As the holiday season approaches and the year winds down, Netflix is pulling out all the stops to make December 2025 a month to remember for binge-watchers everywhere. This is the time of year when we crave stories that make us laugh, keep us on the edge of our seats, or sweep us away into worlds so vivid that we forget about reality for a while. And this December, Netflix delivers in spades.
In this article, we’ve rounded up four binge-worthy shows that you simply cannot miss on Netflix next month. Some are new series, while others are returning favorites making their highly anticipated comebacks. Now, let’s get started!
The Abandons
- Release date: Dec. 4, 2025
Gillian Anderson and Lena Headey in a Netflix show together? What did we do to deserve such a casting dream team! The Abandons is a new Western drama that takes place in the Washington Territory in 1854.
The series follows two families at opposite ends of society. There’s the Van Nesses, a wealthy and powerful dynasty led by Anderson’s formidable Constance. On the other side are the Abandons, a tight-knit found family of orphans and outcasts headed by Headey’s fearless Fiona Nolan. Both families’ lives become entwined through secrets, star-crossed love, and a high-stakes battle over land and power.
Lucas Till, Aisling Franciosi, Nick Robinson, Diana Silvers, Lamar Johnson, and many other talented actors join Anderson and Headey in the cast.
The Price of Confession
- Release date: Dec. 5, 2025
Netflix isn’t slowing down on releasing great Korean content. This December, the streaming giant will be dropping The Price of Confession. It’s a mystery thriller series centering around Yun-su, a woman accused of murdering her husband, and the enigmatic Mo Eun, a woman feared as a witch and murderer among her fellow prison inmates. When Yun-su lands in prison, she encounters Mo Eun, who offers to confess to the crime but only if Yun-su pays a steep price. She must commit a murder.
Jeon Do-yeon (Kill Boksoon, Crash Course in Romance) plays Yun-su, while Kim Go-eun (Little Women, Cheese in the Trap) portrays Mo Eun. Also in the cast are Park Hae-soo, Jin Seon-kyu, Choi Young-joon, Nam Da-reum, and Kim Joong-don.
Emily in Paris season 5
- Release date: Dec. 18, 2025
Who’s ready to return to the City of Light? Emily in Paris is scheduled to make a comeback on Netflix with its fifth season this December, and fans will get to see Emily’s adventures expand geographically as she juggles life between Paris and Rome. She has to balance being head of Agence Grateau’s new Rome office with her complicated love life.
At the end of the fourth season, Emily ends up with the heir to an Italian luxury fashion house, Marcello Muratori. But we also see Gabriel seemingly headed to Rome to win Emily back. It’s going to be interesting to see how everything plays out in the upcoming fifth season.
Lily Collins reprises her leading role as Emily Cooper. The season 5 cast is also made up of Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Ashley Park, Lucas Bravo, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, William Abadie, Lucien Laviscount, Eugenio Franceschini, Thalia Besson, Paul Forman, and Arnaud Binard.
Stranger Things 5 part 2
- Release date: Dec. 25, 2025
Are you still reeling from that jaw-dropping part 1 cliffhanger ending that revealed something fascinating about Will? We are, and we’ve been counting down the days until Stranger Things 5 part 2 releases on Netflix. There aren’t any plot details for the second batch of episodes just yet, but we can probably expect them to continue exploring the Hawkins gang’s efforts to save Holly from Vecna.
Eleven also found something interesting behind the big metal door at the Hawkins Lab in the Upside Down. That storyline will likely be explored further in part 2 as well. The returning cast includes Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, and so many others.
