that he is doomed to continue waking up on Christmas Eve, only to deal with the consequences of what his other self has done for 364 days. 
Cast: Mauricio Ochmann, Ana Brenda Contreras, María Rojo, José Sefami, Verónica Bravo, Mannu NNa, Alfonso Borbolla, and Romina Poza
Director: Mark Alazraki

Emily in Paris Season 3 TeaserThey're just bangs.
DEC. 21

Emily in Paris Season 3

Genre: Comedy Series
Logline: One year after moving from Chicago to Paris for her dream job, Emily finds herself at a crucial crossroads in every aspect of her life. Faced with two very different paths, Emily will have to decide exactly where her loyalties lie — at work and in her romantic life — and what those decisions mean for her future in France, all while continuing to immerse herself in the adventures and surprising twists and turns that life in Paris provides.

Award winning creator and showrunner Darren Star returns to helm the third season of the Emmy-nominated series Emily in Paris. Producer and star Lily Collins also returns as Emily Cooper, alongside returning series regulars. Emily in Paris is produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, Darren Star Productions, and Jax Media.
Cast: Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Lucas Bravo, Ashley Park, Camille Razat, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, William Abadie, Lucien Laviscount
Creator: Darren Star

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Teaser
DEC. 23 

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Genre: Mystery Film
Logline: In the follow-up to Rian Johnson’s Knives Out, Detective Benoit Blanc travels to Greece to peel back the layers of a mystery involving a new cast of colorful suspects. (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is in select theaters for a one week preview event from Nov. 23-29.)
Cast: Daniel Craig, Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, with Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista
Director: Rian Johnson 

Matilda the Musical Main Trailer
DEC. 25 

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical 

Genre: Family Film
Logline: An adaptation of the Tony and Olivier Award winning musical, Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical tells the story of an extraordinary girl who, armed with a sharp mind and a vivid imagination, dares to take a stand to change her story with miraculous results. Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical will release across the world on Dec. 25, excluding UK and Ireland; and in US theaters Dec. 9
Cast: Alisha Weir, Emma Thompson, Lashana Lynch, Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough and Sindhu Vee 
Director: Matthew Warchus

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