The Best Things Coming to Prime Video in December

See Michelle Pfeiffer in the new holiday film ‘Oh. What. Fun.’ plus rom-coms, action dramas and a new sports talk show with Kenan Thompson and Kevin Hart

Thom Geier,

Updated December 01, 2025

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Published January 29, 2025

/ Updated December 01, 2025

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Michelle Pfeiffer stars in "Oh. What. Fun.," coming to Prime Video Dec. 3.

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There’s no place like the home theater (or living room) for the holidays, and Amazon’s Prime Video has plenty to keep you settled in for chilly winter nights. Whether you want to get cozy with a fizzy holiday comedy starring Michelle Pfeiffer as the perfect mom and hostess who goes AWOL or cling to the edge of your sofa cushion in the postapocalyptic world of Fallout, there’s a movie or TV show for all of us this month. Grab the cocoa: Here are the 11 best new things to stream on Prime Video this December.

Coming Dec. 1

The Merchants of Joy

How do all those millions of New York City residents — most living without cars and far from wooded areas — manage to find Christmas trees for their apartments? Veteran documentarian Celia Aniskovich (Call Me Miss Cleo) follows five families who hustle each December to turn city sidewalks into evergreen superstores. It’s a deep dive into a niche business that crops up every year and brings a little pine-scented joy.

NBA G League

Basketball diehards will celebrate the chance to see the next generation of talent in the NBA G League (the sport’s official minor league), which is now in its 25th season. The first up in Prime’s 44 games: a showdown between Florida’s Osceola Magic and Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Vipers (tip-off at 8 p.m. ET).

Coming Dec. 2

Good Sports, Season 1

Funny guys Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live) and Kevin Hart (Jumanji) host a new weekly talk show where they break down the biggest moments from the NFL, NBA and the wider world of athletic competition. Imagine Weekend Update for sports fans, boosted by interviews with athletes and Hollywood stars. New episodes appear every Sunday, except for a holiday break the final two weeks of December.

Coming Dec. 3

Oh. What. Fun. (2025, PG-13)

Imagine if Mrs. Claus went on strike. Every holiday season, Claire Clauster (Michelle Pfeiffer, 67) goes overboard with the most decked-out halls, perfectly frosted cookies and best-wrapped presents. But this year, frustrated by her distracted husband (Denis Leary, 68) and self-absorbed grown kids (Felicity Jones, Chloë Grace Moretz and Dominic Sessa), she decides to take a break. By the time her family belatedly realizes her absence, can Christmas — and the spirit of togetherness — be saved?

Coming Dec. 6

Surely Tomorrow, Season 1

The third time might be the charm for Lee Kyeong-do (Park Seo-jun) and Seo Ji-woo (Won Ji-an), a couple in South Korea who dated in their early 20s, broke up and then gave it another shot before separating once again. Now, years later, they’re drawn back into each other’s orbit when Lee, a journalist, begins reporting on a major scandal involving Seo’s husband..

Coming Dec. 10

Merv (2025, PG)

No, this isn’t a documentary about the late talk show host. Instead, it’s a shaggy-dog rom-com about Anna and Russ (Zooey Deschanel and Charlie Cox), a young couple whose breakup leads to complications for their beloved dog, Merv, that they continue to share. When Russ takes Merv to Florida for a beach getaway, they unexpectedly encounter Anna — unleashing the potential for romantic reconciliation.

Coming Dec. 12

Tell Me Softly (2025)

This Spanish-language adaptation of a YA romance novel by Argentine bestselling author Mercedes Ron centers on a love triangle involving high school cheerleader Kami (Alícia Falcó) and two basketball-playing brothers (Fernando Lindez and Diego Vidales) with whom she has a complicated history.

Coming Dec. 17

Fallout, Season 2

Nearly two years after this action series based on the hit role-playing video game introduced us to its postapocalyptic world, we pick up where we left off. Ella Purnell’s Lucy, a former bomb-shelter dweller thrust into action-hero mode, is still roaming the Mojave Desert with the Ghoul (AARP Movies for Grownups nominee for best actor, television, Walton Goggins, 54), a former Hollywood star turned trigger-happy bounty hunter with a heavily irradiated face. The two form an uneasy alliance as they head for New Vegas and an encounter with a powerful figure from the Ghoul’s past named Robert House (Justin Theroux, 54). Even after the nuclear dust has settled, the city still seems to be teeming with sin.

Coming Dec. 18

Human Specimens, Season 1

Hidetoshi Nishijima, 54, who starred in Japan’s Oscar-nominated 2021 film, Drive My Car, plays butterfly researcher Shirô Sakaki, who turns six boys — including his own son — into human specimens in this offbeat adaptation of a novel by Kanae Minato. The series blends the traditional and the contemporary, with young Kabuki theater star Somegorô Ichikawa as the professor’s son.

Coming Dec. 26

Sinners (2025, R)

Ryan Coogler, the filmmaker behind the Black Panther and Creed franchises, won critical raves for this period horror film (a Movies for Grownups best picture nominee) starring Michael B. Jordan in dual roles as twin brothers who return to their rural Mississippi home in the 1930s to turn an old sawmill into a juke joint — but whose plans are upended by both local Klansmen and hive-minded vampires. From the stylish nighttime visuals to the bluesy score, this film will hook you from the jump. You might want to keep the lights on, just in case..

Coming Dec. 29

The Naked Gun (2025, PG-13)

Liam Neeson, 73, plays with his tough guy persona from the Taken thrillers in this reboot of The Naked Gun cop-film spoof series from the 1980s and ’90s. As the gravel-voiced son of the late Leslie Nielsen’s LAPD detective, Neeson struggles to get himself out of the departmental doghouse by chasing down a stolen gadget hilariously called a Primordial Law of Toughness (PLOT) device. The film packs in a ridiculous number of laughs per minute; you may want to rewind and replay the improv scat performance by Pamela Anderson, 58, in a smoky jazz club.

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Thom Geier is an AARP contributor and the award-winning former executive editor of TheWrap, senior editor at Entertainment Weekly, film reporter at The Hollywood Reporter and associate editor at U.S. News & World Report.