New Netflix movies are still arriving thick and fast as we enter 2024's festive season. With the so-called 'most wonderful time of the year' on our doorstep, it'll come as no surprise to learn that Netflix has started releasing new movies of the Christmas variety recently, either. Indeed, two of the last three Netflix Film Originals to debut on the service are schlocky rom-coms that'll try to warm the cockles of your heart as the cold weather (north of the equator, anyway) sets in.
But I digress. You can read more about that pair – Hot Frosty and Meet Me Next Christmas – below alongside the other original flick, Emilia Perez, that's recently launched on the world's best streaming service. Not in the mood for any of those? Our best Netflix movies is packed with plenty of other recommendations, so head over there if you're after more suggestions.
New Netflix movies: November
Emilia Perez
Release date: November 13
Runtime: 132 minutes
Age rating: R (US) / 15 (UK)
Cast: Karla Sofia Gascon, Zoe Saldana, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Edgar Ramirez among others
Director: Jacques Audiard
RT score: 82% (critics); 79% (audience)
Billed as a musical thriller, this audacious and ambitious Netflix film claims it redefines genres and audience expectations for what similar movies can be. Based on its positive RT ratings, Emilia Perez appears to have largely succeeded in that endeavor and, honestly, I wouldn't be shocked if it makes a late run on the 2025 awards circuit, especially after it won two gongs at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
So, what's it about? The story follows four Mexican women as they pursue their own idea of what happiness is, but this isn't an anthology flick along the lines of 20th Century Fox's Kinds of Kindness. Instead, Gascon plays the titular fearsome cartel leader who enlists Rita (Saldana), an underappreciated lawyer, to help her fake her own death so she can live the life she always dreamed of. A bold and swaggering flick that unashamedly shines a spotlight on femininity and trans rights.
Hot Frosty
Release date: November 13
Runtime: 92 minutes
Age rating: PG-13 (US) / PG (UK)
Cast: Lacey Chabert, Dustin Milligan, Katy Mixon Greer, Lauren Holly, Chrishell Stause, Joe Lo Truglio, and Craig Robinson
Director: Jerry Ciccoritti
RT score: TBC (critics); TBC (audience)
A romantic drama no doubt inspired, albeit loosely by Raymond Briggs' The Snowman, the festive Netflix flick looks more saccharine than most others (but likely just as forgettable as many of its peers) that the streaming titan has released in recent years.
Chabert plays Kathy, a widow whose life has never been the same since her husband passed away two years earlier. But, after building a human-sized snowman (Milligan) who magically comes to life, Kathy finds her icy cold heart being *ahem* melted by said creation. The only problem? At some point he'll melt. Cue the pair enjoying each other's company – not to mention falling for each other – before the festive season's cold snap ends.
Meet Me Next Christmas
Release date: November 6
Runtime: 105 minutes
Age rating: PG-13 (US) / PG (UK)
Cast: Christina Milian, Devale Ellis, Kofi Siriboe, Tymika Tafari, Mitch Grassi, Scott Hoying, Kirstin Maldonado, Kevin Olusola, Matt Sallee, Kalen Allen, Nikki Duval, and Wesley French
Director: Rusty Cundieff
RT score: 67% (critics); 48% (audience)
The first of Netflix's 2024 festive movie line-up to be released, Meet Me Next Christmas stars Millian as Layla, a New Yorker desperate to acquire a ticket to Pentatonix's Christmas Eve concert so she can meet the man of her dreams in Ellis' Teddy.
A film that critics have described as playing out with "little charm", and that's "really weird" and "absolute nonsense" (ouch!), Meet Me Next Christmas may help you to pass the time if you're really bored. Otherwise, I'd recommend giving it a wider berth.
Time Cut
Release date: November 1
Runtime: 91 minutes
Age rating: R (US) / 15 (UK)
Cast: Madison Bailey, Antonia Gentry, Michael Shanks, Summer H. Howell, and Megan Best
Director: Hannah MacPherson
RT score: 29% (critics); 32% (audience)
After an October filled with relative hits, Netflix reboarded the "terrible movie" train with this horror film that, according to general audiences and critics alike, does a much worse job of telling a "Back to the Future meets Scream" tale than Prime Video's Totally Killer did.
Baileys as Lucy, a teen who not only accidentally time-travels back to 2003, but also the night that a masked killer killed her older sister Summer (Gentry). Cue a mission to save her sibling from certain death, which I'm sure won't impact the time-space continuum... My advice? Go and watch one of the many other time-travel horror movies that are actually good, rather than this abhorrent mess.
New Netflix movies: what's coming in 2024?
Here's a full rundown of the last 10 new Netflix movies that'll debut on the service before the year is over:
- The Merry Gentlemen (November 20)
- Spellbound (November 22)
- The Piano Lesson (November 22)
- Joy (November 22)
- Our Little Secret (November 27)
- That Christmas (December 4)
- Mary (December 6)
- Maria (December 11)
- Carry-On (December 13)
- The Six Triple Eight (December 20)
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