Best Netflix shows this week – quick links
Netflix: new this week
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 and Joseph Balderrama.
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 and Thomas Haden Church.
Netflix: recently added
My Secret Santa – 3 December
Film (2025). A single mother needs a job. A ski resort needs a Santa. Disguised as a St. Nick lookalike, can Taylor fool a charming hotel heir into ho-ho-hiring her?
Starring Madison MacIsaac, Ryan Eggold, Alexandra Breckenridge and Tia Mowry.
With Love, Meghan: Holiday Celebration – 3 December
Special. Meghan shares her favourite holiday traditions, seasonal crafts and family recipes with friends old and new in this festive special.
Starring Meghan Markle.
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 and 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 and Tricia Lee.
Fisk: Season 3 – 24 November
With her name on the door and chaos at her desk, Helen begins her mission to improve Gruber & Fisk, while Roz dives into the world of mediation.
Is It Cake? Holiday Season 2 – 25 November
Series. From Christmas trees to Santas, all-star cake crafters whip up treats to trick the eye and tempt the taste buds for a chance to win frosty-cold cash.
Jingle Bell Heist – 26 November
Film. Two budding thieves team up to rob a London department store on Christmas Eve but get caught up in more than just the heist when feelings emerge.
Stranger Things 5: Volume 1 – 27 November
Series. The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna.
But he has vanished – his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread.
The final battle is looming and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone – the full party standing together, one last time. Watch the trailer.
