The Best Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy Streaming in December 2023

The best genre movies and TV coming to Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, and beyond, including The Exorcist: Believer, Indiana Jones 5, Rebel Moon, and more.

PublishedNovember 30, 2023

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wonder woman, wonderful knife, mad max, exorcist, matrix — Some of the films coming to streaming in December.

Let’s get streaming! Welcome to io9's latest edition of the Nerd’s Watch, where we pare down the enormous lists of new films and television shows arriving on all your favorite streaming services into the sci-fi, fantasy, and horror titles we think you’ll like most. (And sometimes, just the ones that we like most.)

As always, we’re including the best new films and TV coming to Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Disney+, and Max—as well as Paramount+, Shudder, and Peacock, including lots of DC films and several new releases.

Here’s the best of what’s streaming in December 2023. If you’re only interested in the services you subscribe to, you can jump directly to that page with these links:

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What’s coming to Netflix in December 2023?

What’s available on Netflix December 1?

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Black Swan

Insidious

Man of Steel

The Meg

Shazam!

Suicide Squad

The Suicide Squad

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman 1984

What’s available on Netflix December 3?

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

What’s available on Netflix December 7?

The Archies

What’s available on Netflix December 8?

Leave the World Behind

What’s available on Netflix December 9?

Love and Monsters

What’s available on Netflix December 15?

Carol & The End of the World

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget

What’s available on Netflix December 22?

Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire

What’s available on Netflix December 24?

A Vampire in the Family

What’s available on Netflix December 25?

Star Trek: Prodigy: Season 1

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What’s coming to Prime Video in December 2023?

What’s available on Prime Video December 1?

Candy Cane Lane (2023)

Click (2006)

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)

The Dead Zone (1983)

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

The Ring (2002)

Stardust (2007)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)

Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)

Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

Tales From the Darkside: The Movie (1990)

What’s available on Prime Video December 8?

Merry Little Batman (2023)

What’s available on Prime Video December 12?

Asteroid City (2023)

What’s available on Prime Video December 25?

The Flash (2023)

What’s available on Prime Video December 27?

Terminator: Genisys (2015)

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What’s coming to Hulu in December 2023?

What’s available on Hulu December 1?

The Bourne Identity

The Bourne Supremacy

The Bourne Legacy

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader

The Day The Earth Stood Still

Epic Movie

Epic

Ever After

Hansel And Gretel: Witch Hunters

High-rise

Hostel: Part III

Hudson Hawk

House Of Flying Daggers

I Am Number Four

Masterminds

The Matrix

The Matrix Reloaded

The Matrix Revolutions

National Treasure

National Treasure: Book Of Secret

The Omen (2006)

Paddington 2

Planet of the Apes (2000)

Splash

What’s available on Hulu December 10?

The Matrix Resurrections

What’s available on Hulu December 31?

The ABCs Of Death 2

The ABCs Of Death

Bad Milo!

Honeymoon

I Saw The Devil

It Lives Inside

Satanic

Splinter

Vanishing On 7th Street

V/H/S

V/H/S 2

V/H/S: Viral

Zombieland: Double Tap

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What’s coming to Disney+ in December 2023?

What’s available on Disney+ December 1?

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Timeless Heroes: Indiana Jones & Harrison Ford

What’s available on Disney+ December 2?

Doctor Who: Wild Blue Yonder

What’s available on Disney+ December 9?

Doctor Who: The Giggle

What’s available on Disney+ December 20?

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

What’s available on Disney+ December 25?

Doctor Who Holiday Special: The Church on Ruby Road

What’s also available on Disney+ in December?

Marvel Studios’ “What If...?” Season 2 starts on December 22 and goes through December 30.

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What’s coming to Max in December 2023?

What’s available on Max December 1?

Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey (1991)

Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1989)

The Box (2009)

Die Another Day (2002)

Elektra (2005)

For Your Eyes Only (1981)

From Russia with Love (1964)

Goldfinger (1965)

Hitman: Agent 47 (2015)

Jurassic World (2015)

License to Kill (1989)

Live and Let Die (1973)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015)

9 (2009)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

Paranormal Activity (2009)

Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)

Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)

Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones (2014)

The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)

The Pink Panther (1964)

Prancer: A Christmas Tale (2022)

Ramona and Beezus (2010)

Return of the Pink Panther (1975)

Revenge of the Pink Panther (1978)

Skyfall (2012)

Son of the Pink Panther (1993)

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018)

Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)

A View To Kill (1985)

The World is Not Enough (1999)

What’s available on Max December 3?

Teen Titans Go!: Great Holiday Escape & Christmas Magic

What’s available on Max December 24?

Spirited Away: Live On Stage (2023)

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What’s coming to Paramount+ in December 2023?

What’s available on Paramount+ December 1?

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas

The Addams Family (1991)

Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane!

Barbarella

Caddyshack

Carriers

Cheech & Chong’s Still Smokin’

Cloverfield

Crawl

The Dead Zone

Ernest Saves Christmas

Face/Off

First Blood

Grindhouse: Death Proof

Grindhouse: Planet Terror

The Iron Giant

Jack Reacher

Jackass Number Two

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider

Machine Gun Preacher

Megamind

Mimic

Mimic 2

Mimic 3: Sentinel

Mother!

The Prophecy

The Prophecy 3: The Ascent

The Prophecy II

The Prophecy: Forsaken

The Prophecy: Uprising

Rambo III

Rambo: First Blood Part II

RED

RED 2

Rise of the Guardians

Rosemary’s Baby

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shining

Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Tales from the Darkside: The Movie

Teaching Mrs. Tingle

10 Cloverfield Lane

The Thing

Total Recall

Up in Smoke

War of the Worlds

What’s available on Paramount+ December 9?

Transformers: The Last Knight

What’s available on Paramount+ December 21?

Beau Is Afraid

What’s available on Paramount+ December 26?

No Escape

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What’s coming to Shudder in December 2023?

What’s available on Shudder December 1?

Black Christmas (2006)

The Children

It’s A Wonderful Knife

Night of the Comet

To All A Good Night

What’s available on Shudder December 8?

The Sacrifice Game

What’s available on Shudder December 11?

Devil’s Pass

I Trapped the Devil

Wendigo

What’s available on Shudder December 15?

Baron Blood

Bay of Blood

Black Sunday

The Evil Eye (1963)

Kill, Baby… Kill!

Lisa and The Devil

What’s available on Shudder December 18?

The Gingerdead Man

What’s available on Shudder December 25?

Barbarians

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What’s coming to Peacock in December 2023?

What’s available on Peacock December 1?

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, 1994

Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, 1995

The Chronicles of Riddick, 2004

Riddick, 2013

Exorcist: The Beginning, 2004

The Exorcist: Believer, 2023

The Family Man, 2000

Jumanji, 1995

Kick–Ass 2, 2013

The Last Witch Hunter, 2014

Man on the Moon, 1999

Pitch Black, 2000

What’s available on Peacock December 13?

Halloween Ends, 2022

What’s available on Peacock December 20?

Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, 2000

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