The holiday season is well and truly upon us, and there’s no shortage of new Netflix releases this weekend, starting December 14th, to help you celebrate. Last weekend brought talking animals and a battle for survival in Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle, heartwarming comedy about family, friendships, and self-image in Dumplin’, and the return of Ashton Kutcher and Elisha Cuthbert in sitcom The Ranch.
This weekend sees Netflix bring back another family sitcom in the fourth season of Fuller House. There’s also awards season prestige in Alfonso Cuarón’s critically-acclaimed drama Roma, and Christmas gets a supernatural spin in holiday special The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale. Check out all these new Netflix releases and more in our handy guide below.
Roma
Alfonso Cuarón’s new drama Roma is believed to be a frontrunner for this year’s Oscars. Filmed in black and white, the film is set in Mexico City in the early 1970s and follows Cleo, the live-in maid and housekeeper to a middle-class family who are slowly unravelling. As Cleo observes the family’s troubles, she also has to deal with difficulties in her own life – and the escalating societal tensions that build towards the bloody Mexico City riots of 1971.
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale
Our favorite teenage witch returns for a holiday special in The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale. The weather outside may be frightful, but the things that lurk inside the Spellman family mortuary and the Academy of Unseen Arts are even more so. Fortunately, Sabrina can always call on her magic to protect herself and her friends from, say, an evil Santa Claus.
Fuller House Season 4
The Tanner/Fuller/Gibbler clan return for season 4 of Fuller House. This season the house is about to get even fuller, with Kimmy Gibbler heavily pregnant with Stephanie Tanner’s baby (or possibly babies, since there were three viable embryos). Meanwhile, D.J. and Steve decide to have another shot at dating, and Jackson Fuller is searching for a teen romance that actually means something.
Other New Netflix Releases This Weekend
Voltron: Legendary Defender Season 8 – The Paladins are back for an eighth and final season of this animated sci-fi adventure.
The Fix – Jimmy Carry hosts a comedy panel where a rotating crew of guests try to solve the world’s biggest problems.
Back Street Girls: Gokudolls – Three yakuza men mess up an important job and, as their chosen punishment, are given sex reassignment surgery and form a female idol group.
Travelers Season 3 – In this sci-fi series, special agents from the future have their consciousnesses sent back in time to inhabit the bodies of others, in order to prevent society’s collapse.
Cuckoo Season 4 – Twilight’s Taylor Lautner stars in this British sitcom about an American hippie who clashes with his British girlfriend’s straight-laced parents.
The Innocent Man – A six-episode documentary series based on John Grisham’s non-fiction book, about two murders that took place in small-town Oklahoma in the 1980s.
Hymn of Death – K-drama romance set during the Japanese colonial period, about a married playwright who falls in love with a soprano.
Sunderland ‘Til I Die – British documentary series following the Sunderland soccer club through the 2017-2018 season.
Samson – Faith film telling the Biblical story of Samson, a mighty warrior who is brought low following an unfortunate haircut from a beautiful temptress.
Tidelands – Australian sci-fi fantasy series about an ex-con who returns to her home town and begins to unfold a strange conspiracy.
Inside the Real Narcos – British documentary series in which ex-Special Forces commando Jason Fox interviews traffickers and cartel members.
The Protector – Fantasy series in which a young man living in modern Istanbul discovers his ties to a secret ancient order.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir Season 3 – Schoolkids Marinette and Adrien have secret lives as superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir in this French cartoon series.
Wanted Season 3 – This Australian drama sees two mismatched strangers, Lola and Chelsea, forced to go on the run from the law after accidentally getting caught up in a criminal conspiracy.
Out of Many, One – A short documentary that follows a group of men and women through the process of preparing for the U.S. citizenship test.
The Midas Touch – A Hong Kong comedy about a debt collector who gets more than he bargained for when he takes over managing a group of starlets.
The Poetist – Leading female artists and influencers find expression in music and verse, while boldly speaking up about issues facing women in India.
Vir Das: Losing It – In Netflix’s newest stand-up special, actor and comedian Vir Das discusses travel, religion, his childhood and more.
