JustWatch Streaming Charts: December 2025

These are the movies and TV shows US consumers have been most interested in over the previous month


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Daniel Craig offered another great performance as detective Benoit Blanc in Rian Johnson’s Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery in December, cementing this role as one of the most important of his career. Not bad, not bad at all. (Image: Netflix)


Movie and TV show fans have never had it so good when it comes to the content options available for the consumer market: there are currently more than a dozen different streaming services delivering all kinds of movies or series straight to their TV sets, literally at the touch of a button. With that amount of new content being released every month, though, which films or TV shows are more likely to be worth each viewer’s precious time? Which movies or series are most people interested in knowing about?

That’s where JustWatch comes in. It’s a Web service designed to collect and present information on every film or TV show featured in practically all streaming services operating around the world today, in one place. Visitors can create a free account, pick their country of residence – content is often different in various regions – select the streaming services they are interested in and get recommendations based on their preferences and searches. Consumers can then use the JustWatch apps available for their Smart TV, streaming device, smartphone or tablet so as to always have new suggestions available on what’s hot on every streaming platform.

Based on user interest – as dictated by searches and recommendations – JustWatch is able to put together Top Ten charts of movies and TV shows across all streaming services operating in each country, every month. These are the films that consumers in the United States have been more interested in over the past few weeks.

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Die Hard being a Christmas movie or not is up for debate, but Bugonia deserving the extra attention – despite the avalanche of December blockbuster home video releases – is not. This is quirky, playful cinema at its finest. (Image: JustWatch)


Based on the same information, these are the TV shows that consumers in the United States have shown the most interest in over the same period of time.

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Pluribus has finally claimed JustWatch’s TV shows chart top spot, as it very well should, but All Her Fault and The Beast in Me served as pleasant surprises for drama fans. Here’s hope that we get more of those in 2026. (Image: JustWatch)


Taking a look at the Top Ten Movies chart it’s clear that viewers had already started moving on from October’s and November’s festive-themed movies to recent releases of various kinds. Well, not before briefly returning to the only action film in the history of cinema that’s also a Christmas movie in the eyes of many (yours truly will not even name it – it’s that obvious). Congratulations to Giorgos Lanthimos are in order, as Bugonia attracted a lot of attention despite being a niche film released alongside the likes of F1 and One Battle After Another, as well as to Jennifer Lawrence, who made a rather mediocre film like Die My Love actually work.

When it comes to TV shows… not even a hint of Christmas spirit in sight, as several thriller TV shows claimed a number of spots throughout December and the mighty Pluribus finally claimed the top spot (as it should). Fallout, The Night Manager and Landman returned with new seasons, so they attracted enough interest to claim their own spots, while both All Her Fault and The Beast in Me served as pleasant surprises – maybe paving the way for more high-quality, eccentric drama in January. If they do, you won’t see us complaining!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR


Kostas Farkonas

Veteran reporter and business consultant with over 30 years of industry experience in various media and roles, focusing on consumer tech, modern entertainment and digital culture.

Veteran reporter and business consultant with over 30 years of industry experience in various media and roles, focusing on consumer tech, modern entertainment and digital culture.