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Stranger Things 5: The Finale – 1 January
Series finale. Netflix has certainly been milking all the publicity it can get from the fifth and final season of Stranger Things. The season’s release was divvied up into three staggered volumes – with the first four episodes coming out on 27 November, then the next three episodes dropping as a Boxing Day treat on 26 December, and the standalone final episode kicking off the new year with a big ending, streaming from 1 January 2026.
The final venture into 1980s Hawkins finds the town under lockdown. With Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) in hiding, and danger lurking at every turn, the entire party unites with a single goal: to hunt and kill Vecna.
Whether you come for the nostalgia, the horror, or just to see Steve Harrington wield a bat one last time, the closer of Stranger Things 5 will hopefully deliver a bittersweet farewell worthy of its cultural legacy. Watch the trailer.
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Stranger Things 5: Volume 2 – 26 December
Series. With Hawkins under lockdown, El in hiding and danger lurking at every turn, the entire party unites with a single goal: to hunt and kill Vecna.
Starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, Sadie Sink, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton.
Goodbye June – 13 December
Film (2025). Kate Winslet directs and joins Helen Mirren, Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn and Andrea Riseborough in a tender tale of a family’s farewell to their mother.
Starring Kate Winslet, Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, Helen Mirren.
Emily in Paris Season 5 – 18 December
Series. Emily trades bonjour for buongiorno as she seeks to reinvent herself in Rome, but when love, career and loyalty collide, la dolce vita gets complicated.
Starring Lily Collins, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Ashley Park, Lucas Bravo, Samuel Arnold, Bruno Gouery, William Abadie, Lucien Laviscount.
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery – 12 December
Film (2025). Detective Benoit Blanc teams up with an earnest young priest to investigate a perfectly impossible crime at a small-town church with a dark history.
Starring Daniel Craig, Josh O’Connor, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Andrew Scott, Cailee Spaeny, Daryl McCormack, Thomas Haden Church.
Jay Kelly – 5 December
Film (2025). Movie star Jay Kelly confronts his past and present on a journey through Europe with his devoted manager in this film from Oscar nominee Noah Baumbach.
Starring George Clooney, Adam Sandler, Laura Dern, Billy Crudup.
Owning Manhattan Season 2 – 5 December
Series. Ryan Serhant aims to break into the posh uptown housing market, but will team rivalries, egos, gossip and betrayals stand in the way of success?
Starring Ryan Serhant, Genesis Suero, Chloe Tucker Caine, Jess Taylor, Tricia Lee.
Simon Cowell: The Next Act – 10 December
Starmaker Simon Cowell searches for the next great boy band in this emotional docu-series where talented young men chase dreams of pop stardom.
Starring Simon Cowell.
Man Vs Baby – 11 December
Series. Trevor’s back, baby! Heartfelt mishaps and Christmas capers abound as comedy legend Rowan Atkinson returns for another chaotic house-sitting experience.
Starring Rowan Atkinson, Alanah Bloor, Joseph Balderrama.
