What are you going to be watching in November? We round up everything coming to streaming services this month, including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, Apple TV+, Neon and TVNZ+.

The biggies

National Treasure: Edge of History (on Disney+ from December 14)

For years, people have been asking for another instalment in the delightfully wacky National Treasure series which starred Nicholas Cage engaging in the worst instances of archaeological malpractice since Indiana Jones. This new instalment follows “brilliant and resourceful dreamer” Jess Valuenzuela (newcomer Lisette Alexis) as she searches for answers about her family, and goes on an adventure of a lifetime to save a Pan-American treasure. A… national treasure, if you will. Catherine Zeta-Jones also stars, in a role that looks basically like this universe’s equivalent of Carmen Sandiego. I, for one, cannot wait./ Sam Brooks

Tell Me Everything (on TVNZ+ from December 9)

Every generation gets the Skins it deserves, and now it seems it’s time for Gen Z to get theirs. Tell Me Everything exists very much in the vein of that seminal aughts drama, revolving around a group of teens with relatable, if slightly exaggeratedly gritty, problems. The central character, Jonny, is hiding undiagnosed depression and anxiety from his best friends Louis and Neve, but a chance meeting with the enigmatic Mei draws him into experimenting with identity, sexuality, relationships and substances. So, yup, Skins, but with access to social media. What could go wrong?/ SB

Slow Horses (season two on AppleTV+ from December 2)

In an era when viewers often have to wait a year or more to find out whether their favourite character survived a cliffhanger, it’s a delightful surprise to get a second season of the great Slow Horses only six months after the first one ended. So welcome back to burping, farting Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) and his team of shabby, underemployed spies – MI5’s least wanted – who somehow still manage to get the bad guys in the end. Each season of Slow Horses is based on one of Mick Herron’s best-selling Slough House novels and we’re up to book two, Dead Lions. With nine more books to go (so far) this show could run and run. / Catherine McGregor

His Dark Materials (season three on Neon from December 6)

This adaptation of Philip Pullman’s landmark fantasy series about a bizarro multiverse returns for a third season, based on the final book in the trilogy, The Amber Spyglass. The series, starring Dafne Keen, James McAvoy and Ruth Wilson, has received deservedly good reviews from both press and fans, and this final season looks to continue the solid run, adding Fleabag’s Sian Clifford and Game of Thrones’ Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje to the cast. / SB

The notables

Gossip Girl (season two on Neon from December 2)

The reboot of the 90s classic is back for a second season of secrets and scandal. This version has the same premise as the original series – a bunch of rich New York teenagers bitch and backstab their way through private school – but the reboot features a diverse cast and spicier storylines, with every second of teen angst captured on social media. The drama never stops, the fashion is incredible and none of these hormonal teenagers have acne. It’s the teen experience you never had, and the only guilty pleasure you’ll need these holidays. / Tara Ward

Educators (season three on TVNZ+ from December 7)

From our round-up in 2020: “Back in ye olde 2019 we called Educators a New Zealand comedy that ‘sings with reckless, dark intelligence’. Good news, Educators is back to sing some more, with a new season of high school hijinks from the nation’s worst teachers. Created by Jackie van Beek, Jesse Griffin and Jonny Brugh, Educators gives us the behind-the-scenes chaos of a state high school and the questionable behaviour of the people who work there. It’s unscripted, it’s brutally funny and it’s one of the best New Zealand comedies in years.” / TW

The Witcher: Blood Origin (on Netflix from December 25)

Is it Christmas without some sort of Witcher related content? Probably. But just in case if you can’t get through the holiday season without spending some time in The Witcher world, Netflix is here with this prequel, set 1,200 years before the events of The Witcher – which itself spans several decades and centuries. Blood Origin will depict the creation of the first Witcher, the events leading to the “Conjunction of the Spheres” (basically why all those monsters exist in the world), and the ancient Elven civilization before its fall. Relative newcomer Sophie Brown (of the excellent Giri/Haji) will be ably supported by Michelle Yeoh, Lenny Henry and Minnie Driver. Fantasy fans tune in. / SB

Wreck (on TVNZ+ from December 30)

Cruise ships have had a bad rap in recent years, and the arrival of Wreck won’t do much to mend their reputation. 19 year old Jamie is all at sea after he joins the crew of cruise ship Sacramentum to work out what happened to his missing sister, only to find himself in the middle of a murder mystery. Wreck is a British comedy-thriller featuring plenty of wacky hijinks on the high seas, most of it coming from a murderer dressed as a big duck. It’s The Love Boat gone feral, it’s the Titanic you wish James Cameron had the courage to make. Bonkers, but in a good way./ TW

The movies

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (on Netflix from December 23)

Is there a more unlikely franchise than Knives Out, the cult hit film by writer/director Rian Johnson? Probably not, but if there’s one film that deserved an anthology-style sequel, it’s this. Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig doing his best Foghorn Leghorn) returns to figure out whodunnit, again. This time we’re transported away from the US to a private island, where billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) has invited his closest friends to attend a murder mystery – during the Covid-19 pandemic, no less. The rest of the cast is stacked, featuring Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista, but the best news is that another Knives Out film has already been confirmed!/ SB

Dog (on Neon from December 17)

Get your hankies ready, because Dog is one of the most amiable tearjearkers of 2022. The film, starring Channing Tatum and co-directed by him and Reid Carolin (former collaborators from the Magic Mike franchise), follows an army ranger who is tasked with escorting the military dog of his fallen friend to his funeral. It received warm reviews earlier this year, with particular praise for Tatum. I also have it on good authority that the titular dog is a very good dog indeed. / SB

White Noise (on Netflix from December 30)

Netflix movies don’t get much more awards-baity than White Noise, the long-awaited adaptation of Don DeLillo’s classic ‘80s novel about consumerism, mortality and the alienation of postmodern life (a cheery Christmas movie this is not). Directed by Noah Baumbach and starring Adam Driver as professor Jack Gladney and Greta Gerwig as his pill-popping wife Babette, White Noise follows the aftermath of a chemical spill that turns the Gladneys’ idyllic college town into a toxic wasteland. For decades, the novel’s surreal elements and minimal plot had it labelled as “impossible to adapt”. It’ll be interesting to see whether Baumbach is able to prove the naysayers wrong. / CM

The rest

 

Netflix

December 1

Dead End

Troll

Qala

The Masked Scammer

JOJO’S Bizarre Adventure STONE OCEAN

Crazy Rich Asians

Fred Claus

December 2

Firefly Lane: Season 2: Part 1

Hot Skull

My Unorthodox Life: Season 2

Scrooge: A Christmas Carol

Lady Chatterley’s Lover

Warriors of Future

Sr.

December 4

Irreverent

December 5

Mighty Express: Mighty Trains Race

Rick and Morty: Season 5

December 6

Delivery by Christmas

Sebastian Maniscalco: Is It Me?

The Boss Baby: Christmas Bonus

December 7

The Most Beautiful Flower

Smiley

I Hate Christmas

Too Hot to Handle: Season 4

The Marriage App

Burning Patience

December 8

In Broad Daylight: The Navarte Case

The Elephant Whisperers

Lookism

December 9

How to Ruin Christmas: The Baby Shower

Dream Home Makeover: Season 4

CAT

Money Heist: Korea

Dragon Age: Absolution

December 9

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinnochio

December 10

Alchemy of Souls: Season 1: Part 2

December 13

Single’s Inferno: Season 2

Tom Papa: What a Day!

Last Chance U: Basketball: Season 2

Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure

December 14

Glitter

I Believe in Santa

Kangaroo Valley

Don’t Pick Up The Phone

December 15

The Big Four

Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery

Sonic Prime

Violet Evergarden: Recollections

December 16

The Recruit

A Storm for Christmas

Far From Home

Cook at all Costs

Summer Job

Dance Monsters

Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

Private Lesson

The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari

December 19

Trolley

December 20

A Not So Merry Christmas

The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 1

December 21

Emily in Paris: Season 3

Disconnect: The Wedding Planner

I AM A KILLER: Season 4

December 22

Alice in Borderland: Season 2

Mathieu Dufour at Bell Centre

December 23

Pinata Masters

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

December 25

Time Hustler

The Witcher: Blood Origin

Daughter From Another Mother: Season 3

Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical

Vir Das: Landing

December 26

Treason

December 27

Chelsea Handler: Revolution

December 28

The Circle: Season 5

A Night at the Kindergarten

Stuck With You

7 Women and a Murder

December 29

Rise of Empires: Season 2

Brown and Friends

December 30

Chicago Party Aunt: Part 2

Alpha Males

La Reina del Sur: Season 3

White Noise

Secrets of Summer: Season 2

December 31

Best of Stand Up 2022

Neon

December 1

Aftertaste

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

The Batman

Assassins

The Dissident

Girls Can’t Surf

My Zoe

December 2

Gossip Girl: Season 2

Paw Patrol: Season 7A

Dashing in December

Gingerbread Miracle

The Bitch Who Stole Christmas

A Hollywood Christmas

PAW Patrol: Mighty Pups

PAW Patrol: jet to the Rescue

Werewolves Within

December 3

The Northman

The Justice of Bunny King

December 4

Firestarter

Percy vs Goliath

December 5

Pig

December 6

His Dark Materials: Season 3

December 7

Deer Squad

Crawlspace

December 8

Excalibur

December 9

Chucky: Season 2

Mark, Mary and Some Other People

December 10

Monster Family 2

12 Strong

December 11

Unveiled: Surviving La Luz del Mundo

Eraser: Reborn

December 13

The Departed

Icahn: The Restless Billionaire

December 14

Dark Side of the Ring: After Dark

The Dark Tower

December 15

Fortress: Sniper’s Eye

December 16

Call Me Miss Cleo

X

Teen Titans Go and DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse

December 17

Dog

December 18

Shaq

December 19

Longmire: Season 1-6

December 20

V for Vengeance

December 21

Tango and Cash

Master of Light

December 22

Happening

Den of Thieves

December 23

Catfish: The TV Show: Season 8D

Secret Headquarters

December 24

Back to the Future

Back to the Future 2

Back to the Future 3

December 26

Branson

The Amazing Mr Blunden

December 27

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

December 28

The Cleaning Lady

Identity Thief

December 29

Morbius

December 30

Chasing Famous

Green Zone

December 31

Bill Maher: #Adulting

Marlon Wayans Presents: The Headliners

Yvonne Orji: A Whole New Me

TVNZ+

December 1

Colin from Accounts

December 5

Black Gold

Wasteland

Climate Change: The Facts

Planet Oil

Extinction: The Facts

Kate Humble: Good Life, Green Life

War on Plastic with Hugh and Anita

December 6

Bcoming Elizabeth

December 7

Educators

December 9

A Spy Among Friends

Tell Me Everything

December 10

Offspring

December 13

After the Trial

December 16

Litvinenko

December 29

Without Sin

December 30

Wreck

Disney+

December 2

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

I want a Baby

Maui Shark Mystery

Jaws vs Boats

Pentatonix: Around the World for the Holidays

December 7

Amsterdam

Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin

The Incredible Dr. Pol: Season 20

Car SOS: Season 10

Evil Genius

December 8

Just Love and a Thousand Songs

December 9

The American Rescue Dog Show

It’s a Wonderful Binge

Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again

Weekend Family Christmas Special

December 14

National Treasure: Edge of History

Between the World and Us

December 16

The Pupil

Muppets Most Wanted (Sing-Along Version)

The Thing About Harry

Zombies Halloween Cast Party

Queen Elizabeth: A Royal Life – A Special Edition of 20/20

December 21

Boston Legal: Season 1 and 2

December 28

Encanto at the Hollywood Bowl

December 30

True Lies

Amazon Prime Video

December 2

Your Christmas or Mine

Three Pines

Riches

December 3

Firestarter (2022)

The Northman

December 7

Ghostbusters (2016)

December 9

Something from Tiffany’s

December 13

Dr Seuss Baking Challenge

December 15

Dog

December 16

Nanny

About Fate

December 19

1923

December 21

Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Season 3

December 29

Morbius

December 30

Inland

Wildcat

Lee Kernaghan: Boy from the Bush

Apple TV+

December 2

Slow Horses: Season 2

December 9

Little America: Season 2

Emancipation

Puppy Place: Season 2

AMC+

December 1

Kevin Can Go F**K Himself: Season 2

December 2

Christmas with the Campbells

December 4

MOOD

Acorn

December 5

Whitstable Pearl

December 19

DI Ray

December 26

The Madame Blanc Mysteries: Season 2 Christmas Special

Shudder

December 1

A Wounded Fawn

The Walking Dead: Season 5

December 8

The Walking Dead: Season 6

December 9

Christmas Bloody Christmas

December 15

The Walking Dead: Season 7

December 16

The Apology

December 22

Scare Package II: Rad Chad’s Revenge

Flux Gourmet

The Walking Dead: Season 8

December 29

The Walking Dead: Season 9