What to watch on Amazon Prime Video Canada in December 2020

Including a gay holiday movie starring Kristen Stewart, Andy Samberg in Palm Springs, The Expanse Season 5, and the rest of Steve McQueen's Small Axe anthology

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      Here’s everything new that’s coming Amazon Prime Video Canada in December 2020.

      Happiest Season

      Just a couple of weeks after it arrived on VOD platforms, Clea DuVall’s queer Christmas movie—specifically, the first mainstream holiday movie to revolve around gay characters—arrives on Prime Video, ready to be in constant rotation over the holidays. Which is honestly not the worst idea, given that the film’s a lot more complex about its emotional beats than its marketing would have had you believe. And multiple viewings will really let you appreciate Aubrey Plaza’s subtle supporting turn as a wounded ex, and all the weird details Mary Holland builds around her awkward kid-sister character. December 9

      Palm Springs

      Yeah, time-loop movies are kind of overdone these days…but you’re going to want to make time for Max Barbakow’s bittersweet, self-aware take on the genre, which pairs Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti as two very different people stuck repeating the same day for infinity. We’ve seen it. It’s great. Maybe the best time-loop movie since Groundhog Day. Maybe even better, since Groundhog Day did not have J.K. Simmons as an assassin. December 18

      Small Axe: Lovers Rock

      Small Axe

      Steve McQueen’s five film anthology about the Caribbean community’s history and resistance to persecution in Britain slipped in at the 11th hour in Canada. After airing on the BBC and streaming stateside, the first two episodes quietly dropped November 27, with the remaining three episodes arriving weekly starting December 4. The mosaic is already off to a stellar start with the solid courtroom drama Mangrove and the sweet serenade of Lovers Rock, which may be the best thing you’ll see all year. December 4

      I’m Your Woman

      Julia Hart’s Miss Stevens and Fast Color played long games with high-school movies and superhero tropes, using viewers’ expectations of those narratives against them. Her latest remixes the '70s crime picture in much the same way, following a wife and mother (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Rachel Brosnahan) suddenly sent on the run as a result of her husband’s actions, and forced to navigate a world she doesn’t understand at all. The film got some serious buzz when it opened the AFI Fest earlier this fall, and it’ll be interesting to see Brosnahan—who fits so perfectly into Mrs. Maisel’s '50s aesthetic—adapt herself to a new decade. December 11

      Amazon Prime Video Canada

      The Wilds

      Instead of arriving at a self-help retreat, a group of teenage girls from different backgrounds find themselves trying to survive on a tropical island. This new mystery series from Daredevil staff writer Sarah Streicher casts a narrative web of flashbacks and framing sequences to rival Lost’s ambitious storytelling structure. The presence of Six Feet Under’s Rachel Griffiths as an enigmatic personality guru is intriguing, but we’re most excited to see Helena Howard—whose stunning breakout in Josephine Decker’s Madeleine’s Madeleine still feels like one of the best performances of the last decade—as one of the girls. December 11

      The Expanse (Season 5)

      The cult sci-fi series—which Amazon just announced it was renewing for a sixth and final season—opens with humanity striking out through that alien Ring to see what other planets might make good homes. And the crew of the Rocinante once again finds their personal loyalties tested by political events well above their pay grade, as a rogue Belter leader declares all-out war on the Inner Planets. The first four seasons are available to stream right now, if you need to catch up. December 15

      The list of TV shows and movies coming to Amazon Prime Video Canada in December 2020:

      December 1

      Agent Toby Barks

      December 2

      Sonic The Hedgehog

      Brahms: The Boy II

      Stage Mother

      December 3

      Sons Of The Soil: Jaipur Pink Panthers (season 1)

      December 4

      Small Axe: Red, White and Blue

      December 9

      Happiest Season

      Bull (seasons 1-3)

      December 10

      Durgavati

      December 11

      The Wilds

      I’m Your Woman

      Small Axe: Alex Wheatle

      December 14

      To The Stars

      December 15

      The Expanse (season 5)

      Elementary (seasons 1-7)

      December 17

      Unpaused

      Mirreyes Vs. Godinez, Home Office

      Blackbird

      December 18

      The Grand Tour (season 4)

      Palm Springs

      Small Axe: Education

      December 20

      The Lodge

      MacGyver (seasons 1-3)

      December 24

      Halal Love Story

      Coolie No.1

      December 25

      Thalayvi

      Sylvie’s Love

      Thalayvi (Malyalam)

      December 26

      Mighty Oak

      December 27

      Sumit Sourav

      Rahul Subramariam #1

      Amazon Funnies Line Up #1

      Amazon Funnies Line Up #2

      Gaurav Kapoor

      Sumaira Shaikh

      Rahul Subramariam + Varun Thakur

      Alu Arjun

      Rahul Subramariam #2

      Blue Story

      December 29

      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (seasons 11-13)

      Avatar Purusha Sequel

      Annabelle Subramariam

      Avatar Purusha

      Sapta Saagaradaache Yello

      Bheemasena Nalamaharaja

      10

      Ishq

      December 30

      Palu Padama Palhuko

      Kutte Ka Baccha

      Yearly Departed

      December 31

      Marakkar

      Maara

      Kavaludaari

      Yuva Ratna

      Coming to Prime Video Channels

      December 1

      The Holiday (Hollywood Suite)

      Relic (IFC Films Unlimited)

      December 6

      Power Book II: Ghost (STARZ)

      December 7

      The Real Housewives Of Atlanta (season 13) (Hayu)

      December 15

      Celebrity I.O.U. (season 2) (STACKTV)

      Everything leaving Amazon Prime Video Canada in December:

      December 4

      John Wick

      John Wick 2

      December 16

      The Good Wife

      CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

      NCIS

      December 28

      Kin

      The Spy Who Dumped Me

      A Simple Favour

      December 30

      Robin Hood (2018)

      Dawn Of The Dead

      Out Of Africa

      Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

      December 31

      Bad Santa

      Evan Almighty

      Grease

      Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy

      Old School

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