New on Prime Video: December 2025
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Prime Video is ending the year with an unusually stacked slate — a collection of prestige titles, star-driven originals, and brand-name theatrical releases that push the platform into one of its strongest months in recent memory. December brings psychological thrillers, Italian summer romances, family-friendly holiday chaos, emotional comedies, and two of the biggest franchise entries of the winter. It’s a month that feels curated with intention, leaning into genre breadth and broad audience appeal while doubling down on Prime Video’s growing ambition to compete at the top of the streaming ecosystem.
Malice
The highlight among the originals is Malice, a tense, psychological revenge thriller driven by obsession, identity, and the fragility of trust. The series follows Adam Healey, a man who embeds himself into the world of Jamie Tanner with the sole mission of dismantling his life from the inside out. What begins as an intimate character study slowly unfolds into a twisting narrative about manipulation, moral decay, and the unsettling reality that the people closest to us may be those we know the least. As Adam’s motivations sharpen, the show toggles between sympathy and suspicion, forcing viewers to question whether he’s the villain or the victim — and what kind of darkness he believes Jamie deserves. Malice is positioned as Prime Video’s prestige thriller of the month, a character-driven spiral built on slow-burn tension.
In a tonal shift, Prime premieres Under the Stars, a warm and breezy romantic comedy set against the sun-drenched beauty of Puglia. Toni Collette, Alex Pettyfer, and Andy Garcia headline the story of a romance novelist who escapes her uninspired life only to stumble into unexpected love while touring Italy. It’s a feel-good, postcard-pretty rom-com with an old-school sensibility, lush scenery, and a cast that knows exactly how to play every emotional beat with sincerity.
For viewers craving something light, modern, and heartfelt, Merv offers one of the month’s most charming surprises. Zooey Deschanel and Charlie Cox star as exes forced into a reluctant co-parenting arrangement — not of a child, but of their heartbroken dog, Merv, who enters a full emotional tailspin when their relationship ends. A Florida getaway meant to cheer up the dog unexpectedly puts the humans back in each other’s orbit, and the film teases the line between healing a pet and healing oneself. It’s a romantic comedy with gentle humor and a more grounded emotional center than the genre usually allows.
Holiday chaos takes the spotlight in Oh. What. Fun., a spirited ensemble comedy led by Michelle Pfeiffer as Claire Clauster, the family matriarch who carries the emotional labor of every holiday season. When a small mistake leaves her accidentally stranded at home, Claire abandons her duties and embarks on her own unscripted holiday adventure while her panicked family scrambles to find her. With a stacked cast — Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz, Denis Leary, Danielle Brooks, Jason Schwartzman, Eva Longoria, Maude Apatow, and Joan Chen — and direction from Michael Showalter, the film channels the energy of the classic “holiday meltdown” movie while giving Pfeiffer the comedic spotlight she rarely gets.
December also delivers one of Prime Video’s most prestigious releases of the year: Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt. The psychological drama centers on a college professor played by Julia Roberts, whose life unravels when a star student (Ayo Edebiri) accuses one of her colleagues (Andrew Garfield) of misconduct just as a buried secret from her past resurfaces. Written by Nora Garrett, the film expands Guadagnino’s fascination with power, intimacy, and moral ambiguity. With a cast this strong and themes this combustible, After the Hunt is positioned as a major awards contender and one of Prime Video’s key year-end talking points.
On the blockbuster side, Jurassic World: Rebirth pulls the dinosaur franchise into a new era. Set on a dangerous island research facility populated with species deemed too deadly for the original park, the story follows a covert team tasked with retrieving DNA samples from three experimental creatures. The mission spirals into survival horror as the team uncovers secrets long buried by the franchise’s mythology. It’s one of the biggest streaming premieres of December, carrying theatrical-level spectacle and franchise-specific nostalgia.
Horror closes out the month with The Conjuring: Last Rites, the ninth entry in the wildly successful Conjuring Universe. Based once again on real-world case files, the film promises a darker, more supernatural chapter designed to expand the mythology while paving the way for future spin-offs. With the franchise grossing over $2 billion globally, this installment arrives as one of the most anticipated horror debuts of the season.
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Prime Video’s December lineup is unusually broad, intentionally commercial, and strategically placed to dominate the final weeks of 2025. Between auteur-led dramas, global rom-coms, franchise juggernauts, holiday comedies, and a prestige psychological thriller, the month signals Amazon’s ongoing push to prioritize scale and variety. For subscribers, it’s easily one of the most robust streaming slates of the winter — and a reminder of just how aggressively Prime Video plans to compete in 2026.
Prime Video didn’t just stack December — it curated it. Prestige dramas, glossy rom-coms, franchise tentpoles, and true crowd-pleasers all landing within the same month. If this is the template for 2026, Amazon’s coming in hot.
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