#ReadySetBinge: 14 New OTT Movies & Series Releasing In December 2025

Rowan Atkinson (Trevor Bingley) starring Man V/s Baby is one of the cutest holiday movies you will see this December. After an unfortunate disaster (cc: Man v/s Bee), Bingley leaves the stressful world of house-sitting and becomes a school caretaker. However, when he gets an offer to house-sit a London penthouse, he finds it too hard to ignore. The twist? No one comes to collect baby Jesus from the school nativity, and Bingley has an unexpected, chaotic and cute companion to house sit with. 

Release Date: 11 December 

Streaming On: Netflix

Cast: Rowan Atkinson

Genre: Comedy

Gaurav Gehlot (Kunal Khemu) is a freshly divorced manchild who, despite being super lovable, shocks his family when he adopts a baby. Set in a desi family backdrop, the series will explore Gaurav's transition from a manchild to single father and the chaos of modern parenthood. It’s light-hearted and super easy to binge.

Release Date: 12 December 

Streaming On: Netflix

Cast: Kunal Khemu, Prajakta Koli, Manoj Pahwa, Ayesha Raza

Genre: Comedy, Drama

No, it’s not about falling in love with your secret Santa, but kinda like falling in love with your secret Santa. Taylor disguises herself as a man to get a job as a Santa at a ski resort to fund her ski lessons. The chaos of dressing like a man every day aside, things begin to get complicated when she starts falling for the hotel manager, and someone else gets suspicious about her. 

Release Date: 3 December

Streaming On: Netflix

Cast: Alexandra Breckenridge, Ryan Eggold, Tia Mowry, Madison MacIsaac

Genre: Christmas, holiday, rom-com

Emily’s here again, and she’s at it in Rome this time. After moving to Italy at the end of last season, season 5 follows her journey there. From taking on new challenges at the Agence Grateau's new office in Rome to unfolding romantic and professional dynamics, this one is expected to be a refreshing take on Emily’s life as an American in Europe.

Release Date: 18 December

Streaming On: Netflix

Cast: Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy‑Beaulieu, Ashley Park, Lucas Bravo

Genre: Rom-Com, drama, comedy

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Meghan Markle is back with her docu-series, but this time it’s about holidays, family and celebration. A festive extension of With Love, Meghan, this one-hour holiday special features Meghan sharing her favourite holiday traditions, seasonal crafts, family recipes, and entertaining tips with friends and family. Expect decorating tutorials, handmade gift ideas, and festive feasts.

Release Date: 3 December 

Streaming On: Netflix

Cast: Meghan Markle, Prince Harry

Genre: Reality TV, docu-series

If you're looking for something supernaturally thrilling, Playing Gracie Darling needs to be on your watchlist. The story follows Joni, whose best friend Gracie vanished during a séance 27 years ago. When a new group of kids repeats the same game and another disappearance occurs, Joni is forced to return to her hometown and confront everything she's tried to forget. What follows is a chilling attempt to solve the cold case that haunts her and find the missing girl before history repeats itself.

Release Date: 8 December

Streaming On: Netflix

Cast: Morgana O'Reilly, Harriet Walter, Rudi Dharmalingam, Celia Pacquola, Annie Maynard, Anne Tenney, Chloe Brink

Genre: Drama, thriller

The Hunting Wives is one of those twisty, addictive shows you’ll binge in no time. It follows Sophie O’Neil, who moves to East Texas with her family and quickly gets pulled into the glamorous, but dangerously messy, world of Margo and her elite socialite circle. The cultural clashes are shown brilliantly, and what makes it even better is that author May Cobb drew inspiration from her own experiences growing up in East Texas, which adds an extra layer of authenticity to the setting and storyline.

Release Date: 15 December

Streaming On: Netflix

Cast: Brittany Snow, Malin Akerman, Jaime Ray Newman, Katie Lowes, Paul Teal

Genre: Thriller, suspense, murder mystery

The most anticipated show, Stranger Things, just dropped Part 1 of its final season last month, and the streaming platform literally crashed at release, so it’s safe to say the hype is real. In case you’re unfamiliar, it’s a sci-fi series set in the 1980s, following a group of friends in Hawkins who encounter supernatural forces and an alternate dimension called the “Upside Down.” The ending of Part 1 had everyone crushing on Will, and Part 2 is set to drop this Christmas. Watch it as soon as it’s out, Instagram will be overflowing with spoilers, so no snoozing!

Release Date: 25 December (Part 2)

Streaming On: Netflix

Cast: Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Noah Schnapp, Caleb McLaughlin, Sadie Sink, Gaten Matarazzo

Genre: Science fiction, horror, fantasy

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One of those movies you’ll want to save for the holiday season, Oh. What. Fun. is a heartfelt drama about family matriarch Claire Clauster, who finds herself home alone after a holiday mishap. She embarks on an unexpected adventure, discovering the magic of Christmas on her own, while her family scrambles to find her and salvage their celebration.

Release Date: 3 December

Streaming On: Prime Video

Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, Denis Leary, Chloë Grace Moretz

Genre: Comedy

If you want to binge on something romantic, dramatic and a little masaledar, this Korean drama might be it. It is about a couple who were sweethearts in the past, and their twisted fates (and a disloyal husband) bring them back into each other's lives. There’s the kind of chasing that we enjoy and dollops of drama.

Release Date: 6 December

Streaming On: Prime Video

Cast: Park Seo-joon and Won Ji-an

Genre: Drama and romance

The second season of the American post-apocalyptic drama series Fallout is set to release in December. Based on the role-playing video game franchise, the TV series is set two centuries after the Great War of 2077, in which society has collapsed following a nuclear holocaust and in the second season, they will reveal a new key location from the game, New Vegas.

Release Date: 17 December

Streaming On: Prime Video

Cast: Walton Goggins, Ella Purnell and Aaron Moten

Genre: Action, adventure

There’s thriller, murder(s) and good looks in the form of Madhuri Dixit Nene in Mrs Deshpende. This is all set to be the Indian adaptation of the French thriller La Mante, which revolves around a serial killer who later agrees to help police catch a murderer replicating her style of crimes. Chilling, dark and gripping, this psychological thriller is for when you want something far from brain-rot.

Release Date: 19 December

Streaming On: JioHotstar

Cast: Madhuri Dixit, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Siddharth Chandekar and Diksha Juneja

Genre: Thriller, crime and psychological

We have been hooked to Percy Jackson and his adventures since our middle school days (a Gen-Z speaking here), so you better believe we are excited for this! The second season will adapt Rick Riordan's second book, ‘The Sea of Monsters’, where you will witness Percy's quest into the Sea of Monsters with Annabeth, Clarisse, and Tyson, to retrieve the Golden Fleece and save Camp Half-Blood.

Release Date: 10 December

Streaming On: Disney+/ JioHotstar

Cast: Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries, Aryan Simhadri, Charlie Bushnell and Dior Goodjohn

Genre: Action, adventure and fantasy

Though nothing can make up for Daniel Craig's departure from the Bond series, we are happy to report that we found solace in A Knives Out Mystery and are quite excited for the third instalment. Craig will be reprising his role of Benoit Blanc, "the world's greatest detective", who has humour, intelligence and chivalry up his sleeve at all times. Being a murder mystery, he's yet again unfolding the events of a 'someone cooked here' murder case, this time set in an old stone church in upstate New York.

Release Date: 12 December

Streaming On: Netflix

Cast: Daniel Craig, Josh O'Connor, and Glenn Close

Genre: Drama and mystery