11 Best New Shows on Netflix: December 2023’s Top Upcoming Series to Watch

This December, Netflix is gifting you terrific titles on their list of new content that will keep you feeling very merry all month long. While it’s always hard to say goodbye to the titles leaving Netflix, you won’t be feeling down for long once you get a good look at the impressive array of Netflix Original series coming to the platform to take their place. With everything from brand new titles to long-awaited continuations of fan favorites, Netflix’s diverse and delightful December 2023 premieres are sure to have something for everyone.

The streamer is set to help you celebrate the new month with premieres from highly-anticipated continuations of established hit series across several different genres (so there’s truly something for everyone), like Sweet Home: Season 2, The Crown: Season 6 Part 2, and Hilda: Season 3.

There are also plenty of exciting brand new shows that will begin streaming exclusively on Netflix starting this month. Keep an eye out in particular for Yu Yu Hakusho, Berlin, and Pokémon Concierge, which are all already looking to be some of the most promising releases out of December entire streaming lineup.

So what makes the cut for our top 11, and which of them have what it takes to be in the Netflix Top 10? Keep reading to treat yourself to the greatness that is the list of streaming standouts for December 2023.

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1. Sweet Home: Season 2

   Released December 1

   CAST: Song Kang, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Si-young, Go Min-si, Park Kyu-young, Yu Oh-seong, Oh Jeong-se, Kim Moo-yeol, Jin-young

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: One of the most highly-anticipated titles making its return to Netflix this month is this Netflix Original apocalyptic action-horror series out of South Korea. Sweet Home takes place in a world where desire turns monstrous, literally, as people turn into deadly beasts that threaten the future of humanity. The shows second season sees the return of Cha Hyun-soo (Kang) and his fellow survivors from the Green Home apartment complex as they leave the building behind to fight to survive in the outside world where the stakes are higher and no one is safe from the deadly monsters and additional new beings and phenomena that they have never faced before.

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2. Yu Yu Hakusho

   Released December 14

   CAST: Takumi Kitamura, Jun Shison, Kanata Hongô, Shûhei Uesugi

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: Based on Yoshihiro Togashi’s beloved 1990s manga and anime series of the same name, Yu Yu Hakusho is a brand new live-action adaptation from Netflix that is sure to attract both longtime fans and newcomers to the story. Yu Yu Hakusho is an action-comedy fantasy series that follows a teenaged delinquent named Yusuke Urameshi (Kitamura), whose dying act of goodness ends up giving him a unique opportunity in the afterlife. Since his final selfless act of heroism made Yusuke have no clear place in either heaven or hell, he has been given a position to walk the line in between each as an Underworld Detective who investigates cases involving rogue spirits, demons, and supernatural beings in the world of the living.

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3. The Crown: Season 6 Part 2

   Released December 14

   CAST: Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce, Lesley Manville, Dominic West, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivia Williams, Khalid Abdalla, Salim Daw, Bertie Carvel, Lydia Leonard, Andrew Havill, Marcia Warren, James Murray, Ed McVey, Meg Bellamy, Luther Ford, Richard Rycroft

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: The Crown officially comes to an end this month, so get ready to unwrap what’s left of this absolute gift of a series as it drops just in time for Christmas. These last six episodes of Season 6 tracks the coming-of-age of Princes William (McVey) and Harry (Ford), with particular focus on the meeting and budding romance of William and Kate Middleton (Bellamy). These last episodes will also feature the wedding of Prince Charles (West) and Camilla Parker Bowles (Williams), and Queen Elizabeth II (Staunton) reflecting on her life and reign as she gets ready for a time when Charles and William will take over the crown.

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4. Hilda: Season 3

   Released December 7

   CAST: Bella Ramsey, Ameerah Falzon-Ojo, Oliver Nelson, Daisy Haggard, Miriam Margolyes, John Simm, Shirley Henderson

   RATING: TV-Y7

   DESCRIPTION: This month sees animated supernatural comedy-drama series Hilda return for its third and final season premiering exclusively on Netflix. This last season sees Hilda (Ramsey), her best buds Frida (Falzon-Ojo) and David (Nelson), and her mom Johanna (Haggard) return to explore some new territory with adventures that are bigger and better than ever before. Now that the show has moved past its original source content as detailed in Luke Pearson’s graphic novel series of the same name, Hilda: Season 3 is full of plenty of great surprises as a visit to Hilda’s great-aunt (Margolyes) sparks an interest in fairies that leads to some unforeseen self-discovery and side quests.

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5. Berlin

   Released December 29

   CAST: Pedro Alonso, Michelle Jenner, Tristán Ulloa, Begoña Vargas, Julio Peña, Joel Sánchez

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: This spin-off of popular Netflix Original Spanish heist crime-drama series Money Heist revolves around the original show’s character, Berlin (Alonso), during the grand larcenist, jewel thief, and cracksman’s golden age before the events of Money Heist. The show sees Berlin and his talented gang of criminals meet in Paris for one of his most ambitious heists yet. Bur for Berlin, the risk is usually worth it, since according to him, nothing can brighten up a dark day like love or stealing a fortune.

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6. Pokémon Concierge

   Released December 28

   CAST: Karen Fukuhara, Imani Hakim, Josh Keaton, Lori Alan

   RATING: TV-PG

   DESCRIPTION: Viewers of all ages are sure to be amazed and entranced by this Netflix Original stop motion animated adventure comedy series that takes you into the incredible and sweeping world of Pokémon. Pokémon Concierge follows Pokémon Resort concierge Haru (Fukuhara) as she interacts with Pokémon and their visiting owners who are staying as guests.

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7. The Great British Baking Show: Holidays: Season 6

   Released December 8

   CAST: Paul Hollywood, Prue Leith

   RATING: TV-14

   DESCRIPTION: Get ready for the holidays with an utterly delectable new batch of episodes of The Great British Baking Show: Holidays. ‘Tis the season for festive and fabulous bakes as competitors from past seasons of The Great British Baking Show go head-to-head to create wonderful winter treats for the judges in hopes of being the one to walk away from the tent with the coveted cake stand.

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8. Gyeongseong Creature: Season 1 Part 1

   Released December 22

   CAST: Park Seo-joon, Han So-hee, Soo Hyun, Kim Hae-sook, Jo Han-chul, Wi Ha-joon, Ji Woo, Park Ji-hwan

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: This Netflix Original horror drama series out of South Korea that takes place in the spring of 1945 in Gyeongseong (the old name for Seoul), during the Japanese colonization of Korea. At the city’s mysterious Ongseong Hospital and entrepreneur and a sleuth fight to survive a dangerous monster born from human greed as they are forced to confront what it really means to be human.

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9. Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team

   Released December12

   CAST: N/A

   RATING: TV-MA

   DESCRIPTION: This fascinating Netflix Original docuseries offers an in-depth and honest look at the U.S. Women’s National Team’s professional and personal lives as they prepare for the 2023 FIFA World Cup tournament. Using exclusive footage and interviews with players and coaches, Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team displays the intense pressures, successes, and heartbreaks that these world-class athletes and those closest to them experience while pursuing a major goal in the face of high expectations, weighty judgments, social issues, injuries, and more.

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10. My Life with the Walter Boys

    Released December 7

    CAST: Nikki Rodriguez, Sarah Rafferty, Marc Blucas, Noah LaLonde, Ashby Gentry, Connor Stanhope, Zoë Soul, Johnny Link, Corey Fogelmanis, Jaylan Evans

    RATING: TV-14

    DESCRIPTION: Adapted from Ali Novak’s 2014 novel of the same name, My Life with the Walter Boys follows 15-year-old Jackie Howard (Rodriguez), who must leave her home in Manhattan to move in with her guardian, Katherine Walter’s (Rafferty), big family in rural Colorado after losing her family in a tragic accident. Now Jackie finds her whole world turned upside down as she tries to adjust from a privileged big city life to a chaotic 10 child household, all while navigating pursuing her dream to get into Princeton and her growing feelings for Alex (Gentry) and Cole (LaLonde) Walter.

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11. I Hate Christmas: Season 2

    Released December 7

    CAST: Pilar Fogliati, Beatrice Arnera, Fiorenza Pieri, Glen Blackhall, Nicolas Maupas, Massimo Rigo, Sabrina Paravicini, Simonetta Solder, Alan Cappelli Goetz, Alessio Praticò, Cecilia Bertozzi

    RATING: TV-MA

    DESCRIPTION: After its first season ended with a major cliffhanger, the Italian romantic-comedy series is back to finally reveal who range Gianna’s (Fogliati) doorbell on Christmas Eve. I Hate Christmas: Season 2 sees Gianna now in love and ready to get in the Christmas spirit now one year older and wiser from her last-minute attempt to find a boyfriend to bring home for the holidays. But even though she’s in a relationship, the holidays still present plenty of challenges that threaten to ruin her romance and will force her to utilize all the Christmas magic she can in order to make it through the season with her life and love intact.

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