New Releases on Netflix This Week & Top 10 Movies & Series: December 5, 2025

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New Releases on Netflix This Week & Top 10 Movies & Series: December 5, 2025

Rotham December 5, 2025 0 Comments

Guy Ritchies The Covenant New On Netflix

Picture: MGM

It’s been a busy week for Netflix in every sense. Not only has it made the biggest acquisition in its history and Hollywood history, but it’s also added a lot of new releases in the US and around the world. Below, we’ll dive into all the latest movies and series to touch down on Netflix US, which includes all the first-of-the-month titles, plus take a look at what’s been trending in the daily top 10s throughout the week.

Lots still to look forward to throughout the remainder of December 2025, and we’re constantly hearing about new movies and series joining the lineup, so stay tuned. Now, onto some highlights!

What to Watch on Netflix This Weekend

Brockmire (Seasons 1-4)

Number of episodes: 32
Rating: TV-MA
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Cast: Hank Azaria, Tyrel Jackson Williams, Amanda Peet
Writer: Joel Church-Cooper
Runtime: 30 min

If you’re a fan of AMC’s output, it’s already been like Christmas the last few months. Joining the chorus of titles from the network, Brockmire, the excellent and highly rated comedy that first aired on IFC and headlined by Hank Azaria, just joined Netflix (in full) this week, giving many their first opportunity to watch this underrated gem.

The official synopsis for the series reads, “After a public on-air meltdown, a disgraced pro-baseball announcer tries to resurrect his career by signing on with a minor-league team in a small, rust-belt town.”

Don’t forget there’s a bunch more AMC series to look forward to throughout the remainder of December, including 61st Street and Sanctuary: A Witch’s Tale.

The Covenant (2023)

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Sean Sagar
Writer: Guy Ritchie, Ivan Atkinson, Marn Davies
Runtime: 123 min / 2h 3m

It’s been a long time since Netflix last carried titles from MGM, and to our great surprise, despite being acquired by rival Prime Video, Netflix has begun adding MGM movies starting in November. One of those new additions is the superb Guy Ritchie film, The Covenant, which hit theaters a couple of years back and arrives on Netflix for the first time today.

The military drama, which is easily one of the better ones in recent years, tracks the bond between US Army Sergeant John Kinley, played by by Jake Gyllenhaal, and his Afghan interpreter, Ahmed, played by Dar Salim. After an ambush leaves Kinley gravely wounded, Ahmed undertakes a near-mythic journey to pull him out of enemy territory. Back home, Kinley discovers that Ahmed and his family were never granted the safe passage they were promised, and the weight of that broken pledge pushes him back into the war zone, determined to rescue them before the Taliban closes in.

It’s a grim affair and Guy Ritchie at his absolute best (until The Gentlemen returns for season 2 next year, that is!).

Jay Kelly (2025)

Rating: R
Language: English
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Noah Baumbach
Cast: George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern
Writer: Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer
Runtime: 132 min / 2h 12m

We’re over halfway through what we dub as prestige season on the film side of things, with only two major releases of 2025 to go on this side of things: Wake-Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and Goodbye June. Before they drop, however, it’s the turn of Noah Baumbach, who brings his fourth movie to Netflix in the form of a star-stacked drama following an actor who is going through a period of reflection alongside his devoted manager, Ron.

In our review, published this morning, we gave the film a three-star rating, concluding that the MVP of the film is Adam Sandler, and wrote:

“Bathed in bright colors and beautiful European countryside vistas & directed with a soft empathy for its subject, Jay Kelly looks back on a life asking for another take. But Baumbach & Mortimer’s script asks for too much as a chronically selfish, unrelatable movie star wonders where it all went wrong and if it was all worth it. Baumbach’s direction and a legion of brilliant acting performances – led by Sandler – will make the experience go down easy, but may not linger much past the credits.”

Full List of New Releases on Netflix This Week

Note: Given that this week’s list is quite long, we’d definitely recommend checking out our extended version of this list on our New on Netflix hub page. There you’ll find trailers, posters, and lots of additional useful information to help you find your next watch.

95 New Movies Added This Week

99 Homes (2014) – R – English
A League of Their Own (1992) – PG – English
A Lot Like Christmas (2021) – TV-PG – English
All Saints (2017) – PG – English
All The Empty Rooms (2025) Netflix Original – PG-13 – English
Anything Else (2003) – R – English
As Good as It Gets (1997) – PG-13 – English
Bad Teacher (2011) – R – English
Band Baaja Baaraat (2010) – TV-14 – Hindi
Battlefield Earth (2000) – PG-13 – English
Befikre (2016) – TV-14 – Hindi
Big Mama’s House (2000) – PG-13 – English
Big Momma’s House 2 (2006) – PG-13 – English
Borg vs. McEnroe (2017) – R – English
Brightburn (2019) – R – English
Burlesque (2010) – PG-13 – English
Call Me Dad (2025) – TV-14 – Indonesian
Caught Stealing (2025) – R – English
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) – PG – English
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005) – PG – English
Chick Fight (2020) – R – English
Christine (1983) – R – English
Christmas Break-In (2018) – TV-PG – English
Crossroads (2002) – PG-13 – English
Darkest Hour (2017) – PG-13 – English
Double Team (1997) – R – English
Forrest Gump (1994) – PG-13 – English
Glory (1989) – R – English
Godzilla (1998) – PG-13 – English
Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) – PG-13 – English
Gunday (2014) – TV-14 – Hindi
Holiday in Santa Fe (2021) – TV-G – English
Hollow Man (2000) – R – English
Honest Thief (2020) – PG-13 – English
I Smile Back (2015) – R – English
I Wish You Had Told Me (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Filipino
Influencer (2022) – TV-MA – English
I’m Your Man (2021) – R – German
Jay Kelly (2025) Netflix Original – R – English
Joy for Christmas (2021) – TV-PG – English
Kill Dil (2014) – TV-14 – Hindi
KPop Demon Hunters: Fireplace (2025) Netflix Original – TV-G – English
Kung Fu Panda (2008) – PG – English
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) – PG – English
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016) – PG – English
Ladies vs Ricky Bahl (2011) – TV-14 – Hindi
Lali: Time to Step Up (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
Little Women (1994) – PG – English
Love and Wine (2025) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
Matt Rife: Unwrapped – A Christmas Crowd Work Special (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
Mean Girls (2004) – PG-13 – English
Mean Girls (2024) (2024) – PG-13 – English
Moms’ Night Out (2014) – PG – English
Money Monster (2016) – R – English
Mr. Deeds (2002) – PG-13 – English
MVP (2022) – TV-MA – English
My Next Guest with David Letterman and Adam Sandler (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
My Secret Santa (2025) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
Not Easily Broken (2009) – PG-13 – English
Over the Hedge (2006) – PG – English
Overcomer (2019) – PG – English
Paul, Apostle of Christ (2018) – PG-13 – English
Planet 51 (2009) – PG – English
Pulp Fiction (1994) – R – English
Respect (2021) – PG-13 – English
Rio (2011) – G – English
Rio 2 (2014) – G – English
Sew Torn (2024) – TV-MA – English
Sniper: Reloaded (2011) – R – English
Stephen (2025) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Tamil
Stranger Things: Fireplace (2025) Netflix Original – TV-G – English
Stripes (1981) – R – English
The Assistant (2019) – R – English
The Cat in the Hat (2003) – PG – English
The Covenant (2023) – R – English
The Girlfriend (2025) – TV-14 – Telugu
The Gospel (2005) – PG – English
The Host (2013) – PG-13 – English
The Making of Jay Kelly (2025) Netflix Original – TV-14 – English
The New Yorker at 100 (2025) Netflix Original – R – English
The Night My Dad Saved Christmas 2 (2025) Netflix Original – TV-PG – Spanish
The Northman (2022) – R – English
The Stone (2025) – TV-MA – Thai
The Sunlit Night (2019) – TV-MA – English
The Terminator (1984) – R – English
The Ugly Truth (2009) – R – English
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) – R – English
Troll 2 (2025) Netflix Original – TV-14 – Norwegian
Unicorn Academy Fireplace Special (2025) – TV-G – English
War Room (2015) – PG – English
Wednesday Fireplace (2025) Netflix Original – TV-G – English
What Lies Beneath (2000) – PG-13 – English
With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration (2025) Netflix Original – TV-PG – English
Zero Dark Thirty (2012) – R – English
Zoom: Academy for Superheroes (2006) – PG – English

23 New TV Series Added This Week

Anne Rice’s Mayfair Witches (Season 2) – TV-MA – English
Beowulf (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
Brockmire (Seasons 1-4) – TV-MA – English
CoComelon Lane (Season 6) Netflix Original – TV-Y – English
Dispatches From Elsewhere (Season 1) – TV-14 – English
Fugue State 1986 (Limited Series) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Spanish
Grantchester (Seasons 1-4) – TV-14 – English
How to Make It in America (Seasons 1-2) – TV-MA – English
Hunters (Seasons 1-2) – TV-MA – English
Kyojo (Season 2) – TV-MA – Japanese
Love & Death (Limited Series) – TV-MA – English
Love is Blind: Italy (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Italian
One Piece (2 Seasons) – TV-14 – Japanese
Playing Gracie Darling (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
Ripple (Season 1) – TV-PG – English
Sean Combs: The Reckoning (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
Stranded with my Mother-in-Law (Season 3) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Portuguese
Teen Wolf (Seasons 1-6) – TV-14 – English
The Abandons (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – English
The Believers (Season 2) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Thai
The Price of Confession (Season 1) Netflix Original – TV-MA – Korean
The Staircase (Limited Series) – TV-MA – English
Victoria (Seasons 1-3) – TV-PG – English

Most Popular Movies on Netflix US This Week

Lots of movies are jockeying for positions in the Netflix top 10s this week, with 21 unique movies picking up points in the daily top 10s, as captured by FlixPatrol. Netflix’s latest Christmas movie, Jingle Bell Heist, took home the most points, beating out the second Aquaman movie, which has dropped for the holidays.

Jingle Bell Heist (64 points)
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (47 points)
KPop Demon Hunters (46 points)
Dog (40 points)
Troll 2 (38 points)
Rio (34 points)
Caught Stealing (33 points)
Rio 2 (29 points)
In Your Dreams (24 points)
My Secret Santa (20 points)
Champagne Problems (19 points)
Ambulance (15 points)
The Island (10 points)
The Northman (6 points)
Frankenstein (5 points)
Crossroads (4 points)
Cheaper by the Dozen (2 points)
A Very Merry Beauty Salon (1 point)
A Merry Little Ex-Mas (1 point)
The Sandlot (1 point)
Brightburn (1 point)

Most Popular Series on Netflix US This Week

Stranger Things Season 5 First Looks For Volume 2

Was it really going to be anything else? Stranger Things put a new record on Netflix’s scoreboard this week becoming the biggest English language series in an opening week ever and there’s lots more to come over the Christmas period.