The Christmas season is in full swing and Netflix will be premiering many new Netflix Original Christmas films and shows to celebrate the time of year.
Many are new, some are Netflix originals, and a few are classics that Netflix still holds the streaming rights to.
The streaming giant is keeping us entertained all month with plenty of new shows and movies to binge on over the Christmas break, as outlined below.
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December 14
Kangaroo Valley (2022) Netflix Original
Australian-based nature documentary following a kangaroo joey named Mala.’
Glitter (Season 1) Netflix Original
A Polish drama set in the late 1970s following three women navigating political and social changes.
I Believe in Santa (2022) Netflix Original – Romantic comedy.
Lisa is horrified to learn that her boyfriend of five months, Tom, is obsessed with her least favourite holiday, Christmas.
December 15
The Hand of God
The new title and Netflix original from Italian auteur Paolo Sorrentino. Sorrentino’s previous works include This Must Be the Place, and his masterpiece The Great Beauty which is currently showing on Netflix.
Sonic Prime (Season 1) Netflix Original
New kids series that’ll see you zooming alongside the famous SEGA mascot and visiting the Green Hill Zone.
The Big 4 (2022) Netflix Original
Indonesian action movie about four retired assassins springing into action to track down an elusive murderer.
Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery (2022) Netflix Original
An improvised comedy spoof ‘whodunnit’ centred around the death of Santa. Starring Jason Bateman.
December 16
A Storm For Christmas
Destinies collide when extreme weather traps travellers and workers at an airport, forcing them to spend the final hours leading up to Christmas together.
The Recruit - Season 1
A fledgling lawyer at the CIA becomes involved in dangerous international power politics. It is after a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her long-term relationship with the agency unless they exonerate her of a serious crime.
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
An epic, visually stunning and immersive experience set against the intimate and moving journey of Silverio, a renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles.
Dance Monsters
In this feel-good competition, amateur dancers disguised as CGI avatars bring their best moves, hoping to win $250,000 — and a second shot at their dreams.
December 21
I Am A Killer' Season Four
Premeditated deeds, tragic accidents or acts of self-defence? Murderers recount the harrowing crimes that landed them in prison with life sentences.
Emily in Paris Season Three
A year after moving to Paris for her dream job, Emily arrives at a career and romantic crossroads that will force her to decide where her future lies.
December 22
Alice in Borderland: Season 2
To solve the mystery of the "Borderland" and return to his original world, Arisu and his comrades must take on even more difficult and dangerous games.
December 23
Romantic Road
Leading London lawyer and his wife re-define later life by motoring across rural India in their battered 1936 Rolls Royce, to get to a human rights festival in Bangladesh.
Glass Onion: A Knives out Mystery
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 colourful suspects. Starring Daniel Craig, Kate Hudson, Kathryn Hahn, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton and Janelle Monáe.
Observations at 65 Degrees South
A team of nine scientists embark on a journey to Antarctica. Their choice of transport: a small sailboat. This story is an intimately human account of what it means to live and work alongside one another under relentless conditions.
Riding High (1981)
A delivery boy challenges a motorcycle daredevil to a death-defying jump across a broken bridge.
Christmas Eve (December 24)
Don’t Look Up
Probably the most anticipated movie release that is new on Netflix Ireland this month, and possibly the year, begins streaming on Christmas Eve. Its hilarious teaser trailer was released two months ago, and it looks like the cast including Leonardo Di Caprio, Jennifer Lawrence, and Jonah Hill are all in top comedic form.
Christmas Day (December 25)
The Witcher: Blood Origin
More than a thousand years before the world of 'The Witcher', seven outcasts in the elven world unite in a blood quest against an unstoppable power.
St Stephen’s Day (December 26)
Treason
An MI6 agent's bright future takes a sharp turn after a reunion with a Russian spy forces him to question his entire life. Crime thriller starring Charlie Cox and Ciarán Hinds.
December 27
Chelsea Handler: Revolution
Chelsea Handler lets loose on her life choices, rowdy rescue dogs, dating frustrations and why society owes women an apology.
Medieval
As feuding brothers battle for control of the throne, daring and righteous mercenary leader Jan Žižka embarks on a mission to kidnap Lady Katherine, the fiancée of a powerful lord.
As Katherine becomes caught in a dangerous political game between monarchs, Jan falls in love with her strong spirit and dedication to saving the people.
In a brave attempt to liberate her, he fights back with a rebel army, battling the corruption, greed and betrayal that runs rampant among those clawing for power.
December 28
Love Is Blind: Brazil Season Two
A new Brazilian season begins for singles looking for true love, not looks. Get ready for more romance and even more drama than before!
The Circle Season Five
Eight new players set up single profiles to sniff out catfish, form friendships and make the most of second chances in this fifth trip around The Circle.
Stuck With You film
En route to a party, two strangers get stuck in an elevator on New Year's Eve — and find themselves connecting in unexpected ways.
7 Women and Murder
When their family patriarch is stabbed, seven women, each with ulterior motives, become trapped together in a mansion to solve the puzzle of his murder.
A Night At The Kindergarten
The kindergarten dress rehearsal of the nativity play turns into a judgement over the naughty 5-year-old, defended by the boy's mother's partner. Initially driven by selfish motives, the man begins to mature into the role of a father during the trial.
December 30
Chicago Party Aunt Part Two
Chicago Party Aunt Diane is an idolised troublemaker with a talent for avoiding adulthood — and a soft spot for her soul-searching nephew.
White Noise - film
At once hilarious and horrifying, lyrical and absurd, ordinary and apocalyptic, 'White Noise' dramatises a contemporary American family’s attempts to deal with the mundane conflicts of everyday life while grappling with the universal mysteries of love, death, and the possibility of happiness in an uncertain world. Based on the book by Don DeLillo, written for the screen and directed by Noah Baumbach.
Christmas films streaming now on Netflix
Falling for Christmas
Lindsay Lohan starring in a Christmas movie is really all the info you need for Netflix's Falling for Christmas. If that's not enough to entice you, then yes, she does play a spoiled heiress to her dad's ski resort business, and she does get amnesia, and falls for a local lodge keeper (Chord Overstreet).
Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
This 2022 animated musical brings new life to Charles Dickens’s classic Christmas tale with the voices of Luke Evans, Jessie Buckley, Olivia Colman, and Johnny Flynn. The animated film is available on Netflix Ireland.
The Noel Diary
From the director of Father of the Bride, this film follows best-selling author Jake Turner as he discovers a diary that might unlock secrets of his past and that of Rachel, an intriguing woman he meets. The film is based on the novel by Richard Paul Evans.
Love Hard
After meeting her perfect match on a dating app, an LA writer learns she's been catfished when she flies 3,000 miles to surprise him for Christmas.
American actress Nina Dobrev stars in this classic.
A Castle for Christmas
To escape a scandal, a bestselling author travels to Scotland where she falls in love with a castle — and faces off with the grumpy duke who owns it. Starring: Brooke Shields, Cary Elwes ,Lee Ross
Single All The Way
Peter asks his best friend to pose as his boyfriend on a Christmas visit home, but their plan — and feelings — change when his family plays matchmaker. Starring: Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Kathy Najimy
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey
In this new musical starring Forest Whitaker, Keegan-Michael Key, and Phylicia Rashad, a toymaker and his granddaughter bring a magical world to life with a special invention.
Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square
An embittered scrooge of a woman plans to sell her small town, regardless of the consequences to the people who live there. However, a kind-hearted angel arrives and shows her what would happen before she mends her ways and redeems herself.
Starring: Dolly Parton, Christine Baranski, and Treat Williams
The Christmas Chronicles
Kurt Russell stars as the big man himself in The Christmas Chronicles, which also features Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Big Little Lies actress Darby Camp. Watch the sequel, The Christmas Chronicles: Part 2, and make it a double feature!
Christmas With A Prince
A dedicated paediatrician reconsiders her feelings for a carefree prince as he secretly recovers from a ski accident alongside her young patients.
Things get complicated for the expecting Prince Alexander and Dr. Tasha when a Royal State Visit is planned abroad, passing through her hometown. The couple must struggle with defying tradition and delivering, literally, on expectations. Starring: Hudson Ambrose, Kayla Isabelle Balan, and Julia Baldwin
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
The 2000 live-action film Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a new Christmas classic based on the popular story of the holiday's most notorious sourpuss, The Grinch.
Whether you've seen it a million times already or you'll be watching it for the first time, there's nothing like it. The Grinch, played by Jim Carrey, hates Christmas, and wants to steal it from the Whos of Whoville.
Let It Snow
Based on the young adult novel by John Green, Lauren Myracle, and Maureen Johnson, the movie follows a group of high schoolers who are brought together when a snowstorm hits on Christmas Eve.
Angela's Christmas 1 & 2
Set in Ireland in the 1900s, this film tells a story of the power of family and the innocent desire of a child to keep her family safe during Christmas.
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