The 15 best films coming to Netflix in December 2022

Glass Onion, White Noise, a Pinocchio that's actually worth watching, and much more—Netflix subscribers have plenty of good viewing options this month

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The 15 best films coming to Netflix in December 2022
White Noise; Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery; Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Image: All images courtesy of Netflix

Things remain a bit weird over in Netflixland as the company recently debuted a film release plan where they rather unceremoniously drop a movie into theaters for a limited time before yanking it back and running it on their streaming service. Sure, this is sometimes done for awards consideration, but in the case of Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, the films aren’t just in L.A. or New York, they’re everywhere. Nonetheless, Netflix is coming in strong this December with several films recently in theaters as well as family fare and intriguing dramas.

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Official Trailer | Netflix

After being introduced to the toxic Star Wars fanbase following his divisive Star Wars: The Last Jedi in 2017, writer/director Rian Johnson saw his planned Star Wars trilogy likely shelved. Since that decade-plus of his life was returned to him, Johnson trotted out a good old-fashioned mystery movie with Knives Out (2019). The film was a smash hit due to its cleverly bound mystery tale and an outstanding cast featuring Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, and Michael Shannon. It also featured a then relatively unknown Ana de Armas, who darn near stole the show. Now Johnson has brought Craig’s Southern fried detective Benoit Blanc back to the screen with . Reviews have been largely positive with Christy Lemire writing for , “Everything is bigger, flashier, and twistier.” This includes the cast which features Edward Norton, Dave Bautista, Kate Hudson, and Janelle Monáe.

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