For all the live sports and games that Netflix has tacked on to its platform, film is still the streamer’s bread and butter.

Netflix's 2025 holiday lineup features Alicia Silverstone, Minka Kelly and a slate of new movies and TV specials starting in November

Netflix’s holiday schedule for 2025 focuses on new movies, holiday specials, and international editions. The releases will start in November and continue into early December. This year, Netflix has a plan to showcase more than twenty classic and modern Christmas movies and shows, but the exact figure has not been determined by Netflix as of yet.

In terms of 2025 movie debuts, it places fifth amongst the English language titles to debut this year (mostly released on Friday, with a few exceptions). Frankenstein’s opening sits just below Tom Hardy’s Havoc (29.8M views) and ahead of Tyler Perry’s STRAW (25.3M views).

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It isn't easy waiting for a movie as highly anticipated as Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. The Daniel Craig film has been in the works since basically the moment the second Knives Out movie debuted to strong reviews and viewer numbers, and will finally hit cinemas on 26 November, then Netflix on 12 December.