The 11 best series and films to watch on Netflix over Christmas and this weekend: December 24, 2024

But first: What’s new on Netflix?

The Hibiscus Flower Blooms Again: Season 2 of Squid game arrives on Thursday December 26th, the perfect gift for the day after Christmas. In the new chapter of Hwang Dong-hyuk’s wildly popular dystopian thriller series (whose first season dropped in 2021), Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) is back – and he’s out for revenge. Not your game? Get some laughs with you after your vacation Your friend, Nate Bargatzethe comedian’s third special on Netflix after 2019 The Tennessee Kid and 2021 The tallest average American.

If you only have one night…

Spend it with one of the biggest names of the year (as he takes on many faces). As part of his breakthrough in 2024, Glen Powell teamed up with him again Everyone wants some!! Collaborator Richard Linklater in the comedy killerwritten jointly by the director and the main actor and published in May. Inspired by a wild true story, Powell plays a humble professor who moonlights as an assassin in secret police operations, taking on a sophisticated new role each time. However, when he falls in love with a potential client (Adria Arjona), his orderly life begins to fall apart. And if you’re itching for a second hit from Powell’s star power, make it a double feature with last year’s Everyone but youa Shakespeare-influenced romantic comedy directed by Will Gluck and starring Sydney Sweeney.

If you have a whole day…

Feel something. Distract yourself from all your year-end anxieties by spending a day with three acclaimed documentaries, all premiering at Sundance in January, each celebrating humanity’s ability to connect. Josh Greenbaum is heartfelt Will & Harper follows Will Ferrell and his old friend Harper Steele on a cross-country road trip that they took shortly after Harper came out as a trans woman. Then turn with Benjamin Rees to bonds that transcend space and endure beyond death The Remarkable Life of Ibelinwhich looks back at the unexpectedly adventurous life – both online and offline – of a young gamer who died from a rare disease. Finally, break your heart and put it back together again with the deeply touching story of Natalie Rae and Angela Patton daughterswhich documents a father-daughter dance in a prison in Washington, DC.

If you have the whole weekend…

Tour of the year on television. The last days of December can be dedicated to some of the most talked-about new series released in the last 12 months And will continue to dominate the conversation in future seasons. Start with the March release from David Benioff, DB Weiss and Alexander Woo 3 body problem: The living adaptation of the internationally acclaimed novel The three-body problem spans centuries and centers on a group of scientists who follow a series of strange clues to shocking revelations. Carry on in style The gentlementhe Guy Ritchie crime comedy, adapted from the filmmaker’s 2019 film of the same name, which hit theaters in March; Theo James plays a young English aristocrat who inherits more than he ever expected. And as a romantic conclusion: Erin Foster’s romantic comedy Nobody wants thatwhich exploded upon its release in September and stars Kristen Bell as an irreverent Angeleno and Adam Brody as the rabbi with whom she shares irresistible chemistry.

Don’t forget, you still have one last chance…

To solve the case. Andy Breckman’s procedural drama monk In the lead role, Tony Shalhoub plays a compulsive and varyingly phobic private detective in San Francisco. It ran for eight seasons, from 2002 to 2009, so start your marathon now! There’s nothing to worry about – except the exit from streaming in two weeks.

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