Year-end traditions may vary, but they all involve overeating and nodding off in front of the TV, which is where Netflix comes in. Besides the potentially promising trio of A Very Murray Christmas (12/4), Bill Burr’s F Is For Family (12/18), and a live show from Canada’s cult comedy troupe Trailer Park Boys (12/9), however, the service’s original series offerings for December are uninspiring, if not downright dire. (The Ridiculous Six (12/11) and Real Rob (12/1), anyone?)
It is adding last year’s Black Mirror ”White Christmas” special (12/25), though, as well as additional episodes from the fourth season of Comedy Bang! Bang! (12/4) and the third season of Maron (12/28) for the comedy snobs. Then there are final seasons of Parenthood (12/30), Hart Of Dixie (12/15), and Nurse Jackie (12/31), all arriving in time for an end-of-year completist catchup.
The selection of new movies similarly follows Netflix’s seeming strategy of “10 percent gold, 90 percent crap,” with potential best-of-2015 contenders like Tangerine (12/2), Phoenix (12/8), and Queen Of Earth (12/22)—and the 1962 Doris Day/Cary Grant comedy That Touch Of Mink—alongside cheaply-produced documentaries, middling indies and decade-old Hollywood blockbusters, direct-to-video tripe, and a striking number of Christian-themed entertainments. (‘Tis the season?) Darkman (12/1), though. That movie is underrated.
In the last-call category, looks like parents only have a couple more weeks to traumatize their children in time for the holidays, as Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal both expire on 12/1, as do All About Eve, Batman Begins, The Great Escape, The Hustler, and Silence Of The Lambs. Meanwhile, fans of—let’s say—a different sort of metric of cinematic quality only have until 12/1 to watch Left Behind: The Movie and 12/6 to watch The Oogieloves In The Big Balloon Adventure, while adult men who just happen to feel a deep spiritual connection to Pinkie Pie can introduce the concept to their families over the holidays with Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans Of My Little Pony, which doesn’t expire until 12/30.
A complete list of titles coming to Netflix in December is below. (The full list of titles leaving Netflix in December can be found at The Daily Dot.)
December 1
#DeathToSelfie (2014)
30 For 30: Chasing Tyson (2015)
50 Shades Of THEY: Season 1
A Christmas Star (2015)
A Genius Leaves The Hood: The Unauthorized Story Of Jay Z (2014)
Amnesiac (2015)
Broadchurch: Season 2
CBGB (2013)
Christmas Wedding Baby (2014)
The Chronicles Of Riddick: Dark Fury (2004)
Cradle 2 The Grave (2003)
Darkman (1990)
Detectorists: Season 1
I’m Brent Morin *
Jenny’s Wedding (2015)
Las Mágicas Historias De Plim Plim: Season 1
Ray (2004)
Real Rob: Season 1 (2015) *
See You In Valhalla (2015)
Sensitive Skin: Season 1
Starting Over: Season 1
Stir Of Echoes (1999)
Stir Of Echoes: The Homecoming (2007)
That Touch Of Mink (1962)
Tyke: Elephant Outlaw *
Winning Life’s Battles: Season 1
December 2
Stations Of The Cross (2014)
Tangerine (2015)
December 3
Matt Shepard Is A Friend Of Mine (2015)
December 4
A Very Murray Christmas (2015) *
Comedy Bang! Bang!: Season 4 (more episodes)
December 5
A Case Of You (2013)
Dinosaur 13 (2014)
Inside Man: Season 3
December 7
Vampire Academy (2014)
December 8
One & Two (2015)
Phoenix (2014)
Xenia (2014)
December 9
Phineas And Ferb: Season 4
Trailer Park Boys: Drunk, High And Unemployed Live In Austin (2015) *
December 11
The Adventures Of Puss In Boots: Season 2 *
The Ridiculous 6 (2015) *
December 14
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
December 15
Drown (2014)
Hart Of Dixie: Season 4
High Profits: Season 1
Time Out Of Mind (2014)
December 16
Fresh Dressed (2015)
Helix: Season 2
December 18
F Is For Family: Season 1 *
Glitter Force: Season 1 *
Making A Murderer: Season 1 *
Mike Epps: Don’t Take It Personal *
December 19
Chloe And Theo (2015)
December 20
Leo The Lion (2013)
Magic Snowflake (2013)
Santa’s Apprentice (2010)
December 21
El Señor De Los Cielos: Season 3
December 22
Queen Of Earth (2015)
December 23
Invisible Sister (2015)
December 24
Dawn of the Croods: Season 1 *
December 25
Black Mirror, “White Christmas”
December 28
Maron: Season 3
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: Season 5
December 30
Parenthood: Season 6
December 31
Battle Creek: Season 1
Manhattan Romance (2014)
Violetta: Season 3
Nurse Jackie: Seasons 1-7