Netflix next month (December 2020) plans to add 52 new movies to its streaming lineup, including some high-profile originals.
The new movies will include Mank, the Netflix original dramatic film starring Gary Oldman as Herman J. Mankiewicz, who co-wrote (with Orson Welles) the screenplay for Citizen Kane. The film, directed by David Fincher (Seven, Zodiac, Gone Girl), chronicles the tension between Mankiewicz and Welles during the making of what many critics call the greatest movie ever. (Relative unknown Tom Burke plays Welles.)
Rottentomatoes.com, which tracks critical reviews, gives Mank a score of 89 out of a possible 100, based on 116 reviews.
“Sharply written and brilliantly performed, Mank peers behind the scenes of Citizen Kane to tell an old Hollywood story that could end up being a classic in its own right,” the site states, summarizing the reviews.
Also notable in December: The Prom, a Netflix original musical film starring Meryl Streep and James Corden as fading Broadway stars who go to Indiana to fight for a high school girl’s right to bring another girl to the prom. (Yes, it’s directed by Ryan Murphy.); The Midnight Sky, a Netflix original movie directed by George Clooney, who also stars as a scientist who rushes to stop a group of orbiting astronauts from returning to a coming disaster on Earth; the original Jurassic Park, the Steven Spielberg-directed dinosaur fantasy film starring Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, and the best CGI effects you’ll ever see; and, speaking of Mr. Spielberg, E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial, the classic 1982 adventure film about a little space alien who just wants to go home.
Here is the complete list of new films coming in December 2020 to Netflix streaming:
December 1
Angela’s Christmas Wish — Netflix Film
3 Days to Kill (2014)
50 First Dates (2004)
A Thin Line Between Love & Hate (1996)
Angels & Demons (2009)
Chef (2014)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Effie Gray (2014)
The Happytime Murders (2018)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011)
Little Nicky (2000)
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Monster House (2006)
Peppermint (2018)
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Runaway Bride (1999)
Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Big Happy Family (2011)
Why Did I Get Married? (2007)
December 2
Fierce — Netflix Film
December 3
Break — Netflix Film
Just Another Christmas (Tudo Bem No Natal Que Vem) — Netflix Film
December 4
Bombay Rose — Netflix Film
Christmas Crossfire (Wir Konnen Nicht Anders) — Netflix Film
Leyla Everlasting — Netflix Film
Mank — Netflix Film
December 7
Ava (2020)
December 8
Bobbleheads The Movie (2020)
Triple 9 (2016)
December 9
Rose Island (L’Incredible storia dell’Isola Delle Rose) — Netflix Film
December 11
Canvas — Netflix Film
The Prom — Netflix Film
December 14
A California Christmas — Netflix Film
December 15
Grizzlies (2020)
The Professor and the Madman (2019)
December 16
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)
Nocturnal Animals (2016)
December 17
Braven (2018)
December 18
Guest House (2020)
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom — Netflix Film
December 20
Rhys Nicholson Live at the Athenaeum (2019)
December 21
The Con Is On (2018)
December 22
After We Collided (2020)
Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas (2020)
December 23
The Midnight Sky — Netflix Film
Your Name Engraved Herein — Netflix Film
December 26
Asphalt Burning (Borning 3) — Netflix Film
DNA — NETFLIX FILM
December 28
Cops and Robbers — Netflix Film
Rango (2011)
Featured image: Amanda Seyfried and Gary Oldman in Mank.