Have you ever gotten a gift that was so awful that you weren’t sure if it was meant as a joke? Paramount+ has something like that in December with its new original movie, Finestkind. It’s a crime drama with a top-notch cast including Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Jenna Ortega, and Tommy Lee Jones. The film was also produced by Paramount+’s go-t0-guy, Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone), and directed by L.A. Confidential screenwriter Brian Helgeland. However, Finestkind also has some truly awful reviews that gave it a dismal 25% score on Rotten Tomatoes. So we don’t have a lot of faith in that one.
A more promising new addition this month is Thriller 40, a documentary special about the impact of Michael Jackson’s most famous record, Thriller. Additionally, several films have been added to the lineup, but most of the A-list titles appear to have been reserved for the highest tier, Paramount+ with Showtime.
That’s why we try to make things easier for you in our roundup of everything new on Paramount+ for December. The shows and movies below marked with an asterisk (*) are only available on Paramount+ with Showtime. Titles marked with a double asterisk (**) can be live-streamed from CBS by Paramount+ with Showtime subscribers. Our picks for the month are in bold.
And if you subscribe to other streaming services, we also have helpful guides to the best movies on Netflix and best shows on Netflix, as well as the best movies streaming on Amazon and best TV shows streaming on Amazon, plus plenty of guides for Hulu, Disney+, and HBO Max.
Everything new on Paramount+ in December
December 1
- The World According to Football* premiere
- SpongeBob Twas the Night Before SpongeMas Special
- 10 Cloverfield Lane
- 12 Dates of Christmas
- 40 Days and 40 Nights
- A Very English Christmas
- A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas
- A Vineyard Christmas
- A Walk on the Moon
- Adult World*
- Airplane II: The Sequel*
- Airplane!*
- American Hustle*
- Angel Heart
- Angela’s Ashes*
- Barbarella
- Bend It Like Beckham*
- Body Cam
- Braveheart
- Caddyshack
- Carriers
- Cheech & Chong’s Still Smokin’
- Christmas by Candlelight
- Christmas Casanova
- Christmas Cupid
- Christmas in Scotland
- Cloverfield
- Coupled Up for Christmas
- Crawl
- Critical Condition*
- Dead Presidents*
- Deck the Halls
- Dirty Dancing*
- Eat, Love, London
- Emma (1996)
- Ernest Saves Christmas
- Face/Off*
- Finding Vivian Maier*
- First Blood
- Florence Foster Jenkins*
- Grindhouse: Death Proof*
- Grindhouse: Planet Terror*
- Hondo
- How Stella Got Her Groove Back*
- I’ll Be Home for Christmas*
- Imagine That*
- Jack Reacher
- Jackass Number Two
- Jersey Girl
- John Grisham’s The Rainmaker
- Joyful Noise
- Judas and the Black Messiah
- Just Like a Christmas Movie
- Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
- Machine Gun Preacher*
- Madea’s Big Happy Family
- Megamind
- Milk Money*
- Mimic*
- Mimic 2*
- Mimic 3: Sentinel*
- Mother!
- Pretty Baby*
- Rambo III
- Rambo: First Blood Part II
- RED
- RED 2
- Regarding Henry
- Rise of the Guardians
- Rosemary’s Baby
- Rounders
- Scrapper*
- Set It Off*
- She’s All That
- Sirens
- Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins
- Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
- Tangerine*
- Teaching Mrs. Tingle
- That Thing You Do!*
- The Addams Family (1991)
- The Christmas Classic*
- The Dead Zone
- The Face of Love*
- The Fighting Temptations
- The Fugitive
- The Hours
- The Iron Giant
- The Ladies Man
- The Prophecy*
- The Prophecy 3: The Ascent*
- The Prophecy II*
- The Prophecy: Forsaken*
- The Prophecy: Uprising*
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The Shining
- The Thing*
- The To Do List
- The Virgin Suicides
- The Words
- Total Recall*
- Trainspotting
- Trapped in Paradise*
- Triple 9*
- Twisted
- Up in Smoke
- War of the Worlds
- What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
- Witness
- Wuthering Heights*
December 2
- Thriller 40* premiere
- Robbie the Reindeer**
December 4
- The Price Is Right at Night Christmas Week**
December 5
- Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too? premiere
December 6
- Digman! (Season 1)
- Deliciousness (Season 3)
- Ryan’s Mystery Playdate (Season 4)
December 7
- The Envoys Season 2 premiere
- Showing Up*
December 8
- Baby Shark’s Big Movie premiere
- Ghosts UK** (Season 2)
December 9
- Transformers: The Last Knight
December 10
- A Grammy Salute to 50 Years of Hip Hop**
December 11
- The Billion Dollar Goal premiere
December 12
December 13
- Love & Hip Hop: Miami (Season 4)
December 15
- Finestkind premiere
- The National Christmas Tree Lighting**
December 17
- Willie Nelson’s 90th Birthday Celebration Concert Special**
December 20
December 21
December 22
- The 25th Annual a Home for the Holidays**
December 23
December 26
December 27
- The 46th Annual Kennedy Center Honors**
December 31
- New Year’s Eve Live: Nashville’s Big Bash**
Sports
- 12/2: SEC Championship – Georgia vs. Alabama*
- 12/3: NFL ON CBS Week 13 (check local listings)
- 12/3: Major League Fishing*
- 12/3: Serie A – Napoli vs. Inter
- 12/8: Serie A – Juventus vs. Napoli
- 12/9: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Illinois @ Tennessee*
- 12/9: College Football on CBS – The Army-Navy Game*
- 12/10: NFL ON CBS Week 14 Doubleheader (check local listings)
- 12/10: Barclays Women’s Super League – Arsenal vs. Chelsea
- 12/10: Barclays Women’s Super League – Tottenham vs. Manchester United Dec. 11: Concacaf W Gold Cup Draw
- 12/12-13: UEFA Champions League Matchday 6
- 12/12: UEFA Champions League – Manchester United vs. Bayern Munich
- 12/13: UEFA Champions League – Newcastle United vs. AC Milan
- 12/14: UEFA Europa League – Matchday 6
- 12/14: UEFA Europa Conference League – Matchday 6
- 12/16: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Kansas @ Indiana*
- 12/16: CBS Sports Classic – UCLA vs. Ohio State & North Carolina vs. Kentucky*
- 12/16: Argentina Liga Profesional de Fútbol Final
- 12/17: NFL ON CBS Week 15 (check local listings)
- 12/17: Dubai Sail Grand Prix*
- 12/18: UEFA Champions League Round of 16 Draw
- 12/23: Serie A – Roma vs. Napoli
- 12/23: NFL Slimetime*
- 12/23: PBR Rodeo*
- 12/23: Rogue Invitational*
- 12/23: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Vanderbilt vs. Memphis*
- 12/24: NFL ON CBS Week 16 (check local listings)
- 12/25: NFL ON CBS Christmas Day – Las Vegas Raiders @ Kansas City Chiefs
- 12/29: Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl*
- 12/30: Serie A – Juventus vs. Roma
- 12/30: PBR*
- 12/30: NCAA Men’s Basketball – Creighton @ Marquette*
- 12/30: NCAA Men’s Basketball – UCLA @ Oregon*
- 12/30: NFL ON CBS Week 17 Doubleheader (check local listings)
Throughout December
- Italian Serie A competition
- Argentina Liga Profesional de Fútbol competition
- Campeonato Brasileirão Série A competition
- Scottish Professional Football League competition
- Combate Global competition
- AFC Champions League competition
- Barclays Women’s Super League competition
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